Sean Fallon, Author at Gizmodo

What’s Your Score On The Cable Connector Quiz?

It’s not going to stump an expert, but there will probably be a couple questions in Mental Floss’ Cable Connector Quiz that could trip you up. Try it yourself and let us know what you scored. What Was Your Score?(online surveys) [Mental Floss via Neatorama]

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Archaic Government Software Helped Underwear Bomber Get On Plane

After looking at this FBI Cybersquad image last week, I’m not surprised to hear that crappy government software that can’t account for misspellings was the main reason why the underwear bomber was able to get on a Northwest Airlines flight. https://gizmodo.com/fox-news-to-fbi-cybersquad-get-in-front-of-some-high-t-5437166 Mr. Abdulmutallab possessed a U.S. visa, but this fact was not correlated with the…

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Vuzix Wrap 920AR Augmented Reality Glasses: Why Can’t Anyone Make These Things Look Cool?

Vuzix can make glasses with built in stereoscopic cameras that can seamlessly blend computer-generated imagery and your real world environment together, but they can’t make them look cool? Of course, it doesn’t seem like anyone in the business of high tech eyewear has any sense of style. Apparently, they all want us walking around looking…

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Tiny Gateway EC Series Ultraportables Find Room For An Optical Drive

Ultraportables and netbooks with an optical drive are a rare breed. But Gateway did manage to cram a DVD drive into their 11.6-inch EC14D while keeping the overall weight at about 3.5 pounds. https://gizmodo.com/asus-eee-getting-an-optical-drive-5186947 Beside the optical drive, the EC14D features a 1.3GHz Intel Ultra Low Voltage processor, 320GB HDD, up to 8GB of RAM,…

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There’s No Cure For Cancer, But We Are Hard At Work Shaving Fly Genitalia With Lasers

Today we salute you…biologists that gave a fly a full Brazilian with a laser so that you can study mating habits. You see the male fly has these spines on its junk and we just don’t know what the hell they are used for. My guess is that they have something to do with maintaining…

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Pass The Time Until The Next CES Post By Playing the Piano On YouTube

It won’t be long until the next CES post, so if you are caught up, pass the time by playing virtual instruments from instrumentube and kokokaka3000. It’s actually a really interesting way to use the timeline.

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ShakeOnIt: The World’s Biggest Waste of an Arduino

It’s about as useful as this thing, but that didn’t stop a group of creative young individuals from coming up with a system that exposes fraudulent handshakes. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-build-the-worlds-most-useless-machine-5437930 We ironed on conductive fabric pads on different parts of the gloves, and read them off like a multiplexed keypad. The pads on one glove are the…

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Greenpeace Ranks Apple Highest Among Tech Companies: Whaaaaa?

Given their long and storied feud, you would think Captain Ahab would have a better chance than Apple of being accepted by Greenpeace. Believe it or not, the impossible has actually happened. Indeed, Greenpeace has ranked Apple highest on the list of eco-conscious tech companies. In fact, they got a perfect score thanks to their…

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Ion Audio Twin Video Camera Has Two Lenses To Capture The Action and Your Reaction

Now you can capture your reaction to that hilarious stunt you plan to post on YouTube with the handheld Twin Video camera from Ion Audio. That’s right, it has two lenses—one of which brings the filmmaker into the action. The cameras can be independently controlled in picture swapping, picture in picture and split screen modes.…

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Studios Offering 48 Hour Rentals On Amazon

Like our friend Dave Zats, you may have noticed that Amazon is offering an extra day of viewing for select online rentals. After a little digging, he discovered that the studios are the ones experimenting in this area. It’s hard for me to understand why someone would rent a movie online, then just walk away…

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Apple Patent Reveals Possible Next Gen Touchscreens For iPhones and “Macbook Tablet”

Say what you will about the possibility of touchscreen MacBooks and “Macbook Tablets,” but this recently unearthed Apple patent application also hints at what kind of technology we could be putting our fingers on in the near future. https://gizmodo.com/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors-5434566 As Patently Apple puts it, “Apple’s patent generally relates to displays having pixels that include capacitive…

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Microsoft’s Arc Keyboard Is Really Warped

As far as functionality is concerned, Microsoft’s wireless Arc keyboard is fairly standard. However, the crazy, warped design is what really makes it stand out. “The design tenets that we looked to for the Arc Keyboard were simplicity and crisp softness, creating an aesthetic for this product that is casual and sophisticated at the same…

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Wirelessly Transfer Files From Your DSLR with Transmitters From Canon

Owners of the EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D can now wirelessly beam photos from their camera to the computer with the WFT-E2 II A Wireless File Transmitter, WFT-E4 II A Wireless File Transmitter or WFT-E5A Wireless File Transmitter (respectively). Can also be used to fire up to 10 cameras simultaneously.…

