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Thieves Steal Thousands of Laptops From Government Contractor Over Nine Hour Period

You’d think a facility belonging to a private contractor working for the U.S. Special Operations Command would be well-secured, but seven thieves managed to park two semitrailer trucks next to it and spend nine hours loading them up with laptops. The theft occurred at the iGov facility in Tampa, Florida and the thieves got away…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Valcucine Logica Kitchen Will Brighten Up Any Underground Bunker

Italian haute kitchen design company Valcucine have debuted their ‘New Logica’ series of ergonomic, adaptable kitchen fixtures. Each of the kitchen’s various shelves, drawers, and racks are placed within quick reach and easily rearrangeable. The clean lines and scratch resistant, nano-coated surfaces will ensure a beautiful cooking environment for even the pickiest of modernist chefs…

Tech News Sam Biddle

NYT Says a Second Software Update Will Fix the iPhone 4 Reception

According to the NYT, a “person with direct knowledge” of the iPhone 4’s design indicated that the device’s reception troubles would be fixed by a second software update—one different from the iOS 4.0.1 update made available earlier today: http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band One person with direct knowledge of the phone’s design said Thursday that the iPhone 4 exposed…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Firefox Home iPhone App Approved and Available Now

It’s been a while since we first heard about Firefox Home, an app which allows you to sync your desktop browsing session to your iPhone, but it’s been approved by Apple and is available in the iTunes store now. https://gizmodo.com/soon-your-firefox-browsing-sessions-will-sync-to-your-i-5548772 The app is free and basically means that your iPhone will show your “Firefox history,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Lockheed Using Gravity to Spot ‘Subterranean Threats’

The military could soon be hunting for terror threats using detailed maps of the planet’s subterranean territory – thanks to aerial vehicles that tap into the “anomalous gravity signature[s]” of structures built beneath the earth’s surface. Lockheed Martin has received a $4.8 million, 12-month contract to create a prototype sensor that spots, categorizes and maps…

Tech News Jeremiah Dobruck

My Cinderella Would Wear These Fiber Optic Heels

Italian designer Francesca Castagnacci made a pair of heels fit for any girl—or at least any girl who’s serious about her bandwidth. They’re made from strands of fiber optics as thin as human hair and lit by a LED. https://gizmodo.com/glowing-three-inch-heels-the-adult-version-of-light-up-5489477 If any girl ever leaves one of these behind, I will search far and wide…

Tech News Casey Chan

Recycled Island: A Colorful Paradise Made From Garbage

The resourceful Dutch want to turn the Pacific Garbage Patch into a tropical destination. The idea is to recycle the plastic waste floating in our oceans into building materials for an habitable, self-sustaining island. Recycled Island would be about the size of Hawaii’s biggest island and would be located in between Hawaii and San Francisco.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Star Wars: Battle For Hoth Is A Star Wars Tower Defense iPhone Game

Tower defense games have been done many times before on the iPhone. But how many of those games let you defend against Snowtroopers and AT-AT’s? Only this one. Here’s the deal: If you like tower defense games and love Star Wars, Star Wars: Battle for Hoth at $2.99 is a great buy. There’s 15 levels,…

Tech News Casey Chan

Apple Patent Application Describes Multi-Orientation Docks

Among Apple’s patent applications, there’s one for a multi-orientation dock which seems like it won’t rely on traditional electrical contacts on the bottom of your device. The patent application is titled “Methods and Apparatuses for Docking a Portable Electronic Device That Has a Planar Like Configuration and That Operates in Multiple Orientations” and described in…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Question of the Day: What Do You Think Apple Is Going to Do Tomorrow?

So, Apple has a press conference about the iPhone 4 tomorrow. What do you think they’re going to do to make good on the faulty antenna issue? https://gizmodo.com/apple-holding-iphone-4-press-conference-on-friday-5587384 What will Apple do about the iPhone 4 antenna issue?customer surveys

Tech News Adam Frucci

God Hates Nerds

It seems that the members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church aren’t very happy about the San Diego Comic-Con. According to them, it’s a gathering of lost souls who are obsessively worshipping false idols like Batman: Are you kidding?! If these people would spend even some of the energy that they spend on these…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Ford Sync Gets 100x More Voice Commands

