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Apple Approves New Browsers in App Store, As Long As They’re Based On Safari

In the last day, Apple has started approving quite a few “new” browsers in the app store, seeming to contradict their long-standing “duplication of functionality” prohibition. The catch? They’re all Safari at heart. The chromeless Edge, vibration-countering Shaking Web, privacy-inclined Incognito and enhanced-tab WebMate browsers all claim functionality that you can’t get with Mobile Safari,…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 14

Pioneer Stops Making New Laserdisc Players, Finally Concedes to VHS

Pioneer is ceasing production of their three remaining LaserDisc players, marking the end of major manufacture for players of the giant, shiny, long-obsolete format. Pioneer had continued to build players long after the format had been declared dead, largely because of the large LD collections that many Japanese customers had built during the years that…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 14

Obama’s BlackBerry May Be Replaced With a Giant Windows Mobile Brick

Obama’s maneuvering to keep his beloved BlackBerry is far from over, but it’s worth noting one possible outcome: that the Prez may be stuck with one of the NSA’s approved WinMo handsets. https://gizmodo.com/should-obama-give-up-his-blackberry-5129391 CNET has found out which phones have been sealed up tightly enough to satisfy the NSA’s guidelines for devices that may transmit…

Privacy & Security John Herrman Jan 14

Microsoft Denies Reports That Zune Hardware Isn’t Long For This World

Steve Ballmer’s recent statements about the Zune seemed to imply that it didn’t have much of a future as a hardware product. Microsoft has responded to such suspicions: “Poppycock! Codswallop! FLAPDOODLE!” https://gizmodo.com/ballmer-interview-points-at-zunes-uncertain-future-5127306 Well, the actual response was a little less Victorian (as reported by Wired Epicenter): “Basically, what happened last week, Steve [Ballmer] said a…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 14

Joystick Coat Hooks Are a Playful Way to Keep Clothes Off the Floor

Here’s one way to get hooked on video games—retro joystick controller coat hangers! The hangUP coat hooks are available in 3UP and 4UP versions and come with customizable ball-top colors. You can also request the board to be made of a different material, though the standard is black Walnut. So far no price, but they’re…

Tech News Elaine Chow Jan 14

Beijing iPhone Bowling Man is Viral Ad For Different Phone

Of no surprise to any of you, the Beijing arm-swinging man turned out to be a viral ad. But turns out it wasn’t for the iPhone (which is still not officially allowed here)… https://gizmodo.com/beijing-man-shows-why-certain-iphone-games-shouldnt-be-5130009 In fact, it was about the Sony Ericsson F305 motion gaming phone. Apparently the F305 comes with some bowling game of…

Tech News Elaine Chow Jan 14

iTunes Wants $250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal’s Off)

I knew I had a full-blown music-purchasing problem when I went to “upgrade” my iTunes collection—raising the quality and stripping the pestilential DRM—and the grand total came to an all-or-nothing $250. That’s right. They won’t let you choose which stuff you can upgrade. This has been reported already, at least by this guy—and I suppose…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 14

Amazon’s Sales Tax Lawsuit in NY State Court Gets Dismissed

A New York court has dismissed Amazon’s lawsuit over a law that required the online retailer to collect taxes from New Yorkers even though it didn’t have a physical presence in the state. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-sues-new-york-to-stop-collecting-sales-tax-386395 The law, enacted back in April by Governor Patterson, forced Amazon to collect and remit sales and use taxes if they…

Tech News Elaine Chow Jan 14

Teenager Tallies Up 14,528 Text Messages in a Month

A 13-year-old girl in California racked up 14,528 text messages in just a month, which calculates out to 484 a day and 20 an hour. Dear Lord, it’s that damn Cingular commercial come to life. Reina Hardesty’s excuse for her a 440-page phone bill was, “I just like to talk.” Luckily, she had been signed…

Tech News Elaine Chow Jan 14

Apocalyptic Machine Scultpures are Wonderful in a Morbid, Sinister Sort of Way

Judging from his uber-dark, mech’d-out artwork, Kris Kuksi probably had a disturbing childhood (or dropped acid in graveyards). But it doesn’t make his pieces any less awesome. Kuksi’s sculptures and dioramas (bas-reliefs if you wanna get technical about it) tend to look at the tensions between the old world and the modern one, with heavy…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 13

McRib Locator Helps You Help Me Get a McRib

McRibs are back. They were back last year, but they’re back again. Problem is, I have no idea where to get one in the Bay Area. Help me. Go on the McRib locator site here where you can see McRib sightings in your local area. So far area around me is empty. EMPTY! There aren’t…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 13

