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After yesterday’s censorship brouhaha, Microsoft has released Zune HD Twitter app version 1.1, now with unfettered swearing. You may now return to your regularly scheduled vulgarity. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-twitter-app-wont-let-you-f-ing-swear-5428825
Yesterday, BlackBerry users across the country lost BIS email service, forcing them to switch to webmail, texts, calls, VoIP, instant messages or Tweets—for hours! But the real news is what didn’t go down, rite guys? https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-internet-service-outage-kills-email-on-virtu-5428795 For reference, here’s some Peek PR from 2008, right after their first product launched: Peek, the first elegantly simple,…
I’ve been waiting for this damn update for months: Apple’s dropped the latest RAW compatibility update—2.7 to be precise—for Mac, which adds compatibility for these fine cameras: • Canon EOS-1D Mark IV • Canon EOS 7D • Canon PowerShot G11 • Nikon D3S • Nikon D3000S • Nikon D3000 Snag it on Software Update, of…
Click to viewThis is really scary news: Iran has successfully tested their Sajjil-2 yesterday. Why is this really scary? Because it is a two-stage solid fuel missile, which represents a giant leap in reaching the continental United States. Here’s how: Iran already has the Shahab-3, which is capable of reaching Israel and parts of Europe,…
Sure, there are the sensible, inexpensive presents you’re asking for for Christmas. Then there are the fantastic, unrealistic, unreasonable things you really want. Those are what I want to see. Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with Xmas Wishes in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs, and use a…
Everyone knows Father Christmas has a reindeer-powered wooden sleigh, except evidently Land Rover’s crafty designers, who’ve updated the humble vehicle with some much-needed aluminum. Car Magazine is running a week-long sleigh-fest, with this Land Rover design featuring height adjustable suspension and a particle accelerator. Just what every jolly chimney-climber needs. Land Rover said on the…
The scientists who created the Muscle Suit may say that it’s to help health care workers lift patients, but we both know that its real purpose is to help me lift cars, and throw them at evildoers. Okay, so maybe the technology’s not at superhero levels quite yet. The Muscle Suit—created at the Kobayashi Lab…
According to Impress, the iPhone has taken over 46.1 percent of the Japanese smartphone market. This is extremely surprising, because the Japanese are known for being impervious to alien cellphones, preferring their weird mobiles. The two top spots are Apple’s: The iPhone 3G commands the ranking with 24.6%, while the iPhone 3GS tops at 21.5…
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From the people who brought the iPhone 3GS Supreme to a tasteless assclown, here’s the Nintendo Wii Supreme, labeled by the designers as “the world’s most expensive games console.” Why? Because it’s made with 5.5 pounds of solid 22ct gold. https://gizmodo.com/a-very-personal-message-to-the-buyer-of-the-iphone-3gs-5414827 The front buttons are studded with 78 0.25 carats diamonds. Each of the three…
So it’s about time you check out the Gawker Luxury Gift Guide and get cracking. Or you can do what I do, but giving your loved ones a half eaten cheesecake can be depressing as all hell. Check it!
For those of you who just can’t wait for whatever tablet goodness Apple is dreaming up, the Archos 9 running Windows 7 might be the answer. But wait—is that Windows 7 Starter Edition? Unfortunately, yes, which means that this version won’t take full advantage of Windows 7’s tablet capabilities. Still, UMPC Portal reports a solid…
In my hate-post against ereaders last week, I claimed that Amazon’s protecting itself with its iPhone Kindle app, as the ereader market won’t last as long as people think. https://gizmodo.com/why-i-hate-ereaders-and-doubt-theyll-ever-hit-the-main-5423233 I’m not sure the rumored BlackBerry and Mac Kindle apps will do much for the Kindle or ereader industry as a whole, either. It’s still…
Another personal encounter with the Nexus One is recorded in history forever, and while Tnkgrl wasn’t allowed to exercise her camera finger, she’s written on her blog that it’s “extremely thin,” but more importantly, there’s a severe lack of multitouch…UPDATE While she concedes that it’s “much nicer looking in person,” the lack of multitouch in…
Hark! Did you hear the heralded Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein confirm the webOS 1.3.5 update? It’s on its way soon for all Pre and Pixi owners, and will gift a better battery life, more speed and stronger Wi-Fi. The Ares app development program will of course mean thousands more apps will be available for download,…
Notion Ink is apparently readying an Android tablet with a Pixel Qi display—the very same that was rumored to be used in the Apple tablet. Just like at it, it’s like something from our dreams. Earlier in the month, Pixel Qi’s CEO Mary Lou Jepsen commented that their displays were going to be used in…
When Sony announced the Reader Daily Edition back in August, they hadn’t confirmed which newspapers would be offered alongside the ebooks. It’s just News Corp titles for now, with The Wall Street Journal and New York Post being confirmed. https://gizmodo.com/sony-daily-edition-reader-3g-7-inch-touchscreen-in-de-5345112 A daily news summary will be on offer for WSJ readers, in addition to the…
This year a research expedition sent a remotely operated vehicle 4,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean and within ten feet of an exploding volcano. Today the first video footage from that expedition was released. Ka-boom. Ok, maybe there’s no ka-boom because there’s no sound, but just looking at this video makes me…
We’ve noticed that Twitter has been down for the past few hours, but now TechCrunch is reporting that the site has been hacked by a group calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army.” There’s even a message from the group. Updated. Iranian Cyber Army THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY [email protected] U.S.A. Think…
A mother of two, who also happens to be gay (and not broadcasting it), is anonymously suing Netflix for releasing her movie preferences in that contest they held awhile back. Basically, she’s Borking them. In the course of releasing boatloads of data to contestants in its “Beat Netflix’s Recommendation Algorithm” contest, they may not have…
