Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

Screw Some Eco-Friendly Plumen Bulbs in For $32 a Bulb

Don’t have traditional screw-in fittings in your house? Plumen now sells bayonet light bulbs, so Brits can get in on the designer energy-efficient lighting shenanigans too. Look how purdy that bar looks with four of the naked £20 bulbs. [Plumen]

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Turn iPads Into Holler Grams

Even if you can’t think of your own cutting message to scribe and hold up to those around you, you can still get great enjoyment out of this free Holler Gram iPad app with its included messages. Get it now before it goes insanely popular at next week’s SXSW nerdfest! You can also send messages…

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Google Maps Update for Android Lets You Bug Friends With Requests to Check-In

Version 5.2 of Google Maps for Android adds two new features: the ability to post your reviews of restaurants etc straight to Twitter (please refrain from spamming your followers, people), but now you can also ask friends to check-in with you using Latitude, so you know when they’ve arrived somewhere. Say you’re in a really…

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Google Fixes Chrome Cr-48 Trackpad Issues With Update

Users of Google’s Cr-48 laptop (developers; competition winners…even those who bothered sitting through a conference) can now have full satisfaction with their trackpad, as the Chrome OS update 0.10.156.46 has been pushed through. It fixes a bunch of other issues as well, including: 3G modem activation fixes 3G connection to the carrier fixes Wi-Fi connectivity/Out…

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Conan Parodies the iPad 2

You can always expect a few good parody videos after an Apple keynote, and Conan didn’t disappoint with his iPad 2 video. Also: “Dream-Telligence” team! *chortle* [Conan]

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iFixit Teardown Reveals How the Nintendo 3DS Works

With three cameras, iFixit reckons “this is the most camera-laden device we’ve ever taken apart,” but what exactly is inside that Japanese 3DS? As we know, it uses two cameras for recording 3D, but also displays 3D footage through a parallax barrier layer. iFixit explains that: “A layer in the top LCD responds to adjustments…

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After Some Brews, Test Your Drunkenness on the Homebrew Breathalyzer NES Game

If Nintendo really wants to step away from its do-gooder family-friendly reputation, it should license this DrunkenNES homebrew game, which houses a breathalyzer inside a cartridge. Coming to a Wii near you soon! The various breathalyzer rankings are a must-see. If that kitten thinks she’s drunk, she obviously hasn’t met this Kat *hic.* I’m tipping…

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Explore the Human Body in Google’s Android Tablet App

The only Honeycomb tablet you can buy right now is the Motorola Xoom, but there are of course other ways to download it to your tablet. Especially if you can’t wait to start using Google Body, which explores all the muscles, organs and veins of the female body—apparently a male body will be added shortly.…

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Rumor: BlackBerry Messenger App Being Built for Android and iOS?

One of the features I miss most from my days as a BlackBerry user is BBM, the messaging service. If Boy Genius Report’s sources are correct though, Android users and iOS users could be messaging cross-platform. There goes your reason to cling onto your BlackBerry. BGR’s sources are normally solid with BlackBerry stuff, so we’re…

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What’s the Battery Like on the Nintendo 3DS?

That’s the question everyone keeps asking Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft, who bought a 3DS on the Japanese launch day. You can read all about his battery findings here: [Kotaku]

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Opera Now Available in Mac App Store, and Hilariously Responds to Being 17+

Oops, someone at Apple must’ve been a bit too quick to check the “17 and above” box when adding the Opera browser to the Mac App Store. Luckily Opera took it with good humor, saying “seventeen is very young, and I am not sure if, at that age, people are ready to use such an…

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Somehow, I Doubt Even This Fake Bone Cover Will Stop Dogs From Chewing Chair Legs

At $34 each, you’d have to be dead sure that pooch of yours isn’t going to be nibbling the curtains or anything else in the house. Once you’ve wrapped them around all six of your dining room chairs, that’s $204. On rubber bone chair leg covers! I do like them though, having said all that.…

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Square is Processing Over $1 Million in iPhone and Android Payments Every. Single. Day.

