Adam Frucci, Author at Gizmodo

Comcast Tests New P2P Protocol, Nearly Doubles Download Speeds

Here’s something you don’t expect to see: Comcast taking part in a test of new P4P file sharing protocol that offers up greatly increased speeds. And they actually want to make its use widespread. What’s the catch here? Essentially, the system localizes peer-to-peer file sharing. Right now, when you hop on a torrent, you download…

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25 Features You Definitely Won’t See in Windows 7

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you guys to imagine some Windows 7 features that we’re not likely to see come its release next year. And while we have the predictable barrage of Blue Screen of Death jokes, we also have a bunch of other clever and awesome takes on Microsoft’s next big OS.…

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iPhone Bug Crashes the Phone when Malicious Video is Played

Piergiorgio Zambrini, the author of the ZiPhone unlocking tool, has allegedly come up with a way to crash iPhones remotely via a simple video. By playing the video, an iPhone would shut itself down, and iPods and Apple computers are also vulnerable. The bug Zambrini found is in the audio portion of Apple’s video format.…

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Lightning Review: Voting Machines (Verdict Pending)

The Gadget: Touchscreen, punch card and lever voting machines The Price: Free with registration The Verdict: Unclear.There have been lots of criticisms of the betas and early releases of the reliability of the touchscreen models, but all that matters is them working on the release day. And today is finally the release day for these…

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Bjork the Drug-Addled Technologist Explains How CRT TVs Work

Sure, you could ask an engineer or designer how an old TV works. But then you’d get a boring, predictable and correct answer. Who wants that? Not me, that’s for sure. I’d much rather listen to Bjork tell me exactly what’s going on inside a TV, because you’re guaranteed to get a much more fantastical…

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Finally, a Porn Webcams Site Just for the iPhone

Sometimes, you just want to see an ugly girl in Bulgaria taking her clothes off for you in real time, but you aren’t near a computer. Oh, cruel fate! If only there was a way to see a tiny, low-quality video of said ugly girl stripping on your iPhone! Well, good news (I guess): now…

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Man Builds a Tomb with TV, Food, Fresh Air Just in Case He’s Buried Alive

A crazy Brazilian man named Freud is so afraid of being buried alive that he’s built himself a tomb nice enough to live in, complete with TV and food. You know, just in case. It also has built-in megaphones that would allow for him to call for help just in case his body raised from…

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What are You Dressing Up as for Halloween?

So tonight’s the night, my friends: Halloween. You’ve been planning for weeks or you’re going to toss some half-assed costume together from stuff in the back of your closet, but either way, you’re dressing up as something. What is it? And is it… sexy? Me, I’m going as Zombie Jimmy Stewart. Not gadgety, I know,…

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Lightning Review: Fun Size 3 Musketeers Bars (Verdict: Not That Fun)

The Gadget: Fun Sized 3 Musketeers chocolate bars. Available in 11 ounce bags of individually wrapped bars. The Price: $3.39 for an 11 oz. package The Verdict: Since when did small equal fun? The way I see it, the more candy there is, the more fun you’re having, so to call these things “fun sized”…

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Japan Prepares for a Rhino Attack with Two Dudes in a Rhino Suit

In the spirit of Halloween, I wanted to show you this absolutely amazing video of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo training for an escaped rhino by dressing up two guys in a big rhino costume. Instead of candy, they’re dressing up for safety. Watch! As the “rhino” walks slowly towards the security force! Listen! To the very…

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London Getting Bomb-Proof, News-Delivering Trash Cans

In London, public trash cans are hard to come by, as they’re an easy receptacle for bombs. Which makes it hard to throw things away properly! Now, the city is going to bring trash cans back, but they’re going to be big, hulking masses, totally bomb-proof and equipped with LCD screens to tell you the…

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Amazing Costume is Either a Kid Dressed as a Mech or a Mech Dressed as a Kid

Happy Halloween! Bad news! Your costume sucks compared to this kid’s, which is amazing. It’s a homemade chicken walker mech costume, and it is so badass I can’t quite put how badass it is into words. I think between this and the Lil’ Mega Man costume we can conclude that Halloween is the best time…

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Dubai’s Newest Insane Skyscraper to House a Restaurant in a Glass Pod at 2,150 Feet

