Sneaky Thinkings

With some mobile operators making it difficult for people to use data services while roaming on their networks, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is now working to develop a rule that would require them to negotiate reasonable data roaming deals with other operators.

via FCC may require mobile data roaming | Phones | iOS Central | Macworld.

The Dipr Cookie Spoon Might Forever Change the Way You Dunk [Cookies]: “

Is there anything worse than not being able to fit your giant fist into a tall glass of milk, yearning for one last Oreo dunk? No. There is literally nothing worse. But the Dipr cookie peripheral will make dips easy. More »

(Via Gizmodo.)

Why Facebook Mail Can Kill Gmail and Everyone Else [Facebook]: “

Get ready for a new invasion wave from Facebook: Mail. According to Techcrunch’s sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. If I were Google, Yahoo or Hotmail, I’d be very nervous. More »

(Via Gizmodo.)

AMD Fusion chips coming to the Mac?: “

During AMD’s Financial Analyst day, the ‘GigaOM’ (http://gigaom.com/) and ‘Fudzilla’ (http://www.fudzilla.com/) sites picked up on a PowerPoint slide that AMD’s senior vice president and chief of sales officer, Emilio Ghilardi, displayed but didn’t discuss. The slide featured two iMacs and a Mac Prowith the AMD Fusion logo below them.

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(Via MacMinute.)

FDA Says CT Scans Need To Be Safer:

Acting to make the administration of CT scans safer, the Food and Drug Administration released documents that urged better training for those who administer tests as well as warnings for patients about the radiation levels to which the tests expose them.

The New York Times reports the FDA reached its findings after a yearlong study of radiation poisoning in stroke patients who underwent the same CT tests.

If you’ve had CT scans done, has the radiation affected you?

F.D.A. Urges Two Steps for Safer CT Scans [The New York Times]

(Via Consumerist.)

Mystery Missile Launched Near LA: “J. L. Tympanum writes ‘CBS News is reporting the launch of an unidentified missile of the coast of California. No one wants to take credit for it.’ The article has visuals taken from a CBS affiliate’s helicopter, and a Navy spokesman said it wasn’t theirs.

(Via Slashdot.)

Unboxed: Samsung Galaxy Tablet [Video]: “

In less than week, you can go out and buy what will essentially be the first major competitor to Apple’s iconic and briskly selling iPad. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch tablet powered by Google’s Android OS is likely to hit the stores in days and will be available from four major U.S. carriers. Folks from Sprint are selling their version of the device for $399 plus two different 3G data plans — $30 a month (2 GB/Month data) and $60 a month (5 GB/month data) — and they sent me one for review.

The device arrived in my hands yesterday evening, and while I didn’t have much time to review the hardware, we put together an un-boxing video. My very brief impression of the device so far: it is fast, easy to use and actually feels a lot more responsive than your typical Android smartphone, thanks to the Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird application processor and 2GB of onboard memory. It is quite handsome and definitely easier to hold than an iPad. At 13.5 ounces it’s almost half the weight of the iPad. More importantly, it is a good device to tap into Google’s services.

Hope you enjoy the video and come back for the review later this week.

(Via GigaOM.)

Food Delivery Service GrubHub Raises $11 Million: “

Online food and restaurant delivery service GrubHub has raised an impressive $11 million in a Series C round of funding led by Benchmark Capital, an investment group that has also provided early funding for the likes of eBay, Twitter, Yelp and OpenTable.

Online consumers can use GrubHub’s service to view menus, coupons and reviews, and place orders from roughly 13,000 restaurants in the U.S. via its website and mobile apps (available for both the iPhone [iTunes link] and Android devices).

The startup currently operates in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, D.C., San Diego, Oakland, Seattle, Portland, Denver and Boulder, and plans to double the number of cities it serves in 2011.

The new capital will be used to further build out GrubHub’s online and mobile offerings, as well as its marketing and sales team. The startup has now raised a total of $14.1 million from investors and expects to process more than $70 million in food orders this year, of which GrubHub will receive a cut.

Image courtesy of Geoff Peters 604

(Via Mashable!.)

Electronic Implant Allows The Blind To See [Video]: “

Researchers are currently testing electronic implants which are designed to restore sight to individuals with certain types of blindness. As you can see by this video, the initial trials are encouraging. More »

(Via Gizmodo.)

Change Your iPhone’s App Icons Without Jailbreaking [IPhone]: “

Jailbreakers have been theming their iPhones for a long time, but if you like to refrain from jailbreaking, you can still change that app’s ugly icon using previously mentioned iPhone Explorer. More »

(Via Lifehacker.)