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As inadvertently proved in our uncapped tests, one of the great promises of WiMax is streaming media, everywhere. That’s exactly what Pioneer’s forthcoming PMP is for. We’ve seen plenty of in-car PND/PMP/entertainment systems before, but the concept has always been flawed: either you had to carry around some kind of portable media, in the form…
While it’s probably not very practical for typical day-to-day laptop use, the Sugar Linux desktop environment, designed for the OLPC project, is a novel take on user interfaces. Now, Sugar Labs has released Sugar on a Stick, a version of the OS that is designed to boot, run and save data from and on a…
HTC’s London event, happening today at about 12:00am GMT (7:00am Eastern) today, has already been pegged as a launch for two new Android phones in a report by Digitimes. Their invitation also contained certain, ahem, floral clues. Now, this tweet: https://gizmodo.com/report-htc-announcing-hero-lancaster-android-phones-o-5278510 Really looking forward to HTC’s new Android smartphone tomorrow; colleague who has played w…
Real’s new RealPlayer SP software, currently in beta, adds functionality to rip YouTube and other streaming videos from the Internet and get them onto whatever handheld you choose. It works well enough, but it’s also crammed full of unnecessary features. RealPlayer SP is the evolution of the long-running RealPlayer software, which has become a multi-limbed…
Boxee held a big developer’s meeting today in San Francisco, and boy did they pack in the announcements. Aside from Windows support, the platform as a whole now supports Digg, Tumblr, and MLB. Most importantly, it’s finally leaving alpha soon. At the event, Boxee announced that they’ll finally be moving out of alpha to beta…
Most of us have no need for Panasonic’s Toughbook-30: Its specs are unremarkable and the 13.3-inch laptop weighs over 8 pounds. But then, our mortal laptops could never survive the ridiculous, almost cartoony beating Forbes gave it. Forbes’s intrepid testers used the Toughbook to crush soda cans, used the screen as a dartboard, ran over…
It’s safe to say we’ve hit the third generation of netbooks. They’re nice now. The HP Mini 5105 strikes at Asus Eee Seashell‘s fancily contoured plastic with aluminum and magnesium. Oh yeah, and 95-percent chiclet keyboard that feels fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/the-asus-eee-seashell-review-the-netbook-is-back-5267391 The weird, chewy line between netbook and notebook gets blurrier with a standard 7200RPM hard…
A native Gmail app would allow for gestures, offline reading, and quicker access, but Google just keeps improving the iPhone-optimized mobile Gmail site instead. With iPhone 3.0, they’ve added swiping gestures within the iPhone’s browser. Google announced that they’d be periodically adding new features for both Android and iPhone, and today they rolled out in-browser…
Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.) • A site we’ve never heard of shows a rubber case for an iPod-touch-shaped device with a cutout where a camera could go, saying it could be for an “iPod touch 3.” They go on to say that their source “has no creditibility,” so…
The Expressionisit Plus speaker set from Altec Lansing gives you an actual standalone subwoofer this time, instead of being built-in like the previous Expressionist set. It’s available this month for $100. [Altec Lansing]
Think the EVDO network is too slow? Relief could be in sight. The FCC recently approved the LG M13 which, according to the filing, is a “cellular/PCS CDMA/EVDO and 700MHz LTE Device”. All those acronyms point to a handset or modem capable of working on the current generation of 3G CDMA networks (Sprint and Verizon)…
Vizio is readying TVs that bring some of the most popular websites including Facebook, Twitter, and eBay to new sets equipped with 802.11n Wi-Fi (on top of already announced offerings). [Vizio] https://gizmodo.com/vizio-connected-hdtvs-built-in-802-11n-for-amazon-and-5125554
Using the world’s largest 3D printer, Shiro Studio architects and D-Shape have joined forces to create this 3x3x3 meter tall prototype of the Radiolaria pavilion. D-Shape’s 3-D stereolithic printer creates models entirely out of artificial sandstone using CAD-CAE modeling technologies and CAD-CAM software to control the plotter. The printing proceeds in 5-10mm layer segments and,…
What’s more dangerous than a head first ice luge? How about strapping this body-mount camera to your back and filming your certain demise? it’s just one of the unique uses for the Bodymount camera from Doggicam. [Boing Boing and Doggicam]
If you thought Wolverine was a good cable wrangler, get a load of Lifehacker reader Seandavid010’s rain gutter solution. It’s smart, it’s practical and it’s easy to pull off yourself. [Lifehacker] https://gizmodo.com/wolverine-is-skilled-at-cable-management-5173550
Being unable to sleep because my boobs are too big is a problem I have never had. But I’m sympathetic, oh so sympathetic. The Kush is basically a plastic peg that ladies with ample bosoms can place between their breasts to keep them propped up. $55 for such a basic device seems like total insanity…
Just in time to celebrate the comeback of the director of Armageddon and Miami Vice actor Michael Bay, here’s a load of $1 retro Transformers made in China, probably made with loads of cancer-inducing paints and plastics. Wilson says these look like GoBots from the mid 1980s. I don’t have any idea because at the…
The next time I ask for marriage—bwhahahahahaha—I won’t get on my knee at Claridge’s Bar in London, drunk after a lot of wine and three Margaritas, like the last time. Next time, it’s giant Lego ring time. Lego apasionado Ryan Wood proposed to his then girlfriend Katie using this giant LEGO ring. Inside the transparent…
I don’t know what the fuck’s going on in this Windows Mobile Developer video. Do you? I’m not sure I like it. It’s absurdist without having a point. You can watch it here. Facebook’s videos aren’t embeddable, or I wouldn’t make you click an extra time. The more I think about it, the more this…
It first started with the press release from yesterday. Then some talk from Apple employees. Now, it’s official: Apple has dropped the space between 3G and S. (Yes, we know it’s inconsequential, but follow us here.) https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-selling-as-quickly-as-iphone-3g-5299510 Apple’s official product page listed the device as “iPhone 3G S” since the launch. Hell, the URL even…
