Brian Lam, Author at Gizmodo

Red’s 4K HD Video Camera to Work With Apple ProRes: Here’s what we know about Red

Red One‘s compatibility with Apple’s ProRes was a welcome surprise. There was some worry on our part, after the Red One camera delays, and after the prototypes were nearly lost to thieves last year. So we’re happy to see it taking off like this. Congrats to Ted Schilowitz, and his team. To learn more about…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 15

Hot Leopard Shots From the New Seed [UPDATED]

The fanboys are sad that OS X Leopard is going to be late, so in the meantime, here are some fresh screenshots to keep em held over. There, there, it’ll be ok. https://gizmodo.com/official-apple-delays-leopard-iphone-is-priority-1-251911 These are shots from the latest build seeded to developers, 9A410. Charming name aside, this evolution of the beta unifies the UI…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 15

New Mac vs. PC Ads Show Vista as Lardass

The latest Mac ad throws fire on the flames of the War on Craplets. A message to those PR people, engineers, product managers, VPs and CEOs at Dell, HP, Sony, Lenovo, and our other favorite PC makers: Don’t let the people in charge of putting these demos on your machines ruin your computers. Please, fight…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 15

Yo! Apple’s NAB Event Tomorrow Here at 11AM PST

Remember: Be here tomorrow at 11am PST to watch us blog the Apple event at NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters conf in Las Vegas. We don’t know what’s coming down the pipe in a little more than 12 hours from now, but Apple at NAB has historically been all about AV software launches. In…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 14

First Next Gen Blu-Ray Player Tested: HDGuru On the Samsung BD-P1200

Gary Merson is the first to check out the Samsung BD-P1200, the first of the second generation Blu-ray players. It looks to be a great unit. The 1200 improves upon the BD-P1000 by adding a few cool tricks, but more importantly improves upon the last generation’s eternal load times by starting in 30 seconds. And…

Gadgets Brian Lam Apr 14

World’s Smallest R/C R2D2: Reviewed In the Palm of My Hand

Click to view This R2D2 droid we wrote about a few days ago had a few surprises in store once I opened the box. https://gizmodo.com/mini-remote-controlled-r2d2-250468 It’s smaller than it seems in pictures. I’d say its about perfect scale to the old Star Wars action figures. I would have killed for one of these back in…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

Nokia N95 Interface Video: The Ins and Outs

I just took this UI video of Nokia’s N95. But, man, the wave of N95 coverage here and elsewhere, is slowing. Everyone says the beautiful phone is powerful, but too expensive for most to buy at $750. Many of you are left dreaming. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-long-ass-nokia-n95-review-why-it-rocks-why-i-250902 That’s why I’ve tried to show you all I can, partially…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

WSJ Pulp Bite: Mossberg Smites Crapware for the Republic

Last week, Mossberg, Caesar of the WSJ’s Gadget Empire, declared war on PCs shipping with Craplets, the bloatware that comes with new computers. It was the most popular story on the WSJ’s website that day, and so this week Mossy followed up with a post for the people about how to smite those annoying little…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

Gizmodo Moving Servers Tonight

Hi there. Giz is moving servers tonight starting at 3 a.m. We’ll be here, but comments and some links won’t work until about noon the next day.

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

Which Gizmodo Commenters Suck?

Lately, I’ve been getting tons of complaints about asshole commenters. I’m not talking about the ones that disagree with others in a gruff way. Freedom of speech, and all. I’m talking about people who obviously have mental problems and like to take it out on the rest of us who frequent Gizmodo. I’ve been lax…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on 802.11n-ightmare Routers

Not an easy two weeks for the Poguester. First, he pulls an all-nighter putting together last week’s video. And this week, he spends four days trying to get the N routers from Belkin, Linksys and Netgear running at the claimed speeds. That 300Mbps rating? It must have been measured on the moon, he quips. https://gizmodo.com/nyt-pulp-bite-pogue-on-why-tivo-still-rocks-250155…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

Sidekick ID Official From T-Mobile

The Sidekick ID is unveiling itself soon, and here’s confirmation on a lot of what the speculation is about. The Lite version of the Sidekick 3 drops the MP3 player, Bluetooth, camera, and costs only $99 bucks. (Half the price). The same Web, mail, messenger client for AIM, Yahoo!, and Messenger. It’s roughly the same…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

