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more about #press soggy_cheerio: Freakin' neatniks. I'm sure if anyone saw my place they'd vomit. After all, I am my mother's child. Even as an empty nesters, my parents, with four em... more » Curves: Nice piece. Did you clean before the pics, because it doesnt look too messy. Usually having a GF on site helps keep your place from falling into squal... more » Oniisan608: That's a pretty sick pad, BLam! more » Brian Lam: DOG TOYS EVERYWHERE. more » -
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My House Is a Mess
Apartment therapy's Unplggd did a post about my working habits and work place. How nice of them! [Unplggd] -
#meta
Geeks That GeekSugar Loves: Our Own Elaine Chow
Geeksugar interviews our very own Elaine Chow, asking her, among other things, what it's like to work at the sausage fest that is Gizmodo. [Geeksugar] -
#press
PC World Gets Confused, Releases Best of 2008 List in May
Look at PC World's just-released Best Tech of 2008 list. Yes, it's May, the fifth month of 2008. The hot, bleeding edge tech that made the list? The New York Times website! YouTube! Windows XP! More » -
#press
Worst Gadgets Ever From Wired's Fetish
It's not online yet, but I had to post this: Wired's done a 15th anniversary retrospective on past gadgets from its Fetish column, pulling out the most absurd, useless and ridiculous through the hindsight of 2008. I have a special interest in this article, as I wrote Fetish for 20% of its lifetime, and the column was the original inspiration, my media mogul boss Nick Denton told me, for Gizmodo. More » -
#press
Conde Nast Buys Ars Technica
Conde Nast and Wired bought Ars Technica for a rumored $25 million. More details are coming on Monday but I'm happy to see friends at both Wired and Ars get together in this deal. [Techcrunch, Thanks Arn] -
#geeks
Wired Feature on Deep Sea Cowboys Saving Giant Ships
The cargo ship Cougar Ace was entering Alaskan waters when its ballast tanks malfunctioned and a wave turned it on its side. Millions of dollars in shiny new Mazdas were dangling feet from the cold water. Then the A-Team of sea salvage (including a geek) flipped it right side up without the help of cranes or tugs. My good friend Josh Davis wrote this breathtaking feature on the small group of divers, ship captains, salvage masters and ship architects who brought the Cougar upright again. More » -
#press
PCWorld's Test Center Director Remembered
PCWorld's Ulrike Diehlmann passed away on January 17th, succumbing to cancer after a long battle. She was responsible for developing the performance charts of PC gear and later HDTV reviews. Rest in Peace, Uli. [PCWorld] -
#ces2008
CES 2008: What You Missed So Far
We arrived at CES yesterday, and despite being separated into bloggers and press, and watching the game in standard def, we've had a great time so far. If you've missed the coverage, let's catch you up to speed: More » -
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#announcements
Hey, if you've got Xfire, I'm taking part in their "Gamers' Holiday" panel that's going to start in about 10 minutes (6 p.m. EST). It's moderated by Zonk from Slashdot, and some of the people talking include one of NOTCOT's founders, Jean Aw, and Razer prez Robert Krakoff. They're also giving away free stuff like (surprise) Razer gear. [Xfire] -
#wsjpulpbite
Mossberg Keeps On Dreaming of a Phone Revolution
Mossy's column today is a remix of his Wireless Telcos as Soviet ministries joke, told first in a June 2005 column. He complains about phone companies locking handsets to carriers, and making them lame little pocket convenience stores for ringtones, and so on (my words). The timepeg is Apple's new promise of a software development kit for the iPhone, perhaps the device that could best benefit from such an open arrangement. Yes, I am glad he's continuing the salvo against the phone companies. But there is a but. More » -
#setthetivo
Wired Science Premieres Tonight at 8 p.m.
