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Goojje Search Engine, Launches in China, Claims It’s Google’s “Sister”

Say hello to Goojje, a Chinese search engine that looks remarkably like one we’ve seen before. It launched on January 14, and yes, it’s filtered for less flavor. The way the name works is this: Jie Jie (Goojje) is mandarin for sister, while “ge ge” (Google) means big brother (er, shouldn’t that be the other…

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Handheld Cellphone Bans Don’t Reduce Car Crashes After All

According to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, hand-held phone bans have no effect on the frequency of car crashes. Wait, what? Now, this seems different from specifically texting while driving, which is demonstrably dangerous. But in the four states the IIHS studied, the implementation of a ban on hand-held phones behind…

Tech News Brian Barrett

I Made a Coitus Reference to FoxNews.com, and They Quoted Me

FoxNew.com tech editor Jeremy Kaplan asked me if I think Apple’s lost its mojo. I responded using a metaphor pertaining to intercourse, particularly that moment after the fact, and he went with it. Hey, it was a good metaphor! [FoxNews.com]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Which iPad 3G Data Plan Should You Buy?

When Apple’s iPad 3G ships in April, U.S. wireless partner AT&T will offer two data plans for the gadget, with different costs and monthly download allotments. Specifically, AT&T will offer a $14.99 monthly plan that allows for 250 MB of data consumed, and a $29.99 monthly plan that allows for unlimited Internet consumption. Which should…

Tech News The Business Insider

Monopoly Boards Are Circular Now. Circular!

For its 75th anniversary, Monopoly’s getting a massive update, pitting brazen and new against proven and old: Circular board or quadrilateral? Cash currency or fake credit cards? This is the stuff of ruined relationships. In the monopoly wars, I’m imagining there will be two camps, not four. there will be people who are OK with…

Tech News John Herrman

The Faulty iMac Saga, Chapter 3: We Have Your Internal Memo, Apple

While Apple released the iPad this week, we scored their internal work order admitting the iMac’s yellow screen problem, and one of our readers may have figured out how to fix it. Can You Safely Buy a New iMac Yet? Nope. Why? In the last week, ten readers have reported receiving yellow screened iMacs—the majority…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Nokia/Apple Lawsuit Turns Ugly With Nokia Sniping At Apple’s “Largest Mobile Devices Company” Claim

Any chance the UN has a spare helicopter on a day Stephen Fry is free? Someone needs to fly him into this Nokia/Apple WARZONE and provide both sides with a box of tissues, cup of tea and a comforting hug. https://gizmodo.com/apple-countersues-nokia-5424231 Still, I can definitely see why Nokia’s got their panties in a twist after…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

200-Meter-Long Superyacht Makes All Billionaires’ Existing Yachts Look Merely Clitoral

Ain’t it always the way? Just when you think you’re the owner of the world’s biggest yacht, an even larger one appears out of nowhere? (Well, I say nowhere, I really mean Belgium, where boat designers Emocean hail from.) https://gizmodo.com/1-2-billion-russian-yacht-comes-equipped-with-laser-po-5364634 At 656 ft – 99 ft longer than Roman Abramovich’s dinghy – the uberyacht will…

Tech News AddyDugdale

A Message About the Apple iPad, From the iPhone

Our friend the iPhone is back, and he’s got some opinions about the iPad and the various complains people have about it. Look out, kids! He’s got a pretty foul mouth. https://gizmodo.com/a-thanksgiving-message-from-the-iphone-5413462

Tech News Adam Frucci

Retro Thing’s Transparent USB Joystick Is Hackable and Cheap

This isn’t just the Atari joystick equivalent of the transparent Gameboy, which had no added features except for special see-throughness. This joystick is actually hackable, and can connect up to eight other controllers through the labeled solder points. Retro Thing‘s joystick lights up blue when plugged into a USB port, and is compatible with Atari,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Yeah, AT&T Is Requiring Messaging Plans With Feature Phones

After we whispered that AT&T might be requiring messaging plans when you purchase select feature phones, we were hit up by a flood of connects. Long story short, it’s true, and here’s the break down: • Phones that require a messaging plan at time of purchase include: Pantech Reveal, Pantech Impact, Motorola Karma, Samsung Flight,…

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Plastic Skyscrapers and Frozen Dinners (1945)

I don’t want to miss plastic skyscrapers; frozen-food dinners in one package… wireless transmission of electricity; the chance to live energetically to the grand old age of 150 years. Screwball? Nothing of the kind. All of these things are here already in the minds of men; in scientific possibility; in materials. They just have to…

