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OS X Snow Leopard’s Secure Delete Doesn’t Work With SSDs

OS X‘s secure delete, which overwrites data multiple times so snoops can’t recover them even if they have access to your hard drive, turns out to not work with SSDs. The problem? SSD write algorithms are different, because the physical media is different, but also to preserve its lifespan. The end result though is 2/3…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 21

It’s a Dangerous Time to Buy Apple Products

It’s a weird time to buy an Apple product. By that I mean it’s a terrible time to buy an Apple product. At least, if you want to own the latest and most amazingest with the least amount of heartbreak. That’s the story for three of Apple’s biggest products: iPhone 4, iPad and now, the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 21

Readability App Becomes Victim of Apple’s Dumb Subscription Policy

Readability, a service that strips ads and other web junk from stuff published online, just had their app rejected from the App Store, victim to Apple’s exceedingly unreasonable subscription policy for iOS. Don’t worry, small developers of the world, Apple will be making you say Uncle, too! https://gizmodo.com/apples-new-subscription-model-is-evil-5761383 Here’s the gist of things: Apple’s now…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 21

Apple Slows Down MacBook Pro Sales Until After Rumored Refresh

Adding further weight to the rumor that Apple’s about to release some new MacBook Pro models (with high-speed connection functionality?), they’ve now put all new orders on a 3-5 day wait. You can wait until Thursday, right? Because you’ll feel like a darned fool if you don’t. [9to5Mac] https://gizmodo.com/apple-to-introduce-new-high-speed-connection-with-next-5765291

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 21

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Tap Translate: Translate foreign language words right in Safari—no need to switch to another app. Worth checking out if you’re routinely finding yourself befuddled by weird lookin’ words. $2. IntoNow: It’s like Shazam for TV. Just hold up your phone to any TV show from the last five years or so (or any movie that’s…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 20

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s app roundup: TV, Shazam’d!; translations, made convenient; Rdio, redesigned; The Dark Knight, appified; music releases, predicted; Star Craft II, approximated; security tripwires, evaded; and more! The week’s best iPhone apps https://gizmodo.com/the-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5764523 IntoNow: It’s like Shazam and Foursquare for TV. Just hold up your phone to any TV show from the last five…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 20

Apple to Introduce New High-speed Connection with Next Macbooks, Possibly Light Peak

CNET is reporting that Apple will introduce a new high-speed connection technology with either their upcoming MacBook Pro or another product altogether. Supposedly, the technology is actually Intel’s Light Peak technology, which is expected to replace the various cables that connect multiple devices (your display, usb etc). Light Peak is originally fiber optic-esque but Apple…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 20

iPads Helped Direct I Am Number Four

From the sounds of director DJ Caruso’s remarks on the iPad, the tablet did everything on the set of upcoming sci-fi flick I Am Number Four but order coffee and belittle the extras. He gushes: “Well I think people who are making movies now, I can’t imagine they’re not doing it [using the iPad] because,…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 19

Latest Pie in the Sky Apple Rumor Hints at Branded HDTVs

Apple is on the lookout for an engineer with HDTV power supply expertise (among other things), indicating the company could be getting serious—stress could—about a foray into the cutthroat world of HDTVs. Note that the listing specifically mentions both standalone displays and the phrase “TV” so this probably isn’t a case of Apple calling on…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 19

Apple Rumor Mill Spits Out Super Size iPod Touch, iPad 3 Retina Display

iPad 3 Retina Display speculation, “tween” sized iPod touch, shifting sizes and shifting sands—Apple rumors, ho! On the iPad 3 Forget the iPad 2. Old news! It’s not even out yet, but such is the ferocity of online rumor and speculation that we’re going to talk about its barely there successor now instead! According to…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 19

Why Nobody Can Match the iPad’s Price

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad last January, the biggest surprise wasn’t the actual product. (Many shrugged and called the iPad a “bigger iPhone.”) It was the price: Just $500. Nobody expected that number, perhaps because Apple has traditionally aimed at the high end of the mobile computer market with MacBooks marked $1,000 and up.…

Tech News Brian X. Chen - Wired Feb 18

Who Are The People At Obama’s Tech Dinner?

