Tag Archives: vintage

Osom mashes up Craigslist and Instagram, lets you sell your beautiful things

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Perhaps after wading through one too many bleach bypass photos of someone’s scooter, a trio of Swedish developers thought an Instagram-like app would be an ideal way to sell such things. To wit, they developed Osom, an iPhone app that pays homage to …


Next-gen mobile Kepler graphics demoed, said to make current tablet games look like ‘vintage 1999′ (video)

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Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage during NVIDIA’s recent investor day to show off an interesting video, which VentureBeat fortunately managed to capture. It’s embedded after the break and consists of two contrasting parts: footage of a current “state …


Verizon intros new $35 prepaid plan for basic phones, for those not keen on the ‘smart’ era

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For some time now, Verizon and other carriers have slowly but surely shifted focus from “dumb” handsets to ones that are much more intelligent, with data-driven shared plans being one of the strategies that corroborate this move. Today, however, Big …


Verizon intros new $35 prepaid plan for basic phones, for those not keen on the ‘smart’ era

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For some time now, Verizon and other carriers have slowly but surely shifted focus from “dumb” handsets to ones that are much more intelligent, with data-driven shared plans being one of the strategies that corroborate this move. Today, however, Big …


Korg announces Volca analog synth series, we go eyes-on

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Korg’s love of the mini-analog synth clearly remains strong as it’s added three more new ones to the fold — the Volca Beat, Volca Bass and Volca Keys (the clue to what they do is in the names). While some firms take a pro product and work down, maki…


Warner Archive Instant streams a small lineup of classic films and TV shows for $9.99 per month

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There’s a staggering variety of options for streaming movies and TV shows to your computer or TV, but most of those focus on fairly modern content. Not so with the new Warner Archive Instant, a service that streams vintage films and s…


AT&T Galaxy S3 now receiving Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update via Kies

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After months and months of waiting and watching smaller carriers like T-Mobile push out their Jelly Beans, Samsung Galaxy S3 users on AT&T can finally get in on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The update, which should start rolling out over-the-air any minute now, is currently available via Samsung Kies and weighs around 738MB. I wont [...]


Blake Patterson’s Byte Cellar: the ultimate man cave for aspiring geeks

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Apple IIGS? Of course. Commodore 64C? You betcha. NeXTstation Turbo Color? Booyah! These three classics are just part of Blake Patterson’s tricked-out technology den that’s known as the Byte Cellar — and yes, we’re seething with jealousy. Take notes…


Pixar Image Computer surfaces on eBay, $25k will let you buy it now

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Still have another cube-sized hole in your vintage computer collection? Then you may be interested in this rare specimen that’s currently up for auction on eBay. Long before Pixar produced its first feature film, it sold the Pixar Image Computer, a h…


Metalab wires its Blinkenwall to run from Commodore 64, gives no word on the obligatory Tetris port (video)

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We’ve seen some ambitious Blinkenwalls in our time. Nearly all of the attention is unsurprisingly focused on the wall, however, and not on the often clever hardware and software behind it. Vienna’s Metalab wants to shift the limelight by kicking it o…