Nobody Does Space Opera Like The Italians

In the late 1970s, Italy flooded the world with awesome Star Wars knock-offs, but the greatest may be 1979’s Star Odyssey. What other movie features pilots making strangulated gurgles when their ships are hit? I love the way that one guy jumps over the prone body of the superior officer his buddy has just decked,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 13

Haier America Rolls Out With New Rhapsody Ibiza MP3 Players

In what may seem like a late start to the iPod race, Haier America is updating their Rhapsody Ibiza line with 2 new MP3 players: the Mini and the Touch. Sound familiar? https://gizmodo.com/rhapsody-and-haier-go-pc-free-with-ibiza-wi-fi-music-pl-324855 Both the Ibiza Rhapsody Mini and Ibiza Rhapsody Touch are equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities for content browsing and instant downloading. While they…

Tech News Andi Wang Jan 13

Baguni Washing Machine Takes In Entire Laundry Baskets

This Baguni washing machine concept saves one step, the one where you empty your clothes basket into the washing machine, from your laundry cycle. Is this a huge problem for people? The only thing we can see is that you don’t need to repeatedly bend down and unload the washing machine when the cycle’s done,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 13

Stargate Lego Wants To Crash Your Collection

Still missing the Asgard now that all of the Stargate shows are canceled, and you can’t wait for teen Stargate to start? Until then you play with this giant Lego Asgard Beliskner Battleship. That’s right, a Lego replica of the Asgard Beliskner Battleship from Stargate is being sold on EBAY. According to the artist, it…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 13

Palm: OS X is Too Fat to Run Well on Phones

I usually don’t repeat the obvious competitive mudslinging, but there’s some truth to Palm’s statements that Palm Pre’s web OS is a generation younger and specifically designed for phones. Here’s what Newsweek heard: Palm’s aging operating system, Palm OS, was originally created for a relatively simple personal organizer; it was then added to and patched…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 13

The Most Ridiculous Evil Twins In The Multiverse

Click to viewBeing evil is supposed to make you smarter, but it doesn’t always work out that way. In science fiction, evil twins are often more idiotic than their good counterparts. Just check out our list! Gordon Tracy from Dick Tracy. In the radio serial, Dick Tracy’s brother Gordon has an equally square jaw (I…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 13

Aliens Send a Message to UK: Wind Power Sucks

What on Earth could have caused this wind turbine in the UK to break so catastrophically? Let’s skip all rational explanations and jump right to the conclusion that is on everyone’s lips—aliens did it. Indeed, several residents of the village of Conisholme, in Lincolnshire claim that they saw bright streaks in the sky “like an…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 13

Microsoft’s Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store

Microsoft’s “Retail Experience Center” is a 20,000 sqft private retail center at Redmond that Microsoft is fiddling around with new retail tech, like real-time cart info and other POS services. It’s awesome. Here’s why. One, it reminds me a lot of the actual Microsoft retail store that used to be in the Sony Metreon in…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 13

Riggins Almost Missed Out On Gambit Because He Was Tired?

Yet another reason to worry about X-Men: Origins: Wolverine. Taylor Kitsch, who plays Gambit, phoned in his first audition for the role. Kitsch revealed in an interview that he had to go back and beg for another try at the Gambit character, after he sleep-walked through the first one. According to New York Magazine: It…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 13

Apple Approves New Browsers in App Store, As Long As They’re Based On Safari

Pioneer Stops Making New Laserdisc Players, Finally Concedes to VHS

Obama’s BlackBerry May Be Replaced With a Giant Windows Mobile Brick

Microsoft Denies Reports That Zune Hardware Isn’t Long For This World

Joystick Coat Hooks Are a Playful Way to Keep Clothes Off the Floor

Beijing iPhone Bowling Man is Viral Ad For Different Phone

iTunes Wants $250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal’s Off)

Amazon’s Sales Tax Lawsuit in NY State Court Gets Dismissed

Teenager Tallies Up 14,528 Text Messages in a Month

Apocalyptic Machine Scultpures are Wonderful in a Morbid, Sinister Sort of Way

McRib Locator Helps You Help Me Get a McRib

Nobody Does Space Opera Like The Italians

Haier America Rolls Out With New Rhapsody Ibiza MP3 Players

Baguni Washing Machine Takes In Entire Laundry Baskets

Stargate Lego Wants To Crash Your Collection

Palm: OS X is Too Fat to Run Well on Phones

The Most Ridiculous Evil Twins In The Multiverse

Aliens Send a Message to UK: Wind Power Sucks

Microsoft’s Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store

Riggins Almost Missed Out On Gambit Because He Was Tired?

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