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In today’s Remainders: disappearing acts. TigerText, a new iPhone app, makes your illicit text messages vanish; an official HTC video shows you how to disassemble an HD2; Intel’s new Convertible Classroom netbook makes its keyboard go “Poof!” and more. Grrrr Incriminating text messages, as a thing, aren’t going away any time soon. That is, unless…
286 booths, and nary an iPhone in sight. In fact, a lot of the gadgets on display here were first released in 2007. Welcome to CAN InfoTech: the CES of Nepal. BoingBoing’s photo tour of the January conference, held in a country with a near-50% unemployment rate and a per-capita GDP of $1,200, paints a…
Apple has sued Google’s phone manufacturer for infringing on 20 iPhone patents. Not so long ago, Apple and Google were a nice couple. Then, everything went to hell. https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 The romance began with the iPhone, even while we didn’t know about it in 2006. Back then, Steve Jobs invited Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt to his…
I dunno, their Twitter account seems real sad or something, like it could use a hug. [Twitter]
Today’s dealz are for those who appreciate subtlety. Get a modest Mitsubishi 65-incher to complement that nice shiny copy of Brütal Legend, or head to hobomodo and claim today’s free offering involving some classy Ninjas and Pirate Monkey Zombies. Top Deals: • 65″ Mitsubishi WD-65C9 1080p DLP HDTV for $1,049 with free shipping (normally $1,149)…
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Most netbooks are fairly thin and fairly light, but the Averatec N1200 happens to be both the thinnest and the lightest 10-inch netbook on the market. Less than an inch thick and just 2.2lbs, the stock (aka cheapest and lightest) N1200 features an Atom N450 processor (that’s the new, more energy efficient model), 160GB hard…
Here’s a funny story! Some time ago, Virgin Mobile snatched up a little wireless company called Helio, with hopes of using it to start a postpaid (on contract) cell service to complement its prepaid business. Then, Sprint, one of the largest postpaid carriers in the country, bought Virgin Mobile, effectively rendering Helio (subsumed into Virgin)…
Oh, hello! A trip to the YouTube wayback machine shows that 1996’s Steve “Great Artists Steal” Jobs might have taken issue with Steve Jobs 2010, and his patent lawsuit firebombing of HTC. Irony! https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 The comment was made during a 1996 PBS documentary called “Triumph of the Nerds,” and looks a smidge hypocritical in light…
Blockbuster’s not doing so well, closing another 500 locations in an attempt to straighten its ship. The latest tactic? Bringing back late fees, which they ditched back in 2005 in order to compete with Netflix. https://gizmodo.com/blockbuster-to-close-500-locations-5480585 Slashfilm says that the late fees will work on a $1-per-day basis up to 10 days, so the most…
Since cancer left Roger Ebert without the means to speak, he’s been talking through a computer with a generic intonation. Today on Oprah, Ebert revealed his new voice by CereProc, resourcefully programmed from Ebert’s TV appearances and DVD commentaries. https://gizmodo.com/how-roger-ebert-will-get-his-voice-back-5474950 Later in the show (not captured here), Ebert walked us through his Oscar picks. For…
So what on earth is this? Some dried-up riverbed somewhere? A black and white shot from the Mars Rover? The real answer might leave you spinning: What you’re looking at is a single groove in a vinyl record, magnified 1,000x. Those lumpy parts? Dust. The image was captured under an electron microscope by Chris Supranowitz,…
AT&T’s first Android phone won’t ship with Google Search. Instead, The Motorola Backflip‘s home screen will sport a Yahoo Search widget, and its browser will run Yahoo searches by default. Yep. I think that’s what they call a burn. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-finally-gets-android-motorola-backflip-arrives-ma-5474574 It’ll be the first Android device of any kind with Yahoo as the main search…
A new study shows that people emotionally bond with their Roombas, giving names and arbitrary genders to their robotic vacuum cleaners. And gee whiz, they can’t even sleep with these robots! The study, done by Georgia Tech’s College of Computing, showed that 21 of 30 studied Roomba owners gave their bots names, while 16 referred…
ThinkFlood has just killed the first RedEye product which went on sale in December for $188, with the massively-superseding RedEye Mini. It costs only $49 and plugs into the iPhone’s 3.5mm jack instead of via a clunky plastic dock. https://gizmodo.com/redeye-makes-your-iphone-a-universal-remote-control-5416956 It’s by no means the first universal remote control peripheral for the iPhone, with L5…
Apple may be the current get-the-patents-then-sue-other-people-for-them guy, but Google’s loading up on their own too, and this time it’s for a subject that they really love: Advertising. https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 This six-year-old patent contains details like finding where you are, adjusting the content of an ad, how (and how much) advertisers will pay for it and various…
Here’s an illustrated guide to the 20 iPhone patents that Apple’s suing HTC over. They’re kind of a doozy. https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 Click to viewTo look at the specific claims, check out the full Delaware District Court and International Trade Commission filings. If you want to view the entire cockpunch on one page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-patents-cockpunching-all-smart-phones-an-ill-5483689 U.S.…
What happens when Gizmodo readers capture action at 3-5fps? Why, the results of this week’s Shooting Challenge: Action Sequence Photography. Read on for the winners. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-action-sequence-photography-5479455 Second Runner Up “Shot in my New England backyard during the lull in a snowstorm on February 26, 2010.” Camera: Canon EOS 7D Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS…
Sam Lomen’s Underskin charts a transit map to the human body. And no matter what the locals tell you, don’t take the pink line to the yellow line. That’s nowhere you want to go. [Behance via StreetAnatomy via TheDailyWhat]
If Sony hadn’t slapped a big logo on the side of this headset, I would’ve thought they had come from Bang & Olufsen instead. Designed for gamers, Skypers and music-listeners, the DR-350USB (pictured), DR-320DPV and DR-31DPV headsets drop in March. The sexiest of the bunch are the USB PC ones above, which have 30mm driver…
