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The Phone Manual, Back To Basics

Now here’s a clever way to guide new customers through their purchase. Kind of like a children’s book, the new phone slots into the cut-out hole in a book, with the instructions illustrating just which buttons to press. Designers Clara Gaggero, Adrian Westaway and Jaako Tuomivara are behind the “Out of the Box” concept, which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google HQ Throwing Out Windows in Favor of OS X or Linux

Not just content with having a free canteen filled to the brim with delicious food, free childcare and every other perk known to man, Google is now replacing employees’ operating systems, throwing out Windows in favor of OS X. The official line is because they’re concerned over security risks associated with using Windows—largely in part…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75: Wide Angles, Touch Screen, HD Video

Panasonic’s Lumix FX75 strives to be a good looking camera with good looking video to match; the sleek FX75 has a touchscreen, a 24mm super wide angle lens with 5x optical zoom and shoots HD video in AVCHD Lite. The FX75 packs a 14.1MP sensor and a F2.2, 24mm lens, which isn’t totally uncommon in…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What Your Email Address Says About Your Computer Skills

This chart justifies all your fears regarding Yahoo! and AOL users. And then some. Reprinted with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic artist. You can see more of his work on The Oatmeal. Matthew is a one man operation, so be sure to check out posters and prints…

Books & Comics Matthew Inman

Poison Apple

Poor Flash. I guess he didn’t read the story of Snow White and so he never learned that it’s unwise to bite into strange apples. [Shirt.Woot—Thanks, GitEmSteveDave!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Intel Trims Netbooks To Just Half an Inch Thick, Adds Dual-Core Atom CPUs

The bad news: Intel’s new dual-core Atom processors won’t be appreciably more powerful than what’s in your netbook now. The good news: a Pine Trail netbook reference design Intel introduced today at Computex is only slightly thicker than an iPhone. Intel was able to halve the thickness of the current generation of netbooks with their…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Intel “Oak Trail” Is Official: Tablet Processors With Windows, Android, and MeeGo Support

Intel’s Moorestown platform was designed to make a home in tablets and other small form factors. The only problem: no Windows support. So—as expected—Intel’s introducing Oak Trail: it’s Moorestown with Windows, and will be out early 2011. https://gizmodo.com/intel-gives-umpcs-24-hour-battery-life-with-moorestown-257922 Oak Trail shares the same processor as Moorestown, meaning it will feature full 1080p video and HDMI…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Fast Turnaround By Developer Results In Gary Coleman Tribute App

Well, that sure was quick. Gary Coleman only passed away three days ago, but already there’s a tribute app waiting in the Android Market, ready and waiting to provoke little tears in those red-rimmed eyes of yours to spring out. It’s free, and all the app description has to offer anyone interested in learning more…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Synaptics: PC Trackpads Getting Four-Finger Gestures

PC trackpads have tended to lag behind their MacBook counterparts, but the gap’s narrowing today. Synaptics—the same folks who introduced the buttonless, clickable PC trackpad last year, are adding four-finger gestures and more goodies with their TouchPad-IS platform. https://gizmodo.com/synaptics-clickpad-brings-the-clickable-trackpad-design-5274901 In addition to the multi-finger action, Synaptics is showing off what it calls ClickEQ: a uniform…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How Phones Ring a Bell in Your Head

The instant you hear a cellphone ring, your brain reacts in a unique way – if the ringtone matches that of your own phone. Anja Roye of the University of Leipzig in Germany and colleagues recorded the text-alert tones of 12 volunteers, then played them all the tones, at the same volume and in a…

Tech News New Scientist

New teaser from Spoon, directed by District 9 star Sharlto Copley

After years of waiting, we’ve finally got word that District 9 star Sharlto Copley has completed his first feature-length film as director. Called Spoon, it’s a supernatural thriller with Rutger Hauer, and Copley has released a new teaser to celebrate. According to Twitch: Described as a “thriller with supernatural overtones about a man with a…

