Barnes & Noble has released the 1.5 update for the Nook eBook reader. The new firmware update brings a number of new features to the device which includes a 50% increase on page refresh rates, syncing across Nook apps, customisable folders, password protection and improved search functions.

Battery life is also said to be increased with this particular update. [Read more…]

Check out the embedded video below. Its a quick video tour of the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) at NASA. The video is shot in 3D and requires that you use the red/blue glasses to get the full experience.

Some interesting facts are also presented on the tour which includes the building being so large that it has its own weather system with clouds apparently forming near the ceiling on humid days. [Read more…]

Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that it has sold 1 million Kinects in the first 10 days of it going on sale.

Microsoft also suggests that they will shift 5 million units by the end of the year.

Microsoft Corp. today announced it has sold 1 million Kinect for Xbox 360 units worldwide in 10 days and is on pace to hit 5 million by the end of the year. The announcement comes a week before the biggest selling day of the year, Black Friday, and in the wake of increasing momentum for Xbox 360, which led U.S. video game console sales for the past four months.

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Just this weekend past, many have had their iTunes package update to 10.1 and for those who hold an iPhone 4 or iPad close to their hearts will also soon be receiving their awaited iOS 4.2 update. But according to the good people at Apple, an “exciting announcement” is to be made tomorrow at 3pm. [Read more…]

AOL is launching a new web client for its email service. AOL indicate that 45% of its traffic is to the email services it provides.

This new information arrived just a day before Facebook is expected to launch the Facebook email service (which is now today).

The AOL service is being called Project Phoenix for now and as its in beta, it is only available to a select few users who are testing the service. [Read more…]

FaceBook is expected to launch an @facebook webmail service this coming Monday. Earlier this year the service/system was reported to be called Project Titan.

Invites have now gone out designed in the form of a letter hinting that Monday could be the day the email service is announced. [Read more…]

Rumours went around the web the other day (as they do every day), about the Bluetooth Headphone maker called Wi-Gear being purchased by Apple [AAPL].

Wi-Gear CEO, Mark Pundsack had just two words to say about the whole thing… “I wish!”. [Read more…]

Rumors are indicating that Apple [AAPL] has purchased a small Bluetooth wireless headphone designer in San Francisco called Wi-Gear.

Wi-Gear has made three generations of A2DP stereo headphones which they call iMuffs. These headphones use a Bluetooth 2.0 adapter to communicate with a music source on older devices. For those devices that are compatible, the adapter is not needed. [Read more…]

Google [GOOG], is launching a new search feature that will give users instant previews, in the sidebar, of sites they are visiting. The service works by the searcher/user clicking on a small magnifying glass next to a search result. Once done, a small preview of the webpage loads up to the right side of the search result.

The new technology will be included on every single search result and when snapshots of the websites are requested, it takes just 1/10th of a second to load them up. [Read more…]

BBC will be rolling out iPlayer to international markets sometime next year. The announcement was made by the Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide, John Smith.

“Not only will that mean international fans of, for example, Doctor Who can get their fix legitimately, but it has the potential of opening up a new revenue stream for the entire UK production industry.”

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Brought to us by FilmFlex on behalf of Channel 4’s Film 4, Film4oD’s  service now provides a movie back catalogue greater than that of iTunes, LOVEFiLM and Blinkbox with 500 films already available for immediate streaming and all of this is now available at the touch of a button via the Film4oD website. [Read more…]

The image you are looking at here is a rendering of what the “official kilogram” looks like. The 1KG weight its self is stored in France and is the source to which everybody calibrates their weight system by.

Theres a snag though as the weight is 130 years old and folk in the US believe that it might not be accurate anymore. This will now start a project to look in to this and make sure that 1KG is 1KG. How they measure that and how they knew it was 1KG in the first place sounds a little too complicated for me to figure out. [Read more…]