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Gigabyte BIOS Update Fixes iPhone Syncing Issues

Gigabyte’s been listening to all of the iPhone syncing issues from motherboard owners using Intel’s P55 chipset. They’ve put out a beta BIOS that addresses the problem. Unfortunately, that doesn’t help all the Asus and MSI users who are having the same troubles, but hopefully now that Gigabyte has set an example the others will…

Tech News Chris Jacob

New For iPhone: 2 Balls 1 Cup

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Tech News Adam Frucci

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-to-android-switch-10-things-you-need-to-kno-5398942 The Best Chorus: Hey, Apple, when people start making apps just to help people find new apps, take…

Tech News John Herrman

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know

You’ve had it. Maybe with AT&T. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom, carriers not named AT&T, and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. It’s All in the Google Cloud Android phones don’t sync with your computer. That’s because…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

All Of Snow Leopard’s Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare

Screencap formats, secret dock animations, previously unseen menu shortcuts, login screen backgrounds: These are the hidden settings the Apple doesn’t want you to see (or just forgot about) and that Secrets, a free, super-simple app, helpfully wrangles into one place. The hidden tweaks are a mix of features that didn’t quite make the final cut…

Tech News John Herrman

Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers

iPhone game developer Storm8, creator of games such as World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, has just been hit with a suit for secretly gathering the phone numbers of everyone who purchases its games. It’s not the first time we’ve seen this; Swiss developerMogo got busted gathering numbers and then calling people to harass them…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Reality Check

Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn’t even crack 1/3rd of its predecessor’s install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/more-giz-readers-own-macs-than-pcs-5393703

Tech News John Herrman

Orb Media Streaming Finally Available For Macs

Orb’s been out for a while, but now there’s OS X 10.5 and 10.6 compatibility. Mac users can finally use the app to stream all sorts of media from iTunes to nearly any internet-connected device. Oh, and it’s completely free. You can download the Orb application right here. You’ll have to look for porn to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

$99 8GB iPhone 3GS For Christmas?

It’s hearsay at this point, but Boy Genius Report’s sources claim the 8GB 3G will be swapped with a 3GS. They’ve had a decent-enough record with rumors lately, and it makes sense against the $99 Droid Eris. We’ll see. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-review-5293388

Tech News Danny Allen

iPhone App Interprets Babies’ Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting

The Cry Translator iPhone app is supposed to assist those with little parental instinct by translating the sobs and screams of their children and providing advice. How ever did we all make it to adulthood without apps like this? The makers of the app claim that it is “accurate 96% of the time” in interpreting…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was a Total Twunt

I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs, back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? Some of us from Silicon Valley were invited to a dinner in Palo Alto. It was…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997

Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs, who was listening to Bob Dylan on his Sony Walkman. “Steve…Steve…STEVE! Hey, let’s buy Apple.” https://gizmodo.com/the-life-of-steve-jobs-5301470/ The Oracle CEO had all the money lined up, ready to buy the triumphant…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Surprise! Psystar’s Rebel EFI Software and Customer Service are Shady

Psystar’s Rebel EFI software promises that you can install OS X on any PC with a Core 2 Duo, Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem processor for $50, but we are discovering that you will probably end up getting screwed royally. While CrunchGear was able to get Rebel EFI working, it is important to point out…

Tech News Sean Fallon

David Pogue: “Smartphone Is Too Limited…It’s An App Phone“

Before David Pogue wrote his review of the Droid, he had trouble deciding what to call the device. He argued that “smartphone” is an outdated label for the “iPhone-like” devices coming out and so he looked for a new one. Our Jason Chen discussed this issue in the past and coined the term “com,” but…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Why You Should Think Twice Before Dating An iPhone User

I’m an iPhone user and not ashamed of that fact. What I am ashamed about is that a study done about iPhone users’ characteristics pretty much deems us a rotten, undatable bunch. And some of the results struck a chord. A company called Retrevo did what they call a “Gadgetology study” to gather up information…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

OS X 10.6.2 Does Not Ditch Atom Support, Hackintosh Safe

It appears that Atom support has resurfaced in the latest developer build (10C535), so users running OS X on Atom netbooks are safe, for now. Although, anything can happen between now and the final build. [Stell via 9to5Mac via Crunchgear] https://gizmodo.com/is-apple-trying-to-kill-hackintosh-netbooks-os-x-10-6-5395020

Tech News Sean Fallon

Steve Jobs’ Original Name for the iMac Was So Horrifying It Would Explode Your Ears

The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it’s shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would “curdle your blood.” That’s according to the man who named it, Ken Segall, who talked to Leander at Cult of Mac.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch

The unofficial count of Apple’s approved apps had already topped 100,000, but now Cupertino has confirmed that you can download over 100,000 apps in the App Store. That’s the widest selection of Booty Gongs (and other booty-related instrumentation) in the known Universe. https://gizmodo.com/100-000-iphone-apps-and-counting-5391070 Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store CUPERTINO,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Parallels 5 Runs Windows 7 Right Next to Snow Leopard With Full Multitouchiness

It’s a virtual war: VMWare Fusion 3 for Snow Kitty and Win7 popped out last week, and now here’s Parallels 5. It’s also fully 64-bit, with Windows apps that behave like native ones, including full multitouch gestures, and more zoomzoom. https://gizmodo.com/vmware-fusion-3-fuses-snow-leopard-and-windows-7-with-f-5390751 Like Fusion, Parallels supports OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9 Shader Model 3.0 for the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest

Case-Mate released a $0.99 cardboard iPhone case as a tongue-in-cheek, recession-appropriate gesture—and people bought them, and drew on them, and now they’ve got a contest to see whose creation is best. https://gizmodo.com/recession-cardboard-iphone-case-matches-my-furniture-5357228 If I’m going to be honest, I kind of expected more from this contest: There aren’t many truly impressive drawings submitted as of…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Gigabyte BIOS Update Fixes iPhone Syncing Issues

New For iPhone: 2 Balls 1 Cup

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know

All Of Snow Leopard’s Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare

Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers

Reality Check

Orb Media Streaming Finally Available For Macs

$99 8GB iPhone 3GS For Christmas?

iPhone App Interprets Babies’ Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting

Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was a Total Twunt

Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997

Surprise! Psystar’s Rebel EFI Software and Customer Service are Shady

David Pogue: “Smartphone Is Too Limited…It’s An App Phone“

Why You Should Think Twice Before Dating An iPhone User

OS X 10.6.2 Does Not Ditch Atom Support, Hackintosh Safe

Steve Jobs’ Original Name for the iMac Was So Horrifying It Would Explode Your Ears

100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch

Parallels 5 Runs Windows 7 Right Next to Snow Leopard With Full Multitouchiness

99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

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This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Shokz OpenDots One Earbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Yet Across All Color Options, Including the New Ones

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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