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Disposable USB Sticks, For Those Sad Memories You Don’t Mind Losing

The creative minds of Art Lebedev have once again thought of something interesting to do in the USB world—cardboard. The design team’s concept “Fleshkus” memory sticks are supplied on printed card, with users able to tear one off as needed and write a description straight onto the back. [Art Lebedev via UberGizmo]

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Homes of the Future Will Have Tough Gorilla Glass Windows, Says Corning

Bolshy Corning told me that they can envision a future where all our windows are made from Gorilla Glass—the tough as nails glass used in devices such as the Dell Streak, LG Optimus 7, and upcoming Sony Bravia TVs. In fact, they’ve even gone as far as filming that future world where glass is no…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Zuckerberg Claims “Multiple” Facebook Phones Coming This Year

The young billionaire had a recorded message for HTC’s Mobile World Congress event today, praising HTC’s new social efforts. He also announced that there will be more “phones with a deeper social integration” coming in 2011, with “multiple devices” due and possibly even as many as a dozen. Quite a change in position from “Facebook…

Social Media Gary Cutlack

Apple’s Tim Cook Visited Foxconn—And Came Out Alive

Apple’s released an extremely comprehensive new version of its Supplier Responsibilty report for 2011, in which it faces up to suicides and underage workers in its supply chain. Facts reported include a trip made by acting boss Tim Cook to suicide-struck Foxconn in June 2010, where Tim and some Chinese suicide prevention specialists (!) interviewed…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

iPhone Cases For Tweeters, As Created By a Nike Designer

My feelings about phone cases align with my feelings about keeping the plastic-wrap on sofas, but I’ve got to say that Case-Mate’s Waddler iPhone 4 cases are dead-gorgeous. Designed by Nike artist Eric Arlen Anthony Hope, the former design director of Nike’s “Sports Inspired” line, the pebbled effect matches those bright sneakers of yours. They’re…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Disgruntled Ink Cartridge Man’s Next Trick—Ink Cart Beatboxing

The site that impressed and slightly confused the world with its viral-going ranting ink cartridge description is back, this time with a musical creation. The above tune is made entirely with ink cartridges. They really do live, sleep, eat, breathe and even listen to the sounds of ink cartridges. The site says that “A bit…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games

Like every other 7-inch Android tablet, HTC’s Flyer is essentially a very big phone. It even looks slightly phonier than the rest. But it might be the nicest oversized phone-tablet yet. Like previous 7-inch Android tablets, it’s not running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Instead, it’s running Android Gingerbread with HTC’s Sense software slicked over the top…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC’s Facebook Phones Live! Kidz, Meet the ChaCha and Salsa

So HTC was building Facebook phones—though they’re not billing them as that, despite the oddly-placed Facebook badges. Without a shadow of doubt crossing Vladimir Putin’s face, the ChaCha and Salsa (need I say more?) are aimed at the “youth.” There’s a one-push Facebook button for all things Zuckerberg-cool (am I doing it right, kids?), which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC’s Best Android Phones Rehashed, But Faster and With More Sense

Some of those leaked HTC phones have just gone all official-like: meet the Desire S, Wildfire S and Incredible S. There’s a definite theme there, yes, with the new phones all bringing extra speed and the latest version of the Sense UI. It’s the Incredible S which will get most of you hot under the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Turn Your Pen Into an iPad Stylus With This Adapter

Sure, maybe the iPad wasn’t meant to be used with a stylus but having options is always a good thing, right? Sadly this stylus adapter is only a Kickstarter project for the time being but it promises to turn Sharpies, Bic or Pilot pens into a full fledged, tablet inputting beast. If the project raises…

Tech News Casey Chan

A STD Love Story: Gonorrhea Takes a Piece of Human DNA Forever

In the first instance of gene transfer between a human host and bacteria, Gonorrhea was recently discovered to have a human DNA fragment. What the..how the..huh? Supposedly, it’s a relatively recent evolutionary event and scientists have no idea what it means. And though it’s a pseudo love story between star crossed lovers, I’m actually scaring…

Tech News Casey Chan

Flaming Lips Make Smartphone Symphony With 12 YouTube Clips

The Flaming Lips‘ new single is a YouTube symphony that requires 12 smartphones to be properly heard. Released on Valentine’s Day, the audio tracks that make up “Two Blobs Fucking” are spread across a dozen different YouTube videos. Each of the 220-second clips must be played in sync to create the complete tune – a…

Tech News Caleb

Made Somewhere Else: The Last American Silverware Factory Has Closed Up Shop

Flatware manufacturing had been part of American industry since Colonial times. Now, unable to compete with Chinese manufacturers, the very last American maker of forks, spoons and knives shut down their factory eight months ago, taking away 80 jobs from the small N.Y. town of Sherrill. And its not the loss of a single, smalltown…

Tech News Adrian Covert

HTC Revolver: A Honeycomb Phone?