Here it is again – the photo from President Obama’s dinner with tech titans last night. Featuring a sadly sick and frail Steve Jobs, a young Mark Zuckerberg on the rise, and Eric Schmidt in his last weeks as Google CEO, it is an already iconic image of an era. Who are the people in…

Tech News Nicholas Carlson and Leah Goldman - Business Insider Feb 18

Welcome to Gizmodo Giveaways!

Welcome to Gizmodo Giveaways! This is the first edition of the weekly freebie fest, that brings you an ultimate selection of nifty tech-related gear. We are hitting it off with some sleek, protective iPhone and iPad cases with integrated stands from, iChair! To enter the contest, simply tweet possible creative and wacky uses for the…

Tech News Keenen Thompson Feb 18

Building an iPhone Photo Filter Is a Lot Harder Than Using One

I think some law was passed in the last year that requires all photo apps to come with filters that function as aesthetic time machines, passing your perfectly fine photograph through a wormhole of analog nostalgia. It turns out that creating such a rift in photographic spacetime is not as easy as sending your photo…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 18

President Obama and the Titans of Tech

Here’s the money shot from the President’s dinner with the leaders of the tech industry last night, including Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt, at the home of venture capitalist John Doerr in Silicon Valley. I wonder what they talked about! Sustainable energy? Nationwide broadband? Jersey Shore? Other guests, according to NYT: Carol Bartz,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 18

Waldok Is the Only iPhone Dock I Really Want

I want the Waldok. I have wanted one forever, ever since I first saw a dock for the old school iPod. Why don’t make a cool dock speaker that I can plug onto my bathroom power socket or any other room? Thankfully, the people at HERNstudio got the same idea and created the Waldok, which…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 18

Apple Customers Are Just the Worst

Stepping out of the blue employee t-shirt, an Apple worker has broken Jobs’ honor-code to speak to Popular Mechanics about what it’s like working in one of those big glass-and-chrome stores. And guess what? Us customers treat them like shit! This unnamed Apple employee blabbed that: “Its amazing how badly behaved some customers are. I…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 18

DOJ and FTC Are Investigating Apple’s iOS Subscription Policies

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are a little bit curious what Apple is up to after they introduced their new subscription policy for iOS apps built around magazines and streaming media services. Companies have been accusing Apple of antitrust violations, but the Cupertino company isn’t panicking yet: it’s just a preliminary investigation…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 18

There Won’t Be a Tiny iPhone This Summer

Tiny iPhones! That’s the biggest rumor about the next generation of iPhone. The Wall Street Journal’s source even saw a prototype that’s “about half the size of the iPhone 4” and “intended for sale alongside Apple’s existing line.” Cue the New York Times: https://gizmodo.com/could-the-next-iphone-really-be-a-third-smaller-than-ip-5757328 Apple’s engineers are currently focused on finishing the next version of…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 17

Hey, Why Is Obama Meeting With Jobs, Zuckerberg and Schmidt Tonight Anyway?

Wouldn’t you give your eyeteeth (or even an eye) for the chance to eavesdrop on President Obama’s meeting tonight with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt? But surely there’s one important tech personality not invited…Steve Ballmer? The Oatmeal has squirted a dollop of comedic license into its latest comic strip, taking a stab in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 17

OS X Snow Leopard’s Secure Delete Doesn’t Work With SSDs

It’s a Dangerous Time to Buy Apple Products

Readability App Becomes Victim of Apple’s Dumb Subscription Policy

Apple Slows Down MacBook Pro Sales Until After Rumored Refresh

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

This Week’s Best Apps

Apple to Introduce New High-speed Connection with Next Macbooks, Possibly Light Peak

iPads Helped Direct I Am Number Four

Latest Pie in the Sky Apple Rumor Hints at Branded HDTVs

Apple Rumor Mill Spits Out Super Size iPod Touch, iPad 3 Retina Display

Why Nobody Can Match the iPad’s Price

Who Are The People At Obama’s Tech Dinner?

Welcome to Gizmodo Giveaways!

Building an iPhone Photo Filter Is a Lot Harder Than Using One

President Obama and the Titans of Tech

Waldok Is the Only iPhone Dock I Really Want

Apple Customers Are Just the Worst

DOJ and FTC Are Investigating Apple’s iOS Subscription Policies

There Won’t Be a Tiny iPhone This Summer

Hey, Why Is Obama Meeting With Jobs, Zuckerberg and Schmidt Tonight Anyway?

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