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The Creepiest TV Moments of Google’s CEO

Eric Schmidt is a thoughtful speaker with impeccable educational credentials. But the Google CEO’s been a creepy, arrogant-sounding disaster in the press lately, especially on television. Today he issued a retraction. Here are the lowlights of how this came about. Today, Google media relations disseminated a press release in which Schmidt said “I clearly misspoke”…

Tech News Ryan Tate

App Deals of the Day

Another day, another round of amazing deals on many top iOS and Android apps. What are you waiting for? Free Apps: iOS: • Z is for Zombie (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Potty Panic (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Drop Dead (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Galaxy On Fire 3D (iPhone) for…

Tech News Adam Harris

Join Us On Facebook To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself

You seemed to enjoy our first Facebook illustration contest, so we decided to put Gizmodo’s contributing illustrator Sam Spratt to work again. This time, he’ll make one of you a Halloween portrait. Here’s how you can be the lucky zombie/vampire/ghoul/random-creature-of-the-night: https://gizmodo.com/the-prize-portraits-from-our-facebook-illustration-cont-5659385 All you have to do is head over and join our official Facebook page…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Florida Politician Cheats With a Text During Nationally Televised Debate

Click to viewFlorida’s gubernatorial race has been too tight to call, which is why CNN brought the two candidates on for a debate last night. During which Democrat Alex Sink was busted, on camera, for receiving an illicit text from her campaign. During a break in the proceedings, Sink was apparently shown a text message…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Nook Color: Barnes & Noble’s Full-Color Tablet With Apps, Mags and Books for $250

Barnes & Noble’s touchscreen Nook Color—a reading-centric, 7-inch Android tablet with full color books, magazines, newspapers and apps is well, surprisingly good. It might be the best Android tablet yet, even. Update: Video! The Hardware The new Nook sports a seven inch 1024×600 full-color LCD touchscreen made by LG, accelerometer-enabled for both portrait and landscape…

Tech News Sam Biddle and matt buchanan

I Want My Tombstone Set In Helvetica

I always hated tombstones. I don’t want a tombstone. I want to be cremated and sent to space. Or buried at sea. But if I had to have a tombstone, it will be similar to this, in Helvetica. This one, dedicated to Factory Records’ founder Anthony H Wilson, has beautiful typesetting in Rotis Serif. [Creative…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Gizmodo’s Sexy Robot Costume Contest: EXTENDED

Our Sexy Robot Costume Contest! was slated to end tomorrow, but we’re feeling festive, so we’re extending it until Halloween! Why not be a sexy robot this year, and possibly enjoy a delicious pizza? Remember, the voting up to YOU. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-sexy-robot-costume-contest-5664139 All entries to the contest are posted on our Facebook page, where readers (like…

Tech News Sam Julian

What Happens When You Plug a Google TV Into a Google TV?

You’d think something bad would happen if you inserted a Google TV inside of another Google TV, but no. All they do is gently caress each other’s UIs, gesturing sweetly how they’d like to stream Netflix next. [Google TV Review] https://gizmodo.com/google-tv-review-its-kinda-the-future-5672946

Tech News Jason Chen

Gadget Deals of the Day

Sit back and relax with today’s top deals on a Sony Vaio E Series Laptop, a Panasonic Blu-ray Player, and a free bag of chips. Top Deals: • 15.5″ Sony VAIO E Series AMD Dual-Core, Radeon HD 4250 Laptop for $549.99 plus free shipping (normally $599) • Panasonic Blu-ray Player DMP-BD45 for $104.95 plus free…

Tech News Adam Harris

Casio G’zOne Ravine: The Phone that Survives It All

The rugged Casio G’zOne Ravine phone has undergone rigorous military testing, so the stresses and strains of life—like your everyday, run-of-the-mill immersion, blowing rain, shock, sand/dust, vibration, salt fog, humidity, solar radiation, low pressure, high & low temps—won’t phase it at all. Phone/Display Don’t drop everything just because you have to make a call—open and…

Tech News Gawkercreative

Giz Explains: What’s the Strongest Material Known to Man?

Adamantite! Rearden Metal! Uru! Durasteel! Dalekanium! Unobtanium! Thousands of fictional characters have fought and died for these equally fictional super-materials. So what is the real-life strongest substance on our puny, sun-warmed planet? Mankind’s pursuit of the “strongest” material hasn’t exctly been a concerted, organized effort, but it figures into history in incredibly profound ways. Hell,…

Tech News John Herrman

Shooting Challenge Shove It Gallery

I took this photo in Edinburgh, Scotland from the Edinburgh castle. I had left on Thursday the 21st and before I went to Edinburgh I checked what the Shooting Challenge of the week was and thought that I could possibly do this challenge. My camera is placed on top of one of the original cannons…

Tech News Adam Harris

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives

This is the view from the last drops of your water bottle. And here are 44 more brilliantly conceptualized photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge: https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-take-your-camera-and-shove-it-5668740 Lead Shot – From the Eyes of Backwash The perspective of my bottled water…I cut off the bottom of a one liter sized bottle of water, fit it over…

Tech News Mark Wilson

How Fast Are the New MacBook Airs?

