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Hey, what would you do if I told you that Amazon was flogging iLife ’09 for just $44 (that’s a discount of 44 per cent), but that iLife ’11 must be just ’round the corner? Would you wait, in hopes of these goodies, or snap up a bargain while you had the chance? [Amazon via…
Using augmented reality, the WWF has designed a special shirt that mimics getting shot at. Hint: It doesn’t feel good. How does the shirt work? Simple, the t-shirt triggers a shooting animation (complete with blood) when worn in front of a special mirror. The shirt is supposed to let us silly humans know the pain,…
The NV59C66U might not have the sexiest name, but its integrated WiMax card might be titillating enough to make up for it—assuming you live somewhere that it matters. It starts at $700, and can be configured up to a Core i5 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and a Blu-ray drive. All of…
I’ve spent the last hour destroying web pages using this Asteroids bookmarklet: Facebook, Twitter, Scoreland (NSFW), Justin Bieber’s site… Everything can be destroyed exactly like in the Asteroids game. Watch this reader lasering Gizmodo down to smithereens. Created by Erik Andersson, the javascript bookmarklet will work with any page, identifying objects and using the spaceships…
The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch all use a menu system called “Springboard” that doesn’t exist on the new Apple TV. But what the Apple TV uses instead might be coming to iPad. Lowtide is the AppleTV iOS app… While the new Apple TV uses the iOS operating system, its interface is even more closed…
A mere day after news first broke of Amazon’s app store for Android, and their terms and conditions have been leaked to SlashGear. Importantly, they back-up what TechCrunch had heard previously about mirrored updates between apps on different platforms. While the T&Cs haven’t been copied below in full, you can see what a large chunk…
Whatever you’re pedaling, it’s time to give it a stern, disappointed look. Because it just got obliterated by this flame-thrower strapping, ejector seated, caterpillar tracked monster. The BOND Bike, friends, leaves me shaken and stirred. The working concept won’t be up for sale—for reasons both legal and practical—pretty much ever, but it will be making…
In a blog post talking about the future of Firefox Home (their iPhone app that syncs Firefox history, bookmarks and open tabs from desktop to iPhone), Mozilla dashed any dreams we possessed of a true Firefox browser for iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/firefox-home-iphone-app-approved-and-available-now-5588488 While Apple authorized Opera’s browser app, Mozilla isn’t too keen to try with their browser.…
No, this incredible image is not a Photoshop montage and that’s not Batman’s plane. It’s a Qantas Dash 8 Q 400, a twin propeller passenger airplane passing in front of the Moon in Australia. This is how it was taken: Today, I achieved something I have wanted to do for a considerable length of time:…
A new report from MIT is linking airplanes to deaths…on the ground. The study suggests that airplanes flying at their normal altitude (35,000 ft) are emitting dangerous pollutants that contribute to 8,000 deaths a year. Currently, aircraft emissions are only regulated up to 3,000 feet. Why? Because it’s been long assumed that anything emitted over…
Looks like the autogyros, a.k.a., gyrocopters, are definitely back in fashion. Following the Sikorsky X2 demonstrator, here is the latest one, the Eurocopter X3. It uses twin five-blade turboprops in addition to its main five blade rotor. https://gizmodo.com/sikorsky-x2-helicopter-tested-even-cooler-than-expecte-5044737 Invented by Juan de la Cierva in 1923, the autogyro was the precursor of the modern helicopter.…
While it could just be a screengrabbed imaged displayed in the Photos app, we’re inclined to believe it’s the real deal as Hexxeh already has a proven track record in Chromium OS builds. The UK-based hacker tweeted from his compromised iPad, but did say that “I’ll dash your hopes later, there are a few catches.”…
The number of times you’ve been caught out and about without a bar of gold is set to be a distant memory—at least for Florida and Las Vegas residents, who’ll see hundreds of these ATMs installed next year. The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi was the first place to install cash machines that hand…
That 7-inch tablet Michael Dell confirmed the other week? It’s launching in a matter of weeks, and an even larger one similar to the iPad’s size will trot out in 6 – 12 months’ time. https://gizmodo.com/dell-confirms-7-android-tablet-in-the-works-5645166 So says Amit Midha, the President of Dell Greater China, who also spoke intriguingly of 3 and 4-inch tablets.…
Architects took on gravity and won, and now daredevils can pay almost $300 a night to stay in the “balancing barn,” where 50 per cent of the building dangles precariously off a slope. https://gizmodo.com/why-doesnt-balancing-barn-home-fall-on-that-little-girl-5246324 Thankfully it doesn’t appear that a swing was built-in under the barn as the concept pictures suggested last year. Everything else…
We’ve been hearing for a while that Cisco was wanting to get down with Joe Blow on the street, so it’s not at all surprising to hear that next week they’re rumored to unveil a “cheap” home-telepresence product. When we say cheap, we mean it won’t cost much more than one of their Flip camcorders,…
Been wondering about BlackBerry’s app strategy? Never have I been so infuriated with a phone than when I look at their undernourished App World. According to RIM however, they “aren’t focusing on, say, hitting the 50,000 app mark.” Their VP of platform product management, Alan Panezic, spoke at the Developers’ Conference in San Francisco about…
How often do you use Facebook Chat, the buggy IM service? If the answer is “hardly ever,” then do you think you’d be keen on video-chatting, calling or SMSing with them through Skype instead? According to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, Facebook and Skype are close to announcing a deal which would see Skype accounts integrated…
He may look big enough to squeeze into, like the R2-D2 from the other day, but I wouldn’t suggest trying—judging by the video below he’s quite deft with the jaw-snapping, and isn’t too stable on his feet either. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-get-inside-this-over-sized-r2-d2-and-drive-it-5649372 Shown off at the Google Developer’s Day conference in Tokyo yesterday, people seemed to be enthralled…
This the TDK Batman Utility Pouch. It’s a gorgeous, functional replica of Batman’s utility belt from The Dark Knight. It’s also the solution to Batman’s iPhone case woes. There will be 750 of these belts made and they can be purchased for $150 a piece. [UD Replicas via ChipChick]
