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I’ll be liveblogging an interview of Jon Rubinstein in a few minutes, from All Things D. They’re promising some important news never seen or heard of even in rumors. Archive below: 3:24 PM ON MAY 28 2009 B. Lam: Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee are on stage. McNamee is known for making bold statements in…
This got to be a pretty familiar trope with the iPhone in Japan: It’s just not advanced enough, since it’s missing things like bill payments, RFID, mobile TV and other crazy stuff. Analysts are saying the same dim fate awaits Android when it floats in on the HTC Magic. https://gizmodo.com/question-of-the-day-will-the-iphone-win-over-japan-5012945 The Magic’s going to go…
With all these crazy laptop deals, free coffee and Unreal Tournament 3, I think the world is telling your insomniac self it’s game time. Computers and Peripherals: • HP Pavilion G60t 16″ Core 2 Duo Laptop with 320GB HDD for $489.99 plus free shipping (normally $599 – use coupon code SV2130). • Lenovo ThinkPad SL500…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to take classic TV shows from the past and bring them into the 21st century. Insert gadgets, change their locations, add characters; do whatever you want to give them an update. Send your best work to me at [email protected] with “Classic TV” in the subject line. Name…
There are 26 IMAX film cameras in the world today. At IMAX HQ, I got to play with 4 of them (and take plenty of photographs for you). The camera workshop is an homage to IMAX’s most appealing attributes, their mechanical, analog craftsmanship. In short, it’s a pigsty filled with solder and screws and clamps…
I have the feeling Google Wave is something you’re gonna have to use to really understand: In the simplest terms, it’s a live chatroom with a spread of documents, photos and/or videos, where you can reply to any part of any message or anything that’s shared, and it’s all real-time. The idea is to drag…
If true, this is great news: According to setteB.IT, a good-looking Steve Jobs was spotted yesterday at Apple’s Cupertino campus by “more than one source.” There are no details, but I want to believe. [setteB.IT] https://gizmodo.com/woz-says-jobs-doesn-t-sound-like-he-s-sick-5271658
The Early Show featured a brief segment this morning called High-Tech Rattles. They demonstrated an iPhone with a rattle app, a G1 with a white noise app and the Blackberry-esque LeapFrog Text & Learn. https://gizmodo.com/leapfrog-text-learn-a-blackberry-for-those-too-young-5141368 It seems like a handy idea, using an iPhone app to placate fussy babies. But do you even need a…
If you eat a Zombie, does that make you a cannibal? The way I see it, turnabout is fair play—and this Zombie Gellatin Mold from ThinkGeek will aid you in exacting culinary revenge on the undead. [ThinkGeek via 7Gadgets via Uberreview]
As you may already know, Alienware has a gaming laptop coming out next month with a name that automatically sets the bar impossibly high: “Allpowerful.” The latest ad in their teaser campaign features a riddle that has been cracked by Larven on the NotebookReview forums. Apparently, the gibberish on the image above reads: The sum…
The Palm Pre will be exclusive to Sprint for a weirdly short six months, after which the handset will show up on Verizon, according to CEO Lowell McAdam. They’ll also get the Storm 2 at about the same time. That the new BlackBerry Storm will be a Verizon phone isn’t surprising, since they carried the…
In my lifetime, a cellphone will beam 20 megapixel images right into my brain while transmitting to a surround sound track that requires no speakers. But until that day comes, IMAX is our best bet. Earlier this month, I stepped off a plane in Toronto, Canada, to make my way to a large suburban sprawl…
Steve Ballmer is at D. He’s rather clear today, not so ranty. Here are his best quotes from the talk. • Regarding Bing’s name and Steve Jobs: “We should have named it ‘BOOM’!” • “The Web is designed for the PC … most of these mobile apps are substituting for the fact that the original…
AOL and Time Warner will split into two distinct entities by the end of the year. What AOL will do out in the cold without Time Warner’s blanket, only time will tell. [NYT]
HD Guru just scored the first review with the $3,200 46-inch Samsung UN46B8000. It’s an LED-backlit LCD that measures just over an inch thick and refreshes images at 240Hz. HD Guru loved the display, calling it the best LCD ever. The full motion resolution and overall excellent performance places the UN46B8000 at the top of…
Steve Ballmer just confirmed rumors that Microsoft’s new search engine, previously called Kumo, has been christened with the wonderfully onomatopoeic, possibly stupid name, “Bing”. UPDATE: And it’s coming next week. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-new-search-engine-might-be-called-bing-5269894 From the AllThingsD interview, a peek into Ballmer’s brain: I’m not the creative guy, here …. short mattered … people like to ‘verb up’…
There’s a lot of Japanese robots out there, but this is the only one that actually seems to be ready to tear humans apart. Maybe because it looks like a huge crab, giant steel claws included: Developed by Tadano, with a three-chip CCD camera, two huge arms and four legs with joints totalling 29 degrees…
Way to ace science, Billy! Here’s a gift! Oh no, it doesn’t actually play music. The iMagnet just hangs your report card on the fridge for the family to see. Billy? Put down that knife! Billll— $6.95 [X-TremeGeek via ChipChik]
Hong Kong’s premier spare parts crossbreeder has a mixed record, but occasionally does something so inconceivably strange and impractical that you begin to think you’re missing some great, hidden genius. Example! The power strip with a SIM card. https://gizmodo.com/meeting-brando-hong-kongs-usb-willy-wonka-5136739 I’ll let Brando’s stream-of-consciousness pitch speak for itself: It’s not ONLY a Normal Power Extension Bar,…
Fortune Magazine is saying that the Palm Pre syncs flawlessly with iTunes, except for DRM songs: It works exactly like the iPhone/iPod, which I guess means you get all your playlists and album art. If it works like they claim, it’ll be quite a clever and bold move for Palm. One of the main pilars…