Rosa Golijan, Author at Gizmodo

Two Programmers Arrested For Roles In Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme

Jerome O’Hara and George Perez were more than happy to generate false records concealing Bernard Madoff‘s ridiculous Ponzi scheme until the crap hit the fan. They took hush money at that point, but I doubt that’ll comfort them in prison. The pair supposedly had an eventual “crisis of conscience” and told Madoff that they would…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Eye-Fi Now Lets You Upload Blackmail Photos Straight To FTP Servers

As if direct-to-YouTube uploading didn’t have enough potential for embarrassment, now Eye-Fi cards add the ability to send pictures directly to local FTP/FTPS server. [Crunchgear] https://gizmodo.com/eye-fi-sd-cards-offering-direct-to-youtube-uploading-5125400

Tech News Rosa Golijan

EyeWriter Allows Man To Paint Despite Paralysis

Before disease took his ability to move, Tony Quan was an amazing graffiti artist. Now he is completely paralyzed, save for his eyes, and still an amazing artist. Seeing how he works left me with tear-streaked cheeks. Beautiful, isn’t it? Art, whether in the form of graffiti or coffee, is an individual’s contribution to humanity.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

What Is This?

At first glance, I thought this is a NASA image of some sort, maybe a solar flare. I even wondered if I could get a high-res version to turn into a poster. Then I found out what it actually is. The knowledge that I was looking at a thermal image of a gentleman passing gas…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Beautiful Dress Made Out Of 24,000 LEDs

24,000 full-color, super-thin LEDs, 4,000 Swarovski crystals, and enough iPod batteries to keep everything glowing for about an hour. This picture doesn’t do the Galaxy Dress justice, but the video comes close. This gorgeous thing was designed by Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz and they say that it’s the “the largest wearable display in the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Fashion Icons Of Wearable Computing Circa 2000

I was wondering what Aimee Mullins was running from, and now I suspect that it might’ve been these fellows. I’m sure they’re great people, being a part of MIT’s Wearable Computing team and all, but I would run too. https://gizmodo.com/introducing-our-guest-editor-aimee-mullins-5399767 You can click on the picture for a closer look at those six studs. Now…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

YouTube;s Going 1080p So That You Can Watch Silly Videos In High-Def…Yet Another “Virus” Attacks Unsecured Jailbroken Phones…USB AM/FM Tuner Made By Company Who Hasn’t Heard Of Internet Radio…Pirates Decorate Their MacBooks With Crossbones… YouTube’s Going 1080p So That You Can Watch Silly Videos In High-Def Unsatisfied with simple 720p, YouTube is going to a…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Gizmo5 Currently Closed To New Users

We knew that Gizmo5 was acquired by Google, but now we’re seeing the first effect of that merger as Gizmo5 has closed its doors to new users until the Google-powered re-launch. [Cool Geex] https://gizmodo.com/are-google-voice-calls-to-and-from-your-computer-coming-5400548

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Intel Deems The Dual Core Atom 330 Too Hot For Netbooks

We’ve been curious as to why Intel decided to keep the N330 chip out of netbooks, and now we finally know: The chip’s just too damn hot and not even all that fast. Testing done by computer builder Haleron revealed that the N330 couldn’t match the, now used, two-chip N270 processor in speed all the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Want To Upgrade Yourself? Head To The Bionic Body Shop

Click to viewVagus Nerve Stimulation: $95,000. Deep Brain Stimulation: $40,000. Sacral Nerve Stimulation: $16,000. I don’t need most of these things (or even know what they are), but I’d still love a spending spree in the Bionic Body Shop. While most of these upgrades aren’t exactly available at this time, it doesn’t mean we can’t…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Google’s SPDY To Make Websites Load Faster

Google’s working on a new application-layer protocol dubbed SPDY (pronounced “SPeeDY”) which is intended to improve how content is transported over the web. In initial lab tests, they’ve already managed to speed up page loading times by 55%. While the lab tests aren’t the best reflection of how the protocol would work under real world…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo Smartbook Is Coming To AT&T

