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Even though the disgustingly thin Dell Adamo XPS arrives soon for a newly-announced $2000 price, but we’re still just learning about some of the features and specifics. One of the latest is purely cosmetic, but it sounds pretty hot: https://gizmodo.com/first-dell-adamo-xps-profile-photos-ok-thats-like-dis-5380001 It’s a heat-sensitive latch—get it? More specifically, it’s a “heat-sensing strip on the lip that,…
We weren’t able to bring you guys a kickass, timely BlackBerry Storm 2 review like we wanted—and we’re sorry about that. Check out a roundup of other reviews below; it’s the least we can do. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-thinks-youre-all-motherf-ckers-5383539 Reviews vary widely in verdict, just like the original Storm (CNET gives it two out of five stars, while…
Even diehard WolframAlpha fans may balk slightly at the $50 asking price. Then they, like me, might balk some more as they try to figure out why a mobile version of what’s in essence a free search engine costs $50. WolframAlpha folks are billing this as a half-priced graphic calculator, with that added benefit that…
The November 30, 1958 edition of This Week magazine ran this illustration of the flying family car. The image accompanied a larger piece about Army vehicles of the future. Best thing about the article? It promised that this flying car could be a reality within two years. This post originally appeared at Paleofuture.com.
It looks like Microsoft is going to hit its deadline with the whole Microsoft Store thing. As these Scottsdale newspaper ads show, prizes, Windows products and—yes my fellow teenie boppers—Ashley Tisdale are all arriving on October 22. https://gizmodo.com/first-microsoft-store-may-open-for-windows-7s-arrival-5383083
My elaborate plan to take out years worth of repressed childhood dish washing memories on my own children some day has hit a Panasonic robot-sized snafu. You see, in the future, when we’re flying around in cars and Will Smith is saving us from over-protective robots, the dishes will wash themselves. Case in point, in…
An HTC Android phone popped up today, offering few clues—aside from a few hastily snapped pics—about what it’s called, what it does, or what it wants. Touch sensitive menu keys? Check. And there’s our pal Android, and a camera of indeterminable mega pixelage. [The Unlockr via BGR]
The Origin Data Locker: For the paranoid geek who lives with his parents in their fortified underground bunker. Doubt it? Everything from the belongs-on-a-battleship looks to the AES encryption software to the 6-18 digit PIN screams “you will not get the 1TB of porn inside me.” Even the touchscreen keypad is paranoid, as it changes…
Unless there’s something in the Canadian Windows 7 Ultimate Edition that Microsoft isn’t telling us about, it would appear as though someone at the Dell website may have hit the wrong key or ten. Thankfully, you can finance for the low low price of $2,726/month. [Thanks, Scott]
Cupertino status symbol it most certainly is not, but the Gemei HD8800 does offer 1080p support and has it where it counts. It being price. For about $122, the HD8800 will play back your media in glorious HD on its 4.3-in. screen. Or on a TV, where you can boost the portable’s 800×480 image all…
This seems straight out of a Terry Gilliam film. The guy flying with the two really big birds is Scott Mason, who uses them to detect thermal currents to fly his paraglider through the skies of Nepal. It’s called parahawking. That is an Egyptian vulture, a Neophron percnopterus. Mason has been rescuing them since he…
This 30-second Droid spot started airing last night during the ALCS. Dan may not like it, but even so there’s no denying that Verizon, in the words of Matt Buchanan, went totally balls in with an Android phone. https://gizmodo.com/ii-ihate-iverizons-inew-imarketing-icampaign-5384013 An Android 2.0 Motorola phone, to be precise, which we’ll officially get to see sometime in…
Karma’s a bunch of hooey, but in cases like this I can understand the appeal: Richard Heene, the arrogant, self-centered con artist behind the “Balloon Boy” hoax, is about to be charged with a crime. Updated. http://gawker.com/5383858/exclusive-i-helped-richard-heene-plan-a-balloon-hoax Authorities haven’t said what the charges will be, exactly, but here’s hoping whatever they are they involve this…
Forget the obscure brand of this Patriot media streamer. For a cheap cheap $130, this 1080p box is worth a quick look, so long as you can stomach the equally cheap UI. The kit includes a remote, 2.5-in space for a you-provided HDD, three USB slots, Ethernet, and support for more than a few file…
The BlackBerry Storm 2 is the followup to Verizon’s most buzzed-about phone of last year, but Verizon didn’t help with the news. CrackBerry says the phone didn’t pass Verizon’s quality assurance. [CrackBerry]
We’ve heard plenty about Project Dark lately, including new unlimited plans, 21Mbps HSPA, and new handsets. The newest rumors, courtesy of Boy Genius Report, are whispers of Rent-A-Center style, contract-free unsubsidized phone purchasing and tiered unlimited plans. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-project-dark-a-hyperfast-21mbps-3g-rollout-5378270 Obviously T-mobile is attempting to expand their customer base through Project Dark, and part of the…
This year’s Solar Decathlon winner generates enough energy to power itself and two other homes. https://gizmodo.com/amazing-student-made-solar-homes-compete-in-internation-5378843 Energy efficiency is the ultimate goal of the Solar Decathlon, but the surPLUShome’s good looks and functionality helped the German Team beat out the early favorites from California. Nearly all the available surface area of the surPlushome is covered…
What’s the only thing more annoying than a non-Apple company using Apple’s trademark diminutive “i”? Companies thinking they’ll really stick it to Apple by using it to mock them. The latest marketing school dropout contestant: Verizon’s “iDoesn’t” campaign. Verizon’s got a new anti-iPhone tagline: “If the iDoesn’t, What Does?” It’s part of a new marketing…
Syncing your Zune in Mac OS X, running Word in Linux, giving Linux a go within Windows 7: just a few of the things you can do with virtual machines. And setting one up isn’t just easy—it’s free. The word virtualization conjures images of the dank nerd lairs, populated by lonely network admins, scattered with…
Let’s hope this Android/Snapdragon pairing becomes a trend. Along with a live pic of the X3/Rachel in the wild comes a rumor that the X3 will join the Acer Liquid in the Snapdragon club. https://gizmodo.com/acer-liquid-finally-gives-android-the-snapdragon-it-des-5381384 As if the last round of specs weren’t enough to get you excited, now it’s looking like that 8 MP…
