Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

Let Snoop Dogg Guide You to the Weed on TomTom, Fo’ Shizzle

Snoop Dogg, when he’s not busy designing headphones and releasing tracks on Rock Band, fancies himself as a navigational hero, lending his “Snoop Speak” to TomTom. https://kotaku.com/snoop-dogg-gets-variety-show-coming-to-rock-band-5150796 Joining other comical characters such as Homer Simpson and, err, Kim Cattrall, Snoop’s VoiceSkin is available to download now for anyone who’s confident they can last more than…

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Database Created by FCC for Devices Using White Space Spectrum

After the FCC approved the use of the free spectrum which exists between TV channels, known as white space, little’s been done since, thanks to a whole heap of other ongoing issues. The FCC is now starting up a database for cataloging them, so devices can grab some of the spectrum that’s going spare. https://gizmodo.com/fcc-approves-plan-for-white-space-broadband-5076439…

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Nokia to Shoot Itself in the Foot and Release Just One Maemo Device in 2010

Sure, Nokia’s N900 has been faced with delays, but that can’t be the sole reason it’s planning just one Maemo release in 2010, can it? https://gizmodo.com/waiting-for-a-nokia-n900-keep-waiting-5389075 Reuters is claiming sources have tipped them off about Nokia’s hesitation to go the whole hog with the Linux platform, despite rumors suggesting it would ditch Symbian for Maemo…

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Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month

Either phones mean nothing to Brits, who are accustomed to getting them free on contract, or they’re just crazy drinkers who can’t keep a hold of their gadgets. Around 1,000 laptops and iPods are also lost in the depths of black cabs each month, with the VP of security company Credant Technologies, who carried out…

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MiKandi: The World’s First Porn App Store for Android

The only reason VHS won over Betamax was because of porn. And HD DVD very nearly eclipsed Blu-ray (sorry to bring up bad memories) due to Sony’s reluctance to allow adult entertainment publishers onto its format. Now, Android’s 16,000 apps haven’t scared Apple yet, but an alternative app store that’s sprung up could see Apple’s…

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Rainbow Trapped for First Time, Using Convex Lens and Glass

Baltimore citizens aren’t just dealing drugs and installing wiretaps, some of them are busy using convex lenses to trap rainbows, which could be put to good use with optical computing—making hardware faster! Stronger! More powerful! And pretty on the inside. University professors coated one side of a 4.5 millimetre diameter lens with a 30 nanometre…

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Deadly Viper Killed by iRobot Roomba

There are worse things to worry about in the Middle East than a robotic vacuum cleaner, but to the viper who thought it’d be a cozy place to sleep, it proved to be the end of his violent, snakey existence. The vipera palaestinae, as his parent snake gods christened him, had wound himself so tightly…

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Kat Hannaford

Let Snoop Dogg Guide You to the Weed on TomTom, Fo’ Shizzle

Database Created by FCC for Devices Using White Space Spectrum

Nokia to Shoot Itself in the Foot and Release Just One Maemo Device in 2010

Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month

MiKandi: The World’s First Porn App Store for Android

Rainbow Trapped for First Time, Using Convex Lens and Glass

Deadly Viper Killed by iRobot Roomba

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

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