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Out of desperation or genius, T-Mobile will make every phone FREE on June 19th. That means everything from the HTC HD2 to Blackberrys to Android phones and more, ALL FREE. Only catch? Sign up for a new family plan. [TmoNews]
You know how sometimes you’ve found yourself around a foosball table with only one other person? You say, “Hey, we’ll just play one-on-one,” and the game still sort of works? Well buddy, you’re gonna need to find some more friends. This completely custom, 11-on-11 foosball table was made for Nike Stadium Milan. Yes, that equates…
Gizmodo and Chase Blueprint present the Dads & Grads Gift Guide filled with wow-worthy gifts for any budget, from an insanely cool high-tech La-Z-Boy to cooler-than-thou Jay-Z headphones. So take a gander, choose your gifts, manage your payments with Chase Blueprint, and delight your dad or grad. Click here to get started!
The technology behind the MotoCzysz E1pc isn’t just the future for motorcycles, it’s the future of electric vehicles. When you have 10x the battery power of a Prius and 2.5x the torque of a Ducati it’s easy to see why. Michael Czysz, the man behind the machine, has made the MotoCzysz E1pc so advanced that…
The problem with 3DTV, as we’ve said, is that there normally isn’t a damn thing to watch. But the World Cup in 3D, that’s something to watch. The World Cup is the perfect spectacle for this kind of mass cultural tech demo: It’s global, buzzy, and sports are among the most potent demonstrations of how…
Lens flare. Sometimes it’s an annoyance, washing out photos. Other times, it’s cliché. Whatever. At its best, lens flare creates something ethereal, something larger than the scope of an image can convey. And it’s your Shooting Challenge for this week. The Challenge Capture a photograph with lens flare—and by that, I mean real lens flare,…
The TomToms and Navigons of the world have street-level turn-by-turn navigation down pat, but they’re expensive. Skobbler uses OpenStreetMap, the “wikipedia of maps,” to deliver its turn-by-turn directions for free, but it’s kinda a “get what you pay for” thing. MapQuest offers a turn-by-turn navigation app that’ll bark directions at you for free, but the…
“I haven’t spoken to Steve in 20-odd years,” says John Sculley, the former Apple CEO who ejected Jobs from the company in 1985, in an illuminating, slightly painful Daily Beast interview. Hindsight is 20/20, yes, but also cruel. If you read the interview (and you should) your eyes will probably dart around, trying to find…
Deals has some mighty fine bargains for you today. Whether you’re looking for something in particular, or just browsing through Hobomodo, this is the place to be. Oh and one more thing— RED DEAD REDEMPTION! Top Deals: • 19″ Vizio Razor VM190XVT 720p LED LCD HDTV for $169 plus free shipping (normally $237 – use…
Yesterday, All Things D pointed out that Apple’s revised iOS terms only allowed “independent” ad agencies to collect user data, effectively blocking the Google-dependent AdMob from competing on Apple’s devices. AdMob doesn’t like that one bit! In the humorously and appropriately titled company blog “The Life and Times of AdMob,” AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui expressed…
Remember when you thought your new Sony Blu-ray player was the bees’ knees? Well now Sony has a 3D Blu-ray player (and accompanying 5.1 channel speaker system). Don’t worry, though, there’s a 3D firmware upgrade for your old BDP. Sony’s Blu-ray 3D BDP-S770 will have built-in 802.11n and will land in July for $300. It…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to come up with some highly unlikely potential features of the iPhone 3. And, unsurprisingly, not a single one of your ideas actually made it into the phone. Probably for the best!
This is not a photo of a USB cable mess over a dirty carpet. It’s a real and completely un-retouched image capture from Google Maps. A satellite view of a small part of Waubra, in Victoria, Australia. It’s the Waubra Wind Farm, owned by Spanish power company Acciona. The cables are the tracks: And the…
Need yet another reason to jailbreak your iPad? That’s the only way you’ll be able to pull this off, and it looks awesome. Sure, the lack of physical buttons sucks, but what can you do? [WhereTheWoozleWasn’t via iPadintosh]
You may not be able to tell from this context-deprived picture, but Samsung’s SP-H03 pico projector is small. Really small. Like, hockey puck small. And it puts 854×480 resolution and 1GB of internal memory in the palm of your hand. The SP-H03 weighs just half a pound, and brings grownup specs to the pico category.…
Lasers. They’re great aren’t they? They’re even better when they can detect explosives though, let me tell you. British physicists at the University of St. Andrews are working on a project which could end up with these affordable lasers being placed in airports and public places with high-risk security, where people generally like to take…
The first 5,000 Hurt Locker lawsuits were filed two weeks ago, and now the IP addresses of those charged with illegally downloading the film have started trickling out. The first batch—about 700 IPs—are listed here: Volt-Pict-2573095-3—3943 Click to viewAs TorrentFreak points out, TimeWarner is conspicuously absent, having declined to cooperate with the time-consuming process of…
In-car GPS satellite navigation? Nothing special. A heads-up display for your windshield? Sure, we’ve seen that. But SpringTeq’s WeGo HUD Navigator is the first to combine the two in one design. The virtual image appears about 3.3 feet in front of the driver and measures 4.5 inches. The projector’s 400×240 resolution and 13,000 cd/m2 brightness…
We’re getting scattered reports from Florida AT&T customers who aren’t able to use data services on their mobile devices. AT&T has confirmed that there are some issues and is working on it: Some AT&T 3G wireless customers in the panhandle, Jacksonville and Gainesville are unable to use data on their devices, but still have voice…
Honestly, it’s safer for all involved if old people just stayed seated in front of The Young and the Restless. Here’s what happened a few weekends ago when a “mature” lady didn’t understand why Pac-Man was on her Google. While I do think the tech support guy could’ve been more helpful, the call below is…
