Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Just Where Can North Korea’s Missiles Hit?

This Guardian report says that North Korea would hit the United States with a “fire shower” of nukes if we attack first. But how far can NK deliver the 5-7 nukes that they’re currently suspected of having? According to Wikipedia, it depends. If they’re using the short to medium range missiles, it’s probably going to…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 25

Say Goodbye To the Hottest Girls iPhone App

Hope you got in on the Naked girls iPhone App while you had the chance. Apple just removed it from the US store. https://gizmodo.com/first-apple-approved-iphone-porn-app-5302365/?skyline=true&s=x What’s the point of having app ratings and parental controls when there aren’t going to be any adult-only apps at the top of the ratings pile? Who knows. But it’s not…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 25

This is What 50,000 Cellphone LCDs Looks Like

Sometimes even spam is useful. This is a set of images we got from a junk email trying to sell us 50,000 pieces of Asian LCDs. CDMA only, they claim in bold. [Thanks spammer!]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 25

Have Your Cellphone Blessed By a Japanese Shinto Priest

Handsome man Brian Ashcraft has no luck with his phones. It’s not that he misplaces them, it’s that they try to escape from his handsome clutches. That’s why he had to turn to a Shinto priest. His latest contribution to Wired paints a picture of people in Japan asking these priests to bless all kinds…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 25

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week

Lifehacker’s got some tips on avoiding car dealer shenanigans, avoiding traffic ticket myths, avoiding crappy looking offices and avoiding being frustrated by the OS X finder being lousy. • Tweak your OS X finder to not be quite so horrible • Get more from Boxee • Avoid these car dealer tricks https://lifehacker.com/tweak-your-way-to-a-better-finder-5301914 • DIY magnetic…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

iPhone Remote App Now Supports Apple TV Controlling With Gestures

The iPhone 3.0 version of the Remote app now supports Apple TV controls with gesturing, which should give you a lot more flexibility than the standard little Apple Remote you already have. Techcrunch says it’s incredibly improved, as you can now just slide around on the phone to move around the screen and use the…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware

If you’ve got a Panasonic digital camera and you’re using a third party battery pack, DON’T UPDATE YOUR CAMERA FIRMWARE. Your battery will get locked out by the authentication scheme Panasonic just implemented. Panasonic claims that they did this for safety reasons, and from the horror stories of batteries exploding in phones that have really…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

Belkin’s Comfort Mice Supposedly Make Portable Mice Less Crippling

Portable mice for laptops are usually only good for one thing: giving you an eagle claw hand. Belkin’s Comfort series of mice supposedly helps that—because it has comfort right in the name. There are three flavors, one wireless, one Bluetooth and one with a retractable cable. The wireless is $30, Bluetooth is $50 and Retractable…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

Captain Obvious of Verizon Says Verizon iPhone is Apple’s Decision, Android Phone May Be Coming

Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon, just lays this captain obvious quote on Charlie Rose on the possibility of a Verizon iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/great-moments-in-apple-analysis-5280530 …the decision to put an iPhone on our network is Apple’s… Reeeeeeeaaaaaaallly? You don’t say. Apple’s decision to make a phone that would work on a different technology than their current…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

How to Get the iPhone 3GS Battery Indicator On All iPhones and iPod Touches

Reader Alex points us to this video where you can get that fancy iPhone 3GS battery indicator on any iPhone. Spoiler: your phone needs to be jailbroken. We haven’t tested it ourselves, but it looks like he’s just using SSH to transfer some files over and create a new item to enable the battery gauge.…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

Rumor: Zune HD Comes in 16/32GB Sizes, Launches September 8

A tipster just dropped off a few internal Microsoft docs that point to a September 8 launch of the Zune HD. In addition to that, the tipster says it’s coming in 16GB and 32GB versions. All pretty logical. We already knew that the HD has Nvidia’s Tegra inside, which makes it a high powered, high…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

Microsoft Hohm Tracks Home Energy Usage via Webapp

Microsoft’s Hohm lets people with participating energy providers track their energy usage online via a website. The end goal is to have the site give you tips on how to save energy and thus money. The first participants are Pugent Sound Energy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Seattle City Light and Xcel energy. Not a huge…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 24

What the F*@# Is Going On In This Windows Mobile Developer Video?

