May 28, 2010 – Today is my last day at Gizmodo. It's with a heavy heart that I bid farewell to all of you amazing readers. "Readers" is a loose term. You guys read, yes, but you also watch, you follow, you rant and rave, you're fans, you're tipsters, you're sources, subjects, even guest editors. More »
Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I’m In
May 14, 2010 – Like a billion other people, I download things illegally. I'm also an actor, writer and director whose income depends on revenue from DVDs, movies and books. This leads to many conflicts in my head, in my heart, and in bars. From an industry standpoint, physical media has a great advantage: More »
LSD, Sexy Fonts and Muppet Genitalia: The Strangest Tech Q&A We’ve Ever Witnessed
May 13, 2010 – Thousands of you Twittered up to feed questions about tech—and some Muppet-based ones—to guest editor Peter Serafinowicz. He answered 25 in a torrent of wordplay. More »
The Best $250 Blu-ray Players, Reviewed
May 13, 2010 – I've argued that a Blu-ray player could soon be your only set-top box. These $200-$250 models, the four fullest-featured you're likely to buy, all strive to be Swiss Army-like in their utility, but only one comes closest to the promise. We call them "Blu-ray players," but if you use these right,... More »
Guest Editor Peter Serafinowicz Q&A Improv Today at 5pm ET
May 12, 2010 – Meet guest editor Peter Serafinowicz—aka Darth Maul, Sctanley or "that Mactini guy"—on Twitter today at 5pm ET (2pm PT) for a technology-themed edition of his hilarious Q&A improv sessions. More »
The Mystery of the Orphaned Robot
May 12, 2010 – Deep in the bowels of an old industrial building in Brooklyn, behind a dusty steel door, stands a cylindrical device marked "DANGER." Black rubber accordion folds separate its silver base from its rectangular top, from which protrudes The Claw. The Claw rises from a sea of colorful wires and pieces... More »
The Best iPad Apps for Babies, Toddlers and Sanity-Loving Parents
May 6, 2010 – Having a kid aged zero to five means constantly having to come up with entertaining diversions. Fortunately, even this early, the iPad is absolutely brimming with those. More »
Follow Our New Guest Editor on Twitter… and Await His Instructions
May 5, 2010 – You probably recognize our new guest editor, even if you don't know his name. Peter Serafinowicz was the angry roommate in Shaun of the Dead, the Guitar Hero guy in Couples Retreat, and "John" of Mactini fame. More »
For Now, iPad Magazine Issues and Subscriptions Will Cost More Than Their Paper Equivalent
May 1, 2010 – Apple priced digital downloads lower than CDs. Amazon said a digital book should be cheaper than a paper one. But for the time being, virtual magazines will cost a pretty penny, says Fortune. The story by Phil Elmer-DeWitt quotes PopSci editor Mark Jannot defending his $5 an issue current price,... More »
HP Slate Is Dead On Arrival, Says TechCrunch
April 30, 2010 – HP is killing its Windows 7 "slate" tablet project, says TechCrunch, citing a source "briefed on the matter." Business Insider already posted a less sourced report on its demise. More »
iPad DJs Show You How It’s Done (Literally and Figuratively)
April 30, 2010 – Cut past the nerdy hipster schtick, and—if you're not trying to DIY—the technical orientation. Starting at 5:20, these guys bust a surprisingly palatable mashup of Prince, Vampire Weekend, G'N'R, Eurythmics and... More »
Beer Cooler Sous Vide: The Not Exactly Right Way to Do It Yourself
April 28, 2010 – I applaud Serious Eats for attempting sous vide in a beer cooler, but the adventurous article didn't convince me that the mass sous vide revolution would come via Coleman or Igloo. Remember, sous vide cooking consists of holding water at a specific temperature, and immersing vacuum-sealed food into... More »
Will iPhone 4’s Audio and Video Chat Finally Break the Voice Calling Scam?
April 23, 2010 – A front-facing iPhone camera means video calling, but it's also a sign of something bigger. Combined with other recent leaks, it means that Apple is bringing iChat to the iPhone. More »
Microsoft Kin: Rise of the Smart Dumbphones
April 16, 2010 – This week, Microsoft finally unveiled what had long been known, in rumors and leaks, as Project Pink. The official name: Kin, which consists of two phones, a new way of doing things, and a chance that it just might sell: • More »
How Apple Screws Every Ebook App But iBooks Updated
April 13, 2010 – UPDATE: The Kindle app indeed has a brightness control. It is buried under the font adjustment menu option. Gotta say, points off for crappy UI design on Amazon's part, but I indeed stand corrected. More »
Why Microsoft Is Trying to Sell a (Smart) Dumbphone
April 13, 2010 – Dumbphones are dead, right? So why—at the time of the great Windows Phone 7 resurrection—is Microsoft pushing a totally separate phone platform that doesn't even run apps? More »
Smartphone OS Beginner’s Guide – UPDATED
April 8, 2010 – Today Apple added some excellent features to its iPhone platform, so we were forced to update our smartphone beginner's guide chart. Here it is: Use the above chart to easily gauge the differences in the current smartphone platforms on the market, or jump to our original guide for a deeper... More »
Careful, Amazon: A Kindle 3 iPad Clone Would Be Suicide
April 7, 2010 – Everybody's talking about Amazon retaliating against the iPad with a multitouch, multimedia, app-heavy Kindle 3. But it's not as obvious a move as you think. More »
iPad Etiquette: The Official FAQ
April 7, 2010 – Etiquette on the iPad is white space on the map. It's not a smartphone. It's not a laptop. It's something new. As early adopters, the opportunity to define proper etiquette is ours. If we let them, the old guard will try to take the reins on when and how we should use this goddamned thing. More »
The iPad: Amazon’s Secret Weapon
April 6, 2010 – The iPad may seem like Apple's move to cockblock Amazon in the Ebook Wars, but Amazon's Kindle app makes it part of Amazon's larger ebook ecosystem. In many ways, the iPad is the best Kindle yet. This argument suddenly (but not surprisingly) stopped being about e-ink readers, and Amazon is the only... More »
