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Paris’ Newest Apple Store Is Least Apple-Like Store Yet

It’s also the most beautiful, keeping all of the original fittings from the old bank that was once situated there. Instead of using their typical chrome-and-glass stairs, Apple thankfully chose to keep the stunning carved wooden stairs and wrought-iron railings. https://gizmodo.com/apple-threatened-me-with-legal-action-for-selling-a-bro-5482132 It opened to the public Saturday gone, and caused queues around the block as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A Professional Fashion Shoot With an iPhone 3GS

When photographer Lee Morris posted images from this set on his site, some of his readers claimed they were the best photos he’d had ever taken. The joke? This behind-the-scenes video reveals how they were captured: …on an iPhone 3GS (not even iPhone 4!) to silence those who, week after week, complained that their cameras…

Tech News Mark Wilson

New iPhone Game Causes Retina Burns, “Pure iPwnage” to Blame—Watchdog Group

A consumer watchdog group issued a warning to the nation’s mobile gamers today, urging caution when playing Archetype, an iPhone first-person shooter available in the iPhone App Store today. According to Americans For Restrictions on All Interactive Decadence (AFRAID), the multi-player FPS reportedly has a tendency to burn player’s retinas particularly when played on Apple’s…

Tech News Gawkercreative

You Should Check Your iTunes Account (UPDATED)

The Next Web spent the weekend digging up dirt on suspicious iTunes activity. What they found? A number of iTunes accounts had been hacked, with users reporting between $100 and $1400 being spent without their knowledge or consent. UPDATE: The first hint that something was amiss over the weekend came when two developers noticed that…

Tech News Brian Barrett

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, Water Wars meets 3D gaming, square LED light bulbs, blue jeans bring us to better solar cells, and Google partners up with small book stores for e-books. Mobile App Helps Citizens Report on Gulf Oil Spill Map The Spill has created a mobile app that turns your cell phone into a…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

Canon’s Camera of the Future

At the World Expo 2010, Canon revealed a concept-car-like vision of the future called the Wonder Camera, the camera they see us all using in a few decades. The interesting part? It doesn’t take pictures. (See info on the camera 3 minutes in to that clip.) Instead, it’s a video-only device that shoots extremely high…

Tech News Mark Wilson

17-Inch HD TV Made Of 12 iPod Touch

Check it out: A television made by Apple! A glorious, razor-thin (only 0.33 inches, 8.5 millimeters), ultra-light (just 48.6 ounces), high definition (1920 x 960 pixels) display. Sure, it’s made of 12 iPod touch units, but it works! And the remote control is, of course, another iPod touch, bringing the total price tag to $2,587.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Icon Phone Pares the Humble Home Phone Right Down

It looks like typical Yanko-concept fare, but Elium Studio‘s Icon Phone is an actual working DECT/VoIP model. With a micro color screen, it’s also a portable radio and alarm clock, but looks ever so sleek and minimal. [Elium via LikeCool]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

BP Foresaw its Doom in 1970s “Offshore Oil Strike” Board Game

Offshore Oil Strike is a genuine BP-endorsed board game from the 1970s, in which players manage an offshore drilling operation. Hazard cards hinder gamers with clean-up costs and rig explosions. It’d be a great joke, if it wasn’t real. The game, created by Scottish gaming company Printabox, has long since been discontinued and wasn’t exactly…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Android App Twidroid Bought, Renamed to Fend off Lucas Films

Popular Android Twitter app Twidroid has been bought up—with Idealab’s TweetUp throwing money we didn’t realise it had in its direction. There’s a rather interesting fact behind the app’s sudden name change from Twidroid to Twidroyd, too—it’s to fend off any possible legal action from Lucas Films, which TweetUp says is the trademark owner of…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Stop-Motion Video Sees iPhone 4 Pulled Apart in Style

I do love a good stop-motion video, and the boys at TechRestore have gone to town with the iPhone 4. Sure, we may’ve seen other disassembly videos in the past, but nothing beats a kicking soundtrack and robotic box movements. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-replace-your-broken-iphone-4-screen-5572532 If nothing else, it’s a stark reminder of how fragile the iPhone 4 really…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Chinese Farmer’s Defense Grid Neutralized

Remember this guy? Yang Youde, the maverick farm-defender with the homemade cannons and improvised defense system? It didn’t turn out very well for him in the end. The Chinese authorities unsurprisingly failed to see the funny side of it. https://gizmodo.com/dont-step-a-toe-on-this-chinese-farmers-land-5557999 According to a new report on the matter, farmer Yang Youde suffered rather badly for…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Magnetic Thinking Putty Wants Your Loose Change

