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Microsoft sends Linux a Happy Birthday video

Chris Davies, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [16]

Microsoft has sent a Happy Birthday message to the Linux Foundation, congratulating them on turning 20 years old. The video, created by the Microsoft Germany team and shared on the Linux video site, documents the past twenty years of sniping and rivalry between the two platforms, though suggests that the end for such arguments might be in sight. Read The Full Story

iPlayer for Kindle puts TV shows on your ereader

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

As bizarre, brilliant ideas go, "iPlayer for Kindle" has to be one of the best. Despite initially sounding like an April Fool - video content on an E Ink ereader? - it's actually a real project by Frisnit Electronic Industrial, taking TV shows and converting them into a digital comic strip of sorts, complete with subtitles. Read The Full Story

Turbo Tango puts foam soda in a spray can

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Those of you who take sugar binges deadly seriously will know how tricky it can be to simultaneously quaff sodas while squirting spray-cream into your mouth: the drink dilutes the cream and everything just gets depressing. Now, UK drinks manufacturer Britvic has the answer: foam Tango in a spray can. Read The Full Story

Pan Charger boils your iPhone battery back to life

Chris Davies, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

Japanese firm TES NewEnergy has launched a bizarre new way to charge your cellphone and other gadgets: using a pan of boiling water. The idea behind the Pan Charger was prompted when CEO Kazuhiro Fujita saw footage of earthquake victims huddled around small fires, and wondered whether integrating a heat-powered charger element to a regular saucepan would be a good idea. Read The Full Story

Nyan Cat YouTube video gets amazing custom load bar [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 16th 2011 Discuss [13]

Ladies and gentlemen, put down your cellphones and close your laptop lids. Well, don't, because you'll need the internet to see YouTube's latest stroke of genius. Nyan Cat is known for its beautiful Pop Tart body and tendency to leave rainbows wherever he's been, and now YouTube has given it the time bar it deserves. Read The Full Story

Tokyoflash breathalyzer watch says “blow here”

Chris Davies, Jun 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Bizarre watch manufacturer Tokyoflash has revealed its latest concept, and it wants to use its cryptic LEDs for good. Coupling the company's usual, distinctive style and a breathalyzer, by blowing into the side of the watch and tapping "Alcohol Test Function" you can check your blood alcohol content. Read The Full Story

Facebook tattoo a hoax admits Dutch company

Chris Davies, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

Video footage of a woman apparently having the profile photos of her 152 Facebook friends tattooed down her arm has been confirmed as a promotional hoax. Tattoo artist Dex Moelker admitted to Dutch newspaper Telegraaf that it was all part of a campaign for a firm specializing in personalized Facebook gifts, and the tattoo was in fact temporary. Read The Full Story

MI6 fights cyber-terrorists with cupcakes

Chris Davies, Jun 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Hacking these days generally means taking down Sony's servers and/or whipping out all of its subscriber data to sell on the black market, but it can also be a force for sugary good. MI6 has attempted to bring delicious, peace-making cupcakes to the terrorism-torn Arabian Peninsular, The Telegraph reports, by replacing a recipe for building a DIY pipe-bomb in an al-Qaeda digital magazine with instructions for making, along others, Mojito Cupcakes and Rocky Road Cupcakes. Read The Full Story

ASUS PadFone runs IE8? [Video gaffe]

Chris Davies, May 30th 2011 Discuss [2]

ASUS is mighty proud of its PadFone, but it seems in its hurry to get the prototype ready for Computex 2011 this week, some of the more unusual features have gone unmentioned: namely, the fact that Internet Explorer 8 apparently runs on the tablet. In what we're guessing is a mockup accident, the new ASUS "Behind the Scenes" video showing the PadFone's design journey shows Microsoft's IE8 getting some surfing playtime, where we'd normally expect to see the regular Android Honeycomb browser. Read The Full Story

Man constructs homebuilt airplane in basement, knocks down wall to get it out

Shane McGlaun, May 27th 2011 Discuss [3]

Undoubtedly, some of you will think that building your own airplane is the weird part of this story. There are actually a large number of people that want to get into the private pilot game, but can’t afford the hundreds of thousands of dollars that commercially built private aircraft sell for. For these folks there are a number of homebuilt airplane kits that you can buy in sections and then put together yourself. Read The Full Story

Nokia Oro: Gold-plated Symbian luxury (with added thumb protection)

Chris Davies, May 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

All eyes may be on Nokia's Windows Phone Mango plans, but the company still has a 150m Symbian target for 2011 and is looking to niche (and expensive) handsets in order to hit it. The new Nokia Oro takes the C7 and gives it a decidedly gauche 18-carat gold plated casing, a sapphire crystal home key, and a Caledonian leather battery cover. Read The Full Story