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Sure, we love a good gamecake, but these Threadcakes are in a league of their own. OF THEIR OWN. Clamp your lips ’round the 2010 winners over here: [Threadcakes]
See that pink ring glowing in the middle of space? That’s the shockwave of Supernova 1987A hitting a gas ring that was ejected from the dying star 20,000 years before the fiery explosion. It’s one light year across. The Hubble keeps leaving me speechless. University of Colorado at Boulder Research Associate Kevin France, of the…
Twitter: Holy hell, the official Twitter app for iPad is finally here. Here’s the essence of what Matt had to say: https://gizmodo.com/the-official-twitter-ipad-app-its-a-whole-lot-of-twitt-5628040 If you’re a serious Twitter user, you’ll probably love it. It’s designed to be a complete tweet-and-browse-and-tweet-some-more package, so you can consume what people are tweeting and everything they’re linking to, inside of…
Logitech just announced a revamp of their Gamepad line of PC controllers, taking a little bit of visual inspiration from here and little from there (that means Xbox and Playstation) for three affordable new USB controllers: F310, F510, and F710. The F310 has a floating D-pad as well as colored XYAB buttons and dual joysticks…
In the new film The American (in theaters today), George Clooney is an undercover assassin who needs to construct a gun. Clooney always makes things look easy, but that’s why he’s Clooney and everyone else is, well, everyone else. Let’s explore gunsmithing to see what he’s so effortlessly pulling off. The process of building a…
Corsair might only be known for their PC components—memory, SSDs, thumb drives and power supplies—but they’re branching into USB audio gaming headsets as well. It’s a natural progression, since their customers are gamers that want to optimize their setups. The price of the HS1 USB headset is quite reasonable: $99. Other competitive headsets, like the…
Angry Birds Beta: The ridiculously popular game that’s become a phenomenon on the iPhone is finally available on Android (albeit in beta form). There’s just 15 levels right now, but that’s enough to build an itch that you’ll scratch forever. Check out the game’s trailer above to see what the hype is all about. Bing:…
Relax this Labor Day Weekend in style with a 60″ Sharp LCD HDTV, a Roku HD Netflix Player, and a free “Man Day” T-Shirt. Don’t you just love long weekends? Top Deals: • 60″ Sharp AQUOS LC60E88UN 240Hz, 1080p LCD HDTV for $1,499 with free shipping (normally $1,785) • Roku HD Netflix Player for $69.99…
Boy Genius hears that the Galaxy Tab, Samsung’s Android tablet already rumored to be on Verizon is heading to Sprint too. And, it’ll have both 4G WiMax and 3G. Nice! [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-galaxy-tab-runs-froyo-has-flash-and-measures-5627498
That’s what he said to designer Joshua Kopac when he told him that the iTunes 10 logo “really” sucks. No, not “prepare to die”. I mean “We disagree.” Kopac: Steve, Enjoyed the presentation today. But…this new iTunes logo really sucks. You’re taking 10+ years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let’s…
Shazam: Shazam, probably the best known app for figuring out the names of tunes you’re listening to, just got a shiny update to 3.0.0, bringing all sorts of good stuff with it: iOS4 optimization, tag on startup, 30 second iTunes previews of the songs you tag, and more. There’s regular old Shazam, which is free…
Apple has always sucked at the internet. With Ping and the new Apple TV, Apple sucks a little bit less at it. But Apple could be good at it. https://gizmodo.com/why-arent-i-the-center-of-the-apple-universe-5552953 Apple’s finally starting to reward people for buying into the Apple ecosystem, but everything they’re doing is only a half-step toward what it could be,…
The US Patent & Trademark Office has awarded a truckload of patents, some of them seemingly trivial, from continuous scrolling acceleration on the iPhone to the burn disc icon user interface in iTunes, which was imagined by Steve Jobs himself. • That patent, by Jobs and Tim Wasko, refers to an icon with three states…
Passengers returning to Sydney from San Francisco were treated to a delightful pyrotechnic show as a special treat from Qantas. A mesmerizing cascade of flame and sparks! Coming from their 747’s engine. Which exploded after taking off. Wait a second. One man aboard the plane was able to document the ordeal—which thankfully ended with a…
Considering it less uncomfortable than other methods of sneaking cellphones into prisons, a Brazilian gang hired a local teenager to launch phones over prison walls with a bow and arrow. Their plot was foiled when one hit a guard: Authorities say the boy was caught after one of the arrows he launched struck a police…
Let the grand effort to bring wireless music to every room in your house begin (I’m starting with the bathroom). iHome’s teasing an Airplay-enabled stump that will have rechargeable batteries and be available for the holidays. [iHome via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/future-apple-gadgets-getting-airplay-wireless-music-and-5627606
Rovio dropped a few hints earlier in the week that it’d have a public beta test of Android Angry Birds ready by Friday, and it’s followed through—it’s up on the Android Market right now. The level select shows 15 locked spaces for you to power through—and a link to buy the full version. But that…
Similar to when AIM notifies you that you’re still logged in on another computer, Facebook will go even deeper and not only tell you how long you’ve been logged in for, but the name of the device and location, too. While the feature hasn’t gone live yet, it’s going to be so handy knowing where…
The legend is that a mouse can freak out elephants, but the truth is that their worst enemy is much smaller: Ants. Elephants get scared of ants. That’s what Jacob Goheen and Todd Palmer have discovered in Africa’s sub-Saharian savanna. Goheen and Palmer observed that, during a really dry year, most trees in were obliterated…
