Channel Blipvert: 6.04.2011

The channel that loves the clicker

This week I've travelled all the four corners of this fine world, at the click of a button. Found camera's pointing at some pretty funny things from the comfort of my NEW couch.

Now where did I leave that remote, click.

Selected for your viewing pleasure.

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1. The HTC Flyer with Android on board, some serious IPad 2 competition.
2. Intel has released a touching video on why you shouldn't store precious memories on hard disks
3. The Angry Birds helps explain Gaddafi and Libya
4. Playboy celebrity golf without the celebrities
5. After Google's April Fools day video of Minority Report Gmail comes the real Kinect Gmail video, great come-back.
6. Greg Powell's record setting BMX stunt
7. Charlie Sheens uncut ABC 20/20 interview
8. Anonymous has an ominous message for Sony
9. Maria Bamford appears at the 2011 Melbourne Comedy Festival, she funny
10. Caroline Rhea also at the festival
11. The Hobbit movie trailer

Buddha's Brother out...

Chevrolet Sheep Do Dream, Mi-Ray

Chevrolet has looked to the future and created their vision. The Mi-Ray was developed at the GM Advanced Design Studio in Seoul and is a departure for Chevrolet, this is a risky gamble. The drive train is electric front, 1.5litre turbo petrol engine driving the rear wheels. Regenerative breaking charges the 1.6Wh lithium battery pack on the go and plug-in recharge is available when you've parked. With a full wrap around cock pit style interior, more of an artist impression  of a jet fighter than it is an old war bird, the show car nature of the Mi-Ray is apparent. It is very well executed but it is a show car, a technology demonstrator and style changer. READ MORE

Free 2 Play, The Gathering Storm

The world of computer gaming is going through  a quiet revolution. Free2Play games - F2P - are taking over the spare time of people everywhere. It's not just for the boys either, girls are spending enough time on Facebook F2P games that their X-Box addicted boyfriends are complaining. Actually it's  all about the money. The retail over the counter experience will always be there, F2P won't stop that  Though F2P companies like Zynga and EA will keep pushing the micro payment barriers, it may take a while but F2P revenues will force the games industry to take notice. One day micro payments may be king. READ MORE

Nike+ Sports Watch, Just Plain Cool

The Nike Plus SportsWatch is by far the slickest peice of gadetry yet from Nike. With a TomTom GPS onboard this watch will always know where you are, even if you don't. Will this watch shake up the excercise world ?

While the watch is definitely a watch for people who play sports and generally get up and out, there are a myriad of other purposes for a GPS watch.  If for example you suffer a lot of drunken black outs then with the Nike+ watch you could re-trace your steps the next day, still no guarantee of memories but you could retrace your steps. READ MORE

Blipverts: 03.04.2011

It's ALL empty calories people.

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Australia's draconian video game laws seem no closer to being dragged screaming into the modern world. After what seemed like progress with the Gillard government attempting to overhaul the classifications the Victorian government has sided with the Christian lobby groups to stall the process. Have  these people seen the internet lately, these people are a joke.

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Speaking of jokes, did anyone make it through April Fools day prank free ?

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The rodent exterminator of choice.

• A massive web attack is under way as we speak, 100,000's of websites have already been compromised.
• More spectacular pictures of the sun from SDO, this time the Earth eclipsing the Sun
• Sucker Punch the new movie looks incredible. Sin City style with Victoria Secret models.
• OLED display technology is coming along in leaps and bounds
• Russian site gets hold of early Windows 8, machine corrupted in record time
• Wikileaks for Porn, new server hardware claims it feels dirty
• Feds shut down 50% of music piracy sites in one night, the return of the g-men
• After a long search the new king of clock radios's has arrived Sony XDR-C706DBP is the business
• The Playstation Phone is finally available, the game line-up at launch is pretty impressive
• Our favorite speaker maker with the lamest name ever Bowers and Wilkins - B&W - have released some silky smooth USB speakers for PC's B&W MM-1
• Finally a new racing simulator on the PC, Shift 2 Unleashed
• Tesla 2.5 Review, is it a real car yet ?
• MIX Wireless Mini HTPC Keyboard Mouse, mini keyboard with track pad for your multimedia PC, yes please.
• Acer has an ace up its sleeve with the Iconia dual screen laptop, king bling
• Work in a cubical farm, simple solution, build a cubical mansion in 5 easy steps.
• ComScore phone survey is in, Android begins to dominate the market, bye bye Blackberry.
• Samsung begins production of 22" transparent displays, very slick
• Viral videos for the week.
• Fords new hi-tech in car dash suffers blue screen of death
• Microsoft suffers 'shoe on the other foot' syndrome, accuses Google of anti-competitive behaviour.
• Crysis 2 Review, why its better on the PC.
• Playstation One games appear for Android on Experia Play, return of the classics.

Buddha's Brother out...

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