Gizmodo

From the Tips Box: Backyard Igloos, Sink Mats, and Taskbar Arrangement

Readers offer their best tips for making effective sink mats, rearranging your Windows taskbar for quick program switching, and writing important information on dried food containers. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#computers

Today Is National PC Cleanup Day, So Let's Tidy Up Your System

The Web Worker Daily blog reminds us that today is National Clean Out Your Computer Day. Want to do some serious PC cleaning but not sure where to start? We've got your back, so let's get with the purging. [Lifehacker]

06:00 PM

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By Lisa Hoover

#madengineering

The Science Of Metal Fever, Or How To Build Your Sexbot

Futurama showed us a world with space travel, robot sidekicks, and Al Gore riding the Mighty Moon Worm, but what really made hearts beat faster were the downloadable Lucy Liu robots. How close are we to robot lovin'? [io9]

05:30 PM

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By Esther Inglis-Arkell

#shutuptwitter

The iPad Tweet That Enraged Steve Jobs?

There was inevitably some cultural friction when Apple's secretive CEO took his new iPad around to New York's professionally indiscreet media. Exhibit A is a single tweet from a Wall Street Journal editor, which purportedly made Steve Jobs go ballistic: [Gawker]

02:39 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#valentinesgiftguide

Will You Be My Player 2?

Gamers need Valentine's Day gifts. If you plan to buy a February 14th present for a gamer - or are a gamer and need to drop some hints — please consult this, our Valentine's Day Gift Guide for Gamers [Kotaku]

01:40 PM

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By Lisa Foiles

#windows

The Complete Guide to Windows System Restore (It's Better than You Remember)

Most of us remember Windows System Restore as a lame-duck feature from Windows XP; when it seemed we might benefit from using it, it never quite worked how we expected. That's no longer the case. [Lifehacker]

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By The How-To Geek

From the Tips Box: Dropbox Directories, Leftover Paint, and Work Attire

Readers offer their best tips for viewing full Dropbox directories online, putting leftover paint back in the can, and ramping up your professionalism at work. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#importantthingswithdemetrimartin

Get Out of Awkward Situations With "The Forehead Texter"

Are you ever at a party talking to someone and they get frustrated that you're "too busy texting" to pay attention? In his season premiere, Demetri Martin created a new gadget which fills a need we didn't know we had. [Gawker.TV]

11:20 AM

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By Whitney Jefferson

#exclusive

The Complete History Of Pandora, According To Avatar's Designers

Avatar didn't sweep the Oscar nominations just because of its amazing special effects — it captured the hearts and imaginations of Academy voters because of its world-building. Here's the complete history of the movie's intricate world, from the designers themselves. [io9]

09:07 PM

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#ipad

Steve Jobs' New York Media Adventure

Steve Jobs visited the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in recent days, say sources at the papers. Also, New York reports the Apple CEO showed up for a secret media dinner. [Gawker]

03:46 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#diy

Set Up a Low-Tech, Whole-House Speaker System Through Existing Phone Lines

Ed. note: It can be pretty expensive (and a big pain) to install a wired, whole-house speaker system, but reader Tom O'Brien writes in with his low-tech solution: Route your speakers through the phone lines already installed in your house. [Lifehacker]

01:30 PM

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By Tom O'Brien

#hackattack

Become a Gmail Master Redux

Gmail is easily the most popular email application among power users, and with good reason: It's an excellent app. But if you haven't gotten to know its best shortcuts, tricks, Labs features, and add-ons, it's time you made Gmail sing. [Lifehacker]

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By Adam Pash

From the Tips Box: Cable Organization, Salad Dressing, and Odor Killing

Readers offer their best tips for storing cables, bringing salad dressing with lunch, and masking odors with simple household objects. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#datapocalypse

Imagining The Fate Of Data After The Apocalypse

If modern civilization collapsed, could the survivors hope to rebuild using our massive stores of data? Unless we can come up with something way more permanent to put them on in the near future, we probably shouldn't bank on it. [io9]

06:30 PM

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By Alasdair Wilkins

#downloads

uTorrent 2.0 Brings Performance Updates, Bandwidth Control, UDP Support, and More

