Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Energizer Energi To Go DSLR Charger Gives Paparazzi More Portability

Need to hide in the bushes for eleven hours outside Megan Fox’s house while taking the occasional super-zoom shot? Need to recharge your batteries but have no outlet? Energizer’s portable charger clip is there. This DSLR battery clip charges via a special USB source (like Energizer’s own portable battery pack, which has a higher voltage…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 1

Matte Black MacBook Pro Looks Like a Deadly Stealth Ship

This $6000 Colorware MacBook Pro isn’t just impressive because of its price, it’s impressive because it looks like what a real matte black MacBook Pro from Apple would look like. There are only ten available, and with each one costing $6000, you’re probably not going to be one of the ten. So soak up the…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 1

The Comfort Respirator

This respirator mask design by Elijah Stillson is meant to have comfort AND function, ensuring that when a biological attack does hit, you won’t even notice that you’re wearing a mask. You will notice the dead bodies, however. [Yanko Design]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Buy a Modded Guitar Hero Controller To Cheat at Fake Rocking

We’re big Guitar Hero/Rock Band fans, but buying a controller so that it can play the songs perfectly so that you don’t have to do anything? That’s taking it a bit too far. If pretending to rock is so hard that you have to pretend to pretend to rock, you should just go and eat…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Jabra Go 6400 and Pro 9400 Bluetooth Headphones Have a Touchscreen Base Dock

The two Jabra Go 6400 and Pro 9400 Bluetooth headsets are kinda neat, combining a charging dock for convenience with a touchcreen for showmanship. The 6400 has a standard Bluetooth range and looks exactly like a Bluetooth headset from Jabra, whereas the 9400 looks like a receptionist’s headset that you can take around your house…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Solar Hand Fan

Like solar-powered air conditioners, this solar hand fan makes a lot of sense. Well, save for the part where you have to fan yourself. But it is a night light, which goes great with your ensemble if you’re a southern belle who’s also a robot. [Lost Values via Fashioning Tech via MAKE]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

iPhone 3.1 SDK Available Now

The 3.1 version of the iPhone SDK is available now, bringing a couple new fixes like having the OS simulator “more closely matching the device.” There are also new Interface Builder, XCode and Dashcode changes. [iPhone Developer]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

iTunes U Gets Library of Congress Videos

The Library of Congress just made a bunch of historical videos available on iTunes U. Now you can watch the original Edison films or Book Festival videos in a “University” setting without the need for booze or girls. Yay. [iTunes]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

The Original Ethernet Cable and Cable Diagrams

BoingBoing Gadgets found this photo of the original original Ethernet cable at Xerox PARC, devised by Bob Metcalfe so he could rig up a local system for sharing things digitally. The diagram below illustrates part of what he tried to set up. What it doesn’t show, unfortunately, is how slow the network would have been…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Hansgrohe RainBrain Smart Shower Controller Gives You Water, Music and Lighting Control

This RainBrain smart shower controller from Hansgrohe seems like one of those things that you didn’t think you needed, but once you try it you can never go back to what you had before. This thing controls music streamed wirelessly via Bluetooth, lighting in your shower and even (who’d have imagined) what kind of water…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Apple’s 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job

Not to turn this into a secondary job board for Apple or anything, but they’re opening up a position for a digital 3D modeler/CAD sculptor to create renderings of possible and future products. It’s interesting because the turnover there for the position is really low, and it may be the only time you get a…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

UK’s Sky TV Makes Upside-Down Remote For Australians

In honor of some sport nobody here cares about, British satellite company is releasing upside-down remotes for Australians—because the two are playing each other in said sporting match. [Forever Geek via Technabob]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

More Analysis on the Korean Rocket Launch

Really interested in what kind of nuclear rocket capability North Korea has? The Bulletin does a really in-depth analysis of the latest launch, based on released and carefully reasoned interpolated data. It’s quite interesting, with well-thought-out logic that points to NK obtaining parts and knowledge from Russia. In short, they probably don’t have quite as…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House

The only time people visit arcades these days is when they’re waiting for the 8:30 showing of Transformers to start. Whether it’s convenience of quality of games, people just aren’t going. But what if it came to YOU? Games2U puts PS3s, Wii and Xbox 360 games inside of a van and delivers it, letting 20…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

iPhone 3GS Graphics Performance Benchmarked (Verdict: Significantly Faster)

