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We’ve been waiting for this quiet MacBook Pro refresh and it’s just like what we expected: slightly better. All across the board, the processors are a tick faster, the graphics are a wee better and the hard drive storage is bigger. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-new-and-slightly-improved-macbook-pros-coming-so-5840093 This update ain’t bringing a new MacBook Air-like form factor and to be…
On October 19th, Apple held a special memorial for Steve Jobs to celebrate his life. In the video, you can watch Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Al Gore and others talk about Steve and see performances by Norah Jones and Coldplay. Jonathan Ive has an especially great speech, saying how Jobs always laughed at how Ive…
The long-awaited Android app player for BlackBerry has been demonstrated by a developer, giving PlayBook owners a future reason to stay loyal. It’s Android, in a little window, courtesy of RIM’s BBX 2.0 OS. [MacBerry via BGR via Gizmodo UK] Our newest offspring Gizmodo UK is gobbling up the news in a different timezone, so…
Almost the entire book has leaked already, but now it’s time to read the whole thing cover to cover. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography is available starting today in hardback with ebooks available since late yesterday. Kindle price is a steep $21.14, with the hardcover version at $17.88 [Amazon via TUAW via Gizmodo UK] Our…
The slightly queasy quote above comes from Professor Mark Post of the department of vascular physiology at Maastricht University, which has been given $480,000 to help find a better way of making meat in a lab. The general idea is to use stem cell developments to grow tasty, authentic animal tissue in the laboratory, completely…
We loved our GoPro HD Hero. It was simply the sweetest wearable action camera we’d seen… until now. The brand spankin’ new Hero 2 isn’t dramatically different, they just made everything a lot better. I may never take it off. https://gizmodo.com/gopro-hero-hd-camera-review-5396576 Like Video shot with the HD Hero looked good. This looks way better. They…
With the war for Europe over and the U.S.’s Pacific “island hopping” strategy seeing long-range bombers within striking distance of Japan, all that stood between the Allies and and end to World War 2 was taking that tenacious island nation. In the months leading up to the Allies being on Japan’s doorstep however there was…
Called the Imperial Crawler by designer Christopher Aleria, this interesting take on the AT-AT would have surely been immune to Luke’s harpoon technique. The rig is remote controlled and about as off road as an AT-AT model with huge chunky wheels could hope to be. Word is Aleria’s been conscripted into the Imperial military and…
The Rotundus GroundBot is a dual-camera security bot that returns 3D video feeds to a security team located nearby. I think I’ll call him Wheelie from now on. Wheels? You tell me. Ideal for environments with plenty of flat spaces, like airports. The smooth rubber surface provides smooth sailing and speeds of up to 6mph…
Louis Black had a joke once about candy corn that’s hilarious, and it went something like this: In 1911 they made tons of candy corn and most it is still around today. Yeah, it’s funnier when he tells it. Anyway, Having consumed quite a bit of candy corn myself (and not died) over the years…
T he Wacom Inkling was a magical, near-unbelievable device that we drooled all over in late August (Jesus especially). It was supposed to be out by late September. Now it’s late October. Luckily, we may finally have a release date. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-inkling-may-become-my-favorite-gadget-of-all-time-5835739 According to an unconfirmed news item at Japanese gadget blog Mycom, the alleged date…
So there was a wildly successful Black Keys concert in Seattle the other day featuring some Microsoft products. Or was it a Microsoft Windows store launch featuring the Black Keys? Did people even know Microsoft was involved? I kid Microsoft, really I do, but when people are camping outside your new store on launch day…
Zounds! So this is what my ex-girlfriend meant when she said sex with me was akin to “carnal relations with an empty husk.” Too much web porn! It’s killing our libidos, lads, one frantically one-handed mouse click at a time. So says a report from the University of Padua in Italy anyway, which purportedly discovered…
Apple, Dell and other hardware manufacturers are bracing this quarter for an expected hard drive shortage after heavy flooding in Thailand has claimed another tech victim at the world’s largest hard drive supplier. Previously we brought word of issues at Western Digital, one of the world’s foremost drive makers that is now effectively underwater. Today…
Disney’s Haunted Mansion is one of those corny staples you just have to hit when you visit the Magic Kingdom. But Disney World is far for some. Why not bring parts of the experience home for Halloween? This is precisely what Instructables member TheNewHobbyist did with his hacked together Aruduino-based “singing busts” project. The kit…
The Libyan rebels that helped overthrow Qadaffi’s regime may not have had the most advanced weaponry at their disposal. But they were resourceful and used what they had available, including converting a bulldozer into a rolling, bulletproof battleship. https://gizmodo.com/qaddafi-has-been-killed-5851663 Looking like a prop from an international version of the A-Team, the lumbering tank was created…
The U.S. version of Nintendo’s reward program, Club Nintendo, never seems to have quite the same caliber of awesome schwag as the original Japanese version. Items like the Wiimote TV remote that was never available here, and now this pixelated 8-bit Super Mario throw cushion. https://gizmodo.com/americas-club-nintendo-is-here-5112080 Platinum members in Japan will have their choice of…
Looking at his work it seems like Kim Keever always has his camera in the right place at the right time for capturing stunning landscape photos. But unlike that debacle over the shot of the wolf jumping over the fence, Keever readily admits his shots are fake, created in a very controlled studio environment. https://gizmodo.com/judges-decide-wolf-jumping-over-fence-photo-is-fake-5454325…
Besides a reduced monthly power bill, there’s a certain smug satisfaction to recharging your gear with solar energy. It’s almost like you want everyone to know how eco conscious you’re being, and with the Changer solar charging system, you’ll actually be rewarded for bragging about it. I’m going to knock off a few points for…
Those of you waiting on the edge of your seats for Samsung to reveal when their Honeycomb powered Galaxy Tab 7 Plus tablet would hit U.S. shores can finally chill out. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-plus-is-amazing-ly-similar-to-al-5845426 The 16GB version of the seven inch tablet, which runs on a 1.2GHz dual core processor and packs a 3MP camera capable of…