Trailers Annalee Newitz

Ancient painting of the giant bird that roamed Australia 40,000 years ago

This is perhaps the oldest painting on the continent of Australia. It depicts the Genyornis, a giant bird that went extinct 40,000 years ago. And it’s one of the only snapshots we have of the ancient creature. Scientists discovered the red ochre painting two years ago, and at first thought it might be an emu.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

How To Sell Perfume Online? Easy, Print ‘N Sniff

It must be puzzling, working for a perfume company and trying to figure out how to market it to internet users. Brazilian company Kaiak found the most amazing solution to show people just how good (I’m presuming) their cologne is. The ad agency working with Kaiak teamed up with 15 internet cafes across Brazil, installing…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Tropical storm Agatha opens up massive, horrifying sinkholes in Guatemala City

No, this image is not Photoshopped. It comes from Guatemala City today, where damage from a tropical storm – including 3 giant sinkholes – has forced 120,000 people to evacuate. Here’s how you can help refugees. Over at BoingBoing, Xeni Jardin is doing a great job covering the ongoing crisis, and has pointed to some…

io9 Annalee Newitz

William Gibson reveals his favorite science fiction novels of all time

William Gibson shares his dearest science fiction novels with New York Magazine. The best is his blurb for Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren. “It won’t work unless you can allow it to become your head for a few weeks.” [via DisInfo]

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala

“This can’t be real” was my first thought. Then I checked the source: The Guatemalan government. This sinkhole appeared last sunday in a street intersection of Ciudad de Guatemala. Just looking at the photo gives me vertigo. [Updated] Click on the images to see the high resolution version. Check the video here https://gizmodo.com/guatemalan-sinkhole-video-is-just-as-scary-as-the-photo-5555048 A sinkhole…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lego F-15 Hunting Down MiG-29s

When I first saw this image in all its pixelated glory I thought it was a screenshot of an 8-bit combat jet game. Then I realized that there’s nothing that can’t be done with Lego. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iPads Now Being Used In Japanese Streetside Magic Tricks

Is there nothing the iPad can’t do? Err…don’t answer that. YouTube user ‘Salary Magician’ is the younger, more talented, Japanese version of David Blaine, and made me gasp at my screen in surprise many times during his short video. Check it out below, and if anyone works out how he did some of those tricks,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Pacman’s Got Competition In the Form of the Unpackman

Second cousin twice-removed, Unpackman is a keyring which also doubles as a bottle opener. I’d like to see what those sharp teeth can do to some blinking blue ghosts. [Unpackman via Likecool via Nerd Approved]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Reality has caught up to Shekhar Kapur’s dystopian vision

For 12 years, Elizabeth director Shekhar Kapur has been trying to make Paani, his movie set during future water wars. Now that he’s finally making it, he’s tweeting photos that prove the water wars are already here. Earlier this month, Kapur posted this grim concept art of the “undercity” where the less privileged residents of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Phone Manual, Back To Basics

Google HQ Throwing Out Windows in Favor of OS X or Linux

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75: Wide Angles, Touch Screen, HD Video

What Your Email Address Says About Your Computer Skills

Poison Apple

Intel Trims Netbooks To Just Half an Inch Thick, Adds Dual-Core Atom CPUs

Intel “Oak Trail” Is Official: Tablet Processors With Windows, Android, and MeeGo Support

Fast Turnaround By Developer Results In Gary Coleman Tribute App

Synaptics: PC Trackpads Getting Four-Finger Gestures

How Phones Ring a Bell in Your Head

New teaser from Spoon, directed by District 9 star Sharlto Copley

Ancient painting of the giant bird that roamed Australia 40,000 years ago

How To Sell Perfume Online? Easy, Print ‘N Sniff

Tropical storm Agatha opens up massive, horrifying sinkholes in Guatemala City

William Gibson reveals his favorite science fiction novels of all time

The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala

Lego F-15 Hunting Down MiG-29s

iPads Now Being Used In Japanese Streetside Magic Tricks

Pacman’s Got Competition In the Form of the Unpackman

Reality has caught up to Shekhar Kapur’s dystopian vision

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