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This gorgeous building in France is more than just a pretty complex. The Cité du Design does one of the best jobs I’ve ever seen at concealing the solar panels that help power the structure. The building is made up of 14,000 equilateral triangles. Some are solar panels, some are windows, others just fill out…
Enough with the back and forth already, Apple. If you’re going to kill Atom support then just kill it. Don’t toy with us, taking and giving like some sort of merciless god. https://gizmodo.com/is-apple-trying-to-kill-hackintosh-netbooks-os-x-10-6-5395020 The video above shows what happens if you try to boot the latest 10.6.2 developer build on a Hackintosh. As you can…
We knew the the place and the price, just needed to know when the party starts. You can grab a pre-order for the $600 netbook ($300 with two-year contract) at Best Buy and pick it up November 15. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/nokias-3g-booklet-netbook-spotted-at-best-buy-with-less-5372883
Hank Risan was ordered to pull The Beatles’ catalog from the BlueBeat website this week, but those weren’t the actual recordings. The tracks were “psycho-acoustic simulations” of the songs. Too bad that defense will never hold up in court. Hank calls the technique equivalent to a virtual cover band playing The Beatles’ songs. He bought…
Objectified, Gary Hustwit’s look at the world of industrial design, featured a lengthy section on Apple Chief Designer Jon Ive—and now that clip is online for impatient Apple fans to see. [Brainstorm Tech] https://gizmodo.com/objectified-review-5221987 The clip is pretty interesting, even if you’re not normally enamored with Apple. Ive is the most prominent tech designer of…
The ‘Haptic Cow’ recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It’s for learning. Don’t get any ideas. https://gizmodo.com/i-had-sex-with-furniture-the-shameful-nsfw-fleshligh-5375323 Miss Baillie’s invention solves one of the biggest problems in veterinary medicine. That is, once your hand is up an cow’s butt you can’t really see anything you’re…
Apparently Microsoft’s COFEE software that helps law enforcement grab data from password protected or encrypted sources is leaking all over the internet. So not only can you steal the software, but break the law by using it too. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-cofee-wont-perk-you-up-but-it-will-instamagi-385476 Yep, it’s all out there on the internet, but if you use it to grab private…
A while ago I was considering putting low-powered 5400 RPM drives into a NAS. I was worried about performance, but Tom’s Hardware shows us that drive speed isn’t the bottleneck, and how slower drives can even beat faster ones. The main bottleneck in any NAS is the RAID engine. Since many NAS units don’t include…
The latest round of iPhone rumors reads like a roundup of everything we’ve heard before. Now the mythical iPhone nano is back, and supposedly said device will be coming to Verizon in 2010 featuring a new hybrid cellular radio. https://gizmodo.com/apple-in-high-level-iphone-talks-with-verizon-wireless-5228932 Keep in mind this is all coming from an industry analyst report supplied to Apple…
I love this 8-bit wedding invitation. Not only for the design, but because it not-so-subtly portrays marriage as a prolonged Street Fighter match. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against marriage. And if you’ve got a wife awesome enough to agree to an invitation like this, it’ll probably be pretty smooth sailing from here…
Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it’s substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There’s a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that’s just the beginning. Updated: Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I’m definitely seeing an…
Facebook ad scamming is on the rise, unsurprising for a site gaining a huge user base—what is surprising, if the allegation proves true, is Facebook’s complicity in allowing the dodgy ads. Tech Crunch‘s Michael Arrington believes that Facebook is looking the other way because it doesn’t want to lose the revenue. He points out popular…
Gigabyte’s been listening to all of the iPhone syncing issues from motherboard owners using Intel’s P55 chipset. They’ve put out a beta BIOS that addresses the problem. Unfortunately, that doesn’t help all the Asus and MSI users who are having the same troubles, but hopefully now that Gigabyte has set an example the others will…
Remember that Walmart ad featuring a $100 Xbox? Well, Amazon is matching the offer, so you can skip the crowds. There’ll be other electronics deals running all day starting at 9 a.m. EST. Update: https://gizmodo.com/walmart-selling-200-xbox-360-this-weekend-with-free-1-5397060 It looks like the Amazon 9 a.m. deal ran out (not before I managed to grab one, natch), but the…
Nowadays, everything comes with a rechargeable battery, but who knew that getting long battery life could get soooo confusing? Here are 10 expert-backed tips to keep you from running low on the juice: 1. Since a battery should never be 100% full or 100% empty, you should charge it then discharge it in sequence ideally…
Based on my non-existent Chinese skills, I managed to understand that this inflatable bra makes boobs big, BIG, BIG. And I guess it comes with odd sound effects included? Can someone watch please this commercial and translate for me? I just really need to know whether the voice over guy or the girl with the…
Switzerland gets all the cool offices. This particular one’s dubbed “Cocoon” and acts as headquarters for an architecture firm. I prefer to imagine it as home to a super heroine who zoom-zoom-zips down that spiral and saves the day. https://gizmodo.com/googles-swiss-headquarters-blend-a-lot-of-fun-with-some-5397405 Such gorgeous design. When I snuggle up in my own cocoon of blankets tonight, I’m…
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The Pangolin is a spiny anteater covered in razor sharp scales, with razor sharp claws, that can shoot acid out of its anus. This backpack is inspired by the creature. It is made from old truck tires. [wannekes]
Back in the early 80s, computers were new and terrifying. Luckily, Steve Allen was available to chuckle you through all of that crazy jargon. [Everything Is Terrible]
