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In order for a technology to take off these days, it has to be simple. Twitter, Facebook, iTunes, Spotify - each can be summed up in a sentence or so and readily understood from the very first time you use it. Tomahawk is more complicated, but if you're a music fan who listens to music on a laptop or desktop - and has friends who do too - it warrants a try, and possibly a place in your quiver of favorite music apps. More »
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It looks like the Internet sex site YouPorn just took one in the eye. A years-old coding error has exposed the emails and passwords of over a million of its smut-loving chat users. More »
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How impressive is the Desktop Plus version of OnLive's iPad software? For $4.99 a month it basically lets you run full Windows on your iPad, and at blazing speeds to boot. This is the cloud done right. Mostly. More »
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These are the first photos of some of the countless treasures found in the extraordinary 298-million-year-old forest discovered under coal mine in Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China. More »
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We know that Einstein always has the last laugh, but this is hilarious: the faster-than-light particles that could have wrecked his relativity theory are no more. It was a mistake in the test results caused by a loose cable. More »
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You might not recall, but when the BlackBerry PlayBook came out last year it was close—oh, so close—to being a respectable iPad competitor. But the omission of native email, calendars and contacts was a fatal flaw, both for reviewers and the buying public. More »
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Oh man check out this totally awesome and rare 45 I got off eBay. Everyone thought the song was lost forever. But now I have the only known copy of it. It only cost me $1500 and the blood of my first born. Pretty good deal no. But enough talk, lets listen to this thi—NO. NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! NO YOU CAN'T SCRATCH WITH THAT. THAT IS NOT A FRISBEE. More »
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Week after week we hear Foxconn horror stories, but Apple's gadget metropolis is just one place inside an enormous country. Detractors say it's inhumane; defenders say it's way above the norm. But what does "bad" really mean inside a Chinese factory? Let's put Foxconn in context. More »
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If you've ever played sports, you've always wanted to find a way to measure your athletic ability. How fast can you run? How high can you jump? Are you any good? The new Nike+ Sports Sensor puts a super smart sensor in your shoe that can measure all that. It's like wearing Nike's research labs on your feet.

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If you thought space was a peaceful vacuum, think again: scientists have discovered the fastest winds ever observed on a stellar-mass black hole, and they reach an incredible 20 million mph. More »
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ABC News' Nightline program delivered what they claimed would be an unprecedented look inside the Foxconntroversy: their TV crew would have unfettered access to facilities and people. So what did they expose? More »
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It may have taken five years at nearly 250 sites but a research team's persistent digging throughout northeastern India have paid off. Say hello to science's newest family of caecilians—legless amphibians—the Chikilidae. More »
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Google Goggles could soon become a set of physical goggles if murmurings from within the company are true. Could this be the death knell for smart phones? More »
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Nike is showing off its latest technology for the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London and the focus seems to be: lighter, lighter and more lighter. The highlight tech was Flyknit, a sort of yarn and fabric material that is engineered to be featherweight, formfitting and virtually seamless. More »
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This isn't the review of the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 software. That comes tomorrow. Rather, these are just some early impressions and comparisons to the 1.0 software running through my head as I get acclimated with the thing. These opinions that may or may not change with time and familiarity. More »
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After including no!no! Skin in my Gizmodo gift guide for obsessive groomers last year, the fine folks at no! no! sent me a test unit of their zit zapper. Even though the device is "FDA cleared," I was skeptical it would work on my face (yes I stil break out at my age, why god why?). I somehow figured I had extra gross stubborn acne that would refuse to yield to its scientific wiles. More »
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Zachory Berta says that "GJ1214b is like no planet we know of." Like Berta, part of a team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics lead by David Charbonneau, his colleagues were surprised when they discovered that this planet is made mostly of water. More »
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Confession: I'm not a big Star Wars fan. I know it's against nerd culture and geekdom to admit such a thing but hey, here I am, in the flesh, an unabashed Star Wars non-lover. Sure I thought the movies were enjoyable but I only watched them once *gasp*. But even without loving the movies, you just pick up on things because EVERYBODY ELSE on this planet loves Star Wars. One thing I didn't pick up on was that Yoda was not some sort of uberfrog. Why not? He's green! And froggish! And that's why this Star Wars Science Dagobah Frog Habitat for $14 would have been so funny. Because get it? A real frog in fake Yoda's home planet! Whatever. Let me know I'm not the only one who doesn't love Star Wars -CC More »
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What happens when you spin steel wool in the air? You can accidentally start a forest fire. Oh, and the photos turn out amazingly! More »
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If you're buying a new computer and it comes with a mouse you're probably looking at a shitty machine bundled with a relic. The age of the mouse is over. Anyone pushing them with new computers is selling crap. More »
