Author: Kat Hannaford

Google’s upcoming set top box won’t replace what you’ve already got, VideoNuze has reportedly been told by sources. Instead, it’ll daisy-chain between the boxes and the TV via HDMI, bringing the best of the web to your TV. More »

Following the iPhone app, PayPal has promised BlackBerry and Android users will soon be able to “bump” their phones together to transfer money. More »

A new iPhone game coming from the makers of the Lightsaber Duel app will let gamers act out one of their lifelong fantasies: running a cantina in Tatooine, serving Star Wars characters. Break up fights between Han Solo and Greedo! More »

Laptop vinyls usually impress me, but not to the point where I’d actually buy one. Until today—when I saw Etsy seller SusieAutomatic’s Canon Mode dial decal, which was a special commission by Gary Cruz. Wow. [Etsy via Flickr] More »

With rather lofty ambitions, LG has said it hopes to sell 1 million 3DTVs this year, securing it 25 per cent of the market. The LX9500 model was announced yesterday as going on sale May, when it could cost $4,000 if it’s anywhere near a direct conversion from the Korean price. (Though a retailer has contacted me saying it’s already in their system as $3,599.99.) More »

It’s their first native app for the iPhone, making it easier to browse popular, upcoming and recent stories for whatever topic you fancy. You can obviously Digg—and bury—stories in the app, and read comments too. More »

That looks like fun. Gouging your hand into a display unit, sinking into the colored lights like Ewan McGregor into the carpet during his heroin-fuelled trip in Trainspotting. Impress, as the flexible display is called, runs on Arduino and sensors. More »

No longer are iPhone users bound by the Knocking Live Video app—they can now send video to Android users, and vice versa. The original app got Steve Jobs’s personal recommendation, so this update is well worth checking out. More »

Panasonic and Samsung already have their 3DTV sets on store shelves in the US, and Sony will launch theirs in June. LG? Well, they did launch a set in Korea last year, but their new LX9500 will debut this May. More »

We didn’t feel the need to tell you about Samsung’s Corby (or Genio, if you’re in the UK) range of phones as, well, they’re pretty basic models slapped with bright hues of paint. But we do love a kiddy netbook. More »

An enterprising Mac blogger has been shirking work and poking around CBS’ website, and when watching an episode of CSI noticed something strange. It appears CBS is updating its website with HTML5, ready for the iPad launch. More »

French, check. Unemployed, check. Obvious hacker name of “HackerCroll,” check. The FBI has nailed their cuplrit, believed to have “gained control of Twitter” by hacking into both Obama’s and Britney Spears’s Twitter accounts last year. More »

Going through some sort of third-life crisis, 30 year old British plumber Colin Fruze did what every road-rager dreams of, but dares not do: attached a flame-thrower to his moped. Take that, Ford Mondeo men! [Daily Mail via GizmoWatch] More »

WSJ has reported on itself by saying that “according to a person familiar with the matter,” their monthly iPad subscription will cost $17.99 a month. Now, I’m no Yank, nor plan on buying an iPad, but that seems high, no? More »

You’ve seen Steve dance before. Today, if you are using Windows, sending emails from your Hotmail account, or even editing Excel spreadsheets, I insist you do a little monkeyboy dance in your seat. For Ballmer—the ever-entertaining CEO. More »

A touchscreen iMac definitely makes sense when Lenovo, HP and the like are doing similar all-in-one touchscreens, so it’s of note that Apple’s re-filed a patent for the “shape detecting input device.” More »

Japan invented the LCD TV (well, Sharp to be exact), so if anyone was going to decrease the weight of them by half, it’d be their countrymen. A light layer of heat-resistant silicon dioxide on plastic replacing the heavier glass substrates does just the trick according to Japanese chemical company Teijin, who’s working with the Yamaguchi University on developing it for commercial use. [The Nikkei via CrunchGear] More »

Dell’s said to be joining Google in fleeing China in search of a “safer environment with [a] climate conducive to enterprise,” potentially taking the $25 billion it spends on equipment and parts in China to India. More »

After Microsoft refused to take a stand with Google against China’s web censorship (and Bill Gates commented that the censorship was “very limited,”) Sergey Brin has shoved back, saying he’s “very disappointed.” [The Guardian] More »

Let’s face it, at $20,000 no-one was going to be buying that diamond-encrusted iPad anyway. $2,250 for a Swarovski iPad is much more reasonable. Thank CrystalRoc and your lack of common sense, not me. [CrystalRoc via LuxuryLaunches] More »