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NBC’s Chuck Parodies MacWorld With Chevy Chase As Steve Jobs

MacWorld and our good buddy Stevesie are ripe for parody, and NBC’s comedy-with-stuff-blowing-up Chuck has stepped up to the plate. Check out the clip below, it’s got some great zingers. Yep, right before Chevy Chase (sorry, “Ted Roark,” which we’re really, really hoping isn’t an obtuse Ayn Rand reference) walks out on stage, you can…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Variable Song Pricing Hits Amazon’s and Walmart’s Digital Music Stores

Now that Apple is slowly and quietly switching all its freshly DRM-free tracks to a popularity-based variable pricing scheme, we almost didn’t notice that Walmart and Amazon have taken the same step. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-tiered-pricing-goes-live-we-get-gently-screwed-5201633 Amazon now has prices ranging from a low of $0.79 to a high of $1.29, the same as iTunes, and its highest…

Commerce Dan Nosowitz

New Star Trek Teaser Shows Kirk As A Stud With Cheesy Pickup Lines

Two new Star Trek teasers broke today. In this first one, we can see Handsome Young Kirk hit on Uhura at a local space bar, presumably followed by a space barfight. Click to view Movie Trailers – Movies Blog The second clip, which you can watch here, shows a tense little situation on board a…

Movies Dan Nosowitz

Zero S Electric Supermoto Is Street Legal and Hits Top Speed of 60 MPH

The Zero S is the latest electric bike from Zero Motorcycles, and is their first street legal motorcycle. The Zero S has 31 horsepower and 62.5lb ft of torque, reaching top speeds of 60mph. The Zero S is the followup to the earlier Zero X, the dirt bike with a smaller, 20 horsepower engine, which…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay K. Jha is Paid $104 Million To Do I Don’t Know What

Matt Richtel of the NYTimes notes that Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay K. Jha was paid $104 million dollars last year, putting him at the highest end of of salaries for the 200 largest public companies that filed proxies by March 27th. Wikipedia reveals that Jha worked at Qualcomm, where he helped develop satellite phones, among other…

Tech News Brian Lam

Space Colonies of the Year 2000 (1979)

In the 1979 book Star Wars Question and Answer Book About Space R2-D2 and C-3PO take young readers through space, explaining different types of telescopes, the search for UFOs, exploding stars, and future space colonies! The image below is described as a space colony that humans could be living in by the year 2000! The…

Tech News Matt Novak

JetBike Concept: Speed Racer Wannabe or Futuristic Fire Fighter?

Without a description to be found, these photos leave us guessing what the purpose of this futuristic jetpack/bike is. But even if we never find the answer, this concept is still incredible to look at. [Behance via LikeCool]

Tech News Andi Wang

The Tate Gets a Design That Would Satisfy the Ancient Egyptians

The architectural design firm Herzog & de Meuron is designing the Tate Modern art gallery‘s newest extension. For the Tate, its a display that will finally be able to represent its interior. It is a much-needed breath of fresh air into a building that currently looks like an ancient crypt. Which gives a nice vibe…

Tech News Erica Ho

British Navy Fighting Somali Pirates With…Email?

So email might not be the only stopgap method of prevention the British Navy is using to fight pirates, but Wired says it serves as a vital tool in executing complex and precise operations. https://gizmodo.com/smile-somali-pirates-have-seized-your-container-ship-5170796 In addition to email, British Naval commanders are always in contact via satellite link to coordinate amongst themselves (and with…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Attack of the Card Skimmers: It’s Happening Right Here, Right Now

Previously on C.S.I… a man found an actual card skimmer in the wild, in the flesh. Today, Gizmodo reader Sean became the card skimmer/PIN camera’s latest almost-victim. Where? Chase Bank in Manhattan, East Village. https://gizmodo.com/a-man-finds-an-actual-card-skimmer-in-the-wild-in-the-5201176 Sean Seibel was inside a local Chase bank where he inserted his ATM card into one of two side-by-side automatic…

Tech News Andi Wang

Acer Aspire Z5600 Multi-touch All-in-One Mimics TV Perfectly With 1080p, Blu-ray and Built-In Tuner

Acer’s Aspire Z5600 multi-touch all-in-one does the best job yet of looking like more like a TV than a computer, which is kind of a good thing. Oh yes, it’s built for Windows 7—the future. It’s a 24-incher with a 1080p resolution (the only real size for all-in-ones anymore), with a built-in TV tuner and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

MythBusters Flip Bus, Plow Into Fruit Stand For Benefit of Mankind

We asked the MythBusters for teasers of the new season, starting tomorrow at 9pm and running every Wednesday on the Discovery Channel. What we got doesn’t disappoint: Hair-raising bus wreck above, Hollywood-style fruit-stand crash below. [MythBusters – Thanks Adam and Katherine!]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Acer and Gateway’s Army of Netbooks Led by 11.6-Inch Aspire One