Windows only: uTorrent is far and away the most popular BitTorrent client among Windows users, and they've recently pushed out a shiny new 2.0 release, bringing with it bug fixes, performance improvements, UDP support, automatic bandwidth regulation, and more. [Lifehacker]

02:00 PM

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By Adam Pash

#toyotarecall

Toyota To Borrow, Test Steve Wozniak's Prius For A Week

Since the issue of Steve Wozniak's Prius arose yesterday, Toyota has been anxious to get in touch with the Apple co-founder to diagnose the problem and, according to his assistant, will take the car for testing. [Jalopnik]

09:00 PM

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By Matt Hardigree

#startrekonline

Star Trek MMO Log, Stardate 2010.02

Welcome to the first weekly installment of the Star Trek Online MMO Log, a four-part weekly series, leading up to our review. In this first installment, I take my first steps, and lose a great deal of sleep. [Kotaku]

05:40 PM

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By Mike Fahey

#lifehackershowdown

Which Media Center Is Right for You: Boxee, XBMC, and Windows Media Center Compared

Want all your downloads, streaming video, and other techie media stuff on your TV? Wondering which media center works best for you? Here's a look at the biggies in chart and Venn diagram form, followed by some lengthy breakdowns of each. [Lifehacker]

12:20 PM

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By Jason Fitzpatrick & Kevin Purdy

From the Tips Box: Tangled Headphones, Old TV Armoires, and More Laptop Stands

Readers offer their best tips for storing earbuds without getting them tangled, uses for old box TV armoires, and more cheap, household laptop stands.. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#nasabudget

It's Time To Get Serious About Colonizing Space

Today the Obama Administration unveiled its new budget for NASA, which included a shocker: Plans to return to the Moon have been scrapped. So why are we optimistic? Because Obama's budget rewards science, and lays groundwork for human space colonies. More »

06:47 PM

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By Annalee Newitz

#startrekonline

Building The Perfect Star Trek Frankengame

Has the perfect Star Trek video game been created? Perhaps not, but by taking key elements from the Star Trek games we've played over the past three decades, I believe we can come up with the perfect Star Trek Frankengame. [Kotaku]

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By Mike Fahey

#privacy

Fact and Fiction: The Truth About Browser Cookies

Browser cookies are one of those technical bits of web browsing that almost everyone has some awareness of. They're also probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of browsing. Today we're here to clear up the confusion. [Lifehacker]

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From the Tips Box: Trial Subscriptions, Distraction-Free Browsing, and Dish Towels

Readers offer their best tips for avoiding trial subscriptions that automatically charge your credit card, browsing the web without distractions, and cleaning dish towels overnight. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#carpocalypse

Tesla To Kill Electric Roadster In 2011

Who killed the electric car? Well, a closer evaluation of today's Tesla's IPO filing with the SEC reveals Tesla will. They plan to kill the Tesla Roadster after 2011. No, seriously. [Jalopnik]

07:05 PM

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By Ray Wert

#rants

Keep Your Damn iPad Out Of My Car

Even the best factory infotainment system is a heavy piece of techno-vanilla designed to inflate a car's sticker price and already bloated waistline. I look forward to the day we'll replace it with something better. Sadly, the iPad isn't it. [Jalopnik]

04:00 PM

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By Matt Hardigree

#jjabrams

Can You Win The J.J. Abrams Board Game?

When Lost returns on Tuesday, the surprises will come thick and fast. How would you survive if you were trapped inside a twisty J.J. Abrams story? There's only one way to find out: by playing the J.J. Abrams board game. [io9]

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#periodpieces

Will Period Jokes Hurt The iPad?

One day of period jokes later, the snickering over Apple's new iPad is hard to avoid. Does it matter? [Jezebel]

11:00 AM

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By Irin

#technology

Click here to read Will The iPad Change The Way We Consume Porn?

