Gary Cutlack, Author at Gizmodo

Show Them More of Your Naked Body With the Wide-Angle Webcam Mod

If you have a face or body that’s wider than the national average due to some ongoing “glandular” issues, you might want to modify your webcam to help fit it all into one wide-angle shot. Here’s how. A DIY guide over on Instructables tells you what to do—and it’s not the most challenging piece of…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 5 '10

Definitely Turn Left at Next Intersection

Artist Garvin Nolte really doesn’t want to get lost. His art piece Crossroads consists of 25 various satnavs suckered to his car windscreen—all screaming out directions to the same destination. In German. According to Nolte, the piece deals with the “influence of others onto one’s own path of life in an abstract way” so we’re…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 5 '10

European Antitrust Guns Now Pointing at Apple?

As well as facing possible antitrust claims in the US, the European Union is now taking a look at Apple’s closed-shop practises—with EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes claiming makers “cannot just choose to deny interoperability with their product.” https://gizmodo.com/us-targets-apple-in-iad-antitrust-probe-5560247 The locked-down nature of Apple’s App Store was specifically mentioned by Kroes, who also said that “consumers…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 5 '10

Selfless Nuns Pray to RSS Feed of Bad News

The Poor Clares, an isolated group of non-speaking nuns, have taken it upon themselves to pray for the ills of the world—praying made easier thanks to a live link to world-at-large bad news. This rapid-reaction crack prayer unit has been enabled thanks to an art project by students at South London art college Goldsmiths, who…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 5 '10

DSLR Rain Case May Also Pose a Choking Hazard

Encouraging people to hold a plastic bag over their mouths and noses is perhaps not the best idea, but that’s just one glaring design flaw exhibited by the concept DSLR Camera Bag. Popping a piece of warped and bendy plastic over your $800 lens might also impact upon shot quality—but then this is only a…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 2 '10

James Cameron Directing a 3D Black Eyed Peas Documentary

Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has a feeling that the band’s forthcoming tour movie is going to be a good tour movie—thanks to James Cameron taking charge. Speaking to VIBE magazine, Will.i.am confirmed earlier reports of love action between Cameron and the Peas, saying the Avatar director is filming a 3D documentary about the…

Movies Gary Cutlack Jul 2 '10

Naughty Spanking 2 HD App Offers Text-Based Erotic Stories on iPad

Somebody at Apple had better stir some triple-strength tranquilizers into Steve Jobs’s latte this morning—there *is* porn on the App Store. Although you have to use your imagination, as the porn in question is of the written kind. https://gizmodo.com/5000-casualties-of-the-app-store-boob-war-5477566 An independent developer has hit on the idea of creating collections of erotic fiction in an…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 2 '10

Japanese Not Excited About Being Told to Buy 3DTVs

A survey of 8,957 Japanese consumers found they’re not thrilled about the entertainment industry demanding they upgrade TVs again, with nearly 70% saying they have “no plans” to buy a 3DTV for their homes. “Television makers’ expectations for 3D are high but looking at the degree of interest among consumers, there is a big gap…

Television Gary Cutlack Jul 2 '10

Droid Incredible to Get Slighty More Incredible With 720p Video Update

HTC’s Droid Incredible is soon to receive an update adding a couple of new features—most notably an upgrade to its video recording tool which adds support for saving movies at 720p resolution. The update also lets the Incredible function as a 3G mobile hotspot. These discoveries come courtesy of an HTC-branded review phone loaned to…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 2 '10

The Bicycle That is Also a Shopping Cart

The transforming Ville concept folding bicycle is no mere bike—it is a bike-slash-shopping cart hybrid vehicle for the 21st century eco-friendly consumer. It is bicycle and grocery containment in one convenient form factor. But the Ville is not solely about clever multi-purpose design and ingenious hinge placement. The bike’s shopper-friendliness ensures you can take it…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 1 '10

Polaroid’s Creative Director Lady Gaga Actually Does Some Work

Polaroid’s Creative Director Lady Gaga (yes really) is the star of a rather lacklustre new exhibit at the MIT Museum—a Polaroid photograph of Lady Gaga. At least she dressed up for it. https://gizmodo.com/new-polaroid-pic-1000-models-shown-off-and-good-news-t-5442887 And it was no ordinary Polaroid. The company’s ageing 20×24 inch view camera was rolled/winched out for the job, which should mean…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 1 '10

Ebert: “I Was a Fool” to Disrespect Video Games on the Internet

In a huge 1800-word apology on his Sun Times blog, critic Roger Ebert admitted it was stupid to complain about games not being art—as he wouldn’t review a film without at least sitting through the first 45 minutes. But Ebert then bizarrely retracts his sort-of-apology to enraged gamers in the same opening paragraph, adding “I…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 1 '10

Mozilla Submits Firefox Home App, Awaits Apple’s Approval

There will be nervous pacing at the Mozilla offices over the coming hours and days, thanks to the browser maker submitting its iPhone sync app Firefox Home to Apple—will it get the divine thumbs-up? It almost certainly will, as Firefox Home isn’t treading on any of Apple’s sensitive toes—it’s only a bookmark and history syncing…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 1 '10

