Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

HBO TV Shows Available To Download From PlayStation Network

Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Blood, Entourage, Big Love, Flight of the Conchords—these are just some of the TV shows that PS3 owners will be able to download after Sony and HBO-owners Time Warner join forces. With new shows added the the PlayStation Network every Tuesday, PS3 owners can download HBO shows for what they called…

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Twitter Bans Third-Party Ad Platforms

It was only today at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event that Tweetup (the “AdSense for Twitter”) was announced, so Twitter’s blog post spelling the end of third party advertising platforms will be very badly-timed news for a lot of developers. In the verbose post, Twitter’s COO Dick Costolo reasoned that because the company wants “long-term health” and…

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GPS Signals Will Improve Thanks To Massive $8bn Overhaul

Despite fears last year that the Air Force wouldn’t be able to afford many more GPS satellites, a massive $8bn upgrade is being planned for overhauling the satellites, replacing each of the 24 satellites over the next decade. https://gizmodo.com/gps-may-be-less-accurate-in-2010-5255179 The Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo will be working on the upgrade (said…

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DVDs Could Hold 1,000x Capacity of Blu-rays With New Japanese Research

While we’re waiting for the Blu-ray Disc Association to upgrade discs to 128GB capacity, Japanese scientists have found a way to increase DVD capacity by 1,000 times—using just a slick of metal material over each disc. https://gizmodo.com/blu-ray-discs-increasing-in-capacity-to-128gb-5510396 According to Shin-ichy Ohkoshi, the chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo leading the project, painting a variant…

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Seagate Dishes Out Momentus XT HDD, World’s Fastest 2.5-Inch HDD

Offering 250GB, 320GB and 500GB options, Seagate’s hybrid Momentus XT HDD is allegedly the world’s fastest 2.5-inch drive for laptops (breaking their previous record), and comes in at a shade over 100 bucks. https://gizmodo.com/seagates-momentus-thin-drive-is-the-worlds-thinnest-2-5-5425615 The hybrid drive is 80 per cent faster than the usual 7,200rpm drive, and up to 100 per cent faster than…

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LG’s 3DTVs Priced Between $2,700 and $3,600

Converting the Korean price-tags for LG’s 3DTVs the other week almost gave a few of us heart attacks, so it’s pleasing to see that the Amazon prices (they’ve just gone live) are far more reasonable. https://gizmodo.com/lgs-lx9500-3dtv-will-go-on-sale-may-5501792 While the better specced LX9500 range still hasn’t been priced, the LC6500 has—with the 47-inch model coming in at…

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OK Go Perform Underwater With Fish Bowls and Snorkels at Maker Faire

We love OK Go in these quarters, not least because of their stage antics. The band took to the Maker Faire arena over the weekend, and actually played two songs underwater; snorkeled-heads stuck in fish bowls. The video below shows the “behind the scenes” preparation for the soggy gig, where they played This Too Shall…

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Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Courtesy of a Dell representative who let a little too much information loose in a video interview with Shufflegazine, we now know that its gaming arm Alienware is readying an Intel Core i7 netbook next month. Along with the i7 chip, i3 and i5 processors will also be on offer for the “netbook,” which will…

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Babeorella iPhone App Has Boobs and Sci-Fi Action Aplenty

Apple may not appreciate “boobie apps” but that hasn’t stopped developers Doublesix from launching the Babeorella iPhone game which takes Jane Fonda’s Barbarella character to a whole ‘nother level of buxomness. Doublesix calls Babeorella a “titular hero,” and one of the reviews on iTunes says that it is “so good its [sic] making me moist!”…

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Video of the HTC EVO 4G Being Rooted

11 days before the EVO 4G launches exclusively on Sprint, and hackers have already successfully rooted the phone. Video showing their finesse after the jump. Before you start rioting over how Grack got an EVO two weeks before the big launch, I best break the bad news to you—Google was dishing them out (for free)…

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UK Prisoner Tattooing Jail Buddies With Hacked PlayStation Tattoo Gun

PlayStations are great. You can play games on them, and if you’ve got a PS3 you can also watch Blu-rays and surf the internet. If you happened to be in a UK jail, you could even get inked by one. A prisoner in the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick (south-ish of London) was…

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GPS Crab Guides the Way with Highly Accurate Claw Gestures

Get back to basics in the car with a crab-robot that points out directions. Who needs GO LIVE and all those fancy social features, anyway? At least the crab will remind you to pick up pet-food on the way home. Created by both Pioneer and iXs Research, the NaviRobo syncs up to the Pioneer sat-nav,…

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IBM Gifts Computer Security Expo Attendees With Virus-Filled USB Sticks

