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VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Lightning Review

The VholdR ContourHD is a helmet camera with 720p capabilities. The Price: $300 The Verdict: This helmet cam is great for shooting mountain bike or skateboarding shenanigans, especially if you can steady the camera a bit – a snug helmet mount will work better than the handlebars. Although some sort of steadying device would help…

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Google G0 Android Smartphone Concept: If Only the G1 Was So Slick

Tryi Yeh’s Android smartphone concept, cheekily dubbed the G0, is a touchscreen slider, but the slide-out section isn’t a hardware keyboard. Instead, it’s got a camera and four customizable smartkeys. Still, we like the design, and it looks fairly realistic. The G0 concept comes with a few equally-conceptual accessories, including what seems to be an…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Laughing In The Face Of Endless Horror, UHF-Style

In the 1980s, you couldn’t show a monster movie on a local UHF station without a cheesy programming block called “Creature Feature.” Bonus points if you had a monster-joking host like Dr. Paul Bearer, seen here introducing a Godzilla film. This copy of Godzilla versus the Cosmic Monster, taped off television probably 25 years ago,…

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Factron iPhone Case Features Interchangeable Lenses

The new Factron case for the iPhone looks to beef up the iPhone’s camera capacity considerably with interchangeable lenses that screw onto the already sweet-looking metal and leather case. It’s compatible with the iPhone 3G only, for some reason, but 3G owners should be pretty excited—the case features wide-angle, closeup, and fisheye lenses that screw…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

So This is What Chloe’s Typing on 24

Using state of the art government technology to track terrorists? Keeping a third eye open for Jack Bauer? Nope. The lovely Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) is Twittering. [Twitter]

Tech News Jason Chen

Schizophrenic Brains Make More Complicated Music Than Sane Ones

A new computer program lets your brain turn fMRI machines into musical instruments by assigning notes to active regions of your cortex. The results may cause people to drive themselves crazy just to stay on the cutting edge of electronica. Philosopher Dan Lloyd uses functional MRIs — which track changes in brain activity by lighting…

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Sprint’s $1 Netbook With Two-Year Contract

Getting locked into a two-year contract for a netbook is iffy, even if it’s only a dollar—look at where netbooks were 18 months ago. But if you’re so inclined, Sprint’s offering said deal for the Compaq Mini. [jkontherun]

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Microsoft Warns Users of Serious Security Hole in Software

Microsoft is warning users of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 that a security hole in certain parts of Internet Explorer allows hackers to remotely install malicious viruses on unsuspecting users. The company is currently working to fix the breach. The hole, apparently caused by the interaction of IE and ActiveX, has been used for…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Nearest Tube iPhone App Adds Digital Directions to Your Surroundings

iPhone 3GS only: The Nearest Tube iPhone app uses the iPhone 3GS’s newly-adequate camera to show the direction of the nearest metro station by adding directional arrows to a real-time “video” you take of your surroundings. Seriously, check this out. AcrossAir, the makers of the app, claim it as one of the first “augmented reality”…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Question of the Day: Do You Text While Driving?

Man, people really laid into me for texting while driving as a part of reviewing the N97. It’s unsafe, no doubt, but the reality is, people do it. Do you? https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-review-nokia-is-doomed-5308440 Have you ever texted while driving?(answers) Do you text while driving?(polls) Have you ever caused an accident because you were texting while driving?(answers) Image:…

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Judges “Didn’t Know They Were Science Fiction Fans” Until They Gave A Prize To SF Book

Congratulations to Chris Beckett, whose story collection The Turing Test has won the prestigious Edge Hill Prize, plus £5,000 and a specially commissioned painting by artist Pete Clarke. The win is especially notable since Beckett’s book came out on a small press, which has since gone out of business, and he was up against books…

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Two New Sony Ericsson Flip Phones Look a Little Stylish and a Lot Boring

Sony Ericsson, the undisputed master of mediocre, semi-stylish dumbphones, has two more leaked handsets for your perusal. One, the SE “Twiggy,” is in the Walkman line, while the angular “Bao” seems to be more barebones. Both leaks are missing any kind of release information, so we don’t even know if they’ll actually be coming to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Ninjas Fight, Christopher Eccleston Snarks And Cobra Commander Snarls In Japanese G.I. Joe Trailer

A new Japanese trailer for G.I. Joe showcases more flashy CG cityscapes and weird action sequences, plus our best look at Joseph Gordon Levitt as Cobra Commander/The Doctor. But mostly it proves Christopher Eccleston will steal this movie. [Cinematical]

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Heroic Passenger Fixes Aircraft, Deserves Ticker Tape Parade

