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Yeah, watching some fish swim around in Planet Earth on a wall-mounted, flat panel 3DTV is probably pretty epic. But you know what’s even better? Watching some REAL F-ING FISH swim around in your wall-mounted, flat panel fish tank. The AquaVista 500 is six feet wide but only half a foot deep, including automatic feeding,…
Many delays later, the ASUS Eee Keyboard is really finally shipping. I doubt many shelled out $600 for it—no matter how gorgeous it is—but those who did may now begin their happy dances. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/eee-keyboard-pc-on-sale-next-month-for-600-at-most-5441765
There aren’t too many details about it, but apparently there’ll be an all-hands meeting for Facebook folks at 4PM PST tomorrow. The topic: Privacy. [All Facebook]
We’ve seen pictures from far, far away, but now we’ve got some footage of the Gulf oil spill up close and personal. What a freakin’ mess! https://gizmodo.com/the-gulf-oil-spill-as-seen-from-the-international-spac-5531967 Although, I’ll admit that watching this video provided by BP—the folks behind the mess—is mesmerizing if you put on a mellow tune. [Fast Company]
If you’ve ever played Scramble 2 or Bookworm on your iPad or iPhone, then you’re bound to instantly understand Befuddled HD. It’s a simple, yet incredibly addictive iPad word game which requires you to string together letters for points. As soon as you form a word in Befuddled, the letters used will fall off the…
Something is wrong in Jupiter. Astronomer Anthony Wesley’s photos show that one of its two dark stripes is gone. Maybe Sir Arthur C. Clarke was right and the gas giant will turn into a star to jumpstart life in Europa. But no, even while it’s 2010, the process has happened before. It’s a phenomenon called…
Not to be outdone by the guy who built an Imperial Walker bunk bed for his son, one of our readers built a triple bunk bed Imperial Walker. Crazy? Yes. Awesome? Oh yes! https://gizmodo.com/dad-builds-imperial-walker-bed-for-himself-his-son-5321937 Gizmodo reader Jonathan explains that he came up with the idea for this awesome bed because of some space restrictions in…
What you’re looking at is a tidy visualization of what Facebook’s default privacy settings looked like back in 2005. What follows is that same image, recalibrated for 2010. It’s worse than you think. The problems with Facebook’s attitude towards privacy have been thoroughly documented. But there’s still something about watching the gradual creep of intrusion…
Someone built the entire city of Helsinki, Finland, using motherboards. At first sight, I thought it was a realistic model, made to scale. I can’t wait for someone to make Manhattan. And then Berlin.
It’s official: the Sprint Evo 4G will be on sale for $200 (with contract) on June 4th—even earlier than we thought. It’ll feature two-way video chat on 3G and 4G networks, which makes sense given the forward-facing camera. https://gizmodo.com/sprints-htc-evo-the-first-ever-4g-phone-meet-the-new-5500343 While the pricing and release aren’t surprising, we learned a little more than we did abotu…
Twitterrific, one of the nicer iPad Twitter apps so far, is adding media upload support. A nice feature, especially if combined with the iPad Camera Connection Kit. The update should be in the iTunes store soon now. [Twitterific via MacWorld] https://gizmodo.com/ipad-social-networking-apps-5511609
As Facebook completes its Galactic Senate-to-Imperial Empire transformation, four enterprising NYU students thought the world could do with a social networking service that wouldn’t treat your personal information like advertiser catnip. So they started building Diaspora. https://gizmodo.com/the-devolution-of-facebook-privacy-5537408 They conceive of it as the “privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all distributed open source social network,” one on…
The problem: iPads don’t charge through USB ports that aren’t 10w. The solution: none! Sorry. But the QuickerTek iPad charge monitor at least shows how much power outflow your USB port has, and whether it’s enough to charge your device. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-not-charging-via-usb-for-some-users-5508851 Then again, you can also probably figure that out pretty quickly by, um, looking…
A little shocking, since he was just assuring us a few weeks ago that the Android Marketplace would get better, among other upcoming Android hotness, but Android Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng is leaving Google for Facebook “to help innovate at the intersect of mobile and social.” Which makes us slightly more excited for new…
In the past, the only way to make YouTube videos semi-private was to limit them to being viewed by 25 people. Now you can mark your clips as “unlisted” and have a “secret” link instead. Here’s how it works: Now, you can mark your videos as “unlisted.” This means only people who have the link…
It’s a good day to sit around: Netflix is now streaming over half its HD videos to PCs and Macs in HD. If a vid’ll stream in HD to PCs, it’ll say “HD Available,” like this. [Netflix via Dave Zatz]
Given surging popular sentiment-that-will-not-amount-to-anything, this might make you feel ickier, rather than happier, but the rumor is that deep Facebook integration with the iPhone is actually happening. https://gizmodo.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook-5530178 At a minimum, it means true Facebook contact syncing—like you see on Android and Pre—but also, possibly, Facebook Connect for iPhone apps, so they can connect more…
Frog Design envisions what your Value Meal will look like in 2020—ignoring my disappointment that the drink isn’t the size of a large movie theater popcorn bucket, I can appreciate seeing my heart attack in real time. Technically, the above concept has nothing specific to do with fast food. It’s called Bodynet, and it’s a…
Ever wonder who is behind those Gawker Artists banners? Are you a creative type curious about how to get your work featured on Gawker Media sites? Come on in and learn all the ways you can contribute to the Gawker Artists community. [Art by Mark Price] Submit Your Art Gawker Artists is a curated online…
Steam for Mac is officially available, along with a sizeable trove of games—including Portal, which is now free for everybody. Valve’s plan is to release a new set of games for Mac every Wednesday for the next few weeks. This week, notably, every game has SteamPlay, which means you buy it once, and it’ll run…
