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Regular HDTV is so last year. What you really need is a 4k TV, one with four times the resolution of HD. And hey, Sony’s new TRIMASTER offers just that, for a price. Yes, this $76,583, 56-inch set sports a resolution of 3840×2160, which means you can cram four full-res HD feeds in there at…
Holy keee-rist. The apocalypse approaches, because AT&T has opened their network up to VoIP applications running over the air on the iPhone. In other words, AT&T is now totally cool with using Skype over 3G. AT&T supposedly just told Apple and the FCC this afternoon that their network is ready for VoIP over 3G for…
The confections look innocent enough—slightly geometric renditions of Vanilla Refrigerator Cookies from The Joy of Cooking. But hold these cookie markers under a webcam with some accompanying software, and you get this: AUGMENTED FREAKIN’ REALITY!!!!! Remember back when butter, flour and sugar were enough? Now the American appetite has grown so vast that we’ll be…
This exchange, as seen during a segment on Windows 7 on CNBC’s Street Signs this afternoon, doesn’t feature CNBC’s resident Apple knob-polisher Jim Goldman, surprisingly. But it might as well. Cable news, everybody! Consistently worthless. https://gizmodo.com/cnbc-is-ridiculous-macs-come-with-photoshop-pcs-need-5220277
Ouch, when Motorola passes on you, things must be really bad. https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-review-theres-no-excuse-for-this-5374876 Today, Motorola’s Christy Wyatt said that Motorola would be waiting for a next generation version of Windows Mobile before developing a new product for the platform. Instead, the company is focusing on “two strategic platforms”—one of them confirmed to be Android. https://gizmodo.com/more-details-surface-on-motorolas-verizon-android-phone-5373372 But…
I only watch a handful of the 200+ DirecTV channels I pay for. To see whether I could survive without the pricey service, I simply went without it. I soon wondered why we all don’t just turn off traditional TV. As illustrated in a few of our surveys, many of you have already made the…
Xbox Live Gold memberships hit the $30 sweet spot once again today, why not grab two? You’ll save on shipping. Update: Sorry, folks. It was too good to last. Still plenty of great deals to be had, though! Top Deals: • 40″ Toshiba 40RV525R 1080p LCD HDTV for $577 plus free shipping (normally $649). •…
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Sliders have been popular for a while, and people have been doing the fondue forever. What’s the next big thing? Mini-woks. You heard it here first, foodie hipsters. I mean, what could be more logical? Take a cooking tool that’s fundamentally designed to have a large surface area for fast cooking and easy food flipping,…
Microsoft’s been consistently cagey about whether or not they’ll make their own phone hardware “like Zune and Xbox,” but today at a Windows Mobile roundtable, Robbie “Not Glacial” Bach put it straight: It’s not happening. Officially. https://gizmodo.com/robbie-bach-promises-windows-mobile-wont-evolve-so-damn-5375506 Specifically, he said “No, we’re not going to do that,” which is odd, considering the sheer persistence—and substance—of…
Sony has a penchant for making questionable or offensive ads. But man, nothing they’ve done comes close to some of the stuff you guys came up with. You’ve been warned; no whining about being offended allowed. First Place—Brian Garten Second Place—Jairo Filho Third Place
You know Frog Design even if you don’t know Frog Design. Their ideas influenced companies including Sony and Apple. And in a recent piece for Fast Company, they presented a thesis on a tech-savvy future for healthcare that’s worth reading. The entire article is 9 pages of well-reasoned scenarios involve wireless devices galore, dynamic health…
Asked why it took so damn long to get from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 (which there isn’t a whole lot of difference, honestly), Robbie Bach says that the shift from a business focus to an all-around one, was huge, and took a lot of time. https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-review-theres-no-excuse-for-this-5374876 But, from here on out, he says that…
Verizon said this morning that it will drop two Android phones “within the next few weeks.” And all signs point to these being them. That’s likely an HTC Hero on the left and the Motorola Sholes on the right. Updated https://gizmodo.com/verizon-promises-android-phones-with-google-voice-suppo-5375244 So nice of Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to keep…
The Classic Palm OS emulator for the Pre could come in handy if there’s no WebOS-native alternative to apps you’ve long used on your Treo or Centro. And version 2.0 has added HotSync support, full-screen mode, and a “ClassicApps” bundle. Full HotSync compatibility is the highlight, and it works over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. As for…
How much is Project Natal going to cost? Microsoft’s still working it out, but Robbie Bach says at the very green roundtable I’m sitting at that it’ll follow a price curve “like anything else,” meaning, in English, it’ll start at a more expensive point and get cheaper as it goes on. In other words, Microsoft’s…
Looking at these Halloween Star Wars baby costumes, I wish I was one year old again. To dress as Chewbacca, drool all I wanted, grab any boob at hand, and eat fruit and cookies purée. And then poop it out. So damn cute. [Brands On sale via Likecool]
I like the new LaCie Starck drives. I look at its surface and all I want is to dunk carrot cake into all that melty chrome and eat it. It’s hard to find storage that you actually want to lick. The looks are great—with a chrome blob encased in a 3mm sharp-angled box of resistant…
German designer Stefan Ulrich says his Funktionide—a white blob that changes shape thanks to artificial muscle technology—can “relieve loneliness.” OK, Stefan, let’s say I can get pass the creepiness of that video. Now, where are the breasts? I mean, come on, all those bumps and shape-shifting magic thanks to the use of electroactive polymers—plastics that…
