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The newest Flip MinoHD was just announced, and it’s a lot like the first-gen, but with upgrades all around. You’ve got double the memory, a much sleeker aluminum design, bigger screen and HDMI port. Sweet! It’s been upgraded to 8GB of memory, up from 4GB, which gives it about two hours of 720p video recording.…
The D3s is not simply the D3 plus 720p video recording, a la the D300s. A redesigned sensor allows it to shoot at up to ISO 102,400. Yeah, that’s a six-digit ISO. https://gizmodo.com/nikons-flagship-d3-dslr-is-fastest-ever-292493 The D3s’s sensor is an evolved form of the original D3’s 12.1MP full-frame sensor, using a different structure to improve the signal-to-noise…
The Dev Team has struck again, negating the security work of the iPhone 3.1.2 update. Looks like it’ll work even if you’ve never jailbroken your phone before (though soon-to-be-released hardware may not?). Pwnage can be attained here. [Thanks, SE!] https://gizmodo.com/apples-shipping-jailbreak-resistant-iphone-3gs-units-5381095
Are you paranoid that your lover uses a lookalike stunt double on occasion? That her twin sister shows up instead of her? With the fingerprint ring, you can just compare fingerprints and know when it’s the real thing. All you do is get a kit, imprint your lover’s (or even your own) fingers, send it…
Maybe that downtime earlier is a result of bad karma for Apple’s decision to start shipping iPhone 3GS units with a supposedly jailbreak-resistant bootrom. How long until the dev-team works around the immunity to their exploit? [iClarified via BGR] https://gizmodo.com/apple-com-falls-for-10-minutes-as-fanboys-worldwide-squ-5381092
If Robots Killed People, Soldiers Wouldn’t Have To…Sweden Disappears from the Internet For a Day…Over 95% of People Screw Up Username and Password…Founder of Jedi Religion “Intimidated” By Shopkeepers Oh ED, you’re a lifesaver! A general who lead an infantry division in Iraq recently said that of the 155 men killed in combat, 122 could…
OK, so this is a first one for me: Apple.com was down with an Http/1.1 error for about ten minutes. Ten. Entire. Minutes. It’s hard to believe the world can exist for ten minutes without a bunch of brightly colored nanos on a home page, but it did. But yes, that sound you heard was…
I challenge you to watch this video of a kite boarder being carried seemingly hundreds of feet up into the air without instinctively tightening up your sphincter. I say it’s impossible. [Boing Boing]
You went potty all by yourself! Feel the same sense of achievement you did as a child with the Ecohime cellphone strap while simultaneously concealing any unpleasant noises. Actually, the sound emitted by Ecohime is supposed to be running water, but as our leader Jason Chen pointed out “it sounds like a standing ovation.” Hopefully,…
Vauni’s bioethanol ventless fireplace, the Cupola, may not have the warmth or coziness of a traditional wood-burner, but it does have practicality and cold Scandinavian style. Plus, the thing mounts right on your wall. Made of aluminum for weight reasons and coming in white or black, the fireplace burns bioethanol fuel instead of wood, so…
The Nintendo DS is great, but seriously underpowered. That could change in the next version, though, thanks to a little help from the same processor that drives the Zune HD. https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-review-the-pmp-evolved-5360126 It’s rumored that Nvidia has won a contract to supply Nintendo with Tegra chips for the next generation DS. The specific chip Nintendo plans…
During World War II, the Army Corps of Engineers wanted to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant in case the Japanese decided to attack the West Coast. So, of course, they built a fake subdivision on its roof. Using camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil, they brilliantly disguised the enormous plant as something completely benign. Just…
This is not stop motion. This is not animation. I don’t have a clue about what this thing is. I do know that 1) it’s for mature audiences only—for graphic violence and grossness—and 2) it’s mind/headblowing. [LikeCool]
When we finally got the iPhone OS 3.1.2 update, we also got the 5.6 carrier update with it, but we had no freakin’ idea what it was supposed to do. According to iPhone Savior’s research, the guessing game is over: 5.6 was meant to fix issues with MMS, particularly the red exclamation point that occurs…
Skype might have been sloughed off of eBay into its own entity, but lawsuits, regarding its core Skype to Skype technology, might put them in trouble unless it has a backup plan of new VoIP tech. https://gizmodo.com/ebay-sells-off-65-percent-of-skype-for-1-9-billion-5350338 TechCrunch is saying that Skype is looking to buy Gizmo5, a SIP-based service that isn’t quite as popular…
Gizmodo’s bullpen five minutes ago. Me: “Holy f*ck. Check this.” Matt: “We’re all dead.” Me: “We’re so f*cked.” Wilson: “Soft robotics. That’s a scary phrase.” Jason: “You mean a sexy phrase. Mmmm. Soft robots.” Wilson: “Now, jamming skin… That is sexy. Jammable slurry. Wow, a little hot under the collar here. This really is nuts.”…
I need a break, because today I look like this Mac Pro. No yellow drooling, though. Yet. [Hilton Warburton via Monster Munch]
You got questions? Questions that don’t have to do with explaining when to use your flash or why cheap headphones are no good? I got answers. Think of this as less about explaining technology and more about explaining what you should do with technology. Some examples: • In what instances is it acceptable to wear…
The most interesting about the iMovie update that dropped yesterday is that “improves compatibility” with camcorders using the iFrame video format. The iFrame video format, you say? Why yes, it’s a new video format from Apple. iFrame’s based on industry-standard codecs H.264 and AAC, but it’s got a standard res of 960×540 and it’s designed…
A survey conducted by Junior Achievement found that the majority of aspiring teenage entrepreneurs age 12-17 idolize Steve Jobs over such celebrity business supernovas as Oprah, Tony Hawk and the Olson twins because he ‘made the world a better place’. Yes, the world is a much better place now that many of us are hopelessly…
