Computers

This Is the World’s Thinnest All-In-One PC

At 18.5-mm deep, the Lenovo IdeaCentre A320 is the thinnest all-in-one PC in the world. Lenovo’s held that distinction three years running—but this year’s model packs in performance to match. The A320 has the same 21.5-inch widescreen display as its predecessor, but upgrades to Intel’s latest and greatest Core i5 processor. The A320 can also…

Tech News Brian Barrett

WAVI Xtion: It’s Kinect for the PC (With an Awkward Name)

PrimeSense, the guys who helped make Microsoft’s Kinect, are now teaming with Asus to make the same thing basically…except it’s for the PC. Unfortunately, they’re calling it the WAVI Xtion. https://kotaku.com/ces-2011-brings-us-the-first-of-the-kinect-clones-for-p-5723755 Asus thinks this will help make PC use in the living room easier, utilizing gestures to control music, movies, games and other UI related…

Tech News Adrian Covert

ThinkPad Edge E220s and E420s: Hot New Guts and Accents To Match

What started as an unsure experiment has blossomed into a solid lineup of tweener PCs. There are four ThinkPad Edges now, each packing second-generation Intel Core processors. And the E220s and E420s might actually make you forget they’re business machines. https://gizmodo.com/thinkpad-edge-review-a-murky-middle-ground-5438775 The aesthetic improvements on the 12.50-inch E220s and 14-inch E420s are small but important…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Images From Bell Labs in the Sixties—It’s Like Nerdy Mad Men

Beehives, flower power, and really, really large computers. Looking at these photos taken at Bell Labs in the 1960s is like traveling back in time. Was working at Bell Labs totally “groovy”? Although I always imagined Bell Labs dominated by men, the photographer sure did manage to capture a lot of the ladies. More photos…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Living Earth Simulator aims to predict everything that’s happening on our planet

The Living Earth Simulator is quite possibly the most ambitious computer project ever undertaken. This all-encompassing simulation will collect all the data in the entire world, to predict everything from the next major disease outbreak to the next financial crisis. The Living Earth Simulator could do for our modern world what the Large Hadron Collider…

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Well, That’s One Way to Stop Your PC From Overheating

My new favorite blog, Misuse.su, is like a Russian Fail Blog for the repurposes (and misuse) of products. From using a laptop as a nutcracker, to a power-drill as a foosball table handle, it’s full of craziness. [Misuse via Core77]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

LG’s Xnote P210 Laptop Wins World’s Thinnest Bezel Claim

Now that the world’s thinnest TV bezel race has well and truly been, err, run, LG’s focusing its attentions on laptop bezels, with the 12.5-inch Xnote P210 screen fitting in the 11.6-inch space of a MacBook Air. This isn’t just some dinky netbook, though. There’s a 1.33GHz Intel Core i5 470UM processor, along with 4GB…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Forbes (kinda, sorta) predicted the iPad in 2000

A Forbes Magazine article from 2000 called “Introducing the Computer of 2010” is as interesting for what it got right as for what it got wrong. Today’s computer, said Forbes, would be Frisbee-sized and have a “virtual keyboard.” There are plenty of incorrect predictions in the Forbes article, including: “By plugging our computer into an…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Terrific PC Accessories

What PC accessories should put on your must-have list for 2011? The ones you should borrow, beg for, and steal (ok, maybe not steal) from all of your tech-savvy friends? These ones. For this mega-list of PC accessories (that you should acquire as soon as you’re done reading said article), we called in a smattering…

Tech News David Murphy - MaximumPC

Google’s Cr-48 Laptop Totally Revolutionizes… Safety Instructions

Google’s CR-48 Chrome notebook might, maybe, possibly, be the laptop of the future. Which is all well and good. But did you also know that some clever Google copywriter also took the opportunity to make its safety instructions hilarious? https://gizmodo.com/using-googles-chrome-os-laptop-of-the-future-5710532 Google’s long prided itself on its sense of humor, from the whimsical Google Doodles to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Is One Way to Define Mobile Gaming

When I asked if someone could ride a case mod to a LAN party, I didn’t think it was actually possible. Well it is. And it even has a Mountain Dew/energy drink holder, which is both sad and awesome. https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-cross-wall-e-a-remote-control-ca-5709792 Stephen Popa, the same man responsible for the remote-controlled case mod, is also the one…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Best Gadgets of the Year

Phew! What a year. We’re in the home stretch of 2010, and that means it’s (sorta last minute) shopping time. So we’ve got you covered. Below is our freshly updated best of the best in gadgets—with new champions! For the full list of Gizmodo favorites, head over to the complete Best Gadgets of 2010 In…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What Happens When You Cross Wall-E, A Remote Control Car and A Gaming PC?

