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The Super Heroic Minimalism t-shirt

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:45 AM PDT


It’s the superhero equation. Take a man, add a common object, and *bam*, you’ve created a comic box icon just like Stan Lee. Vote for this awesome shirt at Threadless.

Is this the Apple Magic Trackpad? Is WWDC going to be a bust?

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:20 AM PDT


Steve just can’t catch a break. It sure seems like the item above is the unannounced Apple Magic Trackpad, which just got an unofficial Internet debut just like the iPhone 4G/HD ahead of Jobs’ WWDC keynote address later today. Apple might as well pack up their massive banners and simply issue press releases like every other CE company. At this rate, there isn’t going to be anything left to announce in Steve Jobs’ traditional “one more thing” fashion.

But how about this Magic Trackpad, eh? It’s somewhat interesting although not surprising coming from the company that’s building-in multitouch gestures and controls into nearly every product lately. Engadget reports that it might even support handwriting recognition, lending to the thought that the surface might be more than simply a trackpad for a computer. Wacom competitor perhaps?

We’ll likely find out later today during the keynote. Unless, of course, more details leak out before hand.

Live from Apple’s 2010 WWDC Keynote

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:00 AM PDT

It's time. After months of whispers, leaks, lost prototypes, and police raids, it all leads up to this: Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC 2010. Will the prototype fourth-generation iPhone we've seen so much of be the real deal? Do Steve and co. have any tricks up their sleeves to satisfy their ever more rabid fan base? Follow along as we liveblog every minute of the action from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The keynote begins at 10 A.M Pacific (thats 12 P.M Central/1 P.M Eastern). Bookmark this page, and set your alarms -- and be sure to tune in early! We'll have some pre-show coverage, video footage, and pictures beginning at around 9 A.M.


Poll: Will it be the iPhone HD, iPhone 4G or something else?

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:37 AM PDT

Everyone agrees that Apple will announce the next iPhone later today. but what’s it going to be called? You know as much as we do at this point. My money is on iPhone HD, but that’s based off of nothing besides pure speculation. Apple could opt for the 4G monikor if it indeed packs the goods for the next-gen network. Or it could be something entirely different. Leave your guess in the comments below.

Video: Sharp’s 30-screen display system boasts world’s thinnest frame width

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:21 AM PDT

Sharp today in Japan presented the PN-V601 [press release in English], a multi.screen display system, which – at 6.5mm – features the world’s thinnest bezel separation. In other words, Sharp managed to design the display, which consists of up to thirty 60-inch LCDs, so that it (almost) looks like one gigantic, “individual” screen.

The PN-V601 comes with a full-array LED backlight, a zoom function, and a number of optional goodies for the LCD used in the system, for example LAN access or video inputs (HDMI is standard). The LCDs themselves feature 1,366×768 resolution and produce 700cd/m2 brightness.

See how incredible the display system, also dubbed “i3 Wall” (information, intelligent, imaging), looks in a 5×6 screen set-up in the video embedded below:

Via Akihabara News

dynabook TX/98MBL: Toshiba announces 3D notebook

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:02 AM PDT

Not a week passes without a Japanese company announcing a 3D-enabled device lately. Today, it’s Toshiba, which just unveiled [JP] a 3D-capable notebook, the dynabook TX/98MBL. According to the company, it’s the world’s first notebook that lets you view 3D content stored on Blu-rays (next to playing NVIDIA 3D Vision games).

Toshiba’s new flagship has the following specs:

  • 15.6-inch “ClearSuperView LED” display (120Hz/1,366×768 resolution)
  • Intel Core i7 740QM CPU (1.73GHz)
  • Blu-ray burner
  • 4GB RAM (8GB max.)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 350M graphics card
  • 640GB HDD
  • built-in harman/kardon stereo speakers
  • one HDMI interface and four USB 2.0 ports
  • IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Ethernet
  • 3.3MP web cam
  • Windows 7 Home Premium(32/64bit) as the OS

Toshiba plans to start selling the dynabook TX/98MBL in Japan at the end of next month (price: $2,750, including active shutter glasses and a remote control).

CrunchGear Week in Review: Shelved Edition

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Safari 5 to debut at WWDC

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:16 AM PDT

With WWDC just around the corner, it was only a matter of time before a few more details leaked out about the event. Steve Jobs recently mentioned at All Things D that come Monday we wouldn't be left disappointed, even after the new iPhone had been leaked into the wild. Something exciting is still up Steve’s sleeve but is it Safari 5?

Newly updated support docs from Apple show that the new Safari – version 5, due to be showcased this week, will be 25 percent faster crunching JavaScript than Safari 4 and will offer expanded HTML 5 support. Not only that, expect Bing to be offered as a search option alongside Google and Yahoo. Finally, Safari 5 will also include a new “Safari Reader” which will offer a clutter-free way to view articles sans ads.

So, Mr. Jobs, was this the news that wouldn’t disappoint?
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