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Microsoft’s On-Demand Store, Games For Windows Marketplace, Will Sell Games on the Cheap

Relaunching November 15th, Microsoft’s Games For Windows Marketplace is their new online, on-demand store for downloading PC games. Big-name publishers such as Capcom, Rockstar and 2k Games will be selling their games on there, with all you need is a Windows Live ID, Xbox Live gamertag or Zune tag to grab titles such as GTA:…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Watch This Voting Machine Change Someone’s Vote

When programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the computer chose a different candidate—plus four other candidates from the same, incorrect party—right in front of him. He captured the whole thing on video. Voting! Don’t you just hate it?? Luckily, in the future, the machines will go ahead and do…

Tech News Max Read

Why Are Low-Tech Hot Tubs Suddenly So Appealing?

It seems that low-tech, wood-fired hot tubs are trendy again. According to the NYT, this could be either due to the fact that old-school hot tubs are cheaper or simply because of a certain nostalgia: It’s fun, like a ritual that you plan hours in advance. You chop the wood, get the firebox going and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Pentagon Spends $19 Billion Only To Discover That The Best Bomb-Detector Is A Dog

Drones, metal detectors, chemical sniffers, and super spycams – forget ‘em. The leader of the Pentagon’s multi-billion military task force to stop improvised bombs says there’s nothing in the U.S. arsenal for bomb detection more powerful than a dog’s nose. Despite a slew of bomb-finding gagdets, the American military only locates about 50 percent of…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired

What Do Jet Engines And LED Light Bulbs Have In Common?

It’s not the setup for a joke. Jets and light bulbs really do have something in common now that GE is using jet engine cooling mechanisms inside bright, lightweight, low-energy LED bulbs. You’ll have to wait to buy them though. What do jet engines and LED light bulbs have in common? They both can overheat…

Tech News Ariel Schwartz - FastCompany

Watch South Park‘s Dreamy Inception Parody

Click to viewEvery time I forget about South Park, they go and do something to remind me just how funny they still are. This time, it’s skewering Inception. Sure it’s a few months after the fact, but that makes this surgical strike all the more impressive for still feeling relevant (and hilarious). And double bonus…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Facelette Is Chatroulette For FaceTime

Enjoying your Mac FaceTime experience so far, but not seeing nearly enough genitals and/or stoned teens? Rejoice! An enterprising programmer has already created Facelette, Chatroulette for FaceTime. But be forewarned: it may require some extra precautionary measures. Facelette works exactly like Chatroulette—connecting two random users for a video chat adventure—but has one crucial difference: no…

Tech News Brian Barrett

HP Slate 500 Price Finally Made Official: $799

The HP Slate 500’s specs have been confirmed for a while, but now we’ve got the last piece of the puzzle: Its price. Turns out that the gadget—which is mainly intended for business customers—will cost $799. Ouch. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/hp-slate-500s-leaked-specs-confirmed-on-hps-own-site-5592165

Tech News Rosa Golijan

First Gadgets Gallery

This is the NeXTcube, from 1990, and it was the First Web Server. After jumping many bureaucratic hoops, Tim Berners Lee was able to purchase one, and 3 months later, the consumer-accessible Web was born. [Oobject] Also from 1990: the Dycam Model I. This is the first commercial digital camera, also known as the Logitech…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Google’s Shady Tax Evasion Practices Screw the Government (and You) Out of $3.1 Billion

The US corporate tax rate is 35%. Google, partially founded with taxpayer money and trading at $607 a share, pays 22%. How is this possible? Through an arsenal of offshore tax tricks with names like the “Dutch Sandwich.” Google’s startlingly low rate—how much do you pay every year?—goes back to a deal brokered with the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Next Nook Is a Full Color Android Tablet, Oh Boy

Fact: Barnes & Noble is announcing something on Tuesday. Probable rumor: It’s a full-color, Android-powered touchscreen e-reader. Question: How’s it going to be better than a nook app on the Galaxy Tab? [Cnet]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Netflix Streaming Video Is 20 Percent of Peak US Internet Traffic

A recent study says that 20 percent of all downstream internet traffic during peak times in the US is Netflix streaming. No wonder Netflix is considering disc-less, streaming-only subscriptions. The stat, though surprisingly high (we assume the other 80 percent is porn, torrents and Kyle FaceTiming himself), shows why Netflix is aggressively pushing into streaming,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Anna Chapman, The Tech-Inept Russian Spy, Is Now Working IT for a Bank

It already seems forever ago! Remember Anna Chapman, the completely technologically inept Russian spy we busted and sent back to the motherland? She’s now doing IT work for a Russian bank. Her Maxim cover shoot definitely was not a factor. Chapman, remembered in the annals of technology for being unable to set up a wireless…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Gizmodo Sexy Robot Costume Contest: Can You Beat This?

