Archive for April, 2008

Video: Watchmen Video Journal - Forget CGI »

It’s nice to see some movies still using real sets and not depending entirely on Computer Generated Imagery and Green Screens. Watchmen’s world gets built in real life; part of NYC gets a blast from the 1980’s as a few city blocks go up. Letting the outdoor sets sit and age creates a more believable [...]

Toshiba’s IK-HD1 is world’s smallest HDTV Camera »

Toshiba imaging’s IK-HD1 3CCD HDTV Camera is the worlds smallest HD camera head, at only 1.6 inches square and 2.3 ounces. It may be small but it sure packs a punch with it’s native 1920 x 1080 sensor capable of 1080i at 30fps.
The camera features a 1/3″ 3CCD design so were not too sure how [...]

Video: Quake 3 on the iPhone »

Quake 3 has been ported to work on the iTouch and iPhone. The game uses the accelerometer for character control and the touchscreen for shooting. You can even game using the WIFI connection and have a full on battle, hmm i can just imagine a bunch of iPhone users at StarBucks battling it [...]

WebDogPro and TechiMoto Merge »

Techimoto has recently acquired the Webdogpro.com website and related publishing rights from 9xnetworks. Webdogpro.com started in 2003, focusing on publishing quality Photoshop tutorials and related articles. At its peak, Webdogpro realized over 4 million page views a month, and is referenced via 1000’s of links from other websites.
Techimoto will rebuild the current tutorial [...]

Plant Something Green in Your Office »

Planning ahead can save big $$ on energy bills

As you can see from the chart, IT departments consume a great deal of the companies overall power consumption. Some recent advances in OS’s and hardware can actually save you money. But you can do a few things today, without any new investments. [...]

Video: Mobile411 demos new directory service »

Las Vegas (NV) - Mobile411 powered by V-Enable is a new kind of 411 service. Instead of speaking to a operator and fumbling for a pen and paper Mobile411 lets you do your search simply by speaking into your phone and within seconds the results are displayed. Using the phones built-in GPS your search [...]

BioFuels a Disaster? »

BioFuel Now Competes Directly with Worlds Food Supply
Are you wondering why your grocery dollars aren’t stretching quite as far? In Mexico City, a barely publicized riot, called “The Tortilla Riots”, break out in protest of escalating corn prices (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6319093.stm) and sharply rising flour prices destabilize Pakistan. In Sudan, a grocer that supplies the countries needy [...]

Video: Samsung Instinct »

Sprint demos the new Samsung Instinct at MobileFocus CTIA.