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If You Couldn’t Afford the ’80s Bigtrak, Download the Free iPhone App Instead

Sure to get men of A Certain Age all flustered, Bigtrak’s iPhone app has arrived in the same year that the toy relaunched, and while it’s not much more than a glorified calculator, it’s a free trip down memory lane. https://gizmodo.com/grey-haired-man-fondly-remembers-the-bigtrak-which-is-5457281 It’s not as fancy as Apple’s own calculator, but then does Apple’s calculator make…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Samsung Planning to Ship 10 Million Galaxy Tabs And Snag 1/3 of the Tablet Market

Samsung has stated that they expect to ship 10 million Galaxy Tabs, and snatch up 1/3 of the world’s tablet market share, by third quarter 2011. The Galaxy Tab is expected to become available in the US over the next few months, with pricing estimates at $200-300. [WSJ via Information Week via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-galaxy-tab-runs-froyo-has-flash-and-measures-5627498

Gadgets Christina Bonnington

This Is How a Heavy Storm Looks Inside a Cruise Liner

On August 1, the Pacific Sun ran into a heavy storm 400 miles north of New Zealand, hitting 25-foot-tall waves and 50-knot winds. Its 1732 passengers weren’t prepared to endure the madness that ensued. Absolutely crazy. The video seems like a slapstick comedy until you see people smacking against columns and walls. However, they were…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Evidence of an ancient, advanced society in the Amazon forest?

In the depths of the Amazonian forest, long believed to be uninhabitable, archaeologists say there is evidence that a thriving civilization existed. 20 million people lived there, managing the forest, and left evidence of their complex lives behind. Over at the Washington Post, Juan Forero reports on the archaeologists looking for evidence of a lost…

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RIM Wants Billboards That Know How Fast You’re Driving

You’re flying down the highway at 70MPH and you notice a billboard that reads “LIFE’S BETTER WITH BBM.” The next day, crawling along that same stretch during a traffic jam, the billboard enumerates a BlackBerry’s many features. That’s RIM’s vision. In a patent filing for “Adaptive roadside billboard system and related methods” (there’s one for…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

HP Suing Mark Hurd To Protect Trade Secrets

Mark Hurd, the former HP CEO who was ousted last month amidst allegations of sexual harassment, just got a new job title: Co-President of Oracle. Shortly thereafter, he got slapped with a civil complaint from his former employer who says that his new position will necessarily require him to divulge HP trade secrets: https://gizmodo.com/hp-ceo-mark-hurd-resigns-amidst-sexual-harassment-inves-5606682 In…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Justin Bieber Has Dedicated Servers at Twitter

Justin Bieber uses 3% of Twitter resources at any moment. According to a Twitter employee—talking to designer Dustin Curtis—Bieber has “racks of servers dedicated to him. I’m sure this will excite his haters (hello 4chan!) even more. Updated Dustin confirmed to us that his tweet is not a joke. He was told about it by…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Syfy is making a Billy Ray Cyrus UFO show

Syfy’s latest TV series is called UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious. It stars country singer (and Miley Cyrus’ father) Billy Ray, and his emo son Trace. Together the two will travel the globe investigating paranormal phenomena. We’re not making this up. According to Variety aliens have been a long time passion for BRC… who knew? “The…

Television Meredith Woerner

ACLU Mounts Lawsuit Against Baseless Border Laptop Searches

For the last two years, the Department of Homeland Security has claimed the right to seize and search your laptop on nothing more than a whim. Today, the ACLU and others have brought a lawsuit fixing to change that. https://gizmodo.com/homeland-security-can-snatch-your-laptop-at-the-border-5031903 There’s been some progress since the policy was put in place in August 2008. DHS…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett

The Gates tells the real truth about vampires

The vampire genre is weird these days. Imagine if there were tons of movies and shows about lovable reformed serial killers… who still lapse into murder every now and then. Sunday’s The Gates was a welcome deconstruction of “nice” vamps. So what exactly is Nick Monohan’s job anyway? As police chief of The Gates, is…

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A gravity-defying coffee cup for math lovers

There’s no better way to enjoy your coffee than with this “zero gravity” cup, which stays balanced at a perfect angle when at rest. Plus, it includes a graph that demonstrates the exact trajectory of love. Once you fill the cup with coffee, you have to set it down perpendicular to the table. But while…

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Apple: Game Center Not Coming to iPhone 3G

