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iPhone 2.0 Software Review: Forget 3G, It's Code That Counts

iPhone 2.0 Software Review: Forget 3G, It's Code That Counts

The iPhone 3G may be here, but what we're really excited about is the iPhone 2.0 software update. Only some people really need faster browsing and slightly better location services, but everyone can use the new features in the OS. Now that we've gotten chance to go through all that updated functio

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Prague’s 15th Century Clock Gets a 21st Century Light Show

Prague’s 15th Century Clock Gets a 21st Century Light Show

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/15749093[/vimeo] The Astronomical Clock in Prague's Old Square displays not only time but sunrise, sunset, zodiac, mean revolutions of the moon, and a whole bunch of other crazy stuff. It recently celebrated its 600th birthday with this incredible projected light show. Acco

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This Train Lays Its Own Tracks

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFE8nmKpmXY[/youtube] Most Awesome Video on the Site This German train is self-sufficient enough that I'm starting to question everything I've done with my life. It's a train that doesn't need tracks laid out for it—because it lays them itself. The P811

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HTC Rosie Screenshots

HTC Rosie Screenshots

Main Screen: We’ve seen the videos from Haykuro’s HTC Hero ROM and apparently the brand new UI is called “Rosie”. The upcoming June 24th HTC Event flyer shows a hipster laying in the grass with a rose laying on his chest, further proof that the issue at hand will be the announcement of the

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Electric Bike Run on Water and Magic Powder

Electric Bike Run on Water and Magic Powder

The Signa bike runs on fuel cells. But instead of having to carry hydrogen next to your butt, it uses a new clever safe method: It runs on cells full of a sand-like powder. You just have to add water. The powder is sodium silicide an inert safe substance that is not danger at all. When you add wa

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Yanko Design: Best of May 2009

Yanko Design: Best of May 2009

Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days - an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in May 2009. 10) Wake Up Food Alarm by De Dietrich. Pe

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Iomega eGo Hard Drives Are Pretty Enough, Cheap Enough

Iomega eGo Hard Drives Are Pretty Enough, Cheap Enough

I don't ask much of portable hard drives: they should be affordable, easy on the eyes, and better not require an external power source. So I kinda like Iomega's pretty, cheap(ish), USB-powered eGo drives. The price isn't super-low, but these drives, which start at $85 for the 250GB model and top ou

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The Skyscraper That Grows Underground

The Skyscraper That Grows Underground

Say hello to architect Matthew Fromboluti. If he lived in a comic book, he would be designing lairs for super-villains. In the real world, he just wants to build this formidable subterranean skyscraper in the desert outside Bisbee, Arizona. His project, called Above below, is a building that dr

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Sony Muteki Audio Systems Monstrously Dwarf Your iPod

Sony Muteki Audio Systems Monstrously Dwarf Your iPod

Sony's two new Muteki audio shelf systems, which are both “Made for iPods,” have tossed aside that whole thin, streamlined aesthetic. The result: the iPod looks like something climbing out of a monster truck. The LBT-ZX66i delivers 560 watts of sound through two separate three-way bass reflex

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Medialets Rich Media Ads Shown Off at Google I/O

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Did you ever think you could get excited about advertising on your phone? Neither did I, but the rich media ads by Medialets that found their way into today’s Google I/O keynote may have changed my mind. has worked up several new ways for developers and advertisers to deliver ad content to users, all of which occur in a very non-intrusive way. Medialets was responsible for one of the cooler ads, one for the upcoming movie Splice. The ad expands to provide the user with a lot of content, from pictures to videos, all without closing out of the app it was launched from. Check it out:

We had heard about Medialets releasing their rich media ad SDK back in April, but this is the first we are seeing of just how effective the results can be. Sure, at the end of the day no one really wants to be bombarded with advertising all over their phone, but if having ads means an app can be free, and if those ads are actually kind of cool to play around with without detracting from the user experience, I’m all for it.

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