Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

The Scrabblish “Words With Friends” App is Android-Bound

One of the most popular iOS games amongst Giz editors is Words With Friends, but Android owners such as myself have been missing out on the Scrabble-like fun. But not for much longer! AndroidCentral received word from some of its users, who’d been sent an email from the developer saying “We’ve since hired a team…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

These Boxer Shorts Are “TSA-Proof” For Protecting Your Modesty (and Their Eyes)

The hubbub over the TSA scanners has died down a little, but our privacy is still at risk when flying. It’s no surprised companies like Betabrand are scurrying to invent scanner-proof underwear, which hides private parts from pervy machines. Betabrands is seeking 50 people to test our their Privates underwear, to ensure they protect the…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Listen Exclusively to the Mos Eisley Cantina Band On Coloud’s R2-D2 Headphones

Need some R2-D2 cans to match your bathing-suit and Droid phone? These headphones could be clamped ’round your head for 50 notes. Boba Fett, Stormtrooper, and Darth Vader and models are also available, but you can’t go wrong with Artwo. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-droid-you-were-looking-for-for-halloween-5668430 You can probably guess that Coloud’s headphones are going to put style over substance,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Here’s How to Light Up Facebook With Your Very Own Face

Following the French artist who “hacked” his Facebook profile using the new photos slideslow at the top, heaps of copycat versions have sprung up—one even using video as a “mouth.” Here’s how to do it yourself. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/not-just-another-face-in-the-facebook-5712601

Social Media Kat Hannaford

Avatar 3D Blu-rays Won’t Be Available For Sale Until 2012 Thanks to Panasonic’s Greed

Tough luck if you were planning on buying Avatar 3D on Blu-ray. The only way you’ll be able to pick one up is by purchasing a Panasonic 3DTV or Blu-ray player, as Panny has an exclusive deal until February 2012. https://gizmodo.com/avatar-3d-blu-ray-finally-available-when-a-panasonic-3d-5703215 Considering the distribution deal began on December 1st, that’s a walloping great exclusive they…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Power Yourself Up For 8 Hours With Milwaukee’s M12 Heated Jacket

Running off the very same Red Lithium battery which charges Milwaukee’s power tools, this heated jacket can hold a charge for eight hours. That’s a full working day of cozy heat, spread across three carbon fiber heating zones. It’s probably one for those who lead active lives away from the TV and computer, but you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Toshiba’s So Committed to Creating iPhone’s LCD Screens, It’s Building a New Factory For Them

Toshiba’s apparently investing $1.19 billion building a Japanese factory devoted entirely to making iPhone LCDs. Work on the factory will commence later next year, so if Toshiba gets the contract for iPhone 5 screens, they’ll have to be made elsewhere. The Nikkei reported the news today, and while Toshiba’s spokesperson has denied they’re building a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Now it’s McDonald’s Turn For its Email Userbase To Be Hacked

Have you ever signed up for McDonald’s email newsletters, promotions or other such communication? It’s not been a good week for email security, as hackers caught the email addresses and birth dates of potentially millions of customers yesterday. [Reuters]

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Angry Birds, 18 Years Earlier

As we’ve seen Angry Birds in pretty much every possible form (Halloween costumes, cake, paper stop-motion animation, ornithological documentation) it figures an 8-bit version would happen along at some time. https://gizmodo.com/clever-men-are-wearing-angry-birds-for-halloween-this-y-5677777 Those red birds look even more useless in 8-bit, don’t they? [Penney Design via Geekosystem]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Cats Turn Movie Directors, In First-Ever Movie Shot Entirely by Felines

This may be one long ad for Purina Friskies, but it’s utterly gorgeous. To think it was shot entirely by cats wearing cameras! They’ve got better frame-work than a lot of other YouTube “directors” I’ve seen previously. [PetaPixel]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google Hides a Puzzle in CR-48 Video and Awards Solver a Laptop Prize

If you’re clued-up on math equations, lend your eye to Google’s video down below, and see what it took for chancer Sylvain to win one of the CR-48 laptops. Flunked math? Nevermind, you should watch it anyway! https://gizmodo.com/q-what-happens-when-you-destroy-your-chrome-os-noteboo-5710872 Apparently once the equation was solved (it spells out “speed and destroy” for those unable to add…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

“Mummy, I Want That Little Girl Inside the Claw Machine”

A two year old girl somehow crawled into one of those claw machines you often see in arcades—you know, with stuffed toys which you try and pick up with a claw—and had to be rescued by the fire-department. Rescuing a girl from a toy machine is probably one of the stranger emergency calls made to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You Can Download the Free Google Latitude iPhone App From…Now!

