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Taking no prisoners before he departs Nokia in six months’ time, Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki had some choice words to say about manufacturers who’ve embraced Android, claiming it won’t pay-off in the long run. [Financial Times] https://gizmodo.com/another-nokia-exec-bites-the-dust-anssi-vanjoki-5636353
What a shame that the first LTE 4G phone is a bog-standard Samsung. It has a tiny AMOLED screen, runs on the TouchWiz OS, and that slide-out QWERTY? I just don’t like the look of those buttons. Still… https://gizmodo.com/first-lte-4g-phone-clears-fcc-5600572 …There’s no disputing that Las Vegas residents are going to get awesome speeds on it, as…
There’s something almost Hitchcockian about this 1970s video, what with the soundtrack and odd close-ups (the clay!), but if you can get past all that until at least the plastic-molding part, I guarantee you’ll be enthralled. [Make]
It’s flammable, and it might make you see something that looks like this by the end of the night. It’s tequila, seen at over 1000x magnification. Florida State University research scientist Michael Davidson has made a project out of creating micrographs of booze at intense magnification levels, which produce images that look like they’re out…
With a simple touch, you can control your work or home computer anytime, anywhere from your Android. It’s one-touch access to all your files and applications right in the palm of your hand. Here are a few ways Ignition users are reclaiming their freedom: “I use LogMeIn to log onto my office computer from home…
Twitter is seriously screwed up at the moment, thanks to a new Javascript exploit that’s currently slamming the service. Visitors of Twitter’s website are inadvertently retweeting spam and porn to their followers, just by hovering over tweets. UPDATE: Patched Update: As of 9:50, Twitter says “The exploit is fully patched.” The exploit takes advantage of…
Filmed using nothing but a Nokia N8 with attached CellScope microscope, what you’ll see here will blow your mind. The figurines were made using a 3D printer, and had to be hand-painted using a microscope due to their small stature. While we remain decidedly nonplussed about Nokia’s Symbian-running N8 phone, there’s no doubting the quality…
A few days ago, Facebook quietly changed their friend rejection procedure. Instead of opting to Ignore, you can now only defer the put-down by clicking Not Now. But those purgatoried people can still read all your public info and updates. As TechCrunch observes, when someone sends you a Friend request they get immediate access to…
SSDs might be the storage du jour for their speed, but there’s still no beating regular-ass hard drives for their price to capacity ratio. And now, the first 1.5TB portable hard drive, from Seagate. The FreeAgent GoFlex looks like this, and gives you USB 3.0 connectivity (or FireWire 800, if you get the FireWire adapter…
It could be the sartorial choice of the year, and costs a whole lot less than a Louis Vuitton satchel. I’m talking about Boba Fett’s jetpack backpack, which has finally gone on sale after months of cruel photo-teasing. ThinkGeek has it up for $50, but if you’re willing to sacrifice plush comfiness for an inflatable…
Looking very similar to the Nexus One (albeit with a larger top-bezel), HTC’s WP7-running Mozart phone has appeared in a video along with some very believable specs. Super-LCD instead of AMOLED, an 8MP camera—par for the course really. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-review-5443835 Also listed is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD 8250 chip, which was used in the Nexus…
Not to be confused with the affordable V-LUX 20 compact, the V-LUX 2 follows on from where the V-LUX 1 went four years ago—namely, mahoosive-zoom territory. In true Leica fashion, it’s basically a pricier version than Panasonic’s FZ100. https://gizmodo.com/leica-v-lux-20-compact-camera-exposed-with-geo-tagging-5520532 A 24x zoom lens is the crowning glory of the V-LUX 2, in this case it’s…
While the whole camera industry seems to be going nuts for the retro, pared-down beauty of the micro four thirds (and similar) models around, if you want true “original” design you must look for that (pricey) red dot. Not that the D-LUX 5 is going to be any much different from the Panasonic Lumix line,…
Panasonic’s Lumix GH2 is a Micro Four Thirds camera that does it all: it shoots full 1080p HD video, it has a swanky new 16MP sensor and touchscreen, and even packs a secret weapon: compatibility with an interchangeable 3D lens. Panasonic’s pulling out all the stops for the GH2, which they’re deeming their “most professional-level…
It’s not pretty like this post-production HDR video from last week, but isn’t it exciting to see what RED’s Epic is capable of when trained at an average Las Vegas nightlife scene? https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-hdr-video-makes-me-weep-at-its-beauty-5634796 It’s the first footage shot using the HDRx Mode, processed with Magic Motion, that RED’s ever made public. While RED admits that…
Bill Murray is one of our heroes, not only because he has been in some of geekdom’s most iconic movies of all time—from Ghostbusters to Zissou going through Groundhog Day—but because he’s simply awesome. He just turned 60. Happy Birthday, Mr. Murray!
Feeling like a game of catch, but the sun’s gone down? Try out this DIY ball filled with LEDs. They light up randomly as the ball is shaken up, like a bunch of angry fireflies trapped in a globe. It’s a pretty simple process: gather up 15+ LEDs (this one uses 150) and a 3V…
It took 30 miles of yarn, a computer controlled airbrush system, a great deal of math, and a ton of elbow grease to create this colorful web. It would take only one tiny pair of scissors to destroy it. The web is an art installation called Gravity’s Loom and was set up in the Indianapolis…
Samsung’s bundling its Galaxy S phones, some lotions, and a 4GB MicroSD card in a pink kit dubbed Galaxy S Femme. Do they not think that guys might want lotion to go with their big-screened phones, too? [Akihabaran via Engadget]
At first I thought this just was pretty great Futurama – Gears of War mash-up Then Jason told me the same guy provided the voice for both Bender and Marcus Fenix, and my world collapsed in on itself. The petition for this to be unlockable in GoW 3 starts now, people. [Futurama Time via Geekosystem]
