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It’s a small update, but a good ‘un—well, for anyone using Windows 7 with a multi-touch monitor. A few other minor upgrades have also been included, such as new JavaScript values for faster graphics. Get the download now. [Firefox]
Looking not dissimilar to the leaked photos from April, the Dell Thunder has appeared in a video sent in to Engadget. Previous leaks suggested a 4.1″ OLED screen and will run Android 2.1, which still seems the case here. https://gizmodo.com/dells-next-android-phones-flash-thunder-and-smoke-5521609 Added to the rumor-mill is the presence of an 8MP camera (complete with LED flash…
So many different names are being bandied about for T-Mobile’s “Project Emerald,” that it makes sense they’re readying two models. After all, we’ve heard about the HTC Desire HD and Vision, as well as the Glacier, Vanguard and G1 Blaze. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-htc-desire-hd-video-shows-larger-screen-and-dual-5607979 According to T-Mobile’s teaser site, the mobile network is working on their first-ever HSPA+…
Just imagine playing this on the R2-D2 version of the Droid 2. The whole word would explode from awesomeness. Who needs a crystal-cut voice dictating turns anyway? https://gizmodo.com/beep-beep-boop-beep-verizon-r2-d2-droid-2-5610704 Crafty Flash developer Christopher Caleb is behind this Android app, which was created using Adobe’s AIR platform—so it’s entirely possible we could see it springing up on…
I will give you some tips: There are two, and one of them is for the ladies. The one on the left is the first prototype of a toilet for female cosmonauts. It was flown for the first time in the Vostok 6 spacecraft, where it was used by the first woman in space, the…
Sprint’s second 4G Android phone, the Samsung Epic 4G, is going to be available August 31 with a $100 rebate to make it $250. https://gizmodo.com/sprints-second-4g-phone-is-the-samsung-epic-4g-slider-5574084 The quick specs: 1GHz Samsung Cortex A8 processor, 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive display, Android 2.1 (not surprising that it doesn’t have 2.2 yet), 3G/4G hotspot, 5-megapixel camera with auto focus,…
Cox, the third biggest of the major cable providers, is going to start pushing TiVo Premiere boxes to its customers as what’s basically their “own” DVR solution. Usually, all you get is a lousy Motorola box. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-premiere-review-wheres-the-razzle-dazzle-5498459 What’s also special about this deal is that Cox will support all of their video on demand library…
From August 14th though September 1st, you can catch San Francisco artist Eric Joyner‘s imaginative art show “Donut Logic” in Culver City, CA. It’s filled with robotry, colorful cupcakes, and a heaping helping of donuts. His pieces “reveal the secret life of robots”, including their penchant for tattoos, their desires, and a glimpse into how…
I hate stock images, but Carl Burguess took stock footage from Getty Images and put together this wondrous music video for Drugs—the latest song by NYC’s electronic music duo Ratatat. You’ll find it uncomfortable, to say the least. It told you. It’s like Larry David and Ricky Gervais got in bed and had a music…
Very very powerful lasers—not like the Spyder III, but actual building-sized lasers used for science—might be reaching their physical ceiling for intensity. Going beyond a certain point means they can destroy themselves. https://gizmodo.com/the-spyder-iii-the-worlds-most-powerful-portable-laser-5560206 It all comes down to the fact that light and matter are interchangeable (mass-energy equivalence!), and at high enough energies, that laser…
Like ra-eeee-aaaiiiin on your wedding day, like a free ride when you’ve already paid, like some good advice that you just didn’t take…Or like the world’s best repair shop having a broken doorbell. [BoingBoing]
According to a Pew study, 21% of Americans claim that they don’t use the internet (and 5% still connect using dial-up). How is this possible? I think I’ve even seen homeless people peruse the internet on their iPhones. Well, 34% of those non-users actually live in a house with internet access. Other than that, 48%…
I’d never use a case, but when they-fix-I-buy the iPhone 4, I’d either get a replacement wooden back or this leather skin. Not only it will protect its very fragile back but it’ll give it the classic Leica look: https://gizmodo.com/apple-will-give-free-bumpers-to-iphone-4-owners-5589004 Kind of. The Deep Black skin is $20, which is kind of too expensive considering…
The nerds at Yelp who revolutionized the way 20-something girls could give their opinions on stuff and actually have it matter in the slightest, have turned their attention to beer. Namely, making an iPad and a keg work together. The shouting Yelper explains now the iPad/Kegbot contraption works. The iPad displays beer information—live, while it’s…
This is almost certainly the R2-D2 edition of Verizon’s Droid 2. It’s the Luke to Vader’s black Droid 2, and looks very, very 70s. Perfect for the time travel machine that can only go back 40 years. [Twitter via Engadget]
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This is Grant Sonnex’s “computer desk for Apple iMac.” Don’t you even think about putting some piece-of-shit Acer on it, or Sonnex will personally come to your house and kick you in the groin for having terrible taste. [Design Milk]
A new version of the Zeus trojan has been silently stealing money from bank accounts since early last month, according to M86 Security. They say they’ve “never seen such a sophisticated and dangerous threat.” Oh. Wonderful. https://gizmodo.com/russian-botnet-steals-from-another-replaces-virus-with-5469550 Since early last month, the Zeus v3 trojan has managed to steal roughly a million dollars from over…
This is the East River State park. It’s next to my house and—in the spring, summer, and early fall—I love to go there and lay down to read a book. Sadly, that pool is not there. The project is a concept for now, but if the people from + pool have their way, it may…
Designed for children ages 2 and up, Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy is an illustrated, narrated storybook that reads to children on its own. Even better is that deaf children won’t be left out, thanks to built-in sign language video. As kids turn the pages at their own pace, an accompanying interpreter will provide visual…