Tech News Matt Novak

Nexus Ones Plagued By Strange, Nationwide Data Outage

Tips are streaming in about the Nexus One‘s data problems. No, not those data problems! This is new, and it’s leaving virtually all Nexus Ones without any data coverage at all. What gives? It’s hard to say. Tipster Roberto says he’s been in touch with T-Mobile, and got a reassuring, if not particularly explanatory, response:…

Tech News John Herrman

First Render of Richard Branson’s Underwater Plane

A few days before Crimbo last year, Blam posted on the news that Virgin boss Richard Branson was getting into deep water. Well, we’ve now got a render of the hydrobatic Necker Nymph, as it’s been named. https://gizmodo.com/oceanic-virgin-submarines-will-dive-deep-5431658 The billionaire is taking delivery of the carbon-fiber underwater plane on February 20, and it will be…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Steve Jobs Gets Candid on iPad, Kindle, and Love Battery Life

Click to viewWalt Mossberg was able to get a moment with Steve Jobs immediately after Wednesday’s iPad event, and scored some great unscripted commentary from the Apple honcho on the iPad and its competition. The interview portion starts at 1:55. Most impressive to me is how dismissive jobs is of the only clear advantages Kindle…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablets & More (UPDATED)

Everybody’s talking about tablets, especially those single-pane capacitive touchscreen ones more specifically known as “slates.” The iPad is the biggest newsmaker, but there are lots headed our way (most with built-in webcams). Here’s how they measure up, spec-wise: Updated: We’ve added Lenovo IdeaPad U1 and Archos 9 Windows 7 edition—see below for more details. Click…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Intel and AMD Six-Core Processor Roadmaps Leaked

According to DigiTimes, we’ll be seeing both AMD Thuban and Intel Gulftown six-core desktop processors hitting in just a few short months. It’s all from anonymous sources, but at least on the Intel side the information matches up with what we’ve seen previously. Gulftown (aka the Core i7-980X) will apparently be available as early as…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Wall Of iPads Could Be Used In Libraries To Display iBooks, Just Like This Concept Rendering

If only Apple had recreated its app wall from WWDC last year, but with iPads! The 300 iPads used in this concept wall from Austraian architects would cost $149,700 if it was real. Apple could’ve afforded it, I’m sure. https://gizmodo.com/apples-wwdc-iphone-app-wall-gets-the-full-photosynth-tr-5287196 ClarkeHopkinsClarke, the Aussie architects who mocked up the above concept wall, believe it’d be the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Nokia Demos Mobile Radar Concept

This is what you do when your company is losing consumer confidence – come up with really spanky little ideas like this one. Nokia is researching a concept that it calls Mobile Radar. So, let’s call it Mobile Radar. As well as measuring an object’s distance, speed and direction, you can adjust the volume on…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Portable Freezer Concept is Fisher-Price Nice

This is not a kid’s toy to build spatial awareness and Tengu knowledge. Rather, it’s a cute idea for a portable freezer by a dude called Ruben Iglesias* that’s powered by photocells in two LED lamps, working via magnetic induction. See those two yellow things in the lid? That’s you, that is. Well, maybe it’s…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Goojje Search Engine, Launches in China, Claims It’s Google’s “Sister”

Handheld Cellphone Bans Don’t Reduce Car Crashes After All

I Made a Coitus Reference to FoxNews.com, and They Quoted Me

Which iPad 3G Data Plan Should You Buy?

Monopoly Boards Are Circular Now. Circular!

The Faulty iMac Saga, Chapter 3: We Have Your Internal Memo, Apple

Nokia/Apple Lawsuit Turns Ugly With Nokia Sniping At Apple’s “Largest Mobile Devices Company” Claim

200-Meter-Long Superyacht Makes All Billionaires’ Existing Yachts Look Merely Clitoral

A Message About the Apple iPad, From the iPhone

Retro Thing’s Transparent USB Joystick Is Hackable and Cheap

Yeah, AT&T Is Requiring Messaging Plans With Feature Phones

Plastic Skyscrapers and Frozen Dinners (1945)

Nexus Ones Plagued By Strange, Nationwide Data Outage

First Render of Richard Branson’s Underwater Plane

Steve Jobs Gets Candid on iPad, Kindle, and Love Battery Life

Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablets & More (UPDATED)

Intel and AMD Six-Core Processor Roadmaps Leaked

Wall Of iPads Could Be Used In Libraries To Display iBooks, Just Like This Concept Rendering

Nokia Demos Mobile Radar Concept

Portable Freezer Concept is Fisher-Price Nice

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