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Western Digital’s inevitable Thunderbolt offering is missing solid state guts—and that hurts it a lot. But what it lacks in speed, it makes up for in capacity. It is an enormous vault, with more space than most humans will ever need. What Is It? The Yucca Mountain of external hard drives—6 terabytes of storage in…
The Fourth of July is one of those rare holidays that comes when the days are long, the sun is shining, and the weather is warm. It’s one of the few things to look forward to during the summer, and when it finally arrives there’s no room for moderation. But when July 5th rolls around,…
It’s hot out, which naturally pushes us towards soaking one another with jets of cold water. Maybe you want a summertime arsenal for your kids, or maybe you’re just… youthful. Regardless, here’s the best new water gun. Testing Methodology We filled up our three aquatic firearms, familiarized ourselves with the controls, and then proceeded to…
The thermometer might sail past the 100 degree mark today, but the last place you want to be on the Fourth of July is indoors. Even if it’s refreshingly air conditioned in there. And since nothing beats the heat like a drink in hand, here are some of the best ways to cool your beverage…
If you’re like the majority of runners, you’ve experienced this at one point or another: You’re out for a run, and then in creeps a sharp, localized pain, right under one of your ribs. You think, “What is that, and how to I banish it to hell forever?” This may help. Welcome to Fitmodo, Gizmodo’s…
Hey, today is the high holiday for lighting shit on fire and watching it explode in a mess of beautiful color. We’ve all been fixated with fireworks since we were kids, and certainly we all have our personal favorites. So what are the best Fireworks you’ve eve bought (legal or illegal)? Image Credit: TNT
It’s July 4, and blowing stuff up is acceptable. Nay, it’s encouraged. Just as long as you’re not doing what the idiots in the above clip are doing. Setting off fireworks under someone’s chair, pointing them at your friend’s face, igniting explosives near your crotch, and making a big boom indoors? These are all examples…
Usually it’s the kitchen that serves as a family’s bespoke art gallery, with pint-sized masterpieces affixed to the fridge door with magnets. But if you redecorate with MagScape’s unique magnetic wallpaper, every inch of your home can showcase your kid’s artistic talents. A 16-foot roll will set you back a hefty $133, but at least…
Complaining about the heat is about as tiresome as sitting in an un-airconditioned room and sweating into the puddle of tears you’re sobbing because your body is shutting down from heat stroke. So let’s not do that. Instead, let’s ask: What is the technological masterstroke of air conditioning worth to you? Would you trade your…
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was an EU treaty to protect copyright—but many feared that it was too restrictive and would in turn lead to online censorship. Fortunately the European Parliament has has just rejected the agreement. The internet lives to fight another day. In a landslide vote, 478 member of the parliament voted against…
Kim Dotcom has come out explaining that he knows who was behind the shutdown of his company and related sites. Speaking to TorrentFreak, Dotcom has explained that he believes Vice President Joe Biden directed attorney Neil MacBride to target the site. When Megaupload was shut down in January, many questioned the speed and force with…
Last week US courts ruled in favor of Apple by granting a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Google-designed smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus. Now, the phone has been pulled from the Google Play store, and Goggle is hurrying to put together a software patch to get around the ban. The court injunction centers around a patent which…
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is planning to launch a smaller, cheaper iPad to compete with Amazon and Google—and suggests that it will arrive by the end of 2012. Citing anonymous sources from within Apple, Bloomberg reports that the device would have a screen that’s 7 to 8 inches on the diagonal, with a lower…
The Boya table lamp by Outofstock Design features a solid wood based made of either reclaimed oak or reclaimed maple, and a sheer lampshade of grey-tinted blown glass. Inspired by nautical beacons and marine buoys, these diminutive table lamps call to mind the juxtaposition of boat and sea, with the rough wooden bases and ocean-water…
I’m still trying to figure out where the best view for today’s fireworks will be. So, just to make sure we all get out fill, here are 10 fireworks GIFs to hang on to. Yer welcome. [Tumblr]
Technology is screwing up our voting system. It is, time and time again. It’s possible that technology just doesn’t belong in that process, isn’t it? At least, not until the technology is foolproof and failsafe. North Carolina lawmakers had already passed a bill that would establish rules for fracking (hydraulic fractured natural-gas drilling) in the…
The Ouya is a concept for a completely open sourced and hackable Android game console designed by Yves Behar (the guy who designed the Jambox and OLPC). When it arrives (if ever), $100 will buy you the box, a developer’s kit, and all the free games you can play. The vision is that any developer…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvoTDoO9HgThere are few things more patriotic than a legendary American action hero taking on an evil Soviet boxer in an epic Cold War-era battle. Rocky IV is just that. In the 1985 film, Rocky Balboa must come out of retirement to duke it out with Ivan Drago, a steroid-addled USSR pugilist who killed Rocky’s friend…
Today, more and more furniture is made using plastic-based materials, which burns drastically faster than the interior decor of yore, sucking all the oxygen out of a room at a faster clip, and making it harder to evacuate people. It’s a serious problem that’s making firefighters completely reconsider how they put fires out. The main…
In light of the holiday, you might hear a lot of the national anthem this week. Radiohead’s version is not one of unwavering patriotism, but it’s a bass-heavy, brass-backed banger that they play at nearly every live show. Though it didn’t make it onto an album until 2000’s Kid A, frontman Thom Yorke actually wrote…