Will The iPad Change The Way We Consume Porn? [NSFW]

Internet-enabled computers managed to transform the way we consume porn—as did smartphones like the iPhone a few years later. Now, with the iPad, Apple's released a whole new class of device: how will it effect adult entertainment? [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

09:00 PM

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By Lux Alptraum

From the Tips Box: Android Radio, Laptop Stands, and Reminder Key Clips

Readers offer their best tips for tagging songs for purchase while listening to internet radio on Android, turning a mini fridge shelf into a laptop stand, and reminding yourself of things to bring with you with your keys. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#impressions

Hands On With Apple's iPad, Just The Games

Immediately following Apple's iPad reveal event, the Mac maker offered us an opportunity to go hands-on with the touchscreen-controlled tablet. The demo unit came loaded with apps, including about a dozen games. We took (most of) them for a spin. [Kotaku]

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#appleipad

CNBC Anchor Says the iPad "Reminds Me Of Feminine Products"

CNBC's coverage of the Apple iPad went downhill when a female anchor equated the tablet to the types of products that women use once a month. The male anchors couldn't hold back their distaste for the comparison. [Gawker.TV]

01:55 PM

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By Whitney Jefferson

#appreciation

The Apple Tablet and the Joy of Anticipation

One of the great modern pastimes — speculating and rumormongering about the Apple Tablet — will come to an end today when Steve Jobs finally unveils his messiah device. It's a game few are ready to stop playing. [Gawker]

10:44 AM

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By Richard Lawson

#islate

Could Apple's Tablet Use Natal-Like Technology?

The most intriguing thing about Apple's rumored tablet isn't its form factor or potential to reinvigorate print media, it's the one piece of information no one seems to know: How will we interact with it. [Kotaku]

06:00 PM

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By Brian Crecente

#performancetests

Browser Speed Tests: Firefox 3.6, Chrome 4, Opera 10.5, and Extensions

Firefox 3.6 is out, Chrome's stable version got a big upgrade, and Opera 10.5 is inching toward release. It's a great time for us to break out the timer, process manager, and code tracker for some up-to-date browser speed tests. [Lifehacker]

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By Kevin Purdy

From the Tips Box: AutoHotkey and Dropbox, Noisy Hard Drives, and Device Chargers

Readers offer their best tips for syncing AutoHotkey scripts between computers, silencing noisy hard drives, and organizing device chargers. [Lifehacker]

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#thegamersiphone

Sixteen Games That Make iPhone Gaming Worthwhile

The iPhone is no gaming device... unless you make it one. [Kotaku]

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By Brian Crecente

#downloads

Chrome's New Stable Release Brings Extensions, Bookmark Sync to the Masses

Windows: Google just pushed an update to the stable channel of Chrome on Windows, bringing support for extensions and bookmark syncing to everyone who isn't living on the bleeding edge of Chrome. [Lifehacker]

11:30 AM

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By Adam Pash

#tablettealeaves

Apple Moves Forward with Tablet's Trademark-Infringing "iPad" Name, Reveals Potential Features in Filing

The Jesus Tablet Blog recently uncovered documents deep within the US Patent Offices suggesting that the iPad was the Apple Tablet's name based on their battles against Fujitsu for it. Now they're moving ahead with a U.S. trademark battle. [Gawker]

07:45 PM

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By Foster Kamer

From the Tips Box: Exercise Concentration, Back Massages, and Greeting Cards

Readers offer their best tips for keeping your mind off the pain while exercising, getting knots out of your back without someone else's help, and keeping a secret stash of greeting cards for forgotten occasions. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#iphone

When A Thumb Gets In An iPhone Gamer's Way, More or Less

Yesterday Kotaku reported about the latest attempt to give players joystick control of a character in an iPhone game, without blocking too much of the screen. Today, check out five videos that show five approaches to dealing with the problem. [Kotaku]

10:40 AM

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By Stephen Totilo

#appletablet

Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming

No one knows for certain what exactly will be announced at Apple's semi-exclusive, invitation-only event in San Francisco next week. But a lot of us are thinking it will be the unveiling of an Apple tablet. Here's why you should care. [Kotaku]

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By Brian Crecente

#hottubtimemachine

Raunchiest Hot Tub Time Machine Trailer To Date [NSFW]

The brand-new redband Hot Tub Time Machine trailer is out, and it's stuffed with filth, 1980s ski sluts, grown men crying, and sex. Also, it finally answers the burning question: How can 44-year-old John Cusack score with 18-year-old ladies? NSFW. [io9]

04:46 PM

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By Meredith Woerner

#inventions

The Self-lighting Cigarette

Love cigarettes, but hate the hassle of lighting them? Go back to South Korea, 1972. Unfortunately, it never caught on and Kyu-bong's invention, as well as $20,000 worth of research, went up in smoke. [Gawker.TV]

