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Google Nexus One Sold Directly and Only by Google, Officially Supported By T-Mobile

It looks like Google won’t be entirely shaking up any wireless industries at the present time, but it will be pushing forward with its own “flagship” device by selling it directly to consumers. While our connect’s internal T-Mobile photo is rather small, we’ve broken down the text for you: Google, with support from T-Mobile, is…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The iPhone Is a Stone Cold Network Killer

Being among the first of the world’s networks to carry the iPhone practically guaranteed a flush few years. Also: network trouble! Take the UK’s O2, whose spokespeople now seem to be reading from an apologetic PR script written by AT&T. Addressing network congestion as the result of iPhone users utilizing data services exactly as you’d…

Tech News John Herrman

Ex-Employee Says Seagate Stole Quiet Hard Drive Tech From MIT Researchers

An ex-Seagate employee turned whistle-blower claims that Seagate not only stole hard drive-silencing technology from the MIT researchers who developed it and they company they formed, Convolve, but destroyed blueprints to hide the evidence. [NYT, Image via Scoblizer]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Only Digital Photo Frame That Makes Sense In This Cruel, Non-Analogue World

Digital photo frames, schmigital schmoto frames. I wouldn’t give this model a second look if it weren’t for the fact that it’s packing a FRICKIN’ INTEGRATED PHOTO SCANNER. Maybe I’m overreacting, but for those of us with heaps of photos lying around in cardboard boxes, this $199.99 frame is a great idea. Of course, you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Pocket Dictionary’s Camera Reads All Those Abstruse, Recondite Words For Me

Unichal’s Dixau DX3 digital dictionary saves you all that trouble of typing out words you don’t understand. Instead, it takes a picture of the offending verbiage with a pop-up digital camera and automatically translates it. How efficacious! The Dixau DX3 seems less cumbersome than the Dixau Text Scanner, which required a PC link-up. It also…

Tech News Brian Barrett

What Is This? The Year’s Most Mysterious Images

It’s been a great year in pictures—some more identifiable than others. Here is a retrospective of 2009’s best mystery shots. Care to take another guess? Each image links back to the original post containing the answer. Hint: Once you find out what it is everything makes sense. Don’t over think it. [Click to see the…

Tech News Don Nguyen

Apple Approves “Tits & Boobies” and “Pussy Lovers” Apps

I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later, but it’s wrong. From the iTunes description. “If you love pussy, this application is for you. Each and every pussy is more and more tight and super tempting.” Really? Of course not. They are just two apps loaded with photos of the other kind of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Electric (Reading) Chair

Don’t worry, pushing the big red button on this chrome reading chair by Aleksej Iskos simply turns on the lights, though we insist that you try it first…err, because we’re so hospitable. [Aleksej Iskos via HomeQN via notcot]

Tech News Mark Wilson

How Three Guys Dismantled One of the World’s Most Powerful Botnets

If you’re envisioning lines of code flying across bays of screens, amphetamine-fueled digital manhunts and dramatic, albeit rendered, explosions, I’m sorry. When major botnets fall nowadays, it’s the product of hard work, patience, and some well-placed phone calls. For the last couple years, security firm FireEye has been under contract to protect its clients’ computers…

Privacy & Security John Herrman

Gaming In the Streets

Only in Japan would you find an arcade with the theme of playing in China’s “backstreets.” Called Your Warehouse, the whole complex is basically eight stories of rusted scum…that actually provides amenities like towels to sweaty DDR players. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/japanese-arcade-themed-like-chinas-back-streets-5436082

Tech News Mark Wilson

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week, hacker heaven hits MAKE with their opensource hardware guide, EcoSnoop iPhone apps makes you a green vigilante (sorta), and say goodbye to “sticker price” as IBM starts manufacturing e-ink labels for store shelves. EcoSnoop iPhone App Lets Your Rat Out Polluters Pissed off someone aimed the sprinklers all wrong at the park. Or…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

I’m on a Phone, Muthfcka

I had my doubts about this “I’m on a Phone” video—the winner of the $5,000 I Am T-Pain iPhone app music video contest. Until I heard these lines: [Warning: NSFW for strong language] https://gizmodo.com/i-am-t-pain-iphone-app-is-auto-tuning-genius-5352299 I’m talking on my Bluetooth making deals and shit no cords (?) are clashing so my hands are free to knit.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

$70 Camcorder Weighs Just 18g, Measures 2-Inches In Length

It won’t win you any cinematography prizes, but at $70 it’d be easy to just throw in your bag or car for those moments when you really need to film something. Like when you see a hit and run. Concord Keystone has squeezed its Easy Shot Clip camcorder down to just 2-inches in length and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS Imminent?

