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This nature photography by Chris Jordan isn’t for the faint of heart. The series of decomposing bird carcasses faithfully documents the impact of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch on albatross chicks in the Midway Atoll. His collection of 30 hauntingly similar shots show what adult birds are feeding to their young: bottlecaps, lighters, spray bottles…
Twitter and Facebook, on your Xbox. It’s weird, like people who put ketchup on their eggs. Tweet Tweet Twitter actually makes the most natural jump to the Xbox. It’s a really basic app, with your timeline, search, and trending topics, but it works, largely because the vertical stream is preserved, even if you can only…
This isn’t the first time Nikon has teamed up with sports photographers to showcase the D300s‘ new 720p video capabilities, but this footage of the world’s top hang glider surfing Australia’s mysterious “Morning Glory” wave-cloud phenomenon, is just as spectacular. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-d300s-beautiful-things-happen-when-pro-photograp-5329378 The D300s was mounted to the front of the hang glider and fitted with…
The NYT gets access to Ballmer and delivers a death blow. Seriously, this is a devastating piece. I’m still reeling. Gist of the article is, the Borg isn’t scary or mean or evil anymore; just bumbling.
Mozilla’s CEO says an iPhone app is due within a few weeks, and that it’ll “surprise people.” I mean, that’s neat and all, but the most exciting possibility—Firefox—would be the least surprising. So, uh, what is it? https://lifehacker.com/mozilla-releasing-unknown-app-for-iphone-5384797 Om Malik’s got a little embryo of a theory, and it revolves around Mozilla’s hosted services/browser sync…
This box is a GPS puzzle build as a wedding gift by Mikal Hart. It only opens when it’s in a specific location, and the puzzle involves discovering just where that location is. The box has a button and an LCD display on the lid. When you press the button, the display will show you…
What better way to kick off the week than with two questionably safe iPhone hacks, each of which scratches a particular nagging itch: the first being lack of MMS on 2G iPhones, and the second being tethering on OS 3.1.2. The hacks are pretty hardcore, and demand not just a jailbroken iPhone, but a working…
ASDFG and ZXCVB—those aren’t just QWERTY strings, they’re also potential sounds you’ll make when face-planting off the Skatekeyboard. [F.A.T. via MAKE]
A new Xbox update coming to some of as as soon as this week will block the use of “unauthorized” memory cards. That means you should copy any important data to your hard drive before the update hits. It also means that we’re likely to see more “authorized” third party memory units on the way.…
Canon’s pro DSLRs are Holy Grail ancient at this point, so something’s gotta be coming soon: It might the 1D Mark IV, as early as tomorrow. People, inventory systems and invitations are talking. The rumored specs are for a 16MPish APS-H sensor (1.3x crop factor) with bursts of 10-12fps, 19-point autofocus system, and the same…
Well this explains those Android 2.0 shots, and the Droid boot-up video that Boy Genius Report ran last week. They’ve scored a hands-on with a near-final production Droid, and say it’s the most impressive handset they’ve used since the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/android-2-0-first-look-fresh-face-sick-speed-5383485 That’s some high praise right there. Apparently it’s slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS,…
I want to believe Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih when he says his company’s Android phone will arrive “this year,” because the more people use Android handsets, the more hardware options we’ll have, the better the software gets, the more vibrant the App Market will become. Plus, I crave balance: the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 was…
I gave a letter to the postman, he put it his sack. Bright in early next morning, he brought my letter back. She wrote upon it: Rewind to sender, address unknown. The VHS mailbox. [There I Fixed It via Obsolete]
I know, even with recent price drops, the PS3 Slim felt too extravagant to purchase. Luckily, Amazon’s got you covered. And hey, do you need a controller and remote as well? Because these deals just don’t stop: https://gizmodo.com/playstation-3-slim-review-the-same-for-less-5345285 $1,000,058.98…I’m not gonna lie. It’s tempting. [Amazon Thanks Naked Fish!]
There’s little stopping Bluetooth from making its way into more devices, but its battery drain is many times that of, say, tried and true IR. But a new, lower power Bluetooth is coming next year. By Texas Instruments, a new, 6mm-square Bluetooth system-on-a-chip can operate for “more than a year” on a small button-cell battery…
Coming out of nowhere, the Alex looks a lot like that Android-powered Barnes & Noble reader. Its 6-inch display is monochrome e-ink (not color), yet it also has a secondary 3.5-inch color touchscreen that lets you browse the Web. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-first-photos-of-barnes-nobles-double-scree-5380942 The similarities are uncanny…could this be the actual device Barnes & Noble may unveil tomorrow?…
I’ve been psyched for this ever since EA confirmed the multi-player mode supports four players over Bluetooth. The $10 app lets you invite Facebook friends, and choose guitar, bass, drums or vocals. 20 tracks are included, too…here’s the full listing: https://gizmodo.com/rock-band-for-iphone-looks-just-like-the-real-thing-mi-5377417 There’s also a solo mode, of course. And additional tracks available to buy from…
Looks like Sony’s 3D ambitions don’t end with plans to bring 3D to Bravia TVs, the PS3, and just-about everything else. This cylindrical concept can be viewed from all angles, and will be at Tokyo’s Digital Contents Expo this Thursday. https://gizmodo.com/sony-gets-3d-fever-3d-bravia-tv-next-year-playstation-5351543 Still under development, the prototype is about 10.6-inches tall (and 5.1-inches in diameter). Sony…
Plastic Logic is a dark horse in the ebook reader business, having shown off prototypes of a large, decent-looking capacitive touchscreen ebook reader. Today that reader gets a shiny black finish and an official name—Que. Yes, they’re calling it the Que, not like “what” in Spanish, but like the letter Q, as in “queue.” It…
Those quirky text-recording “smartpens” from Livescribe got a bit of a boost this morning, with the Pulse line finding itself on the receiving end of a larger 4GB model. For the unfamiliar, Livescribe’s pens record your written word thanks to a tiny on board camera. The cameras also allows the user to interact with special…
