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You may have thought, after eons of punching each other in movies with nonexistent plots, that Autobots and Decepticons wouldn’t agree on anything. But as proven on Attack of the Show, they both agree that the Pre bests the iPhone. Click to view Video Game – E3 2009 – Attack of the Show Thanks to…
Rhea Jeong’s “void” turntable concept uses what would have to be incredibly strong and precise magnet control to levitate a record above its base. That little red ball on top of the vinyl is actually the needle. We’re not sure how the music would be outputted—would there be a transmitter in the red sphere? It’s…
In a very shrewd move, Netflix created a contest more than 3 years ago to award $1 million to anybody that could create an algorithm more than 10% more accurate than theirs. Now, a team has finally done it. The two front-running teams, distressingly named Team Pragmatic Theory and Team Bellkor in Chaos, joined forces…
We’re not sure if there’s been a lot of clamoring for an crocodile-skin laptop, but Sony’s new Vaio Signature Collection looks to fill that void. Even crazier is their customized Vaio P netbook, checking it at a crazy $2,000. We should note, in case anybody’s thinking of sending Sony a fake blood-stained laptop or something,…
It’s the sad news that nearly killed the Internet. Google News, Yahoo!, MSNBC, CNET, Twitter, LA Times and more all went down from the insane amounts of MJ-related traffic. So we ask: How did you learn of Michael Jackson’s death? This is more than a simple survey. In the past, we’ve learned of major breaking…
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Palm’s Mojo devkit has leaked to the web ahead of schedule—they had announced it would arrive in late summer, and instead developers are treated to the SDK right now. Mojo is of the utmost importance to Palm: Without a huge and vibrant developer scene churning out tons of apps, the Pre might not excel as…
We’ve got some screenshots of the new version of HTC’s TouchFLO 3D, which should be debuting on the Firestone. HTC’s gone ever deeper into WinMo’s UI, including every settings screen. Basically, you’ll hardly know which OS you’re using. https://gizmodo.com/htc-firestone-pretty-images-leaked-5301352 TouchFLO 3D 2.5 also allows for more customization than before, including three user-defined buttons on the…
Boy Genius Report found in an internal site that Verizon’s soon to be fleshing out its rather anemic smartphone lineup with the BlackBerry Tour on July 12th for $200 after contract. Update: https://gizmodo.com/verizon-and-sprint-users-this-is-the-blackberry-youve-5164796 This lines up pretty nicely with what we already know; we knew the Tour was coming soon, and Sprint has already set…
…Adam Savage’s Savage Phone Bill…A Proverbially Dumb Doorknob…Undead Robot Mickey…Cheaper iMacs Imminent… MythBuster and Giz amigo Adam Savage got back from a trip to Canada, only to discover that AT&T had charged him $11,000 in broadband-modem data fees—equal to 9GB of downloads and uploads—while he was there. Worst of all, they said they’d cut off…
This video explains more about the SAGE system I wrote about last week, the huge Airforce used in the 50s to the 80s to make us feel safe from supersonic Soviet bombers. The video here has a lot of information. If you’re short on time, I recommend watching the simulation of how the system would…
We already knew 3D porn was on it’s way (whether you like it or not), but Current has gone deep inside this issue to find out just how future porn will be virtually poking you in the eye. https://gizmodo.com/3d-porn-is-coming-three-guesses-as-to-what-will-be-sti-5139211 Oh yes, you will be on the edge of your seat—especially if that seat needs to…
Non lethal chili grenades—think about the potential here. A handheld weapon made with the fiery Bhut Jolokia chili would burn, devastate your orifices, and add a spicy kick to your dinner. Indian defense scientists are determined to make it happen. Indian defense scientists are planning to put one of the world’s hottest chili powders into…
Tired of both Vista and Mac fanboy jibba-jabba? Then don’t forget to pre-order your copy of Windows 7 at half price ASAP—we’re hearing murmurs from the mothership that supplies may already be running out. Here are the stories you need to read, if you haven’t already skipped over to your favorite online retailer to reserve…
Reportedly, Senator John McCain wants Predators to provide with uncensored Wi-Fi coverage to the people of Iran. I don’t know if this is even technically possible, but its so preposterous and fantastically cool that I love the idea: During the Cold War, we provided the Polish people and dissidents with printing presses. Twitter, Facebook, and…
CPS as in "carbs per second." The DeRose family project has it’s heart in the right place, but the firepower isn’t quite as devastating as I had hoped. Instructions on how to build one yourself are available on the project page, but I would try and boost range, speed and accuracy before taking this thing…
The new developer’s Snow Leopard build, build 10A394, is interesting in that you don’t have to reinstall your entire OS to get it—you can just grab it via Software Update. Dock Expose finally shows up as well. The OS is pretty stable for everyday use (minus plugins and some apps that don’t quite work), so…
We don’t mean a palm full of ass in a good way—when were you not happy when you had a palm full of ass—but a palm full of something really disgusting. Yeah, this thing right here. No offense to the guy at preThinking, but there’s a reason why Palm didn’t make the back of their…
Oculis Labs has two products, Chameleon and PrivateEye, that protect your screen from over-the-shoulder peepers in two incredibly novel ways. The catch that makes this product unique is that it uses eye tracking, something we haven’t heard much of yet. The high end Chameleon product costs $10,000 and is targeted towards government offices that really…
iPhone 3.0 apps are still dropping fast and furious, left and right, cats and dogs, etc, but there’s some reprieve for non-3.0 stragglers this week, too. Morning music? Personal broadcasting? Smug food habits? It’s all here. Locavore 2.0: An hefty update to an already decent app, Locavore 2.0 mixes social networking with its local, seasonal…
