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iTunes fraud takes trip to travel section?
Here we go again , unfortunately . Both 9 to 5 Mac and Ars Technica are reporting a new spat of potentially-fraudulent apps climbed the iTunes charts today, now in the Travel section
Seagate busts out 3TB external hard drive for $250
Yeah, you heard that right. As of today, those among us who value quantity over speed in our storage can buy a whole trifecta of terabytes in one compact package. The Free Agent GoFlex Desk from Seagate is the first single 3.5-inch drive to store quite so much data, and it comes with a USB 2.0 adapter that can be upgraded to USB 3.0 or Firewire, depending on preference
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: a US team wins the Solar Decathalon!
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us. This week Inhabitat reported live from the scene of the Solar Decathlon in Madrid as 17 stunning solar-powered houses competed for the title of the world’s most energy-efficient prefabricated house. The winner was just announced this evening and we’re thrilled to see that an American team won: Virginia Tech’s shape-shifting Lumenhaus
Malaysia Airlines now offers iPad check-in (video)
It’s getting easier and easier to enjoy in-flight entertainment on Apple’s briskly moving tablet , but why wait till you get to the gate to dive in? If you’re flying out of Kuala Lumpur, you can play with that 9.7-inch IPS touchscreen while you daydream of that time that watched Entrapment with your soulmate, book your flight, find departure times and even check in at dedicated kiosks.
Belkin’s AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter lets you play Xbox 360 on iMac, costs as much as an Arcade
If you’re inhabiting one of those quaint, downtown studio apartments in which your sink, oven, computer, and toilet are all within reach of your swiveling desk chair, and if that computer happens to be a 27-inch iMac , we have good news for you. Belkin has introduced its AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter, which takes an HDMI input at up to 1080p and squeezes it into a Mini DisplayPort connector at 720p for display on your iMac
Chrysler’s Peapod NEV killed in bankruptcy
Chrysler’s Peapod neighborhood electric vehicle always seemed like more of an experiment than a profit-maker, and unfortunately idealism isn’t too popular with creditors — according to Edmunds , the Peapod was canceled in March as part of the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. Apparently adapting the Peapod’s button-cute design to federal safety standards was overly expensive, so Chrysler and new part-owner Fiat will convert the existing Fiat 500 to electric operation. The Peapod design and other assets are up for sale, so there’s a chance someone else will pick up the pieces, and Peapod designer Peter Arnell may yet build a full-speed EV in the future, so we’ll keep our eyes open.
