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Microsoft’s Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism, Walid Abu-Hadba, explained in an interview what he thinks Google’s real motivation for creating the Chrome OS might be, and according to him, it’s not out of love for the consumer. Abu-Hadba’s statement that “Most of what Google does is defensive” isn’t actually the tech world’s most…
The methods of caffeine ingestion range from typical (coffee) to X-TREEM (energy drinks) to sort of hardcore (5-Hour Energy), but none have been outwardly juvenile—until now. Each Nixie Tube packs 100mg of caffeine, about 20% more than a cup of coffee, and comes in colors and flavors a million percent less natural. They come in…
First Among Equalizers…Some Crap Blog Posts Same BS AT&T/iPhone Rumor Twice…Reason #212 Why America Is Falling Behind…Can a Show Called IT Chicks Be God Awful? The Speakers as Equalizer concept is one of those things that sounds cool, then it seems dumb, then for a moment seems cool again before you finally settle on, “Yep,…
Solid as it looks shown here with all of its precious ordnance, the F/A-18 F Super Hornet strike fighter gets assembled one tiny piece at a time like anything else. See it all happen in glorious time-lapse photography: Click to view Funny to me how much the beginning of the process is all about straight…
T-Mobile US‘s decision not to launch the HTC Hero isn’t going to stop T-Mobile UK, which is going to go ahead and release the updated Android phone under the G2 label. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-straight-out-says-no-htc-hero-from-them-5310109 The obvious question is what the T-Mobile US will call the G2. Obviously not the Hero, but maybe the upcoming keyboarded version that…
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Like the Callpod but fancier since it props up your gadgets on a shiny platform, the Messless Charger comes with six connectors for charging up to four gadgets simultaneously. It’s about $100 thanks to the gloss factor, though. [pocket-lint] https://gizmodo.com/chargepod-universal-six-way-charging-system-hands-on-v-266477
Good news and bad news for the Middle Kingdom: China Unicom will likely be selling an iPhone sooner than expected, but it will be one that does not have Wi-Fi functionality. The Chinese government, which controls the nation’s three major cellular carriers, said in the past that it objected to Wi-Fi in phones (perhaps because…
Joel mentions a handful of gadgets to squeeze incredible video out of cheap camcorders: the Handy35 custom lens mount for 5D Mark II like depth-of-field, Glidetrack for smooth tracking, and the well-known Poor Man’s Steadicam. What’re your suggestions? [BBG]
This 40th anniversary buttplug from Louis Vuitton commemorates mankind’s first lunar landing by giving you a miniature trunk-shaped buttplug that actually opens up and holds stuff. Wait, what do you mean it’s not miniature. It’s for giants? [Ilvoelv via Hypebeast]
One of the lame things about Time Machine is that backups over the network are only officially supported on Time Capsule. Luckily, even if you don’t have one of HP’s Time Machine-compatible Home Servers, you can make it work. https://gizmodo.com/hp-lx195-budget-windows-home-server-review-5270439 Brent Freidman lays out exactly how to get Time Machine backups to work with any…
Calvin Klein‘s new sunglasses offer up a little storage with your UV protection thanks to a 4GB USB flash drive embedded in the right arm. Too bad these glasses can’t store the images you see. Last week at the beach I saw some things I would like to remember. Then again, I saw other things…
You can save $20 on the $99 8GB iPhone 3G if you’re willing to forego factory freshness—refurbed models are $79 with free shipping from AT&T. They don’t have refurbed data plans for discount, do they? [AT&T via TUAW]
Oh, I can keep going: financial news aggregation, slideshow presentation, carrier lamentation, lyrical collect-ation, and… and… tethering? Seven out of eight ain’t bad. Anyway, enough of that—here’s your weekly app dump: Navigon Lite: Hark! Dedicated navigation units are dead, for the iPhone hath slain them! Except no, not at all, because navigation apps are still…
Not content with being the world’s richest man, Bill Gates is planning on extending his power to control the weather. More specifically, he has filed a patent for a system that he hopes will prevent the next Katrina. Along with ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Gates has applied for five patents that call for a fleet…
Just when I thought the whole Wiimote accessories situation couldn’t get any more stupid, here comes a plastic crap-o-la vendor with a 38-in-1 Wii Sport Kit to remind me that I am wrong. [Areustech via CrunchGear]
Scientists believe that bubbles are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice. Or maybe they don’t, but I do. These are called Zubbles, and they are the world’s first stainless color bubbles. Summer blowin’ on the beach, here I come. Zubbles were invented in 2005, but they have been in commercial limbo until now. Kids…
iTwitter had push notifications for mentions and direct messages, but only from other iTwitter users. You’ve now got two options for real Twitter push notifications if you’re dying for them: iTweetReply and Boxcar. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/itwitter-the-first-iphone-twitter-app-with-push-sorta-5309298 iTweetReply is a full-blown regular Twitter app for $2, though it’s not the prettiest or most feature-packed—except for the push…
Have you always wanted a game room but lacked the space? These gadgets will give you all of the fun without using up all of the real estate. This compact games table is actually 20 games in one. [Argos Sports] Pool tables can take up an entire room—a problem that can be remedied by installing…
A whole year after it was announced, it looks like Sony Ericsson’s C905 is coming stateside by way of AT&T July 19, making it AT&T’s first 8-megapixel cameraphone. I’m sure Jesus would hate it. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-c905-8-1-megapixel-cybershot-phone-gets-o-5017168
