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Natural wood tables, a comfy-looking lounger and a big screen iMac. What a great home office…if only it used less periwinkle and it were in any way real. That’s right, the whole thing is fake—miniature, in fact. The room is from a dollhouse by designer Elaine Shaw. Her 3-foot, 3-story home model is called Clearview,…
Remember the $1000 “I Am Rich” iPhone application? Well, here is another $1000 app that actually does something. If you are an aspiring lawyer, it might actually be a bargain. https://gizmodo.com/999-99-iphone-app-i-am-rich-probably-only-applies-to-5033621 How could a $1000 iPhone app be a bargain you ask? Well, BarMax CA was designed by Harvard lawyers, and it’s designed to help…
Take a look at some gadgets we’ve only teased you with that are now shipping. A rugged and red Casio, an Olympus hybrid, an LG phone (with a butt), and an iPhone camera-mount shaped like a Batarang. The Olympus E-P2 is basically a re-hash of the E-P1 with a few improvements. Most importantly it has…
Maybe it’s because I spent countless days glued to these things when I was a kid, but I must get Takara Tomy’s new solar-powered, officially licensed Nintendo Game & Watch keychains. And their price is as tiny as their size. Only $11. [Gigazine via Crunchgear]
I’m going to need someone to prop up my Apple Tablet while I drink coffee, so we need some more interns in New York City. But this time, we’re lookin’ for a few different kinds of interns. https://gizmodo.com/apple-january-27th-come-see-our-latest-creation-event-5451005 Four different kinds, to be precise: Writing Intern: Your main task will be writing posts, but with…
Pay no mind to the vague, nonsensical App Store description for Fishbate: This app is about masturbating fish to completion. Or, possibly, to death. How do I know this? How can I say with such certainty that the app’s description, which claims that “shaking the slippery fish” is a “great ice-breaker”, is really just full-on…
This is a very, very bad thing Lexicon did. And thanks to the super sleuths at Audioholics, they got very, very caught. The Lexicon BD-30 is a $3500 (!!!), THX-Certified Blu-ray player. Unfortunately, aside from some slight re-branding, it’s also a $500 Oppo BDP-83, chassis and all. From the review: “When we received the player…
We thought the next version of Android would be called Flan, but Engadget is reporting “Froyo” to be the codename for Google’s next iteration of mobile OS. On a slightly related note, with the current resurgence of the froyo craze, I feel sorta bad for TCBY. [Engadget]
As expected, Apple is holding a “special event” on Jan. 27 to “come see our latest creation,” with invitations being sent out JUST SECONDS AGO. 10am PST, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Let’s take a closer look at the invite, which is, again, to “come see our latest…
Now we know why Verizon decided to double our FiOS cancellation fees. They have unveiled new bundle options that deliver up to 35Mbps upstream and downstream and 90 or more HD channels. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-fios-set-to-double-early-termination-fee-to-36-5448230 New Bundles Packed With Speed and HD New double-, triple- and quad-play bundles are available with a 24-month service agreement that guarantees…
Some people really hate being photographed, so much, in fact, that they’ll run, jump, tight rope walk or even teleport away. Seriously! Here are 30 such getaway shots from this week’s Shooting Challenge, including the winners: https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-run-from-your-camera-5446591 Second Runner Up: ‘Don’t Fall!’ Technique: Pre-Step 1: Walk to beach. Step 1: Set camera on railing Step…
The curtain’s been dropped on much of Nvidia’s upcoming Fermi-based graphics cards, and the five-hundred-and-twelve-core GF100 looks like a behemoth, indeed. A completely overhauled architecture is all about three things: scalability, parallelism, and geometry. Oh, and ripping your eyeballs out. https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-fermi-next-gen-graphics-architecture-has-512-cor-5371436 Tom’s Hardware, Anandtech, HotHardware and others go pretty deep on the new architecture, which…
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Greenpeace awarded Apple as being the “most green” tech company the other week, so it’s not surprising two patent applications have been dug up from last May showing they aim to be even more energy-efficient. https://gizmodo.com/greenpeace-ranks-apple-highest-among-tech-companies-wh-5442960 Both patents, discovered by Patently Apple, show devices which save energy when charging from the socket. It’s not the…
You know what’s great? My smartphone puts the world in my pocket. Broadband puts 2,454,399 channels on my HDTV. I can access the internet from a freaking airplane! You know what’s unsustainable? Paying for it all. Here’s why: a well-equipped geek will, in our research, have a subscription and service bill total of between 200…
Another week, another treat from our mole: Windows Mobile 7, which we should see for the first time at Mobile World Congress next month, is intended for release before the holiday season of 2010—not 2011. And there’s more. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-windows-mobile-7-will-have-gestures-really-debu-5449137 For a release to follow a debut by six months or more isn’t unprecedented for Microsoft,…
We’re fans of Novatel’s MiFi hotspots, which allow a 3G connection to be converted into Wi-Fi. What we are not fans of is a new exploit that lets hackers reveal your location and all your security info. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-mifi-2200-3g-portable-wi-fi-hotspot-review-5256825 The exploit, which affects the MiFi 2200s sold by Verizon and Sprint, kicks in when users visit…
Meet Paul Chambers. Like thousands of frustrated passengers, this British finance supervisor thought he wouldn’t be able to travel because of the snow. So frustrated, in fact, that he tweeted an obviously exaggerated threat that got him into jail. https://gizmodo.com/an-entire-country-frozen-5444647 “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get…
When rain is afoot, there’s only one tool in Batman’s arsenal that will keep his logo dry: The Batumbrella. [MaxiGlob via SuperPunch via ComicsAlliance via technabob]
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