Shall we open with an ironic reference to Terminator 2? Best not. That’s the easy option, especially when dealing with lumps of metallic ooze that seem able to alter their shape in response to their surroundings. Magnetic Thinking Putty is your standard play putty, only stuffed with “millions of tiny micron-sized magnets” to ensure it…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Prince Rants and Raves About the Internet, iTunes and “Digital Gadgets”

Prince is as renowned for his feelings towards iTunes and the internet as he is for women wearing raspberry berets. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, he repeated that “the internet’s completely over,” and slagged off these “digital gadgets.” His full quote on the topic: “The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Look Even More Dodgy, With Gadgets Stuffed In a Scottevest Trenchcoat

Trenchcoats are suspicious enough as is, but a trenchcoat stuffed to the brim with gadgets? As well as a pair of shoes, bottle of water…and is that a belt? Yeh, I’m thinking you’d best not purchase the Scottevest Carry-On Coat if you’ve had any previous convictions, particularly aboard a 747. You’d be better off looking…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Quake 2 Test: HTC Desire Vs. Samsung Galaxy S

Both run Android. Both have lightning-fast processors (the Galaxy S a Hummingbird/Power VR, the Desire a Snapdragon/Adreno). Both can play Quake 2. But which handles better? https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-smartphone-is-the-first-step-in-samsun-5500164 See the side-by-side comparison below. I won’t give too many clues away, but I’ve got to say that I’m pretty disappointed with the outcome. I’m like a proud…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Watch The Onion Take On the Future’s News Today

The Onion, that venerable source of satire both topical and historic, is today dipping its toes in the premium content pond. The result: “Future: News from the Year 2137,” an Onion-ized look at the world of tomorrow today. https://gizmodo.com/controversial-google-service-targets-ads-to-your-911-ca-5541465 The latest Onion News Network short, which is currently available on iTunes, differs in two key…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Add Some Gizmodo to Your Facebook

Did you know that you can easily add a dash of Gizmodo to your Facebook? You can even select to follow only topics that interest you. All you need to click that “like” button on our Facebook pages. Actually, we’re making it even easier for you. You can just click the like buttons below—either for…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Motorized Shoes Could Win Dyson Vacuum’s Big Award (and Our Hearts)

I’ve seen kids zooming about on Heeleys, but Treadways’ motorized shoes are firmly for Adult Use Only. The designer has entered them into the annual James Dyson Awards, and if successful could be put on the market. No more walking! Treadways’ founder Peter Treadway reckons they’re better suited as an alternative to using the car…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Canon’s Cracking Down On Photocopier Abusers, by Adding Fingerprint Scanners

Don’t get me wrong, I love working from home for Gizmodo—working from bed, in the garden, in my underwear…it’s a never-ending buffet of luxury. But I do miss abusing an office photocopier/printer/fax-machine. As well as the interns. Over in Japan, Canon’s worked with Hitachi on a new fingerprint scanning system for their multi-function boxes which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Paris’ Newest Apple Store Is Least Apple-Like Store Yet

A Professional Fashion Shoot With an iPhone 3GS

New iPhone Game Causes Retina Burns, “Pure iPwnage” to Blame—Watchdog Group

You Should Check Your iTunes Account (UPDATED)

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Canon’s Camera of the Future

17-Inch HD TV Made Of 12 iPod Touch

Icon Phone Pares the Humble Home Phone Right Down

BP Foresaw its Doom in 1970s “Offshore Oil Strike” Board Game

Android App Twidroid Bought, Renamed to Fend off Lucas Films

Stop-Motion Video Sees iPhone 4 Pulled Apart in Style

Chinese Farmer’s Defense Grid Neutralized

Magnetic Thinking Putty Wants Your Loose Change

Prince Rants and Raves About the Internet, iTunes and “Digital Gadgets”

Look Even More Dodgy, With Gadgets Stuffed In a Scottevest Trenchcoat

Quake 2 Test: HTC Desire Vs. Samsung Galaxy S

Watch The Onion Take On the Future’s News Today

Add Some Gizmodo to Your Facebook

Motorized Shoes Could Win Dyson Vacuum’s Big Award (and Our Hearts)

Canon’s Cracking Down On Photocopier Abusers, by Adding Fingerprint Scanners

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

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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