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HP Killing webOS Devices

HP just announced that it’s killing off its line of webOS devices. Updated A terse line in a press release from the company today reads “HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones.” WebOS phones are great devices, much beloved by users,…

Tech News Mat Honan

…But I Want to Be the World’s Most Famous Cat Photographer!

Back in 1955, Mr. Walter Chandoha was apparently the world’s most famous feline-snapper, and understandably everyone wanted to know how he took “magazine cover pictures” of kitties. I’m mostly intrigued about learning “how to be sure they move.” Chandoha’s still alive and kicking, working from his farm in New Jersey, where he’s sitting on over…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

LEGO Darth Vader Mini Alarm Is the Dark Side Deal of the Day

Alarm clocks are the best worst enemy in the whole world. Hm, or is it the worst best enemy? Let me think that out here. Okay, alarms are absolutely necessary to anyone who works butt early so that means they’re the best but they’re also rude blaring animals with no regard about the awesome dream…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Does the Internet Make You More Connected?

The other day my friend Mordy asked me this question: Are you more or less connected since you started spending so much time on the Internet? I’m more connected to people I don’t know. I’m equally connected to the people I do know. I’m less connected to myself. The other day, I was watching Arcade…

Tech News David Pell

Logitech’s New G300 Is $40 of Ambidextrous Awesome

I have wildly divergent needs from my mouse depending on whether I’m playing TF2, WoW or StarCraft. The upcoming G300 gaming mouse from Logitech aims to seamlessly handle all three from both sides of the keyboard. The G300 supports three separate configuration profiles—three games or three people, however you prefer—which are conveniently color-coded to avoid…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Gresso Extreme X3 Phone Can Withstand 1.5 Tons of Pressure

The Gresso Extreme X3 may not win any beauty awards, but for a phone that can withstand an hour in 5 meters of water and 1.5 tons on top of it, it’s a decent looking phone. Dustproof, able to withstand drops from 7 meters and function in temperatures ranging from -58-140 degrees Fahrenheit, the X3…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Photojojo Tilt-Shift Camera Lightning Review: Who Needs Instagram?

Tilt-shift photography has been a buzzy little internet thing for quite a while—but it always requires a mobile app filter, some Photoshop muckery, or an extremely expensive lens. Not anymore! This tiny cam instantly creates the real thing. Like It works. Really well. The Tilt-Shift Camera creates wonderful tilt-shift photos. And what else matters? The…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Here’s All That Stands Between You and Stock Market Oblivion

The market’s down 400 points today, continuing this terrorific scream-ride we’ve been on. EVERYBODY PANIC. Right? Actually, here’s how—and when—the NYSE prevents one-stop-drop financial Armaggedon. Since 1988, inspired by the previous year’s calamitous Black Monday dive— the NYSE has had circuit breakers in place to forestall any nosedives that would cause a systemic collapse. While…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Track Just the Stats You Need with These Garmin Cycling Sensors

Whether you’re a prince on a hand-built Trek Madone 6 or a Pauper on a Huffy—stat tracking is the best way to improve your riding fitness. These two upcoming Garmin products will record what you need, regardless of your budget. For the cash-strapped biker, the $150 Edge 200 GPS-enabled cycling computer tracks the essential stats—time,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Virtual Reality Goggles for the iPhone Turn 2D Content Into “3D”

Good ol’ Hammacher Schlemmer—they’ve taken one company’s outlandish idea of a virtual reality viewer for the iPhone, and turned it into a $50 contraption nobody will buy. It comes with free 3D downloads and games that “come to life” when the iPhone/iPod Touch is slipped inside the viewer. Just be careful when that great white…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HP’s Buying Giant Software Company Autonomy and Spinning Off Its PC Business?

