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NPD’s Household Penetration Study found a 3% uptick in Mac households for 2009. This makes sense! What’s surprising (or not) is that of the 12% of homes with a Mac, less than 2% are Mac-exclusive. The 2% figure is extrapolated from NPD’s less direct assessment: [A]pproximately 12 percent of all U.S. computer owning households own…
An example of Maximum Tailgating? Delicately scoring a lime wedge using a machete. Feens is back, with Old Hickory in hand, whipping up beverages before the game. Reminder: You have until midnight tonight to send in your gadget ideas! Draw, photograph, scan, and/or record your most innovative gadget idea and send it to Eddy D…
Historic tech collector Michael Bennett-Levy just auctioned off his collection in London, and amongst the goods was a Teleavia type P111, an HDTV from 1958. One look at this television and it’s no surprise to learn that its designer was also responsible for the distinctive Citroen DS which was first produced in 1955. It features…
We’re constantly bombarded with benchmark results, used to pitch everything from web browsers to cell service. But if benchmarks aren’t built properly, results are erroneous or misleading. Here’s what goes into a great benchmark, and how to make your own. Why Do Benchmarks Matter? Benchmarks typically measure the performance of the bottlenecks in your system.…
If you haven’t upgraded to wireless-N yet, now is a great time. The spec is finally ratified and Netgear is celebrating by dropping the WNR3500L with USB networking and pre-loaded Linux for open source tinkerers. https://gizmodo.com/which-flavor-of-wi-fi-do-you-use-5365180 Indeed, having Linux on the RangeMax right from the start means you can load unofficial firmware on the router…
Put this thing in an iPhone and sign me up! Funai’s new projector can project images that can recognize finger movements. https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-cellphone-with-pico-projector-being-produc-5016133 The “ultra-small color laser projector” allows for rotating, zooming and flicking through projected images with just a finger. It uses a new sensor that can determine the position of a finger along with…
These boots will keep your feet extra warm, as they use built-in rechargeable batteries to heat them up for 4-8 hours straight. The Columbia Bugathermo boots will make your feet straight-up sweat even in the coldest of conditions, at least for a few hours. You’ll want to start heading home when the battery display starts…
The Raal Speakers are so weird. Made from three cylinders, these omnidirectional speakers are mounted on a lamp stand, which allows you to position them in any way you want. According to Dvice’s Michael Trei, they give “perfect stereo imaging.” The two cylinders on top contain midrange drivers at each end, which reflect on the…
For $30, console mod company XCM will sell you this Blue Blood Xbox 360 controller kit. It includes a new blue shell and D-pad along with a series of glowing LED buttons. Can techno-kitsch be beautiful? Apparently. [TotalConsole via technabob]
Sometimes I think if I see another blue sky, green grass background on a netbook I am going to throw it out the window. Maximum PC is ridding my Windows XP blues with a guide to lightweight netbook computing. They have rounded up some of the best Linux netbook solutions, including Easy Peasy and Eeebuntu.…
Programming hobby robots from a computer is far from new, but what if the robot was the computer? Powered by a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, Robovie-PC runs Windows or Linux, and comes pre-assembled with 20 degrees of super-expensive programmable maneuverability. You’re in luck if you’re hoping to terrorize small animals and stream the results the…
The light has been yellow for too long, and you’re not making it through the intersection before it’s red. But either you don’t notice or you don’t care. But even though your foot is on the gas, the car brakes. Mercedes-Benz is experimenting with this very scenario at their R&D facility in Palo Alto. Using…
‘Tis going to be the season of new cell phones. Boy Genius Report has gotten a hold of holiday inventory lists from Target and Sam’s Club. The details are juicy and include the rumored Verizon Motorola Sholes Android phone. You can check out the raw material in the leaked documents below, but here is the…
There. The true Apple tree, in a t-shirt. See? See? OK, whatever. But if it was so obvious, how come you didn’t think about it. That’s what I thought. At least you can buy it for $18. [Go Ape T-Shirts]
The A-DATA SH93 hard drive looks to be covered in caution tape, but you needn’t worry about dropping it on land or water. Both shock and sea bath-proof (to depths of a modest one meter for 30 minutes at a time), the rubber-coated SH93 protects up to 640GB of files through your stupidest (or clumsiest)…
While touring Microsoft’s Hardware division, I saw some concept mice that renewed my faith in the quintessential desktop accessory, ones that had capacitive touch surfaces and cameras that enabled an array of precision multitouch gesture. Take a look: The name of the game is multitouch. The Applied Sciences Group at Microsoft—who helped create with Natal—are…
As expected, Apple and AT&T have barred Vonage’s international calling app from VoIP over 3G/EDGE. When you’re out of Wi-Fi range, it instead redirects your call to local access numbers, where you’re charged AT&T minutes as you access Vonage’s rates. https://gizmodo.com/apple-approves-vonage-mobile-voip-app-5350575 On the iPhone, Vonage calls can be made by dialing in the app, or…
More fuel for the Apple Tablet rumors. According to the NY Times, several former Apple employees say a PowerPC-based prototype was developed in 2003—but it was too power-hungry, and Steve Jobs felt it was limited to bathroom Web-surfing. Former Apple engineer, Joshua A. Strickon (whose name is on several Apple multi-touch patents) told the paper…
Giz readers have confirmed that Microsoft’s app store for 6.5 WinMo phones is already live and kicking, a day ahead of tomorrow’s global roll-out Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones. Marketplace support for 6.x WinMo phones is expected before the end of the year. Got a WinMo 6.5 handset? Send us some pics of the Marketplace and…