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Apple Store Employees Looking Forward to 1.1.2 Firmware

An Apple Store employee just tipped us off on why he’s looking forward to the iPhone 1.1.2 patch. He IMs: “Please post something telling people to stop fing jailbreaking in store iPhones and iTouches. We spend a good 2 hours every night overtime redoing the damn things because people are like ‘uhh look at me,…

How to Deal With Obnoxious Bluetooth Headset Talkers

Larry David of cranky old man fame demonstrates the best way to deal with people with Bluetooth headsets that talk just a little bit too loud. LD’s spot-on with this annoyance, which is weird because it’s probably the only time other than hiring a prostitute to drive in the carpool lane that we’d actually emulate…

VorteXX Chandelier Has More Curves than a Strip Joint

The super futuristic look of the VorteXX Chandelier has been described as being “reminiscent of a double helix with the appearance of an endless flowing shape – weightless, pulsating and gleaming” — which is enough to turn on anyone with a taste for contemporary interior design. The lamp is made from 60 individual moldings and…

Olivia Munn Goes Lesbionic Woman (Slightly NSFW)

What do you get when you combine our favorite AppleTV licker with our favorite robotic woman TV show? A parody video by G4’s Munn that features her making out with another lovely lady for a whole ten seconds. Are you ready for this jelly? The video’s slightly NSFW if you work with Martha Stewart. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-licked-by-olivia-munn-246707…

For those of you waiting for our awesome HP MediaSmart Server video, some bad news: the pre-production unit we got was a lemon. Not sure whether to blame HP or Microsoft. Oh well, we can blame both, at least for this weekend. Good thing we already reviewed the software and squeezed all the details out…

Prototype F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Helmet Sees Into Your Soul

The British Ministry of Defence has eliminated missiles and other projectile weapons in favor of a more open, glass covered cockpit offensive. Why? Their new tactic is to fly as close to enemy aircraft as possible while wearing this prototype helmet to make the opposition shit themselves to death. Victims won’t be reincarnated as anything…

Psychedelic Dante 01 Trailer — Gorgeous But Familiar

Marc Caro, probably best known from his collaborative directing with Jean Pierre Jeunet on such films like The City Of Lost Children and Delicatessen, has a new scifi film coming out called Dante 01. It combines the visual look of THX 1138, Aliens (especially the third entry in that series), and even Danny Boyle’s underrated…

U-Connect Adapter Gives the Shuffle a Piece of that Sweet Docking Action

Because of its small size, the shuffle generally gets left out in the cold when it comes to docking with iPod accessories. Meanwhile, the big boys are docking with every cheap gadget and speaker accessory in sight. The folks at FastMac believe that it is high time the shuffle became a woman. Thanks to the…

iPhone: 1.1.2 Firmware Unlocked?

The iPhone elite development claims that they have managed to jailbreak the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware. Keep in mind that this hack is completely unproven at this point, so you may want to wait for some other poor bastards to screw up before you try it. [Elite Download via Tuaw] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-1-1-2-firmware-what-you-need-to-know-320953

Joel Video Reviews the Fujitsu U810 UMPC

The Fujitsu Lifebook U810 is the mini tablet UMPC, and although its launch moment has come and gone, this is the first video I’ve seen demoing the machine’s cool keyboard lamp. Which Joel here describes as the “F’ing Future” or something. I’m surprised he doesn’t love the keyboard, but maybe that’s because Joel is Viking…

Radiohead, Saul Williams and the Inevitable Rise and Liberation of the Music Industry

Click to viewWhile Radiohead basked in adulation for dipping its toe into the digital future with the pay-what-you-will In Rainbows pre-release, it wasn’t the first major act to toy with the internet model, and certainly wasn’t making a genuine move toward disruption. Had it truly boldly gone where a few have gone before, it potentially…

Contest Reminder: Win a Nokia 810 Internet Tablet

Apparently some of you didn’t quite understand how to enter our Nokia 810 Internet Tablet contest. When we said send in a picture of you browsing the Gizmodo site in the most inappropriate place possible, we meant take a picture that has 1) you in it, 2) something browsing Gizmodo, 3) in some place that…

AOTS Builds “World’s Largest Arcade Console”

The folks at G4 networks Attack of the Show are vying for a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records tonight with a 13 foot arcade console that they believe is the world’s biggest. Is that big enough to set a world record? You can find out tonight when AOTS airs at 7pm and…

Closer Than We Think! Space Coveralls (1960)

Due to popular demand, today we have “Space Coveralls” from the March 20, 1960 Closer Than We Think! strip which ran in the Chicago Tribune. Astronauts will need protection from dangerous radiation, temperature extremes, lack of oxygen, unusual conditions of gravity and other space barriers. Special suits to do that job are now being developed.…

Zonet Wireless Night Vision Security Cam is Affordable Fun

Whether you are keeping an eye on your home, loved ones, or just spying on your neighbors, the Wireless 2-Way IP Cam with night-vision can prove to be a valuable tool. The ZVC7630W is capable of day and surveillance thanks to six infrared LEDs around the lens that help it capture clear images in dark…

EeePC Getting Windows XP Version in December

Along side the Eee Desktop news we told you about earlier, Jonathan Tseng, VP of marketing at Asus, also stated that a Windows XP version of the Eee PC would be available this December. With no word on a specific release date, specs or price, we can only hope the Windows version doesn’t bump up…

24’s Unaired 1994 Pilot Sticks Jack Bauer with Dialup, Lycos, Dot Matrix Printers

Our friends over at CollegeHumor heard that 24 was delayed due to the writer’s strike, so they combed through the archives and found this pilot from way back in 1994. As you can see, Jack Bauer is just as intense when stuck dealing with pagers, 1-800-Collect, and AOL as he is using more modern accoutrements.…

Motorola Q9H Headed For Sprint as a Palm Powered Q2?

A holiday teaser site has revealed that a phone dubbed the Motorola Q2 will be “coming soon” to Sprint. If you look closely at the product image on the site, the Q2 appears to be a Motorola Q9H running a Palm OS instead of Windows Mobile 6. Naturally, this information is only a rumor at…

iPhone 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 Firmware Downgrade Instructions

If you’ve updated to 1.1.2 and regret it, or if you’re one of those new iPhone owners in Europe and want to jailbreak your phone, here’s an instruction set to downgrade to 1.1.1. It’s still quirky and may not work 100%, so you’ll want to be careful unless you know what you’re doing. [Hackint0sh]

RIM Sues LG Over the Words “Black,” “Berry” and “Pearl”

Incensed over a pair of LG handsets that truthfully, probably were named to ape BlackBerry—the Black Cherry and Strawberry—RIM’s taking LG to court. Fair enough. But RIM’s arguing that any wireless device with the words “black,” “berry,” or “pearl” in its name isn’t kosher, and requires RIM’s consent. Apparently, Verizon asked for the okay to…