Whoa: HP, the largest computer company in the world, is rumored to be buying Autonomy—an enterprise software company—for $10 billion, and spinning off its PC business as another company. We’ll see what that means soon, probably. [Bloomberg]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Downed Server Trashes 70,000 Federal Job Applications

With unemployment at 9.1%, many are turning to (and relying on) the government to help them out with jobs. This is great! Except when the federal jobs server goes down, erasing the hopes of 70,000 people. Oops. Federal Times reports the USAJobs.gov outage, between August 9th and 12th, affected 54 governmental agencies, who use the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Future LCDs Panels Will Use Its Own Light to Create Energy

Researchers at UCLA have a new idea on how to use LCD panels, and it has nothing to do with video. Instead, they’ve devised a technology allowing screens to absorb and convert various light sources (like its own) into energy. TG Daily says the key technology is a film overlay called a photovoltaic polarizer, which…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Bad News Is That You Might Have Missed an Incredible Deal Last Week

Sorry to rub it in, guys, but those of you forgot to check who last week’s deals from Best Buy could have saved $50 on an Canon EOS Rebel, or $70 on a new Tomtom GPS, or $600 on a 60″ HDTV from Samsung, had you just been paying attention. Kind of stings, huh? The…

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Android Users Don’t Really Use That Many Apps

It’s not that Android users don’t use their apps, they do: Nielsen says Android users spend about an hour a day on their phone with two-thirds of that time being spent apps. It’s that they’re all spending their time in the same apps (probably because most apps just suck). According to Nielsen’s numbers, the top…

Tech News Casey Chan

Public Charging Kiosks May Steal Your Data

You’re at the airport. You must send an important email. Your smartphone is about to die. Every outlet is being taken up by other idiots travelers. You spot a charging kiosk! You plug in! Now say goodbye to your data. According to Krebs on Security, when you hook up your cell phone to a charging…

Privacy & Security Brent Rose

If Apple Supports Augmented Reality, Will People Finally Care About Augmenting Their Reality?

However much weight big-names apps such as Layar throw behind augmented reality, it’s furtherest from my mind when I’m trying to find a location—and I imagine you’re the same. But with Apple Maps tipped to add it, will it finally take off? https://gizmodo.com/layar-steps-up-its-augmented-reality-app-with-twitter-a-5791152 A patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office in February…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Astrolite: The Liquid Land Mine

In their efforts to develop high-energy rocket fuel during Vietnam, researchers found the fuel they’d created was a little too powerful, consistently destroying the rockets they powered. After some refinement, the researchers dubbed it Astrolite—the air-scatterable liquid land mine. Invented by chemist Gerald Hurst while at the Atlas Powder Company, Astrolite technically is a family…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Wi-Fi Enabled iDock Navigates Ocean of Musical Options

Roth’s new KRadio isn’t the first dock to come loaded with features, but it’s about time someone made something that’s loaded and awesome looking. In addition to supporting your iPhone, so you can access your music library or subscription services like Spotify, the dock comes Wi-Fi enabled and with an ethernet port so you can…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Why We Lie More Over the Phone, and Why TV News Pundits Should Watch Themselves

According to research undertaken on the deceit of lying, we fib more over the phone than by email—perhaps because it can’t easily come back to bite us, or maybe because of deeper psychological reasons? Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic worries about what Cornell researcher Jeffrey Hancock’s findings might mean for TV news. Hancock discovered that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HP Killing webOS Devices

…But I Want to Be the World’s Most Famous Cat Photographer!

LEGO Darth Vader Mini Alarm Is the Dark Side Deal of the Day

Does the Internet Make You More Connected?

Logitech’s New G300 Is $40 of Ambidextrous Awesome

Gresso Extreme X3 Phone Can Withstand 1.5 Tons of Pressure

Photojojo Tilt-Shift Camera Lightning Review: Who Needs Instagram?

Here’s All That Stands Between You and Stock Market Oblivion

Track Just the Stats You Need with These Garmin Cycling Sensors

Virtual Reality Goggles for the iPhone Turn 2D Content Into “3D”

HP’s Buying Giant Software Company Autonomy and Spinning Off Its PC Business?

Downed Server Trashes 70,000 Federal Job Applications

Future LCDs Panels Will Use Its Own Light to Create Energy

The Bad News Is That You Might Have Missed an Incredible Deal Last Week

Android Users Don’t Really Use That Many Apps

Public Charging Kiosks May Steal Your Data

If Apple Supports Augmented Reality, Will People Finally Care About Augmenting Their Reality?

Astrolite: The Liquid Land Mine

Wi-Fi Enabled iDock Navigates Ocean of Musical Options

Why We Lie More Over the Phone, and Why TV News Pundits Should Watch Themselves

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

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Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

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