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The Boxee box was a pretty decent streamer, but a big hole was its inability to stream Netflix—something pretty much every other electronic device can do. Now it can. [Boxee]
When Nokia’s newish CEO Stephen Elop came over from Microsoft a few months ago, he brought with him more than fresh ideas about how Nokia is a burning platform. He also brought 200,000 shares of his old company for a ride—the vast majority of which he still owns. Why is that significant? Because Nokia and…
Netflix laid out months ago the reasons that Watch Instantly hasn’t come to Android yet. Namely, security and the challenges of making sure it works with every individual Android phone. Although we don’t have a common platform security mechanism and DRM, we are able to work with individual handset manufacturers to add content protection to…
Rochester NY – quick preview of “Iceflow” from Mindrelic on Vimeo. a few scenes from my next short called “Iceflow” about the movement of ice on the rivers/lakes/bays surrounding Rochester NY Sutro Tower for Gizmodo Challenge from Owen Scharlotte on Vimeo. Shot entirely with a 6MP Canon PowerShot. Edited with VirtualDub freeware and Windows Live…
Trip to the library… and back. from Yongsoo Bahk on Vimeo. D700, 35mm F2.0, old Manfrotto tripod. Shot 1 frame per second. no music or graphic added. Snow, Sleet, Rain, Ice. from Jim Meegan on Vimeo. Strange result here with the two part snow/sleet/rain storm. Kind of cool seeing the snow get washed away even…
When’s Valentine’s Day again? Wait, what? Today!? Crap. If you have nothing planned for your sweetie, here’s how to whip up a great date at the last minute. In fact, I’m following this guide as we speak. Sorry honey! OpenTable: You need dinner reservations pronto and calling around is just a waste of time. Plus,…
Just because it doesn’t make any sense doesn’t mean it’s not real. According to PocketNow, these images are of two new HTC handsets with deep Facebook integration. As in, with dedicated Facebook buttons right there on the front. There aren’t really any details available at the moment, aside from one QWERTY form factor and one…
Ah, the Google Doodle. Here for your Pac-Man enjoyment, sure, but also to remind you of your crippling loneliness as you click “I’m Feeling Lucky” over and over in hopes of finding a highly relevant soulmate. Mashable takes a walk back through every Valentine’s Day Doodle from 2000 onward. They range from adorable (two little…
Remote control cars have long been confined to one plane: the floor. No longer the case! The Zero Gravity Finn McMissile car—a suave spyster whip voiced by Michael Caine—can cruise from the floor to the wall without changing gear. The Zero Gravity Finn McMissile will be out in May for $35. Presumably you’ll have to…
The Androidify app lets you make a “you” version of the Android bot, for avatar pics on Twitter, Facebook or your dating profile. Free. [Market via Androidify]
In a former life, I was big on sneakers. Big! Now I just wear one pair of boat shoes and call it a day. This lamp, made by Clara Sjodin at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, is an ode to the people who still love a good pair of shoes. Clever design: the laces double as…
Apple just reportedly handed over a cool $7.8 billion of hard-earned iPad profits to Samsung. But isn’t Samsung one of Apple’s sworn enemies? Sure! But also one of the world’s leading manufacturers of all the good LCDs, mobile processors, and and NAND flash memory chips that help power your favorite iProducts. And once the ink…
This young man won’t be shaving for another six years at least. But my goodness, does he know a lot about 3D printing. Not only is the cutest description of the craft, it’s actually one of the easiest to follow. Couldn’t we use Schuyler on the cover of Tiger Beat and a little less Bieber?…
LG’s apparently feeling so confident about its Optimus Pad/G-Slate—despite not much evidence they should be—that they decided to go and make a promo video wherein a flying ninja kicks Steve Jobs in the face. Starts at around the 1:00 mark. Apparently this proves something about tablet superiority. Which—aside from being entirely inappropriate, even if Jobs…
The Guardian has a great article about Wolfram Alpha and Stephen Wolfram, the genius behind it. Turns out, his dream was never to kill Google (back in ’93, Sergey Brin worked for Wolfram!) but rather try to create the science fiction people once dreamt of (think HAL). And after a rocky start, Wolfram Alpha has…
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 fragmentation, urged Apple to “think small,” and encouraged top-to-bottom control over the product’s ecosystem. In other words, all…
We know copy and paste functionality is launching next month, but Microsoft today showed off some exciting new updates for WP7, such as multitasking (using the “card” format), and Xbox 360 Kinect support. There’s also support for cloud-based Office documents; Twitter integration for the People Hub; and yes, that rumored IE9 update for the phone’s…
On paper, LG’s G-Slate (or Optimus Pad, in Europe), should convince me to finally buy a tablet. It’s running Android Honeycomb—check! Dual-core Tegra 2 chipset—check! 3D camera for video and photo trickery—check! So why did my experience with it just leave me…kinda chilly? True, the software wasn’t final, so some of the bugs (it crashed…
Need to grab an 8x zoomed shot of your attractive neighbor or Lindsay Lohan stealing something, but don’t have your camera handy? Photojojo’s mini-telephoto lens will let you hone your phone on whomever or whatever you want in the distance. We love seeing extra superpowers squeezed out of the iPhone 4‘s already awesome camera. Only…
