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Charting the Google Results For Various Phrases

I always love me some xkcd, but today’s happens to be both funny and informative. Also thought provoking: who are all these people googling “I have 96 problems,” anyway? [xkcd]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Seagate ST-506: The Daddy of Modern Hard Drives

The first hard drive, from 1956, was housed in a computer the size of two refrigerators. But in less than a quarter of the century, engineers shrunk hard drives to 5.25″. The first, holding 5MB, was Seagate’s ST-506. https://gizmodo.com/ibm-305-ramac-the-grandaddy-of-modern-hard-drives-5494858 In 1980, manufacturers were still dedicating significant resources to pushing the upper limits of data storage…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Mind-Bending Video Proves that One Publisher Gets It

If publishing company Penguin’s impressive iPad demos weren’t enough to convince you, this extremely clever video (originally made for internal purposes) will show you that at least one part of the publishing industry has its head squarely on its shoulders. https://gizmodo.com/penguins-incredible-vision-of-books-on-the-ipad-doesnt-5485150 Just one thing: Make sure you watch the entire clip without skipping around…there’s sort…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Encapsulates Evil

Wicked, diagonal heatsinks. Triple channel DDR3 slots. Bluetooth controllable overclocking. Intel X58 chipset. USB 3.0. Red. Black. Unpriced. [Asus via Slashgear]

Tech News Mark Wilson

AT&T Zero Charger Sucks Absolutely No Vampire Power

Available at AT&T stores starting in May (for an unknown price), the AT&T Zero Charger is the world’s first wall-based USB charger that draws absolutely no power when it’s not refilling a cellphone. Now follow suit, everyone else. [AT&T] UPDATE: It looks like another company beat AT&T to it and did things better. From Volt-Star:…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Ask Giz: Should You Ever Delete Your Ex From Your Internet Life?

When memories can live forever online, there’s bound to be relationship issues, so we enlisted our favorite love doctor, Debby Herbenick, to share some advice. The first question: Is it okay to delete the digital memories of your ex? A person’s public life is a flexible persona-–not life itself. If you want to delete photos,…

Social Media Dr. Debby Herbenick

Blackberry Push Service Now Available to All Blackberry Apps

Blackberry’s push notifications are now available to any developer who’d like to stick ’em in any Blackberry app. Since battery-friendly push is the best part of owning a Blackberry, this update sounds fantastic. I wanted to let you know that RIM is now generally offering the BlackBerry Push Service to all BlackBerry developers. Any developer…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Toilet+Sink Looks Beautiful, Even Though It’s Filled With Grey Water

Combining a sink with a toilet in the interest of the environment isn’t a new idea, but remember the disastrous results from last time? https://gizmodo.com/the-toilet-of-tomorrow-5453640 W+W is a new sink+toilet combo that could fit in any contemporary bathroom, and it’s a real product. The premise is simple if you haven’t heard it before: The “grey…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This Is What Your Wikipedia Edits Look Like

Normally I’d file this image under our “what is this” image cache, but as you’ve already clocked, it’s somehow related to our Memory [Forever] theme. Those pretty colors are a visualization of the thousands of Wikipedia edits made by a bot. It’s not just a one-off visualization for adding to our Tumblrs either. It’s the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How To Hack Windows Laptops With Mac-Like Trackpad Gestures

Attempting to scroll with two fingers on a Windows laptop trackpad after using a MacBook makes you feel like a right fool, I know. It’s not the end of the story though, with Lifehacker revealing two hacks for Windows users. https://lifehacker.com/get-mac-like-scrolling-and-gestures-on-a-windows-laptop-5493849 While it won’t give you full Mac-like functionality, being able to scroll with two…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Xbox 360 Laptop Mod Available on eBay For $2k

It’s not got the good looks of Ben Heck’s previous Xbox 360 laptops, but modder TheTwoJ’s efforts aren’t bad—and unlike Heck’s creations, you can bid for it on eBay with the starting price listed as $1,950. https://gizmodo.com/ben-hecks-latest-xbox-360-laptop-5307825 It actually cost the modder over $2,000 and 650 hours to make the X-top as it’s been dubbed,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Braille Rubik’s Cube Would Take 54 Times As Long To Complete

Somehow, I think this braille Rubik’s Cube would be a lot harder to solve than that other blind-friendly touch cube with different textures for each panel. Not saying I’ve ever solved a classic Rubik’s Cube, mind. [Konstantindatz via Yanko Design] https://gizmodo.com/rubiks-cube-for-the-blind-155779

