• Gizmodo
  • bestmodo
  • lifehacker
  • kotaku
  • Profile logout login

#download

Gizmodo

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #dealzmodo,
  • #rumors,
  • #broken,
  • #iphoneapps,
  • #apple,
  • etc.

New York, 8:29 PM
Mon Nov 23
58 posts in the last 24 hours

FR | IT | DE | SP | JP | AU | BR

Gizmodo Team

Tip your editors:
tips@gizmodo.com

Editorial Director:
Brian Lam | Email | Twitter

Editor:
Jason Chen
Email | AIM | Twitter

Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman
Email | Twitter

Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz
Email | AIM | Twitter
Mark Wilson, Reviews
Email | AIM | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Matt Buchanan
Email | AIM | Twitter
Adam Frucci
Email | Twitter
Sean Fallon
Email | Twitter
Jack Loftus
Email | Twitter
John Herrman
Email | Twitter
Dan Nosowitz
Email
Chris Mascari
Email
Danny Allen
Email | Twitter
Rosa Golijan
Email | Twitter
Chris Jacob
Email

Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner

Interns:
Don Nguyen
Email
Kyle VanHemert
Email

Comment Intern:
Nick Ellenoff | Email

Heroes and Friends

Comment Account Questions:
Comments@gizmodo.com

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
9515 Subscribers
Gizmodo
  • posts about #download more →

    Get Google Chrome OS, Now

    Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper

    Windows 7 RC1 (Build 7100) Now Available at Your Favorite Torrent Site

    $1.29 iTunes Songs Mysteriously Get Less Popular

    AT&T Says Horrible Terms of Service Update Was All a Big Mistake

    The Pirate Bay Lets You Share Torrents on Facebook

    Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers

    Download Windows 7 Now, Before It's Too Late

    Windows 7 Beta Links Live Again

    Download Slacker Uprising, First Free Full Feature Film on the Web
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    Probably a dumb question, but can I somehow convert this VMware file to work with parallels, or should I just compile the damn thing?
     Reply
    lostarchitect was starred lostarchitect was unstarred
    Image of Vroomtrap Vroomtrap
    11/20/09

    @lostarchitect: Paralles converts VMware and Virtual box files natively.
     Reply
    lostarchitect promoted this comment Vroomtrap was starred Vroomtrap was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/20/09

    @Vroomtrap: Great, thanks!
     Reply
    lostarchitect was starred lostarchitect was unstarred
    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    I get the feeling that as soon as this os gets polished up it will have a very good market in the netbook/smartbook department.
     Reply
    PN - gooapplesoft was starred PN - gooapplesoft was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    Runs abominably slow in VMWare for me. Probably just my host machine though.

    What they have right now is very rough and basic - essentially just a Chrome browser for Linux - but I can see what they want to do and it's very promising.
     Reply
    blash was starred blash was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    For all those suspicious of the torrent, Lifehacker explained better how this VMWare image was possible:
    [lifehacker.com]
     Reply
    Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now

     
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    11/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Fortunately, I can run it in a sandbox. Your trap just got smashed *tee hee*.

    (I <3 the poster though)
     Reply
    blash was starred blash was unstarred
    Image of SWC Oxcart SWC Oxcart
    11/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: it has to be fake; your taste buds could never repel an actual OS of this magnitude.
     Reply
    qbrad promoted this comment SWC Oxcart was starred SWC Oxcart was unstarred
    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/20/09

    @SWC Oxcart: Big mistakey?
     Reply
    qbrad was starred qbrad was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    Rapidshare links pretty please?
     Reply
    blash was starred blash was unstarred
    Image of Louis. Louis.
    11/20/09

    @blash: It's available for download on gdgt. Not sure if you need an account, but what the hell:

    [gdgt.com]
     Reply
    blash promoted this comment spannu approved this comment Louis. was starred Louis. was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    11/20/09

    @Louis.: Thanks, that's good enough. University doesn't like torrents unfortunately :(
     Reply
    blash was starred blash was unstarred
    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    07/09/09

    In reply to Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper
    Well that's just ridiculous.

