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A 47-year-old man named David Burgert is the focus of a federal manhunt in Montana after he initiated a gunfight with Missoula County sheriff’s deputies on Sunday, and then fled into the Lolo National Forest. Authorities told the AP that Burgert may have food and ammunition stashed in several pre-planned locations in the forest. Agents…
Amazingly, another of London’s Olympics stadiums has actually been completed on time, with the basketball stadium becoming the fourth to be finished off. Designed to be temporary, the building will be recycled after the 2012 London Olympics. Measuring 35m high and made from 1,000 tons of steel, it’s not known what the stadium will be…
“Me! Me! Memememe!” cries HP, as they realize everyone around them has either signed deals or developed their own NFC services. According to BusinessWeek, both tablets and phones with NFC are being planned by HP, and could be available by late-2011. [BusinessWeek via BGR]
Can you believe that an iRumor has come true, for once—and early? Apple’s started selling unlocked iPhone 4 phones in the US, with the 16GB model (in both black and white) costing $650, and the 32GB models coming in at $750. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-unlocked-iphone-4s-revamped-macbook-airs-and-ne-5811267 While this is a step forward in the right direction for Apple (after…
Forget about MacBook Airs being delivered to Apple.com this Wednesday—the Taiwanese paper Economic Daily has scrounged up some details about the Air going on sale later this month. They also claim the iPad 3 will launch later this year, with an image resolution “5-6 times higher than the iPad 2.” [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-unlocked-iphone-4s-revamped-macbook-airs-and-ne-5811267
Watch out DSL providers, your fancy, schmancy fiber optic technology is about to be blown away by a cable telecommunications company from Suwanee, Georgia. At the Cable Show 2011 conference in Chicago, ARRIS is demoing a new technology that delivers 4.5 Gbps download and 575 Mbps upload speeds over a cable connection. The system steals…
Hidemi Nishida built a translucent cabin in the woods for the minimalist camper with a fondness for voyeurism. The Shukaijo House is a temporary winter shelter constructed in the back woods of Sapporo, Japan. It’s frame and flooring are timber and its walls are translucent sheets of plastic. It’s designed to let you see out…
Ruh-roh, looks like the Associated Press uncovered what every US airline passenger already knows – the airlines are nickel and diming its customers to death with bag check fees. These fees were introduced in 2008 as a way to offset the rising cost of fuel. It’s been a cash cow for the airlines who collected…
Nokia and Apple are no longer suing each other over multiple cases of patent infringement. The two have entered an agreement and Apple will be paying Nokia both a lump sum amount and on-going royalties. Needless to say Nokia is happy with this arrangement. [Nokia] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-sues-apple-over-ipad-and-iphone-related-patents-5533482
Imagine buying your dream house and gradually losing it to a slow-moving landslide. For Jim and Charity Marlatt of Keene, NY, this is a living nightmare they face every day. The ordeal began with a small crack in the dirt that gradually turned into an 82-acre landslide. As a result, their house is now literally…
Father’s Day is next week and many of you are still trying to figure what to buy. If you have a T-Mobile smartphone lying around, you may want to introduce Dad to the world of mobile broadband. As part of its Father’s Day sale, T-Mobile is dishing up some free data on Saturday, June 18.…
When you have a prosthetic device implanted in your body, how do you retrieve information about it? You can’t look at the bottom for a model number and you don’t want to go under the knife to find the manufacturer. Orthopedic surgeon Lee Berger along with Marlin Mickle of the University of Pittsburgh developed a…
Apparently, if you are carrying certain goods—like woodchip—in giant nine-wheeled trucks, this is how you unload them: Strap them to a gigantic platform. And then tilt them more than 45 degrees until it empties completely. Being a complete ignorant about logistics, this simple fact amazes me to no end. Not to talk about the photo.…
London may have the most Twitter accounts in the world, but New York City residents tweet more than anyone else in the world. This little factoid from Sysomos was recently dredged up in a NY Times op-ed piece. It’s not surprising, really, even gangs in NYC picked up on the Twitter trend years ago. And,…
Being a foodie with the iPad should come naturally. And with panache. So you can look to Yummrs as a way of nurturing your palette in a way that’s great for you and for the party you’re throwing. Yummrs connects to your favorite cooking blogs, and manages them by presenting the delicious foods you’ll want…
Fixed-gear bikes are a testament to minimalist styling, however most light mounting hardware isn’t. The BikeLit aims to rectify the situation by simply hanging on. The BikeLit by Nite Ize uses two LED beacons — one white, forward-facing that clips to the front brake cables and one red, rear-facing that hooks to the saddle rails.…
Cleaners vs Chemicals | How do home brew cleaning concoctions stack up against name brand chemicals? https://lifehacker.com/homebrew-cleaners-vs-corporate-chemicals-who-wins-5810727 Scientists Equip Living Cells With Frickin’ Laser Beams https://gizmodo.com/scientists-equip-living-cells-with-frickin-laser-beams-5811402 We joke now about laser sharks and laser cats, but what if they were a reality? After reading about scientists who engineered laser-emitting biological cells, I’m fully prepared to…
Nju Studio’s Sammeln Stapeln Setzen lets you use those old magazines as a foot stool while sitting on the couch. The piece of furniture is a simple block of wood with two straps and a pillow. Pile your magazines to the desired height, strap them in and, voilà, you have the perfect footstool for your…
I’m totally cool with alternative piercings. Your life, your choices, whatever. But Zane Whitmore is testing my limit of accepting crazy: he pierced his back, attached the piercings to a hot air balloon and suspended his body in the air. Pain and grossness aside, what Whitmore did probably makes it feel like you’re really flying…
ZTE employee Wang XiaoKang was so inspired by the Iron Man movie that he built his own replica outfit and wore it to work one day. https://gizmodo.com/interview-the-man-who-really-built-iron-man-5530804 The Chinese man spent about 3,000 yuan (US$460) and three months of his free time to build the superhero outfit. The suit has its own custom arc reactor,…
