Massive Digital Ceiling Clock

I know it is Friday and all, but somehow this Massive Digital Ceiling Clock is one way your boss pressurizes you to complete up your work before the weekend rolls around. Definitely a bane to clock watchers, but for those who go about their duties with a joyful heart won’t matter - after all, the more lighting in the room, the superior! I would think that the shifting light every minute can end up being pretty distracting though.

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Bento: beautiful in design and easy to use

Like many small business owners, RealSimple’s Erin knew that “databases can simplify life and work, but until now, I’ve never been able to design them myself.” Until she began using Bento, that’s. “Bento looks, feels and works like other Mac applications. Organizing your information into collections in Bento is much like organizing songs in iTunes,” she writes. It’s “just another reason to consider a Mac.” Via [apple]

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Multitouch, multiscreen iPod touch Pong

Filed under: Analysis / View, Gaming, Software, iPhone

Oh my. Still need convincing that the iPhone/iPod touch is the greatest gaming platform ever made? Then check this video of a couple Japanese researchers playing a game they claim to have put together “in about an hour”: multiscreen, touch-based Pong.

On first glance, it looks like the game is even checking orientation of the iPods, but if you watch it a tiny further, when things go faster, you can see that it’s actually just pushing the ball from screen… Continue reading

Help Firefox set a Guinness world record

Filed under: Software, Freeware, Internet, Internet Tools

The Firefox team would like to invite the world to join in their quest to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. How do they planning to do this? They want as many people as possible to pledge to download Firefox 3 within 24 hours of its release as part of Download Day 2008.While the release day is still unknown… Continue reading

Sony Ericsson Goes Wii-Style

Sony Ericsson could actually be plotting to take over the Nintendo Wii’s role - at least in the realm of cell phones. It will be preparing itself for this role by turning the cell phone’s camera into a motion-controlling sensor after inking a deal with GestureTek of California which will see the latter’s software available in Sony Ericsson handsets later this September. If the name GestureTek rings a bell, that’s because it is the similar technology used in Sony’s EyeToy device for the PS2. Which is… Continue reading

iPhone’s Raging Thunder: the Developer Interview

Filed under: Gaming, iPod Family, Interviews, iPhone

TUAW was lucky enough to spend a tiny time recently chatting with Anders Nilsson of Polarbit.com. Polarbit is an independent game developer based in Europe. They recently ported their mobile Raging Thunder racing game to the iPhone and released it as a free beta to the jailbreak community. (It’s hosted at the Huge Boss repository.) Built around the iPhone’s accelerometer, Raging Thunder really expresses the fun, interactive potential of the iPhone… Continue reading

15-inch MacBook Pro is Editors’ Choice for PCMag

“Being perfect out of the box is a tall order,” points out Nicole Price Fasig (pcmag.com), but the new 15-inch MacBook Pro met her high expectations. In fact, she found it “a stellar system from the start.” Naming it “our new Editors’ Choice,” she gave it a 4.5 star rating (out of five). Via [apple]

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EDGE and 3G and tripping down memory lane

Filed under: Analysis / View, iPhone

My relationship with my iPhone hasn’t been an simple one. On the one hand, it’s an totally brilliant platform — I just love programming for it. On the other hand it’s a money hole. To keep it legit, I’m forking over a wad of cash each month to AT&T and from there on to Apple (not to mention the $99/year new iPhone play tax). One of my biggest decisions on that end involved giving up my data plan. Leaving the… Continue reading

Cobalt Concept

The Cobalt concept is definitely interesting, bringing us back to the days where real gentlemen roamed the streets complete in their ensemble of monocles, top hats and walking sticks. This unique device might look like a museum relic from the outside, but opening it will reveal an OLED touch screen display, where a simple flick of the thumb will be able to access the current time, temperature, voicemail, email and even text. Hopefully this will come with Bluetooth connectivity so that data can be streamed over painlessly without having to… Continue reading

Multitouch, multiscreen iPod touch Pong

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, iPhone

Oh my. Still need convincing that the iPhone/iPod touch is the greatest gaming platform ever made? Then check this video of a couple Japanese researchers playing a game they claim to have put together “in about an hour”: multiscreen, touch-based Pong.

On first glance, it looks like the game is even checking orientation of the iPods, but if you watch it a little further, when things go faster, you can see that it’s actually just pushing the ball from screen… Continue reading

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