The analysis was correct: the iPhone 3GS graphical abilities are significantly better than the iPhone 3G. Here’s how much better, according to OpenGL benchmarks: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-just-how-awesome-are-the-graphics-gonna-get-5286972 * The CPU performance is Faster by 40-70% * The fillrate* is 3x to 4x higher * Texture effects and filters are about 10x faster Keep in mind that it’s…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Linux File Systems Benchmarked

If you’re wondering which file system you should format your new Linux partition as, phoronix has a test of EXT4, BBtrfs and NILFS2. The winner (for the most part): EXT4. Hit the link if you want to find out why. [Phoronix via Slashdot]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Blind Phone ‘Swatter’ Gets 11 Years For 911 Phone Hacking

A 19-year-old who was part of a swatting group—hacking the phone system to get 911 to respond with a SWAT team to potentially dangerous situations in order to harass people—just got sentenced to 11 years in prison. Their method of hacking used spoofing to pretend the call originated from the victim’s house. The team could…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

iPhone 3G vs 3GS Network Speed Test Shows No Real Difference

Thanks to all our Chicago readers who sent in their speed test data from their iPhone 3G and 3GS. Here’s our conclusion: the 7.2Mbps AT&T’s testing in Chicago doesn’t really make any difference right now in speeds. https://gizmodo.com/chicago-iphone-3g-and-3gs-users-send-us-your-speedtest-5297379 The 3GS turned out to be slightly faster in downloads (1202kbps vs. 1161kbps), but just about the…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 30

Please, Nobody Show This Twilight USB Drive to Any Girls

Do you think that your eardrums being intact is a good thing? Then please, don’t show this Twilight USB drive to any girls between the age of 9 and 15. Or was it 45. Can’t tell these days. [EntertainmentEarth]

Movies Jason Chen Jun 29

Geek Squad at the Apple Store

No detail on this, but reader AJ has a lame joke to go along with this submission: Q: How does Geek Squad fix Macs? A: They drop ’em off at their local Apple store. [Thanks AJ!]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 29

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Energizer Energi To Go DSLR Charger Gives Paparazzi More Portability

Matte Black MacBook Pro Looks Like a Deadly Stealth Ship

The Comfort Respirator

Buy a Modded Guitar Hero Controller To Cheat at Fake Rocking

Jabra Go 6400 and Pro 9400 Bluetooth Headphones Have a Touchscreen Base Dock

Solar Hand Fan

iPhone 3.1 SDK Available Now

iTunes U Gets Library of Congress Videos

The Original Ethernet Cable and Cable Diagrams

Hansgrohe RainBrain Smart Shower Controller Gives You Water, Music and Lighting Control

Apple’s 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job

UK’s Sky TV Makes Upside-Down Remote For Australians

More Analysis on the Korean Rocket Launch

Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House

iPhone 3GS Graphics Performance Benchmarked (Verdict: Significantly Faster)

Linux File Systems Benchmarked

Blind Phone ‘Swatter’ Gets 11 Years For 911 Phone Hacking

iPhone 3G vs 3GS Network Speed Test Shows No Real Difference

Please, Nobody Show This Twilight USB Drive to Any Girls

Geek Squad at the Apple Store

All Hell Breaks Loose in a Tease of the End of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2

Artemis 2 Day 6: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

NASA Administrator Says Odds of Finding Alien Life Are ‘Pretty High’

The ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie Did Rosalina Dirty

Wisconsin Remains a Gooning Sanctuary State After Governor Rejects Age Verification Bill

The Artemis 2 Astronauts Are Now Farther From Earth Than Any Have Gone Before

The Imperial Credits From the ‘Andor’ Aldhani Heist Are Up for Auction, Which We’re Sure Is Not a Commentary on Capitalism at All

Check Your Medicine Cabinet for These Eye Drop Bottles After Millions Recalled

Artemis 2 Astronauts’ Epic iPhone Photos Are All… Selfies?

OpenAI Releases Its Vague Vision for Reorganizing Society Around Superintelligence

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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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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