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Last week we put out a call for help. Windows 7 is great, but it just needs some sex appeal, you know? As usual, our lovely readers came through. Common themes in these Photoshops include: Apple, genitalia, sports, and ugh. https://gizmodo.com/make-windows-7-actually-cool-for-microsoft-5382555 First Place: A man who simply goes by “Richard” sent us this, which I…
Are you having a Windows 7 party? Did you get the kit and everything? Do you have big plans to have some cocktails while discussing Microsoft’s new OS? Great! We wanna see it. Take some pictures of the celebrations and send em to us at [email protected] with Windows 7 Party Pics in the subject. We’ll…
Designed by artist Ted Noten, this backpack consists of a Tom Tom GPS unit embedded inside an acrylic slab. He intends to place it inside a slowly melting glacier in Switzerland—hence the title “Al Gore.” The bizarre commentary on global warming, the the fact that it looks like a bomb and that it is part…
Our friends at Lifehacker have taken a fresh look at Google Chrome and updated last year’s list with a power user’s guide to its newest features. https://lifehacker.com/the-power-users-guide-to-google-chrome-2009-edition-5386582 The list includes tricks for assigning application shortcuts, search engine keywords, customizations, mouse and keyboard shortcuts as well as several tricks for people using dev builds. Hit the…
I like the idea of an $80 all-you-can eat pre-paid plan, with the possibility of buying a new smartphone—like the Motorola Cliq—in four easy payments. That seems to be one of the plans of T-Mobile’s Project Dark. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-cliq-android-smartphone-everything-you-need-t-5356590 If these leaked documents are real, here’s what T-Mobile will offer: Even More plan • $100 for…
New announcements from Apple translate into big savings on the older models that are being replaced by those upgrades. Take a look at the refurbished section of Apple’s store for more great deals. That and more in today’s deals. Apple: • Refurbished White MacBook 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $749 (normally $900). • Refurbished…
According to a postcard that Verizon is mailing around, the Motorola Droid (the first phone with Android 2.0) is probably going announced on October 28th before going on sale November 9th (or November 2009, depending how you read the card). But it’s one of those teaser things so we can’t say that’s the plan for…
For now, the equally beautiful and dorky Rubik Lamp is just a resin prototype. Looking at its kaleidoscopic funkiness as it gets scrambled, however, I wish it was a real product available now. Somebody license this, please. Time to start churning them out of the factory. [Behance via Unplggd]
Tomorrow’s launch is the big day if you want to get in on Windows 7 deals, so Prof. Dealzmodo is hooking you up with a handy, up to the minute guide packed with tips on how to save money. Software Once you have looked over everything Windows 7 has to offer and decided (correctly) that…
You’re working on the most important document you’ve ever typed and suddenly—boom: Blue screen. “A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED.” What the hell just happened? There’s all kinds of new hotness in Snow Leopard and Windows 7, but what’s old and busted is when stuff crashes, even on the newest OSes. This is how that happens,…
Photoshop whiners of the world: Stop saying words! This is not a photomontage. These two doors and the stair are very real, suspended many feet up on the concrete walls of the Congress Hall in Biel, Switzerland. Of course, those doors and the stairs weren’t in the original plans. The original architects weren’t as crazy…
A sundial—casting a virtual shadow on screen—app, a one-pad Pong game, a great mustaches of the world catalogue, a virtual handshaking for germaphobes, and my favorite: The You Are Here GPS app. All rejected—and fake—Microsoft Phone apps. Obviously, Microsoft thinks that there’s a lot of crap in the iTunes App Store, so they have created…
AT&T and the LCD industry make for strange courtfellows, but wait’ll you hear what for: AT&T claims that due to LCD price fixing by LG, Sharp and other, they’ve overpaid for 300 million handsets. Interestingly, they’re not thrilled about this. Between a general leeriness towards AT&T and spectacularly huge numbers involved, the whole thing sounds…
Obviously any jack-o’-lantern has already been mutilated mercilessly by children with knives and ice cream scoops, but something about permanently sticking a $10 light-up sword in its head just feels like salt in the wound. [Danna Bananas via Nerd Approved]
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Though many of us ditched landlines long ago, B&O still pushes out cordless phones for those who can afford its designer wares. The BeoCom 5 handles two-landlines plus PC-based VoIP calls, and its portable speaker can double as a charger. When “docked” on the speaker (or its second, smaller charger), the phone is held in…
As this spy shot confirms, Blackberry Storm 2 dummy units have started to arrive on Best Buy shelves—and word is that Verizon has received them as well. In other words, the launch is imminent. How iminient? Well, If you believe earlier reports, there is a good chance that the launch could take place as early…
Oh, Mighty Mouse, I hate you so. But you and your damn nipple survived extermination after the Magic Mouse cometh, after all. You had to pay a steep bill to survive, in shame, rejected by The Steve, but you survived. https://gizmodo.com/so-long-nipples-this-time-you-wont-be-missed-5385892 The Apple Store wasn’t big enough for a Magic and a Mighty, so someone…
Maybe called “One Box,” or maybe not, Google’s new music service is basically a set of music search tools. And even if it’s not an iTunes killer or a stateside Spotify, it still matters. https://gizmodo.com/how-will-googles-rumored-music-service-work-updated-5386574 Techcrunch has a few shots of the service, which give a pretty good idea of how it’ll work: You, Anonymous…
Click to viewDabe Alan is got a vintage gadget tattoo of his own, but he shot the process in time lapse with a very modern Canon 5d Mark ii before editing this video in Final Cut Pro. Ouchies. [Flickr] https://gizmodo.com/obsolete-gadget-tattoos-are-seven-shades-of-wrong-5378721
