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Chrome OS is finally here, in fully realized form, and here’s the skinny: It’s a fully cloud-based operating system that works inside the Chrome browser, complete with instant-on power and free mobile data support from Verizon. https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chrome-os-5408504 What’s Chrome OS, again? Chrome OS is Google’s operating system that works entirely within the browser, meaning you…
We’ve been able to full screen YouTube videos since the online video Stone Age, and now Amazon’s giving literature the same treatment. Kindle for Web is an attractive new way to read (and buy) books right in your browser. Amazon’s had book samples forever, but Kindle for Web, joining their family of free Kindle apps…
Nikon D700 + 28-70mm F/2.8 @ 28mm ISO 200 f/7.1 6 second exposure Started with zoomed pics of my car but they were ugly so I snapped my neighbors bike. I hope he doesn’t mind. -Aaron Hwang Camera: Canon T2i Lens: EF-S 18-55mm Camera Settings: f/22, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 1/4 of a sec, shot…
I took the picture from my balcony using a canon eos 550d, F/14, 30sec and ISO 100 all on a tripod. I was all zoombed in with my 18-55mm and a few seconds after I’d started taking the pic. I slowly zoombed out, then in, then out and then in and finally zoomed all the…
The neverending source of amusement and crazy rumors that is Digitimes is saying that Foxconn will start shipping the iPad 2 “as soon as the end of February 2011”. They claim that Apple will then launch the new version of their tablet in April, as logic and the history of the iPhone dictates: Release a…
Zooming. Most people only do it before or after taking a photograph—never during. Well here are 152 remarkable pieces of proof that most people are wrong. Zooming while taking a photograph is a surprisingly versatile, inevitably eye-catching technique. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-zoom-exposure-5703222 Lead Shot: ‘Citgo Meets Tron’…So, Citron? This is the CITGO sign in Kenmore Square, Boston, MA.…
I took this one in Gothenburg/Sweden in a gas station. Nikon D40 18-55mm standart lens Focal length 18.0 mm Exposure 0.4 (1/3) Aperture f/20 Iso 400 -Alex Garcia Got my Rebel T2i yesterday, from a Cyber Monday sale, and I love it, been using it non-stop. Now I can submit pictures from a non-smartphone camera.…
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange is arrested on suspicion of rape; today U.S. State Department drops this gem: “The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011 in Washington, D.C.” Oh my. The undercurrent of the rape charges brought by two women in Sweden has been—by some,…
Step one: take out all the transportation. Step two: the financial base and telecoms. Step three: You get rid of all the utilities. Gas, water, electric, nuclear. that’s why they call it a fire sale, because everything must go. That’s Justin Long, lecturing an audience that includes Bruce Willis about the magnificent scale of a…
Cloud-based gaming service OnLive has been developing briskly over the last half year. Their first move onto the iPad, the free OnLive Viewer app, doesn’t let you play games but rather lets you watch them as they’re being played. Huh! The ability to play games will come sometime early next year—OnLive says they’re waiting for…
ABBA Singbox: An iPhone game that lets you sing ABBA songs alongside Frida and Agnetha, while Björn and Benny do their thing. The only way life could get any better than this is if actual Swedes were singing besides you. Because, trust me on this one, nobody—yes, nobody—sings like drunk Swedes. The $3 official ABBA…
Oh, my quivering kneecaps. Do you remember digging for dinosaur fossils in your backyard as a young lad/lass, vowing that one day you’ll own a genuine dino souvenir? Now’s your chance—for $62,700, thanks to Stuart Hughes. That’s the same Stuart Hughes who’s painted every imaginable Apple product gold, or garnished them with diamonds. Now, it…
It’s pretty clear by this point that a quadrotor drone’s main mission is to fly through our windows and kill us in our sleep. But what do they do for fun? Just juggle a ball better than I ever could. https://gizmodo.com/the-quadrotor-drone-learns-several-terrifying-new-trick-5639176 The Swiss cousin of UPenn’s quadrotor assassin, this flying juggler blows off steam at…
Have a Bond lover in your life (who doesn’t)? Skip the jet packs and dagger shoes this holiday season. Here are 9 semi-practical gifts guaranteed to satisfy the most fervent gadget-crazy spy. Sex puns sold separately. 1. ATN Viper Night Vision Googles, $289 Every spy needs to see in the dark. ATN’s Viper goggles are…
Google’s just realized their dream of putting printer drivers in the cloud, as their Cloud Print service has now gone into beta. This means that you can print from any device, whether it’s a laptop, tablet or even cellphone, to any printer—theoretically. For now, their website says you need Windows 7, Vista or XP to…
The word on the street is that Apple’s giving out early gifts this holiday season, emailing free iTunes movie rental codes to random iTunes users. I haven’t received one—but have you? Let us know in the comments below! [9to5Mac]
There are plenty of ways to get a camera in the air—but few are cheap. Even fewer of them are as clever and (downright pretty) as cinematographer Tom Guilmette’s floating balloon and fishing rod contraption. And it’s HD! The setup, a rig Guilmette uses to go “skyfishing,” requires mostly inexpensive parts—stuff, he says, you can…
This week on TreeHugger, wasps with solar powered exoskeletons, wind-powered iPhone skins, ovens converted to entertainment systems, Einsteins lost heat-powered fridge design, QLEDs take over TVs and more. Oriental Hornets Are Literally Solar Powered While it’s true that the vast web of life on this planet is essentially solar powered—without the sun’s energy there is…
Countless projects have tried to figure out how to retain some of the tangibleness lost in our increasingly digital world. Few of them have done it as convincingly as Tableau, a beautifully simple, Twitter-connected photo printer and scanner. As designer John Kestner deems it, Tableau is an “anti-computer” experience. But the other, glass-half-full reading is…
That took a long time. RIM’s just opened the door to developers wishing to create apps for their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, with an added bonus—a free PlayBook if their app gets approved for the App World store, before the tablet launches in North America. It’s going on sale early next year for under $500, apparently.…