We’re taking our time with the new MacBook Airs, trying to find out if you can really count on these wonder wedges to serve as your main machine. But some early benchmarks are already out, and here’s how they look: The Benchmarks: MacWorld ran a thorough Speedmark 6.5 benchmark on all four standard new MacBook…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Easiest Way to Skip Ahead In YouTube Videos

Want to skip ahead to 10%, 20%, 80% of the way through whatever YouTube video your college roommate sent you? Google made a shortcut that takes you there with the push of a button. Here’s how: Once you’ve paused your video of choice, type 1 to skip to 10% in, 2 for 20%, 3 for…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Apple-Approved DOS Emulator for iPad Is as Good and Bad as the Original

While Apple is busy putting the iPad into Mac OS X, someone got busy putting DOS into the iPad: Apple-approved iDOS will get you a C:> prompt. Why? Here are some reasons: PC Tetris. And Xenon 2. And Wing Commander. Updated https://gizmodo.com/how-mac-os-x-lion-brings-the-best-of-ipad-to-your-mac-5668805 And X-Wing. And TIE Fighter. And Day of the Tentacle. And the Indy…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

3M Owns the Color Purple (But Not How You Might Think)

And here I was, ready to paint my bedroom purple. But if 3M owns it, I can’t, right? Wrong! Although under US law 3M strangely does have a claim to the the color, it’s not as bad as it sounds. Intellectual property law allows for what’s called “trade dress”—the visual distinctiveness that, the hope is,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Office For Mac 2011 Now Available

From what we’ve heard Office for Mac 2011 is actually pretty good! If you want to decide for yourself, today’s your chance to pick up a copy of the software suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and, for the first time, Outlook. It’ll run you up to $150 for a single Home and Student license,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Five Different Oceans’ Rubbish Were Used to Make These Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners

Four months after boasting of vacuums made from recycled sea junk, Electrolux now has five colorful cleaners to show off. They’re made from 70 per cent recycled plastics, with each cleaner’s design representing the ocean the rubbish came from. https://gizmodo.com/electroluxs-vacuums-of-the-future-will-be-made-from-oce-5574264 Under the recycled plastic outers is the same guts as their Ultra One Green model,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Stop-Motion Lite Brite: My Two Favorite Things In One Spellbinding Video

For anyone whose first adventure in artistic expression was plugging tiny colored bulbs into a Lite Brite board, this amazing video will make the kid in you squeal. And the adult in you amaze at how much work it took. Regardless of how you feel about the David Crowder Band‘s sound, I dare you not…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Creepiest TV Moments of Google’s CEO

App Deals of the Day

Join Us On Facebook To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself

Florida Politician Cheats With a Text During Nationally Televised Debate

Nook Color: Barnes & Noble’s Full-Color Tablet With Apps, Mags and Books for $250

I Want My Tombstone Set In Helvetica

Gizmodo’s Sexy Robot Costume Contest: EXTENDED

What Happens When You Plug a Google TV Into a Google TV?

Gadget Deals of the Day

Casio G’zOne Ravine: The Phone that Survives It All

Giz Explains: What’s the Strongest Material Known to Man?

Shooting Challenge Shove It Gallery

45 Photos From Clever, Sometimes Unbelievable Perspectives

How Fast Are the New MacBook Airs?

The Easiest Way to Skip Ahead In YouTube Videos

Apple-Approved DOS Emulator for iPad Is as Good and Bad as the Original

3M Owns the Color Purple (But Not How You Might Think)

Office For Mac 2011 Now Available

Five Different Oceans’ Rubbish Were Used to Make These Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners

Stop-Motion Lite Brite: My Two Favorite Things In One Spellbinding Video

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

Roborock F25 GT Cordless Vacuum and Mop Hits Its Lowest Price in Spring Sale, 20,000Pa Cleaning Power Without the Premium Price Tag

New Details Add a Bizarre Twist to NASA’s First ISS Medical Evacuation

ASUS TUF 27” HDR Gaming Monitor Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing for a Limited Run in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

‘Speed Racer’ Is Getting a Glorious New Remaster

Dreame Pocket Pro Hair Dryer Is Now Over 3x Cheaper Than Dyson’s Deal in Amazon’s Prime-Exclusive Spring Sale

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts

JBL Clears Out a 5.0-Channel Compact All-in-One Soundbar at a Record Low Beyond Its Portable Speaker Deals

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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