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Holy Mother of Steve McQueen! A crazy, perhaps strayed Google Street View got into the Laguna Seca Racetrack, chasing some badass sport cars. You can travel through the course like with any city street or road. Can you identify them? Click to view View Larger Map I can see a Porsche, a Corvette, a Mazda,…
Corsair, who seem to spend all their time finding speed records and then breaking them, announced their Flash Voyager GT USB flash drive at the droolworthy 128GB capacity. Even better, the speeds totally don’t suck: 32MB/s and 25.6MB/s read/write, respectively. The first 128GB USB flash drive we say, the Kingston Datatraveler 200, was mostly a…
Google Chromium 4.0, the pre-alpha version of Chrome, may still be buggy and crashy as all hell, but it’s also incredibly fast, according to benchmarks: 34% faster than Safari, for one, and more than twice as fast as Firefox. These numbers are based on Javascript benchmarks, which don’t give a total view of a browser’s…
The gadgets launching today will satisfy everyone from pill poppers to Trek junkies. The new internet enabled GlowCaps will help keep tabs on what drugs need to be taken while the Myvu Crystal EV provides the entertainment in between doses. • Vitality is launching a new internet enabled version of their GlowCap prescription reminder system.…
Of all the funny things Google Street View cars have captured, stopping by In-N-Out for lunch is probably the most delicious. Oh and that man/woman peeing on the street. That was pretty delicious too. [Google via Digg] https://gizmodo.com/google-street-view-captures-man-woman-peeing-in-the-str-5117122
Is there a solar shower in this image somewhere? My eyes are inexplicably drawn to the right. Seriously though, somewhere in this image is an outdoor shower that heats water up to 140 degrees in two hours using solar power. Of course, now all you can think about is a cold shower right? Well, the…
Pretty tough with that 9mm pistol, aren’t you Mr. iPhone shooter? Well you’d better hope it’s just a tablet that Apple is announcing around September 7th and not a 100-foot robot with laser turrets. Or your ass is grass. [BuzzFeed]
Who knew David Pogue’s consumer insurrection against scummy, minute-hoarding voicemail messages would actually work? Sir David would like to report that most major carriers have at least responded to the campaign, and AT&T is cutting down on message length. https://gizmodo.com/a-rallying-cry-against-scummy-carrier-voicemail-message-5326549 The collected responses provide an interesting glimpse of how each carrier deals with problems, and…
Prepare to share your naughty bits, boring landscape panning scenes, and most embarrassing moments, because Qik is available for the iPhone 3GS, allowing you to share video using email, SMS, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, among many others. [iTunes via Qik]
Whether you enjoy the music or not, just about every gadget fan can appreciate AerialPan’s custom Panasonic HVX UAV mount. The mind wobbles at the glorious visual possibilities. Updated Update: CNET originally reported that it was a RED, but it’s actually a Panasonic HVX. Update 2: Here’s the actual music video, and the original feature.…
It took several rounds of tear gas, an 8 hour standoff—and a robot negotiator—but the LAPD has captured that guy in the Volkswagen Beetle, who they wanted for “threats” against the White House. From the LA Times: After repeatedly firing tear gas into the suspect’s Volkswagen Beetle, officers pulled him out and placed him under…
A survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revealed that the US, Canada and Spain pay considerably more for cellphone service than dozens of other nations. Of course, the carriers were quick to spin the findings. ” On average, the OECD found that Americans pay $635.85 on cell phone service, compared to…
Les Paul, the legendary inventor behind the birth of rock n’ roll, died today of complications from pneumonia at the age of 94. During his long tenure on this planet, Les Paul was something like the Thomas Edison of music—he is responsible for such groundbreaking inventions as multitrack recording, overdubbing, delay effects and, of course,…
Yes, it’s a dumbphone, but it’s a dumbphone with ideals. The Samsung Reclaim is as much an environmental statement as it is a slide-out QWERTY messaging phone. https://gizmodo.com/dumb-cellphones-must-die-5279250 The first thing you’ll notice about Sprint/Samsung’s $50 green blue handset is its size—it’s adorably small and pebble-like when it’s closed. Actually wait, no, the first thing…
What can we conclude from this photo, shot Tuesday, August 11? One, Steve Jobs is back driving himself to work, and two, he still hasn’t given up parking in handicapped spots. Maybe now he’s there legally? [Flickr via Gearfuse] Oh and check out our Steve Jobs life gallery, where we talk about his parking habits…
I have the feeling that DS Sys—a Nintendo DS emulator—is not going to last long at the iTunes App Store. Not because it can play DS games—it can’t—but because it looks and acts exactly like a Nintendo DS. As you can see in the video, the application emulates a Nintendo DS system screen. In fact,…
Laird Hamilton is as tech savvy as surfers get. Here he discusses his part in pioneering the latest surfing techniques, such as jet-ski tow-in surfing, hydrofoil boards and kite boarding: I’ve been involved in the conception of a few different activities or disciplines of surfing, however you want to describe them: Foil boarding, kite-surfing, stand-up…
John Gruber at Daring Fireball seems to be sure about the size and prices of the new iPod touch. In a post commenting on the new Zune HD, he gives all the details, and confirms the camera. The Zune HD prices look good compared to today’s iPod Touches, but not so much compared to the…
What kinds of videos will you be able to play on that luscious OLED screen? And for how long? Your answers: not that many, and for a qualified “up to” four hours. UPDATE: The spec sheet was incorrect, in a good way. https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-is-real-has-multitouch-web-browsing-oled-scre-5270945 To be fair to Microsoft, iPod video format support is pretty horribly…
Gadgets stands are usually begrudging buys: If your gadget needs a stand, it probably should’ve come with one; if it could just sorta use one, it’s hard to justify the cost. The solution? Make your own damn stand, for nothing. Gadgets stands, from iPods and ebook readers to HDTVs and laptops, are some of the…
