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Microsoft Arc Touch
Distinct convertible design lets you pack the mouse flat for travel; touch-sensitive scroll tab has vibration feedback and accelerated scrolling features; BlueTrack sensor lets you use the mouse on a variety of surfaces; small USB receiver stays out of the way when plugged in.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/01 7:42pm
Jobs announces new iPod lineup, iPhone software update
Apple Inc. announced a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet and into the living room. It also unveiled a new line of iPods, including a touch-screen Nano model.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 09/01 7:39pm
Digg Responds to User Outrage: Upcoming Stories Will Return
Digg has had one heck of a week. On Wednesday the social news aggregator decided it was a good time to make the switch to version 4 of it's platform, which sent servers crashing and drove users bonkers.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/28 7:13pm
Craigslist gets a (slight) redesign
Hey, better than nothing. At least they're thinking of other possibilities. After all, they don't want to end up like Internet Explorer.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/28 6:18am
Witcher 2's no-loading massive scale overworld design
No-loading smooth transitions between indoor and outdoor areas. Video demo showcase.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/22 10:01pm
A Design Challenge for St. Louis: Connecting the City With Its Symbol
ST. LOUIS — Since its completion in 1965, the Gateway Arch, Eero Saarinen’s shimmering steel monument to westward expansion, has been an iconic point of pride for this city. The 91-acre park that surrounds it? Not so much.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/22 9:59pm
Finalists' Design Plans Released for St. Louis Arch Competition
After its launch back in December and various shortlist and judging panel teases throughout the spring and early summer, the "Framing a Modern Masterpiece" effort by the city of St. Louis and the National Park Service to renovate, reconstruct, and reinvigorate the area surrounding Eero Saarinen's iconic Gateway Arch, has finally released renderings by the five finalists vying for the job.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:26am
Microsoft Arc Touch mouse leaked in Germany?
Ever-handy with Google Translate, Engadget has a story from German tech site Winfuture.de regarding a seemingly likely leak of a new Microsoft Arc Touch mouse. Winfuture cites German retailer Notebooksbilliger as the originating source by way of a premature listing on its site, although Engadget and others have been tracking rumors of the mouse for the past few months.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:26am
Nike to outfit Gators football team with unique uniform design
Nike tends to get creative (and sometimes a little weird) when attempting to create uniquely designed uniforms.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:24am
Apple granted 'Slide-to-Unlock' design patent
"Slide to unlock," the basic way that iPhone users unlock their phones to use has been patented. Additionally, so has the "pop-up" key that displays you type on the iPhone's on-screen keyboard.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:23am
'Mad Men' inspires a return to design ideas of the 1960s
Was it Don and Betty Draper's glamorous blue button-tufted headboard that inspired Pier 1 Imports to introduce the Hayworth, its first upholstered headboard for autumn? Well, the Draper marriage is over, but like a lot of the furniture on the set of AMC's hit show "Mad Men," it has seared itself into our design consciousness.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:22am
Lady Gaga Covers VANITY FAIR September 2010
Lady Gaga throws up the peace sign on the much-anticipated September 2010 cover of Vanity Fair.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/30 10:49pm
Money Approved for Design of Suicide Barrier on Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO — For 73 years, people have poured onto the picturesque red-colored span of the Golden Gate Bridge to take pictures, ride bicycles, commute and, in close to two dozen cases each year, to jump to their deaths, an act transportation officials moved to stop Wednesday by authorizing money for a suicide barrier.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/30 5:08pm