An new HTC phone named the Revolver has surfaced in an alleged rendering. Besides the fact that it has the specs to be a flagship phone on AT&T (4.3″ screen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP rear cam, 3MP front cam, the image suggests it would be running Android Honeycomb, which seems a bit strange,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Transform Your WordPress to Match Gizmodo’s Redesign

Sahas Katta designed a hilariously awesome WordPress theme, aptly named Qawker, that mimics Gizmodo’s redesign. He didn’t even have to look at our code! If you want to move with the future of blogs, feel free to download. We won’t take offense* [Skatter Tech] *I speak for myself only though

Tech News Casey Chan

IBM Jeopardy Challenge, Night 1: Watson Ties for the Lead

After practice rounds and plenty of hype, Watson, IBM’s latest supercomputer, stepped up to the podium to take on two of Jeopardy’s greatest champions: Ken Jennings, who won 74 straight rounds of Jeopardy en route to becoming a pop culture icon, and Brad Rutter, who netted more money than any other contestant while winning the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Is The First And Only iPhone 4 Case To Meet Military Specifications

If you want to protect your shiny iPhone 4 from the harshest conditions known to man, you may not have a better option than the Ballistic HC. The $50 case went through a myriad of tests for drop damage, vibration, extreme temperatures, humidity and dust to gain certification. It also has connector seals, water-resistant meshes…

Tech News Husain Sumra

Best Stories of Today – February 14th, 2011

Here are the best stories on Gizmodo, today. Enjoy them! The Inside Story of the Very First Macintosh Contrary to what you might think, Apple’s revolutionary first Macintosh computer didn’t spring fully formed, Athena-style, from a crack in Steve Jobs’s head. The user-friendly desktop was largely the creation of Jef Raskin, the man who fought…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Words With Friends on Android

It took forever, but Words With Friends, the Scrabble clone, finally gets to Android. If your iPhone-having friends haven’t ditched the game already, like mine have, you can do some cross-platform word-making. [Android Market]

Tech News Jason Chen

This 100-ft Long Sub Was Built To Carry 8 Tons of Colombian Cocaine

When you need to transport eight tons of cocaine across international waters, you can’t exactly just pay an extra baggage fee. So Colombian drug lords did the sensible—and trendy—thing: they spent 4,000 million pesos (approx $2.2 million) to build their own drug-trafficktacular submersible. Colombian authorities seized the vessel before it could make its way to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Disposable USB Sticks, For Those Sad Memories You Don’t Mind Losing

Homes of the Future Will Have Tough Gorilla Glass Windows, Says Corning

Zuckerberg Claims “Multiple” Facebook Phones Coming This Year

Apple’s Tim Cook Visited Foxconn—And Came Out Alive

iPhone Cases For Tweeters, As Created By a Nike Designer

Disgruntled Ink Cartridge Man’s Next Trick—Ink Cart Beatboxing

HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games

HTC’s Facebook Phones Live! Kidz, Meet the ChaCha and Salsa

HTC’s Best Android Phones Rehashed, But Faster and With More Sense

Turn Your Pen Into an iPad Stylus With This Adapter

A STD Love Story: Gonorrhea Takes a Piece of Human DNA Forever

Flaming Lips Make Smartphone Symphony With 12 YouTube Clips

Made Somewhere Else: The Last American Silverware Factory Has Closed Up Shop

HTC Revolver: A Honeycomb Phone?

Transform Your WordPress to Match Gizmodo’s Redesign

IBM Jeopardy Challenge, Night 1: Watson Ties for the Lead

This Is The First And Only iPhone 4 Case To Meet Military Specifications

Best Stories of Today – February 14th, 2011

Words With Friends on Android

This 100-ft Long Sub Was Built To Carry 8 Tons of Colombian Cocaine

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

The First Proper ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Is a ’90s Anime Fever Dream

JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Drops Back to Black Friday Pricing for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Only

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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