Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

$200 Buys You the Cutest Bluetooth Speaker From Jawbone, Available Now

For $200 you can pick up one of the cutest little Bluetooth speakers around. Jawbone’s Jambox has gone on sale at Apple and BestBuy in a range of cute-as-a-button colors. [Apple via SlashGear] https://gizmodo.com/jawbone-jambox-dont-stick-this-in-your-ear-5681256

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Trojan Horse Christmas Bauble Comes With Four Irritating Noises

Deck the boughs with annoying noises, tra la la la la, la la la laaaa. ‘Tis the season to really piss your parents off, fa la la la la, la la la laaaa. $12 to guarantee coal for Christmas! [ThinkGeek]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Stronger-Than-Diamonds Graphene Can Be Made From Sugar

It’s been discovered that you create the very same substance those Ruskis won the Nobel prize for out of household sugar. Borrow a cup from your neighbour, and get baking the world’s hardest substance. No, not your Mom’s scones. Graphene. https://gizmodo.com/graphene-just-won-two-guys-the-nobel-so-what-the-hell-5656256 Rice University researchers are responsible for making the startling discovery, which could cut down…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony’s Camcorder That Takes DSLR Lenses Will Be On Sale Next Year

Looks like Panasonic aren’t the only guys with a camcorder that can support interchangeable lenses like a DSLR. Sony’s NXCAM, first shown off in May, takes E-mount lenses (the same used on their NEX cameras) and has a super-35mm sensor. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-takes-micro-four-thirds-design-to-ag-af100-pr-5514958 While it’s just a concept for now, they have plans to bring it out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Amazon Will Buy Your Movie Script For $200,000 If They Like It

This is pretty bizarre, but when you consider the support they give writers on their Kindle program, it makes more sense. Would-be screenwriters can submit scripts to Amazon, which will buy the rights for $200,000 if they like it. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-to-sell-kindle-singles-longer-articles-or-sho-5661867 They get the exclusive rights for 18 months, and if they don’t do anything with…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

London Police Take Down Rioters’ Advising Website

Awwight, what’s goin’ on ‘ere, sunshine? Writing a site naming and shaming us bobbies, are we? *thwack* While the takedown didn’t quite happen like that, the metropolitan police did successfully make Fitwatch’s hosting provider shut the website down. But why? It came after Fitwatch wrote an article to rioting students involved in a mega-protest (which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sharp’s Glassesless 3D Phone Will Hit the US Next Year

Not just the US, but China and India as well. They haven’t said which glassesless 3D phone it’ll be, but we’ve gone on the record as saying their 3D isn’t too bad. You know, for a novelty. [Mainichi via 3D-Display-Info] https://gizmodo.com/sharp-uses-its-glasses-less-3d-screens-in-two-android-p-5681362

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Early Preview of Sony Ericsson’s Anzu Says it’s “Suicide”

Those who bet on an early death for Sony Ericsson might be able to cash-in, judging by Mobile-Review’s Anzu preview. It’s not the final version, but they say it’s “suicide” to rival it against HTC’s Desire HD. [Mobile-Review via AndroidCommunity] https://gizmodo.com/how-much-longer-is-sony-ericsson-going-to-be-around-5669954

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google’s Boutiques.com Website and iPad App Launches

As we told you two days ago, Google’s launched Boutiques.com—a fashion site (and app!) based on Like.com’s image-recognition technology following their acquisition. It’s very much For Women Only (unless you’re buying!), but great for Google. [Boutiques via GoogleBlog] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-google-taking-on-ebay-with-boutiques-com-site-la-5690025

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Get Hulu Plus for Only $7.99 Now

Boy, that was quick—Hulu Plus has dropped in price to just $7.99 a month. It’s not quite the $5 price cut we were hearing before, but every dollar helps—particularly as Roku now supports it. [Hulu Plus] https://gizmodo.com/hulu-plus-for-5-a-month-sounds-a-lot-more-reasonable-5670155

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The New “Largest Photo in the World” is Also the Prettiest

But really, I’m biased, because I live in that fine city you see captured in Jeffrey Martin’s photo: London. 7,886 individual photos were stitched together to form an 80-gigapixel panorama, which can be zoomed-in and out over here. [360Cities]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Just Imagine What Chalk Dust Does to the iPhone’s Internals

