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The new design elements YouTube introduced back in January to 10% of their users are about to be the standard across the site. While they’ve added a few things, it’s mostly all about removing clutter. https://gizmodo.com/youtube-redesign-cuts-the-chaff-keeps-the-ads-5453937 The focus is going to be on enhancing the user experience—getting you to watch more than one video per…
Well hey, here’s a nice little complement to the Zune’s updated software: As expected, there’s a new 64GB model, which is otherwise unchanged, and sells for a hefty $350. As for the 16GB and 32GB models, they’re $20 cheaper now. https://gizmodo.com/zune-4-5-update-has-smart-dj-on-tv-zune-marketplace-m-5504833 That brings the 16GB model down to the $200 sweet spot, and leaves the…
This is what happens when you don’t flash boobs on ChatRoulette: The snake WILL eat the bird. [via Twitter] https://gizmodo.com/infallible-method-to-get-chatroulette-boob-flashing-5502948
AppleInsider claims to have exclusive details on how multitasking will work in the next major iPhone OS. Much as we predicted, it’s a lot like Expose works in OS X. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-tablet-interface-must-be-like-this-5452501 …reportedly hitting the Home button twice will trigger an expose-like interface that brings up a series of icons representing the currently running apps, allowing…
Just because most of us bought iPads doesn’t mean that any of you should. There are plenty of devices, out now or coming soon, that can do some things as well—or better. Here’s a roundup of the best: https://gizmodo.com/are-you-getting-an-ipad-on-the-first-day-5491827 If you’d prefer to view this gallery as a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-alternatives-the-main-contenders-5495946 Apple iPad…
The Tactile Gaming Vest (TGV) doesn’t just react when you get shelled in a game. It transmits a different sensation depending on the kind of hit you take. Talk about augmented reality. The TGV is a haptic feedback device that uses solenoids, eccentric-mass motors, and Peltier elements—all controlled by custom electronics and a personal computer—to…
The iPad has a 9.7-inch glass screen. As for when it will slip from your hand and slam face-first into the hard, unrelenting floor or sidewalk, such is only a matter of time. Flowcharts, you see, never lie.
The secret technology that powers Xbox 360’s Project Natal lollipop-free motion controls actually isn’t leprechauns, as we initially suspected. The guts are made by a little company called PrimeSense. Microsoft built Project Natal around a reference design made by PrimeSense, called PrimeSensor. It’s essentially three components: a CMOS image sensor, an infrared light source, and…
Plugging in your electric car willy-nilly strains utility companies and costs you money. Ford’s new vehicles will use Microsoft’s Hohm, a cloud-based application for managing energy consumption, to make sure you’re being smart about charging your electric car. Ford and Microsoft have teamed up before on Ford Sync, bringing cars’ entertainment and communications technologies into…
It’s nice to able to search, browse and download mobile apps from your computer as well as your handset. (See: iTunes.) Google doesn’t seem to realize or care about this, so 3rd-party syncing app DoubleTwist picked up their slack. In theory, this is Android’s iTunes: It’s a place where Android users can sift through apps…
The iPad isn’t even out yet, but you can have yours all Gaga’d out on day 1 with this decal. [Etsy via Book of Joe]
Here’s some interesting context for Hamilton’s watch: they recycled the design from a clock they originally made for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Director Stanley Kubrick was notoriously pernickety about design, so what was good for him is good for us. The titanium Time Player watch has nine tiles on the face, eight of which have…
Another iPhone, another round of AT&T promising it’ll be better this time. Honest! In fact, in December they started a 100-day plan to ” to dramatically improve the company’s network in densely-populated cities.” Are you feeling it yet? That was a rhetorical question. But since December, AT&T’s supposedly added new spectrum (a familiar line), pointed…
This is absolutely insane. Apparently, there are people so rich that, not happy with having their own megayacht, get themselves a huge support ship to carry giant speedboats, sailboats, helicopters, and even submarines. That’s what the Sea Axe is. https://gizmodo.com/russian-billionaire-floats-above-economy-in-350-millio-5290050 The Sea Axe comes in 37, 51, or 67 meters flavors, and it’s capable of…
When you’re about to drop a black market kidney payment on a graphics card, you may go for flat-out speed—which makes sense. But another option might be more than enough speed and support for six displays. https://gizmodo.com/the-sapphire-radeon-hd-5970-is-faster-than-every-other-5484731 The upcoming ASUS 5870 Eyefinity, price and ship date TBA, is a PCI Express 2.1 card that combines…
If publishers are good at one thing, it’s publishing. If they’re good at two things, it’s publishing and consecrating every aspect of the paper book, until changing anything about it seems unthinkable. This week’s e-crisis: The Death of the Cover. The New York Times notes one of the many incidental—and admittedly kinda fascinating—consequences of switching…
Surprise! The Ferrari seen in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off wasn’t really wrecked—if it was, I doubt the owner would be expecting bids of around $45,000 for it. To give you the full story, the 250GT Spyder California isn’t actually one of the 100 originals made by Ferrari—it was a replica created by John Hughes and…
Coming swiftly after the DaVinci Audio Labs UniSon MK II turntable, Devialet D-premier‘s amplifier looks like a just-as-busty-bed-partner. https://gizmodo.com/turntable-porn-5504409 It’s a 2 x 240W stereo amp compatible with all sorts of analog and digital sources, and has a HDMI input/output for connecting to your TV. And, just like the best type of high-class entertainment, Devialet…
OLED manufacturer Novaled has announced it’s teamed up with a “European car maker” to create OLED interior and backlight lighting for their new motor. Intriguing, eh? Apparently it’s passed the concept stage and is being put into production as we speak, with the car likely to go on sale in the next two years. OLED,…
Your wife may be leaning towards the fired damasco renaissance tiles, but you know better. You know to shop around before heading down to Tiles Etc. You know to look at Gizmodo—your friendly floppy disk tiles purveyor. They’re from a Melbourne design shop by the name of ENESS, but unfortunately they’ve got no retail information…