03:58 PM

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By Etan Betkowitz

#hackattack

How to Put Your PC to Good Use While You're Sleeping

The great part about your computer is that—unlike you—it doesn't require any sleep. Take advantage of your PC's insomnia by automating time- and processor-intensive tasks while you're counting sheep. [Lifehacker]

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By Adam Pash

#downloads

Firefox 3.6 Officially Available, Brings Speed Increases, One-Click Themes, and More

Windows/Mac/Linux: The oft-delayed but much improved 3.6 version of Firefox has landed, offering up faster performance, one-click themes, safer add-ons and plug-ins, better font handling, and a lot more. Grab it now. [Lifehacker]

11:55 AM

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By Kevin Purdy

#innovation

An Attempt To Solve The iPhone's Joysticklessness, Radically

There's a big problem with video games on Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone. There's no joystick to control them with, no directional pad to press. Just glass to touch and a device to tilt. At last, there's a strange solution. [Kotaku]

10:40 AM

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By Stephen Totilo

From the Tips Box: Moisture-Proof Smartphones, Gmail Migration, and Free House Plants

Readers offer their best tips for keeping smartphones in steamy bathrooms without setting off moisture detectors, migrating large amounts of messages from one Gmail account to another, and returning dead houseplants to the store. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#cellphones

How To Remote-Start Your Car Using Little More Than A $10 Cell Phone

A man named Dave has wired a cell phone into his car so that it can be started from anywhere in the world. Marginally useless, yes. But also very, very cool. [Jalopnik]

06:15 PM

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By Sam Smith

#tablettealeaves

More Evidence 'iPad' Is the Apple Tablet's Name

Deep in the bowels of the Trademark Office is some fresh evidence that Steve Jobs intends to name his messiah machine the "iPad": the company is in a fight with Fujitsu over the trademark. [Gawker]

02:01 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#ps3

Sony Delays Launch Of PS3 Motion Controller

Sony has just announced that its motion control peripheral for the PlayStation 3 will not, as originally planned, be shipping in Spring 2010.

01:30 AM

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By Luke Plunkett

#diy

Turn Old VHS Cases into Retro Spiral-Bound Notebooks

You spent good money on that huge library of VHS tapes, but now DVDs are where it's at. If you decide to get rid of the tapes, hang on to their boxes and repurpose them to make these wicked spiral notebooks. [Lifehacker]

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By Lisa Hoover

From the Tips Box: File Tweaks, Reading Later, and Streamlined Groceries

Readers offer their best tips for tweaking data files with text editors, bookmarking articles for later, and using dryer sheets as PC dust filters. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#ellen

Ellen Eats It While Riding a Segway

While demonstrating the gift that wife Portia De Rossi bought for her, Ellen accidentally shows us how not to use a Segway. She notes, "Did we get it on tape? Because that's the most important thing." Yes Ellen. You did. [Gawker.TV]

04:59 PM

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By Vanessa Prat

#diy

Build a Wall-Mounted Kitchen Computer

If you've been dreaming of having a computer in your kitchen but don't like the idea of hanging it from a cabinet or having it clutter up the counter, this guide can help you build a sleek in-wall computer. [Lifehacker]

04:30 PM

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By Jason Fitzpatrick

#hivefive

Five Best Photo-Printing Sites

Digital cameras are fantastic for letting us experiment, take tons of photos, and search for the perfect shot. Digital picture frames and at-home prints are often poor substitutes for real photos. Get a great print at one of these five photo-printing sites. More »

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By Jason Fitzpatrick

From the Tips Box: International Google Voice, Email Hotkeys, and Missing Socks

Readers offer their best tips for using Google Voice overseas, opening up an Outlook template with a simple hotkey, and doing laundry without losing all of your socks. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#rants

On The Passing Of Buttons And Switches

We love cars with row-upon-row of gleaming toggle switches and buttons. They're anachronistic and possibly a bit elitist, but they enhance the feeling of a direct connection between you and your machine. Sadly, they're going the way of the dodo. [Jalopnik]

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#savingmoney

Look for a Good App Before Buying a New Device

We live in an era of multi-functional devices. Our phones aren't just phones—they're internet-connected computers, GPS devices, cameras, and more. So before you go buying new gear to fill a need, take blogger Fred Wilson's advice: Look for an app. [Lifehacker]

11:30 AM

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By Adam Pash

#exclusive

Avatar's Designers Speak: Floating Mountains, AMP Suits And The Dragon

You may think you've been living inside Pandora, James Cameron's imaginary world, for a while after seeing Avatar. But just think what it's like for the designers and creators who spent years imagining every tiny detail of the place. [io9]

08:05 PM

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#conspiracies

A Secret Chinese Invasion of Google Apps?

