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Oh the convenience of not having to use keys—that’s what you get with a Bluetooth-enabled cellphone and BlueGuard, the automatic door opener. The $200 unit detects up to 10 separate cellphones at up to 33 feet (standard low-power Bluetooth range), and hooks up to the door-opening system to enable you to get hands-free entrance. The…
There were a lot of stupid things in Terminator: Salavation. Mark’s review was, in fact, too kind. But there is one really stupid part that bothered me from a gadget perspective. SMALL SPOILERS AHEAD. https://gizmodo.com/terminator-salvation-review-better-than-t3-but-not-by-5260359 I’ll keep the spoilery bits to the minimum. The two shots here with Marcus are snagged from the trailer. They’re…
AirTran said they were going to be the first to get Wi-Fi on every flight, but Virgin just ninja’ed in and beat them to it. https://gizmodo.com/the-weird-state-of-in-flight-wi-fi-in-the-us-5260942 All 100 of Virgin’s daily flights will have Wi-Fi, costing $12.95 for flights > 3 hours, $9.95 for flights < 3 hours, $5.95 for red-eyes and $7.95 if you…
Ah, nostalgia… As Jack London would say: “Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?” I don’t know, Jack, but here’s a great t-shirt. Remember these? The good old Mac SE, the iMac, the smurf/grey G3… I loved all of them. I would go completely bonkerini…
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is finally arriving at AT&T this Friday after a few months at T-Mobile. You’ll pay $199.99 for it, but only after remembering to send in a $100 mail-in rebate. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-first-impressions-5140597
A new battery technology called STAIR (St Andrews Air) promises to be lighter than your typical lithium ion battery while holding 5-10x the power. The battery charges and recharges like normal, but during discharge, atmospheric oxygen penetrates the battery and reacts with internal carbon as a reagent. This reaction creates more energy, and they best…
According to one Destructoid tipster, that new stock of $100 Dreamcasts offered by ThinkGeek may not be so new after all. His console was “roughed up — the barcode has been scratched, the console’s plastic has gunk on it.” Even in its last breaths on this earth, the Dreamcast just can’t catch a break. [Destructoid…
I know that there’s a lawsuit going on and the not-so-safe MagSafe fire hazard can be a serious issue, but I look at these images and think “hmmm—burned marshmallows.” Kind of scary, though: https://gizmodo.com/remainders-things-we-didnt-post-5241555 Ken Brinkman seems to be the last public victim: “Smoke was pouring out the seam between the unibody and bottom enclosure.…
Looks like the US military UFO that was spotted over Afghanistan—which is not the Phantom Ray—may not be an unmanned aircraft after all. At least, that is what airplane expert Stephen Trimble thinks: https://gizmodo.com/ufo-sighted-over-afghanistan-is-us-secret-airplane-5252492 “I could be crazy, but I think I see a bubble canopy on this aircraft, which would seem to rule out…
The product: Le Whif, a puffable chocolate canister that offers the sensation of eating chocolate without the calories. The Price: About $2 per three puff inhaler. The Verdict: The size of a container of Chapstick, you pull the telescoping Le Whif out to coat your entire tongue and mouth with a tiny amount of chocolate.…
If you are into the whole book thing, go and download the latest update. It’s worth it. • Read in portrait or landscape mode • Pinch to zoom images in books • Select alternate background and text colors to improve reading comfort in low light conditions. • Tap on either side of the screen or…
Annoyingly, you won’t be able to get a Palm Pre for the advertised $199 without redeeming a $100 mail-in rebate—something Sprint is depending on you not doing. Solution: get yours at Best Buy. UPDATED https://gizmodo.com/rebates-suck-the-palm-pres-real-price-5261340 A PR rep for the company has confirmed to us that the Pre’s $100 rebate, originally announced as a mail-in…
On May 3, 1972, Les Harvey took the stage at Swansea Top Rank with his blues band Stone the Crows. It was raining, and he was soaking wet. He stepped to the microphone to sing backup to lead singer Maggie Bell. During a part of the song that didn’t require him to play guitar, he…
Cuttlefish hold the secret to energy efficient TVs, Indiana hops on board with major e-waste regulations, hand-cranked flashlights get hacked into battery chargers, and seedbombs scatter the earth with trees instead of terror. Scientists are taking a closer look at how cuttlefish can flash colors in under a second, and looking to see if they…
Two days after Pentax’s entry into the video DSLR game was leaked all to hell, the company has issued a formal announcement. So that 720p video function, automatic HDR, and lush LCD? It’s all there. https://gizmodo.com/the-pentax-k-7-shoots-720p-video-and-hdr-5259610 Built around an all-new, video-capable 14.6-megapixel sensor, the K-7’s weather-sealed, magnesium alloy K-mount body helps set it apart, at…
Dear friends, foes, and relatives. Please, don’t send that funny email. OK, actually, as a last exception, please forward this post to everyone you know. Thank you! Much love, J. Updated p.s. I’ve modified the original into various versions, so you can resend them appropriately in Twitter, Digg, Fark, Facebook, and YouTube. [Shoeboxblog—Thanks David]
Following the wretched quarter where sales dropped by almost half, Sony’s CFO said yesterday that Sony Ericsson desperately needed to raise cash—about 100 million euros ($135 million)—this year to stay alive. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-sales-drop-by-almost-half-in-one-quarter-5176733
Warning: Dell has not announced that their 10-inch, $299 Mini 10v netbook will be optionally loaded with Google’s smartphone environment Android (Cupcake). But that hasn’t stopped Dell from demonstrating it working. In this clip, Doug Anson, a Dell Technology Strategist, teases us with a stagnant Android desktop before calling Cupcake a “small and snappy little…
The pigs are advancing so quickly in their world domination plans that now they are opening headquarters in New York City. This is the Dragonfly Vertical Farm, a skyscraper designed for animals and agricultural production. https://gizmodo.com/follow-the-swine-flu-pandemic-in-real-time-with-google-5229314 Sitting on the southern part of Roosevelt Island—on the East River, appropriately right in front of the United Nations’…
It could be an innocent statement of fact, but Sprint CEO Dan Hesse’s ‘admission’ that the company will have trouble meeting early demand for Palm Pres reeks of hypemongering. He’s not necessarily saying that there’s a Pre shortage, per se, but that demand will be super high—the exact thing you’d expect any CEO to say…