You get this imposing creation, which is the byproduct of a Thermaltake case built on top of a motorized, remote controlled base. There’s even a robotic arm too. Only question is…can you ride this thing to a LAN party? [TechEBlog] https://gizmodo.com/thermaltake-level-10-review-the-cure-for-the-common-im-5540987

Tech News Adrian Covert

Steve Wozniak’s 9 Favorite Gadgets

With new smartphones, laptops and tablets every day, it’s easy to lose sight of how we got here in the first place. Steve Wozniak led a press tour Thursday morning highlighting some key gadgets that deeply influenced his work. “We’ve gone through more change in a single lifetime than probably any other time in history,”…

Tech News Jonathan Snyder and Brian X. Chen - Wired

Rare Transparent Mac SE Can’t Sell for $25,000

Originally meant for internal company use only and made with a transparent shell so Apple designers could see component placement inside a finished product, this super rare Mac SE could have been yours for a startling $25,000. The bidding’s all done over at eBay, where the seller stated that the unit s fine working order,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Let The Woz Guide You Through 2,000 Years of Computer History

California’s Computer History Museum got a little star power today, as the legendary Steve Wozniak came by to guide journalists through tech heaven—from 19th century census calculators to 60s machines that look like spaceships. And he was thrilled. Woz made it clear that the exhibit—which spans two millennia of computing— was just as much a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Is there finally a computer that solves problems the way we do?

Bringing us one step closer to giant robot overlords is CLARION, a program that performs the same way human subjects do in some impressive cognitive tests. It mimics not what we think, but how we think. When presented with a complex problem, no person knows the solution instantly. There is a problem solving process, that…

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HP Says Goodbye to Windows Home Server Market

Now that HP owns Palm, it’s been made it clear they have little interest in selling Windows Home Server boxes. Zero interest, actually—they’ve announced they’re selling the rest of the inventory they’ve got, and never looking back. The news could be bad news for anyone looking forward to buying an HP box equipped with Vail,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

12 Pets Hard at Work on Computers

Family harassing you for “always being on that Gizmondo site”? Here’s one for them—pets using computers. See Granny, tech’s not all bad! Aww! Plus, this bonus photo of my Effie, hard at work on her iBook. [AnimalsLook]

Biology Kat Hannaford

Florida Woman Busted for Selling Millions Worth of Phony Computer Chips to the Military

Stephanie McCloskey is in about as much processor-related trouble as you can get, having netted major bucks by selling counterfeit chips to the military. The Chinese fakes were so shoddy that her company had to clean them off with erasers. The military often frets that Chinese components aren’t up to snuff—or worse, might have hardware…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Is the World’s Thinnest All-In-One PC

WAVI Xtion: It’s Kinect for the PC (With an Awkward Name)

ThinkPad Edge E220s and E420s: Hot New Guts and Accents To Match

Images From Bell Labs in the Sixties—It’s Like Nerdy Mad Men

Living Earth Simulator aims to predict everything that’s happening on our planet

Well, That’s One Way to Stop Your PC From Overheating

LG’s Xnote P210 Laptop Wins World’s Thinnest Bezel Claim

Forbes (kinda, sorta) predicted the iPad in 2000

10 Terrific PC Accessories

Google’s Cr-48 Laptop Totally Revolutionizes… Safety Instructions

This Is One Way to Define Mobile Gaming

The Best Gadgets of the Year

What Happens When You Cross Wall-E, A Remote Control Car and A Gaming PC?

Steve Wozniak’s 9 Favorite Gadgets

Rare Transparent Mac SE Can’t Sell for $25,000

Let The Woz Guide You Through 2,000 Years of Computer History

Is there finally a computer that solves problems the way we do?

HP Says Goodbye to Windows Home Server Market

12 Pets Hard at Work on Computers

Florida Woman Busted for Selling Millions Worth of Phony Computer Chips to the Military

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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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