Google wants everyone talking about its unique defiance of China's authoritarian rulers. But Silicon Valley gossips increasingly see that spin as a cover-up for the real story: A humiliating security breach exposed cloud computing's dangers and imperils Google's growth. [Gawker]

04:42 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#privacy

Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected

Ed. note: On Tuesday, Google responded to cyber attacks aimed at Chinese human-rights activists by ending search-result censorship in China. An anonymous reader with experience living where privacy isn't respected writes in with tips for keeping your data safe in these situations. [Lifehacker]

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From the Tips Box: Shoe Polishing, Grocery Shopping, and Smartphone Reminders

Readers offer their best tips for polishing shoes without shoe polish, grocery shopping with the utmost speed, and using smartphone notes and alarms as reminders to bring stuff with you. [Lifehacker]

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By Whitson Gordon

#howto

How to Tether Your Android Phone

There are three ways to tether your Android handset and get sweet internet love even where there's no Wi-Fi in sight: the risky-but-free rooting method, the still-geeky-but-not-as-bad free route, and the $30 easy way. Here are the pros and cons of each. More »

02:30 PM

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By Gina Trapani

#sexrobot

How Gaming Helped Create A SexBot's Skin-Deep Personality

If you can get past the skin-soft silicon, the over-sexualized mouth, the transparent nightie and uncomfortably-separated thighs, Douglas Hines latest invention could offer some interesting insight into the way games interact with people. [Kotaku]

02:00 PM

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By Brian Crecente

#optimization

The Definitive Guide to Making the Most of Your Netbook

Netbooks are a great compromise between pecking away a smartphone keyboard or hauling a tank-size laptop around—but they aren't without shortcomings. Make the most of your netbook with these netbook-friendly tips, tricks, and applications. More »

12:10 PM

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#60minutes

Click here to read US Border Patrol Spends <s>Millions</s> Billions of Dollars to Upgrade Video Technology to "Acceptable"

US Border Patrol Spends Millions Billions of Dollars to Upgrade Video Technology to "Acceptable"

60 Minutes did a story last night on the US Border Patrol finally getting technology advanced enough to differentiate between an illegal immigrant crossing the US border and a tumbleweed. If a giant physical fence doesn't work, this definitely will! [Gawker.TV]

03:42 PM

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By Mike Byhoff

#detroitautoshow

Audi Reveals Second e-Tron Electric Concept, For “Idiots”

Audi President Johan de Nysschen called anyone interested in buying an electric car an "idiot" but that hasn't stopped the company from making another all-electric concept also called the Audi e-Tron, the second electric sports car since the Johan's remarks. [Jalopnik]

01:25 PM

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By Wes Siler

#textgames

Become A Dragon, Crush Your Enemies, And Kidnap Princesses - With Your Phone

You are a dragon. A magnificent, iridescent dragon - but how disdainful are you? Would you prefer to eat the princess or just kidnap her? Welcome to "Choice of the Dragon," a funny, addictive fantasy game for iPhone and Android. [io9]

01:00 PM

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By Annalee Newitz

#security

Your Passwords Aren't As Secure As You Think; Here's How to Fix That

If you allow applications to save your passwords, anyone with physical access to your PC can decode them unless you're properly encrypting them—and chances are pretty good you're not. Let's walk through the right and wrong ways to store your passwords. More »

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#sextoys

The Future Of Sex (Toys): Meet Roxxxy TrueCompanion [NSFW]

The description for AEE's Saturday morning main stage offering was simple, yet compelling: Sex Robot Unveiling. Yes, on the third day of the show, we were invited to watch history in the making, and meet Roxxxy TrueCompanion. [Fleshbot] [NSFW]

