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Nokia’s told us that it is, in fact, bringing the Lumia 800 to the US on Valentine’s Day as part of a bundle in the Microsoft Store. First reported by the Verge, the bundle will apparently be $900. Though Nokia wouldn’t confirm the price, it did say that for now the bundle will be the…
Hacker YamaTough has published Symantec’s pcAnywhere’s source code. This program is used by users and companies to access personal computers remotely. The publication follows a $50,000 extortion attempt that was made public last night. After entering Symantec’s network and grabbing pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus source code, hacker YamaTough told the company that their software contained…
The must-have app on the iPhone is not iMessage. It’s not iTunes or Safari or even Find My iPhone. It’s Instagram, the photo-sharing app that once described itself as “quirky.” Cultish would be more appropriate these days. Those who use and love Instagram are locked to their iPhones in far tighter fashion than any contract…
Ro-Bros, the latest “digital physical mashup” game from the genuises at the Real Art Design Group, lets you control real-life robots in a fight to the death. It’s Real Steel meets Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em meets why-are-you-still-reading-this-go-play-already. The newest project from the designers who brought you the Santa Claw pits the Barely-Believeable Bot and the…
What would you do if someone came up to you on the street and asked you to “watch” a suitcase full of cash? If you’re like most random strangers, you wouldn’t take a single cool dollar. Though you might break out in a sweat.
I lack the patience to wait around for the sun to charge my gadgets, but for $14 Nokero’s single AA solar charger looks like the easiest way to ensure you’ve always got a backup battery ready for remotes and flashlights. The design is as simple as it gets. You just slap a AA in the…
Yesterday Nikon revealed its D800 DSLR leaving photo and video nerds alike salivating for samples. Eager to show off the D800’s video capabilities, Nikon left it to filmmaker Sandro Miller to create a film meant to make us drool. And so we have Joy Ride, which chronicles the journey of one man and his motorcycle……
On January 20, dozens of New Zealand police’s elite special forces broke into Kim Dotcom’s mansion with assault helicopters, M4A3 automatic weapons, Glock pistols, dogs, sledgehammers and even a circular chainsaw, as if they were expecting a vicious narco gang waiting inside, armed to the teeth. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-worst-photos-of-megauploads-kim-dotcom-5877987 What they found instead was two kids—three and…
Wolfram Alpha may or may not be one of my favorite things in tech right now. It’ll spew movie times, compare NFL stats, help you cheat in Words With Friends and tell you exactly what airplane you’re staring at in the sky. And now with tomorrow’s arrival of Wolfram Alpha Pro, the company, in its…
John Slattery, Mad Men’s Roger Sterling, shows off the new 2011 Lincoln MKX and it’s just as smart and cool as a 1960s ad executive. The MKX boasts never-before-seen technology that is both intuitive and one-of-a-kind—which means this car might know what you want even before you do.
Travel back to 1957 and take a peek at this classic Lincoln, presented by the legendary variety show host, Ed Sullivan. The accentuated headlights, the prominent, shining grille, and the sleek, low design—all just as impressive to the viewers on their black and white sets as they are to us on our HD flat screens.
It’s the end of the world as we know it and these guys are eating Twinkies. Thanks to the dependability of the Chevy Silverado, these long lasting trucks and their drivers outlasted the rest of the world. All that there’s left to do now is kick back, enjoy a sugary snack, and keep on driving.
Watch as the all new Cadillac ATS enters “The Green Hell” and drives out the other side. This brutal stretch of German asphalt puts the best engineering in the world to the test, which is exactly why it’s where the Cadillac ATS was designed. You may never have to drive “The Green Hell,” but it’s…
It’s easy to see how someone could be seduced by this foreign beauty. The new Fiat 500 Abarth will paralyze you like the sting of the scorpion on its logo. And like the guy in this video, you don’t need to speak Italian to know it’s exactly what you’ve been looking for. Just try to…
It’s half-time in America and Clint Eastwood isn’t about to concede the game. He’s tough as nails and so is America, making its way through tough times if there isn’t already one to find. Just take Detroit— Motor City. The American automobile industry is back, and they’re leading the way so all the world can…
With prosthetic limbs designed to look like a human foot, wearing a shoe is no problem. But the unique shape of those carbon fiber prosthetic blades worn by athletes obviously can’t accommodate a traditional shoe, so Nike invented a new one. Called the Sole for obvious reasons, the minimal shoe is designed to slip onto…
The Windows Store will be Microsoft’s answer to the Mac App Store. The Verge got an unnamed Microsoft source to squeal about some of the games that will debut in the marketplace. Yes, of course Angry Birds is in there. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-windows-store-will-start-peddling-apps-book-5865845 Here’s the alleged list: • Hydro Thunder • Toy Soldiers • Reckless Racing •…
For decades, the restaurant trade has believed that there’s a sweet spot on the menus they hand to you — a section in the the upper right corner, where your gaze will focus — and that’s where they tend to list their highest mark-up dishes. But are we really that gullible? Surprisingly enough, no. The…
Cnet says that starting Friday, if you buy a 4G LTE phone and sign up for a $30 monthly data plan from Verizon, Big Red will double the amount of bandwidth, giving you four gigabytes a month instead of two. The deal isn’t yet confirmed by Verizon, but if true, it’s not so shabby. Especially…
Many years ago SNL created a commercial for the fictional toy line available for the Tom Hanks’ film Philadelphia. It was of course completely inappropriate for the tone of the film, just like this Dark Knight-themed Potato Head. This, however, is real. While it’s cute, and Mr. Potato Head has certainly enjoyed a resurgence in…
