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Having an Eye-Fi wireless SD card in your camera is useful, but only if there’s a wireless network to connect to. Soon, though, anyone with an Eye-Fi X2 will be able to upload photos through their phone’s 3G connection. Here’s how it works: The Eye-Fi sets up a little ad-hoc network; the smartphone app connects…
Hey, people with ContourGPS sports cameras: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE WON A PRIZE! That camera you’ve got strapped to your helmet has been hiding a secret Bluetooth chip, which you’ll soon be able to use to stream live video to your smartphone. https://gizmodo.com/contour-adds-integrated-maps-into-its-helmet-cam-videos-5636541 By applying a firmware upgrade for the camera and downloading a free phone app,…
When a 52-year-old woman went to get her colon checked out, she was glad to hear that there was no signs of cancer. But it wasn’t all good news! Why? Because doctors somehow found a cockroach jammed in her transverse colon. It’s obviously not the worst thing you can find during a colonoscopy but it…
The Razer Switchblade is a hybrid between the Nintendo DS and the Optimus keyboard in that it adds a keyboard full of customizable screens for open-platform, hardcore PC gaming in a small tablet size. It plays Warcraft on the go. What makes the Switchblade (which is presently a working concept) different from the rest of…
Live Taser demos! Easily one of my favorite parts of CES. But is getting Tasered worth it? You do walk away with this Taser hat and commemorative coin! On the other hand, well, here’s the release you sign. Gulp. That font’s pretty small, so let me call out some of the salient bits: Any use…
Just in time for Android’s tablet season, Hulu is finally bringing their Hulu Plus app to Android. They’re not saying when exactly, or which phones will run it, but they did reveal you’ll need Android 2.2 or higher to install the app. [Hulu]
Four Loko, the recently-banned alcoholic energy drink may be a scarely-available resource, but depending on who you ask, all those unused cans of Loko haven’t gone to waste: Orphaned cans along the East Coast are now being converted to Ethanol. https://gizmodo.com/how-four-loko-destroys-my-body-a-liveblog-for-science-5693668 Nearly 200 truckloads of Four Loko are en route to MXI Environmental Services, located…
Launchers are wonderful things! In a nutshell, they’re homescreen replacements, but really, they can magically tranform an entire phone—especially if your phone has been saddled with crappy manufacturer skin. ADWLauncher EX is the latest and greatest launcher available. What is it? ADWLauncher EX, Android, $3.34. Think of ADWLauncher EX as a home screen replacement. The…
This solidly designed Polaroid GL30 beauty is a modern take on the old-school Polaroid camera you may own and love. It’s digital, has an adjustable display, and will spit out your photos in seconds. And did I mention it’s freakin’ gorgeous?
The Motorola Xoom Tablet might not have an operating system that’s “finished”, but it is still the most promising Android tablet so far. That’s because of its tablet-oriented Honeycomb OS, but it’s also because it’s a nice tablet. [Motorola Xoom] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-xoom-10-inch-tablet-android-3-0-means-a-lot-l-5726007
The Mac App Store’s security has been cracked. This means that, by installing a software called Kickback, you will be able to pirate any applications in the store. However, the crack will not be available until February 2011, according to Dissident: We don’t want to release kickback as soon as the [Mac App] Store gets…
If you’re trying to play PS3 Move FPS games with style, Nyko’s got you. They just announced two new gun accessories for PS3’s new motion control system, which may (or may not) have you reeling off headshots in no time. The Power Shot Pro takes its design cues from larger weapons, such as an assault…
For years only deep fryers and Apple laptops have had breakaway cords. Stanley’s new Safety Socket adds breakaway protection to anything with a power plug. Expect it within the month for something like twenty bucks. [StanleyTools.com]
According to researchers at the Weizmann Institute, chemicals in a woman’s tears decreases a man’s sexual arousal. Interestingly, there’s no smell—tears couldn’t be distinguished from saline. But the chemicals still lowered testosterone levels in test subjects. [Physorg.com]
T-Mobile announced they’re upgrading their HSPA+ network to “4G” speeds and plan to rollout the updated infrastructre to 2/3 of their coverage map by the end of the year. This follows their announcement that they eventually plan to crank the network up to 650mbps. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-thinks-it-can-push-3g-mobile-broadband-speeds-5714330
The Atrix is a pretty great phone by itself—two 1GHz cores and 1GB of RAM makes things speedy—but it’s even more useful when you dock it into their laptop for heavy duty computering. There are two ways to dock the phone into desktop mode, either by the HD Dock, which has three USB ports and…
Gross, that’s how it looks. This is what happened on the Houston Ship Channel last Tuesday. It had to be closed because a failure in a storage tank holding 15,000 gallons of beef fat. No dinner for you tonight. [Buzzfeed]
Darth Vader was on hand at CES today to announce the forthcoming release of the Star Wars Blu-ray set. As long time fans of his work, we were thrilled to get the chance to ask him a few questions. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-is-finally-on-f-ing-blu-ray-5726755
Until now, all of Verizon’s 4G has been packed inside dongles. Samsung and Novatel’s LTE hotspots will let you spread the 4G around with Wi-Fi. Slightly thicker than the old MiFi, but you need the space for all them Gees. No price or date—or battery life spec—for Samsung’s 4G Hotspot or Novatel’s MiFi 4510L yet,…
Say what you want about its beta-fied OS, or the need to tether it to access its more powerful functions, the Playbook is The Hotness: beautifully built, quick, and just dead sexy. Check out our killer custom flyby video. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-playbook-preview-the-first-great-7-inch-tab-5725985