09:45 AM

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By Lux Alptraum

#ces10

Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The iPhone, Nvidia Tegra

Epic Games VP Mark Rein brought with him the latest platforms on which the company's Unreal Engine 3 officially runs, iPhone 3GS hardware and Nvidia's Tegra 2 "system-on-a-chip" platform, giving us a chance to go hands-on with the tech demo. [Kotaku]

10:00 PM

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By Michael McWhertor

#clips

Mad Catz Shapeshifting Gaming Mouse

Sold under Mad Catz' Saitek brand, the Cyborg R.A.T. 9 is a pretty mean looking little gaming mouse. In this video we have a Mad Catz rep walk us through the controller's shapeshifting ability. [Kotaku]

06:40 PM

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By Brian Crecente

#thefuture

Is Augmented Reality The Future Of Porn? [NSFW]

Pink Visual definitely thinks so—and they're hard at work developing a whole new way for you to enjoy your smut. One that puts you in the action.

04:30 PM

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By Lux Alptraum

#ces10

Hands-On With Xbox 360's Arcade-Crazy Game Room

Our men at CES have just tried out the Xbox 360's virtual arcade, the Xbox Game Room, at CES. Watch and decide if the Game Room is for you. Some very cool stuff here, about, of all things, the audio. [Kotaku]

04:00 PM

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By Stephen Totilo

#ces10

Xbox Game Room To Feature "Over 1000" Classic Arcade Games

Although its cover was blown a little early, there's still new info coming out of the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas concerning Microsoft's Xbox Game Room. [Kotaku]

10:40 PM

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#cg

Click here to read <i>The Third & The Seventh</i>: Unbelievable CG Video

The Third & The Seventh: Unbelievable CG Video

Alex Roman's The Third & The Seventh is a montage of enchanting slow motion shots of cameras, chairs, space shuttles, explosions, stairwells, bulbous water drops, and a trillion other things. It's all computer generated and will blow your mind. Watch! [Gawker.TV]

05:05 PM

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By Kirk Larsen

#ps3

This Is It, The Michael Jackson PS3 Bundle

This is, ahem, it. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is releasing a new bundle with the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It. [Kotaku]

12:00 AM

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By Brian Ashcraft

#cartech

OnStar Phone App Officially Makes Chevy Volt The "Jesus Car"

The auto industry's first working smartphone application will allow Chevy Volt owners connection and control of vehicle functions. This makes it finally official — if the iPhone's the "Jesus Phone," then the Chevy Volt is the "Jesus Car." [Jalopnik]

10:00 PM

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By Ray Wert

#downloads

WineBottler Turns Windows Programs into Standalone OS X Applications

Mac only: Wine has always been popular among Linux users for running Windows programs, but Wine is available for Mac, too—and now, free utility WineBottler can "bottle" Windows programs into separate application bundles that run as standalone Mac apps. More »

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#buyingguide

The Best Times to Buy Anything, All Year Round

You're always hearing about off-season, post-peak times to save money on purchases and food, but it always arrives too late. We've compiled a timeline and lots of best-time-to-buy suggestions into one post to help you plan a more frugal 2010. [Lifehacker]

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By Kevin Purdy and Jason Fitzpatrick

#ces2009

Garmin ecoRoute hd Lets Your GPS Silently Judge Your Eco-Driving

The Garmin ecoRoute hd is a transmitter connected to your car's onboard diagnostics port that sends all sorts of car data to a Garmin nüvi GPS unit to assign a score based on your eco-driving cred. [Jalopnik]

10:30 AM

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By Matt Hardigree

#maintenance

Resolved: Keep Your PC Clean, Safe, and Backed Up in 2010

It's the start of a new decade, and while you're busy making resolutions for yourself, you shouldn't forget about your PC. We suggest making a resolution to keep your PC clean, safe, and backed up for 2010. Here's how to make it easy. More »

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#thegooch

Final Fantasy Creator Working On iPhone Game

Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series and boss of Lost Odyssey developers Mistwalker, isn't just working on a "long-awaited new blockbuster project". He's doing an iPhone game as well.

10:00 PM

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By Luke Plunkett

#modernruins

Real-Life Lost Relic Found Over and Over Again

No, we're not tripping through time with Desmond. The derelict and overgrown plane found in Lost has become a prevalent symbol for a deserted island that's anything but. It also seems to be just as prevalent in the real world.

