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Hello Rewind is a company with two missions: to help recycle your old Mötley Crüe t-shirt into a kickass laptop sleeve, and to hire former sex trafficking victims to do it. The process on your end is totally straightforward. Just buy a 13″ or 15″ laptop sleeve from Hello Rewind, and they’ll send you a…
iPhone SDK 3.2, which includes a full suite of iPad dev tools, has been updated to Beta 2. Bugs. Have. Been. Squashed: ▪ FIXED: Changing an iPhone Executable’s working directory from “Build Products directory” may cause the application not to install properly with the error message “The Info.plist for application at (null) specifies a CFBundleExecutable…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan doesn’t give a damn about his naughty bits showing in airport security full body scans. In fact, he’s turned them into dedicated glamour photos. According to him, only people with small penises whine about it. https://gizmodo.com/nudists-fully-support-peeping-airport-scanners-5447163 I was in London recently going through the airport and these new machines have…
Oh, to have enough time in the day to spend on this Mintpass puzzle calendar, which takes inspiration from those sliding-puzzle games we had as kids…only this time, with the day’s date. Yes, really. With 41 puzzle-bits (and one space for allowing them to slide about), the idea behind this calendar is pretty simple—until you…
For Viacom, RealNetworks’ partner in the Rhapsody venture, a spinoff is a chance to get rid of a bleeding appendage. For Real, it’s like losing a failing—but vital—organ. Ever since people stopped needing the RealPlayer plugin for anything other than streaming reports from their town’s third most popular local news station, and replaced RealPlayer with…
Google is really pushing to expand Street View off of the streets. First they talk about Google Store View, and now the Google Snowmobile is mapping ski trails. https://gizmodo.com/google-wants-to-add-store-interiors-to-maps-5464532 The new mapped trails are all in Vancouver at Whistler, the site of the Olympic games. Since the tie-in is with next week’s games, I wouldn’t…
Get your spending cap on because today’s dealz features a fantastic bargain on a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, a nice discount on one of HP’s most portable offerings, and a free version of the new and catchy Yeasayer single. Top Deals: • 14″ HP dv4 Core i5 Laptop for $649.99 plus free shipping (normally…
What’s less romantic: Buying something practical or buying something generic? Roses are right out. But can a gadget be sweet? First thing’s first: I’m a guy. So I’m going to speak to my fellow men here. If the demographic reports are the least bit true, men make up the majority of our readership here. And…
What came first, the SDXC card reader or the the SDXC card? Also, could that be the worst riddle of all time? Maybe! Partly because it doesn’t really work, and partly because Elecom has already answered it. Elecom’s MR-A001BK will be, to my knowledge, the first SDXC reader on the market, hitting (Japanese) streets later…
If you happen to be in Times Square any time soon, you may notice this billboard for Best Buy’s electronics recycling program. Make sure you take a close look! It’s composed entirely of outmoded gear. While part of me would hope some VHS players and bulky monitors would be allowed to fade away with dignity,…
Current augmented reality: Computers recognizing your surroundings and overlaying useful information over the real world. Future advertising-driven augmented reality according to Keiichi Matsuda: A mind blowing view that will make everyone of us puke. Even his simulation makes me dizzy. The video was produced by Keiichi for his final year of Masters in Architecture. He…
Have you heard the exciting news?! Comcast is rebranding as Xfinity! We decided to help them out by calling on our lovely readers to create the first Xfinity ads, and I think they did a bang-up job. https://gizmodo.com/comcast-rebrands-itself-as-xfinity-seriously-thats-5463652 First Place—Jeffer Mitchell Second Place—Alexander Deluca Third Place—Die Hard Dan
Google Buzz is slightly more insane on Android phones and iPhone than the desktop: There’s a revamped, Buzzier Google homepage; you can post entirely using your voice; and a new version of Google Maps eats Yelp’s lunch. Update: Hands on! https://gizmodo.com/what-is-google-buzz-5467846 How Do I Get This Party Started? First, a disclaimer: Right now, Buzz on…
So what exactly is Google Buzz? Used on a PC or mobile, Buzz reminds us of an RSS combined with all of your social networking—all within the existing Gmail and Google.com infrastructure. Buzz’s five key features include: • Automatic friends lists (friends are added automatically who you have emailed on Gmail) • “Rich fast sharing”…
I’m not sure how I feel about these tower skin concepts, which can turn ugly buildings into modern icons. A lot of the post-war buildings aren’t the nicest-looking, but as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Architectural company LAVA believes ugly buildings should have a shot at happiness, with these tower…
We’re covering Google’s mysterious, bizarrely secret product unveiling(s) live right here—and things are kicking off right now. Is Google just going all Twittery, or are they going to surprise us? https://gizmodo.com/gmail-is-the-new-twitfaceplurk-5466938 1:15: Google’s Bradley Horowitz is on stage, and he’s talking in broad terms about “sharing”, and things like that! Sounds like Twitter, in the…
The military currently trains its soldiers using PCs, but they were interested in switching to the Xbox 360 for a number of reasons. Unfortunately, Microsoft was not too interested in helping them out. According to Danger Room, Microsoft refused to sell consoles to Roger Smith, chief technology officer for PEO STRI, the Army command responsible…
The Birtman was an office model available to physicians in 1904. The motor is inside the large housing at the top; vibratodes were attached to the gun-shaped applicator at the end of the cable. The image is from Snow, Mary Lydia Hastings Arnold. Mechanical vibration and its therapeutic application. New York: Scientific authors’ Pub. Co.,…
Netgear and Ericsson have been tinkering away on a joint project, the fruits of which have weaned today—the MBRN3300E 3G mobile broadband router. It’s essentially a router which uses 3G WAN in addition to 802.11n wireless and four ethernet LAN ports for 270Mbps connectivity, so there’s plenty o’ choice for internet users whether they’re in…
While this is really just a Honda ad, I had to share its charms with you. Because not only is the alleged Alec probably the most promising mind of his generation; he’s likely husky and rejected by his peers. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/kids-honda-odyssey-concepts-5467292