Apple’s new Game Center page lists the iOS devices that will let you get involved in this whole playing games with other people thing that’s happening soon. Second-generation iPod Touch owners: you’re in luck! iPhone 3G owners: you’re not! Game Center, which will be arriving with the imminent iOS 4.1 update, will allow users to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Science Research Cuts Will Ruin Us All

The Western World keeps cutting its science research budget because of the economic crisis. As China rises—funneling tons of money into science—our obtuse politicians don’t realize that, without pure research, they are sentencing us to irrelevance and oblivion. The latest example of this shortsighted stupidity is the European Union demanding that CERN cut its budget…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Gadget Deals of the Day

We’re back from the long weekend, so why not treat yourself to a few shiny new gadgets? Today, you can find some great deals on a 32″ LCD HDTV, a Halo Reach-Edition Xbox 360, and even a free Nescafe Coffee Sample. Top Deals: • 32″ Panasonic TC-L32X2 720p LCD HDTV with iPod Dock for $363…

Tech News Adam Harris

Leaked WebOS 2.0 Shots Show a Bevy of New Features

Two dozen or so purported webOS 2.0 screenshots have fluttered out onto the web, and while their origins are a bit hazy, they show plenty of interesting new features, like Dropbox support baked into the OS. https://gizmodo.com/palm-webos-2-0-now-this-is-multitasking-5626228 The shots show some confirmed webOS 2.0 features, like Stacks and JustType, as well as some we haven’t…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The curious Chess City of the Russian steppe

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the eccentric president of the Russian federal subject of Kalmykia, stepped down from office today. Ilyumzhinov believed he’d been visited by aliens and poured an estimated $50 million into building a “Chess City” at the Kalmykian capital Elista. https://gizmodo.com/russia-investigating-whether-or-not-regional-president-5532553 Ilyumzhinov, a fanatical chess fan, has also been the President of FIDE (a.k.a. World…

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A scientific comparison of apples and oranges

Here we consider two conjunctions of apples and oranges in the world of science. 1. This video shows someone finding out how many round, juicy oranges it takes to power an Apple iPhone. 2. Scott Sandford’s classic article “Apples and Oranges,” published in volume 1, no. 3 of the Annals of Improbable Research. Sandford writes:…

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60 Photos of Relaxation at its Purest

Over Labor Day, many of you went to work with your cameras to capture the ultimate moment of R&R. Lead Shot – ‘Definitions May Differ’ The Seekonk Speedway annual end-of-summer Thrill Show. Not far from Boston, but beyond the suburbs lies the Action Track of the East. When you’re in the crowd, you don’t care…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge R&R Gallery 1

Canon Rebel XSi, 50mm, f/1.8, 1/13 sec, ISO 400. Nothing says R&R like wine by a fire. Remembering the challenge, I set up my tripod in the yard and set the timer for continuous shooting. There were a lot of good shots, but I felt this one best captured the relaxation. -Adam Mosier Not much…

Tech News Adam Harris

How Canada will become a superpower, making the Northern Rim the envy of the world

Although climate change could still have devastating effects for much of the world, some regions stand to benefit immensely. Canada, Scandinavia, and even Greenland could all become economic powerhouses, making “The New North” a very attractive destination. This is one of the central premises of respected climate scientist Laurence Smith’s new book, The World in…

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If You Couldn’t Afford the ’80s Bigtrak, Download the Free iPhone App Instead

Samsung Planning to Ship 10 Million Galaxy Tabs And Snag 1/3 of the Tablet Market

This Is How a Heavy Storm Looks Inside a Cruise Liner

Evidence of an ancient, advanced society in the Amazon forest?

RIM Wants Billboards That Know How Fast You’re Driving

HP Suing Mark Hurd To Protect Trade Secrets

Justin Bieber Has Dedicated Servers at Twitter

Syfy is making a Billy Ray Cyrus UFO show

ACLU Mounts Lawsuit Against Baseless Border Laptop Searches

The Gates tells the real truth about vampires

A gravity-defying coffee cup for math lovers

Apple: Game Center Not Coming to iPhone 3G

Science Research Cuts Will Ruin Us All

Gadget Deals of the Day

Leaked WebOS 2.0 Shots Show a Bevy of New Features

The curious Chess City of the Russian steppe

A scientific comparison of apples and oranges

60 Photos of Relaxation at its Purest

Shooting Challenge R&R Gallery 1

How Canada will become a superpower, making the Northern Rim the envy of the world

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