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The new Droid 2 has a redesigned QWERTY keyboard that’s intensely intuitive. And it’s only one of the evolved features that will help you be a Master of Efficiency, otherwise known as a texting, multi-tasking machine with no match in the smartphone-verse. Android OS 2.2 With the latest Android OS 2.2, you can view all…
I really hope Canon makes this concept compact 4k camera one day, even if Canon says it’ll never come out just like this. It’s like the looming future of cameras sculpted in black plastic, a photon blaster-cum-camera. A mere 5.5 pounds, this working concept model shoots 4K video at 60 frames a second using a…
When Steve Jobs singled out Steve Wozniak as his “partner in crime” at yesterday’s event, he wasn’t just speaking figuratively. Here’s Woz recounting the time he, Jobs, and the infamous Captain Crunch got picked up by the police for phreaking. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-cool-new-stuff-from-apple-5627368 And here’s Jobs’ take, recalling the Blue Box era with decidedly less drama. Though…
Can you smell what #dealz is cookin’? We’ve got some great bargains on a 13.3″ Core i3 HP Laptop, a nice 14MP Samsung HZ30W, and we’re storing that food in a free Ziploc Container. Mmmm, tasty. Top Deals: • 13.3″ HP dm3 Core i3-330UM ULV Laptop for $594.99 plus free shipping (normally $719.99 – use…
Panoramic photography can be tricky. What’s better? Canon’s camera that shoots a single, 360° image. The tech uses a giant, 50 megapixel CMOS sensor and aspheric mirror to capture a sharp, sweeping photo, exceeding the human eye’s measly 120° view. The resulting high-detail imagery can fluidly viewed and navigated without the seams and perspectival glitches…
This is great news for pre-paid Verizon Wireless customers, with the carrier introducing unlimited and 25MB data options for their SIMs. Available from today in-store (or online on September 28th), the plans will only work with (most of their) 3G smartphones—which makes sense, really. The unlimited plan comes in at $30 per month, and for…
Before there was the NES, there was the Nintendo Family Computer AKA Famicom, an early version of the ultra-popular console sold in Asian markets starting in 1983. So, wanna see what the guts of a video game revolution look like? These shots from iFixit and Wired show the inside of what Wired deems “the spiritual…
A full-frame image sensor, like in the 5D Mark II or Nikon D3s, is the equivalent of 35 millimeters. This image sensor is 300 millimeters. This is how well it can see in the dark: The sensor is on the left compared to a simulation on the right of what the squishy things inside your…
There’s not really any info about this printer, but it’s apparently so amazing Canon’s got a countdown to the announcement—nearly six months away—and they won’t let anybody take pictures of it. Updated. Update: We’ve taken the photo of the Pixma printer down, at Canon’s request. But if you wanna see it yourself, it’s on public…
Inductive chargers have been kicking around for a while now, but Energizer’s new charging platter is the first to utilize Qi technology—the new universal standard for inductive charging. That’s one small step closer to total freedom from cables. Qi, which was recently approved as the inductive standard by the Wireless Power Consortium, will allow any…
We called it months ago, but finally the FCC has seen what everyone else could see back then: providing free national broadband for all would be too costly. So, the project has been dropped like a ton of bricks. https://gizmodo.com/the-fcc-wants-to-turn-part-of-the-wireless-spectrum-int-5489241 I’m speculating there about the reason why the FCC has abandoned the idea. Why else…
This is a camera that shoots 120-megapixel panorama photos. And this is a photo it shot: That tiny, cropped area on the right, pulled out from the larger image on the left? That’s 1080p video running at 60 frames per second. And you can zoom in and out of any part of the image in…
An oil production platform in the Vermilion Bay exploded today around 9:30am, with 13 people on board. One crew member was injured, and 12 are in the water in immersion suits. As of 10:30am the rig was still on fire. The Coast Guard is now on dealing with the emergency and has dispatched helicopters and…
You’re not seeing the full picture—the picture that the world’s first single-shot multi-band camera can see, because it’s got six color filters mounted on its 50-megapixel CMOS sensor. Here’s what it sees: Traditionally, this kind of shot would require manually exchanging out the color filters and multi-shooting, but the six color filters on this camera…
The FCC has set its camera to macro mode and snapped the insides of Apple’s new iPod Touch. There’s a ruler for scale and it might be possible to tell what camera the FCC uses from the reflections. https://gizmodo.com/the-complete-guide-to-the-new-ipod-touch-5627599 The FCC refers to this refreshed Touch model as the “Apple A1367” and lets us do…
Ars got the official word from an Apple spokesperson: there will be no new software update for old AppleTVs. That means no sexy Netflix, though you’ll be able to keep on buying movies and TV shows instead of renting. [Ars] Image credit Phil Campbell
Interconnecting natural philosophy, theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, astronomy and cosmology, natural history, geology and paleontology, genetics, chemistry, microbiology, neurology, medicine, and even the closed Chemistry line, this map of the subway is a fascinating summary of human sciences. The map—subtitled Science, Reason & Critical Thinking—is of course based on Harry Beck’s original London underground…
Labor Day Weekend is almost upon us, which means that I’m putting you to work. This week’s Shooting Challenge is to capture R&R. The Challenge Take a photo that captures the essence of rest and relaxation. That’s it. The Method Last week we had a technical challenge, so this week we’re going with a topical…
Dr. Dre has his own Beats line of headphones, in which the name means both beats, like in music, and beats, as in the overly heavy bass beats you in the head. Now Quincy Jones does too, from AKG by Harman. There are three different lines of headphones: The Q701 reference headphones for $480, the…
The Toshiba Folio is now official, following the trail of Samsung Galaxy Tab. Here are the official details: https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-smartpads-specs-leak-runs-android-2-2-and-is-s-5624526 Running Android 2.2, powered by the Nvidia Tegra 2, this tablet has a 10.1-inch 1,024 x 600 multitouch display and the usual networking options: Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, wireless 802.11 b/g/n and, like the iPad, 3G connectivity in…
