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The Google/Earthlink project for San Francisco Wi-Fi has been put on hold due to contract negotiations. [cnn]

Sony’s showing off their Cell processor (“Cell Broadband Engine and RSX graphics processor) at SIGGRAPH this week. The +230 GFLOP setup will be demoed processing 4K images. [Sony]

Buck Rogers Gun, Sold on Ebay

A pistol from the late ’70s TV show Buck Rogers just fetched $2,750 on eBay. Twelve inches in length, the gun features a microswitch to light up the clear tip. My initial impression: Damn, this thing is cheap-looking. And then I remembered a trip to the Star Trek museum in Vegas, and how cheap phasers…

AT&T is adding 9,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around Europe, a roughly 30% increase. [prnewswire]

BooRu-BooRu Speakers are CuteRu-CuteRu

Take any grotesque alien form, add large, ETesque eyes, and we’re in love. It’s a genetic weakness sure to be exploited by hostile androids that’s already being exploited by Korean radio manufacturers. The BooRu-BooRu speakers not only have adorable sound coming out of their plush bodies, but radio controls on their eyes, ears and…so cute…can’t…

Flashlight Makes You Vomit

Look out, because here come cops with flashlights that will make you hurl. Intelligent Optical Systems has created this weird flashlight that’s so bright it temporarily blinds you, and then it gets you all disoriented and dizzy. Using special types of really bright LEDs, the flashlight’s beam pulses and flashes while quickly changing its color,…

HP fights back against printer health risks, researchers answer by calling BS [Sydney Morning Herald] https://gizmodo.com/laser-printers-may-be-as-harmful-as-cigarettes-284481

The Next-Gen iMac Mock-up

Click to viewNobody knows for sure, but looking at sites, analysts and newspapers everywhere, the consensus is that tomorrow we will see new iMacs coming from Apple. And with the Intel transition more than done, it’s time for new eye candy, like this iPhone-styled model. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in…

iPhone Unlocked for $96 with Forged SIM, Tested in Europe

Click to viewWhile the wizards are still working on a software-only complete unlock for the iPhone, hackers in Europe claim that they have completely unlocked the JesusPhone, allegedly using a SIM reader/writer and a blank SIM card to obtain full calling and SMS capabilities. Total cost: $96. Read on for the details. https://gizmodo.com/hackers-extract-main-key-to-iphone-unlocking-freedom-c-286102 While we…

Nokia will begin using Microsoft DRM for mobile entertainment. [reuters]

Fully Functional LEGO Guitar Hero Controller Shreds Other Plastic Guitars

This Gibson Explorer-modeled, fully functional LEGO Guitar Hero controller is definitely one of the better DIY video game peripherals we’ve seen—it’s exponentially more attractive than the last homemade GH controller we saw, anyway. How does it work? https://gizmodo.com/how-to-make-an-ugly-guitar-hero-guitar-out-of-scratch-283986 The maker loses a bit of DIY cred by dumping the guts from a real GH controller…

Buffalo Says its Turbo USB Tech Speeds Data Transfers by 60%

Buffalo has figured out a way to speed up its USB hard drives with what it’s calling Turbo USB, making its MiniStation (pictured above left) and DriveStation USB drives 60% faster than any others on the market. The company says this exclusive Turbo USB tech works equally well on Macs and PCs, and accelerates data…

New Five Star Notebook Packs Speakers and MP3 Player Pocket for Back to School

I used to have a Five Star First Gear notebook, way back in first grade, along with every other kid. It was pretty awesome, though the guys at Five Star decided they needed to throw in some speakers and an MP3 player pocket into their latest, Five Star with Sound, in order to appeal to…

Help Google Deliver Email In a Gmail Video

When you send an email through Gmail, hundreds of Google engineers leap from their chairs to help deliver the message. It’s like P2P, but with bikes. They are doing a video all about it, and you can contribute to it if you hurry: Google is asking you to add to their video, where people take…

ActFace Concept Cell Has Looks, 3 Touchscreens

This is the ActFace Japanese cell phone concept from au by KDDI. It laughs in the face of the iPhone and its single touchscreen – with not one, not two, but three, and no visible traditional buttons. There’s a video of the two front screens showing some impressive animation after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/au-phones-media-skin-machina-hexagon-139091 Although it…

Is it a Boat? Is it a Plane? No, it’s the Hydroptre

A 60-footer that goes by the name of Hydropt re is hoping to travel at over 50 knots (58mph) and become the world’s fastest racing ship. Using “wings”, the French-built craft glides over the waves, instead of ploughing through them like a traditional sailing vessel. Even the captain, Alain Th bault, who has crossed the…

Panasonic Car Beats World Speed Record on AA Batteries

An electric car with painted flames, 192 AA batteries and a pilot looking like the Atomic Ant. That’s what Panasonic used to beat the Guinness world speed record on an electric car running on standard batteries. Keep reading for details and a video of the car whizzing by. The car raced on a 65.8mph average,…

Jet-Man Is So Cool It Hurts

Yves Rossy is an absolute lunatic, but we love him for it. He has been involved in human jet-powered flight since 2001, back in April he survived a potentially life threatening incident when his jet wings encountered problems mid flight. Since then he has been working on repairing and improving the system, he has been…

Storm Trooper Stripper (OK, Prostitute)

I see your schwartz is as big as mine. [kontraband]

Google Couture

If you live in Turkey not only do you have the best kebabs in the World, but you also have the finest geek boutique to have graced our watery planet. Even though the owner of the store has the intricate Google logo down to the correct spelling and colour, we are still confident in calling…