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htc

Live From the HTC Launch in London

Well, we're here. This is the Soho Hotel in, er, Soho, where HTC is launching something (although I think we all know it's going to be the Diamond.) Come back in a bit for the juicy stuff.
UPDATE: Check our our coverage and the official specs and pics.

6:00 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Addy Dugdale
4,629 views, 10 comments

htc diamond

HTC Diamond Has Ultra-High Density Display

The first "official" photos and specs for the HTC Diamond have been leaked, complete with a 2.8-inch 640 x 480 pixel screen (twice the lines of the iPhone in smaller surface,) Windows Mobile 6.1 and 3G connectivity. Could this be the most important product of the year HTC said it would reveal in London on Tuesday? The fabled iPhone Killer? Addy will be liveblogging the event, so we will discover it then. It certainly seems like a good cellphone, judging from the specs. More »

6:00 PM on Sat May 3 2008
By Elaine Chow
28,807 views, 58 comments

Latest by Kaiser-Machead: @Krutch: None of this bickering will change the fact that this HTC Diamond design is the cubist Brundlefly of cell phones. That said, WinMo still sucks. more »

airport

Why: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5's High Tech Failings

London Heathrow airport's latest building, Terminal 5, launched last month after almost two decades of planning, $8.5 billion dollars in cost, and 100 million hours in manpower. It is a glass and concrete and steel marvel, the largest free standing building in the UK, with over 10 miles in suitcase moving belts, and was supposed to be a cure for the Airport's famous congestion by way of massive automation. But on its opening day it just did not work right. This week, British Airways' plans to move its long haul operations from the crowded main terminal to the new terminal were pushed back til June. Much of the press was quick to say that tech was the source of the failings in parking, luggage handling and check in, but here are the details I can find on what exactly caused endless lines and delay for so many passengers of Terminal 5.
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5:00 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Brian Lam
21,676 views, 29 comments

Latest by gibson042: @craig: Riiight...because all our heavily regulated competition here in the States has resulted in a system that's zero-hassle and never loses a bag or cancels a flight. Fixed that for you. more »

cellphones

Question: How Many Cops Does It Take to Bust a Ring of Cellphone Thieves?

This many, apparently. This was the scene in North London yesterday afternoon, as 600 cops in scary riot gear marched up a suburban street on their way to knock some thievin' heads together. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Addy Dugdale
13,121 views, 61 comments

future radios

Four Crazy Radio Concepts to Celebrate National Inventor's Day

Today is National Inventor's Day, in honor of Thomas Edison, and Giz is going to celebrate it with some designs from the Work In Progress show by students at London's Royal College of Art. There are no less than four concept radios in the show, including this one by Mikael Silvanto, which melds a slide rule with an iPod-esque analog radio. The other three, including one which uses QR codes to hook up graffiti artists with pirate radio stations, are below. More »

7:53 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Addy Dugdale
3,360 views, 8 comments

Latest by guypatsy: You can not celebrate Edison with radios. Tesla was responsible for the first wireless broadcast, and he was a true inventor. If you really want to celebrate Edison you should burn radios, kill elephants, and power your whole house on more »

airport art

Digital Sculpture at Heathrow Airport Demonstrates that Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Commissioned for the atrium of the brand spanking new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, Cloud is a digital sculpture conceived by art and design studio Troika. The five-meter structure is suspended above the escalators and consists of three layers. Find out what lies beneath the black and silver flick-dots, and see the sculpture in action below the gallery.

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7:18 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Addy Dugdale
25,971 views, 21 comments

Latest by zenpoet: @Gann: game, set, match! It would appear that he DID know what he was talking about. more »

man power

London Cab Driver Takes on Sat-Nav—and Beats It By 27 Minutes

The BBC pitted the wits of a black cab driver against the latest GPS technology in an effort to find out whether man or gadget rules the mean streets of rush-hour London. And, in a result that will not surprise TomTom-challenged Londoners one bit, although the TomTom GO 720 won the first round, Andy the cabbie completely p0wned the Sat-Nav. More info below. More »

7:25 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Addy Dugdale
7,689 views, 27 comments

cellphones

SatLav Cellphone Service Prevents Public Urination in London

Today London's Westminster City council launched a toilet-finding service to help relieve visitor's bloated bladders and prevent public urination. Apparently, the problem is quite serious in London's West End, where something in the neighborhood of 10,000 gallons of urine ends up in the streets each year. More »

6:20 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Sean Fallon
2,108 views, 20 comments

architecture

Accordion-Shaped Building to be Squeezed into City of London

This is Ken Shuttleworth's absolutely phenomenal design for an ten-story office block. The squeeze box-shaped building will have a roof garden that contains a sundial whose gnomon will be provided by a monument that was built back in the 17th century. More »

9:21 AM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Addy Dugdale
7,338 views, 13 comments

electrifying research

Shocking Pac-Man Helps Scientists with Fear Studies

A version of Pac-Man that administers electric shocks to gamers has been shedding light on how the human brain reacts to danger. Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging at UCL found that the closer the gamers got to danger, the more impulsive was their response. "In effect, the less free will you will have," explained the study leader, Dean Mobbs. More »