Could Apple be giving the iPhone 3G the slip, replacing the $99 model with an 8GB iPhone 3GS? It certainly seemed plausible when we first heard about it, and now a forum-dweller has received packaging suggesting it could be true. https://gizmodo.com/99-8gb-iphone-3gs-for-christmas-5398539 A user on the German apfeltalk forums ordered an 8GB iPhone 3G, and while…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Rise and Fall of Raj Rajaratnam, the “King of Kings” in Silicon Valley

The WSJ just published this excellent and colorful profile of Raj Rajaratnam, hedge fund manager being investigated for insider trading. They interviewed over 75 sources and looked over his handwritten notes to write the story. [WSJ]

Tech News Brian Lam

iTunes Tagging To Be Offered In Ford Cars With Sync

We’ve seen several HD radios with iTunes tagging before, but this is the first time we’ve seen it pre-installed in a car, ready to drive off the show room floor. https://gizmodo.com/apple-to-work-with-polk-jbl-ibiquity-on-hd-radio-tagg-297297 Joining the in-car Wi-Fi available via Ford’s Sync system, the iTunes tagging will allow car-owners to buy songs they’ve just heard on the radio…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Apple Filed “iGuide” Trademark As Alternative Name To iSlate?

MacRumors has uncovered a 2007 trademark application from a secret Apple off-shoot, which may point at being related to the iSlate, either as an alternative product name or service. [MacRumors]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Notion Ink’s Tablet Named Adam, Will Be Birthed In June

The curvaceous, sexy tablet from Notion Ink has some serious gender issues, as the company has named it “Adam.” It’ll still be the first tablet to use a Pixel Qi screen, Notion Ink’s hoping, despite its June release date. https://gizmodo.com/notion-ink-enters-tablet-wars-with-android-device-5429466 The specs haven’t changed much since we first saw it a few weeks ago, with…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What The Future Of Touchscreen BlackBerrys Nearly Looked Like

Almost makes you like the Storm more, right? I’m guessing the (presumably resistive) touchscreen was so shoddy that the trackball was actually a required addition. Thank goodness this prototype didn’t leave the R&D department. [PocketBerry via CrackBerry]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Northern Lights Get Time Lapse Video Treatment

It’s on my list of Things To Do Before I Die, but like most inclusions I fear watching a time lapse video is the closest I’ll ever get. What a marvelous view. [TWAN via Boing Boing]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google Nexus One Sold Directly and Only by Google, Officially Supported By T-Mobile

The iPhone Is a Stone Cold Network Killer

Ex-Employee Says Seagate Stole Quiet Hard Drive Tech From MIT Researchers

The Only Digital Photo Frame That Makes Sense In This Cruel, Non-Analogue World

This Pocket Dictionary’s Camera Reads All Those Abstruse, Recondite Words For Me

What Is This? The Year’s Most Mysterious Images

Apple Approves “Tits & Boobies” and “Pussy Lovers” Apps

Electric (Reading) Chair

How Three Guys Dismantled One of the World’s Most Powerful Botnets

Gaming In the Streets

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

I’m on a Phone, Muthfcka

$70 Camcorder Weighs Just 18g, Measures 2-Inches In Length

Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS Imminent?

The Rise and Fall of Raj Rajaratnam, the “King of Kings” in Silicon Valley

iTunes Tagging To Be Offered In Ford Cars With Sync

Apple Filed “iGuide” Trademark As Alternative Name To iSlate?

Notion Ink’s Tablet Named Adam, Will Be Birthed In June

What The Future Of Touchscreen BlackBerrys Nearly Looked Like

The Northern Lights Get Time Lapse Video Treatment

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

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Google Nexus One Sold Directly and Only by Google, Officially Supported By T-Mobile

The iPhone Is a Stone Cold Network Killer

Ex-Employee Says Seagate Stole Quiet Hard Drive Tech From MIT Researchers

The Only Digital Photo Frame That Makes Sense In This Cruel, Non-Analogue World

This Pocket Dictionary’s Camera Reads All Those Abstruse, Recondite Words For Me

What Is This? The Year’s Most Mysterious Images

Apple Approves “Tits & Boobies” and “Pussy Lovers” Apps

Electric (Reading) Chair

How Three Guys Dismantled One of the World’s Most Powerful Botnets

Gaming In the Streets

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

I’m on a Phone, Muth*f*cka

$70 Camcorder Weighs Just 18g, Measures 2-Inches In Length

Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS Imminent?

The Rise and Fall of Raj Rajaratnam, the “King of Kings” in Silicon Valley

iTunes Tagging To Be Offered In Ford Cars With Sync

Apple Filed “iGuide” Trademark As Alternative Name To iSlate?

Notion Ink’s Tablet Named Adam, Will Be Birthed In June

What The Future Of Touchscreen BlackBerrys Nearly Looked Like

The Northern Lights Get Time Lapse Video Treatment

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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I’m on a Phone, Muthfcka