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For Mac users, it’s been pretty hard not to get excited about Steam and what it means for the future of gaming on Macs. So how well does it actually work? As always, Tom’s Hardware comes through with the benchmarks. https://gizmodo.com/real-gaming-for-macs-is-finally-here-with-steam-5537409 There are few things in the gaming world as exciting as a new platform…
A few weeks ago, some jailbreakers devised an effective, if slightly daunting, way to force iPhone apps to fill the iPad’s screen. Now, there’s a jailbreak app that does the same, and the results are incredible. https://gizmodo.com/run-iphone-apps-on-ipad-without-pixel-doubling-5529939 The app—technically an OS extension—is called FullForce, and it’s available in the Cydia store for free. (If you’re…
Cheeseburger, chicken and bacon in a can? I’m not so sure. But am I the only one who thinks that the prospect of ribs in a can is so crazy that it just might work? Unfortunately, this Armour ad looks to be from a long-gone era—one of an idealistic world that believed man could capture…
I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a radical overhaul—or even fully functional, since it’s missing search and QR codes—but Google’s Android Market site is definitely more pleasant and navigable than before. [Android]
If you think the Tauntaun sleeping bag was pretty hard to beat, you are wrong. Play some Barry White, get naked, and jump onto this furry Wampa Rug. You will make your significant other and polar bears worldwide very happy. https://gizmodo.com/drop-the-knife-the-tauntaun-sleeping-bag-is-now-real-5378464 The 62 x 30-inch rug is made of synthetic fur and has a non-slip…
Being a day-two customer of the G1, I know the plight of slide-out QWERTY Android-lovers well. WHERE ARE OUR GODDAMN SLIDEY-ANDROIDS, HTC?! I don’t mean to be angry. I’m just tired of seeing the stunning slew of Android phones come out of HTC HQ, and thinking “that Legend looks nice…shame it doesn’t have a slide-out…
The world’s saddest iMac has no friends other than this purple iPod nano. And nobody likes purple, either. $41. [Chinavasion via OhGizmo!]
I’m not a huge fan of video-based art. But give this clip, likely by the same folks who made this clip, 20 seconds. Then prepare for awesome. The grand finale is near-transcendent. [TNW] https://gizmodo.com/augmented-reality-sculpture-makes-you-think-you-are-tro-274773
DuPont has excelled where no man has before—demonstrating the first OLED panels to be printed, and in under two minutes no less. Using a Dainippon Screen multi-nozzle printer, they successfully created a 50-inch display. This is something they’ve been talking about for years now, so it’s pleasing to see DuPont has finally managed to achieve…
Destined for our European friends, the Wildfire is a budget-friendly Android phone from HTC, with their much-loved Sense interface slicked over the top. What separates it from others is the new app-sharing widget that works on Twitter, texts or email. It’s an easy way to recommend apps to your fellow Android users, and in turn…
This typewriter will look familiar to many of you—in fact, your parents might still have one tucked away, like mine do. I’m willing to bet your ‘rents didn’t have a giant red joystick sticking out of theirs, though. SRK forum poster NeoBlood didn’t just stick a joystick into an old Royal Companion to be funny.…
The fourth and final Darth Vader Project exhibition is being staged this June, where over 100 helmets have been redesigned by some of the biggest names in underground art. Each artist was given a 1:1 scale replica of Darth Vader’s helmet, and told to let their imaginations run wild. Artists that partook in this year’s…
Like a bed that pops out of the wall, Focus Fireplace‘s wall-mounted barbecue swings down when the time is right—when your stomach is growling for action. Due to the barbecue’s deep convex design, you shouldn’t need to change the ash too often—and the plate which is fastened to the wall is thick enough that it…
Talk about taking your work home with you. In this example, bride Satoko Inoue, who works for the company that created the i-Fairy robot, married her client Tomohiro Shibata yesterday—with the i-Fairy acting as registrar to the couple. While they weren’t stranded in an airport and forced to get married over Skype like this couple,…
So much for that sub-$100 price we were all expecting. If some early prices from Swedish retailers are anything to go by, we’re all going to be scrimping on the luxury eggnog this Christmas. While Scandinavian countries are notoriously expensive, 1,499 SEK ($191) for Project Natal is just far too much, even if you factor…
When we said webOS was brilliant but that the hardware was dragging it down, we didn’t mean for a PreCentral forum-dweller to run it on a Dell laptop. While Palm’s webOS has always been able to run on PCs using the SDK, the video below shows it’s also possible to boot it on an IDE…
YouTube turns five this month, and to celebrate the site is taking a look at the many lives it’s reached over the past half decade. With two billion views every day, it’s hard to imagine an internet without it. Just like “Google” is now synonymous with “search,” YouTube has become something bigger than a mere…
There was a great disturbance in the amusement park force this weekend, as Disney revealed that the closing dates for its 20-year-old Star Tours ride would be July 27 (Disneyland) and September 8 (Walt Disney World). But don’t fret too much, young padawans, as the Star Tours rides are set to be replaced with a…
When Amazon bought mutitouch company TouchCo, it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Nay, one of the casualties of the deal was the LinnStrument, a multitouch music maker that’s currently in need of funding. Worth it? Take a look: Updated: https://gizmodo.com/hello-kindle-touch-amazon-buys-a-little-multitouch-com-5463577 The man in the video with the soothing Bob Ross voice is LinnStrument inventor Roger…
This image was lost some time after publication. Russell Kirk [wikipedia.org]The April 3, 1970 Ada Evening News published a piece by conservative writer Russell Kirk in which he becomes perturbed that the study of the future — which was beginning to be accepted in mainstream academic circles of that time — may be driven by…