04:05 PM

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By Sonia Zjawinski

#wallpaperroundup

Wallpaper Roundup: Ringing in the New Year

New Year's Eve is upon us, ring it in with some New Year's-themed wallpaper. Judging by the wallpapers we found, 2010 is going to be all the neon and sparkles the futurists of yesteryear promised us. More »

03:00 PM

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By Jason Fitzpatrick

#cartech

The Ten Most Distracting New Car Technologies

New car technology is great right up to the point you're tagging songs and checking out graphs and then it's "Ahhhhh! WATCH OUT FOR THE NUNS!" Here are ten in-car technologies we find seriously distracting. More »

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By Ben Wojdyla

#foodhacks

Good Eats Fan Page Is a Kitchen Hacker's Wonderland

Do we love us some Alton Brown food science around here? We most certainly do. You can learn a whole lot more from the Food Network star and kitchen hacker at the wonderful Good Eats Fan Page. More »

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By Kevin Purdy

#planelopnik

Finally, A Sidecar Based On An F4-F Wildcat

If there's one thing missing from our lives, it's a totally camp sidecar based on a WWII fighter plane. This F4-F Wildcat was created by a man so obsessed with Americana he runs a Wild West theme park in Hungary.

03:30 PM

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By Wes Siler

#review

N.O.V.A. Micro-Review: Say “Halo” to iPhone's New Shooter

Following their hit military-themed FPS iPhone app Modern Combat: Sandstorm, Gameloft reloads and sets its sites on an all new threat-aliens!-in sci-fi fragger N.O.V.A.

10:00 AM

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By matt cabral

#bestof2009

The Year In ... Telestrator Dong

Just like last year, we're counting showcasing the people, ideas and memes that made Deadspin 2009 shine. Today: Telestrator dong

06:15 PM

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By Tommy Craggs

#cordmanagement

Save Yourself the Reach by Installing an A/C Socket in Your Desk

If you're an occasionally traveling laptop user, you know it's annoying to plug your system in, and back out, before and after every trip. Blogger Pat Hartl solved this annoying issue by installing a wall socket right in his desk.

02:30 PM

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By Whitson Gordon

#oversharers

Facebook Fugitive Taunts Cops with Pictures and Status Updates

Remember how, in Catch Me If You Can, fugitive Leonardo DiCaprio kept calling Detective Tom Hanks to taunt him? Here is a convicted burglar doing the same thing, in real time on Facebook. Should we celebrate or fear him? More »

02:15 AM

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By Maureen O'Connor

#nuclearwarfare

You Never Want To Stare Down The Barrel Of The Atomic Cannon

The nuclear cannon dubbed "Atomic Annie" fires a 280 millimeter nuclear artillery shell packing 15 kilotons of explosive force, in this breathtaking image from 1953's Operation Upshot-Knothole in Nevada. Check out more images from our only nuclear artillery test.

05:30 PM

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#hoonoftheday

Morons Bail From Car While It Slides On Ice

Here's what not to do when your Ford Fiesta slides on ice in a tiny English village. And, yes, jumping from your car as it spins will get you run over.

05:15 PM

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By Wes Siler

#psa

Next Stop, Virtual Panhandling!

If not having enough change to give to every downtrodden soul on the subway doesn't make you feel bad enough, now you have to pretend you don't see the abused girl staring out from a flat-screen at the bus stop.

02:30 PM

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By Sonia Zjawinski

#iphonesecurity

How to Better Erase an iPhone When Selling/Repairing

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#portablemedia

Cowon A3 and Q5W Media Players Get 80GB Storage Each

12:10 PM

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#wireless

AT&T to Complete Their 3G Network in June

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#software

Using Twitter for Home Automation

11:30 AM

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#cellphones

FCC May Regulate Cellphone Early Termination Fees

11:10 AM

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#smartphones

Leaked Spy Shot of the Palm Treo 850

10:59 AM

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#sony

Metallic Blue PSP Announced, Bundles Only

10:50 AM

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#design

Resealable Can Saves Your Sodas

10:30 AM

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#ciaspytech

CIA Spy Gadgets Revealed: Q Ain't Got Nothin' On Langley

This week is Gizmodo's salute to CIA spy technology. What's the occasion? The May 29th release of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda, by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton (with Henry R. Schlesinger). While we don't typically review books, this one happens to be the best we've ever seen on the subject of old-school spyware, a book the CIA itself held up for many many months before just barely deeming it safe for public consumption, a book that pretty much proves that all the freaky spy gadgetry you've seen in movies—and some that you haven't—is ALL TOTALLY REAL. More »

