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Smartphones
iPhone 3GS, 3G and Pre All Benchmarked Side-by-Side, 3GS Prevails
Anandtech went through the trouble of running various speed-based benchmarks on the iPhone 3GS and Pre, clocking the time it took to launch various apps and load web pages. Though they share similar hardware, the iPhone 3GS was deemed "faster." More » -
Gaming
DIY Xbox 360 RROD Coasters: Housewares for the Ten-Year-Old Inside You
These RROD coasters are clever, sure. But anything with Perler beads is about as classy as black velvet Elvis paintings or those creepy ceramic dolls your grandma collects. Translation: save these for D&D games in the basement. [GamerGrrlz via Technabob] More »
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Comment by AXSLV2: well, I guess it wouldn't suit a PS3 yellow light of death 2 Responses | Other threads
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Brando
Why Is Brando Selling Obama's Face on a @%$#&*% KFC Bucket?!
I'm really, REALLY not understanding why Brando, purveyor of all things strange and gadgety, is selling a tissue holder looking like a certain fried chicken bucket— WITH OBAMA'S FACE on it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! More »
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Comment by TCMcQueen: Shit on Bush for 7+ years, everything goes. One fried chicken bucket with Obama as the Colonel on it and it's... 56 Responses | Other threads
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Storage
Hard Rectangular Drive Is Faster, More Efficient Than SSD
British scientists have developed a new breed of hard drive that uses not spinning discs, but rather a rectangular platter and millions of moving data heads to read/write data. In theory, this could mean transfer speeds of 500 MB/s. More » -
Printers
Hands-On: HP PhotoSmart Premium with TouchSmart Web
After playing around with HP's new web-enabled printer, it's clear they didn't take any shortcuts with the hardware, equipping it with a responsive, capacitive touch panel. But besides the same types who buy digital photo frames, will anyone use this? More »
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Comment by thePrototype: I have always been a fan of HP printing hardware, but their software has always SUCKED. I hope they improve... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Printers
HP PhotoSmart Premium with TouchSmart Web Is the World's First Web-Connected Printer
HP just announced their new HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web, which has a web-connected touchpanel on the front, allowing you to print out content such as maps and coupons, straight from your printer. More »
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Comment by Nick: dude, for $99 -- why not? i need an all-in-one anyway and this one looks sassy to boot. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Robots
In the Future, Robots Will Tell You How To Do Stuff, Silently Judge You
Pop Sci has a neat video of the Teamworkbot, a robot who can watch you attempt to carry out a task, then offer help when you're doing it wrong. But I won't lie...when you fail, Teamworkbot seems pretty intimidating. More »
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Comment by Beef Bacon...?: I found this deeply deeply disturbing to watch. I can't figure out which was worse, the voice, or the clickety clack... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Smartphones
iPhone 3GS Torn Down, Reveals an ARM CortexA8 CPU That Can Go Bigger, Faster (Same As the Pre)
The Rapid Repair crew ventured to France to obtain an early iPhone 3GS, dismantle it, and scope out the inner components. Their discovery? The same 600 MHz CPU powering the Palm Pre (that can actually run at 833 MHz). More » -
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twitter
Girl Dies by Electrocution While Twitting in Bathtub, Apocalypse Draws Nearer
Two things here in what seems to be the world's first Twittercide: don't use your computer while taking a bath. And if for whatever reason you do, don't be like this 17-year-old Romanian girl and risk your well-being to Tweet. More »
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Comment by philibuster: And that's why electrical code states that all outlets in a bathroom or kitchen must be GFCI protected. 26 Responses | Other threads
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Space
Astronaut Jackassery Shows Large Sums of Money Being Put to Good Use
Good to know this is how Astronauts spend their time in space. Actually, I'm kinda serious. If you're up there and can't take a moment to enjoy the infinite fun that Zero G provides...well...I just feel bad for you. More »
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Comment by FrancesTheMute: I saw this one a couple weeks ago, pretty sure these guys are Japanese astronauts, so it's not OUR tax... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Fcc
FCC Now Looking Into Exclusive Handset Deals With Mobile Carriers
After some prodding from John Kerry earlier in the week, the FCC is going to investigate exclusive deals struck between phone makers and mobile carriers, to see whether or not they stifle consumer choices and the development of new technology. More » -
Space
NASA Rocket to Crash Into the Moon's Crust In Search for Water
NASA launched a lunar satellite into orbit today, which will fire a rocket booster at 5,600 MPH into a Moon crater, causing a six-mile-high explosion. They hope to find water in the Moon's south pole. But I find this deeply disturbing. More » -