    Who would need two P's on a single keyboard?
     Reply
    Edited by Poop Cooper at 07/09/09 8:46 PM Poop Cooper was starred Poop Cooper was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

    @TruPhan: I frequently need two P's. Especially after downing an entire 2 liter bottle of Coke.
     Reply
    bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/09/09

    In reply to Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper
    a pale ape leap peel pal lap eel peep pep pap
     Reply
    GlenTen was starred GlenTen was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

    @GlenTen: How much time did you kill figuring that all out? You know, there's an app for that.
     Reply
    Edited by bosskev at 07/09/09 8:41 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/09/09

    @bosskev: dammit, can't believe i missed that one
     Reply
    GlenTen was starred GlenTen was unstarred
    Image of CustomFirmware CustomFirmware
    07/09/09

    @bosskev:

    I see what you have done there.
     Reply
    CustomFirmware was starred CustomFirmware was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

     Reply
    Edited by bosskev at 07/09/09 9:21 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/09/09

    @GlenTen: How could you miss pee? or peal, or ale, or ape, or all, or papa....
     Reply
    Edited by Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK at 07/09/09 10:17 PM Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was starred Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was unstarred
    Image of Gann Gann
    07/09/09

    @GlenTen: you could PLEA for another try...
     Reply
    Gann was starred Gann was unstarred
    Image of Takamofo Takamofo
    07/09/09

    In reply to Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper
    No numerical pad?
     Reply
    Takamofo was starred Takamofo was unstarred
    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    07/09/09

    @Takamofo:
    "APPLE 1337"?
     Reply
    Invisible-Echidna was starred Invisible-Echidna was unstarred
    Image of Sonicare Bear Sonicare Bear
    04/24/09

    In reply to Windows 7 RC1 (Build 7100) Now Available at Your Favorite Torrent Site
    Is it still crashing a lot for people? I'm just curious.
     Reply
    Sonicare Bear was starred Sonicare Bear was unstarred
    Image of qbanboi84 qbanboi84
    04/24/09

    @x49: You got it all wrong.. this is Win7.. not vista. Not that I had any problems with vista anyways, but apparently people did.
     Reply
    qbanboi84 was starred qbanboi84 was unstarred
    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    04/24/09

    @Oz:


    My Lenevo X61 notebook was unusable with Vista. I downgraded to XP and now it's a marvelous machine.


    I'm not a fan of eye candy either way... Hell, I'd be perfectly happy with Win2K's UI. But I do need a stable OS most of all.

     Reply
    Serolf Divad was starred Serolf Divad was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    04/24/09

    @Serolf Divad: Yeah I don't care much about the looks. I've had my Vista running on classic mode for the longest while now.
     Reply
    lolgreg was starred lolgreg was unstarred
    Image of Spero Spero
    04/24/09

    In reply to Windows 7 RC1 (Build 7100) Now Available at Your Favorite Torrent Site
    Hey, that's MY desktop image. Except I'm on a MacBook, so, y'know. It's better.
     Reply
    Spero was starred Spero was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    04/24/09

    @Spero: :(
     Reply
    lolgreg was starred lolgreg was unstarred
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    04/10/09

    In reply to $1.29 iTunes Songs Mysteriously Get Less Popular
    Hmmm, I think I learned something about this in economics. Lets see...

    Step 1) Increase price

    Step 2) ????

    Step 3) Profit

    Dammit I forget what the middle step was. I guess this is why I failed economics.
     Reply
    Xeno was starred Xeno was unstarred
    Image of madog madog
    04/10/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button:


    Step 2) Use logic to explain that the drop in sales still equals the same profit as before.


    And you forgot:


    Step 5) Curl up in fetal position telling ourselves that everything is going to be OK,

    Step 6) Cry,

    Step 7) Curse our God.

     Reply
    madog was starred madog was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/12/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button:
    Does "Step 2" involve underpants in some way?
     Reply
    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of Boots_Mcoy Boots_Mcoy
    04/10/09

    In reply to $1.29 iTunes Songs Mysteriously Get Less Popular
    i keep saying it. Till things change...LIMEWIRE is the way to go.
     Reply
    Boots_Mcoy was starred Boots_Mcoy was unstarred
    Image of madog madog
    04/10/09

    @Boots_Mcoy: Limewire? Pish posh. Would have thought a fellow Giz reader would have upgraded to stea..... Legally downloading music with BitTorrent.


