Brian Barrett, Author at Gizmodo

Chinese iPad Knockoff Maker Charges Apple With Plagiarism. Wait, What?

Well, this is a fun reversal. Shenzhen Great Loong Brother has been manufacturing the P88—which looks just like, hey, a giant iPhone—for about six months. And they’re pretty ticked that Apple has so blatantly stolen their idea. Okay, so maybe the P88 and iPad don’t have that much in common. Or really, hardly anything. The…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 1

This Lamp May or May Not Double As a Wormhole

The Getty Lamp, designed by Marcus Tremento and made from electroluminescent wire and perspex, is clearly the lighting fixture of choice for the Twilight Zone. Limited edition of 10, at least in this dimension. [Generate Design via Nerd Approved]

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 29

Adobe Busts Out Porn in iPad Flash Crusade (UPDATED)

Adobe is not going to take Flash’s exclusion from the iPad lying down. Their latest salvo: enlisting their friends at Bang Brothers to show just how badly you’re going to miss Flash video on Apple’s new device. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-responds-to-the-ipads-lack-of-flash-5458645 Lee Brimelow over at TheFlashBlog provides ten examples of pages that will be incapacitated on the iPad…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 29

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Not Impressed With Your iPad

Google’s CEO rarely comments publicly on the competition. When asked directly today about the iPad, though, he couldn’t resist a minor jab in Apple’s direction. Schmidt was fielding questions from reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland when he made is opinion—such as it is—of tablets known. Of course, Google also has a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 29

Thief Gamely, Weirdly, Stupidly Tries to Rob a Security Company at CES

Click to viewI’m not saying you should try to steal anything from a trade show. That’s just wrong. But if you absolutely have to, maybe you shouldn’t start with the company that’s there selling security cameras, hrrmmmm? Willy Wu is the idiot in question, and his target was the Swann Security visitor sign-in book. The…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett Jan 29

Handheld Cellphone Bans Don’t Reduce Car Crashes After All

According to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, hand-held phone bans have no effect on the frequency of car crashes. Wait, what? Now, this seems different from specifically texting while driving, which is demonstrably dangerous. But in the four states the IIHS studied, the implementation of a ban on hand-held phones behind…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 29

Steve Jobs Gets Candid on iPad, Kindle, and Love Battery Life

Click to viewWalt Mossberg was able to get a moment with Steve Jobs immediately after Wednesday’s iPad event, and scored some great unscripted commentary from the Apple honcho on the iPad and its competition. The interview portion starts at 1:55. Most impressive to me is how dismissive jobs is of the only clear advantages Kindle…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 29

Intel and AMD Six-Core Processor Roadmaps Leaked

According to DigiTimes, we’ll be seeing both AMD Thuban and Intel Gulftown six-core desktop processors hitting in just a few short months. It’s all from anonymous sources, but at least on the Intel side the information matches up with what we’ve seen previously. Gulftown (aka the Core i7-980X) will apparently be available as early as…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 29

Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its “Fastest-Selling Operating System in History”

Microsoft made a record revenue numbers last quarter, but only its Windows division did substantially better than last year. In fact, practically every other aspect of Microsoft’s business did worse. Don’t get me wrong, revenue of $19 billion is extremely impressive. But other than the Server business—which was basically flat—all of the growth came from…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

Apple Plans Video Camera For iPod Touch

Usually reading the patent tea leaves is an inaccurate science at best, without knowing how exactly a proposed technology will fit into a company’s product plans. Other times, there’s an actual drawing of an iPod Touch with a video camera. The patent was filed in the summer of 2009, but only just published today by…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

McGraw-Hill Still In Deep Denial Over iPad Leak

Remember when McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw confirmed the iPad—and its OS—a day early on national television? And then Apple pointedly left them out of the presentation? Well, McGraw-Hill doesn’t! No sir, never happened at all. https://gizmodo.com/mcgraw-hill-ceo-confirms-apple-tablet-with-iphone-style-5457588 In a statement given to All Things D, McGraw-Hill spokesperson Steven Weiss backtracks laudably in an attempt to convince…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

EVGA W555 Can Hold Seven GPUs. That’s One Mother of a Motherboard.