Official Apple Words: iPhone Release “late June”

Amid the hubbub of the Leopard OS X delay today, only Mark F. over at our beloved Boingboing noticed that the press release, essentially Apple PR gospel, puts the release of the Holy iPhone in “late June as planned.” It came from a press release. That means its official. https://gizmodo.com/official-apple-delays-leopard-iphone-is-priority-1-251911 That pretty much shitcans the…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

Fake Steve Jobs: Billy Goat and Adaptiiv iPone keuybords

Three gems from Fake Steve Jobs this week. First the comic above. Then, this message: We’re havng a diner 2 celebrate at John Bentley’s in Wooodside tonght. and Ill be honorst, were getting a little buzzed om super expnsive wine. But itsgood blow ff steam once on a while. ths is relly a special time…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 12

Nappy Headed CBS Execs Fire Imus, Satellite Radio His Next Stop?

You probably heard from a non-Giz news source that Imus has been canned for basically doing what he’s been doing for the last zillion years. I’m not defending him, but I do feel scared that maybe I’ll get fired for calling the Designers of some ugly gadgets a poo poo head. Anyhow, do you think…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 12

Motorola Action Figures by Eric So

The coolest thing Motorola’s done in awhile is push these Motorola action figures by Hong Kong artist Eric So. They’re of Chinese stars Jay Chou and Zhou Xun, and they’re holding the same phones that they come with, the Moto E6 and MOTOKRZR. You’ve likely guessed by now that these aren’t available in the US,…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 11

Sorry: Annoying MSNBC Ads

Hey, I know the ads have been crunking stuff up lately. Shit, I can’t even keep Gizmodo open in a browser without causing my keyboard to revert to 286 speeds. I had two plans to fix this. The first was to make fun of some basketball players of African American descent, so they’d pull the…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 11

Sony’s $20 Million Dollar Ad Campaign Dupes Pogue’s One Day Video

The NYTimes writes that Sony spent $20 million at the BBDO advertising agency, so they could make some lighthearted gadget ads. A portion of that large sum bought them a Sony Handycam commercial that showed a 20 year old acting like a baby in a bathtub so his parents could relive his infant moments. What…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 11

Rumor: First Zune 2.0 Photo?

In light of yesterday’s rumors about Zune 2.0, I’d remembered an anon tip that came in two weeks ago along with this puzzling photograph of a Zune with an approximate 16:9 wide screen. (Compare that to ye old Zune 1.0’s screen) I dismissed it then, but now, it makes a little more sense with all…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 11

Zune 2.0 Details Leaked

Click to view A Zune Worker and unmarked Zune Scene Editor walk into a convention center. The Zune scene editor says, “What do you do?” The trusting Microsoft employee says, “I make Zune.” And this is how the story of how Zune 2.0 and the Flash Zune, AKA little Zune, were leaked. Here are the…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 10

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Red’s 4K HD Video Camera to Work With Apple ProRes: Here’s what we know about Red

Hot Leopard Shots From the New Seed [UPDATED]

New Mac vs. PC Ads Show Vista as Lardass

Yo! Apple’s NAB Event Tomorrow Here at 11AM PST

First Next Gen Blu-Ray Player Tested: HDGuru On the Samsung BD-P1200

World’s Smallest R/C R2D2: Reviewed In the Palm of My Hand

Nokia N95 Interface Video: The Ins and Outs

WSJ Pulp Bite: Mossberg Smites Crapware for the Republic

Gizmodo Moving Servers Tonight

Which Gizmodo Commenters Suck?

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on 802.11n-ightmare Routers

Sidekick ID Official From T-Mobile

Official Apple Words: iPhone Release “late June”

Fake Steve Jobs: Billy Goat and Adaptiiv iPone keuybords

Nappy Headed CBS Execs Fire Imus, Satellite Radio His Next Stop?

Motorola Action Figures by Eric So

Sorry: Annoying MSNBC Ads

Sony’s $20 Million Dollar Ad Campaign Dupes Pogue’s One Day Video

Rumor: First Zune 2.0 Photo?

Zune 2.0 Details Leaked

Wearables Are Getting Very Messy

Trump Wants to Start Privatizing TSA in Latest Budget Proposal

Lost Warship From Battle of Copenhagen Found After 225 Years

These One-of-a-Kind Objects Are in the Wrong Museums

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

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Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

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