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The results from the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition are in. They are as mesmerizing and funky as always, starting with the winner: A water flea from planet Zortax photographed with confocal laser scanning microscopy. Here’s the Top 20: The winning image—Daphnia atkinsoni or water flea—was taken by Dr. Jan Michels, at the Christian…
Confirmed. The rumors about Google’s redesign are true, and you can try it for yourself with a very simple method. https://gizmodo.com/google-searchs-new-interface-being-tested-now-5412305 1. Go to Google.com. 2. Once it loads, enter this code into your web browser’s URL address field: javascript:void(document.cookie=”PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com”); There shouldn’t be any http://google.com in front of that. Just that code. 3. Hit…
Free, crowd-sourced turn-by-turn app Waze might not navigate quite as well as the Navigons and Telenavs of the world, but it’s got one killer feature that they don’t: cherries, to chomp with your car. The cherries (and various other icons) are part of Waze’s new “Road Goodies” program, which essentially turns the navigation service—which has,…
Get excited, Kindle owners! Both the US and global versions of the Kindle as well as the Kindle DX now have fancy new firmware available, bringing a handful of new features and benefits. Here’s the rundown: Kindle (Global Wireless) and Kindle (U.S. Wireless) * Longer battery life for Kindle (Global Wireless): You can now read…
PC Perspective put the $1,500, 8-bay Drobo Pro through all the paces, and they found that, yes, it’s wonderful, and yes, it lacks eSATA. But if you need/want eSATA, there’s always the 5-bay Drobo S. [PC Perspective] https://gizmodo.com/drobo-s-a-faster-fatter-storage-robot-with-esata-5410809
This is the Microsoft PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue. Looks a tad uncomfortable! Also, Twitter. Microsoft is sponsoring a Twitter feed with the hashtag #HolidayWindows that runs in a window outside. The results are, um, interesting so far. Surely you can do better, try it. Update: Microsoft says there are “filters in place to…
Windows Home Server‘s Power Pack 3 is available now, and all you have to do is go into your Windows Update section of your Home Server and hit Update to access the new features. Unless you’re one of those who accessed PP3 before it was final, in which case you have to follow these instructions…
If you’re reading this, there’s at least a 50 percent chance you or someone you know is a complete Mactard. Here’s their wish list (SPOILER: It’s all Apple stuff): BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here. https://gizmodo.com/gifts-for-apple-cultists-whove-grown-beyond-shame-5411982/ Magic Mouse: It’s a bit too expensive for stocking…
Gilt Man’s major blowout sale offers up to 90% off of hoodies, coats, sweaters, loafers, and suits. Sale on A-list brands like Adidas, Cole Haan, and Penguin starts at noon today. Shop today, chow tomorrow, chill on Black Friday! Other brands on sale: A. Testoni, Gordon Rush, Hickey, Ike Behar, J Lindeberg, and Trovata. Don’t…
Sorry, pervs, the perfect porn blocker is here. Conan O’Brien has saved the internets from the porn slime. Gracias, Conando! [Geeks Are Sexy]
Table of Contents Page 1 – Cell Phones, Computers, Digital Cameras, DVD Players, GPS and more Page 2 – TVs, Video Games, Printers, Software, MP3 Players and more Page 3 – Movies and TV Shows (DVD and Blu-ray) https://gizmodo.com/black-friday-deals-the-only-list-you-need-5409460 Movies and Television (Blu-ray) 2001 A Space Odyssey (Blu-ray) – $9.49 [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/amazons-black-friday-lightning-deals-going-on-all-day-w-5410764 Above The Law…
If two new paid fart apps in one day isn’t a sign of a maturing App Catalog, I don’t know what is. Rest easy, Rubinstein. For once. [Palm] https://gizmodo.com/how-palm-lost-like-apple-in-the-80s-5392799
OK, to hell with everything. I’m not going to stick around watching how the world is liverwursted by a race of chromed alien fembots. I’m fcking off to an island near Brazil. Enjoy Armageddon! I’ll be sipping cocktails. According to manufacturer NT Research, their RAMeX bots are just humanoids with tele-operated arms and hands. Whatever,…
Real, physical places form the Net’s backbone: data centers, under-sea cables, junctions, optic fiber pipes. Wired traced a single bit’s journey from England, across the US, and into Asia—a fascinating reminder at how physical the virtual really is. This fortress, which looks like a heavily armed gas station preparing for a zombie invasion (without the…
One is a rough manufacturing start date for a display component, and the other is an announcement so vague it barely means anything. But lest you forget: Pixel Qi‘s multi-mode, e-ink-shaming LCD technology is amazing. Pixel Qi’s last announced manufacturing date—residue of which still graces their website—was “the second half of 2009.” In big, bold…
Vietnamese robot Topio is a master of ping pong. He also has an ab regimen that effectively distracts from his receding hairline. [Pink Tentacle]
Newsweek has a series of eight polls exploring how China looks at the US, the US at China, and the two of us at the world. We have confidence…just not necessarily in ourselves. [Newsweek via Fast Company]
Hot the heels of letting you paint the PS3 Slim, ColorWare will now also customize your latest Apple gear. For $500, you can colorize your own iMac, or pay a $700 premium (over Apple’s prices) to buy one from ColorWare. https://gizmodo.com/the-ps3-slim-painted-just-like-i-like-it-5358777 They’re also painting the Magic Mouse now, too. It’ll cost you $100 to buy…
You’ve gotta spend money to make money, at least according to the New York Times. The paper has entered the hardware subsidization business, offering $100 off the Samsung Go with $180 Times Reader subscription. [NYT via Business Wire via Engadget]
“To hell with IPs!” Xbox 360 cried to TiVo HD. And for one night, there were no movies watched nor games played while the wire-crossed lovers embraced in the warm glow of the plasma TV. The Xbox Elegant Edition, though born an orphan, need but look in the mirror to find his parents. But just…