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Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn’t even crack 1/3rd of its predecessor’s install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/more-giz-readers-own-macs-than-pcs-5393703
Orb’s been out for a while, but now there’s OS X 10.5 and 10.6 compatibility. Mac users can finally use the app to stream all sorts of media from iTunes to nearly any internet-connected device. Oh, and it’s completely free. You can download the Orb application right here. You’ll have to look for porn to…
It’s no secret that Palm’s been taking it niiiice ‘n slow with their app strategy, whatever it is. Here’s their next baby step: Ares, a browser-based, drag-and-drop development toolkit for making simple apps. It’s a marginally good idea! https://gizmodo.com/palm-couldnt-pick-a-better-first-paid-webos-app-than-ai-5374793 In a way, software written in Ares is the purest kind of web app: It’s designed…
Ignore the site’s lame hip hop and its general theme of trying too hard, because these nu pop watches by designer Pascal Mouawad and musician Jermaine Dupri are pretty snazzy in their own right. $145. [nupop via Whollysblog via bookofjoe]
Still drooling over yesterday’s Adamo XPS pics? I am. But it could have been a very different machine. Early prototypes had LCD touchpads (similar to notebooks like Fujitsu’s N7010 and Sharp’s Mebius), and even a capacitive-touch keyboard. Take a look: https://gizmodo.com/dell-adamo-xps-hands-on-insanely-thin-and-just-insane-5397393 Though running certain apps in a tiny window could actually be pretty useful, Dell…
Lousy at framing self-portraits? Yeah, me too. Thankfully Samsung’s here to help with the double-screen-toting DualView TL225. Well, at least they would be helping if the camera wasn’t as laggy and unresponsive as Wired found it to be. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-samsungs-dual-display-cameras-5336775 While Wired thought that the front display is fantastic for snapping pics of oneself, they weren’t…
Microsoft’s research division is doing tours across college campuses and rather than turning them into snoozefests they’re showing off a prototype straight outta Iron Man fantasies. It’s a clear glass display which accepts input through voice-control, touch-less gestures, and eye-tracking. iStartedSomething has videos showing the prototype in action, and it looks like it’s got quite…
Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on 11/3 for $100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $88 with a November 10th ship date…right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]
I’m a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O’Flaherty from Gears of War) on hold. http://kotaku.com/309218/gears-unreal-art-director-lands-thundercats-movie Concept renders from the movie’s pre-production, here, if you’re into it. Hooo! [Xbox Freedom]
Somehow it doesn’t seem like landline providers would be happy about people using the tiny bit of electricity coming through phone-jacks to power lamps, but this thing is so kitschy looking that it’d be hard to resist. Plus it’s cheeeeeeap. Less than five bucks for an 8-LED lamp that won’t even be a blip on…
I love that smartphones let me avoid cramming my pockets with extra gadgets like an MP3 player or camera. But Dr. Martin Cooper—the former lead engineer of the Motorola team that developed the first cellphone—reckons that’s just phooey. https://gizmodo.com/the-analog-cellphone-timeline-357895 The 80 year old inventor, who has also criticized the iPhone as being overly complicated and…
It’s hearsay at this point, but Boy Genius Report’s sources claim the 8GB 3G will be swapped with a 3GS. They’ve had a decent-enough record with rumors lately, and it makes sense against the $99 Droid Eris. We’ll see. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-review-5293388
Hammacher Schlemmer‘s digital pinball machine crams a 720p, 32-inch display into a full-sized cabinet, and offers by way of emulation 17 classic boards. But I’m not sure pinball freaks are that interested in digitized flippers. Not everything’s better digitized, you know? People like pinball because it’s nostalgic and flawed, not because it’s such a great…
This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $150 in raw materials, and if properly made, had a “protection factor greater than 500.” 500 what? No idea! [Mayor’s Office via Boing Boing]
Slacker finally brings its excellent streaming music app to the Android Market, adding optimized support for current Android hotshots the Droid and Droid Eris. It’s available now, in either a free “lite” or a paid premium version. [Slacker]
The Cry Translator iPhone app is supposed to assist those with little parental instinct by translating the sobs and screams of their children and providing advice. How ever did we all make it to adulthood without apps like this? The makers of the app claim that it is “accurate 96% of the time” in interpreting…
Aside from looking like a giant crustacean, this concept Vehicle-to-Grid (aka V2G) automobile seems like it would perfectly satisfy those who crave the maneuverability of a motorcycle, yet can’t abandon the protective frame of a car. Plus it looks super-duper-speedy. Sure the V2G is imagined for use on electrified, gridded highways, but I keep picturing…
Windows 7 Sales 234% Higher Than Vista…Battery Juice No Longer Just an Expression, Still Not as Tasty as Orange Juice…Verizon Calls AT&T’s Ad Lawsuit “Junk”…Air Filter Uses Plants to Get Rid of Yer Weed Smoke Windows 7 Sales 234% Higher Than Vista NPD declared sales for Windows 7 were 234% higher than the sales for…
It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I’ll be dammed if those stupid stickers are not extremely annoying. Fortunately for people who actually eat fruit and vegetables from time to time, low-energy laser etching may be the answer. Tests have concluded that foods labeled with the low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam show no signs…
When Georgios Maridakis’ product breaks it’s actually an intentional feature. His Clock Vase indicates time with a little hammer that knocks against the porcelain. And at the right stroke, it shatters. There aren’t any notes on how long it would take to wear out a vase on average, but the entire idea is to have…