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The Best Deal of the Day

Here is the history of the world: in 300 BC, the Roman Empire was founded. Julius Caesar attacked the barbarians, and conquered Europe. He built Rome into a giant wonderful place, filled with cool museums, planetariums, and lots of fun, reasonably-priced retail outlets. Crime was low, the city’s electrical grid was strong, and restaurants served…

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Hey Banksters, the New York Times Is In Ur Emailz LOL!

A New York Times story this morning about poor Fabrice Tourre, the colossal dick who sold fraudulent mortgage securities for Goldman Sachs, is based in part on secret emails between Tourre and his attorneys that the Times obtained from some weird ex-hippie artist who says she got them from some dude who found them in…

Tech News John Cook

Twitter Might Be the Most Important Photo Sharing Service in the World Now

Twitter’s photo sharing service is here. Which doesn’t sound like a big deal, on the surface of it, unless you’re running one of the Twitter services they’re going to squash. But watch this video. Hashtags are now giant photo clouds. So, the hashtag for #launch will show a bajillion photos from the last shuttle launch,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Should Software Patents Exist?

Patents are supposed to encourage invention and protect inventors from being ripped off. At least, this was the reasoning when patents applied to things like steam engines and drillbits. But software? That might be a whole other question. Patents were always intended for physical things—mechanisms that did something better in a way that would have…

Tech News Sam Biddle

World’s First Amphibious Ice Cream Van Will Melt Your Soggy Heart

Not only is this icecream van the first to ever get its belly wet, but it also blares out Rod Stewart’s We Are Sailing as it, well, sails down the London Thames. Almost makes you nostalgic for Greensleeves, doesn’t it? Massive PR stunt for Cadbury’s 99 Flake icecreams it may be, but hot diggety do…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Do You Really Want a Case That Turns Your iPad Into a Netbook, For the Price of a Netbook?

We’ve seen a dozen iPad cases with keyboards now, but Crux has gone the extra step by incorporating a battery in the shell for an extra 7.5 hours, plus a touchpad. Is that worth $250? No. [Crux via UberGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Uh, Did Microsoft Just Buy Nokia’s Phone Business?

We are taking this with enough grains of salt to fill a business sauna, because honestly why. But the same Russian blogger who’s been kicking up dirt about Microsoft buying Nokia for the last couple weeks now says done deal. https://gizmodo.com/nokias-unfortunate-sauna-addiction-5757122 The rumored and solidly weird megadeal would have the software giant buying the hardware…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Panasonic Plans to Build a ‘Sustainable Smart Town’ in Japan by 2014

Japan may still be recovering from earthquake-related woes, but that’s not stopping Panasonic and eight partner companies from pushing ahead with their own rebuilding effort that could reshape the way future cities and towns are built. Part demonstration initiative and part reclamation project, Panasonic and friends are turning the footprint of one of the company’s…

Tech News Clay Dillow - PopSci

Watch Gizmodo’s Sam Biddle Talk Digital Dating On VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live

Gizmodo’s Sam Biddle joined VH1 anchor Carrie Keegan again on Wednesday June 1, 2011 to talk digital dating. Watch above.

Tech News Scott Kidder

The Mojave Desert Solar Farm With More Mirrors Than a Lady Gaga Funhouse of Horrors

As nuclear power continues to fall out of favor, California is making big investments in alternative energy sources to meet rising demand. One of its most ambitious projects will use the Mojave sun to power over a quarter million homes. https://gizmodo.com/germanys-scrapping-all-nuclear-power-plants-by-2022-5806709 The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is comprised of 347,000 software-controlled heliostat mirrors, each…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Are You Ready for a Super Hi-Vision 33 Megapixel Camera?

You know, that ridiculous 85-inch Sharp Super Hi-Vision TV with 33,177,600 pixels needs some sort of ridiculous content to fill itself out. Thankfully, Sharp made this ridiculous 33-megapixel Super Hi-Vision camera to be the perfect companion to the TV. https://gizmodo.com/are-you-ready-for-imax-caliber-super-hi-vision-tvs-5803527 The camera isn’t too big (relatively speaking) and is unique because it uses a single…

Tech News Casey Chan

Miramax Gets Cozy with Hulu, Too

In the streaming video wars, Miramax has today settled comfortably into the role of Switzerland. That sweet deal it lined up with Netflix a few weeks ago? Today they announced basically the same for Hulu. Good Will Hunting all around! https://gizmodo.com/miramax-classes-up-netflix-with-pulp-fiction-shakespea-5802177 The important part of this particular deal for you is that the movies—including The…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Circuses of the Future Should Have Juggling Robots