You’d think IBM would’ve been extra careful when handing out complimentary USB sticks at a computer security expo in Australia. But noooo. According to IBM, “some of these USB keys contained malware,” with all sticks suspected to be affected. Oh, the irony. As IBM took to the stage, lecturing in the importance of protecting PCs…

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How DNA Will Be Used to Create Mugshots

What if forensics experts could use a microscopic sample of DNA to figure out what a criminal suspect looks like? No, it’s not science fiction. In just a few years, investigators may be reconstructing suspects’ faces from DNA. [io9] https://gizmodo.com/how-forensics-experts-use-dna-to-create-mugshots-of-a-5542776

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iTunes Accounts For Over 26% Of US Music Sales

Apple’s stronghold on the music industry is greater than once thought. After knocking Walmart off the top of the ladder back in 2008, iTunes now sells more music than both Walmart and Best Buy put together these days. https://gizmodo.com/apple-confirms-1-music-retailer-status-with-four-billi-375816 In fact, iTunes’ share of music sales has increased from 21.4 per cent in 2008, to…

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Lufthansa’s New Airbus A380’s First Class Bathrooms Are Bigger Than Mine

Taking off soon are Lufthansa’s new Airbus A380 planes, which have been lavishly decorated—in the first-class cabin, at least. Gone are the tiddly toilets and basins, and in their place are separate washing and changing rooms. It all reeks of first-class cash, and interestingly Lufthansa chose to keep the open plan design for the seating…

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BlackBerry Bold 9800 Leaked Pics Show WebKit Browser

Leaked photos of the Bold 9800 aren’t anything new, but photos showing OS 6.0’s WebKit browser? Yes, please. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-slider-phone-video-leaked-5534987 TheCellularGuru managed to snag some photos from a source, with the photo above showing the new browser that BlackBerry OS 6.0 will include. Previous leaks have shown that the browser will support multitouch and tabs. Squinting…

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Five Amazing Solar Stadiums To Be (Hopefully) Built In Qatar For 2022 FIFA World Cup

The Middle-Eastern state of Qatar is so keen to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, they’re building five solar stadiums to woo organizers. Each stadium looks stunning, but the fact they take advantage of the country’s sunshine is even better. While it’ll remain hot outside the stadiums, inside the temperature will be cooled to below…

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Mathmos’ USB Pets Blob & Flow Blink At You From Big LED Eyes

Mathmos makes such great mood-light products, but most of them need to be plugged into wall sockets to work. Blob and Flow can be plugged into USB ports, providing touch-sensitive ambient lighting to accompany your emailing. Sold in the UK for £35 / $50, Blob and Flow will start shipping in mid-June. [Mathmos]

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Electric Car Made From Bamboo To Go On Sale In Japan

Eschewing the silver paint and smooth curves of most electric cars nowadays, the Japanese Meguru electric car kind of looks like a rickshaw, and is made from bamboo. It’ll be going on sale for around the equivalent of $10,000, with the makers Yodogawa Group and Kinki Knives Industries Corporation (what a name!) aiming it the…

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HBO TV Shows Available To Download From PlayStation Network

Twitter Bans Third-Party Ad Platforms

GPS Signals Will Improve Thanks To Massive $8bn Overhaul

DVDs Could Hold 1,000x Capacity of Blu-rays With New Japanese Research

Seagate Dishes Out Momentus XT HDD, World’s Fastest 2.5-Inch HDD

LG’s 3DTVs Priced Between $2,700 and $3,600

OK Go Perform Underwater With Fish Bowls and Snorkels at Maker Faire

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Babeorella iPhone App Has Boobs and Sci-Fi Action Aplenty

Video of the HTC EVO 4G Being Rooted

UK Prisoner Tattooing Jail Buddies With Hacked PlayStation Tattoo Gun

GPS Crab Guides the Way with Highly Accurate Claw Gestures

IBM Gifts Computer Security Expo Attendees With Virus-Filled USB Sticks

How DNA Will Be Used to Create Mugshots

iTunes Accounts For Over 26% Of US Music Sales

Lufthansa’s New Airbus A380’s First Class Bathrooms Are Bigger Than Mine

BlackBerry Bold 9800 Leaked Pics Show WebKit Browser

Five Amazing Solar Stadiums To Be (Hopefully) Built In Qatar For 2022 FIFA World Cup

Mathmos’ USB Pets Blob & Flow Blink At You From Big LED Eyes

Electric Car Made From Bamboo To Go On Sale In Japan

Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s

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Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

Cursor’s New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents

Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is Doing Right By Debbie

New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

Marvel Might Have Finally Dealt With One of the Most Hated ‘Spider-Man’ Characters Around

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

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