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Rumor: Motus Games' Darwin is Xbox 360's motion controller {Joystiq}
Jul 11th 2008 1:59PM Given that the Wiimote is already Bluetooth, why not just use the Wiimote with your PC? It is probably cheaper too and you can take advantage of all the accessories made for it.
France's Eurovia aims to make roads change color to warn of ice {Engadget}
Apr 9th 2008 3:55PM In some European countries there are already cats-eyes along motorways. At entry points they are green on one side and red on the other, elsewhere along the road they are white. If you have never see one, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_eye_(road)
WiMAX could interfere with satellite communications? {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2008 1:25PM Part of the reason some of these satellites are still using this frequency is because of cloud penetration, which is particularly important in some parts of the world:
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19726476.200-longrange-wifi-threat-to-satellite-communications.html
UK blames sat navs for damaging 2,000 bridges per year {Engadget}
Feb 13th 2008 1:21PM I am not saying it is the satnavs fault, more that there is opportunity for the satnav developers to make them more idiot proof. Idiots will happen, so you need to take them into account when designing a product, to a certain extent.
Kaai and Soraa already working up Blu-ray successor? {Engadget}
Feb 13th 2008 1:16PM When DVD came out there was no challenger, and nothing was even on the cards to potentially replaces it. The Blu-ray victory over HD-DVD is going to be short lived, since new disk format with higher capacity are already nearing the market, namely holographic storage disks.
Add to this upscaling DVD players and anyone educated about what is happening is likely to skip out on Blu-ray.
UK blames sat navs for damaging 2,000 bridges per year {Engadget}
Feb 13th 2008 12:55PM This issue is the fault of both the satnav device and the driver:
- the satnav for not taking into account vehicle types with regards to certain roads, bridges and tunnels
- the driver for failing to understand the limitations
Because of this the solution is twofold:
- make satnav devices that take into account vehicle type
- educate drivers about this
MacBook Air review {Engadget}
Jan 26th 2008 9:53AM In many ways I see this as the iMac of the wireless generation. It has issues, but many of them can be worked around. Only time will tell what type of workarounds will happen. Ironically limitations can be a force for driving innovation.
One thing that would be interesting is a Bluetooth USB hub, where all your USB devices are connected to the hub, but communicates to the computer through Bluetooth. This would be done transparently so that any software things it connecting straight to the USB device through a USB hub.
MDNS and caffeine: How I got Bonjour running on my iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 24th 2007 9:38AM Are there any checks in place to ensure that only 'authorised' users can use the phone camera remotely? Maybe something like the Bluetooth method of generated pass-key and and confirmation on the other device?
Apple sez iTunes users should hold off on Vista {Engadget}
Feb 3rd 2007 12:27PM So much can go wrong in software, especially when you are trying to deal with numerous types of hardware. In many ways Microsoft does a good job. I have never really had any issue with iTunes on MS-Windows.
Now DRM, that is is really what gets me. You may complain about Apple branded DRM, but DRM of any brand annoys the hell out of me. Apple's DRM is a bit nicer than most DRM, in what it allows you to do, but like all the solutions out there, its still an obstruction get doing what I want with my music. It is for this reason that I still buy CDs, since I get no DRM restrictions with any software. If you are going to complain to anyone make it be the record industry.
