Rosa Golijan, Author at Gizmodo

Yes, Some Guy Is Already In Line For The iPhone 4

Once again, someone has started camping out for an Apple gadget obnoxiously early. I’m just surprised that it doesn’t appear to be our old pal Greg Packer who’s waiting in front of this Dallas Apple store. [Dallas News via Engadget] Click to view

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OnLive Streaming Game Service Launches, First Year Free

The OnLive service which renders console and PC games in the cloud and then streams them to your PC or Mac has gone live today. And you can get the first year of OnLive membership for free. Note that what you’re getting for free is the OnLive membership—which is normally $4.95/month—and not the games. Prices…

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Reminder: AT&T MicroCell 3G Data Usage Counts Toward Your Monthly Limit

AT&T’s MicroCell boosts cellphone reception by hooking into your broadband connection. To keep your monthly minute allotment from being used up, AT&T offers an unlimited voice plan for the MicroCell. They don’t offer something like that for 3G data though. An AT&T spokesperson gave this explanation after some folks complained about the lack of unlimited…

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Droid 2: First Impressions

Gizmodo reader Zack recently had a chance to play with Verizon’s next offering, the Motorola Droid 2. He sent us his impressions, some details about the specs, and a few extra pictures. Zack wrote: I am a summer intern at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) this summer and today there was a tech show on…

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Germaphobes Can Boil This iPad Case To Sanitize It

The iSkin Duo is a simple-yet-clever silicone iPad case. It comes in several colors, doesn’t prevent your devices from being docked, and has an embedded antimicrobial protection. Oh, and you can sanitize it by sticking it into boiling water. The case keeps your iPad from smelling and looking like a gym locker because it has…

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An App To Help You Conduct A 200,000 iPhone Orchestra

The Street Orchestra iPhone app is like a simple version of Rock Band that lets you play classical music with up to 200,000 synched iPhones. Simple, classy, and free. Basically what you’re doing is gathering up a bunch of folks with iPhones, having them download the app, pick instruments, follow on-screen instructions to get everyone…

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Singing These Songs In The Shower Will Help You Save Water

I sing several songs each time I shower. This is not only bad because it’s torture to anyone within earshot, but also because it means that I take rather long showers. Solution? Limit shower length by singing songs from this playlist. The Short Sharp Shower Playlist was put together by the folks at Do The…

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How OK Go Warped Time

The boys of OK Go are known for their geeky music videos and they outdo themselves constantly. So how did they top the crazy Rube Goldberg Machine from the “This Too Shall Pass” video? By warping time, of course. In the music video for “End Love” the video footage was sped up and slowed down…

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The Cosmos in Miniature

Long before there were ever interactive star maps on phones—or even phones for that matter—there were carefully drawn charts. They consisted of simple paper and ink, yet were so beautiful. Click on the image for a closer look. This particular chart is considered the “oldest surviving Anglo-American star map” and was drawn by Simeon De…

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How To Piss Off An Xbox 360 Kinect User

The Xbox 360 Kinect has a rather neat voice-control feature. It lets you switch TV channels, pause games, and do just about everything you’d normally do with a remote control. Including pissing off your friends. Our mischievous pals at Kotaku noticed that the Kinect’s voice-control feature doesn’t appear to differentiate between voices. This means that…

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What To Do If Your iPhone and iPad Disappear on Trash Day

On Tuesday, programmer Eric Boehs arrived at work and realized he didn’t have his iPad or iPhone with him. The last time he recalled seeing the gadgets? On top of a pile of boxes he was throwing into the trash. The video of Eric’s quest to find the Apple gadgets is rather amusing, but if…

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Apple’s New Unibody Mac Mini Gets Torn Apart

Looks like the folks at iFixit have already torn apart Apple’s new Mac Mini right down to its pretty little ports. Oh, what lovely gadget gore porn! According to iFixit, these are the highlights of the teardown: * Departing from previous generations, the Mini’s unibody top enclosure is machined from a single block of aluminum.…

