Jamie Condliffe, Author at Gizmodo

Would You Pay For FaceTime Over 3G?

When Apple launched iOS 6, it was happy to announce that FaceTime was finally going to be available over 3G. Great! But now, 9to5mac is reporting, based on leaked screenshots, that using FaceTime over AT&T’s 3G network may require a paid-for contract bolt-on. Not so great. https://gizmodo.com/ios-6-all-the-new-features-coming-soon-to-your-iphone-5917359 Apparently, attempting to use FaceTime on iPhone over…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 17 '12

A Man Got His Ass Kicked for Wearing Digital Eye Glasses That Looked Like Google Glasses

Google’s glasses may allow you to record images like nothing that’s come before, but they will also make you stand out. Like Dr. Steve Mann, who’s been developing wearable computing systems in the same vein as Project Glass since 1999. Sadly, though, he got beaten up in McDonald’s for wearing his own techno-glasses. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-secret-of-the-google-glasses-skydiving-demo-5922117 Mann’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 17 '12

WSJ: iPhone 5 Will Use Super-Thin Screen Technology

There are plenty of iPhone rumors floating around, hinting at everything from a bigger screen to NFC capability. Now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next iPhone will feature new screen technology to keep it slim. https://gizmodo.com/rumored-iphone-5-video-reaffirms-longer-two-tone-unib-5916526 The current iPhone 4S screen is made up of three layers: the LCD, capacitive sensors, and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 17 '12

Wikipedia Is Running Out of Editors and Admins

Wikipedia is a wonderful resource, the kind of website that makes you marvel at what the internet can achieve. But it’s only as good as its contributors and, while some are extremely committed, the sad truth is that the project is running out of editors and new admins. https://gizmodo.com/seven-years-one-million-edits-zero-dollars-wikipedia-5903743 The Atlantic reports from Wikimania, the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 17 '12

Frequent Cell Phone Users Slobber More

It’s always funny—if a little gross—when you see a friend launch a spot of spittle across the room as they chat on the phone. But new research suggests that frequent cell phone users actually slobber more, making those discharges all the more common. The study, carried out at the Vidhya Shikshan Prasark Mandal’s Dental College…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 16 '12

Nationally Blocking Pirate Bay Doesn’t Affect P2P Traffic

Two months ago the Netherlands and UK governments ordered ISPs to block The Pirate Bay. Now, figures from a number of ISPs confirm exactly what we, though obviously not the governments, knew: it doesn’t make any difference whatsoever to P2P traffic. Torrent Freak reports that major Dutch and UK ISPS have both reported that, though…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 16 '12

The World’s Ideas, Visualized

Visualizing how the world’s ideas fit together is no mean feat. But now you don’t have to struggle, because Brendan Griffen has mined Wikipedia to create a map of how the world’s greatest thinkers influenced each other. Color-coded by genre—so, for instance, fiction authors are in orange, while 19th/20th century philosophers are in red—each node…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 16 '12

RIM Forced to Pay $147 Million Damages Over Patent Dispute

The New York Times is reporting that RIM has been found liable of infringing software patents held by Mformation Technologies. There goes $147 million in damages for the BlackBerry manufacturer—more cash it can’t afford to lose. https://gizmodo.com/rim-cutting-5-000-jobs-and-pushing-back-bb10-in-disastr-5922154 A piece of software offered by RIM, called BlackBerry Enterprise Server, lets companies manage their workers’ BlackBerry devices…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 16 '12

Scientists Fire the World’s Most Powerful Laser

Hidden away at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory‘s National Ignition Facility is a terrifying 10-story laser. Recently scientists have finally started using it in anger, and now they’ve even smashed previous records to fire the most powerful laser shot ever recorded. https://gizmodo.com/the-world-s-most-powerful-laser-will-create-tiny-stars-5818355 On July 5th, the scientists fired the 192 constituent laser beams simultaneously, before…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Jul 16 '12

NYT: Apple to Launch Smaller, Cheaper iPad While Amazon Goes Large

Earlier this month, reports from both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg suggested that Apple is planning to launch a smaller iPad. Now, citing independent sources, the New York Times is reporting that Apple plans to launch a cheaper 7.85-inch tablet later this year. The Times suggests that Apple’s new tablet would feature a smaller,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 16 '12

The Truth About Semen

A gentleman’s relish is the true water of life. A nice shot of semen allows a man to pass on a genetic code through the ages, offering the closest thing to eternal life humans are ever likely to achieve. But such wonders aren’t straightforward. In fact, semen is a wonderfully complex secretion, rich in evolutionary…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13 '12

The Moon Is Even Deadlier Than We Thought

Sci-fi fantasies have long predicted that we might live on the moon. But while the lack of atmosphere poses a problem for lunar living, there may be an even bigger sticking point: new research suggests that the moon’s surface is itself toxic to humans. For obvious reasons, long-term human exposure to the moon’s environment has…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Jul 13 '12

Pioneering WWI Plastic Surgery Was Way Ahead of Its Time

What you’re looking at isn’t three different people. No, it’s the progress made by a single patient, Lieutenant William M. Spreckley, who was admitted to Dr Harold Gillies’ care in January 1917 with a “gunshot wound nose”. Gillies is considered the father of modern plastic surgery—and it’s not hard to see why. In fact these…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13 '12