My buddies Josh Davis and Adam Rogers from Wired are on tonight's first episode of Wired Science. Josh does a segment on Estonia's internet being shut down by a botnet, reported by basically partying with Russian mobsters. And Adam, a science editor who has the special ability of knowing what every ingredient off the back of a food box does, goes on a hunt for explosive, radioactive chemistry materials you can't find in off-the-shelf sets anymore. And this weird dude singing Pi like its a song as well as a few other segments. Show starts at 8, so set your TiVo for some smart TV. You can check your local listing here. [Wired Science] More » -
#press
The Gawker Book
Hey, Gawker is putting out a book on how to become a wealthy internet blogging tycoon or something like that. [The Gawker Guide More » -
#press
Best of Wired NextFest 2007 Walkthrough
Before I catch my flight back to SF, here are a few choice shots of my favorite fun at Wired's 2007 NextFest down in LA. Notable things include nano ferrite "magnetic fluid" solutions, prototypes of JPL's Mars rover running over Justin from Justin.tv (above), a giant disco wall that comes to life when your cellphone EMI hits its wiring system, Jeff Han's latest multitouch systems, a Japanese robot that looks like a samurai, complete with sword, armor and glowing red eyes, a few rainbow touch instruments like the laptop orchestra, some UAVs, one blond wearing body armor being hit with a shovel by another blond, hyper-efficient solar cells that can collect light from multiple angles, a supercomputer efficient enough to be powered by a team of cyclists, a bipedal robot with Albert Einstein's head. Lots of stuff, and I'll have videos of the rest, tomorrow. Mega-gallery here: More » -
#notetoprfolks
Embargo Agreements Only Work When Cat Stays In Bag
Today's lineup highlights the futility of most news embargoes. I can count perhaps 10 items that leaked before the official US announcements. I can't tell you what they are—ironically, I'd be breaking now meaningless non-disclosure agreements. And while I'd like to say that all these came from master sleuths or connected Deep Throats, most leaks are ridiculously mundane, springing from a missed memo, sloppy file handling or an overly excited vendor. All of this leads me to believe that companies are not using news embargoes correctly, and should really rethink them. More » -
#press
Joel Johnson Running BoingBoing's Gadget Blog
Joel Johnson, the editor of Gizmodo originally responsible for injecting this blog with humor, launched a gadget blog today over at BoingBoing. Recent converts to Giz will remember his rant about gadgets and gadget coverage a few months ago, but in case you weren't sure about how BB's gadget blog will be different from Giz, we just got a chance to ask the man. More » -
#omg
WSJ Goes Back to 1999 to Freak Out About 'l33t 5p34k'
In a blatant example of downright-lazy journalism, the Wall Street Journal has just discovered the fact that, OH NOES, there is slang coming from the internet! And kids are using it irl (that's "in real life," for you WSJ writers). More » -
#automobilefun
89% of Americans Want Texting While Driving Outlawed
According to a 2,049-person poll, demographically weighted proportionally to the US, 89% of adults think that text messenging while driving is "distracting, dangerous and should be outlawed." So how many of those polled text and drive anyway? More » -
#michellemadigan
NBC's DefCon Mole - The Walk of Shame
Reading the story about NBC's undercover reporter getting ousted from hacker convention DefCon was enjoyable. Watching the video...that's something really special. Here's the whole story, from beginning to end. More » -
#badreporter
NBC's DefCon Mole Outed, Stalked by Hackers and Press
Michelle Madigan, Dateline NBC's DefCon mole, armed with hidden camera, was trying to sneak in as a programmer and tape hackers admitting to illegal activity. Instead, DefCon's NBC mole uncovered the plot. More » -
#vista
Microsoft ships 60 million copies of Windows Vista. [newlaunches]
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#frankenreview
Six Takes on the New Tivo HD
The Tivo HD is the product were waiting for but beginning to doubt. Because Tivo's Series 3 model successfully brought HD to the platform, but at a price reserved for high-end home theaters. So when news of the $299 Tivo HD broke, we were elated. More » -
#gaming
Hudson's Yellow Button Press Controller Counts Spasms
First made in 1987, this Famicom-esque "Shooting Watch" counts how many times you can push a button in 10 seconds. Only 10,000 of these are being made in Japan (the only place they're being made), so if you like to eschew modern graphics for more spastic gaming, a big yellow bus will come by your Japanese house and sell this to you. Man above? 16 pps. [ITmedia via Kotaku] -
#latergater
Amp'd Mobile Shutting Down July 24, Prepayers Beware
Amp'd Mobile, after recently filing Chapter 11, has announced that they will be shutting down on July 24th at 12:01am. The announcement was made, ironically, through a text message to subscribers. For those who have prepaid for minutes or have outstanding credit, please note: More » -
#notetoprpeople
International Press Junkets Shouldn't Be Free, Just Open
As you know, many electronics companies offer all-expenses-paid trips to journalists to go to Europe and Asia, touring factories and R&D facilities, meeting with executives and eating like kings. The trouble is, the trips are off-limits to the majority of tech reporters, for breach of obvious ethics guidelines. More » -
#suspiciousliquids
Sony Bottle Mystery Solved
Two nights ago, I enlisted your help in determining the contents of a mystery bottle sent to me by the Sony VAIO team. There were plenty of good guesses—Apple juice, Soylent Green, blanc de noir, and of course, the blood of PS3 engineers. Well, I'm not going to say you're all wrong, but some of you are not right. You want answers? You want the truth? Jump (yes, jump) and watch me unlock the secret of the Sony mystery bottle in living video. More » -
#mystery
What's In Sony's Bottle?
