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#howto

How To: Turn Your Web Apps Into Real Apps

When you use a site like Gmail, you have to decide: Do I want to use the service's website, or do I want to use it through an app, like Outlook? Here's how to get the best of both worlds. More »

03/13/10

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#iphoneapps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps

In this week's bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Slow ISPs, tattled on! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans' high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more...

03/12/10

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By John Herrman

#opinion

Say Goodbye to Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

You know how you pay a fixed monthly fee for your phone, and can check email and Twitter, surf the web and the Yelp app anytime you like without counting minutes or megabytes? Yeah, well that's all gonna end.

03/12/10

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By Wilson Rothman

#apple

The Litanies of iPad: Resistance or Submission

The iPad launched today, and while most of us are buying one, there may be a lot of undecideds among you. Here are the arguments to help push you over the edge—or to pull you back from it:

03/12/10

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By Brian Barrett

#ipad

You Can Pre-Order the iPad Now

You can place your iPad pre-order at the Apple Store now. And if you're still between a few models, it's not too late to read our iPad Buyer's Guide, Haiku Edition. [Apple]

03/12/10

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By Mark Wilson

#playstationmove

Mental Math: The PlayStation Move Experience Is Going to Be Expensive

Sony barely mentioned pricing with their PlayStation Move motion controller, only noting that the combo pricing with PlayStation Eye and a game will cost less than $100. But by our back-of-the-envelope calculations, the experience is going to be really expensive.

03/11/10

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By Jason Chen

#music

Record Labels: Change or Die

It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. More »

03/11/10

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By Adam Frucci

#entertainme

Heavy Rain: A Peek Into the Future of Movies and Games

Click here to read Heavy Rain: A Peek Into the Future of Movies <em>and</em> Games

Even if you don't own a PlayStation 3, Heavy Rain is a game you should know because it re-imagines both videogames and movies, combining them into a new genre of Choose Your Own Adventure digital narrative. (Very minor spoilers ahead.)

03/11/10

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By Mark Wilson

#battlemodo

TESTED: The Best New Netbooks

If you're in the market for a netbook—the gimpy kittens of the laptop jungle—know this first: on the inside, they're all basically the same. Making the little differences all the more important! And yes, they do add up. More »

03/11/10

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By Brian Barrett

#playstationmove

Sony Motion Controller is Called PlayStation Move, Launches Fall 2010 (Hands On!)

Sony's finally put a name to their motion controller, and it's called PlayStation Move. Updated with hands on.

03/10/10

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By Jason Chen

#rant

It's Time to Declare War Against Apple's Censorship

The App Store censorship horse may have been beaten to death, but mainstream German media—whose iPhone applications have been censored by Apple because of its content—are not surrendering. I'm glad. In fact, I hope they win this war.

03/10/10

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By Jesus Diaz

#powervr

You Will Have the Power of a PS3 In Your Pocket In 3 Years

I spoke to Imagination Technologies—maker of the PowerVR chip that powers smartphones like the iPhone, Droid and many others—and they said, definitively, that you'll have graphics comparable to the PlayStation 3 in 3 years.

03/10/10

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By Jason Chen

#gizexplains

Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats

"We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world." That's how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no.

03/10/10

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By matt buchanan

#google

The Google App Marketplace: Doing It All in the Cloud

We just finished watching Google's live announcement of the launch of the Google App Marketplace. Keep reading for information on what they're offering users and developers. Oh, and know that the Marketplace is live today. Updating.

03/09/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#review

Wacom Intuos4 Wireless Review: The Joy of Freedom

Here's the story: I'm in love with the Wacom Intuos4 Wireless tablet. Free from cables, it's the best graphics tablet experience I've ever had. More »

03/09/10

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By Jesus Diaz

#photoshopcontest

17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR

For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to turn today's user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It's probably for the best that these don't actually exist. More »

03/09/10

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By Adam Frucci

#ultimatediy

MythBusters' Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect Blade Runner Gun

Click here to read MythBusters' Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect <i>Blade Runner</i> Gun

Giz friend Adam Savage, in our estimation, can make just about anything. Here he explains the path he took to turn a toy gun into an astoundingly sharp Blade Runner pistol replica. More »

03/09/10

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By Adam Savage

#mitmedialab

MIT Media Lab Extension: The New Home of Face-Melting Research

The renowned MIT Media Lab is a place where every project is an amazing, unbelievable glimpse into humanity's technological future. Now, thanks to a massive $90 million extension, the architecture can match the wondrous excitement created within. More »

03/09/10

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By Jack Loftus

#photography

133 Photos Lit By a Single Candle

For this week's Shooting Challenge, I asked you to capture a photography by the light of just one candle. Your response, as always, was remarkable. More »

03/08/10

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By Mark Wilson

#humor

The First iPad Ad: Brutally Honest Edition

Apple aired its first iPad ad during the Oscars last night, but it felt like something was missing, didn't it? It was a voiceover. So I went ahead and added one for them. You're welcome, Apple!

03/08/10

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By Adam Frucci

#interviews

Q&A: OK Go's Lead Singer Tells Us Secrets of the Band's Geeky Videos

With over six million views in six days, OK Go's video for "This Too Shall Pass" is the latest in their unprecedented string of runaway YouTube hits. Lead singer Damian Kulash shared OK Go's video philosophy—and history—with Gizmodo. More »

03/08/10

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By Brian Barrett

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