10:00 AM

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By Wilson Rothman

#medtech

Portable Urine Glucose Meter Hates Needles, Loves Pee

09:20 AM

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#unconfirmed

100% of MacBooks Getting LEDs in 2009

09:00 AM

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#samsung

Do We Care About Air-Conditioning Units? We Do When They Have Friends Like Her

08:45 AM

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#gaming

Holiday Price Drops on Consoles? Probably.

08:35 AM

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#gaming

Acer Goes for High-End Gamers With Predator PC

With its sassy orange and black body, the Predator is Acer's riposte to HP's Voodoo and Dell's XPS and Alienware lines. Running an Intel Quad-Core processor, the desktop PC also has liquid cooling, a Blu-ray Disc drive and four swappable SATA disk drives, and uses Nvidia's SLI graphics technology. Full stats below the gallery. More »

08:15 AM

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By AddyDugdale

#geekpr

Fruit-Powered Chip Promo Vid Shows Why Geeks Don't do PR

07:40 AM

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#turntables

Montegiro Lusso Turntable Won't Give You Much Change from $50,000

07:30 AM

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#roundups

EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger

This week at TreeHugger: The solar industry is trying to keep one step ahead of government regulators by creating a solar panel recycling scheme. IBM has leveraged its computer-chip cooling know-how to make a solar concentrator able to magnify the sun 2,000 times! This might look like giant hard candy floating in the ocean, but it's actually a 100% natural rainbow iceberg. And finally, Doug Selsam's multi-rotor wind turbines are back with a vengeance, weirder than ever. More »

07:00 AM

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By Jason Chen

#spam

Spammer Keeps Whining About Large Hadron Collider Assploding

Dear Moron Physicist Who Can't Write Proper English, More »

07:00 AM

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By Jesus Diaz

#garden

Cordless Propane Mosquito Trap Gives You Al Fresco Bug Jerky

06:30 AM

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#slimymaths

Science Team Make Gut Bacteria Do Math: Living Computers On Way?

06:30 AM

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#watches

TokyoFlash Infection Watch For that Bacteria-Chic Look

TokyoFlash—always guaranteed to surprise us with impossible-to read watch designs— has just stumped up it's newest offering, which this time looks like some kind of organic cell pattern. It's dubbed "Infection"... and you can just imagine the advertising tag can't you? Yep: "No one is immune to infection." The time is revealed by 12 red, 11 yellow and four green LEDs, and you can choose to animate the display or just show the right time. The curved stainless-steel and leather watch is water-resistant to 3ATM and is available now for around $135. [TokyoFlash via Geekalerts]

05:52 AM

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By Kit Eaton

#

Sony Brings Out 5.1 Home Theater Sound System With Golf Ball-Sized Speakers

05:30 AM

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Tuesday - May 20, 2008

#braaaaaaaains

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lets You Deactivate Selected Parts of Your Brain

09:40 PM

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#curveddisplays

AUO Curved Displays, Ultra Thin LCDs On The Way

09:20 PM

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#blackberryboldinspirations

BlackBerry Bold Also Inspired By Sony Ericsson W880i, Evidently

While working on the W890i review, I came across a video of Brian using a Sony Ericsson W880i and found the icons to be extremely familiar. A few seconds later, I realized they bear a striking resemblance to those found on the recently announced BlackBerry Bold. And not that it's a huge deal or anything, but after BlackBerry's CEO insisted on it being three years in the making and not a response to anything, I find it a bit odd that the Bold shares commonalities with two phones released in 2007. [BlackBerry Bold on Giz]

09:00 PM

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By Adrian Covert

#xboxlive

Microsoft Xbox Live Anywhere Service Is Still Alive

08:40 PM

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#airplanes

Self-Healing Aircraft Could Save Passengers From a Fiery Death

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#bluray

Denon Lowers Price, Sticks with 1.1 For DVD-1800BD Blu-ray Player

08:19 PM

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#gadgets

Space Saving Ironing Board Ladder: As Smart As It Is Deadly