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Okay Nikon, so you don’t include a dead tree user manual with new cameras anymore. That’s fine; they just sit at the bottom of a drawer until we eventually throw them out. But to also DRM against printing it out? What the hell. Nikon does offer a fully printable version of its manuals if you…
Filed in things I’m going to do when I’m a dad: when my lazy punk of a son refuses to get out of bed, he’s going to get shot with a super soaker. With no mom in sight, he’s dead meat. Looks like pops is using the automatic Super Soaker Thunderstorm. That’s all right but…
Hulu has been for sale for awhile now, but the WSJ says the initial bids are about to trickle in. Who’s interested? Google, Yahoo, Amazon and DirectTV (where’s Microsoft?). https://gizmodo.com/could-hulu-selling-itself-actually-be-good-for-content-5814230 Bids will be submitted on Wednesday and could range anywhere between $500 million and $2 billion dollars. Offers will not only include a dollar amount,…
With the release of their IdeaPad K1 behind them and two more on the way, Lenovos CEO Yang Yuanquing sat down with the Financial Times to give his take on how far Lenovo’s new tablet business can go. In short, this is divide and conquer. https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-ideapad-k1-tablet-review-cheaper-brighter-b-5826976 Yuanquing started out by essentially saying Apple remains a…
Is it the exclusive province of media geeks to get excited over making it into New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix? I dunno, but we’re so amped that we almost capsized the Gizmodo Yacht while jumping for joy. The esteemed editors at NY Mag were stoked about our #fixcable series. So were we! Irony alert: I’m…
My friends and I gave Cornell’s fake-review-tracking algorithm a spin, and I have to say, we absolutely loved it! Fake and inflated reviews can be such a pain, so it’s really great that an awesome university like Cornell is figuring them out! It’s soooo frustrating when you look for user reviews for a product or…
The following post is based on pricing that was seen over the weekend directly through Amazon; the current prices on the site are reflective only of what Amazon’s retail partners are charging. There are also reports that Amazon offered the TouchPad as a GoldBox deal, although that hasn’t been confirmed at this time. After HP…
At first I thought this F-15SG was escaping from an attack against a US Air Force base in some war zone. Fortunately, the only attack was a 3,000-acre fire that affected the Mountain Home AFB, in Idaho. Flying operations were suspended and personnel and warstuff had to be evacuated as the fire approached the base…
Walkmans (Walkmen?) will never die! Remember that old, yellow, tape-filled piece of crap that weighed your pants down? Well Sony just birthed that thing’s great-grandson. It’s an Android 2.3 phone aimed music lovers. The lid is off the “Live with Walkman” phone. On the specs side, it’s decidedly low to mid-range. It has a 1GHz…
Fuji’s X100 is amazing. (Hint: review coming soon.) But at $1200, it costs more than an entry-level DSLR. Enter the X10 X50: A rumored $600 follow-up that’s stripped down, with a slightly smaller 2/3-inch sensor—more like an LX5 fighter, but still retro and awesome. https://gizmodo.com/fujifilm-x100s-hybrid-viewfinder-combines-optical-clari-5719703 Update: A tipster has seen this coming month’s product guide…
Missouri teachers really want to hang out with their students online. In fact, they’ve just filed a lawsuit for the right to do so in response to a newly-inked state law that seeks to prohibit student-teacher interfriendship. The law, which passed earlier this year and goes into effect next week, would prohibit teachers and students…
On Friday, Microsoft’s Brandon Watson put the word out that any webOS developers who were looking for a new home would get free dev tools and phones if they came to work for WIndows Phone. Over 500 have taken them up on their offer. https://gizmodo.com/all-7-webos-developers-should-be-stoked-right-now-5832771 HP claims that webOS development is simply on hold while…
Ever since rebels more or less seized control of Tripoli this weekend, there’s been something else on the verge of liberation besides the embattled city’ residents: their internet. The corporate blog for IT company Renesys says that while the internet backbone has been online in Tripoli since the country-wide blackout in March, the average person…
Apple is taking disaster prep and baking it right into iOS. With the upcoming release of iOS 5, customers in Japan will also get earthquake alerts connected to the country’s early warning system. https://gizmodo.com/the-apps-you-need-to-prepare-yourself-for-a-disaster-5781077 Unfortunately, it looks as though it will drain your iOS device’s battery life, so keeping it on constantly would be a…
MacRumors has been pointed to a slew of possible iPhone 5 components, including the battery inside the iPhone 5. According to them, the iPhone 5 battery is pretty much the same shape as the iPhone 4 and packs the same power. Updated. Specifically, the purported iPhone 5 battery is 3.7v and 5.3Whr while the iPhone…
For true gentlemen, the act of squeezing one’s toothpaste tube by hand is a commoner’s work. Peshaw! Give me this chrome Cedes toothpaste squeezer so that I may give the paste the coddling it so richly deserves! Gaze upon the polished chrome! Feast upon its larger dimensions, perfect for “larger tubes!” Behold the silicone feet,…
Learning how to ride a bike was, sadly, one of the most difficult parts of my childhood. I just couldn’t seem to “get it.” I get this Tron-inspired learning scooter just fine though. Why is it only a concept? Crafted by Trek designer Ryan Callahan, this “Trek Light Cycle Push Bike” is one great looking…
These USB ghosts are retro-tastically cute, illuminating and completely unlicensed, which is probably why I have the sneaking suspicion lawyers, somewhere, have already fired up whatever software they use to create legal docs. But enough about that! Here’s an additional feature that’s pretty cool to consider as their time slowly begins to run out: They’re…
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions may be more than on their way to chill with the dodo bird in the land of extinction, but that doesn’t mean the DIY sect amongst us can’t enjoy its reto goodness anyway. Take this latest MAKE project, for example. Using a wine bottle and a few other necessary components,…
GroupMe, the messaging service employed by Gizmodo during our harrowing CES 2011 coverage, is being acquired by Skype for an undisclosed amount of money. https://gizmodo.com/lifechanger-groupme-group-texting-5729920 The year-old messaging service allows users to create on-demand private phone calls/messaging groups with others, which includes texts and free conference calls. Reporting over at TechCrunch reveals talks were underway…
