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In Defense of Audiophilia

It rarely occurs to me to defend my interest in recreating the sound of live music. I do it because I love to listen to beautiful sound. Is wanting great audio crazy? A series of events—and evangelists—led me from a casual like of the pop songs I heard on my tiny transistor radio to an…

Tech News Bill Leebens

The Battle of the Cheetos Continues

Weeks into the fray, The Battle of the Cheetos carries on, with Gawker a full-fledged combat zone up for the taking. So choose your alliance—Puffs or Crunchy—, create your army and fight for domination of the entire World Wide Web. The future of the internet depends upon it.

Tech News Gawkercreative

Apple Censors Discussions On Negative Consumer Reports’ iPhone 4 Test [Updated]

Apple has deleted at least six threads talking about Consumer Reports’ iPhone 4 tests. Customers on Apple’s support boards were discussing the publication’s negative report, which demonstrated that the design flaw could affect all users. [Updated] https://gizmodo.com/on-testing-consumer-reports-retracts-iphone-4-recommen-5584887 The threads were cached by Bing before getting deleted by Apple. It is not the first time that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Windows Phone Live to Offer Remote Wipe for Free

Every Windows Phone 7 user will get access to a free site called Windows Phone Live. It’ll be a portal to your phone in the cloud, a place to do everything from viewing uploaded media to remote wiping your phone. We don’t have a ton of information yet on the Windows Phone Live site (sorry,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

On TreeHugger, SuperTramp mobile home on your bike, a spiky pay-to-sit-park bench idea for renting resting spots, iPod packaging doubles as a charger, cars run on coffee cups, technology to keep cyclists safe, and more! Supertramp: Microsized Mobile Living Concept This bike-as-camper, called Supertramp, “explores the practicality of microsized living and downshifting as urban “flowmads”…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

You Buy Powerful 3D Gaming Notebook

There are more than 400 3D ready games out there, according to iBuypower, which doesn’t sound like very many at all. But it’s enough for the company to feel confident about releasing this—its first 3D-capable gaming notebook. It’ll do stereoscopic 3D from gaming, Blu-ray and online video sources, with the 1366×768 wide LCD display powered…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Sony: Take Your Children to the Eye Doctor

Sony is not taking any risks with its latest set of terms and conditions, warning of “eye strain, eye fatigue or nausea” and suggesting children have their eyes poked by a doctor before being allowed to play 3D games. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-actually-decent-playstation-3-3d-5564434 Because the eyes of kids aren’t finished and still have growing to do, Sony suggests…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Watch the Earth’s Aurora Pulsate, Live

Android app Solaris uses realtime data from several of NASA’s orbital observation satellites, giving you an accurate representation of the magnetic field of the planet. It might come in handy when the apocalypse hits. According to the maker, the “phone vibrates when geomagnetic storm level rises” which will be quite the conversation starter when your…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

See Mars Better Than An Astronaut With Microsoft’s Interactive Maps

In order to create the most interactive 3D-map of Mars ever, NASA had to process 13,000 gigapixel HiRISE images for three years. Now that they’ve finished, the map will let people see Mars better than most NASA scientists ever have. https://gizmodo.com/a-beach-on-mars-5337134 NASA teamed up with Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope to deliver the highest resolution images of…

Tech News Casey Chan

HelvetiNote Turns Your iPad Into A Beautiful, Minimalist Writing Tool

Many of the note-taking apps for the iPad feel busy or are full of distracting features, but HelvetiNote is a simple minimalist option. It lets you hide everything and just focus on your writing. The app will set you back three bucks and is available in the iTunes store. [iTunes via TUAW]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Careful! Don’t Accidentally Mail Your iPad In This Bag

I usually have a soft spot for whimsical, girly iPad cases, but for some reason I still couldn’t help but smile when I saw this plain leather iPad bag which appears inspired by the old Macbook Air envelope case. https://gizmodo.com/the-prettiest-cow-skin-you-could-ever-wrap-around-your-5539535 The bag is $60 and available through Peasants and Travelers. [Peasants and Travelers]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Soon Eye-Tracking Technology Will Reveal If You’re Lying

