Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

How Fast Will iPhone and iPad Hardware Become Obsolete?

Apple and Microsoft support old computers for many years, only dropping them from a new operating system release when it’s absolutely necessary. How long will companies support your older iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows phone and tablet hardware? iPhone OS 4 doesn’t support the first iPhone. And, as you can see in Steve’s mail, they won’t…

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Microsoft Pink’s Final Name Revealed

It’s either stupidly long names like Microsoft Windows Phone Series 7 or monosyllables like Kin, the final moniker for Microsoft’s Turtle and Pure Pink phones. The Kin One or the Kin Two, according to this Verizon database. [PhoneArena via 9to5]

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Google Preparing iPad Rival

Confirming the rumors, and after dismissing the iPad as nothing more than a large phone, Google is getting ready its own tablet computer. At least, that was what Google CEO—and Steve Jobs’ own personal Judas—Eric Schmidt is saying. According to the New York Times, Schmidt told friends about the new tablet at a recent party…

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HTC May Buy Palm to Fight Apple

Moribund Palm is up for sale, says Bloomberg. Who is in the short list of potential bidders? It’s not Google, but close enough: HTC. And it makes total sense, because buying Palm could save HTC’s ass in the Apple lawsuit. Bloomberg says that Lenovo may want to buy it too. However, the most interesting bidder…

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Where’s That F*cking Lego Piece?

This gets me back. It happened to me most days, when I was a kid. Sometimes I even pretended I didn’t really need the piece, thinking that it would magically appear if the Lego Gods thought I wasn’t interested anymore. It never worked. Later, I tried to do the same with girls with identical results.

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The Reason Why Apple Is Not Enabling Multitasking In Old iPhones and iPods

When Jobs announced multitasking for iPhone OS 4, everyone got giddy… until Apple said that this important feature wouldn’t work in older iThingies because of “hardware limitations”. The hardware, however, fully supports multitasking. Why not enable it, then, Apple? The fact is that the hardware in the old models of the iPhone and the iPod…

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A Rare Look Into the Space Shuttle’s Engines

I always wanted to know how a rocket engine looked right from below, peeking into its nozzles. So I got a high definition NASA photography of Discovery approaching the ISS, and passed it through Photoshop. Here’s the result. Click to zoom into the 2000px wide image and see all the details A unique clear view…

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Twenty Mouths Suck More Than One

At first I thought this was some kind of musical instrument. Then my mind shifted to an assembly line of military robots with deadly cannons. Then I looked closely and realized what those thin cylinders were. It’s the Smoking Robot at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, twenty robotic Teflon mouths puffing…

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How Multitasking Works in the New iPhone OS 4.0

At last, multitasking is coming to the iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch (3rd Gen) and iPad, allowing you to quickly switch between applications, using one while others keep doing other tasks in the background. This is how it works. How Does It Work? For the user, multitasking seems to work transparently and very quickly. According to…

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Evil 8-Bit Forces Destroy New York

Imagine NYC getting destroyed by 8-bit evil forces from 70s and 80s games, including Space Invaders, Pacman and Donkey Kong. Actually, you don’t have to imagine it. Just watch this amazing video. It’s so cool that it makes me giddy. Click to viewThe video was produced by Patrick Jean at OneMoreProd, using Naïve New Beaters…

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Murdoch: iPad May Save Newspapers

Rupert Murdoch is in love with the iPad. It’s not hardware. It’s not the software. It IS THE FUTURE!. The future of newspapers, he says. Well, Rupert, here’s some news for you: The WSJ iPad app sucks kangaroo balls. Other pearls by Rupert: I’m old, I like the tactile experience of the newspaper, (but) if…

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Hubble Finds God

It’s official: God exists. The Hubble caught Him out of his home, taking a walk on the Gemini constellation, about 5,000 light-years from Earth. Looking at His photo, God doesn’t have a beard. Or maybe this isn’t God. In fact, NASA says that this image taken by the space telescope Hubble—which is turning 20 this…

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This Is the World’s Smallest Digital Video Camera

If you thought the Muvi Micro DV was tiny, check out the new Muvi Atom video camera. At 1.57 x 0.78 x 0.59 inches and 1.4 ounces, this $122 nano camera is destined to record a billion amateur gonzo videos. The black aluminum-encased Muvi Atom saves 640 x 480 AVI movies with audio in a…

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Drop Showerhead’s Eternal Leak

The silicone Drop Showerhead—designed by Giulio Iacchetti. For some reason, it makes me anxious. I would always expect it to drop on my head. [IB Rubinetterie via Likecool]

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Even Steve Jobs Would Want the Joule iPad Stand

I’m glad someone actually took the time to design a simple stand that not only matches the iPad’s industrial design but makes it look even better. The Joule’s made in California, but it reminds me of classic 70s European designs. The Joule is made out of solid aluminum bricks, CNC’ed like the unibody iPad and…

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World’s Most Expensive Car Is Lego’s Most Amazing Car Too

At first sight, this Lego version of the world’s most expensive street car—the Bugatti Veyron—looks like just a nice reproduction. And then you see the video, and realize it’s actually an RC car with a 7+R sequential gearbox. It also has a retracting spoiler and independent suspension. [MOCpages vua Brothers Brick]

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Space Shuttle or Alien Invasion

When a reader sent me his video of Discovery shooting to the stars in the middle of the night—for mission STS-131—I thought it was a comet blazing through the sky. Or an alien invasion. Whatever. It’s absolutely spectacular. Did you see any of the pictures or videos from the same launch of how the shuttle,…

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Time Lapse of Earth Freezing From Orbit

NASA’s Goddard Space Center has released a fascinating time lapse video of Earth’s North Pole turning into a popsicle from orbit. So much for global warming: Sea ice coverage over the Arctic Ocean oscillates over the course of a year, growing through winter and reaching a maximum extent by February or March. This year, Arctic…

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Steve Gandhi or Mahatma Jobs

One of these men wears pants. Most of the time, anyway. Of course, apart from their looks in this photo, the fact that both were vegetarian, and wore always the same clothes, they are not comparable. [Apparently, there’s a chain email going around the internet with these two images]

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The Best Nintendo 3DS Concept Yet

I like this. It’s a bit boxy and too big for my taste—and the 3D renders have a few aliasing and compositing glitches—but this Nintendo 3DS concept is great. I hope Nintendo goes this Gameboy-Advancish route, although it doesn’t look like something they would made. [Air-Nifty via Kotaku]

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How Fast Will iPhone and iPad Hardware Become Obsolete?

Microsoft Pink’s Final Name Revealed

Google Preparing iPad Rival

HTC May Buy Palm to Fight Apple

Where’s That F*cking Lego Piece?

The Reason Why Apple Is Not Enabling Multitasking In Old iPhones and iPods

A Rare Look Into the Space Shuttle’s Engines

Twenty Mouths Suck More Than One

How Multitasking Works in the New iPhone OS 4.0

Evil 8-Bit Forces Destroy New York

Murdoch: iPad May Save Newspapers

Hubble Finds God

This Is the World’s Smallest Digital Video Camera

Drop Showerhead’s Eternal Leak

Even Steve Jobs Would Want the Joule iPad Stand

World’s Most Expensive Car Is Lego’s Most Amazing Car Too

Space Shuttle or Alien Invasion

Time Lapse of Earth Freezing From Orbit

Steve Gandhi or Mahatma Jobs

The Best Nintendo 3DS Concept Yet

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