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Whatever happens in Japan is usually replicated across the world a few years later, so while LG, Mitsubishi and co are busy readying OLED TVs, Sony’s pulling out of OLED production in Japan. https://gizmodo.com/lg-15-inch-el9500-oled-tv-arrives-in-u-s-later-this-ye-5471403 They’ll still continue selling OLED TVs internationally, but won’t pursue the Japanese market anymore, due to slow sales. Their XEL-1 was…
This Commodore VIC-20 is running software from a cassette tape, has only 5 KB of RAM, and a processor that runs at 1 MHz. Yeah, it’s vintage. But it’s also the first VIC-20 to tweet. Using software called TweetVER (short for Tweeting from a Vintage ComputER), the folks at the PC Museum will be accessing…
What do you do if you want the stopping power of a shotgun, but also want the convenient of shoving said shotgun down the front (or back) of your pants? Shotgun revolver. Boom. This crazy DIY monstrosity apparently isn’t the first shotgun revolver, but it is the first one authorities in Taiwan found that can…
There’ve been many books documenting the life of Steve Jobs, attempts to worm inside of Steve’s brain. The NYT reports that Walter Isaacson, Time magazine’s former managing editor, will write the first authorized biography, however. Steve’s supposedly invited Isaacson to tour his childhood home, even. I wonder what kind of conditions Isaacson had to agreed…
A while back, MacBook Pro SKUs mysteriously disappeared from Best Buy‘s inventory system. We thought that this could be signaling that the long-awaited MacBook Pro refresh is finally near. https://gizmodo.com/best-buys-macbook-pro-skus-go-missing-might-mean-core-5467241 The three new SKUs appearing in the inventory database now could either be those new MacBook Pros or they could be the Wi-Fi only iPads.…
Photoshop’s got a lot going for it already, but this is clearly its higher calling: to make scrumptious butter cookies with a few clicks of the mouse. Too bad that Adobe Photoshop CS3 Cook exists only as cardboard in an adorable stop-motion video… for now. All I know is I’m calling dibs on judging the…
I thought these were lamps with built-in alarm clocks, but they’re actually speakers from toymaker Funko. Not much info about them, but they definitely look like a great match for that Darth Vader alarm clock. [Fanboy via Nerd Approved] https://gizmodo.com/darth-vaders-head-will-freak-you-up-every-morning-5232854 Toy Fair is the annual event where we get to completely regress back to childhood…
Remember Frosty the Fire-Breathing Snowman? This is Sparky the Snow-Melting Dragon. He was built by Nick and Anna—the folks who made Frosty—and he’s helping them deal with a snow-filled driveway. https://gizmodo.com/frosty-the-fire-breathing-snowman-caught-on-video-5469138 Note that I don’t know what these fire-breathing beasts’ real names are, but I think Frosty and Sparky seem fitting. [Thanks, Nick and Anna!]
The thought that always occurs to me when I’m exercising—besides “why am I exercising?”—is, “I wish I had more oxygen right now.” The Oxyfit backpack gives me up to 50% more oxygen. Here’s how it works. The tube, which goes in front of your face like you were Neil Patrick Harris answering phones for a…
3D technology can be confusing, but if you just need to know the basics of how it works and prefer to get your information in picture form, then it’s your lucky day. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-3d-technologies-5084121 Click on the image for a closer look. Now, if this left you wanting to run out and buy a 3D TV,…
I keep staring at this window covering made of Kodachrome film slides and thinking of stained glass windows in churches. It’s so gorgeous and you could easily make a curtain like it yourself. According to Flickr User YarnZombie, the Kodachrome curtain project was quite simple: The slides date from the 50s and early 60s, and…
Lotsa people are having serious memory leak problems with Aperture 3—even our Wilson, who woke up this morning to find that Aperture had eaten his entire hard drive, using it all for virtual memory. https://gizmodo.com/apple-aperture-3-brings-a-little-bit-of-iphoto-to-pro-p-5467543 Apple’s in “no comment” mode. Which hopefully means “no comment because we’re so busy working on a patch.” [CW]
Ever trip over a power cord and launch your laptop across the room? Me either, but that’s probably because of my laptop’s MagSafe breakaway magnetic power adapter. If your laptop doesn’t have one, check Lifehacker’s guide for a DIY version. https://lifehacker.com/add-a-diy-magsafe-connector-to-protect-your-laptop-5472066 You’ll need an existing power cord and about $32 in materials: Neodymium Ring-Shaped Magnets…
The first time Microsoft mentioned apps today, it was to mock Apple, and they completely nailed what’s wrong with the iPhone app metaphor. But apps define the smartphone experience, so what’s the plan for Windows Phone 7? It’s… coming together. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-first-videos-5471970 When the iPhone launched without apps, Microsoft countered with the most impressive, humiliating figures…
Bluetooth technology really is handy and wonderful. Wearing Bluetooth headsets, though, can be a bit of a fashion and comfort nightmare. Enter the Jabra Clipper, which discretely gives any pair of 3.5mm headphones the Power of Bluetooth. The controls are in the 20-gram Clipper itself, which you can, well, clip to your clothes. It connects…
An app demoed today at the MWC identifies individuals—and pulls up their profiles, with facial recognition—just by looking at them. That’s some fancy futuristic stuff right there… although there may be darker side. UPDATED: The Face.com-powered app from Comverse can recognize a friend or colleague and automatically show you links to their profile or pictures…
I’m sorry, Cupertino, but Microsoft has nailed it. Windows Phone 7 feels like an iPhone from the future. The UI has the simplicity and elegance of Apple’s industrial design, while the iPhone’s UI still feels like a colorized Palm Pilot. That doesn’t mean that the Windows Phone 7’s user experience would be better than Apple’s.…
It feels a bit obvious that Apple would want to include some sort of DRM on iPad books purchased through the iTunes store. The interesting bit is that it appears that publishers will have the option of choosing whether to use Apple’s FairPlay DRM technology or to keep their ebooks DRM-free. Even though the format…
This is OmniVision’s newest 1/4-inch, 5 megapixel RAW sensor. It’s tiny, has low light sensitivity, captures 720p video at 60 fps or 1080p at 30 fps, and shoots in RAW. The best part? It could be in cellphones soon. Now if only phones had lenses which would truly take advantage of sensors like this. [PR…
For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to abuse the principles of perspective to confound our sense of scale. The results are as charming as they are clever…or someone took out a second mortgage on that giant Aibo. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-a-wonky-sense-of-scale-5468899 Second Runner Up Taken with my Sony a350 Sony DT18-70 lens @ 20mm; f/9; 1/160sec;…
