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BoyGeniusReport has word that the Droid Eris is scheduled for an OS upgrade early next year, which would make it a pretty great deal at its current $100 price point. We’d be disappointed if it were anything other than Android 2.1. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/droid-eris-review-5401220
A bunch of great netbook upgrades are on the way—next-gen Intel processors in January; smooth HD video playback—but to spare you the brain hemorrhage of keeping track, we’ve laid it all out. Here’s what you need to know. Netbooks with Intel’s next-gen Pineview Atom N450 CPUs arrive in January, and the faster N470 chip may…
Barnes & Noble has pushed back shipments for newly ordered and backordered Nooks yet again to January 15. That’s only 4 days later than the last delay, but it’s still! What are nook buyers supposed to do until then? Read off paper? [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/barnes-noble-ruins-nerd-christmas-for-good-pr-5409369
This was kind of inevitable. Google Dictionary, I mean. It’s a straight-up dictionary, yeah, but it has a few pretty Google-y features, like the ability to star words, if you’re real forgetful, and you can search for words in multiple languages. It’s also a fairly stripped interface, unlike a lot of dictionary sites, which is…
In the 1970s, Kodak scientists developed the world’s first viable OLED material. Today, they’re selling the business to LG to keep their drowning ship afloat. It’s been a rough decade. It’s been so long since Kodak’s been relevant that it’s easy to forget how much they’ve pioneered. Today, though, they’ve been reduced to a case…
We talk, Apple listens. A little bit. The Mac Pro has been quietly upgraded. Nothing incredibly amazing, but quite a good jump in processor speed: Now you can order them with 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors for a mere $1200. https://gizmodo.com/why-its-gotten-straight-stupid-to-buy-a-mac-pro-5411073 You can also add four 2-terabyte hard drives from the factory, for $550 a…
Even PayPal can’t tell its own emails from spam! A cranky ex-Microsoft employee complained to PayPal about a “suspicious looking” link in an email from them, which they then treated as a phishing attack. [Eset via The Reg]
The mobile Twitter site had been a vastly more miserable experience compared to even the worstest apps, but now, it’s a strikingly good web app, with full Twitter powers, all while actually looking clean and respectable. It’s currently most optimized for WebKit browsers—iPhone, Android, webOS and Symbian—but BlackBerrys work too. It’s built entirely using Twitter’s…
Talking at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday, One Laptop per Child’s founder Nicholas Negroponte said that Steve Jobs helped in the development of the OLPC computer. Wait. What? I got an email from Steve Jobs (the night the laptop was revealed) he said you can’t build it for a hundred dollars, and my answer was…
Although not as much fun as hiding a flask in a Danielle Steel book, this Chumby-in-a-hollow-book would look mighty fine on any bedside table, waking you up each morning with the latest news, Tweets and YouTube videos. Squeezing Chumby parts (bought for $139) into a hollowed-out book, Gary Watts’ Chumby book was made easily enough,…
People take movies on the road all the time; it’s why so many minivans have TVs, and why PMPs play video. What people don’t do, most of the time, is put movies on the road. Most of the time. Rodger Cleye set out to make damn sure kids in his neighborhood had a fun halloween…
Translating to “The Jewel” in Spanish, Motorola’s leaked La Jolla sounds like it’ll be anything but gem-like. With the Cliq and Droid being feature-laden Android badboys, we’ll allow the newly-reformed Motorola to have a miss or two. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-cliq-review-5381995 Promising 10 more Androids for the coming months, Motorola’s La Jolla sounds like a cheap PAYG at…
There is so much odd and potentially wrong in regards to this vintage dishwasher ad, I don’t even know where to begin. [Flickr via copyranter]
We have USB outlets in our cars, so why do we still use adapters in our houses? No more! These stock UCS power outlets with USB are just $10 from True Power, shipping in 2010. [FastMac via CrunchGear]
Before the rise of Napster and AutoTune, we had drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Remember how great those were? MintPass’ Cube MP3 player, a 2″x2″x2″ box, sits somewhere between concept and product (leaning toward concept), and incorporates design details from analog music into the digital realm. The VU (volume unit) meter, a former staple of…
I like the Pac-Man watch as much as the Pac-Man Theme Song: “Paaaac-Man, run from the ghost! Paaaac-Man, he eats dots on toast! Paaaaaaaaac-Man, he’d rather have lamb roast!” That’s the Pac-Man Theme song. In my head it is, ok? There are only 500 of these at $129 each. Some include a free copy of…
A Massachusetts couple has restored this Victorian-era house into the greatest example of a steampunk home you’ll ever see. Everything, from the doors to the fireplace, to the telephone and the TV wall-unit, have been lovingly taken back in time. Originally built in 1901, every corner and piece of furniture in the house has had…
This huge Lego chandelier would have been perfect for the James May’s Lego house. If James May’s Lego house were actually a castle in Transylvania and he were a vampire, that is. Still, it’s amazing that it is 100% Lego. https://gizmodo.com/the-lego-house-looks-beautiful-from-the-outside-too-5349424 Kind of creepy, but still amazing. [Yanko Design]
Despite the N900 looking like a return to the days of quality Nokia phones, it’s announced it will halve production of its smartphones in 2010, instead concentrating on dumbphones, or “mid to low end smartphones,” as they see it. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n900-maemo-is-a-phone-makes-the-n97-look-silly-5346818 Our suspicions were raised three days ago when they stated they’d only be releasing one…
Considering how cheap and ubiquitous GPS devices have gotten, I’m not surprised that they’re now the most commonly stolen item from vehicles. That’s why Maplock caught my eye: it hooks onto your GPS and tethers it to your steering wheel. The simple, but clever anti-theft idea comes from Australian-based Who-Rae, and recently won Popular Mechanic’s…