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OQO Cancels All Pre-Orders, We Come to an Obvious Conclusion

Despite widespread speculation about the company’s health, OQO has been fairly coy about their financial situation. Now, they’ve canceled all pre-orders for their upcoming Model 2+ UMPC. Sort of like a dying company might do! https://gizmodo.com/rumor-handheld-pc-maker-oqo-not-long-for-this-world-5210804 The OQO drama began to unfold a few weeks back, when a combination of leadership changes, message board rumors…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 23

The Accidental Typography of Google Maps

Google Maps is many things: It’s a rabble-rouser; a penis repository; a rare physics phenomenon; not to mention a library of deer carnage and terrifying Americana. Now, with this guy‘s help, it’s also a type foundry. https://gizmodo.com/buckinghamshire-uk-says-gtfo-to-google-street-view-via-5196359 Mr Dashwood spent months gathering all the letters of the alphabet, accumulating a collection that ranges from passable…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 23

Pirate Bay Judge Linked With Copyright Lobby, Faces Accusations of Bias

Tomas Norström, the judge who sentenced the Pirate Bay Four, was recently outed as a member of two copyright advocacy organizations, prompting rumblings about a mistrial. https://gizmodo.com/pirate-bay-four-found-guilty-5216062 Some Swedish attorneys believe that Norström’s membership of the Swedish Copyright Association and the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (where he is a board member)…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 23

Trendwatch: Cow-Shaped MP3 Players Are the Next Big Thing

We never would’ve guessed it, but bovine audio players are apparently a genuine trend. Brando’s newest piece of gadget fluff, a cow-shaped, 4GB, screenless mp3 player, continues the fad. https://gizmodo.com/have-a-cow-with-creatives-zen-moo-moo-sic-player-5095409 Not that anybody cares about the specs on this kind of thing, but the “Moo-Cow MP3 Player” packs 4GB of storage, an LED indicator light…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Apr 23

A Gorgeous Vaio P Case From Vaja

The Sony Vaio P is a great-looking piece of kit, but it runs a bit pricey for a netbook. These Vaja cases let you protect the gadget while still showing it off. https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-p-review-5131637 Vaja’s cases are always of stellar quality and fully customizable, and the three new Vaio P cases are no exception. They’ll let…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Apr 23

Sancal Elipse Table: “I’m Trapped In a Table, But I’m Doing Fine”

Sure, you expect a $1,000+ table to make a statement, but few are as complex as Rafa Garcia‘s gravity-defying table with protruding forearms, allegedly a celebration of “the male spirit.” Coming in black or white lacquer, the table can be square or rectangle, for £773 and £991 respectively. The fiber-board top and bottom are held…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 23

Battle of the Postapocalyptic Tap Dancers in the Bronx

Among the many amazing post-apocalyptic movies to come out of the early 1980s, few are as demented as Bronx Warriors, which features tap dancing gangs vs. biker gangs, plus a hero named Trash. In this scene Trash and his pals are trying to get through the Bronx as fast as possible, to rescue an innocent…

Movies Annalee Newitz Apr 22

Last Year’s Model: Get Great Gadgets. And Keep Them

That’s the slogan from Last Year’s Model. They believe if you buy gadgets that don’t suck, you’ll use them longer and not need to buy new stuff all the time—thereby going green. Seems logical. Joel has a great writeup on Boing Boing Gadgets about the non-new gadgetry he uses on a regular basis that’s a…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Apr 22

This Thing Is Just Too Damn Huge to Be Real—But It Is

At first sight, this seems like a propeller about to get attached to an airplane engine. I thought the same until I looked closer. Then it blew my mind. Zoom in and discover why. https://gizmodo.com/this-thing-is-just-too-damn-huge-to-be-real-but-it-is-5223801 Can you see them? Look in the holes. There are workers inside that turbine. Not little people, but full-scale humans.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 22

H-ergo Wheelchair: Fuel Cells Aren’t Just For Young Whippersnappers

Even the Scooter Store demographic is getting greener these days. The four-wheeled H-ergo was designed by a coalition of companies in Italy with a hydrogen fuel cell for up to 2 hours of clean running. It’s not fast: 20km/h is what, like 13mph? So, slower than most sprinters and many joggers. And its two 800-watt…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 22

Jawbone Prime Improves on Everything

Aliph’s just gone and improved the second-generation Jawbone Bluetooth headset in both the sound quality and the looks department. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-aliphs-spankin-new-jawbone-verdict-390592 There are four fashion colors—red, yellow, orange and purple—for people who would rather accessorize than try to hide the fact that they’re using a Bluetooth headset. (Their names, “Frankly Scarlet”, “Yello!”, “Drop Me a Lime”…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 22