He may not be on the same level as Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, but to the passengers of Thomas Cook flight TCX9641, the aircraft engineer traveling on board was a true hero. https://gizmodo.com/hudson-crash-simulation-with-faa-voice-recordings-shows-5181354 After learning that the aircraft was experiencing a technical problem that would require an eight hour delay, the as yet unidentified passenger came…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Harvard Business Review Says Steve Jobs Is a Horrible Manager

There are two things everyone knows about Steve Jobs. He pushes his employees to make some pretty impressive—and market-changing—products. He’s also a horrible person to work for. Now the Harvard Business Review confirms, once again, the latter. Jobs, for all of his virtues, clings to the Great Man Theory of Leadership – a CEO-centric model…

Tech News Jason Chen

The Shattered World Of 2050 Glows With Unearthly Beauty

The sands of a renewed desert claim the remains of Las Vegas in 2050. It’s not a still from Resident Evil 3, it’s one of the terrifying future visions from The Age Of Stupid, a new environmental docudrama. Gallery below. British movie The Age Of Stupid, which opens worldwide in September, takes place in 2050,…

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Department of Justice Scoping Out AT&T and Verizon’s Anti-Competitive Streak

Think the ginormous bloodsuckers at AT&T, Verizon and other big telecoms are abusing their enormous power? So does someone at the Department of Justice. They’ve officially begun an initial review into their potential anti-competitive practices, though it’s still super early in the process, so don’t expect much out of this for a long, long time,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Even Thanko Makes Sorta Decent Cheapo HD Camcorders Now

How easy is it to make an HD camcorder? Even Thanko, proprietor of all gadgets weird and crappy, has pooped one out. Akihabara News has some not terribly telling sample video, but says for the price ($175), it’s “decent.” [AkihabaraNews] https://gizmodo.com/thankos-usb-bust-beauty-pad-fights-boob-chill-epidemi-5130172

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Scientists Use The AIDS Virus To Cure Cancer

HIV has been one of the worst killers of the past few decades worldwide — but now it may yield a cure for cancer. Scientists in Korea have been using the virus to cure lung cancer (in mice, at least.) South Korean scientist Myung-Haing Cho modified a lentivirus, a genus in the Retroviridae family which…

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Helix Nebula Produces Cosmic Fireworks Display

The United States’ independence day is over for the year, but a new image of one of Earth’s cosmic neighbors reveals an explosive spectacle. One of the closest nebulae to us displays dramatic firework-like knots when viewed in the infrared. The knots look like explosive fireworks, but they are actually pockets of matter left over…

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VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Lightning Review

Google G0 Android Smartphone Concept: If Only the G1 Was So Slick

Laughing In The Face Of Endless Horror, UHF-Style

Factron iPhone Case Features Interchangeable Lenses

So This is What Chloe’s Typing on 24

Schizophrenic Brains Make More Complicated Music Than Sane Ones

Sprint’s $1 Netbook With Two-Year Contract

Microsoft Warns Users of Serious Security Hole in Software

Nearest Tube iPhone App Adds Digital Directions to Your Surroundings

Question of the Day: Do You Text While Driving?

Judges “Didn’t Know They Were Science Fiction Fans” Until They Gave A Prize To SF Book

Two New Sony Ericsson Flip Phones Look a Little Stylish and a Lot Boring

Ninjas Fight, Christopher Eccleston Snarks And Cobra Commander Snarls In Japanese G.I. Joe Trailer

Heroic Passenger Fixes Aircraft, Deserves Ticker Tape Parade

Harvard Business Review Says Steve Jobs Is a Horrible Manager

The Shattered World Of 2050 Glows With Unearthly Beauty

Department of Justice Scoping Out AT&T and Verizon’s Anti-Competitive Streak

Even Thanko Makes Sorta Decent Cheapo HD Camcorders Now

Scientists Use The AIDS Virus To Cure Cancer

Helix Nebula Produces Cosmic Fireworks Display

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Schizophrenic Brains Make More Complicated Music Than Sane Ones

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Question of the Day: Do You Text While Driving?

Judges “Didn’t Know They Were Science Fiction Fans” Until They Gave A Prize To SF Book

Two New Sony Ericsson Flip Phones Look a Little Stylish and a Lot Boring

Ninjas Fight, Christopher Eccleston Snarks And Cobra Commander Snarls In Japanese G.I. Joe Trailer

Heroic Passenger Fixes Aircraft, Deserves Ticker Tape Parade

Harvard Business Review Says Steve Jobs Is a Horrible Manager

The Shattered World Of 2050 Glows With Unearthly Beauty

Department of Justice Scoping Out AT&T and Verizon’s Anti-Competitive Streak

Even Thanko Makes Sorta Decent Cheapo HD Camcorders Now

Scientists Use The AIDS Virus To Cure Cancer

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

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