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On last night’s Dollhouse, geek god Patton Oswalt plays, well, a geek god who manages to name-check the Kindle in a totally non-derisive way. Check out the clip below. Elements of Nerditude: 1. Patton Oswalt. Stand-up who riffs on Star Wars and comic books. 2. Joss Whedon. Nerd legend, creator of many sounds-dorky-but-actually-awesome shows. 3.…
According to analyst Shaw Wu, Dell submitted two prototype smartphones for feedback from the carriers, and both were roundly rejected. Why? Well, turns out “Dell-like” is a legitimate adjective, and not necessarily a nice one. The phones, apparently identical besides OS (one runs Windows Mobile, one Android) were accused of lacking differentiation from competing offerings…
The iPhone 3.0 OS may only be available as a beta for developers (and friends of developers), but there’s still plenty of tinkering you can do to get the 3.0 OS experience this weekend. • How To: Fake the iPhone 3.0 OS On Your iPhone Today What everyone can do is check out our directory…
Sony’s officially denied it in the past, but a survey is being conducted to sniff out the public’s interest in streaming movies and TV shows to their console of choice. Apparently the service on PS3 would require a one-time purchase of a $9.99 “Netflix Instant Streaming Disc” that must be inserted to stream video, but…
Goodbye, creepy guy holding a rifle. Goodbye, dude walking out of a sex shop. Goodbye, public urinators. Due to privacy complaints, Google has been forced to delete scores of its best Street View shots. https://gizmodo.com/google-street-view-completes-tour-of-real-america-with-5143274 Google was already forced to blur faces and license plates, but the pile of complaints has resulted in some images…
Anyone who’s upgraded to the New Xbox Experience knows that it gives a run on Wii’s money as far as personal iconography is concerned. I just learned that you can look up peoples’ avatars—as long as you have a gamertag of someone you love or hate, plug it in here and you’ll see just how…
Call it what you want, but the MIT-built horticultural robots roll around, lowering a tube and spraying right into dirt around the plants’ stems. I’m snickering, but the project itself is pretty cool. It’s a program at the MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, intended to help foster robotics design by giving students an…
I recently visited a cell site shared by Clearwire and two other unnamed carriers—without frying my nuts. We’ve all driven past them so many times, but have you ever actually wondered how they work? https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-wimax-uncapped-speed-tests-5174718 How They Work Whether it’s handling simple phone calls or 12Mbps WiMax data, cell sites are organized with more or…
Apple’s own education site seems to have leaked news of a “new” 17-inch iMac, coming in at $899. Apple’s official store still only has 20s and 24s. [Setteb.it via Apple Lounge]
I saw a Vietnamese restaurant yesterday. Not only was its name iPho, which would be bad enough by itself, but its “o” was replaced with an Apple. Yeah. Any points docked for lack of imagination are immediately returned for ballsiness. I wish you good luck against Apple’s inevitable legal bombardment. [Photo Credit BeerNotBombs, because I…
What are these? They look like Alien tails that’ll stab your heart out, except that it hangs from your belly button for sci-fi nerds in bikinis. Oh. Oh that’s what it is. A cybernetic pop-up penis. [SheCoolHeCool via Fashionably Geek]
My buddy Todd at TechFlash reports that Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer went on an anti-Apple rant yesterday in NYC, saying “the tide has really turned back” toward Microsoft products, adding “The [downturned] economy is helpful.” Todd quoted Ballmer, in a webcast, saying exactly this: Apple gained about one point, but now I think the tide…
Giz reader Thomas just received two 2-inch Bluetooth earhooks from Motorola—in a 320-cubic-inch box. As he puts it, “the package was filled with about 99% air.” Haven’t they heard of envelopes? More pics: Thanks Thomas! And thanks to Rob, who also sent in an example ridiculous packaging today:
Benchmarking the new Mac Pro’s default Nvidia GeForce GT 120 against the ATI Radeon HD 4870—a $200 upgrade—Crave finds that the Radeon doesn’t deliver a whole lot of boom, especially in Call of Duty. It does provide a bump over the cheaper GT 120, but as Rich Brown says, it only pushes the Mac Pro’s…
Kudos to J.P. Neufeld, a 21-year old student at Montreal’s Concordia University for alerting authorities about a post on the newgrounds forum left by a student that claimed he would burn down his school. “I saw this thread started by this guy. It didn’t seem serious at first. It said that today at 11:30 a.m.…
Laugh all you want. But there’s a balding guy reading this right now who can’t help but to hear the whole pitch. (I’m with you, buddy! Let’s do this!) You’ve tried pills. (ICK!) You’ve tried topical treatments. (OUCH!) You’ve even tried sacrificing your first child to Aphrodite in hopes of a hair blessing. (OOPS!) Now,…
I love tireless photo archives of the seemingly mundane objects we run into every day. To wit: this study of 96 bathroom air blowers from around the world by photographer Douglas Wilson. Even though that guy from Dyson is right re: these things never, ever drying your hands sufficiently, it’s fascinating to see the variety…
Whoa, our Snowmodo Event is only two weeks away! If our already impressive list of company attendance and planned events wasn’t enough to get you excited our announcements next week should grab your attention. https://gizmodo.com/gizs-snowmodo-reader-meetup-saturday-april-4th-north-5143084 Our Snowmodo Event is really shaping up to be a top notch gathering. We’ve already lined up company attendance from…
I’ve never given it much thought, but looking at this Cole Cleaner UV pop-top disinfectant while I drink my un-sanitized Diet Dr. Pepper is giving me something of a hypochondriac panic attack. Who or what could have touched the top of the can I am currently putting my lips to? Seriously, I can barely drink…
Persistence of vision toys flash LEDs with proper timing to make it look like you’re spelling words from thin air. Now, a new app exploits that phenomenon on the iPhone. “Light Writer – POV Effect” by Laan Labs allows you to create text or image POV illusions with your phone. You just type in your…