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If you’re willing to cough up $10 a month, you’ll find yourself with 8 million songs at your disposal on Slacker’s new Premium Radio service, which we previewed the other month. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-first-look-at-slackers-excellent-on-demand-m-5500674 It joins the entirely-free Slacker Basic Radio, which doesn’t let you choose songs on-demand, and Slacker Radio Plus, which costs $4 a month…
I don’t know what possessed photographer Duncan Meeder to strip a Leica M6 rangefinder camera of its skin, but here you have it, naked. Doesn’t it chill you to your core, just like with the hacksawed Leica lenses? [PetaPixel] https://gizmodo.com/dont-cry-for-this-hacksawed-leica-lens-5802249/#comments
The Supreme Court yesterday took issue with the Fourth Amendment, the right of Americans to be secure “against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The lede of this New York Times story says it all: The police do not need a warrant to enter a home if they smell burning marijuana, knock loudly, announce themselves and hear…
Pretty much everything about the Droid X2 has leaked already, save for the date of launch. Internal Verizon documents are claiming it’ll be May 26th, though it’ll start showing up around May 19th via direct fulfillment. https://gizmodo.com/leak-motorolas-droid-x2-will-have-a-4-3-inch-qhd-scree-5801511/#comments Meanwhile, both Motorola and Verizon’s websites are showing mention of the X2, along with confirmation of the specs.…
You can’t codename a tablet “Puccini” without setting tongues wagging that it’ll be a media workhorse. But until now, little else was known about HTC’s rumored 10-inch tablet. Today, a leak points at a dual-core Snapdragon chipset and WXGA resolution. https://gizmodo.com/will-this-10-inch-4g-htc-puccini-tablet-be-offered-soon-5800307/#comments That’s 800 x 1280 fact-finders, the very same as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-incher.…
Sure enough, there have been several displays edging out Apple’s potent Retina Display. Toshiba’s 4-incher is the latest, with the cellphone LCD having 367 pixels per inch (as opposed to the iPhone’s 326.) https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-iphones-retina-display-5557210 They also have some other high-resolution displays ranging from 3.3-inches to 4-inches, though none top out the ppi quite like the…
In this digital age, isn’t the phone book a paperweight that nobody uses? San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors must agree as they are passing legislation that stops the phone company from spamming your doorstep with the Yellow Pages. Right now, every San Francisco resident gets a phone book and the telco hands out more than…
Get ready to dump your power-hungry incandescent light bulbs and replace them with some LED-inspired lighting. The government phase-out of current 100-watt incandescent bulbs goes into effect January 2012 and, like it or not, LED may be the replacement. Light bulb manufacturers are looking at LEDs because they’re energy-efficient and easily mass produced. All it…
Moammar Gadhafi is now filling boats with one ton of explosives and sending them out to sea with a crew manned by dummies. In Gadhafi’s latest military strategy, these pilotless boats drift until they find a NATO target to destroy. It all started Monday morning when NATO ships and helicopters patrolling the waters off Libya…
WiFi-calling is now free for T-Mobile customers with an Android handset. All you need is the Smart Wi-Fi application and an Even More or Even More Plus calling plan. According to a T-Mobile representative, Magenta customers should be able to call customer service to add this sweet new feature to their accounts starting today. [GigaOm]
CollabraCam links video from multiple iPhones and feeds them into another iPhone that controls live, multi-cam editing. Utilizing an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network [It requires a wireless LAN, but not an internet connection] to get all the phones networked, the idea behind CollabraCam is that minimal—if any at all—post-production is necessary. However, if your backyard wrestling…
It’s getting to the point where I’m not sure there’s anything not improved by slow motion. Even one of the most lavish—and most brutally upended—breakfast spreads I’ve ever seen. Will nobody think of the bacon? Filmed at 1000fps on a Phantom HD Gold camera, “Breakfast Interrupted” is a joy for eyeballs and bellies alike. Even…
There’s so much I want to find out about this picture. Did he do this on purpose? Was he just waking up? Was he an artist ahead of his time? What was his name? Did his friends find him funny? How long did it take for his friends to realize this photobomb? Did they drink…
In-ear earbuds are everywhere, hell, I’m using them right now. But they’re not ideal because they trigger a natural defense mechanism in your ears that tenses up your ear muscles and dampens the sound by as much as 50 dB. These balloon-like earbuds don’t trigger that reaction. How? Stephen Ambrose, the maker of these new…
Google’s reputation is based on it’s ability to return accurate results to virtually any query. So, why did our friends at MusicMachinery.com get such wacky results with the new Instant Mix service? This week, Google launched the beta of its music locker service where you can upload all your music to the cloud and listen…
Let’s just get right down to it: you don’t care about the Super-Penetration Shovel because it’s made entirely of steel. Or the tapered, pointed blade, the fully sharpened sides that bust through dirt and clay like so much cotton candy. The reason you care about the Super-Penetration Shovel is that you get to say “Super-Penetration”…
MIT scientist Ed Boyden invented a way to implant optical fibers into your brain and activate them on command using light. As neurons are turned on and off, the researchers can see what the circuits do. The technology is being used to create detailed circuit maps of the brain that can be used in both…
Among the things that could have possibly made high school more annoying, getting a robo-call telling me to wake up at 6:30 am would probably be high on the list! That or having the principal pour water on my face. Habitually late students at Iowa’s Marshalltown High School will be getting this luxury courtesy call…
Stephen Hawking says heaven is just a fairy tale for those scared of death. If that means there’s no hell, I’d be sad. There’s always BBQs and cold beer in hell—and everyone knows all the words to the songs. That’s what David Byrne says, anyway. [The Guardian]
Basketball practices are pretty standard: shooting drills, defensive slides, three-man weave, suicides, 17s, rebounding, running plays, etc. Not for the French though, those weirdos are using an amusement park ride/giant robot to twirl them in the air to catch passes. Just watch the video, it’s ridiculous. The players strap themselves to the ride, the coach…