DIY
Freakishly Tiny Drill Inspires Us to Believe Anything Is Possible in Life
This drill, posted by Flickr user S8, serves absolutely no purpose. On any level. Yet I look at it and still think to myself, "that's friggin awesome." Ladies and gentleman, an unbelievably small drill. [Flickr via Make via CrunchGear] More »
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Comment by The Lab: And there it is folks, in one post both the reason I read Gizmodo and the reason my girlfriend does... 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitter
Good God, Even the Commodore 64 Has a Twitter Client
After seeing this latest Twitter app offering, I think Commodore 64 availability should be the benchmark to judge whether or not your web 2.0 app has officially "made it." Yes, there's really a twitter app for the C64. More »
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Comment by Sean Scrooby Grube: ...and the Commodore 64 users will never know this since giz doesn't have an app for them either.. maybe you... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Pew Pew
US Air Force Successfully Tests Advanced Tactical Laser From a C-130 Plane
According to Boeing, the U.S. Air Force tested an oxygen-iodine laser with a 9 mile range in the New Mexico desert, calling the trial run a success. More » -
RAM
Samsung Launches 32 GB DDR3 RAM Module, Mostly Just Because They Can
Samsung yammered back in January about making a 32-gigabyte DDR3 RAM stick, and now they've unveiled the beastly piece of hardware for servers. These new 1.35-volt modules are also 20-percent faster than previous 1.5-volt DDR3 modules. Nice. More »
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Comment by NotSoSiniSter: Whats after 64bit? 64 bit "only" handles 128gb if im not mistaken. What the next jump? 5 Responses | Other threads
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Broadband
Congress Readies Bill to Bring an End to ISP Data Caps6
Eric Massa, a Congressman in western New York, has readied a bill that would force ISPs to justify economic need for data caps and volume-based usage fees. This would effectively bringing those practices to an end (for the time being). More »
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Comment by admoseremic: While I agree with what this bill is trying to do, I find the idea of additional government involvement in... 33 Responses | Other threads
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Storage
Seagate's FreeAgent Go Offers World's First Bus-Powered 640GB 2.5-Inch Portable HDD
Seagate's FreeAgent Go line of hard drives is home of the first 640-gigabyte portable in the beloved USB bus-powered 2.5-inch form factor. More » -
DIY
Woodshop Class: Where Bolt-Action, Electromagnetic Coil Guns Are Made
I don't know what kind of school this kid goes to, but I doubt my shop teacher would have allowed me to build an electromagnetic coil gun that can send a round through a soda can. More »
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Comment by Curves: Gee, the only thing were we allowed to build were some lame duck shaped note holders. Believe it or not,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Laptops
You Can Run Over a Lenovo ThinkPad T400s with a 26,000-Pound Truck
I mean, I don't really see why you'd want to run over a non-rugged, Lenovo T400s laptop with a large truck. But as I was told many times as a kid, it's a free country. Anyways, the spinnerific HDD survived. More » -
Webcams
Samsung's New 24-Inch Monitor Comes With an Epic 5 Megapixel Webcam Tacked On
Samsung's gone and pasted a 5-megapixel webcam on the 24-inch Scopia VC240 monitor. Now we can finally see topless Jesus in all his HD glory! More »
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Comment by TNTBW: What's with the price? Who do they think will buy this thing when you can get 24" monitors pretty cheap... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Future Tech
Researchers Cram a Camera Into a Sheet of Fiber
Another day, another innovation from MIT researchers. This time, it's a camera built in the middle of a 25mm fiber sheet, which might be the coolest invention we will never use (save for an appearance in Splinter Cell 10). More »
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Comment by LittleJon: I presume that was supposed to read 25µm (micro-meters), not mm! 3 Responses | Other threads
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Future Tech
RF Cochlea Is a Super-Powered Signal Processor Modeled After the Inner Ear
RF signal processors are pretty commonplace in consumer electronics. Which is exactly why it's exciting that two MIT researchers have created a super-radio based around the function of the human ear that's substantially faster and 100x more power efficient than today's signal processors. More »
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Comment by impendingdoom: why didn't anyone think of that before?...the human ear ftw 8 Responses | Other threads
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Tasers
Texas Cops Break Out the Taser on a 72-Year-Old Woman for Being Old and Curmudgeonly
Despite the fact that tasing a full-grown man borders on excessive, a Texas cop found it necessary to tase a 72-year-old woman because she was yelling at him. And the slightly horrific, slightly hilarious farce was all caught on camera. More »
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Comment by diabolusunknownTheSecond: What a pussy. Fire this piece of shit. And also the cops that pulled over the EMT vehicle. These... 26 Responses | Other threads