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Logitech’s Google TV Box Finally Gets A Real Name: Revue With Google TV

We’ve known that the Google TV Box with its Harmony-remote-like superpowers will be coming soon, but until this photo slipped out we didn’t known its real name. It’ll be called the Logitech Revue with Google TV. Quite a mouthfull. [Engadget]

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iTunes 9.2 Now Available For Download, Prepares You For iPhone 4

We’ve known what’s new in iTunes 9.2 for a while, but now the update is finally officially available for download. It basically prepares you for iPhone 4 and iOS 4 while bringing some bug fixes and PDF support. As a review, here’s what Apple says is new in this update: Sync with iPhone 4 to…

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An iPhone-Controlled Drone Will Cost You $300

This augmented-reality-enhanced, iPhone-controlled drone may be rather awesome and look like one of the coolest flying toys in a while, but it turns out that once it’s available in September it’ll cost you a hefty $300. Youch. [Parrot]

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T-Mobile As-Fast-As-4G HSPA+ Is Hitting More Cities Soon

Well, hello! T-Mobile will apparently be expanding its speedy data network to include several more cities soon: T-Mobile USA is announcing the expansion of its mobile broadband network, offering 4G speeds to more than 25 metropolitan areas across the U.S. and expects to cover more than 75 million Americans with HSPA+ by the end of…

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Pixels on Fire

Two weeks, a lot of candles, plenty of patience, and some love for video games resulted in this incredible pixel-art animation. Watch it and the young pyromaniac in you will giggle. I’m still smiling over the fiery Tetris game. [YouTube via Technabob via Unplggd]

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Best Buy and GameStop Already Allowing Playstation Move Preorders

If you’re in a rush to order a Playstation Move, then you’re in luck: Best Buy and GameStop are already offering preorders on the $99 Move bundle. [Best Buy and GameStop via Engadget]

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My Twitter Icon Will Kill Your Twitter Icon

I’ve finally slaughtered most of my co-workers’ Twitter icons. Time to celebrate with a parade before someone attacks my own Twitter icon. Before you label me as a cold-hearted killer, please realize that all murders are taking place in a clever flash-based game called Dot War. In the game, you enter two Twitter usernames and…

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AT&T On iPhone 4 Preorder Security Breach: “We Have Been Unable To Replicate The Issue”

Earlier we heard from many readers who were logging into their AT&T accounts only to find that they were seeing someone else’s account information. AT&T has heard about the issue as well, but they’re struggling to sort it out: We have received reports of customers inadvertently seeing the wrong account information during the iPhone 4…

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Yes, Some Guy Is Already In Line For The iPhone 4

OnLive Streaming Game Service Launches, First Year Free

Reminder: AT&T MicroCell 3G Data Usage Counts Toward Your Monthly Limit

Droid 2: First Impressions

Germaphobes Can Boil This iPad Case To Sanitize It

An App To Help You Conduct A 200,000 iPhone Orchestra

Singing These Songs In The Shower Will Help You Save Water

How OK Go Warped Time

The Cosmos in Miniature

How To Piss Off An Xbox 360 Kinect User

What To Do If Your iPhone and iPad Disappear on Trash Day

Apple’s New Unibody Mac Mini Gets Torn Apart

Logitech’s Google TV Box Finally Gets A Real Name: Revue With Google TV

iTunes 9.2 Now Available For Download, Prepares You For iPhone 4

An iPhone-Controlled Drone Will Cost You $300

T-Mobile As-Fast-As-4G HSPA+ Is Hitting More Cities Soon

Pixels on Fire

Best Buy and GameStop Already Allowing Playstation Move Preorders

My Twitter Icon Will Kill Your Twitter Icon

AT&T On iPhone 4 Preorder Security Breach: “We Have Been Unable To Replicate The Issue”

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