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Stepped outside this morning and had to snag a picture. Weapon of choice is a Polaroid i1035 10 megapixel point & shoot. 1/100s, ISO 80, 0 exposure -Eric Mayle Taken with an iPhone 3Gs -Aja Robinson I use a Kodak easyshare V1003 no flash just natural lighting, keep the ISO speed around 100. After that…
Microsoft’s earnings don’t look rosy: Revenue’s down 14 percent from last year, at $12.92 billion, and net income’s down 18 percent, to $3.57 billion. But, that’s way better than anybody was estimating, which sent their stock up. Until CNBC screwed up the numbers, and immediately tanked the stock, costing people a lot of money. Fun…
Attention all nutters! Now you can buy your very own 179-foot Excelsior-class military assault hovercraft for just $69 million, fully armed, and with plenty of space to carry 140 rangers and three T-80 heavy soviet tanks. She’s such a beauty: An outstanding opportunity for the right government agency to obtain a vessel which normally takes…
In 2006, Access bought the rights to Palm OS, and licensed the code to Palm. Access spent plenty of time and money developing a next-gen OS, which Palm totally ignored for their own. Things looked grim! Until this thing. https://gizmodo.com/palm-licenses-palm-os-garnet-os-5-source-220210 The Else Intuition, aside from being one of the first phones to use Access’ Linux…
If your basket-of-puppy iMovies and John Vanderslice mp3s are eating up your hard drive space, take this survey, email the last question to [email protected], and you could win a brand-new 1 TB Apple Time Capsule for your digital-storage needs. [Rules]
In case you’re as sick of plastic as we are, Brinell Powerstorage hard drives combine the best tech of Asian tech with the best of European craftsmanship. German-based design group Brinell has developed a line of Purestorage USB drives housed in materials including wood, stainless steel, leather and carbon. Ranging from 160-500GB and $284-$344, of…
A few Wii 2 rumors are floating around: it might have HD and a new controller, and could arrive next year. Now in an interview with Popular Mechanics, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto says it may also be more compact and cost-efficient. https://gizmodo.com/next-generation-wii-coming-with-hd-graphics-and-new-con-5364077 “While we don’t have any concrete plans for what we’ll be doing with hardware…
Months ago, word was that Microsoft planned to dabble in non-optical media for a change, shipping Windows 7 on, or at least for, USB drives. For the netbooks! Well, they’ve made good on the promise rumor, but only halfway. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-might-sell-windows-7-on-flash-drives-spare-n-5302826 The anecdotal version: I ordered the student priced Windows 7 home premium for $30, and…
The Insignia Little Buddy is a $100 child-tracking GPS system. You simply duct tape the Little Buddy to your kid, and you’ll never lose the little bugger again (involuntarily). A web interface positions you various little ones on a map marked with your custom “safety zones.” But the most enticing feature, if we’re studying the…
A terrible blemish? A crack? Sexually explicit default wallpaper? Whatever the reason, we’re not allowed to see the front of Moto’s GSM/CDMA world phone, the Android-powered Zeppelin. But we can see the back, and so we will. Snapped by Chinese site DIGI.QQ, the Zeppelin is an odd duck: It looks rugged, with an etched rubber…
Slacker’s G2 player was pretty cool, but hardware from an online music service always seemed odd—especially when Slacker and Pandora apps are available for BlackBerries and the iPhone. So I’m not surprised that they’re exiting the hardware biz. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-slacker-g2-portable-radio-5050327 Note: While the BlackBerry version supports station caching, the iPhone app doesn’t. Slacker told the Wall…
CheapAssGamer took the voyage to a Burger King in Akihabara to try the Windows 7 Burger. Apparently, $14 buys you the most desiccating pile of adipose flesh ever to be partially congealed by man. [CheapAssGamer Thanks Ashcraft!] https://gizmodo.com/japan-welcomes-windows-7-with-seven-layer-whopper-burge-5387448
When the FCC voted to formalize net neutrality guidelines yesterday, it took minutes for the cable industry to bitch about plans to forbid them (and wireless carriers) from selectively blocking types of Internet use. Surprise! McCain’s not a fan either. https://gizmodo.com/the-totally-predictable-cable-industry-response-to-the-5387694 He’s introduced the “Internet Freedom Act”, which would block the FCC’s rulemaking process. He…
The sleek-looking S-Frame DPP-F700 is finally headed to the U.S. It’s got a 7-inch (800 x 480) display that doubles as a digital photo frame and image editor for printing 4 x 6-inch photos in 45 seconds. Print quality is 300 x 300dpi, and basic edits include zoom, crop, brightness, contrast, hue, and sharpness adjustment.…
This video, a vintage “introduction to the internet” from the early ’90s or thereabouts, features the line “What’s a webpage? Something ducks walk on?” If that doesn’t convince you to watch this hilarious, mysteriously-filled-with-pixelated-porno masterpiece, I don’t know what will. I have preserved the lyrics of the opening song for posterity’s sake: On your mark,…
Verizon’s Android Lineup Gets an Addition With HTC Sense…Yahoo Starts News Blog, Contributes to Death of Legitimate Journalism…Vuzix New Video Glasses Look Like Oakleys, Not as Hip as Wayfarers…AOL Hints at Some Mysterious Surprise, I’m Surprised AOL Still Exists… Remember when Verizon had the best network and the worst phones? Actually, you don’t have to…
Sure, some of that wallet bulge comes from old-fashioned cash, but let’s face it, credit cards and receipts are the big contributors. With the One Card concept though, you’d have everything accessible by turning a knob on a single card. Dreamed up by Kim Young Suk, the One Card is almost too great to ever…
We got this from a PR person in our emails today. The text read as follows: To help the Windows team prepare for this legendary occasion, Domino’s delivers stacks of its American Legends pizzas to Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond the day before the Windows 7 launch. What?! Holy crap, who are these people who are…
As you know, I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to chat about all of his projects this year. Windows 7 was obviously the biggie, so we talked about it and its less beloved predecessor. But unlike Bill Gates, who seemed like he wanted to admit Vista sucked, Ballmer sticks to his guns, calling…
If turning an abandoned nuclear missile silo into a home was impressive, then I don’t know what to call this. All I know is that Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset turned an old water pumping station into a stylish home. https://gizmodo.com/from-abandoned-nuclear-missile-silo-to-kickass-home-5374886 It wasn’t a cheap project as the property alone cost $700,000, but Elmgreen and…
