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Time Lords walk among us. Two per cent of readers may be surprised to discover that they are members of an elite group with the power to perceive the geography of time. Sci-fi fans – Anglophile ones, at least – know that the coolest aliens in the universe are Time Lords: time-travelling humanoids with the…
Mad Catz is going epic with their premium Cyborg line of peripherals. First that mouse, now, possibly, the most badass flight stick the world has seen (outside of an actual jet fighter’s cockpit). https://gizmodo.com/the-mad-catz-cyborg-r-a-t-mouse-is-jonathan-ives-antic-5441659 Cyborg F.L.Y. 9—$100 this spring—is designed exclusively for the Xbox 360 (though I’d bet it’ll work on a PC, too). Beyond…
Those of us lusting after certain Android tablets—like the promising Notion Ink Adam—may have to wait longer than expected. According to a SlashGear tipster, they’ll be delayed until fall due to “serious issues” with Nvidia’s Tegra 250 chipset. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-alternatives-the-main-contenders-5495946 The tablets affected include the Adam, the ICD Ultra and Vega, and a 7-inch Compal tablet.…
Remember those old silhouette iPod adds that were soooo cool? I can’t wait to see how marketing sells these babies—3D video glasses with a HUD—from Apple. According to a patent app for a “Head-Mounted Display Apparatus For Retaining a Portable Electronic Device With Display” filed in August of 2008, Apple is at least exploring the…
Apple progressed their PR launch strategy last night. They went above the usual newspaper and blog nerds, supplanting coverage with a few non-tech writers. Since this is the first computer for non-geeks, they should have gone a lot further. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-mega-meta-review-works-great-no-surprises-5507037 Apple’s goal, it seems, is to not let the geek press color the launch with…
The largest passenger plane in the world almost had a fatal accident yesterday: Two wheels of the left landing gear exploded during touchdown at Sydney’s airport. A passenger filmed the terrifyingly fiery action from the airplane camera and the window. Fortunately, despite the impressive fire and the deafening noise, the plane behaved as expected in…
Appadvice has piggybacked on Apple’s servers to unearth 1350 (or so) brand new, fully approved iPad apps arriving for launch. Watch as they flip through 700 apps on video, or just dig through the archive at your leisure: There’s a whole lot to dig through, so definitely share any exciting spots with us all in…
You know, for my mythical iPhone. At an April Fool’s Day price of only £90 ($135), the converter makes your inserted iPhone magnify to the size of an iPad. A far better investment, if you ask me. [IWantOneOfThose.com]
It’s not official just yet, so don’t go Google Imaging it until we say so. It’ll be a follow-on from the Aspire One D250, and will dualboot both Android and Windows. Acer’s mobile product manager Martino Mombrini let it slip yesterday to Electricpig, saying that the chassis of the D260 dualbook would be redesigned so…
You’ve got two choices: either wait for Google to push Froyo out officially, or download the leaked ROM from some dude named “Steve” today. What’ll it be, Neo? [Steve via The Gadgets] Update: And we’ve fallen for our first April Fools prank of the day.
Switch on your PS3 and you’ll see Sony has pushed through the 3.21 firmware update a little early. Remember, this update removes the ability to run other operating systems, such as Linux. Not installing it will mean you can’t play games and Blu-rays demanding a system running 3.21, and you also won’t be able to…
If this leak‘s legit, whoa. Netflix Watch Instantly streaming video on the iPad is one of two video apps we’re desperate for, besides Hulu (also supposedly coming). Potentially, a true killer app. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/hulu-app-coming-to-ipad-5506892 Not many details, but it’s fairly self-explanatory, since we’ve seen Netflix Watch Instantly on lots of other devices, and it seems…
Dear internet, please give up on April Fool’s jokes. YouTube’s is untoppable: A “text-only mode” that renders videos as colored ASCII art. Clever, gorgeous, perverse. Just click the TEXTp resolution in the bottom right corner of a supported video, and it’ll be shown as a pulsating, hypnotizing square of stylized digital pointilism. The results can…
Google’s bringing fiber to a special city—whichever city can prove its worth. Portland just threw down some heat by creating its own beer, “Gigabit IPA“. It goes up for a tastetest tomorrow. Will it woo the Goog? [Taplister]
Wolfram Alpha has decided it’d be good if people actually use the supercalculator on their phone, so its famously $50 iPhone (and soon to be iPad) app will be $2. And, they’re legitimately making the mobile site better. https://gizmodo.com/wolframalpha-iphone-app-is-a-50-super-calculator-5384451 Oh, burn, early adopters suckers. Except! They’ll give your money back to anybody “who feels slighted.”…
Sure, you can use various high-tech methods to sneak into places where you don’t belong, but the MacGyver approaches are so much more fun. Here’s how someone can defeat a sliding chain lock with just a rubber band. https://gizmodo.com/this-high-tech-criminal-wunderkind-puts-any-bond-villai-5501343 Of course you shouldn’t actually use this sort of trick for illegal or shady activities, but…
My plain, ol’ remotes live underneath the cushions of my couch, but unlike those devices—which seem to like dark, cozy environments—the $15 Powerplus Leopard remote is solar-powered and demands to be in light. [BigGreenSmile via Envirogadget via CrunchGear]
We’ve heard whispers of it before, but apparently Hulu may be working on an iPad app which will be one of the first places where the popular video service will attempt to integrate a subscription-based approach. https://gizmodo.com/hulu-wants-to-be-on-the-ipad-but-not-for-free-5475523 According to the NYT, “people briefed on Hulu’s plan believe it may test the subscription approach with its…
The Marine in the photo above is in the middle of a fire fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. AP photographer David Guttenfelder caught the moment, and many others just as captivating, with his iPhone camera. Guttenfelder brought along all of his professional equipment too, of course. But to capture those moments of…
Looks like ABC News has gotten a sneak peek at the iPad and nifty new apps—including something strange and musical that’s making me look forward to finally getting to play around with the device. [ABC]