I would hope that should the blackboard iPhone case ever go into production, you’d be cleverer than the sod who scrawled “hello LOL iBoard black board on iPhone” on the one here. [Kalomix via GadgetReview via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Panasonic’s 103-Inch Plasma TV Goes 3D

After falling in price to “just” $50,000 last year, Panasonic’s five-year-old plasma has been updated with 3D technology. The TH-P103MT2 will sell for the equivalent of $101,900 in Japan—not including installation, naturally. [AkihabaraNews] https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-103-inch-hdtv-reduced-to-a-mere-50-000-5245582

Television Kat Hannaford

Confirmed: China’s Supercomputer Really Did Kick Our Asses

The super-duper list of the world’s 500 supercomputers has been published, and as the Chinese boasted last month, their Tianhe-1A supercomputer is the most powerful. Those 7,168 Nvidia GPUs and 14,336 Intel CPUs must be working hard. [BBC] https://gizmodo.com/china-just-kicked-our-asses-in-supercomputing-5675329

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Magical MePad May Require a Stylus But Never Runs Out of Battery

50 sheets, each with icons reminding you of calls that need returning, food that needs buying and dates that require setting up. It’s a shame there isn’t a “find” feature in this $10 notepad yet. Maybe in MePad 2.0? [Lobotome]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How Many Floppy Disks Do I Need to Load Photoshop, Again?

These brilliant posters spell out the number of floppies needed to load iTunes, Firefox and even Photoshop. I’m so glad we only have to insert one disc instead of 358 floppies for Photoshop CS4 these days. [Behance via Photojojo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Beatles Are Now On iTunes

It’s official: The Beatles are now finally on iTunes. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison’s families have agreed to sell The Beatles’ back catalog on the music service after years of wrangling with Apple. https://kotaku.com/wsj-reports-tomorrows-itunes-event-is-beatlemania-5690699 It’s the Beatles Box Set which is the big one. With 256 songs, documentaries, and other videos…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why Didn’t Any of You Tell Me That Breville Does a Pie Maker?

Not just a pie maker, but a PERSONAL pie maker. I suppose that means I can eat all four pies myself, right? Perfectly-crimped pies for just $80, exclusively at Williams Sonoma. [Williams Sonoma via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google Maps for Android Now Has Hotpot Local Recommendations

Hotpot, Google’s local social recommendation service, has been integrated into Google Maps 4.7 for Android, so you can read and write reviews of restaurants and pubs, plus rate places for personalized future recommendations based on your tastes. You can also choose to share your ratings with friends, so if they’re in the ‘hood and needing…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

First Dual-Core Phone Leaks from LG With Android and 1080p Video Camera

Engadget has received a leaked photo of LG’s 4-inch Tegra 2-toting Android “Star” phone, which will join their flagship Optimus line-up with an 8MP camera (1080p video recording) and forward-facing camera. [Engadget]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Kat Hannaford

$200 Buys You the Cutest Bluetooth Speaker From Jawbone, Available Now

Trojan Horse Christmas Bauble Comes With Four Irritating Noises

Stronger-Than-Diamonds Graphene Can Be Made From Sugar

Sony’s Camcorder That Takes DSLR Lenses Will Be On Sale Next Year

Amazon Will Buy Your Movie Script For $200,000 If They Like It

London Police Take Down Rioters’ Advising Website

Sharp’s Glassesless 3D Phone Will Hit the US Next Year

Early Preview of Sony Ericsson’s Anzu Says it’s “Suicide”

Google’s Boutiques.com Website and iPad App Launches

Get Hulu Plus for Only $7.99 Now

The New “Largest Photo in the World” is Also the Prettiest

Just Imagine What Chalk Dust Does to the iPhone’s Internals

Panasonic’s 103-Inch Plasma TV Goes 3D

Confirmed: China’s Supercomputer Really Did Kick Our Asses

The Magical MePad May Require a Stylus But Never Runs Out of Battery

How Many Floppy Disks Do I Need to Load Photoshop, Again?

The Beatles Are Now On iTunes

Why Didn’t Any of You Tell Me That Breville Does a Pie Maker?

Google Maps for Android Now Has Hotpot Local Recommendations

First Dual-Core Phone Leaks from LG With Android and 1080p Video Camera

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AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

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