The W555 from EVGA made a brief, blurry appearance at CES, but now we’ve got closer look thanks to bit-tech. And what an introduction: two LGA1366 processor sockets, 12 DDR3 DIMM slots and a questionably sane seven expansion card slots. The W555 is designed to accommodate overclocking to begin with, and with that many PCI…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

Tiny DIY Motorcycle Adds in MPG What It Subtracts in Cool

Remember, doing it yourself doesn’t always mean you’re making something look nicer. Sometimes you turn a perfectly good Honda motorcycle into a recumbent spearmint pod. It’s worth it, though, when that pod gets 214mpg going 55mph. Allert Jacobs designed and built this contraption from a Honda Innova motorcycle. In its previous incarnation, the bike weighed…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

AT&T Owns Up to Shoddy NYC and San Francisco Service

Well, AT&T just finished up a call to discuss their earnings announced earlier today. The verdict on 3G performance its most heavily trafficked cities: still needs work! A lot of it. They even gave us a chart to prove it! https://gizmodo.com/sorry-download-speeds-at-t-added-4-million-3g-devices-5458597 Apple executives described the system overload as a “high quality” problem, which from a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

Sorry, Download Speeds: AT&T Added 4 Million 3G Devices Last Quarter

AT&T made over $800 million in wireless data revenue last fall, thanks to a glut of new 3G users. Unfortunately, that also puts extra strain on their already-clogged data pipes. And we’ve still got all that iPad traffic ahead. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know-5458292 AT&T’s plans to fix things up include a $2 billion increase in the amount of…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

iTampon Is the #2 Trending Topic on Twitter

Well, this bodes poorly. Ahead of “Apple,” “Steve Jobs” and “Apple’s iPad” on Twitter’s worldwide trending topics rankings sits iTampon. Well done, internet! You’ve just made some marketing executive very sad and/or fired.

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 27

Apple iPad Data Plans: Unlimited Data For $30/Month With No Contract

The Apple iPad will come with two 3G data plans through AT&T, one of which is just $30 per month with no contract. You can cancel at any time with no penalty, and use AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots for free. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know-5458292 The other plan offered is $15 for 250MB of data, also through AT&T. You can…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 27

iPad Has No a Kickstand After All!

Looks like we’re all going to have to study up on our tablet sutra—Apple’s iPad won’t have a built-in kickstand to hold it up. UPDATE: Well, this accessory case/stand is probably close enough. https://gizmodo.com/tablet-sutra-gallery-5454797

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 27

How to Use the iPad Interface

One of the biggest lingering uncertainties about the iPad has been how exactly one uses it. Well, now we know, and it’s surprisingly familiar. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know-5458292 As anticipated, the operating system is best thought of as an evolution of iPhone 3.0. That means that apps are running the show, with the same tray at the bottom…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 27

Apple Before a Launch: “It Can Be a Little Frightening”

Turns out, Apple’s veil of secrecy applies internally, as well. Former engineer Edward Eigerman spoke with Bloomberg News this morning about the atmosphere at the company before a major product launch—turns out, it’s not all wine and roses. Eigerman has a unique perspective on the extreme lengths Apple goes through to prevent leaks, having been…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 27

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Chinese iPad Knockoff Maker Charges Apple With Plagiarism. Wait, What?

This Lamp May or May Not Double As a Wormhole

Adobe Busts Out Porn in iPad Flash Crusade (UPDATED)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Not Impressed With Your iPad

Thief Gamely, Weirdly, Stupidly Tries to Rob a Security Company at CES

Handheld Cellphone Bans Don’t Reduce Car Crashes After All

Steve Jobs Gets Candid on iPad, Kindle, and Love Battery Life

Intel and AMD Six-Core Processor Roadmaps Leaked

Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its “Fastest-Selling Operating System in History”

Apple Plans Video Camera For iPod Touch

McGraw-Hill Still In Deep Denial Over iPad Leak

EVGA W555 Can Hold Seven GPUs. That’s One Mother of a Motherboard.

Tiny DIY Motorcycle Adds in MPG What It Subtracts in Cool

AT&T Owns Up to Shoddy NYC and San Francisco Service

Sorry, Download Speeds: AT&T Added 4 Million 3G Devices Last Quarter

iTampon Is the #2 Trending Topic on Twitter

Apple iPad Data Plans: Unlimited Data For $30/Month With No Contract

iPad Has No a Kickstand After All!

How to Use the iPad Interface

Apple Before a Launch: “It Can Be a Little Frightening”

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

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