Adrian Covert, Author at Gizmodo

HP Phoenix h9: Plenty of Power, Severe Identity Crisis.

HP’s HPE Phoenix h9 certainly isn’t hurting for power. Combining an eight-core AMD processor with up to 16 GB of RAM, discrete graphics and liquid cooling, who this PC is for exactly is a bit unclear. The Phoenix h9 certainly brings to mind the Voodoo gaming machines of the past, but it’s compact mini-tower will…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 4

Six Tools to Help You Keep those New Years Resolutions

It’s a new year. You have big things planned and you made some resolutions. Save money. Get fit. Quit smoking. Etc, etc. Well now it’s time to put those plans into action. Here a six tools to help. FaceBank This is the year you save up all that loose change and money you would have…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 2

I Hate Glossy Gadgets

Gadget design is in a pretty good place these days. Even companies like Sony and Dell—known to commit many a design atrocity in their days—are starting to make devices that look pretty. But there’s still one crutch companies and designers lean on when they want to make something they think people will lust after. They…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 30

100 Years Later: The Evolution of the NYC Subway Map

If you’ve lived in the Big Apple for any amount of time, you’ve more than likely taken the Subway. You’ve also probably wasted plenty of time staring at the map. Our video editor Matt Toder threw together a video of the Subway map’s evolution, beginning with a map crafted 100 years ago. One thing I…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 29

Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica

Just sit and listen. Give it some time. At first it may just sound like a repetitive piano loop. A minute in, it opens up and starts to get a little weird. Don’t run off! It won’t hit you right away. Somewhere around the 3:30 mark it all comes together and hits you with its…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 28

Coming Never: Flying Cars

I think if futurists from the ’50s saw the way things turned out in 2012—speaking purely in terms of innovation—they wouldn’t be too mad. But there is one area where we truly failed them: flying cars. There are few retro images of the future that come to mind more than the flying car. Think of…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 26

Why You’ll Be Hearing from Xerox PARC a Whole Lot More

Much has been written about Xerox PARC, its legendary R&D legacy, and its inability to make money off their groundbreaking innovations. But what many people don’t know is that 10 years ago, it launched a new plan to turn research into dollars. This printed memory/logic circuit is the first fruit of the new plan. According…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 22

EVERYTHING ON THE DOLLAR BILL IS A CONSPIRACY

The dollar bill has some weird shit plastered on it. This we know. But even more weird are the outlandish interpretations people extract from the seemingly cryptic symbols (most of which are just old and Christian and zzzzzz…zzzzzzz…zzzzzz). But if you’re conspiracy-minded, well, take your pick from these five ridiculous one dollar delusions: Freemasons Everyone…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 22

Future MacBooks Could Be Powered by Fuel Cells

The latest patent application to come out of Cupertino could allow for new Macbooks that are slimmer, lighter, greener and could provide power for days without a charge. What’s the magic ingredient? Fuel cells! Dredged up by Apple Insider, Apple’s patent indicates that hydrogen fuel cells would be used to send and receive power from…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 22

Occupy Lego: Because Plastic Bricks Aren’t All Fun and Games

I’m glad Lego allows children (not to mention adults) to indulge in some escapist fantasies. But what they really need is a hard dose of reality served up in brick form. Slate’s imaginary Lego Civil Unrest series is the perfect example! Instead of knights and castles, astronauts and spaceports, the Civil Unrest series gives us…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 21

How to Sidestep this SOPA Nonsense Entirely

Dislike this proposed SOPA legislation? Yeah, me too. But just because a few legislators are trying to make our internet lives more terrible doesn’t mean we can’t best them with a simple Firefox add-on. Enter DeSOPA. The proposed legislation will apparently only block domain names, and not IP addresses. So a coder by the name…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 21

Here’s What T-Mobile Gets in Their Breakup Settlement

As we all know, German mobile communications giant Deutsche Telekom had betrothed it’s American daughter T-Mobile to AT&T. Then things went south. But though T-Mobile was left standing alone at the altar, it won’t necessarily be left empty-handed. Here’s the rundown on exactly what they’re getting as a breakup fee. According to Phone Scoop, Deutsche…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 20