Perhaps the scientists’ time could’ve been better spent inventing robots that can cure cancer or something, but did I mention these are JUGGLING ROBOTS? They don’t even cheat by using sensors like other juggling machines. Instead, each arm uses a linear motor, with a third used to toss the ball up. The balls are tracked…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why This Keyboard Forms a Skyline

Keyboard island, ho! Although what looks at first like random keystroke skyscrapers is actually much more purposeful; each button visualizes how often you use it. We are an E-crazed people, indeed. If nothing else, Michael Knuepfel’s ITP project shows just how effective the QWERTY layout is. Well, at least if the Wikipedia data Knuepfel used…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Knight Defense is Chess with a Pac-Man Championship Edition Overhaul

Almost four years ago today, the people who made Pac-Man tried to make Pac-Man better, by giving the game a techno aesthetic and altering—intensifying—its rules of play. Game developer Milan Nikolic’s Knight Defensenow does that for chess.… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku

HP TouchPad Accidentally Shown Off on Video

For some reason, Sandisk was showing off the HP TouchPad at Computex Taipei. HP probably isn’t too happy about their unreleased tablet moseying around some tradeshow but we’re liking everything we see. And it looks like HP fixed the TouchPad’s slowness problem too. Maybe. [Gadgets Magazine via CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/hps-touchpad-tablet-looks-great-but-feels-slow-5756223

Tech News Casey Chan

You Can Finally Check Out Apple’s Data Center on Google Earth

We already knew what Apple’s 500,000sq/ft iCloud data center looked like thanks to some sneaky filming, but if you were to previously type in “6081 Startown Road” to Google Maps, you’d see nothing but green fields. Until now. https://gizmodo.com/old-couple-sells-apple-their-house-for-1-7million-for-5655845 The timing serendipitously coincides with Apple announcing yesterday that they would announce next week their iCloud…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

All Hell Breaks Loose After Slap Fight on a United Flight

It all started when a passenger on a Ghana-bound United flight out of D.C.’s Dulles Airport decided to recline his seat. That pissed off the passenger behind him, leading to an exchange of heated words between the men, and the recliner being “smacked in the head.” That’s right: the very act you’ve fantasized about countless…

Tech News Seth Abramovitch

All Danger Sidekick Phones Just Became Feature Phones

What use is a Sidekick without the services? Last night, the Danger servers closed down for good, meaning no more push email, AIM or apps. If you’ve bought T-Mobile’s Sidekick 4G though, don’t worry, you’re safe. [T-Mobile via BGR]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Can You Solve the Hardest Puzzle Ever?

Esquire makes a pretty serious claim about their new iPad app: they say it’s the hardest puzzle ever. In fact, they believe it so much, they just called it The Hardest Puzzle Ever. Whether or not that claim is true remains to be seen. The game is simple in design, but hardly a walk in…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Best Deal of the Day

Hey Banksters, the New York Times Is In Ur Emailz LOL!

Twitter Might Be the Most Important Photo Sharing Service in the World Now

Should Software Patents Exist?

World’s First Amphibious Ice Cream Van Will Melt Your Soggy Heart

Do You Really Want a Case That Turns Your iPad Into a Netbook, For the Price of a Netbook?

Uh, Did Microsoft Just Buy Nokia’s Phone Business?

Panasonic Plans to Build a ‘Sustainable Smart Town’ in Japan by 2014

Watch Gizmodo’s Sam Biddle Talk Digital Dating On VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live

The Mojave Desert Solar Farm With More Mirrors Than a Lady Gaga Funhouse of Horrors

Are You Ready for a Super Hi-Vision 33 Megapixel Camera?

Miramax Gets Cozy with Hulu, Too

Circuses of the Future Should Have Juggling Robots

Why This Keyboard Forms a Skyline

Knight Defense is Chess with a Pac-Man Championship Edition Overhaul

HP TouchPad Accidentally Shown Off on Video

You Can Finally Check Out Apple’s Data Center on Google Earth

All Hell Breaks Loose After Slap Fight on a United Flight

All Danger Sidekick Phones Just Became Feature Phones

Can You Solve the Hardest Puzzle Ever?

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

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