5:50 PM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By Addy Dugdale
2,731 views, 6 comments

de-construction

Building Demolished from the Ground Up Looks Better than New

A 15-story office block in the heart of London is being demolished backwards in order to build a skyscraper in its place. Demolishers are working up from the ground level upwards, dismantling each floor to reveal the concrete core of the P&O building. Find out why, and the new skyscraper replacing it, after the jump. More »

8:29 AM on Fri Aug 3 2007
By Addy Dugdale
99,757 views, 49 comments

Latest by Adventures in Stacking on Architecture Curations: New Scientist published an awesome little article this week about nothing more complex than stacking blocks of wood (subscriber-only)... But, oh, how complex that task can be. more »

use the turnstile, luke

Imperial Stormtroopers Invade British Empire at London Star Wars Convention

London was the scene for yet another Star Wars convention this weekend. Opened by Mark Hamill and Ian McDiarmid, the ExCel Centre in Docklands was packed to the gills with people willing to pay 85 ($173) for Mark's autograph. And Luke came face to face with his father once again... More »

4:07 AM on Mon Jul 16 2007
By Addy Dugdale
4,822 views, 13 comments

Latest by Twp3pf2: Is Chewbacca spoofing those polar bear Coke commercials? more »

home entertainment

PS3 European Launch: A Continent Yawns and Continues Picking Its Nose

You've already heard about the free tellies and taxis over in London, well this is how the PS3 was welcomed in France - with a gallic shrug. Just 60 per cent of its 100,000 available units have been reserved, a smattering of press attended the official launch - and a pleasure boat coated with Xbox logos parked itself next to the Eiffel Tower for that all-important photo-op before chugging up and down the Seine. Yes, it was Microsoft who pulled out all the stops and got first dibs on what little press attention there was. More »

6:20 AM on Fri Mar 23 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
3,176 views, 18 comments

Latest by Troy_Powers: Still waiting on an article on how the PS3 just shattered sales records for home consoles in the UK. That's the kinda yawning and nose-picking that Sony wants! more »

laptops

Apple Reportedly Sells Laptop Full of Porn To Girl - Where Do We Get These?

Apparently one of Apple's MacBook refurbishers was asleep on the job, judging from the Laptop full of porn that was sold to some London Apple Store customer. Of course, it was a friend of a friend who reported this. And he of course reformatted the drive and installed OS X already. Do they still have proof? – Jason Chen More »

8:05 PM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Jason Chen
3,608 views, 18 comments

peripherals

Ninja Star NYC Subway Map

This four-pointed stainless steel ninja star is useful for added sting to punches when held in your fist. But can also be thrown at adversaries inflicting 1-3 HP of damage, and causing the status effect of "demoralizing defeat at hands of American ninja" ( -2 penalty to move or attack). The ninja can also use the map to escape from labrinth underground tunnels found in the large human and troll settlement of New York City. Available with etchings of London Tubes, and will fit in your wallet.

Useful for not looking like a tourist. Ninjas must stay to the shadows. –Brian Lam More »

2:17 PM on Fri Oct 20 2006
By Brian Lam
1,029 views, 9 comments

Latest by sanjsrik: this "would" be useful, if it included more than just manhattan. Which it doesn't. Just manhattan. So, if you go to one of the other boroughs, you're SOL. RYAN had it right, you can get the plastic ones more »

cellphones

London uses MMS to Fight Ugliness

The Borough of Lewisham in London has launched a new program to help clean up the neighborhood with the help of the public and MMS. Everyone is allowed to download an Java application to their cell phones and then proceed to take pictures of graffiti, abandoned cars, garbage, etc. The application then uploads the photo a council who will go to the pictured spot and clean up the mess. The standard MMS fees apply for the public, but just think of how pretty the environment could be without all that nasty tagging. More »

1:32 PM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By Travis Hudson
310 views, 3 comments

Latest by muteboy: There's a world of difference between that pseud Banksy's daubings and some kid reapeating his tag all the way down a train carriage, or residential street. And it would be good for fly-tipping, abandoned cars and stuff. Trust me, the graffiti more »

security

Body Scanner (Total Recall: Part 2)

You may feel a little squeamish about going through this body scanner, but that's the way things are going these days. And though it may dig into the whole privacy thing, you'll find this piece of test equipment up and running at London's Paddington station. Now it's not just bags that will pass through it, but people as well, hopefully detecting any would-be terrorists in the crowd. Not everyone will have the pleasure of being scanned, because as anyone who lives in a city with public transportation knows, that would be INSANE. But passengers will be "randomly selected" to walk through the box. So, if you had plans on shaving that beard, now might be the time. It takes about 80 seconds to get through this piece of equipment and it claims to be able to detect hidden weapons and explosives, and maybe some of that extra fat you put on at Christmas. But who's really looking? More »

12:35 PM on Thu Jan 12 2006
By tgrumet
131 views, 6 comments

Latest by Ty: as long as they use this to only harass the dangerous people i\'m cool with it... when the day comes that it\'s to risky to get a fix on London subways i don\'t want to go to London (not that more »