Oh look, another insane tower planned for Dubai! This one is dubbed the Anara Tower, and while it’s not going to be the tallest in the world (it’ll be about 500 feet shorter than the Burj Dubai at 2,150 feet), it’s still incredible all on its own. The defining element of the Anara Tower has…

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Use Photoshop to Come Up with Some Unlikely Windows 7 Features

So this week we’ve been getting a nice first look at Windows 7, and it looks to have some pretty great features. But what about the features that Microsoft would never, ever put in their new OS? Those are for us to come up with using our good friend Photoshop, like my example above of…

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Refurbished MacBook Airs Available for (Relatively) Cheap

If you don’t mind buying refurbished goods and you also don’t mind those goods being last year’s model, there are deals to be had in terms of the MacBook Air. Like the 1.6GHz model for $1,349, the 1.8GHz model for $1,499 and the model with the 64GB SSD for $1,799. Not bad prices, although still…

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Square Enix Making Final Fantasy Based iPhone Game

Square Enix, the famed Japanese publisher behind all 3,000 Final Fantasy games, is hard at work on Crystal Defenders, a new game for the iPhone based on the FF universe. It’ll be a “defense simulation” game that utilizes the touchscreen, so I’m guessing it’ll have more in common with Final Fantasy Tactics than Final Fantasy…

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New Tech Brings Augmented Reality, 3D Models to Books

A German company called Metaio is developing a new system that turns regular old books into reality-augmented 3D objects, with models of things like globes sprouting off of the pages. All you need to get it working is a webcam, the software and a book designed for the system and you’ll be checking out things…

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IDEO Sets Up Ridiculously Large, Continent-Spanning Rube Goldberg Device

Sure, we’ve seen a number of fun Rube Goldberg devices in our day, but none with the scale and ambition of this one made by IDEO. I mean, how can you argue with a statement like this: Even Jon Kaplan, the IDEO veteran behind the effort, had moments of doubt. But more than that, he…

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John McCain Finally Gets His Own iPhone App

Sure, Obama may have had his official iPhone app out a while ago, allowing supporters to easily make calls on his behalf and do all sorts of other things, but don’t think there isn’t a John McCain app out there as well. Sure, it might not be official, and it might only work on jailbroken…

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We Help Out a Failing Circuit City in with Some Smartass Fake Ads

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, we had some fun with the imminent demise of Circuit City by making some fake CC ads. Oh, the puns! If you’re a fan of puns, specifically puns relating to the name of the aforementioned big box electronics retailer, welcome to paradise. Hit the jump for your top three winners…

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Comcast Tests New P2P Protocol, Nearly Doubles Download Speeds

25 Features You Definitely Won’t See in Windows 7

iPhone Bug Crashes the Phone when Malicious Video is Played

Lightning Review: Voting Machines (Verdict Pending)

Bjork the Drug-Addled Technologist Explains How CRT TVs Work

Finally, a Porn Webcams Site Just for the iPhone

Man Builds a Tomb with TV, Food, Fresh Air Just in Case He’s Buried Alive

What are You Dressing Up as for Halloween?

Lightning Review: Fun Size 3 Musketeers Bars (Verdict: Not That Fun)

Japan Prepares for a Rhino Attack with Two Dudes in a Rhino Suit

London Getting Bomb-Proof, News-Delivering Trash Cans

Amazing Costume is Either a Kid Dressed as a Mech or a Mech Dressed as a Kid

Dubai’s Newest Insane Skyscraper to House a Restaurant in a Glass Pod at 2,150 Feet

Use Photoshop to Come Up with Some Unlikely Windows 7 Features

Refurbished MacBook Airs Available for (Relatively) Cheap

Square Enix Making Final Fantasy Based iPhone Game

New Tech Brings Augmented Reality, 3D Models to Books

IDEO Sets Up Ridiculously Large, Continent-Spanning Rube Goldberg Device

John McCain Finally Gets His Own iPhone App

We Help Out a Failing Circuit City in with Some Smartass Fake Ads

Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s

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Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

Cursor’s New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents

Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is Doing Right By Debbie

New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

Marvel Might Have Finally Dealt With One of the Most Hated ‘Spider-Man’ Characters Around

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

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