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June 2, 1954: Airplane Takes Off, Lands Vertically

1954: A Convair XFY-1 Pogo aircraft makes a vertical takeoff and landing. It’s a milestone in the checkered history of VTOL aircraft. Using designs captured from the Germans, the Navy and the newly formed Air Force crafted two design studies in 1947 for creating a fixed-wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing, or VTOL, aircraft. The goal of the project…

Tech News Wired.com

Unlocked Dell Streak Tablet To Be Available Next Month For $500

We heard whispers that the Dell Streak tablet would come this summer and it looks like the wait won’t be long: Dell will be selling the device for $500 next month. Oh, and it’ll be unlocked. [All Things D]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Floppy Disk Desk

To think, our children won’t be able to build colorful desks out of nostalgic media formats because cloud distribution is inherently less wasteful. The shame! [Humbleablog via Unplggd]

Tech News Mark Wilson

NASA TV Streaming Now Available On iPhone and iPad

If you are into space and have an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or any HTML5/H.264-compatible device, you got lucky: Now you can watch NASA TV in real time. The quality is quite good, as you can see in this capture: This is great. Now I will be able to watch shuttle launches whenever I’m in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Master Your Gadgets With Giz’s New Specialized Facebook Pages

We understand your pain. You love Giz but sometimes you can’t keep up with the daily flood of posts (sometimes we can’t either). So we made dedicated Facebook pages for our iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone 7 coverage. Our new Facebook pages make it easy for you to stay up to date with everything…

Social Media Kyle VanHemert

Are Cameras the New Guns?

In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even if the…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

Kno Dual-Screen Tablet Sincerely Hopes Size Matters

If you hate the portability of tablets but love the glare, you might be interested in this “digital textbook” from Kno. Weighing it at 5.5lbs., its two 14.1-inch displays look like they were brought down from the mount. Kno, seriously: If you think it looks big in the pic above, check out this hands-on shot…

Tech News Brian Barrett

BP Does Your Browser Like It Did the Gulf

Maybe you want to protest BP. Maybe you’re just sick of hearing about them. Either way, you can now block all mention of British Petroleum from your internets with a Firefox plug-in… and replace them with mini oil spills. The Oil Spill plug-in effect is similar to what we saw a few weeks ago with…

Tech News Brian Barrett

DSI: Miami Android App For Your Realistic CSI Miami Reenactments

Do you often pretend you’re a pale and freckled middle-aged man, throwing out one-liners before someone yells YEEEEEAAAAHHH!!! and a guitar riff plays? This app is the only thing you need to complete the experience. Look for DSI: Miami on the Marketplace. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the link to app on the web…

Tech News Jason Chen

Japanese Subway iPad Users Use Ingenious Trick To Hide iPad Shame

The perfect way to both minimize your muggability, and enhance your sophistication in the eyes of those who aren’t quite as technologically accepting as us. Plus, perfect padding in case you get bumped into and drop your iPad. [Thanks Marco!]

Tech News Jason Chen

The Hurt Locker Lawyers’ 14,000 Lawsuit Crusade

While Voltage Pictures has gotten most of the publicity surrounding the 5,000 Hurt Locker lawsuits that were handed out last Friday, it’s far from the first P2P shake-down for the lawyers backing them. Extremely far, as it turns out. The group of lawyers behind the suits call themselves the US Copyright Group, and Ars Technica…

Tech News Brian Barrett

New Diesel X-Ray Watches Are Ectoplasmic, Orgasmic

Neon green is everyone’s color. The new Diesel X-Ray watch collection features transparent neon-green sections that reveal the innards of each style. Rock one, and you’d better be prepared to respond to, “Dude, wheredja get that watch?” a million times a day. Click here for more info about the Diesel X-Ray collection of watches and…

Tech News Gawkercreative

How To Check Your AT&T Data Usage

With today’s new pricing policies regarding AT&T data plans, I’m sure a lot of you are asking, “How can I actually see how much data I’m using?” It’s super simple. MacObserver points out two ways you can check. One involves logging in at AT&T’s site, the other involves an app called AT&T myWireless Mobile that…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge: Oil on Water

I’m not asking that you get all preachy, but with BP’s ongoing disaster, the topic for this week’s Shooting Challenge is irresistible: Capture oil on water. A quick note before we get on with the challenge: It was brought to my attention that last week’s winner used a shot from his portfolio, dating back to…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Lego Printer for Mac Restores My Paper Lust

I can’t remember the last time I printed anything, but after watching this Lego felt-tip printer in action—complete with Mac OS X drivers—I’m thinking about building one for myself and get back into it. [B3TA via Boing Boing]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Gadget Deals of the Day

If you’ve been waiting for Dealzmodo today, you’re in luck. There’s a ton of awesome deals that’ll thin your wallet. If anyone asks why you’re spending so much money, just say it’s your birthday. If you can’t spend, go Hobomodo! Top Deals: • 12.1″ HP TouchSmart tm2 SU4100 1.3Ghz Multi-touch Tablet Laptop for $699.99 with…

Tech News Casey Chan

Download the Official 64-Bit Firefox Pre-release Now

If you’re willing to be a guinea pig and you want a 64-bit version of Firefox to match your 64-bit version of Windows, Mozilla has made their Firefox 64 pre-release available for download. Keep in mind, aside from questionable stability and a lack of automated installer (you’ll need to grab Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable…

Tech News Mark Wilson

62 Cases Made Against BP Using Photoshop

There’s a lot of pretty-well-justified anger at BP out there in the ether at the moment. What better way of letting off some steam than via hilarious and sometimes-sad Photoshops? First Place—Matt Laskodi Second Place—Ryan McLeod Third Place—Super Tongue III

Tech News Adam Frucci

Can You Count 400 Billion Stars In This Galaxy-Spanning Panorama?

Astronomers estimate that there are 200 to 400 billion stars in our galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way. I guess that someone tried to count them in this fully-zoomable, ultra-high-definition 800,000-image mosaic and got tired around 296,351,284,702. The 800,000-image mosaic was assembled by NASA last year from Spitzer Space Telescope photographs. But looking at a 120-feet…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Caution, Your AT&T Rep May Not Know What’s Going On Yet With the New Data Plans

We’re getting a lot of tips that local AT&T reps—and even the office of the president—are telling people things like the new smartphone data plans don’t affect the iPhone and the iPad, or that you’ll still be able to get an unlimited plan once the new ones arrive on June 7. That is untrue. An…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

June 2, 1954: Airplane Takes Off, Lands Vertically

Unlocked Dell Streak Tablet To Be Available Next Month For $500

Floppy Disk Desk

NASA TV Streaming Now Available On iPhone and iPad

Master Your Gadgets With Giz’s New Specialized Facebook Pages

Are Cameras the New Guns?

Kno Dual-Screen Tablet Sincerely Hopes Size Matters

BP Does Your Browser Like It Did the Gulf

DSI: Miami Android App For Your Realistic CSI Miami Reenactments

Japanese Subway iPad Users Use Ingenious Trick To Hide iPad Shame

The Hurt Locker Lawyers’ 14,000 Lawsuit Crusade

New Diesel X-Ray Watches Are Ectoplasmic, Orgasmic

How To Check Your AT&T Data Usage

Shooting Challenge: Oil on Water

Lego Printer for Mac Restores My Paper Lust

Gadget Deals of the Day

Download the Official 64-Bit Firefox Pre-release Now

62 Cases Made Against BP Using Photoshop

Can You Count 400 Billion Stars In This Galaxy-Spanning Panorama?

Caution, Your AT&T Rep May Not Know What’s Going On Yet With the New Data Plans

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

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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