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The Wii has a handful of great games, and an even smaller handful of great games that truly exploit the Wiimote’s capabilities. The rest? Complete waggleriffic crap. Here, SCEA’s Rob Dyer gives some tough love to would-be PS Move developers. The full excerpt, as spotted by Kotaku, reads: https://kotaku.com/sony-if-it-didnt-work-on-wii-dont-try-it-on-move-5545970 Our challenge here is to make…
Only $17 and some plugin-plugout action separate you from shiny USB ports. Why do you need that? No idea. But as one of my teachers used to say in high school: “Remember kids, always keep all your ports clean.” [Brando]
If you live in the area and can carve a little extra time into your calendar, join Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and Jezebel at Sweet and Vicious in New York City (on Spring Street between Elizabeth and Bowery) later tonight. We’ll be heading that way after 6 (and will stick around until at least 7:30), and look…
Android 2.2 is out, and it’s pretty nice! But what’s next for Android? A better keyboard? More sexy? And how exactly does Google decide what goes into each version of Android anyway? Let’s ask Lead Android Andy Rubin. The highlights, if you don’t want to read the interview below (which is fairly interesting if you’re…
It was only today at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event that Tweetup (the “AdSense for Twitter”) was announced, so Twitter’s blog post spelling the end of third party advertising platforms will be very badly-timed news for a lot of developers. In the verbose post, Twitter’s COO Dick Costolo reasoned that because the company wants “long-term health” and…
I’ve got the world on a string/ I’m sitting on a rainbow/ Got the string around my finger/ What a world, what a life—I’m in love! Rhea and Epimetheus, with Saturn on the background, taken by good old Cassini. Part of Big Picture’s homage to our favorite ring planet. [Big Picture] https://gizmodo.com/oh-hello-saturn-you-look-so-makey-outy-today-5437053
Despite fears last year that the Air Force wouldn’t be able to afford many more GPS satellites, a massive $8bn upgrade is being planned for overhauling the satellites, replacing each of the 24 satellites over the next decade. https://gizmodo.com/gps-may-be-less-accurate-in-2010-5255179 The Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo will be working on the upgrade (said…
Intel expanded its processor family today with six new chips, each designed to make ultraportable notebooks thinner, lighter, and with 32% better performance. We’re talking laptops less than an inch thick with ULV Core i7 inside. We’re talking MacBook Air. The MacBook Air’s been long overdue for a refresh, especially after its regular-sized cousins so…
The Elgato EyeTV HD DVR has one noble aim: making it as easy as possible to watch your HD cable or satellite TV content, including premium channels, on your MacBooks, iMacs, iPhones and iPads. But it’ll cost you a leash. The DVR has component inputs for HD sources—as well as S-Video and composite cables for…
Hulu isn’t supposed to play on cellphones—the service doesn’t have the licensing rights for mobile distribution. But about 5 seconds of settings tweaks in Android 2.2 “Froyo” (only on the Nexus One, for now) will enable Hulu streaming. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-froyo-5543853 The method, as illustrated by Absolutely Android, merely requires you to type “about:debug” into the URL…
How’s this for scummy? Lately, Best Buy has been raising the price of and advertising one computer per week. People assume its on sale and get suckered into overpaying for items that drop in price the following week. https://gizmodo.com/the-seven-types-of-employees-you-meet-at-best-buy-5311140/ A Consumerist reader noticed the trend and broke it down: In this week’s ad, there is…
While we’re waiting for the Blu-ray Disc Association to upgrade discs to 128GB capacity, Japanese scientists have found a way to increase DVD capacity by 1,000 times—using just a slick of metal material over each disc. https://gizmodo.com/blu-ray-discs-increasing-in-capacity-to-128gb-5510396 According to Shin-ichy Ohkoshi, the chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo leading the project, painting a variant…
As expected and wished for, HP won’t use Windows 7 in their incoming HP Slate, but their newly acquired Palm WebOS. At least, that’s what Monty Wong—vice-president of personal computing systems at HP Taiwan—said to Digitimes. https://gizmodo.com/why-hp-buying-palm-is-good-for-you-5526620 Wong declared that HP will adopt WebOS for both “smartphones and tablets”, but not for notebooks. He also…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has written a carefully crafted near-apology in today’s Washington Post. And while his promises of coming improvements are welcome, the essay’s not so much a grand gesture as calculated damage control. The changes Zuckerberg intimates are ones we’ve heard of before: making it simpler for users to control their information and…
Today, the timelessly tacky tuxedo shirt has been dethroned. I’d make yet another Star Wars reference pun in celebration, but I know that 100 of you will easily outdo my facepalm humor in the comments. [StarWarsShop via Uncrate via OhGizmo!]
With huge chains and honking cranes, that’s how. Example: This Republic of Korea Navy’s corvette—half of it, actually—floating over the sea’s surface. And before you cry “PHOTOSHOP!”, check out the scene from a distance. Click to viewIt’s the Cheonan, a South Korean Pohang-class corvette that broke in two on March 26. According to an international…
Amazon had set a target of late May for their Facebook-friendly Kindle 2.5 update, and it looks as though they’re on schedule. Reports from users have started trickling in—at least for Kindle DX—meaning that the broad OTA release has begun. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-5-update-details-kindle-gets-facebook-after-y-5527124 Things to look out for in your shiny new firmware: Facebook, Twitter, password protection,…
Offering 250GB, 320GB and 500GB options, Seagate’s hybrid Momentus XT HDD is allegedly the world’s fastest 2.5-inch drive for laptops (breaking their previous record), and comes in at a shade over 100 bucks. https://gizmodo.com/seagates-momentus-thin-drive-is-the-worlds-thinnest-2-5-5425615 The hybrid drive is 80 per cent faster than the usual 7,200rpm drive, and up to 100 per cent faster than…
Of course it was expected, but Apple has confirmed that Steve Jobs will be delivering the keynote to begin the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, June 7. One sure topic? The next iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/the-tale-of-apples-next-iphone-5520471 Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 with Keynote Address on Monday, June 7 CUPERTINO, Calif., May 24…
We love OK Go in these quarters, not least because of their stage antics. The band took to the Maker Faire arena over the weekend, and actually played two songs underwater; snorkeled-heads stuck in fish bowls. The video below shows the “behind the scenes” preparation for the soggy gig, where they played This Too Shall…
