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7/30/15

What Technology of Yours Is About To Break?

My iPhone 5s is livin’ on a prayer.

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What's the Most Broke-Ass Piece of Technology You Still Use Every Day?

I'm not sure there's anything more frustrating than tech that promises you every feature and widget and benefit you…

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A Delightful Supercut of Movie Characters Abusing Broken Tech

Scoff as we may, we've all been there before. One of your gadgets starts acting up and, even though you know it's…

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This Is How You Respond to Rumors

Don't hand your iPhone to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. During an interview on Finnish TV show Hjalliksen kanssa, an…

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DirecTV Sunday Ticket for PlayStation 3 Fumbles, Fails to Convert and Other Football Metaphors About Dropping the Ball

Have NFL Sunday Ticket? Watching it on a PlayStation 3? Sorry, are you attempting to watch it on a PlayStation 3?…

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The Gizmodo vs. Deadspin iPhone Repair Contest: And The Winner Is...

A while ago we challenged Deadspin to an iPhone carnage contest.

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The Gizmodo vs. Deadspin iPhone Repair Contest: If It Ain't Fixed, Break It

Seems like everyone's carrying around a battle-scarred iPhone 4 these days—after all, they're made of glass. This is…

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The New York Post Blocks Mobile Safari Vistors from Accessing Their Web Site

"You shall not pass!" booms Gandalf the Grey as mobile Safari visitors arrive at the New York Post web site this…

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Why Was Nearly Every Yahoo Search Suddenly Resulting in Porn?

Uh oh! Something very odd and naughty is going on over at Yahoo right now. Any searches which result in thumbnails…

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Your Marriage Will Destroy Your Television

You didn't misread that headline. Your marriage—and wearing a loose-fitting wedding ring while playing Kinect—can…

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Google Tool May Have Wrong Polling Place Locations for Hundreds of Thousands of Voters

Google's polling place locator was supposed to make your life easier by guiding you to the appropriate polling place…

E.B. Boyd - FastCompany

11/02/10 9:00PM

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iOS 4.1 Security Flaw Puts Your iPhone's Information At Risk

No, you're not reading an old story. There really is yet another serious iOS security flaw which allows someone to…

Rosa Golijan

10/25/10 8:40PM

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10/20/10

TV Cameraman Keeps Filming After A Baseball Bat Smacks His Gear

We've seen what happened when a golf ball gently bounced off a camera lens, but what happens when a baseball bat is…

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Nasty Phrases Are Slipping Into The Official White House Website's CAPTCHA

A man visited the official White House website to send a message to President Obama. At the bottom of a form he was…

Wilson Rothman - MSNBC

10/08/10 6:40PM

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10/3/10

Tiger Woods Shoots Golf Ball Directly At Photographer's Camera

Mail on Sunday photographer Mark Pain probably didn't know whether to cheer or cry after taking this photo. On one…

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I'm Tired Of Being Lied To By Volume And Battery Indicators

Battery and volume indicators are the bane of my existence—they never work as expected! Sure, there are complicated…

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Rumor: New iPhone 4 Antenna Design Coming Late September

An executive at a Mexican cellphone carrier Telcel claims that Apple has a revised iPhone 4 coming late September…

Jason Chen

8/31/10 1:07PM

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Navy Lost Control of Drone Over D.C. Due To "Software Issue"

Oh, here's something. You know those "drones" that are supposed to be the "future of warfare." A software…

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This Explains So Much About AT&T Service

Now I understand why AT&T representatives react so cheerfully when I call to complain about my reception. [Shoebox]

Rosa Golijan

8/24/10 6:40PM

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8/23/10

Using Your Jailbroken PS3 Online Will Send the Sony Cops Your Way

As tempting as it might be to jailbreak your PS3, you really probably definitely shouldn't. Because when you do,…

Brian Barrett

8/23/10 5:41PM

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