It seems that The Eagles were on to something when they sang that “there ain’t no way to hide your lyin’ eyes,” because researchers are working on eye-tracking technology which will detect dishonesty better than a traditional polygraph test. This promising-sounding technology is being researched by some folks at the University of Utah: The researchers…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Panasonic Just Wants To Be Your Everything

In an era when companies are getting focused, trimmer, leaner, Panasonic has unapologetically taken the stance that more is more. Thousands of products? Try a million. This is old school everythingism, and I kind of love it. There are plenty of arguments against being a company that makes 152-inch televisions and facial steamers and everything…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Quadrotor Flying Robots Team Up To Lift Objects

What’s even cooler than flying robots? Flying robots that work in tandem to grasp and transport objects across a room. Individually, the robots can’t lift much but swarm them together and watch their strength grow. https://gizmodo.com/the-drone-that-can-get-through-your-window-and-kill-yo-5552281 The GRASP Lab at UPenn (yep, these same guys) placed a claw-like gripper on the bottom of each quadrotor…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Terrible Truth Of How the Tetris Sausage Is Made

Tetris: it’s just good, clean fun, right? Wrong! You’ve actually been stacking Space Invader body parts like some intergalactic sicko all along. This is the game’s SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE moment, and you can wear it on a t-shirt. [TheDailyWh.at]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Your Next BMW Will Control Your iPod

BMW is the first automobile maker to integrate the iPod Out functionality of the iOS 4. This means that you’ll be able to view your iPod’s screens and menus right on your car’s built-in display. It might not seem like a huge deal, but there are benefits to such a setup: The benefit of using…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Greenest Supercomputer On the Planet

This is the Grape-DR, a supercomputer housed in the Department of Information Science at the University of Tokyo. It has 64 Intel Core i7-920 processors and an accelerator chip that can achieve 200 gigaflops with a lightbulb’s worth of power. The Grape-DR topped the Little Green500 List of energy-efficient supercomputers, achieving 815.43 MFLOPS per Watt…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

New Containment Cap Placed on Gulf Oil Gusher

Looks like BP has successfully placed a new containment cap onto that oil gusher in the Gulf. It’ll take some tests and time before we know if this cap is actually effective though. [MSNBC via Breaking News] https://gizmodo.com/bps-new-fix-today-another-containment-cap-5584865

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Boeing’s Corpulent Hydrogen-Powered Spy Plane Will Fly at 65,000 Feet For Four Days

The future of spycraft looks heavy, if this Boeing plane is any indication. Adding to today’s parade of pretty new planes, Boeing unveiled a hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft system Monday that will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for four days. The Phantom Eye is not exactly sleek, but it’s one of the greenest aircraft out there…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Get a Free Year of Amazon Prime If You Have a .Edu Email Address

Amazon’s offering a rather sweet deal to students: A free year of Amazon Prime. That’s a $80 value and gives you free two-day shipping among other perks. All you need to do is head over to the Amazon Student page and sign up using an email address ending in .edu. That’s it. Of course, Amazon…

Commerce Rosa Golijan

In Defense of Audiophilia

The Battle of the Cheetos Continues

Apple Censors Discussions On Negative Consumer Reports’ iPhone 4 Test [Updated]

Windows Phone Live to Offer Remote Wipe for Free

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

You Buy Powerful 3D Gaming Notebook

Sony: Take Your Children to the Eye Doctor

Watch the Earth’s Aurora Pulsate, Live

See Mars Better Than An Astronaut With Microsoft’s Interactive Maps

HelvetiNote Turns Your iPad Into A Beautiful, Minimalist Writing Tool

Careful! Don’t Accidentally Mail Your iPad In This Bag

Soon Eye-Tracking Technology Will Reveal If You’re Lying

Panasonic Just Wants To Be Your Everything

Quadrotor Flying Robots Team Up To Lift Objects

The Terrible Truth Of How the Tetris Sausage Is Made

Your Next BMW Will Control Your iPod

The Greenest Supercomputer On the Planet

New Containment Cap Placed on Gulf Oil Gusher

Boeing’s Corpulent Hydrogen-Powered Spy Plane Will Fly at 65,000 Feet For Four Days

Get a Free Year of Amazon Prime If You Have a .Edu Email Address

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

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