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It is probably the highest resolution interactive display outside of the military: Obscura Digital’s newest, longest multitouch wall, revealed this weekend at the Hard Rock in Vegas, uses three projectors to handle 100 hi-res images and videos simultaneously in realtime. This isn’t the first Obscura Digital creation to catch our eye. We’ve seen 3D multitouch…
Here’s how this went: AllThingsD found two explicit references on Sprint’s website to a deal that gave new Sprint subscribers a Pre for $100. A few hours later, after an almost certainly hilarious “internal review,” they canceled it. Uh, oops? https://gizmodo.com/sprints-palm-pre-drops-to-100-at-least-for-new-recrui-5354759 It’s not especially strange for a company to renege on an unannounced offer or…
Folding laundry is right up there with making the bed on the list of mundane household chores I don’t want to do. Fortunately, Foldy can fold faster than a Gap employee (but slower than Superman on laundry day). Designed by Professor Masahiko Inami and his team at Keio University, Foldy the robot uses commands entered…
Who would win in a chess match between Mac and PC? Chess seems like PC’s game, but winning won’t be easy on a board that’s Apple’s home turf. Needless to say, the execution on this concept chessboard leaves something to be desired, but the idea has potential. I can see a whole series of Mac…
The fact that NBC is pulling some of its major shows off Netflix in favor of Hulu has got me thinking—which of these online services to you use the most and why? https://gizmodo.com/blerg-30-rock-and-other-major-shows-leaving-netflix-on-5352993 Which Do You Use More: Hulu or Netflix On Demand?(online surveys) [Image via Digital Home Thoughts]
EMI global catalog chief Ernesto Schmitt confirms to the Financial Times what we suspected at the Rolling Stones-inflected iPod event: The Beatles won’t be making their grand iTunes Music Store debut tomorrow. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-apple-event-rumors-is-it-only-rock-and-roll-5354034 “Conversations between Apple and EMI are ongoing and we look forward to the day when we can make the music available digitally.…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to design some unlikely gaming peripherals. And a lot of these, as ludicrous as they are, aren’t that much crazier than some of the Wii crap currently for sale. First Place Second Place Third Place
Tomorrow—September 9, 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific time—Apple is starting up the day with a new round of iPods. And perhaps something else. Come early to Gizmodo’s Apple liveblog, and enjoy the new realtime poll system under your thumb. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-apple-event-rumors-is-it-only-rock-and-roll-5354034 The new poll system—developed using WordPress and Polldaddy by our friends at Mekanism—will allow you to give…
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As a rule, you could always wait to buy a laptop, and find a better, cheaper one later. But believe me, now is one of those times when you have to. Here’s why you should wait—just two months. Gallery haters, click here to remove that gallery framework. https://gizmodo.com/stop-5-reasons-to-wait-on-buying-that-laptop-5354033 A Way Better Operating System We have…
What have there been, like, three whole iPhone versions? Android’s (very) late official Facebook app has shown its iconic little face in the App Market—and it’s actually sort of surprising. Instead of just porting over the interface—or at least the interface concept—from the recently-released Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone, they’ve given us an Android-specific UI.…
Hopefully everyone spent Labor Day weekend in ultimate luxury, and now Dealzmodo is back to help your dollars go further after your little splurge. Anyone looking for a rock-solid Hackintosh machine should check out the Dell Mini 9 deal. https://gizmodo.com/extreme-leisure-10-ultimate-ways-to-spend-that-extra-d-5352724/ Computing and Peripherals: • 16″ HP G60 Dual Core Laptop for $449.98 plus free shipping…
Oh for god’s sake tomorrow, just happen already. As if prior case leaks and Apple’s heavy-handed messaging weren’t enough, Best Buy’s gone and listed a batch of new Belkin cases for the 3rd-gen iPod Touch and 5th-gen Nano. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-apple-event-rumors-is-it-only-rock-and-roll-5354034 Unfortunately there aren’t any pictures, but we can surmise two things from this. First, there will…
If you buy software to protect your kids from the scary parts of the internet, you should be careful that it’s not spying on their private conversations for profit. Because that’s exactly what they’ve been doing. Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read private chats conducted through Yahoo, MSN, AOL and other…
Audiophiles everywhere have been raving about Dr. Dre and Monster’s Studio Beats headphones—but not so much about the the $300 price tag. Beats Solo headphones provide a similar listening experience in a smaller package priced at $220. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-dr-dre-and-monster-headphones-vs-a-5033864 In other words, Beats Solo provides users looking to tap into Dr. Dre’s formidable experience in quality…
Personal navigation device design is usually as boring as late night infomercials, but not APSI’s C100. The half GPS half PMP comes with a cradle which you can slide the touchscreen device in and out of. From the images it looks like the GPS cradle has A/V hook ups and its physical buttons let you…
Sprint’s effectively knocked another $100 off the price of the Palm Pre, with a mail-in rebate service rebate for anyone who ports a number from another carrier to start a new contract. Good news for everyone! (Except loyal Sprint customers.) The Pre is the kind of phone that people might switch carriers for, so this…
Today Epson announced four new 1080p projectors at CEDIA, including the PowerLite Home Cinema 8100 that comes in at an “affordable” $1599. The 3LCD-based 8100 features a contrast ratio of 36,000:1 and a brightness bump to 1800 lumens. It also includes a Dynamic Iris system that allows for frame by frame light control (up to…
No, somehow! But after a year of forcing users to settle for a web interface, and by extension, sending them into the comforting arms of various third-party uploading apps, Yahoo has finally made a native Flickr client. It’s decent! At heart, this is a fairly basic photo uploading app: Logging in brings you to an…
If you don’t have a home theater PC or a networked console, Netgear’s Digital Entertainer EVA2000 can put all those torrents—along with some Hulu action—onto your TV. Connecting to your TV via HDMI/composite and your router via ethernet, the Digital Entertainer can stream a boatload codecs from your PC or networked storage, load media from…
