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iPhone 3.1 beta 2 now lets developers connect their phones to your development machine over Wi-Fi to run Instruments on; useful if you need to use your dock connector on the phone to connect to something else. Other than this, there are a number of fixes that you can head over to the developer site…
Remember the incident back in 2004 where Steve Ballmer threw a chair across the room when he heard an employee was leaving Microsoft to go to Google? That guy, Mark Lucovsky, is leaving Google for VMWare. If Google’s Eric Schmidt doesn’t up the ante and throw a table, maybe Ballmer was right in calling him…
Logitech’s really pushing this “omnidirectional acoustics” stuff with their new speaker sets—they’ve got both front- and rear-facing drivers in each satellite, and the subwoofers (when included) push the sound downwards rather than out. Omnidirectional acoustics sounds pretty nice for the more portable 2.0 sets, the Z320 and Z520, but we’re not sure if they’ll be…
The results of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake test on a 6-story wooden building are in. For 40 seconds, the Earth didn’t stand still but the building resisted. The video of its interior is as fun as is terrifying. https://gizmodo.com/would-you-like-to-destroy-this-6-story-condo-with-an-ea-5313954 Here’s an exterior video of the test: And here are some of the engineers who participated…
Apparently, the Japanese violated turned Spider-Man into a billionaire with motorcycles and Voltron-esque flying robots in the late ’70s. He also enjoys Karaoke and interpretive dance. Gizmodo ’79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were…
If you have $175,000 floating around, the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Sequence—”each page inscribed and certified as flown by Buzz Aldrin”—could be yours. Don’t have that amount in the bank? I hear you. Don’t worry, you can spend all your $90,000 on an Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Star Chart, used by Armstrong and Aldrin to…
If I’m not mistaken, Verizon is the first to bring Twitter to your TV—Microsoft and Vizio have promised it—when their Widget Bazaar starts rolling out to FiOS customers tonight. (Update: I’m mistaken.) Why do I like it better? https://gizmodo.com/facebook-and-twitter-come-to-xbox-live-this-fall-5274312 It’s actually more useful than just painstakingly banging out 140 characters on your remote—which you can’t…
Little knew George Lucas—back in 1977—that his Star Wars were eventually going to bastardize classic paintings into this gallery of horrors. Still, I like some of these new mash-ups, obligatory topless painting of Natalie Portman included: Head to Worth1000 to see all the entries of their latest Star Wars art contest. [Worth1000]
Designer Matthias Kaeding is looking to the past for design inspiration…like way in the past. His ceramic knives mimic those you might find in a cave during the Stone Age. And really, why not? It may only be a concept, but if you have ever seen someone cut up meat with a hunk of obsidian…
The last decline in PC shipments was a 5.1 decrease back in 2001 due to the crazy dot com bubble, so it’s not like PC sales decline regularly. That makes this 4% drop quite unusual. What does this mean? Most likely, it means we were right: the desktop PC is sputtering out. Not all the…
If you have a small deck, porch or patio, the Plek 66 offers charcoal grilling in a compact wall-mounted unit. By the looks of things, you don’t have a whole lot of surface area to cook—but the fact that the storage compartment below can hold around 100 pounds of ashes before cleaning is a big…
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Click to viewThis year seems to be the year that 240Hz HDTVs are getting attainable enough that you might want one. Revision 3’s HD Nation explains what the deal is and whether or not you’d want it. Jump to the 10:00 mark to hear the explanation. There are only two companies now (Sony and Samsung)…
We’ve been talking about retro Walkman players quite a bit during our Gizmodo ’79 coverage, so it is only fitting that Sony Europe unveils two new devices aimed at the entry level market. The Walkman E-Series and B-Series. If OLED is too rich for your blood, the E-Series comes with the following features: https://gizmodo.com/sony-x-series-oled-walkman-shipping-now-still-299-39-5305399 WALKMAN®…
Steve Ballmer loves to play a lot of roles at Microsoft, and one that he takes great pleasure in is being a cheerleader to everyone who reports to someone who reports to someone under him. This ain’t the right way. In what’s a very awkward ending to what seemed like a relatively calm interview, Ballmer…
So your MacBook cost $1500—boo hoo. Thirty years ago, when the average salary was under $18,000, you’d have paid $2638 for an Apple II with 48K of RAM ($7770 in today’s dollars). And a cellphone? Waaaay more. Cellular technology had been in development since the early ’50s, but cellphones didn’t become commercially available until Motorola’s…
For those who like to get all touchy-feely with their computers, there is a great deal on the HP Touchsmart for ya’ today. There’s free softserve for Hobo’s under 25, and sweet schwag from Jack Daniels for those over 21. Computing and Peripherals: • 16″ HP HDX16t Core2Duo Laptop for $724.99 plus free shipping (normally…
Windows 7 may be Released to Manufacturing, but that doesn’t mean it’s done. Nope. When you’re Microsoft and have many companies to work with, you need to make sure they’re ready too, lest you want Vista Launch 2.0. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-released-to-manufacturing-5312934 The two major things left to do before Windows 7 launches are language packs, since Windows…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to redesign some modern gadgets as if they were created 30 years ago. You did not disappoint. And I don’t know about you guys, but I kind of want that Wii VCR. First Place — Sanford Gifford Second Place — Warranty Voider Third Place — Zune CRT
This clever homemade contraption turns your car’s cupholder into a laptop stand, letting you do work or watch movies while you speed down the highway. Because hey, that’s what cruise control is for. [Mike Davis via Make]
