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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Hey, has anybody made a "Bada Bing!" joke yet? Anyway, what's the point of Bada? Why not just throw Android on there and be done with it? more »
met2art: Leeloo: ...jella boom! Korben Dallas: Boom. Yeah, I understand boom. Leeloo: Bada boom. Korben Dallas: Big... yeah, big bada boom. Leeloo: Big! Bada... more »
Kaiser-Machead: Cuz it's Bada? kills self #samsungbada more »
sxs3200: Waiting for someone to make a goatse image manipulator with this.... #macbookmultitouchapp more »
dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!: When it detects 11 points, does it say "You killed my father! Prepare to die!"? (got that from the original posting, just had to share it, made me LO... more »
Noobs-R-Us: humm, the only way I can get 11 "fingers" on that thing is to let out the one eyed monster. #macbookmultitouchapp more »
Digo: Keyboard Cat: The Game #macbookmultitouchapp more »
red014: This in case you forget how many fingers you have. You can just touch your trackpad with all of them and your Mac will tell you. Side note, is it a ... more »
Xagest: Make sure you keep some Purell around. Never know when someone might try and be creative to get that 11th point. #macbookmultitouchapp more »
cealigbe: Hmm, 11-point multitouch begs the question, where's your 11th finger?? #macbookmultitouchapp more »

#samsung

Why Did Samsung Just Announce Another Mobile OS?
They're calling it "Bada," which means ocean in Korean. And it's got an SDK! After sifting through hundreds of words of deliberately vague press release, this is all we really know about Samsung's new mobile OS. Well, almost. More »
#btw

Reminder: Your Unibody MacBook's Trackpad Is Magical
Hey you, with the unibody MacBook. You probably heard that your trackpad supports 11-point multitouch, but do you know what the actually means? FingerMgmt shows you. More »
#iphoneapps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! More »
#btw

All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
Screencap formats, secret dock animations, previously unseen menu shortcuts, login screen backgrounds: These are the hidden settings the Apple doesn't want you to see (or just forgot about) and that Secrets, a free, super-simple app, helpfully wrangles into one place. More »
#imagecache

Reality Check
Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn't even crack 1/3rd of its predecessor's install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars]
#psystar

Surprise! Psystar's Rebel EFI Software and Customer Service are Shady
Psystar's Rebel EFI software promises that you can install OS X on any PC with a Core 2 Duo, Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem processor for $50, but we are discovering that you will probably end up getting screwed royally. More »
#surface

How Superman Might Read the NY Times
The Infractor is probably the least efficient manner in which you could read the morning paper, but it involves Fortress of Solitude-esque prisms and interactive rays of light. Quite simply, the paper has never looked better. Video demo: More »
#iphoneapps

Chorus for iPhone Puts a Better App Store Inside the App Store
Oh, App Store: You're a chore to navigate, difficult to search, and offer only the most superficial guidance as to which apps are actually good. Chorus—an app recommendation app, as awkward as that sounds—helps cut through the noise. More »
#iphoneapps

iPhone Ebooks: The New Fart Apps
A buzzy new report says that iPhone ebook apps are on the rise, and accounted for more new apps in October—nearly a fifth—than even games. It's unexpected and exciting, but what does it mean? Spam, is what. More »
#windows7

Connectify: Turn Your Windows 7 Laptop into a Virtual Wi-Fi Hotspot
Virtual Wi-Fi was going to be a cool Windows 7 feature to turn PCs into a Wi-Fi access-point, so devices could share a connection without special software. It missed the cut, but this free app finishes the work Microsoft abandoned. More »
#iphoneapps

Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition
Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? More »
#iphoneapps

This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week's not at all scared app roundup: Nikon teaches a photography class, the NBA gouges its most devoted fans (and they like it), board games go digital, Disney gets app-y, and, well, Zombie Bikini Babes From Space! More »
#software

Media Manager For OS X Streams iTunes To FiOS TVs
Released by Verizon last week, Media Manager for Mac allows users to stream any iPhone or iTunes media to FiOS TV DVR hardware. Though the Windows software that has been out for a while remains more robust, the new Media Manager does a fine job with playlists, slide shows and the rest. More »
#apple

iTunes 9.0.2 Is Here With Apple TV 3.0 Love and Not Much Else
As if you didn't see this coming, iTunes 9.0.2 is here, just in time for Apple TV 3.0 (the third strike?). The other changes are just iTunes 9 additions, padding out the otherwise boring list: More »
#bloatware

Acer's Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes to Boot Time, HP, Dell and Sony Not Much Better
PC Pro looked into the bloatware included on new laptops by major manufacturers, measuring how memory, HDD space and boot times are negatively effected. And good lord, it's worse than you thought. More »
#iphoneapps

An Early Video Peek at LaLa's Übercheap Music App
The latest news, in The Week Of The LaLa: the company's long-promised iPhone app, which would bring the bizarre play-a-song-once-for-free-then-pay-10-cents model to mobile, has been submitted to Apple. And assuming they don't abort it, this is what it'll look like. More »
#ubuntu

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Out Now But Still Not As Fuzzy As a Real Koala
I've always wanted a pet koala, but I could settle for Ubuntu 9.10 Karamic Koala, which is out now. The main Ubuntu page is still all about 9.04, but you can grab 9.10 here. [Ubuntu, Image via Yvonne/Flickr]
#windows7

Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of
There is no one definitive Windows 7 guide—it's a sprawling OS with a decades-long legacy, so nobody can cover it all. But with our powers combined, you're in good hands. More »
#apple

Apple Software Update Enables Support for Magic Mouse
Apple just released an update for Leopard and Snow Leopard granting use of the Magic Mouse's more advanced functionality (read: multitouch) instead of just pointing and clicking. Check out our review of the Magic Mouse here. [The Loop]
#questionoftheday

Has Your Windows 7 Install Been a Great or Miserable Experience?
We love it, but there has been a lot of frustrated twitter chatter about the install experience for Windows 7, so it seemed like a good idea to ask—how has your install been going? More »
#clippy

Oh God, Clippy Has Escaped to Meatspace
It looks like you're being clever. Would you like me to help you post that to the internet? [Reddit via The Daily What]
#iphoneapps

This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week's incidentally infringing app roundup: NASA enters the iPhone's orbit, Earthworm Jim is ALIVE, your handset learns two tricks it should've known already, rhythm gaming goes pro, and Loopt users crudely proposition one another. More »
#software

Ninite Helps You Upgrade To Windows 7 By Installing Up To 58 Great Apps At Once
Simply put, the Ninite installer is one of the easiest ways to get many of your favorite apps loaded up after that fresh Windows 7 upgrade. More »
#kindle

Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows
Windows isn't the only operating system getting a Kindle app; Amazon has just announced that they're prepping a Kindle app for Macs as well, allowing you to read your Kindle purchases right on your computer. Taste the excitement! [SA Insider]
#imagecache

Linux Legend Loves Some Windows 7
Why would Linus Torvalds, the man behind the Linux kernel, be giving a big thumbs up in front of a Japanese Windows 7 booth? More »
#windows7

Microsoft Will Sell You Windows 7 As a Download (But Only For Upgrades)
Months ago, word was that Microsoft planned to dabble in non-optical media for a change, shipping Windows 7 on, or at least for, USB drives. For the netbooks! Well, they've made good on the ~~promise~~ rumor, but only halfway. More »
#windows

7 Reasons to Stick with Windows XP
Windows 7 is out today! Huzzah! But wait; if you're still rocking Windows XP, you might want to think twice before upgrading. Here are some reasons to stick with an old OS. More »
#windows7

I Had a One-Man Windows 7 Launch Party, and It Didn't End Well

I tried to have a Windows 7 Launch Party, I really did. Unfortunately, it's really hard to convince people to come to a party centered around an operating system and the installation of said operating system. It…didn't go well. More »
#htc

HTC Spills the Hero's Guts (And By Guts, I Mean Kernel Source Code)
HTC's posted a nice fat package of code on their developer portal, labeled "HTC Hero Kernel Source Code." This isn't nearly as tantalizing as it sounds, but it's pu-ret-ay exciting nonetheless. Here's why: More »
#howto

How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are great. And cheap. Boot Camp's the free, official way to run them both natively on one machine. It's easy to setup, and just works, except when it doesn't. Here's how to survive Boot Camp. More »
#chrome

The Power User's Guide To Google Chrome
Our friends at Lifehacker have taken a fresh look at Google Chrome and updated last year's list with a power user's guide to its newest features. More »
#gizexplains

Giz Explains: Why Stuff Crashes (And Why It Happens Less Often Now)
You're working on the most important document you've ever typed and suddenly—boom: Blue screen. "A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED." What the hell just happened? More »
#software

Marvel's Comic Book Creator Is $&@#ing Brilliant
Marvel's Create Your Own Comic service is designed for kids, but that shouldn't stop you. More »
#bsod

Blue Screen of Death (On a Belt)
I don't know why my belt crashed. I went to the restroom and then zipped up and then shook my hips like Elvis in the mirror...wait, Belt 7 isn't Elvis compatible. That explains everything. [GeekGoneChic via Crunchgear] More »
#iphoneapps

Rock Band For iPhone Hands On: Alleviate Boredom, Suffer Hand Cramps
The $10 Rock Band iPhone app that's on the App Store now is basically the console experience brought to your phone, complete with a music store to get new songs for $1. The only thing lacking is the control scheme. More »
#iphoneapps

What On Earth Is Mozilla's Mystery iPhone App?
Mozilla's CEO says an iPhone app is due within a few weeks, and that it'll "surprise people." I mean, that's neat and all, but the most exciting possibility—Firefox—would be the least surprising. So, uh, what is it? More »
#iphoneapps

This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
Lite apps are dead! The App Store is diseased! But seriously, enough with the eulogies: here are the best new apps this week, in no particular order. More »
#android

Android 2.0 First Look: Fresh Face, Sick Speed
While Android 1.6 is still writhing around in amniotic fluid, BGR had the nerve to publish shots of version 2.0 "Eclair," which doesn't even have a formal due date yet. They look great. Sorry, 1.6: I'm already over you. More »
#iphoneapps

The App Store Effect: Are iPhone Apps Headed for Oblivion?
It's uncanny. When known software gets repackaged for iPhones and iPod Touches and passes through the hallowed gates of the App Store, something happens: Almost invariably, it gets cheaper. Waaay cheaper. Good right? Well, not always. More »
#iphone

Side-by-side: The Same Game on the iPhone vs iPhone 3GS
On the left, the iPhone. On the right, the iPhone 3GS. Iron Fist Boxing 3 shows us a graphical divide we can expect only to grow as more games push the iPhone 3GS hardware to its limits. More »

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