Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

Rumor: Nintendo 3DS Hitting This October, Six Months Early?

We’ve already circled January – March next year in our pink filofaxes as the Big Launch Period for the 3DS, but according to CVG it’ll actually be going on sale this October—around the same time as Project Natal. https://gizmodo.com/why-nintendo-announced-the-3ds-so-early-and-without-muc-5506109 Nintendo’s expected to formally announce it this June at E3, but CVG has heard from sources…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Apple Replacing iPod Shuffle Headphones

A particularly sweaty Californian man has already filed a lawsuit against Apple for the iPod Shuffle headphones, but as of this week Apple is offering anyone who’s had problems with them a replacement pair for free. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-shuffle-owner-files-lawsuit-against-apple-for-not-5494573 Specifically, they’re the headphones with the remote controls on the wires, sold with the Shuffle between February 2009…

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Chrome OS Netbooks Will Be Under $400, Google Hopes

Google’s removed the video for inexplicable reasons, however TechRadar dug it up on YouTube, and found Eric Schmidt promising an affordable price-point for netbooks with Chrome OS and the potential for it to be offered on-contract by phone networks. We should be seeing the trickle of netbooks and tablets by the beginning of 2011, with…

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Leica V-LUX 20 Compact Camera Exposed With Geo-Tagging and HD Video

As expected, Leica has lifted the lid on the V-LUX 20 snapper, which looks like the Panasonic ZS7, but with the much-salivated-over Leica appeal. It’s got a 12.1MP sensor with 12x zoom and GPS tagging, plus also shoots 720p video. https://gizmodo.com/a-panasonic-point-and-shoot-leica-fied-5518138 It comes with a 4.1-49.2mm f/3.3-4.9 ASPH (25 – 300mm equivalent) lens, and that…

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Floppy Disk Post-It Notes Make You Remember Not Just Disks, But Pens Too

Call me old-fashioned, but I do think these floppy disk sticky notes are a lot more fun than the iPhone and iPad variants. Sure, you can’t design apps in the blank space…but you can come up with fun fake file-names! Sadly they’re not available for purchase, as they’ve just been dreamed up by Behance. Hop…

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Zooey Deschanel to (Hopefully) Play Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace

Kooky-actress-it’s-ok-to-worship Zooey Deschanel has apparently been cast as Ada Lovelace in a new film chronicling her life, Enchantress of Numbers. Lovelace, who died in 1852, was an English woman who wrote the first algorithm ever processed by a machine. Almost 150 years after her death, and she’s the figurehead for an annual celebration (March 24th)…

Movies Kat Hannaford

Panasonic’s 3DTV Sales So Strong, They’re Producing 30% More

Whatever your views on 3DTV, there’s no denying Panasonic’s 3D plasmas are miles ahead of competitors’ products. Which probably goes some length to explaining why Panasonic’s increased production by 30 per cent. https://gizmodo.com/what-it-feels-like-to-watch-3dtv-viewing-a-digital-dio-5445626 According to Panasonic’s head of TV business, Hirotoshi Uehara, they’ve seen a “strong reaction,” with their factory working at “full capacity but…

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Ford’s Sync AppLink Will Debut In 2011’s Fiesta, With BlackBerry and Android Support

Hey now, BlackBerry users. Just because that Magnum hasn’t been found in a bar and leaked, doesn’t mean you can’t smile today. Though unless you aren’t in the market for a 2011 Ford Fiesta—you can resume frowning. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-video-of-blackberry-magnum-shows-marriage-of-t-5458578 The Sync AppLink which was announced in January will allow Fiesta owners to use BlackBerry and Android…

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Steampunk Real3D Goggles Could Save 3DTV

Now that normal service has resumed, it’s time to go back to dwelling on those all-important issues dragging us down before. Namely, 3DTV and the nail in its coffin—3D glasses. Step back in time with steampunk 3D goggles. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-apples-next-iphone-5520164 Cinemas would be doing a lot better out of 3DTV if the glasses they were offering…

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Bright Woods’ Wooden Chairs Look Like Zebra Turds

These wooden chairs and coffee tables are about as far-removed from the antique wooden furniture lining your grandparents’ house as possible. With resin strips glowing brightly, they look like zebra poo—or at least something from the ’60s. Bright Woods showed them off at the Milan Design Week, with the wooden and resin-strip furniture coming in…

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Samsung 20nm NAND Flash Memory Being Tested

Samsung’s following up its 30nm NAND chips from 2007 with some even-smaller 20nm ones. Write-speed is 30 per cent faster than the previous cards supposedly, and are being tested in up to 64GB SD cards before they’re rolled out properly. If you pick up one of Samsung’s high-capacity SD memory cards today, it’ll likely have…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Come Inside The Rectum Bar For A Slow Comfortable Screw Up Against The Wall

Here I was, thinking Europeans were meant to be classier than Americans—but have you ever heard of a Rectum Bar outside of Vienna, Austria? Do you even know what a rectum is? The whole digestive system is there—the tongue, stomach, small and large intestines and then the money-shot—the anus. All anatomically correct (apart from the…