Qualcomm is showing off its newest smartbook concept. It’s a Snapdragon-powered, 10-incher for which they’ve already secured AT&T backing. Let’s hope this isn’t another disappointing and unholy union of a smartphone and a netbook. There aren’t many details available about the model as Qualcomm intends to truly show it off at CES 2010, but they…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Loving A Gadget-Obsessed Person Is Easier Than You Think

I’ve warned you about dating someone gadget-obsessed, but you just couldn’t help yourself and fell in love with one of us. Let’s talk about avoiding feeling like you’re in a ménage à trois with a person and some circuits. https://gizmodo.com/why-you-should-think-twice-before-dating-an-iphone-user-5397528 Gadgetwise’s Jenna Wortham was forced to contemplate the hardship of loving someone who’s in lust…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command

Microsoft has been granted a patent for a sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as you explain that it’s a “personalized version” with a GUI. Groklaw has an explanation of the history of sudo and details about the patent, but it all boils…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

This Is Simply The Coolest Pop-Up Book We’ve Seen

It may not overheat in the presence of bread, but this pop-up book has the most accurate paper Large Hadron Collider ever. Figures that a book would make ending the world by firing that bad boy up look fun. https://gizmodo.com/large-hadron-collider-overheats-due-to-dropped-chunk-of-5397970 The book’s called Voyage To The Heart Of Matter – The Atlas Experiment At CERN…

Physics & Chemistry Rosa Golijan

Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7

Poor Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous. His Microsoft brethren is calling him uninformed and practically disowning him for the quotes he threw out earlier about Windows 7 basing its UI on the Mac OS. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-manager-admits-mac-influence-amidst-other-non-5402589 A post on the Windows Blog entitled ” How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7″…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Most Electronics, DVDs, And Waterbottles Could Give You ED

A five-year study shows that exposure to bisphenol A, a commonly used plastics additive, increases the risk of erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems. This study surveyed factory workers who face high levels of exposure, but further research is coming. Since the levels of exposure faced by the factory workers are about fifty times that…

Health Rosa Golijan

Creepiness Strangely Absent From New Palm Pixi Commercial

After dying in a movie, apparently the creepy Pre girl died in Palm’s world, too. This new Pixi ad is full of fun, happy people using the phone while “Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit plays in the background. Huge improvement. https://gizmodo.com/someone-shot-the-creepy-palm-pre-chick-in-a-movie-5357824

Tech News Rosa Golijan

This Flight Helmet Collection Will Kill Your Childhood Dreams

I often daydream about piloting a super-speedy, highly experimental spy plane, but I lost all hope of ever doing that when I saw these flight helmets. Real, modded, new, or old, they’re freaky enough to turn daydreams into night terrors. https://gizmodo.com/12-eye-popping-flight-helmets-5186358 While flying or flight helmets like these are great way to not only look…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Useful Towel Knows How Many Pecks Are In A Bushel

A towel is about the most massively useful thing you can have. This particular one though, does what no other towel could: It guides you through the mysteries of measurement conversions and even has built-in rulers. I wouldn’t let the Useful Towel replace the fluffy bathrobes I tend to favor, but I think I may…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Rosa Golijan

Two Programmers Arrested For Roles In Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme

Eye-Fi Now Lets You Upload Blackmail Photos Straight To FTP Servers

EyeWriter Allows Man To Paint Despite Paralysis

What Is This?

Beautiful Dress Made Out Of 24,000 LEDs

The Fashion Icons Of Wearable Computing Circa 2000

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Gizmo5 Currently Closed To New Users

Intel Deems The Dual Core Atom 330 Too Hot For Netbooks

Want To Upgrade Yourself? Head To The Bionic Body Shop

Google’s SPDY To Make Websites Load Faster

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo Smartbook Is Coming To AT&T

Loving A Gadget-Obsessed Person Is Easier Than You Think

Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command

This Is Simply The Coolest Pop-Up Book We’ve Seen

Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7

Most Electronics, DVDs, And Waterbottles Could Give You ED

Creepiness Strangely Absent From New Palm Pixi Commercial

This Flight Helmet Collection Will Kill Your Childhood Dreams

Useful Towel Knows How Many Pecks Are In A Bushel

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!