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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…
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I don’t know why, but I’m such a sucker for handcrafted iPhone cases that look like other gadgets. First the Playstation case and now an Etch-a-Sketch. It’s just so cute! [Etsy via iPhone Savior via Geeky Gadgets via Nerd Approved] https://gizmodo.com/i-dare-you-to-not-buy-this-playstation-iphone-case-imme-5305602
The truth is, the Spider Phoebe chair looks downright comfortable—until its legs close upon you and your laptop is repurposed to replay its Sesame Street casting tapes…from before the accident. [Limitless Sofa via Furniture Fashion]
The sleek multimedia PCs can be configured with Intel’s new “Lynnfield” Core i5 and Core i7 processors. The 9000 takes-over from the Studio XPS 435 with new “performance graphics options”, while the 8000 has a smaller, but similarly-styled case design. https://gizmodo.com/intel-lynnfield-core-i5-and-i7-processors-nehalem-supe-5354575 The Studio XPS 8000 starts at $800, and that includes a 500GB hard disk,…
Japan, if the Lucky Dragon boat turns on its owner and attacks Osaka with plumes of fire, you’re on your own. Lucky Dragon is a 49-foot aluminum half-boat, half-animatronic beast. It breathes fire. And on the off-chance it battles another Lucky Dragon, it breathes water as well. But don’t be too worried. While that lead…
This Wednesday Apple is having an event titled It’s Only Rock and Roll, but we like it. I’m sucker for the Stones, but only rock and roll? Here is the complete guide to all the rumors and midnight ramblings: https://gizmodo.com/apple-its-only-rock-and-roll-ipod-event-september-9-5349460 Most likely • New iPod touch: All iPod models have been discontinued in the stock…
There is no hiding this trend: laptops are getting thinner and thinner this fall. Dell is hoping on and has cut the pants size on its Inspirons with its 14z and 15z. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-x-series-ultraportables-cant-beat-sonys-x-5351767 Joining the Dell Inspiron 11z, the new “Z” models have thinner, lighter bodies than the mainstream Inspirons. Both are an inch thin…
The long and short of the new Lynnfield-based Intel Core i7 and Core i5 desktop chips: Nehalem power for cheaper than ever, and all you’re losing is triple-channel memory (in new i7 and i5) and hyperthreading (in i5). [Anandtech] https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-intels-core-i7-processor-is-a-beautif-5099060
Imagine Google Maps for individual images. Or Gigapan, without loading delays. Or Silverlight Deep Zoom, for Sony products, with video. Or, or, or…just watch Sony’s High-Res Enlargement Engine on video, because a moving picture’s worth a million words, or so. This pan’n’zoom effect, which gives Playstation products an easy, seamless way to navigate mindbendingly huge…
Sometimes, you want to make love, but there’s no one around to join you in an act of carnal pleasure. Now, you don’t have to let that stop you, assuming you’re OK with going to town on a fancy ottoman. Yes, it’s the Fleshlight Motion, “the Ultimate Hands Free Experience.” Just think: now you can…
Be honest. You’re a bit surprised to see such a nice-looking monitor branded with “Asus.” The new Asus Designo MS Series 20-inch to 23.6-inch LCDs are, at least from these renders, a pretty sharp line of monitors. Donning the theme of binary, you’ll notice contrasting elements like white/black and 1/0 worked into the design—which manifests…
No, that’s not a snarky business headline. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board. It’s called Monopoly City Streets. Each player starts with $3 million. They can buy any street in the world to erect houses, stadiums and even skyscapers allowing them to collect more and…
We less than liked Verizon’s Samsung Glyde, but perhaps the Glyde 2 or the Rogue will make us forget. The Rogue looks like a normal slider but its AMOLED display should be bright (much like the Impression’s). https://gizmodo.com/iphone-clone-battlemodo-which-one-is-the-iphoniest-5017957 Samsung went with a 3 inch resistive touchscreen for the Rogue, but it does include some more…
Some interestingly sideways gadget evolution from Altec Lansing today: The ultraportable Orbit speaker, which originally called for a child’s fistful of batteries, is now powered directly over USB. Which is great, for some people. https://gizmodo.com/altec-lansing-sends-ultra-portable-speakers-into-orbit-298420 In gaining a USB cable, used for both audio input and power, the neatly-kickstanded OrbitUSB loses its batteries, and by…
At tomorrow’s Apple event, we’re all expecting to hear about a new iPod touch and nano with integrated 3.2MP cameras. According to AppleInsider and Hardmac, however, they won’t be available right away. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-ipod-touch-with-camera-and-microphone-coming-5319358 Each site has heard that bad camera modules will push back the anticipated early September release date for Apple’s new iPods to…
This week on TreeHugger we have everything from Japan’s drive for space-based solar power, to Snow Leopard’s $10 million energy savings potential, to everything you wanted to know about keeping your cell phone longer….and more! Home energy monitors get reviewed, and our findings can help you figure out what works best for you. Jon Plowman,…
Apps are taking smartphones by storm, so why not invade every other consumer electronic device. Back in June HP released its PhotoSmart Premium with TouchSmart Web and now developers can write apps for the world’s first web-connected printer. https://gizmodo.com/hp-photosmart-premium-with-touchsmart-web-is-the-worlds-5299801 Without having to use your computer, the printer was designed to print out reformatted Web content…
Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (59 and 60-feet, respectively), now Korea is building this freakin’ huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. https://gizmodo.com/japan-building-another-gigantic-robot-tetsujin-5303735 Taekwon V will be the center-piece of Robot Land, a nearly $600 million dollar…
