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The creature depicted here is both between and beyond classifications. Every bit as cunning as a megashark, even deadlier than a crocosaurus. It is terrifying, it is awe-inspiring. It is $24.99 at Party City. The Doggie Raptor. The Doggie Triceratops. The Doggie Stegosaurus. The Doggie Shark. The Doggie… Tortoise? It’s the most adorable re-imagining of…
The New Zealand Google Maps penis vandals have been one-upped! Their phallic defacement was visible via satellite, yes, but these Aussie pranksters drew a dick on a Street View camera lens, superimposing a penis over all of reality. https://gizmodo.com/students-prank-school-and-google-earth-with-giant-gra-5809992 It looks like it was pulled off pretty easily—just the ol’ marker-drawn penis routine. But when…
The award for ridiculous iPod docks clearly belongs to Jarre Technologies’ 11-foot tall AreoDreamOne. Let’s forget for a moment that you have an 11-foot speaker in your house that looks like a heat lamp outside of a restaurant. The dock requires you to climb a built-in ladder to plug in your iOS device. Need to…
Imagine waking up with a bomb beside your bed. You have 10-seconds to cut one of four wires if you want to stop the countdown timer. This sounds like a nightmare, but it’s not. It’s just the defusable clock. Mike Krumpus of Nootropic Design is the mastermind behind the clock and he packed plenty of…
Umbrellas are just another hateful piece of urban luggage that makes my commute unbearable. I mean, I’m more likely to leave one in a bar than to actually use it! The Blunt Umbrella’s intelligent design might actually convert this hater. The Blunt Umbrella gets its name from its snazzy-looking rounded tips, which unlike their pointy…
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang seems to think that Windows 8 will run Windows Phone 7 apps in some capacity. While there are parts of Windows 8 that appear very similar to windows 7, could this really be the case? From Cnet’s interview with Huang: ARM processors hold a strong advantage because a majority of mobile…
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. You Can Suck Up Your Voicemails as a Zip File Now Google Voice is now a part…
Carol Bartz confirmed she’s been fired from her position as CEO of Yahoo over the phone (how cold). The short announcement was sent to Yahoo employees via email from her iPad: To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It…
Porn Browser | pôrn ˈbrouzər | noun 1. browser mode ostensibly to make viewing secure information more safe, but only ever actually enabled to cover up embarrassing pornography | Oh no, I forgot to pop open a porn browser before engaging in self-love. 2. a setting used even by those individuals who are open about…
We hate waiting for things. Whether that be cable guys or package deliveries, it’s tedious and annoying. But Amazon and 7-Eleven are now teaming up to address this problem (for packages at least) in the form of a parcel locker. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-cable-guy-cant-keep-an-appointment-like-the-res-5831536 Simply dubbed O, Amazon’s experimental project currently allows residents of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood…
Ever wonder how we went from carefree flying to mandatory groping at airport gates in less than ten years? Or how the Joint Special Operations Command grew from an unknown hostage rescue team into the crew that killed Bin Laden? PBS Frontline is airing, Top Secret America, a documentary that explores how the government manipulated…
All Things D’s Peter Kafka says that Google is willing to offer significantly more than what Amazon, Yahoo or Dish Network would be willing to offer in the bidding war for Hulu. But they also want more than what’s being offered. Kafka doesn’t have exact details from his sources, but he believes Google wants more…
Conan O’Brien is renting out his TV studio on Airbnb for $1 a night, but he’s making prospects explain why they should get it. I already have a favorite entry. Want to help me help her score Conan’s pad? To run down the story so far: Conan O’Brien listed his studio on Airbnb for four…
Yamaha has a history of making excellent sound bars—some of which cost as much as a full set of speakers. This new $300 model is the gateway drug of all-in-one systems: It’s so gonna get your broke-ass hooked. https://gizmodo.com/ears-on-yamahas-flagship-ysp-4000-surround-sound-bar-v-298305 The 35″ x 4″ x 4″ YAS-101 packs a 120-watt digital amplifier, two midrange drivers, and…
Forty miles outside out Vienna, a crack team of European scientists have managed to discover the ruins of a Roman gladiator school using only radar. It is one of most well-preserved finds of its kind, and it even rivals the Colosseum in scale. The ruins will remain underground as the scientist try to reach an…
I wonder what it’s like to work on the WebOS team? Or, I should say, the team that used to develop WebOS, and is now probably huddled around a bottle of gin, weeping. Why? Read this. TechCrunch has the following memo, straight outta the quiet halls of HP corporate doldrum town. Here’s the fate of…
Call me old fashioned but I can’t get into those progressive note taking apps because I love to write on digital yellow legal pads. There’s just something more note worthy about writing on a yellow background, you know? Classic Notes is that nostalgic pad with a TON of hidden features. What’s it do? Classic Notes+…
The World Police and Firefighters Games 2011 happened last week in New York. They came from all over the world to compete but also to celebrate the heroism of these people who save lives risking their own every single day. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NYC was the place perfect to do it. And…
Getting old is terrifying. What if we could stay 21-years-old forever? There are plenty contraptions and substances out there which can do just that. Here are seven that will help you maintain your youth. [At least, that’s the pitch.] Baby Quasar Is your face not as fresh as it once was? Those wrinkles making you…
Polaroid’s latest cameras are interesting looking, but really, ain’t nothing like the real thing: a vintage, gorgeously futuristic instant film SX-70. They haven’t been sold since 1977—but you can snag one for $300. There are only 50. Tempting! https://gizmodo.com/the-polaroid-z340-looks-like-the-lovechild-of-the-polar-5825599 Each SX-70 is restored to out-of-box condition, Photojojo claims, and this is a camera for which…