If IBM Has Its Way, This Is What Tech Will Look Like in Five Years

Mind Reading. Power harvesting. No more passwords. The Death of spam. Technology for everyone. These are five thing IBM believes are the future. Not 50 years in the future, but more like five years in the future. IBM’s annual 5 in 5 list is not just another collection of whimsical predictions. Each item in their…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 19

Thanks to Cornell, Manhattan Is Getting Its Own Science Island

Many New Yorkers oft forget Roosevelt Island—the little strip of land sitting between Manhattan and Queens. But after accepting a bid from Cornell university, who will build a new, state-of-the-art engineering campus there, Roosevelt Island could get a whole lot more popular. The NY Times says Cornell received a $350 million gift to build the…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 19

Will Google Deliver a Nexus Tablet in the Next Six Months?

In an interview with Italian Publication Corriere Della Sera, Eric Schmidt has apparently promised a Nexus tablet by Summer 2012. To be exact, he was quoted as saying “in the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality.” What exactly this tablet will feature is uncertain, although some reference to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 19

One-Third of Windows Users Still Use XP

Are you a Windows user? Are you amongst the 32.8% of those using Windows XP? I have one question to ask: Why? We knew 52% of desktop PCs still run XP, but what about all PC users? The Next Web says that while usage of Windows 7 has risen from 28% to 46%, Windows XP…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 15

How to Get Facebook Timeline Right Now

Facebook Timeline is finally here for the masses. Wait, you don’t know how to activate it? Fret not, friend, we’ll show you how to get up and running on the new Facebook so you can join in on the fun. So this is your old boring Facebook wall/profile/whatever. Your life feels meaningless. Facebook wasn’t making…

Social Media Adrian Covert Dec 15

Hopefully Apple’s Latest Hire Can Make iPhone Multitasking Less Annoying

Although iOS does many things really well, its multitasking UI is not one of them. The iPad’s gesture support makes things much better, but on the iPhone, it’s just clunky. As it just so happens, Apple has brought on someone with a few ideas on how to improve that. Earlier this year, Jan-Michael Cart made…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 14

It Takes 30,000 Downloads a DAY just to Crack the iOS App Store’s Top 10

If you think the whole mobile apps craze is just a fad, consider this statistic: any free app in the iOS App Store’s top 10 list is receiving at least 30,000 downloads a day. A DAY! For the US alone! That’s madness. Research firm Distimo put out the first in a series of posts attempting…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 13

Apple Will Finally Let You Delete Pics From Your iCloud Photo Stream (Updated)

We’re not the biggest fans of iCloud’s Photo Stream feature, largely because you can’t manually delete pictures saved to the cloud without wiping everything out. But as devs are noticing in iOS 5.1 Beta 2, that’s about to change…kinda. According to Apple Insider, Photo Stream will delete any photo that you delete from your phone.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 13

Adrian Covert

HP Phoenix h9: Plenty of Power, Severe Identity Crisis.

Six Tools to Help You Keep those New Years Resolutions

I Hate Glossy Gadgets

100 Years Later: The Evolution of the NYC Subway Map

Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica

Coming Never: Flying Cars

Why You’ll Be Hearing from Xerox PARC a Whole Lot More

EVERYTHING ON THE DOLLAR BILL IS A CONSPIRACY

Future MacBooks Could Be Powered by Fuel Cells

Occupy Lego: Because Plastic Bricks Aren’t All Fun and Games

How to Sidestep this SOPA Nonsense Entirely

Here’s What T-Mobile Gets in Their Breakup Settlement

If IBM Has Its Way, This Is What Tech Will Look Like in Five Years

Thanks to Cornell, Manhattan Is Getting Its Own Science Island

Will Google Deliver a Nexus Tablet in the Next Six Months?

One-Third of Windows Users Still Use XP

How to Get Facebook Timeline Right Now

Hopefully Apple’s Latest Hire Can Make iPhone Multitasking Less Annoying

It Takes 30,000 Downloads a DAY just to Crack the iOS App Store’s Top 10

Apple Will Finally Let You Delete Pics From Your iCloud Photo Stream (Updated)

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Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

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HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

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