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The fellows at iSuppli have done what they do best, breaking down the material nitty gritty of the 4S to find how much its guts are worth. The answer? Slightly, slightly more than its predecessor, at $188. https://gizmodo.com/16gb-iphone-4-parts-cost-187-51-5574423 That $188 figure is for the 16 GB model—the 32 costs Apple $207, and the 64 is…
You may recall that we had kind of a big problem with Google+’s policy of not allowing pseudonyms. Well, Google just announced they’re finally going to open the doors for them, as well as Google Apps and brand names. https://gizmodo.com/googles-real-names-policy-is-evil-5830471 All Things D is reporting that Google’s Sergey Brin and Vic Gundotra announced at the…
Apple raised the bar with the iPhone 4 by cramming an impressive 326 pixels per inch into its display. But Toshiba has officially dethroned them by upping that to 498 pixels per inch on their new LCD targeted at compact tablet devices. Set to be officially unveiled at the Flat Panel Display show in Yokohama…
The new Libyan government has confirmed that Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former dictator of Libya, has been killed after his hometown of Surt was taken. Here’s a look back at the search and pursuit of Qaddafi, and some of the more extreme tools that have seen action in Libya since February. Qaddafi had been dictator of…
As part of their partnership with UNESCO to provide virtual tours of the designated World Heritage Sites, Google sent one of their Street View trikes to ride the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland to capture its stunning views of the Swiss Alps. The railway’s Albula and Bernina lines were both declared World Heritage Sites back in…
OCZ’s new Octane series is the first solid state drive to squeeze one full terabyte of storage into a 2.5-inch drive, but the awesome doesn’t stop there. It has read speeds of up to 560MB/s and write speeds of 400MB/s, versus top competitors who are at 500MB/s read and 315MB/s write. The Octane series has…
ARM’s new ultra-efficient Cortex-A7 processor isn’t going to do anything for smartphones today. But in the near future, it’ll be doing what today’s fastest CPUs do at a sliver of the price, eating a sliver of the battery life. The big claim here is that the A7 will push today’s high-end power into the cheapo,…
Still can’t quite shake the feeling that your middle school gym teacher is sneaking up behind you on the back of a fiery dragon steed? This video will explain everything you need to know about why your brain dreamt it up. Stupid brain. Some of the info might be a rehash of what you’ve heard…
A nice high-res photograph of what could be a finished version of Nokia’s first WP7 phone has appeared online, showing us the phone previously known as the “Sea Ray” in all its… er… glory. The new phone, which previously leaked under the product name Nokia 800, is a slab-like affair, which will arrive in three…
Asus Chairman Johnny Shih has just slipped an exciting new product out of his briefcase at tech event AsiaD—the long-rumored updated EeePad Transformer Android tablet. It’s almost as exciting as the epic teaser trailer. Confirming that the previously rumoured Transformer 2 will indeed arrive powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, Shih said the updated…
The head Android honcho over at Google, Andy Rubin, had a few choice words to say about the iPhone 4S’ personal assistant Siri. According to Rubin, we should spend more time talking with actual people than with our phones, and that Apple’s technology “isn’t a new notion.” Speaking at the AsiaD conference, Rubin added “I…
The original iteration of the Flashback Trojan was a nasty little bugger, quietly shipping your Mac’s details off to a remote server. This newly discovered variant is even worse. The new version, dubbed Flashback.C, also disables the your Apple’s security definition update service by wiping files necessary to run future updates. Both Snow Leopard and…
Can’t tell a Half-Windsor from a Full-Nelson? Doesn’t matter—this new Mac App will show you how to properly knot a silk strangler. The TieSight Mac App uses a computer’s camera to track your hand and tie movements as it instructs you on the proper technique for one of ten common knot styles. It displays a…
Just now, at the All Things D Asia event, Windows Phone President Andy Lees unveiled the new AT&T fall lineup of WP7.5 smartphones—the 4.7-inch HTC Titan, the 1.4GHz Samsung Focus S, and the diminutive 3.7-inch, 1.4GHz Samsung Focus Flash. Check out the full gallery over at the Windows Phone Blog. Update: We’ve received some additional…
We’ve been waiting for Star Trek-style Holodeck technology since, what, 1987? Microsoft Research has finally taken up the challenge and developed this—it’s not quite a Holodeck, but it’s tantalizingly close. The HoloDesk, as Microsoft has dubbed it, uses an overhead screen to project a 2D image down through a half-silvered beam-splitter onto the desktop below.…
Imagine you’re watching Jax blast some turf-encroaching Mexicans on Sons of Anarchy when a screen notification offers you the opportunity to buy an SOA shot glass to celebrate. With Fox’s new SOA Gear app, it’s not that far-fetched. Beginning with the new Sons of Anarchy episode on November 1st, the SOA Gear App will sync…
I spent most of my time when learning to skateboard primarily on my face, not understanding the first thing about proper technique. Know Skateboarding Street Fundamentals provides everything a beginner skater needs to know to bust tricks like Tony Hawk. The Know Skateboarding is a collaboration between Element Skateboards and Know Projects designed to—what else—teach…
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is used to encypt your online communications in everything from banking and shopping to Gmail and Facebook. Now, Google is integrating this same security measure for all logged-in users’ queries. Here’s what’s in it for you. Google’s actually been pushing for stronger industry-wide security protocols for years, integrating SSL into Gmail…
Lugging all the sweet gear that makes life more convenient around the city becomes the source of its own headaches. Your bag is heavy, uncomfortable, and hideous. This new Incase bag should help with the last bit at least. The Campus Pack from Incase’s new Terra collection is made of “natural materials.” Which ones? No…
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Scientifically Speaking What scientists say and what the frothing-mouthed goons of the world hear are often two…
