This Week’s Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
OrbLive Streams Live TV to Your iPhone or iPod Touch (iPhone)”You can now stream live television to your device, in addition to music, videos, photos, and everything else Orb is known for.”DExposE2 Like Mac Expose but Better (Windows)”Freeware application DExposE2 is a clone of Mac OS X’s Expose feature for Windows XP and Vista.”Alliance Creates [...]
ASUS prepping to sue Gigabyte over “disinformation”
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
ASUS is firing up the legal team to address what it percieves as defamation on the part of Gigabyte. In the line of fire is ASUS‘ Energy Processing Unit, which Gigabyte claims isn’t a technological change on the part of ASUS, but instead “numbers marketing” and “cheating end users.” Gigabyte says ASUS [...]
Pack a Photography Survival Kit [Digital Photography]
Planning a long, leisurely trip through the wilderness, down the highway, or maybe around Thailand, and want to return home with some killer pictures to look through? David Hague, managing editor of Australasian Camcorder magazine, has been there, and back, many times. Hague keeps three separate backpacks for varying degrees of roughing it, but his [...]
Swashbot sashays his way into our hearts
Filed under: Robots
Most bug-inspired robots do a much better job of creeping us out than giving us the warm fuzzies, but this here Swashbot R/C robot from Crabfu is just too cute for words. It kind of looks like he’s trying to find his little robot buddies so they can sing a song about slushies [...]
Wuapi.com - High Def Videos Put YouTube to Shame
What it doesWuapi brings you high quality, high definition images. The site is similar to YouTube—you’ve got all the regular social accoutrements that you’d find on any network these days: tags, profiles, favorites, ratings, and the like. Wuapi, however, unlike the Tube, features visually stunning videos. After you’ve seen a video on Wuapi, you won’t [...]
1.fm - Streaming Music You Can Dance To
What it does1.fm is a new streaming music service/social network. It comes with a wide selection of music channels, ranging from Indie and Jazz, to Trance and Urban Gospel. The usual social network features are included. You’ve got profiles, forums, chat, and videos. The site also comes with an event calendar and it features music [...]
Best Scenic Drives in the U.S. [Travel]
If you’ve got a hankering to hit the road and take an all-American scenic road trip this summer—despite the astronomical gas prices—Yahoo Travel rounds up a few editor-favorite routes. The article highlights:…everything from the obvious Highway 1 in California to the less-obvious — but brilliantly named — Going-to-the-Sun Road in Montana. We’ve picked routes for [...]
Sociagami.com - Desktop App for Managing Your Networks
What it doesHow many social networks do you belong to? Most likely more than one; perhaps you’re a member of even three or four. While you do get to branch out further, belonging to multiple social networks can sometimes be a pain to manage. You have to update each one individually, which can take up [...]
Torrent2Exe.com - Bittorrent Files Without Bittorrent
What it doesTorrent2Exe allows you to download bittorrent files within installing a bittorrent client. Torrent2Exe converts torrent files into exe files. These can be downloaded directly from the website, without the necessity of installing any third party software. Here’s how it works: first, simply enter the URL of the torrent file or upload the file [...]
Oscar Pistorius free to qualify for Olympics on prosthetics
Filed under: Wearables
Good news for the cyborgs in the crowd: the ruling by the International Association of Athletics Federations that barred double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorious from a shot at the Olympics has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Detractors from Oscar’s entry into the Olympics have cited a suspect study that says [...]