    For Shame!

     Reply
    madog was starred madog was unstarred
    Image of Signore Pinko-Panko! Signore Pinko-Panko!
    04/10/09

    In reply to $1.29 iTunes Songs Mysteriously Get Less Popular
    When I took psych 301 back in college, the professor said something about how price increases should be no more than 10% at a time. Humans, apparently, don't really perceive 10% changes. Anything more than that, and we get cranky. If the price had gone up to $1.09, people probably would have essentially shrugged.


    Of course, the labels are still making hand over fist, it seems, so I guess my prof needs to go look at the data some more...

     Reply
    Signore Pinko-Panko! was starred Signore Pinko-Panko! was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/12/09

    @Poppie:
    Not to disagree with you about the 10% bit, but the pop music industry is in pretty bad shape thanks to iTunes. This is an industry that is about hit singles, not music acts. Churn out the "latest greatest" and pack an album of not-hits around it. Sell it, and rake the moneys in.


    Then along comes iTunes, with it's single-track pricing model, and suddenly all the little kids could buy just the songs that they've been told are popular, and skip all the bundled stuff. Now you've got a label that used to be able to rake in $15 or more for a hit song only getting a buck. Sure, the wealth gets spread out a bit more (they can "collect 'em all" rather than having to pick and choose which ones they really liked enough to buy a whole album to get it).


    The thing that's really been holding up the pop music production line is the sale of short ringtones that cost multiple times what you'd pay for the whole song.

     Reply
    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of The Illuminator The Illuminator
    04/10/09

    In reply to $1.29 iTunes Songs Mysteriously Get Less Popular
    Kanye sucks. All rappers sound like robots.
     Reply
    The Illuminator was starred The Illuminator was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/10/09

    @The Illuminator: I'm no Kanye fan myself, but I gotta say that he still sounds a great deal better than a lot of the random generic yippety yap that comes out of the hiphop genre. That said, it's actually a pretty difficult thing to do, and some are exceptionally good at it.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of hu_hu_cool hu_hu_cool
    04/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: So, we're hating rappers and hip hopers.
     Reply
    hu_hu_cool was starred hu_hu_cool was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/10/09

    @hu_hu_cool: Who's hating? I personally don't like much of the new stuff that comes out these days.


    @valkilmerisawful: Que?

     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    04/10/09

    @The Illuminator: If you're talking about the robotic-sounding aggressively applied auto-tuning effect that snaps pitches to the nearest note in the scale (the effect that made its first big splash with Cher's "Do you believe in Love") that's become very trendy in hip hop vocals these days, I agree.


    It was used creatively for awhile and now, all of a sudden, it's everywhere and therefore annoying. It has nothing to do with the talent of the rapper or rap itself. It's just a trendy production fad that will hopefully burn itself out quickly so rap can get back to the business of rapping and stop trying to pretend that it's Cher.

     Reply
    frigg was starred frigg was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Can I get an Amen for some Slick Rick?
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of fate47 - Meh. fate47 - Meh.
    04/10/09

    @hu_hu_cool: Good thing the Beastie Boys are hip hoppers and not hip hopers.


    /sarcasm

    (There ya go Ponies.)

     Reply
    fate47 - Meh. was starred fate47 - Meh. was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/11/09

    @fate47: Actually, they're punk turned rappers turned punk.
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/12/09

    @The Illuminator:
    I hear he also likes fishsticks.


    @frigg:
    Actually...autotune is used _precisely_ because it can hide the fact that someone can't sing to save their life. Cher wouldn't have survived long enough to cut the first autotuned song if she couldn't hit a note, but it didn't take long before pop music execs figured out that if you've got a singer who meets all of the requirements except the ability to sing, you just autotune their vocals and pass it off as a "creative/artistic" thing. There was at least one of those boy-toy "song and dance" bands that had one member who was always autotuned, and I'm guessing he didn't get a lot of solo bits (which is kinda sad when you consider how unsuited music CDs are for showing off his line-dancing skills).


    @adaorardor:
    I've heard of rap, but who is this "William Burroughs" that you speak of?

     Reply
    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gizmodo account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.