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Police Tend To Notice Something Like a Guy Dragging a Coke Machine Down The Road

Oh Tennessee, you have been in rare form recently. The latest tale comes to us courtesy of Nicholas Nunley, who hooked a Coke machine to his pickup outside a Dollar General then began dragging it down the road. https://gizmodo.com/an-insane-tv-shoplifting-situation-that-could-only-happ-5436265 Amazingly, an eyewitness noticed the one truck on the road with a vending machine engulfed in…

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Emailing Steve Jobs Helps Resolve Stolen iPhone Debacle

Clearly, if you are an Apple customer that has been wronged, emailing [email protected] is the way to go. Alisa did this after Apple refused to return her stolen iPhone, and things are starting to look up. https://gizmodo.com/apple-refuses-to-send-stolen-iphone-back-to-rightful-ow-5437979 It turned out to be a happy story, e-mailing Steve Jobs actually helped. I e-mailed him the same…

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Texas Instruments Applies Its WVGA Resolution DLP Pico Projector to Cellphones and Digital Cameras

Because of its super-compact size, DLP Pico projectors are ideal to cram into all kinds of gadgets. Texas Instruments is doing just that by applying it’s new Pico WVGA resolution chipset into everything from cellphones to digital cameras. It’s not the first digital camera with a projector, but the prototype developed by TI and Asia…

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How Apple “Unofficially” Leaks Information

The “Apple Gestapo” may be ruthless about hunting down leaks, but they don’t shake down every employee with access to sensitive information. As one former Apple Marketing Manager describes, some employees are instructed to engage in “controlled leaks.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-gestapo-how-apple-hunts-down-leaks-5427058 According to John Martellaro, the former exec, the Wall Street Journal’s recent scoop on the Apple…

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Live Action Skeet Shooter Saves The Lives of Robot Ducks

Interactive Toy Concepts has followed up last year’s popular Duck Hunter infrared shooting game with a skeet version that fires off three plastic disks. https://gizmodo.com/live-action-duck-hunter-review-briefly-satisfies-the-u-5378126 Since the prototype at CES was not in working condition, there is no way of telling how far or how high the launcher can fire, or how you will score…

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Lil Diner Plate Holder: Get Ridiculously Serious About Preventing Spills

I don’t have kids myself, but I hear that they can be kind of messy at mealtimes. The solution: a platform that is clamped to the table with suction cups hold the bowl or plate in place. Unfortunately, you can’t actually clamp the food onto the plate, so my guess is that kids will simply…

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The MyDitto NAS Could Be The Simplest Cloud-Accessible Storage Solution

If you are looking for a network storage solution that you can access remotely, the MyDitto could be one of the simplest and surprisingly cost effective solutions out there. I say “could” because it’s impossible to pass judgement on the MyDitto without knowing the details on the software, but the device does handle RAID 0…

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What’s Your Score On The Cable Connector Quiz?

Archaic Government Software Helped Underwear Bomber Get On Plane

Vuzix Wrap 920AR Augmented Reality Glasses: Why Can’t Anyone Make These Things Look Cool?

Tiny Gateway EC Series Ultraportables Find Room For An Optical Drive

There’s No Cure For Cancer, But We Are Hard At Work Shaving Fly Genitalia With Lasers

Pass The Time Until The Next CES Post By Playing the Piano On YouTube

ShakeOnIt: The World’s Biggest Waste of an Arduino

Greenpeace Ranks Apple Highest Among Tech Companies: Whaaaaa?

Ion Audio Twin Video Camera Has Two Lenses To Capture The Action and Your Reaction

Studios Offering 48 Hour Rentals On Amazon

Apple Patent Reveals Possible Next Gen Touchscreens For iPhones and “Macbook Tablet”

Microsoft’s Arc Keyboard Is Really Warped

Wirelessly Transfer Files From Your DSLR with Transmitters From Canon

Police Tend To Notice Something Like a Guy Dragging a Coke Machine Down The Road

Emailing Steve Jobs Helps Resolve Stolen iPhone Debacle

Texas Instruments Applies Its WVGA Resolution DLP Pico Projector to Cellphones and Digital Cameras

How Apple “Unofficially” Leaks Information

Live Action Skeet Shooter Saves The Lives of Robot Ducks

Lil Diner Plate Holder: Get Ridiculously Serious About Preventing Spills

The MyDitto NAS Could Be The Simplest Cloud-Accessible Storage Solution

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

They’re Already Trying to Baby Yoda Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Just Got Cheaper Again After Spring Sale, With 3 Months of Game Pass Included at No Extra Cost

Protect Your Car Without Overpaying, Batteries Plus Makes Finding the Right Battery Size Easy and Affordable

WD 5TB Portable External Hard Drive for Mac Drops to $0.03 per GB Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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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

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