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When we looked at Peek, we decided that while it doesn’t do much else, it does email better than most. Now the minimalist gadget is growing up and stepping into the application circus with its Peek Apps. https://gizmodo.com/peek-pronto-lightning-review-simple-email-faster-5197397 Dubbed PeekSocial, PeekMaps, PeekFeed, and AskPeek, the current applications cover the cornerstones of any app store: Twitter,…
Let’s face it, until we’re holding one in our very own hands, lightsabers will never get old. And on a side note, and what’s going on with Bioware’s new Star Wars MMO? All Things BioWare: Answers From The RPG Powerhouse About Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Star Wars And More I
The circle on the left could also read, “champions regret.” [Indexed]
Still, with this? Well, luckily there’s plenty of other stuff to tide us over until the Google Voice fiasco resolves itself. Like zombies! And weddings, and exercise, and soundscapes, and urban art, and political activism, and jokes, and, and, and… The Onion Microfiche Reader: It’s from the Onion, so it’s pretty much guaranteed not to…
Apps involving augmented reality may be the next big thing, but this guy’s crappy cellphone is already light years ahead. [Sheepfilms via b3ta via YBNBY]
Is it a communist naval mine? A communist robot? A communist giant ashtray? A communist trashcan? What? In the name of Mao Zedong I ask you: What are you, you weird ironclad device you? It’s an anti-explosive container, placed in a subway station in Beijing. As China prepares for its 60th Anniversary—proclaimed on October 1…
Giz Gallery ’09 is just around the corner, but we’re giving you, the reader, a chance to make a few last minute contributions. We’re looking for readers in the NYC area(seriously guys) who might have some old gadgets in good condition which might now be considered rare, exotic or just have cult follower status. Got…
If you like being distracted by projections and badass animations while you play pool, the Obscura CueLight is for you. It uses sensors and an overhead projector to create images that follow the balls as they bang around the table. The system itself will set you back $80,000, no pool table included. At the Esquire…
I’ve never met a panda face-to-face before, but apparently they can be quite aggressive. But not the robot panda that Taiwan’s Center for Intelligent Robot Research is building. It will be friendly, sing and be my best friend. The director of the center says robopanda will be “very cute and more attracted to humans.” And…
The New York Times sent a photographer inside Grand Central Station’s biggest clock, on the building’s iconic facade. He emerged with an amazing spherical panorama that may as well have been taken in 1928. This strange little nook, hidden behind a clockface, pictured below, that thousands of people see every day, doesn’t even exist as…
You’re busy—believe me, I understand. You want to make the most of your time off, and that means speeding up mundane activities. These gadgets can help. Lighting a charcoal grill is a pain in the ass—pure and simple. A chimney works well, but this hot air starter works faster (60 seconds to be exact). The…
Don’t pretend like you’re too cool for lightning. Especially lightning that makes music. This is why you’ll want to hop the first train out to Giz Gallery ’09 and check out the mindblowing singing Tesla coils we’ll have on display. https://gizmodo.com/sweet-songs-of-zeus-geek-anthems-sung-by-tesla-coils-5186409/ ArcAttack is the six man crew who makes this technological spectacle possible, and in…
While the Android app store is still far from the gajillion iPhone mark, some software is better on the former because of Apple’s third-party developer limitations. Like the new Ustream for Android, which can broadcast live video to the web. While on the iPhone version you can’t broadcast video straight to the web, the Android…
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is on sale for both the iPhone and PC, and should provide a swashbuckling adventure to keep you occupied until Monday. Enjoy your weekend! Top Deals: • 15.4″ Toshiba Dual Core Laptop with for $399.99 plus free shipping (normally $599). • Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ10S 10.1MP Digital Camera for…
So, uh, this isn’t going to end quietly. Fresh off the release of Google’s previously redacted FCC inquiry answers, which claimed Apple did reject Google’s Voice app, Apple’s fired back, and they’re not happy. https://gizmodo.com/google-apples-a-liar-did-reject-google-voice-iphone-a-5362635 An Apple rep gave Silicon Valley Insider a familiar line: We do not agree with all of the statements made…
Hey, idiotic software designers and hardware manufacturers. Video games, even sports video games, are supposed to even the playing field for us non-jock types. The CTA Digital Football for Wii may look like some cheap, plastic container for your Wiimote. But it’s so much more than that. This product is a manifestation of the way…
Gaming is all about escape. You know, to a distant planet or to the Super Bowl. Or, in this Japanese arcade game’s case, to a world where you have the balls to flip a table when people piss you off. Yes, “Cho Chabudai Gaeshi,” or “Upending the Tea Table Game” is an incredibly boring-looking arcade…
Kenny Irwin is an artist with a strange medium—microwaved plastic. His latest creation started out as an OLPC, but ended up looking like a slug made out of sushi. Did I mention that you could actually own this thing? Indeed, Kenny is selling his OLPC monster on eBay for $26,001. Yeah, that’s completely insane, but…
For decades, receiver innovation has been stuck in tar, an anonymous group of large black boxes with way too many buttons. Now, the neoHD hopes to re-imagine what the receiver can be. The NeoHD may support 5.1 surround sound, but it dubs itself a “media connector,” not a receiver. That’s because the model I tested,…
I was just thinking that my laptop’s screen was way too two-dimensional. Ok, no I wasn’t but these rumored 3D laptops from Dell and HP could be pretty freaking cool for 3D games and movies. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-3d-technologies-5084121 The rumor is that Dell and HP have placed orders with Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron for 3D notebooks and they…
