I’m back

After a much too long break from blogging I’m back.  I’m still pretty busy with school but i’ll try to get out at least a post per day.

 

Check out the current rumors page for all the rumors we’ve covered.

iPod Launch Coverage Info

Hi everyone.  I’m at school right now.  I won’t get back till much later but, as soon as I get home I will post about the announcement.

iPod nano 4G case found — matches the Kevin Rose nano

Our spicy, siesta loving friends over at Engadget Spanish just nabbed a hands-on with Hama’s iPod nano 4G case on the floor of IFA. The tip came in anonymously about an hour ago and sure enough, there it is, buried in a mountain of iPod accessories and sharing the same smooth arc of the Kevin Rose nano — as it will from henceforth be known.

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Apple developers get new builds of Safari 4, Mac OS X 10.5.5

Apple again used a Friday to provide its developer community with new pre-release software for testing during the weekend, including new builds of Mac OS X 10.5.5 client, Mac OS X 10.5.5 server, and Safari 4.0. Most of these updates include bug fixes.

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RFID Robotic Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating

What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library card in front of the chair’s sensor, which then follows you (or your card) around the library so you always have somewhere to sit.

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PSP firmware 4.00 is getting Google search

PSP firmware 4.00 is giving the portable Google search, with stored memory for the 20 last searches. And video played off a memory stick can be sped up or slowed down.

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Robot Band is at Least as Good as Coldplay

New Zealand’s The Trons is a four piece rock band made up entirely of robots playing real instruments, performing real shows, and – rumor has it – taking advantage of real groupies.

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App of the Week: Afloat

The Week of the 19th’s download of the week is called Afloat. With Afloat you can turn windows transparent to see what window is under it, another thing with Afloat in that you make the window “Afloat”, this means that when you make the window Afloat, anything that you were to open would always appear under it, no matter what you open the window that is Afloat will always be on top. If you are interested in downloading Afloat for your computer go to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/afloat.html. Sorry to pc users but this is only for a mac!!!!

 

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App of the Week: Fluid

Fluid is a great site specific browser.  Site specific browsers are used for running web apps as their own app on your computer.  It has an excellent simple interface.  When you launch Fluid, it asks you for some information about your web app, then creates a new application for that site, automatically choosing an icon.  Simple, easy, and efficient, a 5 star app.  Download it at http://fluidapp.com/.

Control your Mac with an e-mail

See how you can send a single remote e-mail to turn off your Mac. This is a pretty useful idea, especially for using with a cell phone.

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