Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

eVouse Mouse Concept Bridges Regular Mice With Air Mice

Air Mice are fine enough if you have to control an HTPC from your bed, across the room, they’re usually inaccurate and finicky. Why not make it a regular mouse too? And lo, the eVouse is. This concept, which designer Marcial Ahsayane shoved a Microsoft logo on, transforms from a right-side-up B2 bomber in regular…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 10

Google Wants to Test Gigabit Fiber Internet For Up To 500,000 People

Since Google wants to control all forms of communication, the logical next step is being not just what you do on the internet, but how you access the internet as well. To do that, they’ll deploy 1Gbps fiber to you. https://gizmodo.com/google-wants-to-control-all-communication-5467199 The company is going to test this super high speed internet to “a small…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 10

MyTouch 3G Android Phone Gets Spec Bump With More RAM, Storage, 3.5mm Jack and Swype

T-Mobile is still calling the myTouch 3G update myTouch 3G, but the latest version has a 3.5mm headphone jack, 288MB RAM, 8GB microSD card, Swype for text input and a few included apps like Visual Voicemail and a Barcode Scanner. The phone will be $150 with two-year plan, but otherwise it’s basically the same myTouch…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 10

Koreans Are Buying Sausages To Play Games on the iPhone

The miracle of the English language is that sometimes you get to use the same old words and make a sentence never seen before. This is one of those times. And supposedly, it’s true. Koreans + Sausage + iPhone. I don’t know how legit this is, and why the person in the video is playing…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 9

Want to Work For Gizmodo?

We’re looking for experienced writers to work at Gizmodo. Is this you? Are you either in China/Taiwan/Japan/Hong Kong or the Silicon Valley? If so, read on. Here’s what you need to apply. First, experience. If you’re looking for a junior position, hold out a bit longer for our other job calls. This is a full…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 9

A Screw-In Coffin is Clever and Economical

This screw-in coffin seems very economical, both in saving ground space and not having to have heavy equipment to lower your family members into the ground. Cemeteries have limited ground in meatspace, so putting people in edgewise just makes sense. Best of all, that lid comes with a religion-appropriate top, so that any Duckist can…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 9

Amphibious Bus Runs Into Water, Trouble, But Is Back Now

Glasgow’s Dutch-built “amfibus” resumed testing today after being grounded for an unnecessarily deployed airbag. From the video on BBC‘s website, it looks just like a big yellow schoolbus, but runs in liquid and allows writers to make water puns. I imagine that these amphibious busses will be useful in places that get hammered by rain,…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 9

Best Buy’s MacBook Pro SKUs Go Missing, Might Mean Core i5 Refresh Soon

The upcoming i5 MacBook Pro refresh might be closer than we thought, with TUAW discovering that Best Buy emptied their systems of the current version. Since they’re not likely to go MacBook-less for long, that points to soon. [TUAW] https://gizmodo.com/intel-promotion-leaks-core-i5-macbook-pro-update-5447089

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 8

Google Wants To Control All Communication

Google’s two new announcements: integrating a Twitter-like service into Gmail and a goal of a real-time speech translation service shows what direction they’re taking the company: Into the space between you and every other human being on the planet. https://gizmodo.com/gmail-is-the-new-twitfaceplurk-5466938 To be fair, these two developments are really far apart in their delivery dates. The…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 8

Someone Should Patent a Fax Rotator So the USPTO Can Read Upside-Down Faxes

Do you know what type of organization that would deny you a fax—by sending you back another fax—to tell you the first fax you sent was upside down? If you guessed the US Patent & Trademark Office, you probably work at the US Patent & Trade Office, or deal with them regularly. The relevant text…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 5

Delta Touch-Sensitive Faucet Review

Delta’s Touch Sensitive Faucet does one thing and one thing well: It dispenses water when touched with any part of your body, then shuts off when touched again. Not only that, it’s also a pretty fantastic faucet. https://gizmodo.com/touch-sensitive-faucet-is-absolute-kitchen-genius-5385469 The Price $547 on Delta’s site, but $300ish if you shop around The Verdict This is a…

Reviews Jason Chen Feb 4

The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet

Tablets today are thought to be made in one of two ways: Upsizing a smartphone or downsizing a laptop. Many of these new tablets are decent, but both methods render something less than the perfect tablet. These tablets—not the convertible laptops of the past decade, but real single-pane slate-like ones—are in various stages of development,…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 3

Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better

As you might’ve seen, our friends at Engadget have shut down their comments, which had become overrun by troll hordes. Trolls lurk everywhere, but our system—often mystifying to newcomers—is designed to keep them out. Here’s why it’s better. Most comment systems let anybody comment, and have their opinion seen, as long as they have a…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 2

Seagate BlackArmor PS110 USB3 Drive Kit Review: Three Times Faster

Seagate’s BlackArmor PS110 USB3 drive kit brings USB3 to laptops without USB3. And your transfer speeds will be 3 times what they were through USB2. If you weren’t excited about USB3 before, you should be. The Price $180 The Verdict It’s three times faster than USB2, which is a pretty good jump this early on…

Reviews Jason Chen Feb 1

Microsoft Arc Keyboard Review

Microsoft’s Arc Keyboard isn’t so much designed small because it’s great for traveling—laptops already come with compact keyboards—it’s more for compact spaces or controlling media center machines. I gotta say, it looks really nice, even if it’s awkward. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-arc-keyboard-is-really-warped-5442670 The Price: $60 The Verdict: Pretty good. Like we said above, it’s a very pretty keyboard,…

Reviews Jason Chen Jan 29

The Tablets of Our Dreams Merge With Reality

These were the tablets of our dreams. The devices we thought we’d use one day. But what do we get in reality? The iPad. The showmanship level definitely isn’t as high (Tom Cruise wasn’t available), but the usability is proven.

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 29

Apple Tablet Event Liveblog – We’re Here

Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 10am Pacific. The moment when Steve Jobs (or Phil Schiller) will step onstage and (probably) announce the Apple Tablet is almost here. Tune in NOW at live.gizmodo.com, so you don’t miss a bit of our liveblog. So far, we’ve got our usual pre-game countdown, with observations of the line, celebrity look-a-like…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 27

Motorola Double-Cockteases Super Bowl Announcement

It’s not enough that Motorola shows a woman with expertly grown legs throwing off a robe before getting into a tub before cutting off the video, they tease an upcoming MOTOBLUR smartphone as well. Tell us about the phone! [Motorola]

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 26

Google Voice Finally Heads to iPhone, Palm Pre With HTML5 Webapp

What’s the solution to Apple’s stinginess about Google getting an official Google Voice app on the iPhone App Store? A webapp that has about all the functionality, but usable on any HTML5-capable smartphone. The webapp mimics the functionality of hitting up Google Voice on your desktop. You can make calls, send texts, listen to voicemails,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 26

Publishers Say Apple Tablet Won’t Be Near $1000, Won’t Have a Lot of Books Until Mid 2010

9to5Mac claims that they’ve talked to a few content publishers (magazines, newspapers), and those publishers are claiming inside knowledge about the device. Most importantly, that it’ll be “[nowhere] near $1000, as has been reported elsewhere.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-maga-5370252 These publishers 9to5Mac talked to didn’t actually see any prototypes, but it was described to them as a 10-inch…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 25

Jason Chen

eVouse Mouse Concept Bridges Regular Mice With Air Mice

Google Wants to Test Gigabit Fiber Internet For Up To 500,000 People

MyTouch 3G Android Phone Gets Spec Bump With More RAM, Storage, 3.5mm Jack and Swype

Koreans Are Buying Sausages To Play Games on the iPhone

Want to Work For Gizmodo?

A Screw-In Coffin is Clever and Economical

Amphibious Bus Runs Into Water, Trouble, But Is Back Now

Best Buy’s MacBook Pro SKUs Go Missing, Might Mean Core i5 Refresh Soon

Google Wants To Control All Communication

Someone Should Patent a Fax Rotator So the USPTO Can Read Upside-Down Faxes

Delta Touch-Sensitive Faucet Review

The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet

Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better

Seagate BlackArmor PS110 USB3 Drive Kit Review: Three Times Faster

Microsoft Arc Keyboard Review

The Tablets of Our Dreams Merge With Reality

Apple Tablet Event Liveblog – We’re Here

Motorola Double-Cockteases Super Bowl Announcement

Google Voice Finally Heads to iPhone, Palm Pre With HTML5 Webapp

Publishers Say Apple Tablet Won’t Be Near $1000, Won’t Have a Lot of Books Until Mid 2010

First Statewide Data Center Ban Passed by Maine Legislature

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

The Crypto Bros Want to Get Their Hands on Anthropic’s ‘Super Dangerous’ Model

This Is What a Music Industry ‘Plant’ Looks Like in 2026

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

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

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

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

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

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

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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