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If you want to get Windows 7 nine whole days before anyone else, now you can. Legally. The catch: It will require you to buy a new system for a small PC builder, rather than a big name. Apparently, some small PC builders have got permission from Microsoft to start selling PC systems with Windows…
I’ve found my weekend project. Maximum PC has published 9 awesome DIY projects, one of them being the steps to turn different gadgets into USB powered ones. They teach you how to make a USB powered fan or book light. I’m thinking my blowdryer would fry my computer, but I have always wanted to make…
The 250GB PS3 Slim is now 100% official. Stay tuned for U.S details, but overnight, Sony provided U.K and Australian pricing. In the U.K, bundles will be £285 (£35 extra), start rolling-out October 1st, and will include a Blu-ray pack: – October 1: Either two Platinum titles or Infamous – October 16: Uncharted 2: Among…
You’ve wondered how much the TomTom iPhone Car Kit will cost in October? $120. Of course, the software itself runs another $100, so the total TomTom iPhone GPS system requires a $220 investment. Just like a “real” GPS! [GPSTracklog] https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-navigation-app-telenav-vs-navigon-vs-5343981 Note: It’s sort of odd. TomTom sent out different press releases to investors and the…
A few months back, Sony’s John Koller broke to us that PSP owners who wanted a PSPGo would be able to digitally acquire those games for the PSPGo’s built-in storage. Now Sony has reneged on that offer. Sort of. https://gizmodo.com/sony-to-offer-new-digital-copies-of-your-old-umd-games-5278909 Koller never claimed that users would be straight-up ripping their old UMDs into backups, but…
After confirming the Wii drops to $200 this Sunday, Nintendo now says it’ll throw an extra MotionPlus into the Wii Sports Resort pack from October 12. It will be $60 (up $10), but hey, a second MotionPlus sounds great. [Kotaku]
Sprint may have recently dropped the Pre to $150 (after rebate; with 2-year contact), but now you can grab one at Amazon for 50 bucks less. I guess you could buy a Touchstone charger with the money you save. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-gets-50-price-drop-to-150-5355115
I love fake ads from the future: like the satirical spots from Robocop and Total Recall, or the Veridian Dynamics openers in Better Off Ted. These ads for “Eyefinity” gaming implants aren’t as clever, but they’re still a fun watch: DirectX 67? Tongue-finity? My favorite quote: “Pulling a trigger is just as easy as pushing…
This is a weird one: Google has just slapped Cyanogen, maker of the biggest and most successful Android ROM mod around, with a cease-and-desist letter. But Google’s reasoning doesn’t make any sense, and we’re wondering what their game is. See, Google’s cease-and-desist specifically states that Cyanogen should stop passing around Google’s closed-source apps like Google…
SpaBerry offers what might be the first easily-portable hot tub we’ve seen, or at least the first portable hot tub with optional rainforest scenery decals. Anywhere you’ve got a 110V outlet and a hose, you’ve got romance, of a sort. To be fair, these do look a lot more durable and well-built than a kiddie…
Today at a Venture Capital Summit, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted a few things we all already kind of knew: Windows Mobile 7 is late as hell, and needs a lot of work. Twitter user Beninato quotes Ballmer in saying “This will not happen again” and “We’ve pumped in some new talent,” and Pjozefak gives…
A House Inverted Against Itself Stands Just Fine…iRiver’s Kindle Clone Is Officially Not Vapor…TomTom iPhone Car Dock Price Confirmed (in £ and € But Not $)…CBS Exec Thinks Hulu Is a Ratings Killer It’s not new—we’ve all seen pics of artistic prank houses built totally upside down—but just get a look at this perfect example:…
The LA Philharmonic released an iPhone app version of its online Guitar-Hero-esque “Bravo Gustavo” game, for you ardent Gustavo Dudamel fanatics. It’s really just a “wave your iPhone around like a baton” game, but it’s free—and cultured. [BBG]
These MacBook and MacBook Pro sleeves from ColcaSac are the type of sleeves you would get if you wanted to protect your laptop while carrying it to and from your comparative literature lectures at Wellesley. That doesn’t mean they’re ugly. Besides being made of “environmentally friendly fabrics”, the sleeves are pretty well padded (hemp has…
Check out the machine Intel used to demo their insanely fast 10Gbps Light Peak optical data transfer tech at IDF: Yep, a hulking freak of a Hackintosh—the only thing that’s more awesome than a super teeny tiny Hackintosh. https://gizmodo.com/intel-light-peak-optical-tech-achieves-insane-10gb-s-sp-5366186 And hey, if Intel does it, that means it’s totally cool for everybody else, right? [Engadget]
This is the Samsung Fridge, created by design powerhouse Gro. It doesn’t only look awesome and retro-futuristic—straight out of a set from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 or the new Star Trek—but it can do cool things too. As you can see, you can use it horizontally and vertically, with the interior layout adjusted by the user.…
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers are the latest to support a national law against texting while driving. Clearly, they haven’t seen me: I can simultaneously eat Chik-fil-a, shift gears, Twitter, send email via iPhone and brush my teeth. Perfectly. [CrunchGear]
Darling Harbour / Monorail. Credit: maude_au, Flickr (CC) Spooky outside. Credit: psychopyko, Flickr (CC) Surfing on Queensland’s Gold Coast during the dust storm on September 23. Credit: Michael Dawes, Flickr (CC) The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captures the dust storm in the main portion of this image. Credit: NASA Bondi…
The problem with most turn-by-turn navigation apps for cellphones is that they are outrageously expensive. Not so with Waze. In fact, the app is totally free—and it even turns the driving experience into a fun little game. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-navigation-app-battlemodo-part-ii-the-best-che-5367026 Click to view The video explains the service in detail but, in a nutshell, Waze maps are…
Click to viewYou’re being punked whenever you walk into Times Square: The massive billboards assaulting your eyeballs are much higher res closer to ground than they are up top. Engadget discovers this, and other secrets, going “hands on” with Times Square. [Engadget]
