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Apple says their latest 32/64GB iPod touch is 50% faster than the old iPod touch. Macworld tested the claim, and they found the new touch is certainly close to that benchmark, even if a bit short in some testing. Booting the old touch took 31 seconds. The new touch takes 19. Loading a web page…
Remember Pogoplug, the device that lets you take any USB disk and make it accessible to anywhere on the internet? Seagate’s just licensed that technology and put it into the DockStar Network Adapter for their own DockStar hard drive. The concept is the same: you plug in the FreeAgent DockStar, from Seagate, and the Network…
In Bangkok, Colgate advertised oral health by passing out something a bit more cruelly creative than mere toothpaste samples. Instead, advertisers loaded sweets like lollipops and cotton candy with wooden toothbrushes. Low, Colgate. Low. [IBelieveInAdvertising via InspireMeNow]
Leave it to our sex expert Debby Herbenick to find artifacts like this giant penis chandelier, apparently made by a Dutch company called Rock and Royal. Their pirate skull and crossbones chandelier is quite good too. https://gizmodo.com/breasts-an-ideal-place-to-keep-your-iphone-5332376 As much as I’m sure that some people will find penises quite decorative, I think I’ll definitely pick…
Eddy D, Maximum Tailgater and owner of the Big Blue Bus, is challenging you to top his tailgating gadgetry. Watch the video for contest details and to see Eddy be fed a stalk of asparagus by a hot chick. That’s right. Draw, photograph, scan, and/or record your best tailgate-maximizing gadget (something you already use or…
iTwinge is a dumb, ugly holster that attaches to your iPhone so you can tap out emails using a shitty “real” keyboard instead of good touch keyboard. I mean, if you’re going to pay $30 to horribly disfigure your iPhone, it should at least be for a good keyboard. Not to mention the implementation—it draws…
Intel’s Atom processor is found in virtually every netbook, but others are still trying to get inside your mini-laptop. Independently, ARM and VIA are showing improved chips, but both won’t touch what Intel has in store. ARM processors are found in most smartphones, but its improved Cortex-A9 processor is aimed at netbooks or smartbooks (a…
There are many other microphone/speaker combo mice in the market. But as stupid as they are, none of them can be used for making Skype calls and ordering Big Mac menus, like this dumb “3-in-1 optical mouse”. Scotty lives. https://gizmodo.com/allspirit-vp180-skype-mouse-corded-and-fisher-price-is-194105 I guess the “3-in-1” means that you can move it, talk, and listen to it.…
Are the rapid advancements in technology and science, in artificial-intelligence and genetics, leading us to a moment in time—a technological singularity—where ultra-intelligent machines improve on their own designs, while we humans are free to edit our own evolution? Transhumanists believe so, and contemplate how technology might be used to enhance our mental and physical capacities.…
Allow me to geek out for a moment. I mean, really geek out—more than dressed up D&D geek out. I mean like, this is the shit you don’t share with people for fear of complete social and parental ostracism. I want to participate in a hunt for buried treasure. (Preferably lost pirate gold.) With this…
Remember kids, never plug your head in a high voltage capacitor. On the other side, watermelons are fine and fun. Click to view
Yesterday we argued that the old-school PMP might be dead, but Sony sure doesn’t think so. It’s just updated its S-series with two 2-inch LCD Walkmans that include the new 720×480 TV-out and noise-canceling features built into the upcoming A-Series. https://gizmodo.com/the-portable-media-player-is-dead-long-live-the-por-5360197 Apart from being colored differently, the NW-S640 (top left) and the NW-S740 (top right)…
The pretty player has a 2.8-inch OLED screen (240×400), FM radio, TV-out, noise canceling, and is beautifully thin at 7.2mm. Oh, and it only weighs 2.2 ounces. But unlike the failed X-Series, the A has no touch screen or Wi-Fi. https://gizmodo.com/sony-x-series-walkman-review-so-close-and-yet-so-far-5325036 Along with standard codec support, there’s also new drag and drop feature that auto-transcodes…
Unlike Opera Mobile, Opera Mini crunches pages on a server for viewing on your Java phone or BlackBerry. The beta has a snappier interface geared for touch or keypad control, and adds tabbed browsing, speed dial, and a password manager. The idea is to mirror the desktop version as much as possible. Open a new…
An Asus Eee PC gets modded for a kitchen cupboard, Facebook becomes more phone sex friendly, boring cellphone makers join forces, and black-and-white tech speculation returns in archive form in tonight’s issue of Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post…until now. Renters need not apply, but this enterprising modder shows how he cracked apart a 7-inch…
AMD’s new Athlon II X4 chips are like a Phenom II minus the L3 cache. But they’re super-cheap: $99 (2.6GHz-620), and $122 (2.8Ghz-630). Also looks like they hold their own against the $150 Core 2 Quad 8200: [Maximum PC]
Vivek Kundra, the Obama Administration CIO, just opened up a new app store for federal agencies so that they can get up on these wacky, government-approved cloud computing programs. Looks like he’s following through on his promises. https://gizmodo.com/obamas-new-cio-is-all-about-net-neutrality-and-open-sou-5165139 The app store will be managed by the General Services Administration, and in addition to business apps,…
Houses are passe and RVs are overrated. The Camper Bike is where it’s at. I don’t care if sleeping—let alone functioning—in the thing is a physical impossibility. I WANT ONE. Artist Kevin Cyr worked on the Camper Bike in 2008, though little is revealed about the technical specs, it looks like an overgrown tricycle with…
I have to agree with Hitler: The iPod touch and the iPhone need actual gaming buttons to be real game machines. The Panasonic Karma looks exactly like that: A true iPhone game console. Unfortunately, the awesome images can be deceiving. https://gizmodo.com/hitler-rants-about-ipod-touchs-missing-camera-5359337 Yes, what you see in the gallery is a cable. In reality, the Panasonic…