The first generation of Ford’s voice-activated car control system, Sync, recognized some 100 commands. The new version, beefed up with tech from voice-recognition company Nuance, recognizes over 10,000. Basically, your new Ford just became a way better listener. The improved voice recognition comes as part of the new MyFord Touch system, which will be available…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Logitech Z506 Surround Sound Speaker System Is Only $99

If you’re in the market for a 5.1 sound system, the Logitech Z506 sounds like it could be a decent deal at only $99. There aren’t too many details aside from the price though: We know that you’ll get 75W RMS power, two 8W front and two 8W rear speakers, a 16W center speaker, and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

So This Hipster Tech Douche Stalks a Sexy Black Woman On Twitter…

To say my post “Why I Stalk a Sexy Black Woman on Twitter (And Why You Should, Too” provoked a response would be putting it lightly. https://gizmodo.com/why-i-stalk-a-sexy-black-woman-on-twitter-and-why-you-5586970 While quite a few people seemed to grasp the thrust of the piece—”You should follow a few people on Twitter who aren’t like you”—several others got caught up…

Tech News Joel Johnson

Oil Leak Could Transform Repairmen Into Superheroes

For the first time in our nation’s history, our hopes and dreams and economic fate rest, not on a warrior or a politician or an astronaut, but on a team of repairmen. The effort to seal the ruptured oil well in the Gulf is the grandest and highest-profile repair job since the Apollo 13 duct-tape…

Tech News Kyle Wiens - Wired

Bill Nye Explains How BP’s New Containment Cap Could Still Go Terribly Wrong

Earlier today, BP reported that their latest containment cap succeeded in stopping the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig. But as the Science Guy explains, closing the valves on the new cap could potentially make matters even worse. https://gizmodo.com/bp-successfully-stops-oil-flow-5588203 Click to view Using a plastic bottle and some rubber tubing, Nye demonstrates why…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

WSJ: No iPhone 4 Recall Coming

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a “person familiar with the matter” has told them that Apple will not be recalling the iPhone 4 and it’s faulty antenna tomorrow. The article also says that instead of the usual 14 weeks of testing, carriers were given far less time and far fewer test devices than…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Smart Helmet Provides Injury Awareness on the Slopes

The only thing worse than embarrassing yourself while skiing or snowboarding is messing up your cranium in the process. Enter the Head Impact Detection and Alert System, a sophisticated helmet that both detects and signals brain injuries as they occur. Developed by a team of students at Northeastern University, the helmet combines an array of…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Apple’s Brewing Shitstorm

Dave Winer—the father of blogging and the RSS—has published this article on Apple’s current situation. His prediction: The Reality Distortion Field bubble is “about to burst” and Apple is going to suffer the ugliest shitstorm you’ve ever seen. I’ve been lucky to be in the middle of a number of Internet shitstorms in my life.…

Tech News Dave Winer

Miyamoto: Nintendo’s Next Wii Won’t Be 3D

Nintendo went all in on motion control, and now the rest of the industry is following their lead. But according to Mario mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto, the company doesn’t think it’s quite time for them to jump into the third dimension. Speaking to Der Spiegel, Miyamoto said that while 3D makes sense for a self-contained device,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Thieves Steal Thousands of Laptops From Government Contractor Over Nine Hour Period

Valcucine Logica Kitchen Will Brighten Up Any Underground Bunker

NYT Says a Second Software Update Will Fix the iPhone 4 Reception

Firefox Home iPhone App Approved and Available Now

Lockheed Using Gravity to Spot ‘Subterranean Threats’

My Cinderella Would Wear These Fiber Optic Heels

Recycled Island: A Colorful Paradise Made From Garbage

Star Wars: Battle For Hoth Is A Star Wars Tower Defense iPhone Game

Apple Patent Application Describes Multi-Orientation Docks

Question of the Day: What Do You Think Apple Is Going to Do Tomorrow?

God Hates Nerds

Ford Sync Gets 100x More Voice Commands

Logitech Z506 Surround Sound Speaker System Is Only $99

So This Hipster Tech Douche Stalks a Sexy Black Woman On Twitter…

Oil Leak Could Transform Repairmen Into Superheroes

Bill Nye Explains How BP’s New Containment Cap Could Still Go Terribly Wrong

WSJ: No iPhone 4 Recall Coming

Smart Helmet Provides Injury Awareness on the Slopes

Apple’s Brewing Shitstorm

Miyamoto: Nintendo’s Next Wii Won’t Be 3D

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