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Google’s Nexus One has been interpreted by some press as a title inspired by the Nexus series of androids in the Blade Runner movie. Creator Philip K. Dick’s daughter, Isa, says, “We were never consulted, no requests were made, and we didn’t grant any sort of permissions.” She is consulting her legal counsel over the…
In today’s very special episode of Gizmodo Remainders, Microsoft admits to plagiarism, Comcast unveils a streaming video service, and stop reading this right now because you could develop nearsightedness. Plus, does anyone actually use MacDonald’s Wi-Fi? Microsoft Admits to Plagiarizing a Twitter-Like Service It was recently revealed that huge swathes of the code in Microsoft’s…
A photographer strapped a Canon Rebel XT to his helmet while skydiving, but instead of capturing some great airborne shots, it fell off his helmet and plummeted 3,000 feet to the ground. Unbelievably, it survived. According to a friend of the photographer: Amazingly, the Rebel survived the fall and my friend is still using it…
These are not the biggerest of Lego spaceships nor an impossible balancing act. It’s just Lego Star Wars perfectly photographed using a very clever, and deceitfully simple technique. This is how the expert Finnish photographer Avanaut did it: https://gizmodo.com/lego-colonial-space-ship-is-big-enough-to-terraform-rea-5102362 In his own words: There’s been some questions about how I do the snowshots. I’ve given…
Microsoft’s search engine Bing, despite its similarities to Arby’s, is pretty great—and now it’s come to the App Store to invade iPhones and iPods Touch. https://gizmodo.com/has-anybody-used-bing-to-find-the-nearest-arbys-whoa-5426550 The app features some of the hallmarks of Bing, like the endless image search, image of the day and voice control. Some key features: * Daily image from Bing.com…
Borders is teaming up with a company called Kobo and making some grand plans. They apparently intend on developing a new ebook reader, a new ebook service, and having all the content be “device neutral.” Pretty big task there, fallas. The Kobo service is already live and will apparently allow downloading of “content to the…
When it was time to design new offices for a steel pipe factory, a clever guy decided to use the factory’s product as a major part of the new additions. Puns about pipe dream designs aside, it looks pretty good. Designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects for T. Bailey, these offices will integrate giant…
It’s hard to tell exactly what this guy is about to do, but he appears to be squatting (more or less) with his pants around his ankles on a DC street. Click to view View 519 H St NE in a larger map Maybe he is about to take a dump, maybe his lady’s husband…
So this is a pretty short and inexpertly framed video, but it is the very first one we’ve seen of the Nexus One in action. If you want to see that flashy Android 2.1 boot sequence, read on. You can also see the packaging here, but it could just be the packaging meant for developers—Google’s…
I feared that the Apple vs Psystar battle would just fizzle out, but it’s ending with a strong punch as Apple Insider reports that Apple has been granted a permanent injunction against Psystar, marking the end of shady Mac clones. https://gizmodo.com/final-round-of-psystar-vs-apple-might-be-called-off-5378425 Apparently Psystar has until the final second of this year, midnight on December 31,…
We’ve told you about Operation Chokehold, the attack on AT&T’s network scheduled for Friday, but now AT&T has something to say about as well. They’re not exactly happy and throw around words like “irresponsible,” “pointless,” and “nothing amusing.” Ouch! https://gizmodo.com/operation-chokehold-a-plan-to-destroy-at-t-this-friday-5426142 This is what an AT&T spokesperson contacted by Cult of Mac said about the plot:…
Many men might watch helplessly as their wives are about to give birth, but not Leroy Smith. As soon as Smith realized that the midwife wouldn’t arrive on time, he calmly did a Google search on his BlackBerry. I don’t know what Smith’s Google query of choice was, but in the end it led him…
Katherine Hayles, author of “How We Became Posthuman” goes bio, reminding us that machines aren’t the ones in charge. The catch? Neither are we. [WaPo]
This poll has a mix of brands and mobile operating systems. If your phone happens to fall into two categories (such as being both an Android phone and a Motorola phone), then go with the operating system which will indicate to us that you’re using a smartphone. If you happen to use more than one…
In this guide we suggest gifts for a variety of bad bosses, from the ones who try too hard to the ones who make you work too hard. Not that I, as a Gizmodo intern, would know anything about that. But for those of you who do hate your bosses, here are the best gifts…
The quasi-mythical Google Phone is many things. To optimists, it’s Google’s bid to shake up the wireless industry. To cynics, it’s just an overhyped Android phone. And to some Googlers, it’s apparently this year’s Christmas bonus. They’re less than thrilled. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-google-phone-everything-is-different-now-5425146 Earlier today we got a tip from reader whose buddy was one of the…
