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Best of the Rest: HDTVs from the '50s, Weird Web Classified Finds

by Thomas Houston on October 5, 2009 at 06:45 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • An high definition TV standard was already around in France way back in the late '40s, but the format never took off. Fortunately, the early HDTVs still exist (albeit without HDMI inputs), and a Teleavia type P111 recently sold for over $3800 in an auction. [From: Gizmodo]
  • Odds are high that you'll find some pretty bizarre stuff after spending a few hours on Craigslist in search of an apartment. LovelyListing highlights the weirdest finds on the Web's real estate listings. [From: LovelyListing]
  • Apple's track record lately has been pretty good lately with the iPhone, iPod, and MacBook lines, but a glance backwards reveals some of the company's epic failures. There's probably a reason you don't remember the Pippin game system or Apple iii. [oobject]
  • Our friends at StreetLevel take a look at 'Beaterator,' the new video game project from Rockstar Games and Timbaland. Read on to see if this portable production studio, out now on PSP and the PlayStation network (an iPhone app is coming by the end of the year), holds up. [From: StreetLevel]
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