Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

Verizon’s LTE Cellphones Won’t Work On AT&T’s Network

And that could be vice versa too, with Verizon Wireless stating that their phones won’t “be compatible on other LTE networks in the US,” owing to their “different frequencies.” That may sound strange as both Verizon and AT&T use the 700MHz band, but there’s little cross-over apparently, with Verizon using the 746-787MHz area, and AT&T…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Microsoft Leaks Social Site, Then Says “We Didn’t Mean To, Honest”

Microsoft, what have you done? You’ve only gone and leaked your social-networking site, Tulalip, haven’t you? Bad boy—get back in your cage! After taking it down, Microsoft wrote that it was “mistakenly published to the web.” Riiiight. The details about Tulalip were published to another site, Socl.com (which was registered by Microsoft back in 1998)…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Bird-Shaped Smoke Alarm Better Not Tweet When the House Is On Fire

I’m torn: on one hand I hate the blatant pandering to the millions of Twitter-users products such as this birdy smoke-alarm obviously involve, yet…it’s a bird-shaped smoke alarm! 50 Euros ($70) to you, you and you. [Design3000 via RandomGoodStuff]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why Does Sony-Microsoft.com Exist?

DomainTools is showing two domains were registered by Microsoft this week: Sony-Microsoft.com and Microsoft-Sony.com. Now, why would that be? Anyone got any ideas? [DomainTools via Kotaku and GamesOn via UberGizmo] https://kotaku.com/what-is-sony-microsoft-com-5821496

Tech News Kat Hannaford

There Are Now 130 Million Android Devices On Our Fine Planet

By the time you read this post, that number will have risen again, as around 550,000 devices are now being activated daily, a leap from the 500,000 Google’s Andy Rubin confirmed in late-June. [SAI via TIMN] https://gizmodo.com/over-500-000-android-devices-activated-every-day-5816146

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Motorola’s Xoom Follow-Up Tablet Will Be Higher-Res and Run Ice Cream Sandwich?

According to Fudzilla’s sources, the second Xoom is done and dusted, with its 10-inch screen getting a sizeable increase from 1280 x 800 to 2048 x 1536, ditching the 16:9 aspect ratio for a 4:3 one. Little else is known, other than it’s much thinner, will run Ice Cream Sandwich and might just have Nvidia’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Olympus Hates Your Cellphone “Photography.” And Your Little Dog, Too

Spotted in Australia, this anonymous ad directs people to GetARealCamera.com. And hey, would you look at that? It only goes and redirects to Olympus’ Australian website! Very cute, Olympus. [Mark Matthews via Chase Jarvis via PetaPixel]

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OMG Kate Hudson Totes Just Called Her New Baby “Bing”

At least the kid’s future looks caked in gold bars with all that sponsorship Microsoft’s going to throw his way. In fact, Kate Hudson will never have to make another movie again! I’ll drink to that. [People via SAI]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Little Android Robot-Ball Can Fill Bathtubs or Switch the Heating On When Asked Nicely

The fact that this little critter only speaks Japanese should give you some clue as to its target market, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate a robot that switches on the air-con (or perform other tricks) on command. Made by Sanyo, the Mirai Sanzo robot is powered by Android and measures just 22cm in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Spotify Has Arrived On US Shores

And lo, the Swedish invasion came, and the US was very excited indeed. Spotify’s website is now letting US users download the desktop application, but first you’ve got to choose between the three monthly pricing-tiers: free, $5, or $10. https://gizmodo.com/spotify-launches-tomorrow-but-you-need-to-sign-up-now-5821024 Dip your toe into the free pool first, sure, but you’ll soon expire the free…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

No-One Will Know You’re Controlling Griffin’s Helo TC From Your iPhone

Costing a damn sight less than the $300 Parrot AR Drone, Griffin’s Helo TC helicopter can be flown by an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch using a free compatible app. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-controlled-parrot-drone-is-a-lot-cooler-than-its-5441029 Part of Griffin’s new AppPowered Accessories range of toys (including that Crayola HD stylus we like so much), it charges up by USB and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Russia’s Given London a Statue Of the First Man In Space

That first man being of course Yuri Gagarin, whose space adventures 50 years ago were celebrated this April. Russia’s gift to the UK will stand on The Mall next to Admiralty Arch for a year, before moving elsewhere. [BBC] https://gizmodo.com/everyone-loves-yuri-gagarin-the-first-human-to-reach-s-5791419

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

Everyone’s Welcome To An Opinion, But Quite Often They’re “Wrong”

Wrong, or shamed by their opinions, as Flickr user André Rabelo saw when he uploaded this b&w photo to a Flickr pool called DeleteMe!, which votes on whether a photo has any right being amongst the top classes of photography. Rabelo must have been stunned to see that the photo was deleted very quickly, with…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