You know companies are always trying to wine-and-dine tech reporters, but this has to be the weirdest example. Tonight I received a package containing this bottle and nothing else. More » -
#seasick
iPhone Popularity Forces Calamari on Menu
The iPhone Calamari commercial was tantalizing enough to tempt our own Brian Lam to write up a seafood craving post of his own. But apparently he wasn't the only one jonesing for the stuff after seeing Apple's ad, as the commercial's featured restaurant, Pacific Catch, was forced to add the dish to their menu because it was never there in the first place. This from SFGate: More » -
#turtlestarbucksnext
TurtleNet, Turtles Have WiFi
Now even the turtle is addicted to wireless technologies. Using a solar-powered GPS and WiFi, University of Massachusetts researchers have created TurtleNet: the world's first all-turtle network. More » -
#ouch
Sprint Dumps Needy Customers
Did you ever have a boyfriend/girlfriend who seem really cool until they start calling all the time, forcing you to dump them even though they were super hot? No? Well Sprint has, except they call these crazy boyfriends/girlfriends their customers. In a "Dear John" letter for the record books, Sprint dumped their most high-maintenance customers. Here's the letter in full: More » -
#ebayersaresmarties
Woman Wants to Buy $100,000 in iPhones, Can't
For anyone who hasn't heard this story, we highly recommend it. A woman buys the front spot in line to purchase $100,000 in iPhones to sell on eBay. The catch? She has no clue about the one per customer limit (at this AT&T store). Still, our favorite moment is when the boy tells the camera "That's a serious package, folks," and he thinks we're laughing WITH him. Well, we sorta are I guess. -
#gizmodostalker
Bill Gates' $125 Million House
When finding yourself bored while spending a day on sunny Lake Washington, what's a man to do? Fish, waterski, drink a brewski...maybe stalk a little Bill Gates? That's exactly what one reader did who was nice enough to send us his pictures. More » -
#apple
Jobs Tells WSJ that AT&T EDGE Network Isn't Fast Enough
In an interview that mainly covered the virtues of the iPhone, Steve Jobs did admit to the Wall Street Journal that there was one vice: AT&T's EDGE data network. Called "pokey" by at least two of the four anointed iPhone reviewers earlier this week, the EDGE network is something that even Jobs wishes were "a little faster". More » -
#press
Quittner exposes how much traffic blogs like this one make from iPhone news [Netly News]
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#wisdomoftheincrowd
Opinions Side-By-Side In Our iPhone Review Matrix
If you were too lazy to actually read the four iPhone reviews that came out last night, we've done the hard part and stuck the most salient tidbits into a chart, hoping to see both agreement and dissent among the elders: David Pogue of the New York Times, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, Ed Baig of USA Today and Steven Levy of Newsweek. (What happened to Lev Grossman at Time Magazine? He usually gets the Apple stuff early too.) Jump for our painstakingly created review matrix—it's fun to notice what words they all use, and when one totally disagrees with the rest. More » -
#dealwiththedevil
Your RAZR for $2 Million? No Way.
The mobile research institution Carphone Warehouse has recently published an extraordinary finding, as reported by TechDigest: "One in three people said they wouldn't give up their phone for a million pounds. 76% said they believed it was a social requirement to have a mobile phone, while 85% think that having a mobile phone is vital to maintaining their quality of life." More » -
#earmuffs
Gizmodo Rated "G", Children Everwhere Weep
Who would have thought that with all of our foul, locker room gadget talk that Gizmodo could be rated "G" for general, impressionable audiences? More » -
#frankenreview
7 Takes on the Santa Rosa MacBook Pros
We've already shown you the new MacBook Pro benchmarks, which show respectable improvements over the old model, not just because of the new Santa Rosa chipset, but Nvidia's new monster 8600M makes short work of 3D gaming. But what about the other features? How's the battery life? What's the deal on those LED screens? Is the MBP still hot enough to sterilize me if actually left on the lap? Hit the jump to see what they reviewers have to say on the new 15-inch laptops beyond the benchmarks. More » -
#assumingmakesanass
Men Talk More Than Women (on Cellphones)
For whatever stereotypes may have existed about women talking on the phone (which, incidentally, were always true in my household, growing up with an older sister while doing my best to phone-mac on the ladies myself)—are untrue as applied to cellphones. More » -
#press
NPR Asks: Can You Clean Your Keyboard With a Dishwasher?
NPR, the experts on all things tech...decided to check out whether one could clean off a disgusting bacteria-laden keyboard simply by placing it in the dishwasher for a normal cycle. So they did just that, tossed a keyboard in cord and all and then pushed the start button. More »
