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The iPhone had its security growing pains when it was first released, and now Droid has its own flaw that lets anyone bypass your password screen with just the push of a button. https://gizmodo.com/huge-iphone-security-flaw-puts-all-private-information-5042332 Normally, Droid users are asked to input a pattern using onscreen dots before they can access their homescreen. But apparently, when…
Apple bought Fingerworks—a company that developed a bunch of multitouch accessories, interfaces and gestures—years ago, but left the site online until this week, even as founder Wayne Westerman popped up in Apple patents. It’s gone now. Hmmm. [MacRumors]
I switched to LED lights on my Christmas tree this year and, while generally pleased, there is no doubt that the colors are a bit “off.” A simple nanotech coating could change that by making colors brighter and warmer. Nanosys is the company behind this new approach, and the process is fairly simple: a phospor…
TeleAdapt is hoping to deliver a more personalized entertainment experience for guests in hotel rooms with their TA-7650 MediaHub HD box. Basically, it makes it easy to play media from your portable devices through the TV. MediaHub HD Features • All-in-one audio/video connectivity panel for enjoying content from any portable electronics device through the in-room…
In my review, I lamented that Windows Mobile 6.5 didn’t feel finished. Now that we can see what Windows Mobile 6.5.x was eventually destined for, well, maybe that was for the best. [PhoneScoop] https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-review-theres-no-excuse-for-this-5374876
This is a really fantastic idea—boots with a set of reversible cleats on the foot and heel that can prevent slips on snow and ice. When you are heading indoors, just flip it over to hide the steel studs. The whole mechanism is set flush into a groove on the sole, so it should be…
The crime: identity theft. The location: the Android Market. The weapon: a free “banking” app. The lesson: you should be terrified at all times, of all things, even if Google says you shouldn’t be. Downloading your bank’s mobile app seemed like a surefire way to avoid stumbling into a phishing scam. It was the prudent…
If you’re a designer with a need for three-dimensional printing and $20,000 to spare, the uPrint Plus is right up your alley—it’s 33% bigger, 69% faster, and 40% more efficient than its predecessor. It may not play Daft Punk like the MakerBot—and it costs a whoooole lot more— but Dimension’s uPrint Plus is professional grade,…
It’s the simple things: the Scosche FlipSync iPhone cable rolls up into itself, making it super portable. I like it! [Oh Gizmo!]
This interview with an anonymous Facebook employee spills some beans about the inner workings of the ‘book. One of the juiciest is that there was once a universal password that let them log in as anyone. Chuck Norris? Really? To be fair, the password only worked from within the Facebook offices, so you couldn’t just…
Either way, I’d love to hang it from my ceiling, crank up the hi-fi, and jam out to some Peaches & Herb. The Plexiglass Lamp hides its bulb behind a half-sphere of transparent plexiglass rods. The rods have matte tips, making them glow while the transparent rods disappear into darkness. It’s also energy efficient, according…
Cold weather giving you frostbite? Then check out today’s scalding dealz. Heat up your crotch with a 17″ Dell Inspiron, take detailed photos of hot stuff with a D3000, or embrace your cuddly-yet-tragically-misunderstood south pole brethren in Penguin Bounce. https://gizmodo.com/pingo-the-robot-penguin-is-a-facebook-friend-who-wont-i-5421409 Top Deals: • 17.3″ Dell Inspiron Laptop for $499 plus $9.95 shipping (normally $1,028). •…
And they want you to join the Alienware scavenger hunt. Contest ends at midnight CST tomorrow, Jan. 12. Click here for your first clue, and you could win an Alienware M11 Gaming System. They’re here…
The reason calls on the Nexus One sound great is Audience’s A1026 voice processor, which works with its dual mics to pluck out voice, eliminate background and dynamically adjust audio properties. I hope it goes standard, like oleophobic screens. [VentureBeat] https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-review-5443835
The Snow White MacBook decal is still my favorite, but as a macho macho man, I have to go with Tony Stark and his iron pants. [Etsy] https://gizmodo.com/snow-white-macbook-cover-can-only-be-awakened-with-stev-5189297
Microsoft is introducing new licenses—or, to be precise, license caveats—for Windows and Office software, which would require anyone who rents PCs with the software, like internet cafes, to pay an extra fee. But why now? Or really, why ever? The issue is almost as old as Windows and Office, and it’s been handled a certain…
When I saw the Lenovo’s Android-based 3.7-inch touchscreen Lephone last week I was all smleh’ed. “Yet another touchscreen Android”, I thought. Now, looking at the shiny marketing shots, I want to lick it, pant it, and rub it all day. https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-android-lephone-has-gesture-support-and-snapdrag-5442112 It seems to me that, it has more personality than the Nexus One superphone.…
If you applied a PC gamer’s obsession with gear and tweakability to a console controller, Razer’s Onza Xbox 360 controller is basically what you’d expect: Reprogrammable buttons, elongated triggers, two extra buttons and joystick tension adjustment (!). https://gizmodo.com/xbox-marks-the-spot-for-razers-controller-and-headset-5443621 Razer’s crammed an extra button onto each shoulder, which can be mapped using the switches on the…
Attention, crazy dog people with too much money: these two chihuahuas are inside an anti-aging oxygen therapy chamber at a dog salon in Japan. Buy your plane tickets now! [TokyoMango]
It seems nobody complains or even jokes about 20 something or even 30 something year old adults rocking out with little toy guitars and little toy drums, but god forbid someone puts on a pair of 3D shutter glasses, coolness comes to an end.