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Transformers
You Too Can Wear the Head of Optimus Prime (in Augmented Reality, Of Course)
If you forgot to live out all your Optimus Prime role-playing fantasies when the first Transformers movie came out, fear not. Thanks to the awesome Satan powers of augmented reality, you can wear the face of Optimus Prime anywhere. More »
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Comment by darkstar: I think this gif does a pretty good job of summing up my feelings for this. 8 Responses | Other threads
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Smartphones
Apple Fine Print Warns That Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Could Die
Apple took to their support pages, informing Palm that they could disable the Pre's compatibility with iTunes—without actually saying as much. More » -
TV shows
Andrew W.K. Hosts Destroy Build Destroy, Where Kids Blow Crap Up
Weirdo-rocker Andrew W.K. is good. Exploding pieces of machinery also happen to be good. When you put the two of them together, you get a kids show on Cartoon Network? And is that a ROCKET LAUNCHER?! More » -
Japan
Japanese Ice Suit Equips Ice Packs for Hot Tokyo Summers, Salarymen Now Expected to Give 110% Effort
This "New Ice Suit" has integrated jacket icepacks, designed to alleviate some of the discomfort of Japanese salarymen who have to walking around scorching Japan streets during the summer. Looks like this newfangled ice technology isn't just for elite-level athletes anymore! More »
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Comment by MyNameIsTooAwesome: I had an idea just like this, but only that it was applied to my pillow, in order to cope... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Ssd
Western Digital's SiliconDrive III Lineup Are Their First SSD Offerings
Western Digital just made their first move into the SSD world by announcing that their now shipping the SiliconDrive III lineup (presumably to OEMs), promising storage capacities up to 120 GB and read/write speeds of 100 and 80 MB/sec, respectively. More » -
Concept
Floating Garden Freshwater Aquarium Naturally Filters Fishpoop Into Fertilizer
If this aquarium doesn't qualify as green innovation, then I don't know what does. Because using a small garden to filter out nitrates from your freshwater fish tank is pretty damn eco-conscious. More » -
Future Tech
Scientists Discover Superconducting Material That's Just Two Atoms Thick
University of Texas researchers stumbled upon a new superconducting metal that is the world's thinnest at a mere two atoms—slightly thicker than a marathon runner by comparison. More »
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Comment by Justus Paiewonsky: It baffles me that you guys couldn't even name the metal in your post. For the curious, like myself, it happens... 6 Responses | Other threads
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iPhone Apps
Star Radio Communicator iPhone App is NOT AT ALL Like Anything from Star Trek
Sure the Star Radio Communicator iPhone app looks kinda like that other communicator—you know, retro-futuristic design, flip door, 3 button layout—but last time I checked, Captain K's communicator absolutely did not make calls on Earth's phone system. More » -
Toys
Lego Now Making Gadgets, Including a Stop Motion Video Camera
No longer content to just have their notorious bricks serve as props, Lego are using their bricks for actual gadgets, including a digital camera, MP3 player, boombox, walkie-talkie and—my personal favorite-a stop motion video camera. More » -
lawnmowers
Husqvarna Panthera Leo Concept Mower is Electric-Powered and LCD-Equipped
Growing up, I hated mowing the lawn. My backyard was huge, my allergies were bad and I was stuck with a temperamental push mower. If I had this battery-powered Husqvarna mower, however, I would have begged to do yard work. More » -
Peripherals
ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Is Out and Promises to Be 10x Faster
The new ExpressCard 2.0 standard launched at Computex, and promised transfer speeds of up to 5 GB/s. The new spec will support adapters for PCIe, eSATA and USB 3.0, among other things. More »
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Comment by wjh31: so will plug and play laptop graphics cards start creeping into the market with this? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Here's the stuff that we didn't posttodayyesterday (Until now, obviously.) More » -
Smartphones
Palm Pre News Flurry: Konami Code Used for Dev Mode, WebOS Root Image Leaks, Palm Eos Pops Up Again
I don't care if it was just to turn the phone off—the fact the Palm Pre uses the Konami Code for anything is amazing. In this case, you type in "upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart" in your phone to access dev mode. More » -
Storage
InnoDisk's 128 GB NanoSSD Is the Size of a Matchbox, but Still Zips Around
The InnoDisk NanoSSD amazingly packs 128-gigabytes of storage into a form factor not much bigger than a matchbox. And to top it off, InnoDisk claimes the drive still reads and writes at around 150 MB/s. Wow. More » -
Laptops
Acer Rumored to Release Laptop With 3D Display In Stores by October
According to Digitimes, Acer is planning a late October release for a 15-inch notebook, complete with a glasses-free 3D display that can convert 2D movies into 3D ones. More »
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