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Sam Grobart of the NYTime says the iPhone’s lackluster reception has a silver lining: it’s a convenient and believable excuse when dodging calls. I’ll go one step further in this theory and say you can probably use the same excuse when hanging up on boring calls. Not that I’d ever do this to any of…
As sad as it sounds, most of us experience the world through photographs. Now MIT software engineers are taking that idea literally and mapping Flickr photos to regional maps in The World’s Eyes project. By pulling GPS metadata from uploaded photos (and then skinning that data in a neat 3D visualization), users can see how…
@tande04: I was just wondering what happens when you try to change the volume and hit a pothole: the radio wouLD GO LIKE THIS IN A HURRY!!!!
In our Hackintosh guide, we called our OS X-powered Dell Mini 9 the ultimate Mac netbook. We were wrong. This Hackintoshed Dell Mini 9, autographed by one Steve “Quick Step” Wozniak, is the actual pinnacle. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-5156903 Matthew Smith caught Woz doing some press for Dancing With the Stars. He writes: I showed him my Dell…
I’m still a fan of Sony Ericsson hardware, even on mid-range dumbphones like this T707. No one can say they’re not shiny. It has gesture control for ignoring calls, activated by a motion sensor, I believe, not any sort of accelerometer-triggered death shake you might put down on it. It also has a 3.2 MP…
According to rumors, next week at CTIA Research In Motion (RIM) might launch a mobile TV service that would feature full episodes of content. Other than that, there’s not much to go on at this point. The possible release would coincide with the release of its app store. [NewTeeVee via StreetInsider via IntoMobile] https://gizmodo.com/blackberrry-app-world-to-open-april-1-5185634
IBM has begun notifying employees that layoffs or “resource actions” are coming. All in all, some 5000 employees, mostly from the Global Business Services division will be affected. [Digital Daily]
The 7-inch Mimo display we reviewed was nice, but it was slightly chunky for a 7-inch display. Hence, the Mimo Slim. https://gizmodo.com/mimo-um-750-7-inch-usb-display-lightning-review-5116061 The Slim still has a 7-inch 800×480 display, but this one folds up into a clamshell shape when not in use. When in use, it can be positioned either vertically or horizontally (like…
The folks at HDGuru have scored a price list for upcoming Samsung HDTVs. This includes details for 3-7 and the 6000-8000 series. Hit the following link for the full details. [HDGuru]
By the end of 2009, computer and graphics chip designer ARM says we’ll see the first sub-$150 cellphones using the low-power Mali 200 GPU, which will give devices greater graphics capabilities than the current-gen iPhone. Occupying a space only millimeters wide, and supporting the Open GL ES 2.0 standard, Product Manager Remi Pedersen says that…
We just a good look at the crazy touchscreen console in the Tesla Model S electric Sedan, the most interesting feature of which is that it has a 3G connection all the time. https://gizmodo.com/tesla-model-s-electric-sedan-prototype-has-a-giant-touc-5185498 In addition to that, there’s the center console’s controls, which are full touchscreen, can manipulate your iPod, Google Maps as well…
Hey, we started a Gizmodo Flickr pool, to make it easier for you to send us photos you think could make for an interesting post. All you have to do is be registered on Flickr, go here, join our group, and start hitting “send to group” on your individual photos you want to add to…
You might want to move those magazines off the table, that is, if your coffee table is really the Vidro Floor Fireplace. Completely portable, the $970 stainless steel Vidro fireplace requires only gelled ethanol fuel to burn a smokeless flame in your home. The two glass panels do seem superfluous to the structure, as they…
August 15, 1912 Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) The August 15, 1912 Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) ran a short piece about how the gyroscope monorail system was the mass transit wave of the future. An excerpt as well as the full article appear below: On the left, a common scene when the…
The Mythbusters’ passion for explosions got a little out of hand earlier this week when they detonated 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate a mile outside of Esparto, California. Perhaps two miles would have been better. The segment was intended to discover whether it was possible, as the saying goes, to knock someone’s socks off. I…
Error in the space-time continuum of SMS? Less than no friends? IS SOMEONE TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING?
Anyone who reads Giz probably knows that even though your data is “saved,” it’s still susceptible to the decay of whatever medium is storing it. According to one expert, the problem is nearly unsolvable. In an interview by David Pogue, Dag Spicer, curator of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, noted that there’s no…
Something we love about Windows 7 is that it has much better native codec support, like H.264 and AAC. But the price might be high: It looks like Windows 7 might block third-party video decoders. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-windows-media-player-12-play-to-and-media-co-5146859 (Before we jump in, here’s our ultimate codec primer, if all this “code” talk is confusing.) Here’s how a…
Don’t bogart the love—here’s the skinney on some grooovy gadget dealz that’ll rock your caposhi socks off. Awe zooky zooky! (Oh, and free Old Spice to wash off that hippie stench when you’re done). Computers/Laptops: • ASUS Eee PC 9” Netbook for $249.99 plus free shipping (normally $299.99). • HP G70t 17” Laptop (Core 2…
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, where we’re likely to see all of Snow Leopard’s spots and maybe a new iPhone to go with iPhone 3.0 OS, will take place from June 8-12. [Apple – Thanks Justin!] https://gizmodo.com/apples-os-x-snow-leopard-operating-system-getting-a-dar-5184629