Kotaku's 2010 Mac Gift Guide [Video]

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• Kotaku's 2010 Mac Gift Guide [Video]
• The Weird Futurism of the 1970 World's Fair [Video]
• PC Gaming 'a Generation Ahead' of Consoles, Says Crytek Boss
• 2 square meters of sunlight, focused, will melt anything on Earth
• This Is Android [Android]
• Will The Bell Ring Before Food Fight? [Arcade]
• Windows Phone 7 Gets Jailbroken [Windowsphone7]
• Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian is available and faster than ever
• Anxiety and IT?
• Infinitec Infinite USB Memory Drive review

Kotaku's 2010 Mac Gift Guide [Video] Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST Do you have a certain someone in your life that owns an Apple Macintosh computer? And would you like to buy them something that's not related to graphic design or film production? Well, read on! More »

The Weird Futurism of the 1970 World's Fair [Video] Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST The 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, the first to be held in Japan, was full of retro-futuristic architectural splendor. Here's a look at just a few of its strange sights. [Pink Tentacle] More »

PC Gaming 'a Generation Ahead' of Consoles, Says Crytek Boss Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:22 PM PST Crytek co-founder Cevat Yerli spoke recently about the growing gap between modern PCs and consoles like the PS3 and Xbox 360, saying that the desire to develop for multiple platforms is hampering creative expression. "PC is easily a generation ahead right now. With 360 and PS3, we believe the quality of the games beyond Crysis 2 and other CryEngine developments will be pretty much limited to what their creative expressions is, what the content is. You won't be able to squeeze more juice from these rocks." One reason this trend persists is because of the perception that PC game sales are not high enough for most developers to focus on that platform. Rock, Paper, Shotgun says this indicates a need for the disclosure of digital distribution sales numbers, which could dispel that myth. Yerli's comments come alongside news of Crytek's announcement of a new military-based shooter called Warface. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2 square meters of sunlight, focused, will melt anything on Earth Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:03 PM PST And you can watch it happen in this literally awesome video from the BBC's Bang Goes the Theory. I wonder how much that lens cost? I've got a shed out back, wouldn't be too hard to cut a hole in the roof... [via Boing Boing] More: Waste oil foundry furnace -- complete! Charcoal foundry build at Chicago hackerspace The Steel Yard's Iron Pour fires up in Providence on 10/30 Arc furnace that melts anything Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Science | Digg this!

This Is Android [Android] Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST Ever wondered what's inside of Android? Tim Bray neatly breaks it down: The gooey Linux core, Dalvik virtual machine, what's open source and what's not, even what's inside an app. Essential nerd knowledge. [Tim Bray via DF] More »

Will The Bell Ring Before Food Fight? [Arcade] Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST Enthusiasm for Microsoft's Game Room, to be polite, well, plateaued soon after its spring debut. It'd be a shame if its 12th update is the last, because hackers say one of the best early-80s arcade games is due to hit. More »

Windows Phone 7 Gets Jailbroken [Windowsphone7] Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:36 PM PST Windows Phone 7 is "finally" jailbroken! ChevronWP7, the unlocker tool, works with every WP7 phone and allows for the side loading of apps, the use of private APIs, and access to low level functionality. Basically, it unleashes your WP7 phone. More »

Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian is available and faster than ever Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:30 PM PST Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian has become available yesterday. After a period of public beta testing, the Norwegian browser has become faster than ever -- and is, right now, possibly the fastest browser available for Symbian. Making its debut in the stable 10.1 version is a just-in-time compiler for Opera's Carakan JavaScript engine, that makes its JavaScript rendering a whopping nine times faster than Opera 10.0. Also new in this version is support for geolocation. This enables web services such as online maps and travel sites (and Google search) to recognize your location and adjust their content accordingly. Of course, you choose if and when to make your location available to third parties. Other features that made it to the final 10.1 (that have also been available either in the beta or previous versions of Opera for Symbian) include tabbed browsing, a password manager, Opera Link (Opera's bookmark sync service), Speed Dial (which enables pinning of websites to the home page to make access to them only one tap away), support for kinetic scrolling, Opera's own virtual QWERTY keyboard and auto-rotation support. As always, Opera Turbo is also included. With this feature turned on, Opera shrinks web pages to as little as 20% of their original size, using an Opera proxy server to re-render the content before sending it to your device. You can download Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian by going to m.opera.com on your phone's integrated browser. Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian is available and faster than ever originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Anxiety and IT? Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PST An anonymous reader writes "During these long breaks from work, it's refreshing to not have to worry about your job. Unless you work in IT, in which case you're salaried and constantly on the clock. To all the server room monkeys and desktop admins, do you suffer from anxiety? How do you deal with it? Does the crushing worry of a businesses IT infrastructure (and the rest of the business) coming to a screeching halt make IT occupations prone to anxiety?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Infinitec Infinite USB Memory Drive review Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:16 PM PST The idea behind Infinitec's Infinite USB Memory Drive is actually quite straightforward, but we've found that when we tell friends and acquaintances about the unit, it often boggles their minds. So, we'll try to keep it real simple: This red plastic stick is a 802.11b/g/n WiFi radio disguised as a USB flash drive. And when we say "disguised", we're not just talking about the stick's size, but its functionality as well -- it lets you wirelessly transfer files direct from from your WiFi-equipped laptop's hard drive to just about anything with a USB port. Stick it into an Xbox 360 or set-top-box, for instance, and it pretends to be your average thumbdrive, but with access to theoretically anything you choose. Sounds like a fantastic idea, but does it really work? Find out after the break in our full review. Gallery: Infinitec Infinite USB Memory Drive, hands-on Continue reading Infinitec Infinite USB Memory Drive review Infinitec Infinite USB Memory Drive review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Infinitec  | Email this | Comments

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