BlackBerry Will Launch Seven New Phones This Year

Please bear in mind while you’re manufacturing these seven new BlackBerrys, RIM, that quality always trumps quantity. We’d love to see you overcome your problems and strike gold again. [The Guardian] https://gizmodo.com/an-uncomfortably-intimate-look-at-rims-fall-from-grace-5820854

Tech News Kat Hannaford

DaisyDisk Searches and Destroys Large Files In the Prettiest of Ways

Deleting files and sorting out disk-space is one of those tasks most people dread, so I can definitely appreciate that DaisyDisk has tried making it as fun (and beautiful) as possible. And what better time to download it than now? It’s normally $20 but is being sold on the Mac App Store for $10 for…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Apple Has Changed App Prices In International Stores With Little Warning

In some countries, this price-change is beneficial. In other countries, not so much. Take the UK, for example, where their 99cent (USD) apps were priced at 59p, but are now 69p. Australia is one of the lucky countries that has seen prices lowered, with their base-line apps changing from $1.19 to 99 cents (AUD). This…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Now’s Your Chance To Buy a Bionic Camera Eye For a Lady

After a close encounter with Death’s sickle during a car accident in 2005, Tanya Vlach lost her left eyeball. Not content with any old prosthetic replacement, she wants the Kickstarter community to fund a totally Terminator-style cyborg eyeball. Having appealed to WIRED magazine founder Kevin Kelly, engineers flocked to her call for ideas, and provided…

Health Kat Hannaford

Glimpses of an Old Mayan Tomb Finally Photographed With Mini-Camera

Hidden for 1,500 years, this funeral tomb in Palenque, Mexico, was finally glimpsed by human eyes when researchers lowered a mini camera (measuring 4 x 6cm) through a crack in the ceiling. After 12 years of knowing the tomb existed, it would’ve been bloody—pardon the pun—satisfying to finally clap eyes on what lay inside. Not…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Smelly Socks Are Fighting Off Malaria-Ridden Mosquitoes Like a Footballer Does the Supermodels

Just you wait until the world’s governments are putting out the call for smelly socks—suddenly that bulging gym bag hidden in your dormitory’s wardrobe seems a lot more valuable. To Tanzania anyway, where they’re fighting malaria with stenches. The three villages that are taking part in the experiment have proven to be particularly prone to…

Health Kat Hannaford

Sony’s S2 Tablet Will Only Be On Offer At AT&T

Of Sony’s tablet offerings, the dual-screened 4G S2 tablet will be hitting AT&T exclusively, for an undisclosed price on an undisclosed day. Talk about keeping the cards close to their chest, eh? https://gizmodo.com/sonys-android-tablets-are-game-music-video-and-ebook-5795657

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford

Verizon’s LTE Cellphones Won’t Work On AT&T’s Network

Microsoft Leaks Social Site, Then Says “We Didn’t Mean To, Honest”

This Bird-Shaped Smoke Alarm Better Not Tweet When the House Is On Fire

Why Does Sony-Microsoft.com Exist?

There Are Now 130 Million Android Devices On Our Fine Planet

Motorola’s Xoom Follow-Up Tablet Will Be Higher-Res and Run Ice Cream Sandwich?

Olympus Hates Your Cellphone “Photography.” And Your Little Dog, Too

OMG Kate Hudson Totes Just Called Her New Baby “Bing”

This Little Android Robot-Ball Can Fill Bathtubs or Switch the Heating On When Asked Nicely

Spotify Has Arrived On US Shores

No-One Will Know You’re Controlling Griffin’s Helo TC From Your iPhone

Russia’s Given London a Statue Of the First Man In Space

Everyone’s Welcome To An Opinion, But Quite Often They’re “Wrong”

BlackBerry Will Launch Seven New Phones This Year

DaisyDisk Searches and Destroys Large Files In the Prettiest of Ways

Apple Has Changed App Prices In International Stores With Little Warning

Now’s Your Chance To Buy a Bionic Camera Eye For a Lady

Glimpses of an Old Mayan Tomb Finally Photographed With Mini-Camera

Smelly Socks Are Fighting Off Malaria-Ridden Mosquitoes Like a Footballer Does the Supermodels

Sony’s S2 Tablet Will Only Be On Offer At AT&T

Watch and Follow Live as NASA Launches Its First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years 🔴

Why the PS6 Handheld Will Matter More Than the PS6

DNA Study Casts Even More Doubt on Shroud of Turin’s True Origin

Sam Witwer Is Ready for Maul’s Moment

Anthropic Can’t Cover Up Its Claude Code Leak Fast Enough

Zach Cregger Recruits Second Zach for His Aunt Gladys Spinoff

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

How Adult Swim Skipped the April Fools’ Nonsense and Dropped a ‘Smiling Friends’ Claymation Horror Short Instead

Oracle Lays Off Thousands to Offset AI Spending

The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in April 2026

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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