A Sapphire Hard Disk Will Last 1 Million Years (But You Can’t Afford It)

Though hard disk drive technology has improved in recent times, you’d be a brave soul indeed to use one for more than a couple of years without backing it up. But now a team of scientists has made a hard disk from sapphire which it claims will last 1 million years—just don’t expect to be…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13 '12

Hackers Grab 1 Million Logins From Android Forum

Phandroid has announced that a hacker has recently accessed its user database, making off with usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords—and the problem looks like it could affect all of its one million-plus users. In a forum post announcing the problem, administrators explained that the hack was most likely an email harvesting scheme. While Phandroid…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 13 '12

Web TV Service Aereo Plans To Be in Every Major US City By 2013

Aereo, the website which acts as an internet-based DVR for any channel you can get for free over the airwaves, drew legal attention as soon as it was announced earlier this year. Yesterday, though, Aereo won a court case trying to block the service in New York—and now it plans to roll out to every…

Television Jamie Condliffe Jul 13 '12

How Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Plan Will Kill Your Local Stores

For years, Amazon has fought to avoid having to collect sales tax in order to keep its prices low. Now, though, it’s given up on that that battle and instead looks set to launch a same-day delivery service—and that could destroy local retail as we know it. Farhad Manjoo has put together a wonderfully insightful…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe Jul 12 '12

These Rugged Headphones Should Brighten Up Your Workout

We died a little on the inside when Klipsch launched a set of purple, Lou Reed-endorsed headphones last year. Now, the company is continuing its colorful theme, but fortunately this time it’s ditched celebrity endorsement and gone rugged instead. https://gizmodo.com/save-lou-reed-5859784 Essentially a toughened-up version of the excellent Klipsch S4i earbuds, these little fellas come in…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe Jul 12 '12

Scientologists Are Launching Their Own TV Station

According to the Telegraph, the Church of Scientology is planning to launch a religious broadcasting center to promote its teachings over TV, radio and the internet, all based in a studio complex purchased last year. The newspaper reports that the broadcasting center will be located near the church’s West Coast headquarters in Hollywood, and is…

Television Jamie Condliffe Jul 12 '12

Facebook Groups Now Tell You Who’s Read Your Posts

If you worry about who’s read your posts on a Facebook group, now you can breathe easy. From today, Facebook groups will tell you—and the rest of the group’s members—exactly who’s read the post. Which is either useful, or incredibly creepy. From now on, whenever an update is published on a Facebook group a running…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Jul 12 '12

Jamie Condliffe

Would You Pay For FaceTime Over 3G?

A Man Got His Ass Kicked for Wearing Digital Eye Glasses That Looked Like Google Glasses

WSJ: iPhone 5 Will Use Super-Thin Screen Technology

Wikipedia Is Running Out of Editors and Admins

Frequent Cell Phone Users Slobber More

Nationally Blocking Pirate Bay Doesn’t Affect P2P Traffic

The World’s Ideas, Visualized

RIM Forced to Pay $147 Million Damages Over Patent Dispute

Scientists Fire the World’s Most Powerful Laser

NYT: Apple to Launch Smaller, Cheaper iPad While Amazon Goes Large

The Truth About Semen

The Moon Is Even Deadlier Than We Thought

Pioneering WWI Plastic Surgery Was Way Ahead of Its Time

A Sapphire Hard Disk Will Last 1 Million Years (But You Can’t Afford It)

Hackers Grab 1 Million Logins From Android Forum

Web TV Service Aereo Plans To Be in Every Major US City By 2013

How Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Plan Will Kill Your Local Stores

These Rugged Headphones Should Brighten Up Your Workout

Scientologists Are Launching Their Own TV Station

Facebook Groups Now Tell You Who’s Read Your Posts

Dyson Airstrait Straightener Returns to Black Friday Pricing, a Premium Mother’s Day Gift That Still Arrives on Time

You Can Watch Some of the Opening of ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ on Disney+ Right Now

Alienware 34-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor Breaks Its Own Record Low Again After Another Price Drop on Amazon

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Advanced’ Gold Dental Bridge in Medieval Scottish Grave

Hisense UR9 RGB MiniLED Google TV Gets Up to $3,000 Off for FIFA World Cup 2026, 65- to 100-Inch Models Hit Record Lows

Why ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Brings Some Fighters Back From the Dead

Anker 100W Charger Drops Back to Its Lowest Price, Travel-Sized Fast Wall Block Adapter for Less

LEGO Star Wars Ahsoka Chopper and R2-D2 Drop to Record Low for May the Fourth Only Celebration

M4 iPad Air Sees First Price Drop to Record Low, No Need to Pay Full Price at the Apple Store Thanks to Amazon’s Mother’s Day Deal

Curry Barker’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ May Be a Family Affair

Logitech G G512 X Review: The Tasting Menu of a Pro Gaming Keyboard

Ecovacs Deebot X12 OmniCyclone Review: AI Can’t Save This Robot Vacuum

The Best Tech Gifts for Mother’s Day 2026

Asus’ Dual-Display Gaming Laptop Will Ruin Your Single-Screen Lifestyle

Steam Controller Review: Trackpads Change Everything for PC Gaming

Soundcore Space 2 Review: A Shockingly Stellar Value for Budget ANC Wireless Headphones

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

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