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Stop-Motion iPad Disassembly Video Is Visual Pr0n For iPad-Haters

…Provided you stop watching after 2.20 of the video, when the reassembly begins. Well, TechRestore couldn’t just leave an iPad exposed and vulnerable, could they? iFixit ran through all the parts used in the iPad—and how much they cost—but TechRestore’s stop-motion video shows just pure love for the device. Unless you only watch half-way through—in…

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Keys That Could’ve Saved the Titanic Sold For $137k

Thanks to the volcanic ash grounding European planes, sea-travel might just become the new way to skip between countries, making this Saturday’s £90,000 auction of the keys to the binocular cabinet on the Titanic all the more poignant. https://gizmodo.com/volcanic-ash-could-last-months-larger-nearby-volcano-c-5518584 The keys were in the possession of second officer David Blair, who forgot to pass them…

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Pano iPhone App Takes Panorama Shots For Even Less Money Than Before

Snap panoramic photos on your iPhone for extra-cheap over the next couple of days, with Pano reducing their usual $3 charge to $1. They’ve just released version 4.0 too; with an even better UI and faster shooting-time. It works by stitching together up to 16 photos, with a semi-transparent guide which helps you match together…

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iPad Dabbles In Road Safety Alerts For Bikers

This is all well and good, until a pedestrian rips your iPad out of the plastic pocket, jumps on their flame-throwing moped and speeds off, leaving you bereft and without visible turning aids. https://gizmodo.com/good-morning-britain-5501706 Maya Design is behind the Sprocket Pocket, with the pattern download up on their site if you want to take a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Make Your iPhone A Lousy iPad

Looks like Elonex saw IWOOT’s April Fool’s gag and decided that actually, what the world is crying out for is an iPhone to iPad converter. https://gizmodo.com/i-know-its-an-april-fool-but-i-still-want-an-iphone-to-5507021 Steve from Last100.com spoke to Elonex’s CEO about the iDock XL, which docks an iPhone and grabs video output from it, displaying it on the 10-inch screen. “What is…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iFixit MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals New Antenna and Bigger Battery

The 15-inch MacBook Pro, with all-new Core i5 chip, got ripped to shreds by iFixit, who found…not much difference between the previous model, really. New screws, a slightly-larger battery (6 per cent bigger, but iFixit says it’s “not enough to explain the 2 hour battery life (22%) improvement Apple is claiming for this machine”), and…

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Steve Jobs’ Temper Reminds Us He’s Only Human

Responding to a Swiss fan who emailed accusing Jobs of “deliberately pulling the wool over the rest of the worlds eyes” about the international iPad delay, Jobs used some fruity language in reply. https://gizmodo.com/apple-delays-international-ipad-launch-by-one-month-5516860 He went on in his email, saying “We need enough units to have a responsible and great launch,” which is in…

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Volcanic Ash Could Last Months, Larger Nearby Volcano Could Soon Erupt Too

It’s scaremongering at best, but yesterday’s volcanic ash story has turned into a right old mess for the aviation industry, with all planes grounded until at least Sunday in the UK. Even worse, a much larger volcano could erupt. https://gizmodo.com/icelands-volcanic-ash-causes-hundreds-of-european-fligh-5517678 As I said yesterday, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted for the second time on Tuesday, and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford

Rumor: Nintendo 3DS Hitting This October, Six Months Early?

Apple Replacing iPod Shuffle Headphones

Chrome OS Netbooks Will Be Under $400, Google Hopes

Leica V-LUX 20 Compact Camera Exposed With Geo-Tagging and HD Video

Floppy Disk Post-It Notes Make You Remember Not Just Disks, But Pens Too

Zooey Deschanel to (Hopefully) Play Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace

Panasonic’s 3DTV Sales So Strong, They’re Producing 30% More

Ford’s Sync AppLink Will Debut In 2011’s Fiesta, With BlackBerry and Android Support

Steampunk Real3D Goggles Could Save 3DTV

Bright Woods’ Wooden Chairs Look Like Zebra Turds

Samsung 20nm NAND Flash Memory Being Tested

Come Inside The Rectum Bar For A Slow Comfortable Screw Up Against The Wall

Stop-Motion iPad Disassembly Video Is Visual Pr0n For iPad-Haters

Keys That Could’ve Saved the Titanic Sold For $137k

Pano iPhone App Takes Panorama Shots For Even Less Money Than Before

iPad Dabbles In Road Safety Alerts For Bikers

Make Your iPhone A Lousy iPad

iFixit MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals New Antenna and Bigger Battery

Steve Jobs’ Temper Reminds Us He’s Only Human

Volcanic Ash Could Last Months, Larger Nearby Volcano Could Soon Erupt Too

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Michael B. Jordan’s First Post-Oscars Film Looks Way Cuter Than ‘Sinners’

LLMs Will Protect Each Other if Threatened, Study Finds

The Octopus Penis Arm Doesn’t Just Deliver Sperm—It Sniffs Out the Sweet Spot

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