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So what do you think? Is the upcoming Palm Pre Touchstone inductive charging station kit worth $70? Because that’s the rumored price this morning, delivered blurrycam style by some mole at Best Buy with access to the inventory system. There’s a host of other lesser Palm Pre accessories listed there too, along with a dubious…
Boy Genius Report has it on very good faith that Verizon will be bringing out the HP Mini 1151NR netbook on May 17th, which not-so-coincidentally is the same date Verizon is releasing the MiFi. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-mifi-2200-ev-do-router-delivers-portable-wifi-5243552 BGR doesn’t seem as firm about the price as the date, but still fairly confident that it’ll sell for $199…
AT&T is planning to purchase the leftovers of Alltel’s network, including physical assets like towers, licenses, and 1.5 million subscribers from Alltel’s new owner, Verizon, for the tasty sum of $2.35 billion. In addition to the cash money, AT&T is going to toss in some assets from Centennial Communications, a wireless and broadband provider in…
An unknown number of hackers broke into UC Berkeley‘s database and were able to access the personal and health information of over 160,000 students and former students. They’re still at large. The target of the attack seems to have been the trove of social security numbers, around 97,000 of which were stolen. SSNs can be…
Is there anything Official DTV Spokesperson Carol Brady can’t do? Hard as it may be to believe for nerds like you and me, there are some people who just can’t wrap their heads around this whole DTV mess. Those people…are old. And they need someone nonthreatening and of comparable age to explain the process in…
The “HyperRocket” was built by a Ford efficiency expert in his garage, and with two seats, a whopping 125 mpg, and a comfortable cruising speed of 65 mph, we’re awfully tempted to buy the thing. Yeah. It’s for sale. The creator, a guy named John, is selling the HyperRocket to make room for his next…
The creator of iCombat weighed in with his thoughts on newly-popular piracy of iPhone apps with an interesting conclusion: It’s not worth the trouble to police the pirates, and they might even prove helpful. https://gizmodo.com/crackulous-allows-for-app-store-piracy-5144751 iCombat, a take on Combat for Atari (that we quite liked), suffered from a huge ratio of pirates to legitimate…
We’ve heard rumors on the new Alpha series DSLRs before, and now a larger leak on Sony’s Russian site shows the Alphas have been slimmed down and further geared toward the casual user. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-sony-uk-support-page-reveals-alpha-330-dslr-line-5237920 The biggest tidbits are the significantly smaller chassis (the current Alpha 300 and 350 series are huge and heavy) and the…
After her jackass ex-boyfriend created fake profiles on Yahoo! to persuade other men to call her repeatedly for sexual favors, Cecilia Barnes found little help from Yahoo! in having them removed. Barnes broke up with her boyfriend in 2004, and in a fit of total jackassery, he not only created fake profiles of her but…
Known mostly for its lavish—and expensive—home theater gadgets, Harmon Kardon will be releasing its first Blu-ray player, the BDP 10, sometime in May for $940. The BDP 10 will be able to play back 1080p/24 video, and will also support BD-Live and BonusView capabilities for Blu-ray movies that contain that extra online content. Also, not…
I don’t want it to fall on her, but I don’t understand how this Balancing Barn building is gonna work, if 50% of it hangs over a slope, in “free space.” Modern country houses are crazy, because since Frank Lloyd Wright built that house over that waterfall, everyone and their mom has wanted to do…
Touted as a responsible robot bartender, SOBEaR is a DIY teddy bear with a built-in breathalyzer that’ll only dispense liquor depending on how drunk you are. In order to put him to work, patrons must press the “breathe + pour” button on his foot, which will then prompt the user to blow into his face.…
Today’s my last day working for Giz, and in turn, my last day on Earth. Here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world. BUT SERIOUSLY. As much as I would like to end this signal week in Gizmodo history, Get Me Off This Rock week, by hijacking a decommissioned shuttle and…
If you add “stardate:” to your “Other Calendars” field in your Google cal, you can make all your plans just like Kirk and Picard would. [NYT]
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How does a computer repairman stay afloat in a troubled economy? If your name is Kevin Andrew Lutes, you perpetuate your own business through theft. Except for the getting caught part, Lute had one hell of a plan. First, break into an office (in this case, the offices of Action Realty). Second, steal stuff related…
Thingamakits have been every synth nerd’s DIY light-controlled, analog noise friend. This abomination grew extra LED and photo-sensor tentacles that produce different tones and pitches, depending on the amount and type of light received. [Make]
Pyramid-shaped PC cases are nothing new, but these handmade Vertex-cases are a little snazzier than most—and will ensure that your PC successfully completes the transition to the afterlife. Specifications * Monocoque chassis laser-cut from 1.6 mm Aluminum * Powercoated in 1 of 3 colors * Flex ATX Power Supply included : Sparkle Power SPI270LE with 80…
Kotaku’s got Hugh Jackman, BioShock 2 and Star Trek for you this week. If only Hugh Jackman could star in both those franchises. • BioShock 2’s multiplayer actually expands the story • How does this turntable controller compare with the OTHER turntable controller? • Starcraft II beta is starting this Summer https://kotaku.com/bioshock-2-multiplayer-extends-the-fiction-30995104 • The best…
Hey guys. So this is my last time doing the iPhone apps column, because it’s my last day at Gizmodo. So it’s only fitting that we enter the DANGER ZONE. That’s right, I’m moving on to other place in the internetosphere as of today (more later), and I will of course be leaving the weekly…
