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6 Takes on Apple’s iPhone 4

We’ve heard your first impressions, but now some of the official iPhone 4 reviews are in. And so far they sound good. Here are the highlights of what the early reviewers are saying. New York Times: “The first thing you notice is the new shape. Despite a beefier battery (16 percent more likely to last…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

You Can Share the $100 Xbox Live Family Pack, But You Probably Won’t Want To

We’ve updated the Xbox Live $100 Family Plan post with more details on how the thing works. The good news is that yes, you will be able to split off the accounts onto other consoles not in the same house. The bad news is you probably won’t want to, unless you actually are a family.…

Tech News Jason Chen

HyperMac Micro And Mini Updated To Charge Your iPad And iPhone 4

HyperMac, our favorite external batteries, just updated the Hypermac Mini and Macro with charging support for the iPad and iPhone 4. Batteries are boring but HyperMacs are great. Plus you can express yourself through 10 different color choices! The big boy HyperMac has already been compatible with iPad but now its little brothers, the Micro…

Tech News Casey Chan

Pigs Serve Unicorns a C&D Letter

Most of you know ThinkGeek. Beyond that we chat about their products fairly often, their April Fools’ pranks are amongst the best on the web. One of this year’s pranks was for glitter-stuffed, SPAM-like unicorn meat. It caused some trouble. Namely, the National Pork Board, disregarding the general immunity (and humor) of parody, sent a…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This iPhone 4 Wallpaper Is Even Better Than the Official Ones

Apple includes some beautiful, really clear wallpapers in the new iOS 4. But they could be better. Thankfully, Jason Kottke has adopted Apple’s new art direction and take it even further, crafting this beautiful replacement. I feel better now. [Kottke]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Listen To a Solar Flare Play a Mean Power Chord

Between looking absolutely beautiful and probably killing us all some day, is there anything solar flares can’t do? Actually, no, there’s not. And here’s the dulcet tones of solar flare music that proves it: Sound of the Sun (courtesy Richard Morton) by University of Sheffield It turns out that the corona of the sun contains…

Tech News Brian Barrett

iPhone 4 Unboxing Video

Here you have it: The iPhone 4 is already arriving to people’s homes. Watch this guy taking all that Designed-in-California goodness out of its box. The only surprise: Apple decided to save $0.0000000001 and didn’t include the SIM ejector tool. The packaging seems similar to previous generation. Tight and minimalistic, complete with wall power adapter,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

AT&T Won’t Have More iPhone 4s Until June 29

If you pre-ordered your iPhone 4, congratulations! You might be getting it as soon as now. If you didn’t preorder, though, you’re going to have to wait until June 29th to get one from AT&T. It’s certainly not surprising that the date’s been pushed back, particularly given what a mess the pre-ordering system was and…

Tech News Brian Barrett

5 Useful Google Command Line Tricks

Last week, Google rolled out a fun new feature that lets users interact with Google Apps via command line. Naturally, our friends at LifeHacker geeked out with it over the weekend and found these 5 handy GoogleCL tricks. [Lifehacker]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Review Your iPhone 4 Early

IPhone 4s are already starting to pop up days ahead of schedule. First, we heard that Apple pre-orders were shipping early. Then, suddenly, they were on FedEx trucks, and now they’re showing up on people’s doorsteps. So, how’s yours? Along with every other tech outlet, we’ll be diving in for our iPhone 4 review soon…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

iPhone 3G Owners, You Might Want to Hold Off on iOS4

The iPhone 3G is now about two years old, and it’s nearing the end of its lifecycle. The proof? Installing the latest iOS4 on it causes it to slow to a crawl, and that’s with half of its features missing. Judging on the performance of both my and Mark Wilson’s 3Gs as well as based…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Ecomodo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, puppy poo powers park lights, bizarre kitchen disigns, pocket-sized fuel cells for your cell phone, Yahoo hires goats, a cathedral built of junk gets torn down after 21 years, and more. 21 Year Old “Cathedral of Junk” Dismantled After Neighbours Complain In the battle between art and real estate values, we…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

Gadget Deals of the Day

Sure, you may read Gizmodo for its unparalleled gadget and technology coverage, or for its cool features and inside scoops, and that’s great. But let’s be honest, where else can you refresh and be greeted by free Wienerschnitzel Chili Dogs! Top Deals: • 17.3″ Dell Studio 17 (1749) Core i5 2.26GHz Laptop for $699.99 with…

Tech News Ryan F. Salerno

TRON Controllers Make Any Game a TRON Game

Prince of Persia, Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption—it doesn’t matter what you’re playing. Just know that it’ll be better with one of PDP’s glowing TRON controllers. The $50 controllers will be available this fall for PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. For PC gamers, there’ll also be a TRON-blue gaming keyboard and mouse from Razer.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Only Hot Girls Care About Facebook Privacy

Click to viewThis is a comedy video, sure. But you know what? They’re right. Nobody is Facebook stalking you, nerdy guys. It’s just the way it is. [Babelgum]

Social Media Adam Frucci

Hiring: Tech Reporters In New York or San Francisco

We’re looking for reporters based in either the San Francisco or New York areas. You need to know your tech, but even more importantly you need to be able to sniff out a good story. The ideal candidate for the job has a background in newspaper or magazine work, with a few years of professional…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

EA iPhone Games Are On Sale For 99 Cents

Sale! Everything must go! EA is holding a Dealzmodo-approved 99 cent sale on a ton of iPhone games. It’s only going on for 48 hours so be quick if you want a steal on the likes of Fifa and SimCity. • Battleship • Clue • Connect 4 • Command and Conquer Red Alert • FIFA…

Tech News Casey Chan

52 Amazing-Looking Kinect Games That Will Never Be Released

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to create some unlikely Kinect games. And man, some of these are flat-out brilliant. Third Place—Leonardo Millan Second Place—Know 1 First Place—Andrew Wood

Tech News Adam Frucci

Google Voice No Longer Requires Invites

Google Voice has always been somewhat available to the public, but now it’s really available to the public in that it doesn’t require you to beg random strangers for an invite code over Twitter to sign up. [Google]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Gourmet Magazine Returning From the Dead in iPad App Form

Beloved food magazine Gourmet was shuttered by Conde Nast last October to the sadness of food nerds everywhere. But now, it appears to be rising from the ashes as…an iPad app. Gourmet Live, as the app is to be called, will basically be a multimedia version of the magazine, complete with videos and articles. The…

Tech News Adam Frucci

6 Takes on Apple’s iPhone 4

You Can Share the $100 Xbox Live Family Pack, But You Probably Won’t Want To

HyperMac Micro And Mini Updated To Charge Your iPad And iPhone 4

Pigs Serve Unicorns a C&D Letter

This iPhone 4 Wallpaper Is Even Better Than the Official Ones

Listen To a Solar Flare Play a Mean Power Chord

iPhone 4 Unboxing Video

AT&T Won’t Have More iPhone 4s Until June 29

5 Useful Google Command Line Tricks

Review Your iPhone 4 Early

iPhone 3G Owners, You Might Want to Hold Off on iOS4

Ecomodo – The Best of Treehugger

Gadget Deals of the Day

TRON Controllers Make Any Game a TRON Game

Only Hot Girls Care About Facebook Privacy

Hiring: Tech Reporters In New York or San Francisco

EA iPhone Games Are On Sale For 99 Cents

52 Amazing-Looking Kinect Games That Will Never Be Released

Google Voice No Longer Requires Invites

Gourmet Magazine Returning From the Dead in iPad App Form

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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