An 17-year old Australian is taking responsibility for unwittingly causing yesterday’s Twitter bug. While the teen didn’t directly bring the flood of spam and porn retweets, he burst open the dam. I guess that passes for precociousness these days? https://gizmodo.com/there-was-a-new-twitter-exploit-and-it-was-spreading-li-5643732 The trouble began when the Melbourne-based high school student decide to test the security flaw…
Springpad, an app that lets you collect and organize all those bits and scraps of information that bombard you daily, just got handier in your phone and on your browser. Well, for some, for now. The major new feature here is that Springpad’s Alerts feature is being rolled out across all of its mobile apps.…
We all know what it is to be conscious, just as much as we don’t know exactly what that means, or how to measure it. But one researcher thinks the first step is to view our brains as computers. The NY Times takes a long look at Dr. Giulio Tononi, who’s chosen a seemingly impossible…
Books aren’t going to go away any time soon. But, like magazines have started to, they’re going to evolve. And if that evolution looks anything like these concepts, we’re in for a pleasant literary future. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-buy-an-ipad-mag-it-might-as-well-be-popular-mec-5582442 These three explorations, from design firm IDEO, each represents a different direction book technology could go. But what they…
San Franciscans are among the likely folks in America to take to WiMax 4G. So why’d they have to wait so long to get it, despite indications that it was pretty much ready to launch months ago? Hooray, bureaucracy! https://gizmodo.com/signs-of-wimax-showing-up-on-evos-in-new-york-san-fran-5565489 Apparently the people who push pencils in the San Francisco government have among the strictest…
We here at Gizmodo HQ love ourselves some HyperMac batteries, but apparently Cupertino doesn’t share our enthusiasm. Apple is suing parent company Sanho over six patents relating to MagSafe and iPod. And it looks like they may have a case. The crux of the matter seems to be that HyperMac products use “original Apple MagSafe…
Your most powerful cooking multitool is probably abandoned underneath your counter. Maybe you dust if off sometimes, maybe you don’t. But the next time you prep dinner, take a moment to reconsider the food processor. Mark Bittman did just that in the NY Times recently, and thank goodness. Because while I’ve processed some food in…
A few days ago, Facebook quietly changed their friend rejection procedure. Instead of opting to Ignore, you can now only defer the put-down by clicking Not Now. But those purgatoried people can still read all your public info and updates. As TechCrunch observes, when someone sends you a Friend request they get immediate access to…
At first I thought this just was pretty great Futurama – Gears of War mash-up Then Jason told me the same guy provided the voice for both Bender and Marcus Fenix, and my world collapsed in on itself. The petition for this to be unlockable in GoW 3 starts now, people. [Futurama Time via Geekosystem]
Terry Pratchett may write a mean fantasy novel, but he also forges one heckuva sword. In honor of being knighted last year, Sir Pratchett dug up 175 pounds of iron ore, sprinkled in some meteorites, and made himself a proper weapon. Pratchett gathered the iron ore deposits himself from a field near his town, and…
In some ways, this is the most accurate map of Washington, DC I’ve seen: those colors represent the demographic breakdown of a divided city. Here’s how the largest metropolitan areas in the US look after the same treatment. Eric Fischer has created and compiled similar maps for the 40 largest cities in the US, based…
It’s one lucky pooch whose gets to live in this 2.5-meter tall replica of Matsumoto Castle, with one impressively handy owner. Won’t you please join me on a guided tour? The video, unfortunately for this monoglot, is in Japanese, but I can give you a few details. The house took six months and about $600…
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The most cleverest geek nightclub sign you’ll ever see, compliments of San Francisco’s Red Devil Lounge. Also: flashing is strictly prohibited. [SFist via Geekosystem]
Is this the first picture of the BlackBerry Storm 3? BerryReview thinks so, after a tipster sent it to their mailbox. And I’m inclined to agree—although I wasn’t expecting that trackpad. If we recall, the Storm 2 and the original Storm both leaned heavy on BB touchscreen-tech SurePress. This Storm 3, though, possibly conceding a…
If a $400 Android tablet—with a docking printer thrown in for good measure—sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is, kind of. But HP’s Photosmart eStation does looks very close to awesome. The price is definitely right; $400 for an Android 2.1 tablet plus a printer sounds too good to be true. And…
Try not to get too excited, guys, but Peek 9 is here. It’s not as worthless as TwitterPeek, but that’s vastly different from being worthwhile. Honest question: who in blue blazes buys these things? How does Peek stay in business? https://gizmodo.com/worst-gadgets-gallery-5431759 Here’s the full Peek 9 feature rundown, much of which has been available since…
You already had some music choices with TiVo Premiere—Rhapsody and Music Choice have been available for some time—but now Pandora’s joined the party. Sad news, though, for those of you clinging to your prior-generation TiVos: this app’s for Premiere-only. TiVo Launches Pandora Application Offering Personalized Internet Radio on TiVo Premiere Boxes TiVo Further Expands Music…
We’re still not quite sure what to make of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which means this feature-heavy demo is actually pretty useful! Mostly because it shows that it’s gonna take some biggie-sized pockets to carry it around. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-will-be-on-every-major-carrier-ther-5640175 All the features that we’d heard about and seen before are highlighted here: front-facing camera, Android Market,…
In the very near future, kiosks like this one will allow you to pump your own wine like you do gas at an Exxon station. Utopia, thy name is La Cuve. The self-service system has already hit eight supermarkets in France, where you can draw from 500 or 1,000 liter tanks for just two buck…