I don’t know what the fuck’s going on in this Windows Mobile Developer video. Do you? I’m not sure I like it. It’s absurdist without having a point. You can watch it here. Facebook’s videos aren’t embeddable, or I wouldn’t make you click an extra time. The more I think about it, the more this…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Sanity Wins Out, Apple Drops Space From 3GS

It first started with the press release from yesterday. Then some talk from Apple employees. Now, it’s official: Apple has dropped the space between 3G and S. (Yes, we know it’s inconsequential, but follow us here.) https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-selling-as-quickly-as-iphone-3g-5299510 Apple’s official product page listed the device as “iPhone 3G S” since the launch. Hell, the URL even…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Apple’s Latest MacBooks Still Have Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI Distortion Issues

Remember those distortion issues people (like me) were having with the unibody MacBook Pros while using the Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI adapter? We can confirm that they’re still there in the new machines. https://gizmodo.com/apples-mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-adapter-has-pe-5119858 The discussion thread reports that Apple recommends updating the firmware in the adapter itself to 1.02. Unfortunately you can’t update it…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch is Coming (With Touchscreen)

Dave Zatz found the upcoming Squeezebox Touch from Logitech, a successor to the Squeezebox Boom and Squeezebox Duet from last year. Other than knowing it’ll have touch and that it’s coming, there’s nothing else to report. [ZNF]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Linksys WRT160NL Is Fully Linux Powered, 802.11n, and Acts As Media Server

After years of having people load custom Linux-based firmwares onto their routers, Linksys decided to just go ahead and make a router with Linux on there from the start. Computer Science grad students are all awkwardly high fiving each other. https://lifehacker.com/turn-your-60-router-into-a-user-friendly-super-router-344765 The guts of the machine are a 400MHz processor, 32MB RAM, and 8MB flash…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Enable Tethering On Your iPhone 3G and 3GS With Only Safari (MMS, VV Fix)

Here’s an extremely easy way to enable tethering on your iPhone 3G and 3GS (even on AT&T!) by just visiting a site on your iPhone’s Safari. No jailbreaking needed. Here’s where you go: http://help.benm.at/help.php Then scroll down to the Tethering & Internet Settings, then choosing your country and provider. This works for both AT&T and…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

Intel and Nokia Partner To Make Future Something-Or-Other

Just as reported, Intel and Nokia had a big fancy announcement to tell everyone that they’re going to be doing something together in the future—the specifics of which wasn’t important (or defined) enough to mention today. https://gizmodo.com/report-nokia-partnering-with-intel-for-mystery-device-5300832 The two did say that they’re going to be sharing Nokia’s HSPA/3G modem technology so Intel can put…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 23

iPhone AIM and Beejive IM Apps With Push Notifications Are Live

There are two versions of the AIM app in the App Store right now. The free one, with ads, and the $2.99 one, with no ads. They both have push notifications. The app does what was touted this year at the iPhone 3.0 event: display notifications when the app is closed, show you how many…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 22

Jason Chen

Just Where Can North Korea’s Missiles Hit?

Say Goodbye To the Hottest Girls iPhone App

This is What 50,000 Cellphone LCDs Looks Like

Have Your Cellphone Blessed By a Japanese Shinto Priest

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week

iPhone Remote App Now Supports Apple TV Controlling With Gestures

Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware

Belkin’s Comfort Mice Supposedly Make Portable Mice Less Crippling

Captain Obvious of Verizon Says Verizon iPhone is Apple’s Decision, Android Phone May Be Coming

How to Get the iPhone 3GS Battery Indicator On All iPhones and iPod Touches

Rumor: Zune HD Comes in 16/32GB Sizes, Launches September 8

Microsoft Hohm Tracks Home Energy Usage via Webapp

What the F*@# Is Going On In This Windows Mobile Developer Video?

Sanity Wins Out, Apple Drops Space From 3GS

Apple’s Latest MacBooks Still Have Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI Distortion Issues

Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch is Coming (With Touchscreen)

Linksys WRT160NL Is Fully Linux Powered, 802.11n, and Acts As Media Server

Enable Tethering On Your iPhone 3G and 3GS With Only Safari (MMS, VV Fix)

Intel and Nokia Partner To Make Future Something-Or-Other

iPhone AIM and Beejive IM Apps With Push Notifications Are Live

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