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Maybe hinting at an impending announcement, or possibly in a fit of Rachael-inspired jealousy, the Xperia X2 has exposed itself again, this time from all angles, giving us closer looks at its new body, curious keyboard and bulky profile. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericssons-android-rachael-ui-makes-me-want-to-ditc-5310236 The X2 is expected to get a hefty, if not groundshaking, guts upgrade from the…
Ah, the Alps. I always enjoyed my vacations there. Fresh air, sun, good food, breathtaking scenery… a perfect place for relaxation, yodeling, and massive jacuzzi orgiesparties. And—looking at the world’s highest roller coaster video—a perfect place to die. https://gizmodo.com/emergency-yodel-button-creates-avalanche-of-ridicule-5123046 It’s called Alpine Coaster and is located at the Glacier 3000 ski area, with views to…
Unfortunately, the Broomba doesn’t clean up after you like a Roomba might, but it does travel autonomously around the room cackling and playing scary music. As menacing as that sounds, this evil can be stopped in it’s tracks by carpet, stairs and / or a gentle push. It can also be humiliated by children attempting…
Maybe I’m a cynic, but this seems like the laziest stab at making a “viral” video yet. Samsung wants to promote their new Jet phone, so they pretended they pulled a crazy stunt in London. The video shows a very fake-looking UFO coming in over Piccadilly Circus and elephants bungee jump out of it. OK.…
We know you’ve got two engagement parties, three Big Meetings, a bris, and a third date coming up. And, really, what the hell are you going to wear? Get your gladrags together with help from Ted Baker London. Sale on everything from the Vyper suit to the Galacto T-shirt starts this afternoon! Join Gilt Groupe…
According to developer Till Schadde, random people may be receiving your AIM messages if you have a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone. In fact, anyone with a jailbroken iPhone may be getting them, according to his testing: [Update: Confirmed] Just found a HUGE #security #hole w/ push & AIM. Someone got my sent messages and wrote…
Battery constraints are the biggest hindrance to portable speakers, especially when they use power-sucking Bluetooth streaming. Devotec’s Solar Sound Bluetooth Speakers should help oceanside podcast listeners, backyard music aficionados and tailgate dance partiers relax a little but harder. Devotec says their speaker, which features dual 2W drivers, Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP support, 3.5mm hard input,…
According to a “well-connected Wired’s source,” Apple’s Chinese contractors are already churning out iPod touch units with integrated cameras and microphones. A classic rumor that may transform the smart media player into almost-an-iPhone, thanks Wi-Fi hotspots and 3G-to-Wi-Fi hubs. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-mifi-2200-3g-portable-wi-fi-hotspot-review-5256825 According to Wired’s source, they will go on sale in “two to three months.” If…
I remember the boys jumping off roofs and windows when Superman came out back in 1978 (girls, being a lot smarter than boys, don’t do these stupid things). Looks like Transformers has had a similar effect in one boy: Since my son started to drink gas, his IQ has dropped sharply and now he can’t…
A few weeks ago, LA’s KCRW set the gold standard for radio station apps: a streaming client with access to a huge back catalog of on-demand station content. Public Radio Player 2.0 does the same thing—for everyone. https://gizmodo.com/the-week-in-iphone-apps-too-drunk-to-play-brain-age-5288883 Since the start, Public Radio Player has listed a sizable number of NPR stations across the country,…
The security team for Foxconn, the company that manufactures the iPhone for Apple, is said to have subjected employee Sun Danyong to “unbearable interrogation techniques,” leading him to commit suicide. He was under investigation for losing a prototype device. The rumors and reports, collected and translated by ex-Gizmodian Elaine over at Shanghaist, tell a plausible…
An Australian man burst into flames after a policeman hit him on the bridge of the nose with his Taser. Sound ridiculous? Not so much if you know the man was arrested on suspicion of huffing gasoline. The man pretty immediately went up in flames, and the officer, recognizing that a man becomes significantly less…
DealNews took a relatively standard laptop—Vista-equipped, 15.4-inch, Core 2 Duo, at least 2GB of memory—and graphed the average price over the last year. The findings confirm what we already knew: Laptops are cheapest in the fall and April. As we all know, August and September are prime times to snag one of those great back-to-school…
Handset maker HTC and GPS giant Garmin have found themselves in the middle of an ugly war. This time the fight it isn’t in courts over patents or trademarks—instead the battle is on the roads of the Tour de France. HTC and Garmin are both the title sponsors of two American based squads, but any…
Exactly 40 years ago now—at 10:56pm EDT, July 20, 1969—Neil Armstrong began his descent to the Moon’s surface, slowly sliding down the Eagle’s ladder. It was the pinnacle of the greatest human adventure in history. That Sunday, Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins completed President Kennedy’s plan to put a man on the Moon before the decade…
With the Human Eye Camera you won’t need a DIY lobotomy to see how the world would look without your brain flattening the images. With three arrangeable sensors, it’s as if your eyes had RAW output. [Four Fifths Design]
You like Apple Geniuses? Penny Arcade shows an educated guess at how much you’re going to like Microsoft’s retail stores when they open right next to Apple ones this fall. Spoiler: a lot. [PA] https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-opening-shops-right-next-to-apple-stores-this-5315454
Our Battlemodo showed that while cheap pocket camcorder video quality has come a long way, audio quality is usually abysmal. The Zoom Q3 aims to change that with TWO directional microphones that can be focused much like a lens zooms. https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-cheap-camcorder-battlemodo-5013420 To be sure, the Zoom Q3 looks like it neglects video quality in favor…
Lisa at Boingboing—OK, actually, my girlfriend—wrote about our long standing debate about checking email in public. Reading it I felt indignation, and then shame, but in the end I have to yet again disagree. I know, I’ve been rude. I’ve checked email at places like dinner, bars, at morning in bed, while we’re in the…
Asus is set to release the P6X58 Premium motherboard which features two USB 3.0 “SuperSpeed” ports. The board also supports a Core i7 processor, six DDR-3 slots, 3 PCI-Express slots, and a SATA 3.0 interface capable of 6Gb/sec transfer speeds. Asus has yet to announce pricing and release date information, and no benchmarks have been…