Entries are rolling in for Gizmodo’s Sexy Robot Costume Contest! This is one favorite we’ve picked from our growing collection of erotic robotics. What, you don’t like it? That’s fine—we’re letting you choose the winner anyway. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-sexy-robot-costume-contest-5664139 That’s right, you. All entries to the contest will be posted on our Facebook page later in the…

Tech News Sam Julian

The Big Networks’ Big Google TV Fear

Google TV, at least theoretically, conceptually erases the distinction between the web and television as a medium for video. It’s all video, wherever it comes from. For broadcasters, that’s scary! So ABC, CBS and NBC’s websites are blocking Google TV. If you go to one of their websites to try to watch a full-length show,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Japanese Have Made a Small but Significant Advancement in Beer Can Technology

This, my index finger assures me, is a development we will be following very closely. [Reddit]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Apple Really Doesn’t Want You To Tear Apart A MacBook Air

The folks at iFixIt rushed to tear down the new MacBook Air, but they discovered that Apple apparently really doesn’t want you to poke around the gadget. It’s full of proprietary parts—right down to the screws. Here are the highlights of the teardown according to iFixIt: * The flip-open port door has been scrapped and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Watch a House Get Annihilated By the Insurance Industry’s New Indoor Hurricane Simulator

How do you determine how well houses will withstand catastrophic weather? If you’re the insurance industry, you build a $40 million room that can simulate Category three hurricanes. Then you huff and you puff and you blow those suckers down. The Institute for Business & Home Safety, a group funded by the insurance industry, spent…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

President Obama and Steve Jobs Are Hanging Out Tonight

According to Business Insider, President Obama penciled in some time with one Steven P. Jobs before his swanky fundraiser out in California at Googler Marissa Mayer’s place later tonight. So what will they be talking about? Who knows. Maybe Obama’s soliciting donations. Or maybe he just wants the white iPhone 4. [BI]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Our Apple TV Apps Wish List

It didn’t take long after the Apple TV jailbreak that we got our first app. But while I like weather as much as the next guy, these are the apps I really want to see on Apple’s little black box. https://gizmodo.com/here-is-the-first-jailbroken-apple-tv-app-5669840 Safari I’m not saying that I want to browse the web from my TV…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Microsoft’s On-Demand Store, Games For Windows Marketplace, Will Sell Games on the Cheap

Watch This Voting Machine Change Someone’s Vote

Why Are Low-Tech Hot Tubs Suddenly So Appealing?

Pentagon Spends $19 Billion Only To Discover That The Best Bomb-Detector Is A Dog

What Do Jet Engines And LED Light Bulbs Have In Common?

Watch South Park‘s Dreamy Inception Parody

Facelette Is Chatroulette For FaceTime

HP Slate 500 Price Finally Made Official: $799

First Gadgets Gallery

Google’s Shady Tax Evasion Practices Screw the Government (and You) Out of $3.1 Billion

The Next Nook Is a Full Color Android Tablet, Oh Boy

Netflix Streaming Video Is 20 Percent of Peak US Internet Traffic

Anna Chapman, The Tech-Inept Russian Spy, Is Now Working IT for a Bank

Gizmodo Sexy Robot Costume Contest: Can You Beat This?

The Big Networks’ Big Google TV Fear

The Japanese Have Made a Small but Significant Advancement in Beer Can Technology

Apple Really Doesn’t Want You To Tear Apart A MacBook Air

Watch a House Get Annihilated By the Insurance Industry’s New Indoor Hurricane Simulator

President Obama and Steve Jobs Are Hanging Out Tonight

Our Apple TV Apps Wish List

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Sun’s Latest Outburst Complicates Planned Launch of Artemis 2

Instagram Will Finally Let You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

Popular Sweetener Found in Protein Bars Tied to Stroke, Blood Clot Risk

HBO’s Boss Has Yet to Be Approached About Partnering on ‘Doctor Who’

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

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