After briefly appearing in Japan’s App Store, Google’s Latitude app is now in your App Store—and this time, it doesn’t look like an accident. Stalk friends! Be stalked! It’s free! [iTunes via RedmondPie] https://gizmodo.com/hey-did-you-know-theres-a-google-latitude-iphone-app-n-5708970

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Over 25 Billion Tweets Were Sent in 2010, and the iPad Was the Top Tech Subject

The year is only just grinding to a halt, but Twitter’s already released its list of the top subjects tweeted about in 2010. Of the 25 billion tweets published, BP’s Gulf oil spill disaster was the most tweeted-about term. Following the disaster, it was the FIFA World Cup; the movie Inception; the Haiti earthquake; and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Amazon Rainforest’s Trees Will be Microchipped Just Like Your Dog

If a tree has been cut down and there aren’t any witnesses, was it really cut down? So goes the thinking behind the group of people tagging Amazon rainforest trees, who wish to stop illegal logging for good. Implanting a microchip into the base of a tree will help determine where the wood has come…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

Leaked Photo of HTC’s EVO Shift 4G Shows It’s Got a Sliding Keyboard

Another 4G Android phone with a sliding keyboard is on its way out, with the first photo of HTC’s EVO Shift 4G appearing over the weekend. Rumored to be a small-statured phone, it also looks to be wearing a case. https://gizmodo.com/htc-evo-shift-4g-appears-in-trademark-filing-5689773 Supposedly screen size is at 3.7-inches, and it’ll run Android 2.2—though that’s obviously not…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Amazon Went Offline in Europe, But Not Due to Wikileaks’ Supporters

Last Thursday, a Twitter account purported to be from Wikileaks’ Anonymous supporters (the same group which brought down PayPal, Mastercard and Visa’s websites) threatened to take down Amazon in a similar DDoS attack. Seemingly it failed, but Amazon’s websites in the UK, Italy, Germany and Spain went offline for about 30 minutes each last night,…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

Gifts for Those Perpetually Covered in Cat Hair

Don’t let the name of this gift guide put you off—I haven’t chosen 100 variations on the humble vacuum cleaner. Instead, there’s seven smart, useful and stylish presents for the cat-lovers amongst us. Don’t hide—I can see you. 1. Dyson’s DC23 Animal, $500: Granted, being gifted a vacuum cleaner is not the most thrilling unwrapping…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Kids of Today Just Kill Me: the Sledding Bungee Jump Edition

At the risk of sounding like an old woman, I really despair about the youth of today. Sledding off the top of a building, attached to a bungee cord? These Ruskis have a death-wish. [The Daily What via DListed]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Amazon Could Be the Next Site Brought Down by Wikileaks’ Supporters

Wikileaks’ powerful allies have declared war against Amazon.com, after already ticking PayPal, Visa and Mastercard off their lists this week. Given Wikileaks was booted from Amazon’s servers last week, it’s not surprising the site has been thrown in the stocks. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-ejects-embattled-wikileaks-from-its-servers-5703536 The @Op_Payback Twitter account tweeted just an hour ago “TARGET: WWW.AMAZON.COM LOCKED ON!!” and…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford

The Scrabblish “Words With Friends” App is Android-Bound

These Boxer Shorts Are “TSA-Proof” For Protecting Your Modesty (and Their Eyes)

Listen Exclusively to the Mos Eisley Cantina Band On Coloud’s R2-D2 Headphones

Here’s How to Light Up Facebook With Your Very Own Face

Avatar 3D Blu-rays Won’t Be Available For Sale Until 2012 Thanks to Panasonic’s Greed

Power Yourself Up For 8 Hours With Milwaukee’s M12 Heated Jacket

Toshiba’s So Committed to Creating iPhone’s LCD Screens, It’s Building a New Factory For Them

Now it’s McDonald’s Turn For its Email Userbase To Be Hacked

Angry Birds, 18 Years Earlier

Cats Turn Movie Directors, In First-Ever Movie Shot Entirely by Felines

Google Hides a Puzzle in CR-48 Video and Awards Solver a Laptop Prize

“Mummy, I Want That Little Girl Inside the Claw Machine”

You Can Download the Free Google Latitude iPhone App From…Now!

Over 25 Billion Tweets Were Sent in 2010, and the iPad Was the Top Tech Subject

Amazon Rainforest’s Trees Will be Microchipped Just Like Your Dog

Leaked Photo of HTC’s EVO Shift 4G Shows It’s Got a Sliding Keyboard

Amazon Went Offline in Europe, But Not Due to Wikileaks’ Supporters

Gifts for Those Perpetually Covered in Cat Hair

Kids of Today Just Kill Me: the Sledding Bungee Jump Edition

Amazon Could Be the Next Site Brought Down by Wikileaks’ Supporters

Meta Smart Glasses Can Now Track All the Food You Put Into Your Mouth

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That Teenage Bout of Mono May Have a Troubling Second Act

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