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While most of you had a painless upgrade to Windows 7, some experienced problems with the downloadable Student Edition from Digital River. Microsoft acknowledged the problem, and has now come through with the ISO file you so desperately need. https://gizmodo.com/over-80-of-you-had-a-smooth-windows-7-install-experien-5390991 If you were affected by this problem, here are your solutions: •ISO file •Detailed Instructions…
It seemed weird at first, but I’m falling in love with this Nobo electric radiator. It’s like an indoor campfire coffee table made with fire and ice. The heat emanating from the “pit” is controlled by an iPod-esque touch wheel and a built-in projector adds to the ambiance by illuminating the glass logs with a…
Being a secret Susan Kare fanboy, I like this 8-bit barbecue. But I want my steaks to be 64-bits, thank you very much. And if I’m eating with the rest of the Giz gluttons, it has to be multi-core. The Barbeque is part of the No Screw No Glue line by designers Joost van Bleiswijk…
There’s a lot of speculation about Google working on and preparing to release a mobile navigation app. For free. The logic’s there and the pieces fit, but we still lack solid proof. With Google’s increased focus on collecting map data (and less reliance on third-party map providers such as Tele Atlas) and Android 2.0’s rumored…
Got questions about the more-mysterious-than-it-should-be Windows 7 upgrade process? Ed Bott has answers. For instance, the difference between full and upgrade versions of Windows 7. The key is, um, the product key: When you punch in an upgrade key, setup checks whether or not it’s being installed on a clean system or one that already…
It’s tough to not love Chris Ware’s Halloween cover for the New Yorker, isn’t it? [Why, That’s Delightful! via Boing Boing]
Save those precious moments for posterity with the image.jpg photo frame. Digital and analog worlds collide with a silk-screened, wooden representation of a Mac image window that will contain a picture you probably took with a digital camera. For added authenticity, the frame also features a backing that simulates a transparent background. For even more…
Given Microsoft’s rocky past with installs, I expected a lot of negative responses to yesterday’s question about your Windows 7 experience. However, over 80% of you encountered little or no problems with your install. https://gizmodo.com/has-your-windows-7-install-been-a-great-or-miserable-ex-5390150 In fact, 67% of respondents claimed that their install experience was “excellent”. After skimming over some of your comments I…
Someone’s fetish definitely comes through with this speaker concept design. You turn the system on by giving the cheeks a gentle tap while the volume is controlled with tender caresses. If it were squeezable, I’d call the Asspeaker perfect. Despite the Altec Lansing logo the concept’s designer decided to use on the graphics, this isn’t…
The Latitude XT2 XFR is a ruggedized version of Dell’s XT2 tablet built to MIL-810G standards for taking an ass-beating: It’s got an impact resistant, sunlight-viewable 12-inch multitouch LED-backlit display, compression sealed orifices, and works in temperatures from 10-140 degrees. At 1.5 inches thick, it’s the thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet—um, even with that massive…
Today we have deals on TVs of all shapes and sizes. Actually, they’re all pretty much the same shape, but there are plenty of sizes. Still, the Sony home theater package will complement whichever set you go with. Top Deals: • Xbox 360 Pro 60GB Console for $199.99 plus free shipping (normally $249). • Polaroid…
JH Audio’s JH 13 Pro earphones have six drivers—two woofers, two midranges, and two tweeters, which gives them “dynamics that are so much more visceral” than any other in-ear headphones Cnet’s Audiophiliac has ever heard. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-you-cant-get-decent-earphones-for-les-5371253 The bass is “highly addictive” and its “resolution of fine detail is extraordinary,” with isolation so solid it’ll block…
Movember (formerly known as November) is nearly upon us! Sign up here for this charity moustache-growing competition, then document the mind-boggling transformation of every hair on your upper lip using the Pepsi Max Mo-Mento Maker Facebook app. Pepsi Max is a proud sponsor of Movember, and their app will create a time-lapse video of your…
Domino’s historic pizza delivery man didn’t just drop off pizzas at Microsoft HQ to celebrate the release of Windows 7. Oh no! He also showed up at a whole slew of other ridiculous places, much to my delight. https://gizmodo.com/behold-the-saddest-example-of-promotional-convergence-5388021 First Place Second Place Third Place
“What is it in France they say? ‘America contributed three things to culture: jazz, musical comedy and comic books.'” You can already buy two on iTunes. And if things pan out, you’ll be get the third on the Apple tablet. Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking to people within the comics industry to…
Boy Genius has it on good authority that both the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris will launch on Verizon November 6th—a few days earlier than previously expected. Look for an official announcement tomorrow. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/droid-may-be-a-series-not-just-a-phone-as-revealed-b-5388945
iPhone app tracking site AppShopper—from Arn of MacRumors—now counts over 100,000 apps approved by Apple. 101,843 apps at this moment, to be precise. Only about 93,000 have actually hit the App Store so far, but still, it’s pretty incredible. Expect some crowing via press release when they formally hit 100,000 apps in the store. A…
Swine flu! It’s the panic du jour, far less dangerous than eating poorly cooked chicken or getting in a car, yet apparently infinitely more scary. And now Harvard will take $2 to scare you on your iPhone. Harvard Medical School has just released HMSMobile Swine Flu Center, a $1.99 app that offers all sorts of…
This is it: The official video laying out Android 2.0’s new features, to go along with 2.0 support hitting the SDK today. Man, Android 2.0 is nice. Highlights of Android 2.0 revealed in the video are a new contacts setup that’s reminiscent of the Hero’s integrated contacts—it pulls them in from multiple sources, supports two-way…
When not making tires, Bridgestone is working on ebook readers so flexible that they’d probably survive being driven over. They’ve even got a prototype ready for testing, but no plans to commercialize the slender and bendy device at this point. The reader is definitely slender as it’s almost half as thin as a Kindle 2.…
