Archive for July 24th, 2008

Google.org invests $2.75M in Aptera Motors

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Filed under: TransportationGoogle.org, the search kingpin's philanthropic wing, has just added another notch to its eco-friendly belt with a recent (and sizable) investment in Aptera Motors -- makers of that absurdly futuristic gas-sipper we've been following. Along with ActaCell (an electric car battery maker), Aptera receieved a $2.75 million infusion ...

AT&T, O2 post updates on iPhone 3G stock situation, promise they don’t have a secret cache

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Conspiracy theories tend to run rampant when a phone (or any object of desire, for that matter) that's produced in absolutely enormous quantities dries up in retail locations. Are they really sold out? Is the retailer trying to work prospective buyers into a frenzied lather? Is the ...

Buffalo’s Blu-ray burner hits 8x, BDA says wha?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Filed under: StorageFor what it's worth, Buffalo just announced the world's fastest Blu-ray recorder capable of burning through your data at an 8x clip. The only problem is that BDA-approved media maxes out at 6x, assuming you can even find it. Available in Japan starting next month, the external USB ...

Toshiba working on a netbook / UMPC that’s actually interesting

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops We're almost totally over the whole netbook craze, but Toshiba's latest prototype shows there's still interesting things possible, even if it isn't a traditional laptop. The 5.6-inch touchscreen handheld runs Vista on Intel's Atom processor with a 64GB SSD and a GPS chip -- which like an ...

Weemote maker wants Nintendo to buy his trademark, release him from this iron cage

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming We're going to guess you've never heard of the Weemote, a little blue remote control made by a company called Forbis. The egg-shaped remote control and its parent company are reportedly in financial trouble ever since another company came out with something a lot of people are calling ...