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Blacklist obnoxious ads, just like you do on your PC. On the iPhone, ad-blocking is less about avoiding marketing than it is saving bandwidth, and speeding up browsing on your 3G—or God forbid, EDGE—connection. LINK Free From the App Developers: AdBlock is an extension for MobileSafari that filters out advertisements when you are surfing the…
Multitasking for the iPhone. Enough said.
Not everyone can upgrade to an iPhone 3GS. Everyone can, however, record video. Cycorder’s been one of the best reasons to jailbreak iPhones since the beginning, and it still makes a convincing argument. Video quality is fine, considering that the iPhone’s sensor wasn’t even designed for it. LINK Free From the App Developers: Record at…
Google’s official Google Voice app may never see the light of day, so GV Mobile is the only way to get your all-in-one telephony fix on the iPhone. LINK Free From the App Developers: GV Mobile allows users of Google Voice to: • dial numbers (domestic for free and international at a variable rate) via…
If you’ve ever seen some guy on the internet proudly demonstrating his garishly skinned or themed iPhone, this is almost definitely what he was using. Note: It can be used for aesthetic good as well as evil. LINK Free From the App Developers: Give your iPhone or iPod Touch a graphical overhaul! WinterBoard provides hooks…
Like every other iPhone VNC app, except totally in reverse: It’s a server. Far from a novelty, the ability to log into your iPhone with a desktop VNC client is actually really useful. Imagine typing on your iPhone with a keyboard; now install Veency, and actually type on your iPhone with a keyboard. LINK Free…
The MacTable is a desk specifically designed for iMacs. Because as we all know, iMacs are too special to sit on a normal desk. They need their own furniture. These things feature a hole near the back for the iMac to sit, lowering the screen so it’s at desk level. The benefit of this is,…
Sometimes shooting in the open water just doesn’t make sense: You need sets, lighting, equipment and crew; you need proximity to the airport, and your lead actress’ home in London. You need Pinewood Studios’ 320,000-gallon underwater stage. Space on the stage is limited and the subjects are often closely guarded, so shots of the inside…
Dyson’s D31 handheld vacuum contains the world’s fastest motor capable of reaching 104,000 RPM. So what happens when you fire two at once? All. Hell. Breaks. Loose. And you suck a lot of cat hair off the couch. https://gizmodo.com/dyson-dc31-handheld-vacuum-has-the-worlds-fastest-motor-5302674 The Price D31 (orange): $220 D31 Animal (purple): $270 The Difference The stock D31 and the…
iRiver’s been working on an e-reader, and until now, we had no idea what it looked like—let alone what was waiting under the hood. https://gizmodo.com/iriver-plans-web-tablet-e-book-reader-android-ipod-ki-5328707 It’s called the iRiver Story, and obviously the design is quite a bit similar to the Kindle—it’s not only white, but it features a full QWERTY keyboard under the screen.…
We are still waiting on the BERU Factor 001 with its built-in computer, but Garmin’s new Edge 500 will add GPS and some health monitoring tools to your bicycle in the meantime. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-worlds-most-advanced-bike-and-it-has-an-on-5167137 The Edge 500 can track GPS position, speed, distance, time, elevation, climb and descent. It also has a barometric altimeter to pinpoint…
Snow Leopard is finally reaching the masses. As much as we like it, though, the interface feels awfully similar to its predecessor. Here are 15 tricks to check out that are undeniably new—and even a little exciting: https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-review-lightened-and-enlightened-5346418 Gallery haters take note, clicking here will take you to a giant list of the tips. https://gizmodo.com/15-snow-leopard-tricks-you-have-to-try-5349881…
iPhone and BlackBerry have had free Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots forlikever, but now Windows Mobile phones will too, starting Sept. 14. That is all. [AT&T]
After seeing how many nukes would it take to obliterate humanity instantly, I wanted some good news. Like, how many solar panels would it take to power the entire world? The entire surface of Africa, maybe? Actually, it’s surprisingly less. https://gizmodo.com/how-many-nukes-will-it-really-take-to-instantly-annihil-5348269/ Click on the image to enlarge Just 496,905 square kilometers. That’s really nothing compared…
The 12.5-megapixel HZ25W combines the compact size of a pocket camera with the larger zooms more common to DSLRs: a 26mm wide-angled lens with 24x optical zoom, in this case. It can also shoot 720p HD video in H.264 format. There’s no HD output, though. On the upside, the HZ25W (aka WB5000 in Europe) can…
Check your sets, LG people: the Vudu widget, which lets you buy 1080p films for instant streaming without any kind of subscription, has been quietly pushed out into the world. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-vudu-on-lg-1080p-like-now-5325478
The best part about this post on the Windows Team blog announcing that Windows Mobile 6.5 phones start landing on October 6? “Interestingly enough, we discovered that most people who carry a Windows phone don’t realize it’s running Windows Mobile.” Well. I’ll just leave it at that. Except to wonder precisely which Windows Mobile 6.5…
You can download the final version of Opera 10, with a new interface, compression (like the trick it pulls on phones) and other features, like, now. [Opera via Lifehacker] https://gizmodo.com/opera-10-beta-adds-visual-tabs-server-side-compression-5276991
Twenty. Three. Pages. Ars’ deeply technical review of Snow Leopard ain’t for the faint of heart, but if you want to dive deep inside Snow Leopard’s guts, after our comparatively breezy take, the entry point is here: [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-review-lightened-and-enlightened-5346418
We’ve all seen those radios you crank in case a typhoon sweeps away your home. But what if you want to, you know, CALL FOR HELP? The Sterling Multi PowerStation 5600 is a hand-cranked, solar powered device that can play AM/FM, top off 3 bundled AA batteries, power an LED flashlight and recharge most cellphones…