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This is not a surprise, but a welcome confirmation for the millions of business citizens and students of the world who have already adopted Apple's tablet as a work tool: Microsoft Office could be coming to the iPad in the next few weeks. More »
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If you're so rugged you demand your technology is teamed with accessories that look like they should form part of an engine, this is definitely the iPad stand for you. It even has a manly name: this is the Rokstand. More »
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American and Chinese scientists are flabbergasted after discovering a giant 298-million-year-old forest buried intact under a coal mine near Wuda, in Inner Mongolia, China. More »
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The Portuguese-language blog BlogdoiPhone has somehow gotten its hands on a Pre-GM build of the upcoming iOS 5.1 update. Here's what could be in store for the expected March 9th-ish update. More »
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There are something like a bazillion apps in the App Store. Do you know what that means? A lot of craptacular apps that should never be put on your iPhone. But sometimes you download an app not knowing it sucks or doesn't work or is buggy or isn't what you thought. Can you get a refund from the App Store? Yes! Here's how. More »
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Short of kidnapping Tim Cook and waterboarding him, we couldn't be more sure the iPad 3 will boast a mega-pretty retina display resolution. But buzzwordiness aside, just how much better will the new sharpness be? It makes everything that came before it look puny. See for yourself. More »
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Great technologies are often met with the response "I never knew I wanted that!" So, uhm, here's the Samsung Galaxy Note! It will only fit in raverpants, and its trademark feature is a stylus. Well, we certainly never knew we wanted those features... but do we? More »
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In its early years, Boy Meets World was a wonderful show about an awkward and obnoxious, but ultimately endearing boy who vowed to make his teacher's life hell. Somewhere along the way, that awkward and obnoxious boy turned into an awkward and unlikable young adult, and most of the show's appeal went down the drain. I mean, how can you forget Plays With Squirrels. But hey, let's remember the good times. You can do that with the complete seven-season run of Boy Meets world, which is only $65 ($20 less than normal). And even if those later seasons suck, they'll only make you appreciate the early ones even more. -AC More »
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A fake, completely unofficial and totally illegal port of Pokemon popped up on the App Store the other day and has been blazing through the App Store, even reaching the height of #2 in Top Paid apps. The problem? It doesn't even work. More »
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When a Swedish man drove down a deserted forest road near Umeaa, Sweden last December 19th, he was probably looking forward to Christmas. But that day, his car somehow became buried under a mountain of snow. He was trapped there for two months, suffering insanely low temperatures, with no access to food. Last Sunday, he was discovered. Alive. But how? More »
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Even the rich are sinking in Europe: the 198-foot (60.2-meter) superyacht Yogi sunk under a Force 8 storm in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday. This video, just released today, shows the Hellenic Air Force rescuing the passengers in the middle of the gale. More »
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This one billion dollar bill was found inside an old trunk in Switzerland. The trunk, marked Federal Reserve System, Chicago, Motherbox, Treaty of Versailles, had a total of six trillion dollars inside. That's one third of the US national debt! More »
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I still consider Goldeneye to be the most fun I've ever had with a controller in my hand. But I have to admit, as this 'in real life' mod illustrates, the single player game was incredibly frustrating at times. More »
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Apparently, the "you're holding it wrong defense" didn't work as well as Apple had hoped. The company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit and will give US iPhone 4 buyers their choice of $15 or a bumper case. More »
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What's the world coming to when a man can't partake in a crack-fueled, clothing-free shopping spree without the police being called? It's tyranny, I tell you, tyranny. More »
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In 1962, space travel wasn't what you'd call an "exact" science. NASA was only a few years old and nobody really knew how humans would cope outside the atmosphere. Now, 50 years after his historic orbit, John Glenn recalls what his doctors thought would happen in zero gravity. More »
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When you think ICBM, things get Freudian—a long, slender missile erupting from an underground silo or submarine bay, gliding upwards. You probably don't consider a giant missile dumped from the back of a plane. The Air Force did. More »
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You are looking at the map of the routes followed by the nuclear trucks—plain-looking, high-tech trailers that travel America's busiest highways carrying nuclear bombs, material for atomic weapons, radioactive metals and nuclear fuel for the US Navy. More »
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Weekend's here. That means debasement and irresponsibility and, best of all, losing stuff. I'm planning on losing my phone this weekend. Haven't decided where just yet, but that's the fun of it. I might replace it with an iPhone, so here are some apps from this week that I'll load it when I buy it. More »
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Creating your first craft cocktail takes a lot of trial and error, a bit of science, and a dose of creativity. Today, you're going to meet The Angry Ginger, Gizmodo's first (but certainly not our last) attempt and creating an original cocktail. We think you'll like the results. More »
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