Weramouse V2 Ungracefully Revives the Trackball From the Dead

The basic idea for the Weramouse V2 is good—a portable mouse for places like the living room that you hold and operate like a gun/Wii Nunchuck—but does it really need a trackball for cursor movement? Not sure about you, but moving my thumb around in such a short motion, over and over again doesn’t seem…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton Create First Designer QR Code

Let’s face it, QR Code hasn’t been very exciting. Just dots and squares. But this QR facelift, combining the designs of Louis Vuitton with Takashi Murakami, just made Kanye make a mess in his shoes. Jean Snow says the stylized QR code works like the standard, barcode-like graphics, while Dvice adds that its the first…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

Two Men Attempting to Set a Text Messaging Record Get $26K Phone Bill for 217K Texts

Move over teenage girls: two friends from Philadelphia—both men—just received a bill for $26,000 after sending 217,000 texts to each other in the month of March alone. https://gizmodo.com/girl-sent-35k-text-messages-in-a-month-twice-but-it-5132028 Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, were looking to beat the highest monthly text message total they could find—182,000 sent by Deepak Sharma in 2005—so they…

Tech News Andi Wang Apr 22

Jaquet Droz Time-Writing Machine: Elegant in Still Life, Clumsy on Video

Gaze upon Machine à Ecrire le Temps—so elegant, you say it in French—created by watchmaker Jaquet Droz as an homage to its robot-building 18th-century Swiss founder. Live, though, the $342,000 line-drawer ain’t so smooth. I’m not saying I could cobble together a 1,200-part machine that you wind up to write down the time in 4th-grade…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 22

The Pirate Google Bay Gives the Finger to Record Companies, Studios

Demonstrating how futile the war against Pirate Bay really is, someone has created The Pirate Google bay: A Google custom search dedicated to find torrent files. I can’t wait for the industry to sue Google. https://gizmodo.com/pirate-bay-four-found-guilty-5216062 Think about it: Even if they hunt all the Torrent directories and search pages down, they will keep appearing…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 22

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week

Lifehacker’s got a good load this week, with cable management, Windows apps, making a desk for $20 and a way to Star Trek up your desktop. • Fill out your Google profile and control what happens when people search for your name • Reduce your footprint this earth day • Update Notifier notifies you of…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 22

Steve Jobs’ SEC Testimony at Forbes

Forbes uncovered a copy of Steve Jobs‘ sworn testimony taken during the Apple options backdating investigation. It’s interesting hearing Jobs speak without him trying to sell us iPods. Owen Thomas at Valleywag has a good conspiracy theory. [Forbes] http://gawker.com/5223594/did-apples-ex+cfo-rat-out-steve-jobs

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 22

Uses for Magnets Beyond Report Cards and Refrigerators

Evil Mad Scientist put together a list of 17 lesser-known uses for magnets. Our favorites? Putting your computer to sleep, pulling snug AA batteries and resealing snack bags. [Evil Mad Scientist via HackaDay]

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 22

Pandorum’s Cung Le Sheds Some Light On This Mind Job Movie

We’re getting space madness waiting for details on the creepy “stranded in the big black” flick Pandorum. Thankfully, world champion fighter and Pandorum actor Cung Le explained how we should all be afraid, very afraid. https://gizmodo.com/pandorum-trailer-raises-the-space-madness-bar-5164050 Cung Le, who just so happens to be a Strikeforce World Middleweight Champion with a no-nonsense scissor kick, plays…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 22

OQO Cancels All Pre-Orders, We Come to an Obvious Conclusion

The Accidental Typography of Google Maps

Pirate Bay Judge Linked With Copyright Lobby, Faces Accusations of Bias

Trendwatch: Cow-Shaped MP3 Players Are the Next Big Thing

A Gorgeous Vaio P Case From Vaja

Sancal Elipse Table: “I’m Trapped In a Table, But I’m Doing Fine”

Battle of the Postapocalyptic Tap Dancers in the Bronx

Last Year’s Model: Get Great Gadgets. And Keep Them

This Thing Is Just Too Damn Huge to Be Real—But It Is

H-ergo Wheelchair: Fuel Cells Aren’t Just For Young Whippersnappers

Jawbone Prime Improves on Everything

Weramouse V2 Ungracefully Revives the Trackball From the Dead

Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton Create First Designer QR Code

Two Men Attempting to Set a Text Messaging Record Get $26K Phone Bill for 217K Texts

Jaquet Droz Time-Writing Machine: Elegant in Still Life, Clumsy on Video

The Pirate Google Bay Gives the Finger to Record Companies, Studios

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week

Steve Jobs’ SEC Testimony at Forbes

Uses for Magnets Beyond Report Cards and Refrigerators

Pandorum’s Cung Le Sheds Some Light On This Mind Job Movie

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