Global Blimp Network Will Deliver Our Goods by 2020

If you’re still sad-faced about never getting a go in Concorde we have yet more bad news—air travel is getting slower again. This time we’re warping back to 1930s flight speeds, thanks to a new wave of cargo blimps. The modern freight blimp can sustain a top speed of around 78mph, and according to some…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 1 '10

Android App Tells You If Your Fruit Loops Are Safe To Eat

Kellog’s [sic] Recalled Products is a new Android app. It lets you scan the barcodes on Kellogg’s items, with the results compared against a recalled products database—so you know what’s edible and what may contain traces of glass/metal/human skin. It exists because Kellogg’s recently released a product recall for a wide range of its cereal…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jun 30 '10

$19,500 Diamond iPhone 4 Comes With Free Ostrich Feet Case

The iPhone 4G Diamond Edition. Decorated with real diamonds. It costs $19,500—but comes with a free case made from ostrich feet. Such a great value. [Stuart Hughes]

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jun 30 '10

Microsoft’s Kinect Can See You (From Between 4 and 11 Feet Away)

UK-based online retailer Play has “gone live” with a list of tech specs for Microsoft’s happy-clappy new Kinect controller, revealing many deeply technical things about the internal workings of Microsoft’s Magic Eye. It’s (kind of, a bit) interesting to see Kinect’s field of view data, which is reported to have a sensor range of between…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jun 30 '10

Woman’s Horror at Google Street View Photo of Child’s Bottom

Poor old Claire Rowlands felt “angry, disgusted and upset” after stumbling across a photo of her three-year-old kid Louis on Google’s Street View tool—thanks to her child’s bottom being served up to (possibly depraved) people on the internet. Google has now pixellated the bottom after seeing Claire’s angry face, but it still makes us wonder……

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jun 30 '10

Japanese Crystal Palace Echoes the Fragile Minds of the Students it Houses

When Foxconn employees fall asleep at their workstations, this is the heaven they dream of running through without any clothes on (until the soldering iron burning into their cheek awakes them)—the all-white Kanagawa Institute of Technology. https://gizmodo.com/foxconn-employee-life-is-meaningless-5555047 Designed by architect Junya Ishigami and Associates, the “studio/workplace” in the outskirts of Tokyo has been created using…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jun 30 '10

Tuneless, Drunken Karaoke Hell Now Available on iPad

If you have no further need for your basic, human dignity, get the latest humiliation device for iPad—in the form of USing Karaoke. It supports MIDI files, so you’ll never run out of tunes to recreate that stuck-in-an-elevator-feeling. For $2 you also get an accompanying file manager to load MIDI karaoke files into the app…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jun 21 '10

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Show Them More of Your Naked Body With the Wide-Angle Webcam Mod

Definitely Turn Left at Next Intersection

European Antitrust Guns Now Pointing at Apple?

Selfless Nuns Pray to RSS Feed of Bad News

DSLR Rain Case May Also Pose a Choking Hazard

James Cameron Directing a 3D Black Eyed Peas Documentary

Naughty Spanking 2 HD App Offers Text-Based Erotic Stories on iPad

Japanese Not Excited About Being Told to Buy 3DTVs

Droid Incredible to Get Slighty More Incredible With 720p Video Update

The Bicycle That is Also a Shopping Cart

Polaroid’s Creative Director Lady Gaga Actually Does Some Work

Ebert: “I Was a Fool” to Disrespect Video Games on the Internet

Mozilla Submits Firefox Home App, Awaits Apple’s Approval

Global Blimp Network Will Deliver Our Goods by 2020

Android App Tells You If Your Fruit Loops Are Safe To Eat

$19,500 Diamond iPhone 4 Comes With Free Ostrich Feet Case

Microsoft’s Kinect Can See You (From Between 4 and 11 Feet Away)

Woman’s Horror at Google Street View Photo of Child’s Bottom

Japanese Crystal Palace Echoes the Fragile Minds of the Students it Houses

Tuneless, Drunken Karaoke Hell Now Available on iPad

DJI Pushes Drone Deals as Mini 3 Fly More Combo With RC Drops Below Black Friday Price on Amazon

Surprise! ‘Rings of Power’ Season 3 Is Arriving Earlier Than Expected

WD_Black SN7100 1TB NVMe SSD Drops to Almost 50% on Amazon, Grab This Before Storage Prices Get Even Worse

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Reality TV Star-Senate Candidate Claims He Intentionally Got Caught Insider Trading on Kalshi to Make a Point

Tesla Says EV Orders Benefitted From Soaring Gas Prices

The Hardware in Your Pre-2023 Tesla Will Never Allow It to Fully Drive Itself, Elon Musk Admits

Jon Favreau Regrets Trying to Keep Tony Stark Alive During ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Baseus Picogo MagSafe Power Bank Is Restocked at Nearly 50% Off, Ultra-Slim 10,000mAh iPhone Charger for Less

Trump’s New Wildfire Agency Is Betting on a Risky Firefighting Strategy

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

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

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