Acer is the number one maker of netbooks, so it’s not surprising they’ve got a brand new brigade. They’re all 10.1 and 11.6 inchers—the days of the 9-inch netbook are over. They’re all a clear step above the last generation of netbooks in terms of design as well—as you can see, none of them are…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Daughter Uses Cellphone GPS to Find Mother Cheating, Father Kills All Kids

Here’s a very sad story. A man and his oldest daughter used the GPS locator feature on the wife’s phone to track her down and discover she was cheating. He then killed all his kids. The man shot four of his kids in their beds, killed a fifth in the bathroom after a struggle, and…

Tech News Jason Chen

BMW’s Smart Car Doors Stay Shut When Danger Is Around

Getting out of a car parked on a busy street can be dangerous. Good thing BMW has created a prototype of a smart car door that won’t open if it detects hazards coming at you. BMW has teamed up with Technical University of Munich in creating these smart car doors, which have produced positive results…

Tech News Andi Wang

Gateway’s Pininfarina Designed ID Notebook

Gateway’s ID series are the first computers designed by Pininfarina (of Ferrari fame). The signature aesthetic seems to be the swoop at the bottom of the monitor—not mind-blowing, but better than BMW’s HP effort. Spec-wise, it’s a 15.6-inch notebook with a 16:9 aspect ratio LED-backlit screen, Dolby speakers and multi-touch gesture trackpad (like much else…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Acer Aspire Timelines Get 8-Hour Battery Life for $699, Look Vaguely Familiar

The Aspire Timeline notebooks looks sorta familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Hmm. Anyway, they squeeze out 8-10 hours of battery life and start at just $699. It pulls out the battery life by relying on standard tricks of the trade: Intel ultra-low voltage processors, LED-backlit screens and dual graphics cards…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Sony Ericsson Idou Smartphone Appears With Whopping 12 Megapixel Camera

Set to debut in Europe this October, the Sony Ericsson Idou is a full-touchscreen smartphone with a 3.5-inch display and GPS. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-idou-arrives-in-second-half-2009-with-16-5153954 The first model in a new series of entertainment phones from Sony Ericsson, the Idou is being marketed as a device capable of providing “unlimited entertainment.” On the bill are music, video, photo,…

Tech News Odelia Lee

Jaromatic Automatic Jar and Bottle Opener Patent For Sale: Only $250K

Jerry Russell has spent 10 years and $80,000 of his own money developing the Jaromatic—a device that can open just about any bottle or can. Jerry is 68 now, and wants to retire. In order to finance his well deserved rest, Russel is hoping to sell the Jaromatic, patents and all for $250,000—or license the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Moon Bloodgood’s Breasts Can’t Save Us From Judgement Day

Moon Bloodgood’s naked breasts were supposed to represent the human softness we’re fighting the machines to save – but they won’t appear in Terminator Salvation after all. T4 will be PG-13, according to Pizza Hut. https://gizmodo.com/terminator-trailer-and-2-scenes-show-robot-angst-5162184

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NBC’s Chuck Parodies MacWorld With Chevy Chase As Steve Jobs

Variable Song Pricing Hits Amazon’s and Walmart’s Digital Music Stores

New Star Trek Teaser Shows Kirk As A Stud With Cheesy Pickup Lines

Zero S Electric Supermoto Is Street Legal and Hits Top Speed of 60 MPH

Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay K. Jha is Paid $104 Million To Do I Don’t Know What

Space Colonies of the Year 2000 (1979)

JetBike Concept: Speed Racer Wannabe or Futuristic Fire Fighter?

The Tate Gets a Design That Would Satisfy the Ancient Egyptians

British Navy Fighting Somali Pirates With…Email?

Attack of the Card Skimmers: It’s Happening Right Here, Right Now

Acer Aspire Z5600 Multi-touch All-in-One Mimics TV Perfectly With 1080p, Blu-ray and Built-In Tuner

MythBusters Flip Bus, Plow Into Fruit Stand For Benefit of Mankind

Acer and Gateway’s Army of Netbooks Led by 11.6-Inch Aspire One

Daughter Uses Cellphone GPS to Find Mother Cheating, Father Kills All Kids

BMW’s Smart Car Doors Stay Shut When Danger Is Around

Gateway’s Pininfarina Designed ID Notebook

Acer Aspire Timelines Get 8-Hour Battery Life for $699, Look Vaguely Familiar

Sony Ericsson Idou Smartphone Appears With Whopping 12 Megapixel Camera

Jaromatic Automatic Jar and Bottle Opener Patent For Sale: Only $250K

Moon Bloodgood’s Breasts Can’t Save Us From Judgement Day

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