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Leaked Photo of Supposed (New and Slim) Xbox 360 Motherboard

Our brothers in the know at Kotaku have got their hands on what is alleged to be the motherboard for a new Xbox 360. If their gamble plays out, it could be the smallest Xbox yet. https://kotaku.com/rumor-new-xbox-360-model-slims-down-update-5495181 The image comes via China, so it’s not known just how authentic the cries of “IT’S A NEW…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Samsung Confirms WP7 Handset Was Omnia HD But OS Upgrades Are “Not Yet Clear”

Just as we thought, Samsung’s Windows Phone 7 Series handset shown off at Mix 2010 the other day was the Omnia HD—but according to Samsung “it’s not yet clear whether existing i8910HD users will be able to upgrade.” https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-not-so-mysterious-new-windows-phone-7-handset-5494093 TechRadar sniffed around Samsung and was told they’re not yet sure on upgrade potential, considering “this…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How Google Crunches All That Data

If data centers are the brains of an information company, then Google is one of the brainiest there is. Though always evolving, it is, fundamentally, in the business of knowing everything. Here are some of the ways it stays sharp. For tackling massive amounts of data, the main weapon in Google’s arsenal is MapReduce, a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

HTC HD2 Coming to T-Mobile on March 24 for $200

We knew it would be coming around this time, but now T-Mobile has confirmed it: The HTC HD2 will be available on March 24th for $200—assuming you sign up for a two-year agreement, complete with a data plan. [T-Mobile via Laptop Mag] https://gizmodo.com/htc-hd2-coming-exclusively-to-t-mobile-this-spring-5442166

Tech News Rosa Golijan

How To Make Organic LEDs

They’re a bit complicated and somewhat experimental, but these instructions for homemade organic LEDs are nothing short of thorough. Sure you can just buy OLEDs, but that’s just not even half as fun as struggling to make them yourself. These instructions were written up by the folks from the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Gaming PCs With Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is six-cored, twelve-threaded, and starting to show up in a lot of gaming rigs by some popular builders: https://gizmodo.com/intels-6-core-gulftown-gets-tested-blows-us-away-5491045 Alienware Origin PC Digital Storm CyberPower Maingear This is definitely only the first wave of rigs powered by this chip, so there’s no need to rush out and shop just yet,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Diane Birch Lives In a Projector Screen—and Now In My Head Too

Diane Birch is very very very cute. She’s also a lovely singer. Her song Valentino is chirpy and sweet, and her music video—with its ghetto augmented reality—is quite ingenious. Watch it. You’ll like it. Then, watch the how-to: The video looks deceivingly simple, but it was hell to choreograph and produce to perfection. It kind…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Over-the-Air Android 2.1 Updates for Droid May Start This Thursday

We just heard the details about the Android 2.1 update for the Droid and now we may have an arrival date. According to Android Central, over-the-air updates will start rolling out in stages this Thursday. [Android Central—Thanks, Phil!] https://gizmodo.com/verizon-teases-us-with-android-2-1-update-details-for-t-5495014

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Charting the Google Results For Various Phrases

Seagate ST-506: The Daddy of Modern Hard Drives

Mind-Bending Video Proves that One Publisher Gets It

Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Encapsulates Evil

AT&T Zero Charger Sucks Absolutely No Vampire Power

Ask Giz: Should You Ever Delete Your Ex From Your Internet Life?

Blackberry Push Service Now Available to All Blackberry Apps

Toilet+Sink Looks Beautiful, Even Though It’s Filled With Grey Water

This Is What Your Wikipedia Edits Look Like

How To Hack Windows Laptops With Mac-Like Trackpad Gestures

Xbox 360 Laptop Mod Available on eBay For $2k

Braille Rubik’s Cube Would Take 54 Times As Long To Complete

Leaked Photo of Supposed (New and Slim) Xbox 360 Motherboard

Samsung Confirms WP7 Handset Was Omnia HD But OS Upgrades Are “Not Yet Clear”

How Google Crunches All That Data

HTC HD2 Coming to T-Mobile on March 24 for $200

How To Make Organic LEDs

The Gaming PCs With Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

Diane Birch Lives In a Projector Screen—and Now In My Head Too

Over-the-Air Android 2.1 Updates for Droid May Start This Thursday

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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