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Just as AT&T’s injunction for the Verizon “There’s a map for that” ads to be taken off-air was denied, the company’s own pugnacious messages started playing. Somehow I just doubt that this commercial’s gonna make Verizon cry. What d’you think? https://gizmodo.com/judge-tells-at-t-to-stop-whining-as-the-verizon-ads-wil-5407902 Does Luke Wilson armed with some magnets beat the punch of Verizon’s catchy slogan?…
Cisco, who makes the Battlemodo Champion Flip line of pocket camcorders, confirmed that next-gen Flips will have both Wi-Fi and a large sliding screen (though not touch), a significant departure in styling. I just hope they keep tactile buttons. [CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/fcc-documents-reveal-ciscos-flipsharetv-5393129
The Olive 4 HD isn’t too different from the Olive Opus N4 we saw back in July, but has a few nice additions and a steeper price: The 2TB version now comes in at $2,000. Youch. https://gizmodo.com/olive-opus-n4-melody-n2-music-players-for-rich-people-5320363 Olive’s music players are the kind of crazy high-end AV hardware that peasants like you and I shouldn’t…
Samsung’s Bada Mobile OS to Launch in Early 2010…Google Talk Knows When You’re on Android, and Likes It…California Passes New Efficiency Standard for TVs…Acer Ferrari Netbook’s Tackiness Burns My Eyes… Samsung’s Bada Mobile OS to Launch in Early 2010 Samsung’s non-smartphone OS, which is surprisingly named Bada (rather than “Why?”), has already been announced, but…
Egg Collective‘s Stump Light is exactly what it sounds like. It’d be a thematically appropriate bedside table-light combination if you’ve got a cabin in the woods, or a seriously dilapidated urban apartment. [Unpluggd]
The GeoEye-1 satellite snapped a picture of the Dubai Airshow and we can see all the pilots’ pretty planes, lined up and waiting to zip-zip-zoom through the sky. Anyone wanna play Guess the Aircraft? [PopSci]
Life is stressful! If the person you’re shopping for is anxious all the time, you might as well help them out with a gift that will let them chill out, if but for a little while. Sound Isolating Headphones: The first step to relaxing is cutting yourself off from the irritating, irritating world around you.…
Lenovo’s new X100E ultrathin laptop just leaked out, and it’s looking pretty sweet: 11.6-inch screen, redesigned chiclet keyboard, a supposed starting price of less than $500, and colors. Colors, you guys. On a ThinkPad. The X100E looks to be a substantial physical redesign from Lenovo, who typically falls so thoroughly on the function side of…
This week on Lifehacker, we’ve got Linux distributions, backup solutions, Opera Mobiles and the piggy flu. • Opera Mobile 10 beta is now available (tabbed browsing and speed dial) • Make a detachable fish eye lens adapter BY YOURSELF • Lower your piggy flu risk at airports https://lifehacker.com/opera-mobile-10-beta-available-now-with-tabbed-browsin-5407484 • How to manage a group project…
Steve Jobs wanted to turn Pixar into one of the biggest names in entertainment when Toy Story was released, according to Pixar’s 1996 annual report. You can’t help but compare his thoughts on the Pixar brand and the Apple brand. We believe there are only two significant brands in the film industry—”Disney” and “Steven Spielberg”.…
Some of it I really do plan to use. Some of it I can’t even identify. Hi. My name is Vin and I’m an addict. I can’t stop buying electronic junk. I know it’s only filling up bins in my shop and taking money I could be pouring into more productive hobbies, like drinking and…
Looks like we’ll keep seeing Verizon’s “There’s a map for that” commercials as AT&T’s injunction to have them taken off the air was denied. Unfortunately this isn’t the end of this debacle as the judge is allowing a follow-up hearing. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-bitch-slaps-at-t-in-theres-a-map-for-that-com-5375027 U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten Sr remarked that people might “misunderstand” the commercials,…
Memories of mornings spent singing into a hairbrush flooded back as I listened to this Apple-themed rendition of Britney Spears’ Oops…I did it again being performed by David Pogue. He could have a heck of a pop star career. For comparison, or if you just happen to be unfamiliar with the original pop culture horror,…
This is cosmonaut Maksim Surayev. And what he’s holding is the latest Russian anti-matter ray gun smuggled onboard the International Space Station. Or maybe it was a microphone to eavesdrop the American astronauts. Or an old pump. I forgot. In the photo I’m holding the latest gadget developed by our military. The device works in…
For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re stepping away from fall leaves and hamburgers for the moment and moving to methodology. Even if you’re no Picasso, we want to see what you can do with a slow shutter. https://gizmodo.com/48-stunning-photos-of-fall-5388614 The official challenge: “Slow Shutter.” As always, interpret the theme however you’d like to give us the…
If your holiday plans involve buying a new HDTV, HD Guru has put together a quick and dirty guide to help you avoid some of the pitfalls many consumers fall into. You will learn important lessons like: sizing your TV to optimize resolution, whether to choose LCD vs plasma vs LED and why you don’t…
Within seconds of installing CatPaint, I felt like the Matisse of adding cats to photos. Within minutes, I was Leonardo da goddamn Vinci. Sometimes the best apps are the simplest, and CatPaint is nothing if not simple. Cats can be added to preexisting photos or cat-scarce shots from the iPhone’s camera, and either saved to…
Some of the geeks you know may say they prefer the sun and air, but at least a third of them are lying. Here are the types of gifts those people want. I should know; I’m one of them. https://gizmodo.com/gifts-for-outdoorsy-geeks-not-averse-to-sunshine-or-swe-5401744/ BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click…
I’ve been wondering why there hasn’t been drooling, crazy-eyed hype for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10, which sounds like a wet dream on paper: Android, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, awesome 8MP camera, massive 800×480 display and a very pretty interface. I know now. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-sonys-first-android-5395712 Well, rather, I know that it’s definitely something about the phone itself. It’s…
On the surface, scroll clock looks like a simple visual trick: Look, it’s a clock made out of moving scroll bars! This is a marginally clever animation! Then you realize that every one of them actually works. It’s been a looooong time since I’ve done anything resembling serious web design, so my initial reaction was…
