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This illustration—showing the diversity of mechanical species in the rain forest—manages to make all these metal animals beautiful. Too bad that these terrible beasts spend their lives feeding on trees, and destroying everything in their paths. [Thanks David]
A new batch of Palm Pre apps just hit the catalog, and they don’t look too shabby: DirecTV NFL mobile will stream live football games to SuperFan subscribers; Translator translates stuff; and a shnice-looking WikiHow app. And more! [Palm]
It’s not that his soul has been overtaken with darkness, it’s that he’s just really gassy! Those movies make so much more sense now. [Copyranter]
According to the company FAQ, TomTom’s much talked about car kit that brings enhanced GPS to both the iPhone and iPod Touch will be available starting in October, and not by the end of the summer as previously believed. [TomTom] https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-tomtoms-gps-car-kit-will-work-with-ipod-touc-5339070
Tagged onto the Times’ article on AT&T’s failings with the iPhone is a great gallery of the infrastructure behind the network. Included is this shot of AT&T’s NJ operations center, which looks like the deck of a spaceship. [NYT]
iStudiez Pro: $2.99 Keep your schedule and class locations at a glance, keep track of lecture and lab locations, and track tasks and deadlines, homework assignments, etc. App Store link AlgebraPrep Series: $2.99 Each Need to get your algebra knowledge in shape? These apps — a series of five, for $2.99 each — include practice,…
Now, this is a story all about how…Wow, this pretty much hits the early-90s on the head. Baseball Stars, Nike Ultra Force kicks, Mariah Carey CD, those pants! But where’s the SNES? I mean, he was the Fresh Prince, right? Baseball Stars! [Twitter via GamOvr Via WTFoodge Via BuzzFeed]
Color us not so shocked there’s new Zune software arriving the same day as the Zune HD, promising “exciting new features,”—likely appz and some of that promised revamp of the Marketplace—according to the latest Zune newsletter. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-teases-inaccessible-apps-menu-during-weekend-pr-5343602
uBar is an application that adds a Windows task bar to Mac OS X. Why? No, seriously, WHY? The Dock may not be perfect, but with the new Exposé in Snow Leopard, I think it is quite better than the task bar. And even while both are clumsy, I don’t think paying $15 for uBar—which…
i.TV 2.0 get a little closer to being the only TV app you need, with a refined UI, push notifications, and the big one: built-in TiVo remote, the first of several they’re planning to add. Plus, it’s less crashy. [iTunes]
Brain surgeons in Halifax, Canada can now do dry runs of brain surgeries using models of their patients. Their new simulator uses MRI images to allow them to go to town on digital copies of busted brains. First, patient data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is rendered into a 3-D, high-resolution model of an…
Knowing how to brew your own delicious cup of coffee at home is great, but sometimes it’s better to outsource the manual labor—if you’re feeling lazy today, head over to Border’s Books for a free cup of java. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-how-to-actually-make-coffee-5345785 Computing and Peripherals: • Dell Vostro 420 2.5 GHz Core2Quad Desktop PC with 19″ LCD for…
Warning: you may be forced to disconnect from the Xbox and go outside this weekend. And if you are anywhere near a body of water, why not see if you can experience the ultra-doofery that is aquaskipping? If the kiteboarding pros who attended the Summermodo Real Kiteboarding Camp last month can (sort of) make it…
John Locke in poster form, awesome kids stuff, Retro board shorts, and bacon in a can – behold the wonders of another week at Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: After helping birth Playgrounder, the new site for awesome kids stuff, we take a spin in the surprising MINI Coupé Concept, sweep up the remnants of…
It isn’t the only solar charging case on the market, but Novothink’s Solar Surge is the first to receive an official thumbs up from Apple. https://gizmodo.com/1500mah-solar-powered-charging-case-for-the-iphone-3g-5033485 The case features an integrated solar panel that should yield 30 minutes of talk time on a 3G network or 60 minutes on EDGE after 2 hours of sun…
Sweet Jesus, AT&T just told us that MMS for iPhone launches September 25. Which is emphatically not summer. It’ll be coming via software update for iPhone 3G and 3GS (remember, old iPhones are getting left out). AT&T admits they’re late, saying “it was important to give our customers a positive experience from day one” so…
Radiohead caught some flak when they released their last album online as 160kbps MP3s a couple months before a CD would be available. Turns out, they could care less about FLACs. https://gizmodo.com/radiohead-offers-new-album-for-whatever-you-want-to-pay-305566 We had a few complaints that the MP3s of our last record wasn’t encoded at a high enough rate. Some even suggested we…
Points for being different, I guess. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Pureness spruces up an otherwise ordinary phone with an extraordinary, clear LCD. We have no details other than its “talk, text, time” theme and what we can(‘t) see: the Xperia is a no-frills candybar with a transparent, monochrome LCD screen. You’ll notice that in the video,…
According to a survey of 4,706 consumers conducted by Forrester Research, the vast majority of consumers are only willing to pay $50-$99 for an eReader. Obviously, this doesn’t jibe with retailer price points currently set at $199 and up. Make that 4.707 consumers. I have no intention of even considering an eReader until prices drop…
OnLive has a good idea: stream games over the internet rather than make you buy a Crysis-capable PC/Mac. And when we checked out OnLive streaming Bioshock a few months back, we were impressed. Now you can check it out, too. https://gizmodo.com/onlive-streaming-games-hands-on-impressions-5184502 Testable in an invite-only beta, you can register to potentially try OnLive here. And…