That’s not bad for a startup that’s been around what, a year? And is only available for iPhones, iPads and Androids in the US. Mind you, it’s free to sign up—and you get one of those neat dongles for free, too. They also recently dropped the transaction fee of 15 cents, too. [@Jack via TechCrunch]

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Best Buy and Walmart Will Sell iPad 2s from March 11th

Come March 11th, iPad 2s can be picked up from Apple, AT&T, Verizon and Best Buy. Not to mention Sam’s Club and Walmart, judging by the fact the SKUs have been added to their systems according to 9to5Mac. [9to5Mac]

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How Hard Would You Punch an Alarm Clock That Made You Solve Puzzles?

When I wake up, the most taxing thing I want to be doing for the next 15 minutes is reading Twitter on my phone. Or urging the husband to make me a cup of tea. Not solving puzzles. Never puzzles. But for those people who find it really reaaaally hard to get out of bed…

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25 Years of Windows Upgrades, Caught in One Video

What a challenge to hoist upon yourself, TheRasteri! Did you not have an Apple keynote to watch yesterday? I joke obviously, because his 9:49-long video makes for compelling viewing. Watch as he upgrades from 1985’s 1.0, through to today’s 7, going by way of all the classic versions, as well as Doom II and Monkey…

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Sony’s NGP is Four Times More Powerful as the First iPad

Just in case you were still wondering (hoping?) that Sony’s latest handheld would be as powerful as their full gaming console, the PS3, Sony slapped sense into everyone by saying it would “probably set fire to your pants,” if true. That hasn’t stopped Epic from saying it’s still four times as powerful as the first…

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iPad 2 Hands On: It Really Is Different

It will come as no surprise to you that the iPad 2 is lighter. But more than that, it feels qualitatively different, from the casing right through to racing around bends in whatever racing game thrills you. When I advanced towards the table which housed several iPad 2s in their Smart Covers, I actually thought…

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Create Letterpress Prints Using an Entirely Digital Method

Before you go scrambling to download this $6 LetterMPress iPad app, I must warn you: it’s not yet available. The developer is seeking money on Kickstarter to build a letterpress studio, so users’ creations can be printed out and sent their way. It’s already received over $10,000 of the $15,000 goal, but they still need…

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Artificial Retinas Can Now be Traded for Money in Europe

The life-changing artificial retina by Second Sight has today been given the go-ahead by European officials, making it the world’s first to actually go on sale, to anyone who needs it. Well, anyone with $100,000 spare, that is. Those that fork out for the artificial retina must don glasses, with a tiny camera hidden inside…

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Kat Hannaford

Screw Some Eco-Friendly Plumen Bulbs in For $32 a Bulb

Turn iPads Into Holler Grams

Google Maps Update for Android Lets You Bug Friends With Requests to Check-In

Google Fixes Chrome Cr-48 Trackpad Issues With Update

Conan Parodies the iPad 2

iFixit Teardown Reveals How the Nintendo 3DS Works

After Some Brews, Test Your Drunkenness on the Homebrew Breathalyzer NES Game

Explore the Human Body in Google’s Android Tablet App

Rumor: BlackBerry Messenger App Being Built for Android and iOS?

What’s the Battery Like on the Nintendo 3DS?

Opera Now Available in Mac App Store, and Hilariously Responds to Being 17+

Somehow, I Doubt Even This Fake Bone Cover Will Stop Dogs From Chewing Chair Legs

Square is Processing Over $1 Million in iPhone and Android Payments Every. Single. Day.

Best Buy and Walmart Will Sell iPad 2s from March 11th

How Hard Would You Punch an Alarm Clock That Made You Solve Puzzles?

25 Years of Windows Upgrades, Caught in One Video

Sony’s NGP is Four Times More Powerful as the First iPad

iPad 2 Hands On: It Really Is Different

Create Letterpress Prints Using an Entirely Digital Method

Artificial Retinas Can Now be Traded for Money in Europe

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

Artemis 2 Day 2: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

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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