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We first told you about the QuantumGravity tourbillion back in January, but now this physics-defying watch is ready for consumption by 10 very, very rich individuals with messed up priorities. https://gizmodo.com/quantumgravity-watch-defies-laws-of-physics-logic-5137153 We already knew that the Concord C1 QuantumGravity could counteract the forces of gravity thanks to 18th century technology that involves the escapement and…
Missed lunch? Dinnertime coming up in a few hours? Let me torture you with a delicious-looking 10 course gadget feast. Fast Food Fever and Odd Noggin Land” />
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It’s the first day of Spring, which means one thing: Spring cleaning. We’ve got 45+ deals that’ll help you clean out your old gadgets and pick up some sparkly new ones—without cleaning out your wallet. Computing and Peripherals: • 22” Soyo LCD Widescreen Monitor for $109.95 (normally $169.95 – use these rebate forms). • 23”…
Sprint’s tinier, rounder Instinct Mini is hitting on April 15 for Brightpoint and around the 19th for everybody else, according to a leaked inventory report. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/sprint-instinct-mini-captured-in-customarily-blurry-ima-5165116
March Madness: when being a work-from-home blogger pays off. Here are the apps that will help you squeeze every last drop of goodness from the NCAA Tournament, along with the week’s other app highlights. Madness ’09: There are a flood of bracket tracking apps, most of which are horribly ugly and hastily constructed. Madness ’09…
We don’t have North American pricing for the thin and light Asus Eee 1008HA, but we do know its European price of £359 (or about $500). So…would you? [Electricpig via Slashgear] https://gizmodo.com/this-gorgeous-laptop-is-actually-an-asus-eee-5164085
In case you missed it, if you’re lucky enough to be rocking iPhone 3.0, you can actually enable 3G tethering right now on AT&T. Here’s a step-by-step guide. Just pray they don’t drown you in data charges. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-enable-3g-tethering-in-your-iphone-3-0-now-5175391
A Michigan-based iPod repairman has been charged with fraud after allegedly scamming Apple out of 9,000 iPod shuffles. The method was simple. Nicholas Woodhams essentially guessed serial numbers for iPod shuffles still under warranty, then entered them into Apple’s site as broken. He was shipped a new iPod shuffle that could be sold for $50…
YouTube has stepped up their mobile efforts by delivering a streamlined version of their app that is up to 90% faster and optimized for most WinMo and Symbian Series 60 devices. This 90% figure means much faster starting up, searching and video loading. The video quality is also automatically optimized for your 3G or Wi-Fi…
Hot of the presses is forthcoming design documentary Objectified’s awesome one-sheet poster by Build, which is a veritable visual history of industrial design. How many silhouettes can you name? Updated with high-res file Since we only care about Apple products here at Gizmodo, I see a Mac Pro, a number of iPods, MacBook Pro, a…
Boy Genius has one of the first hands on with Verizon’s incoming BlackBerry Niagara 9630. The initial impressions? The word “best” gets tossed around a lot. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-niagara-9630-coming-to-verizon-in-may-5175482 • Best BlackBerry keyboard. Ever. • Best BlackBerry speakers. Ever. • Best screen. Ever. (It looks more like glass than crappy plastic) • Best size/feel. Ever. Coming from…
Some Symbian S60 love from AT&T, at last: Boy Genius says Nokia’s excellent E71x is landing at AT&T March 24 for $200 after the usual two-year contract dance. It’s like a little miracle. [BGR]
If you dropped $20 on an HD movie from iTunes since they came out yesterday, but have a newer Mac and an older external display, you might not be able to watch it. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-now-buy-and-hd-movies-from-itunes-directly-5175855 That’s because iTunes HD movies require that you have an HDCP-compliant external display. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection is designed to prevent…
Whether you’re a Google Chrome fan or not, you have to give it up to the guys at Google for withstanding day one of the Pwn2Own hacking competition when other browsers went down in flames. As noted yesterday, Safari was compromised in a mere 10 seconds while Firefox and IE were taken down shortly thereafter…
Behold, the Hitachi DH50MRY. Part drill, part jackhammer, it can eat up concrete like balsa wood without killing your arms. Our friends at PopSci cut one open to show how it works. It’s the first drill of its kind to feature a counterweight strong enough to cancel out what is undoubtedly some pretty serious recoil.…
This two-seat Sukhoi Su-24 combat aircraft crashed in a fiery ball of hell in an Iranian airfield last week. Nothing special about that, except that—amazingly enough—the pilots ejected safely after the crash. As you can see in the video, the Su-24 either had bad problems with its flaps—I wouldn’t be surprised, since these Soviet planes…
Microsoft’s latest History of the Internet promotion is a pretty lame, VH1esque mashup of various b-list comedians cracking jokes—until those comedians talk about Internet Explorer 8’s new In Private Mode. In this short excerpt, Microsoft endorses their product with a firm nudge and a wink. I mean, Steve Ballmer didn’t go so far as to…
In addition to referencing brand new iPhones and iPods, the iPhone 3.0 OS also mentions the intriguing “iProd.” Which is what British publications called a bitchy digital personal trainer Apple patented last year. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-reveals-new-iphones-ipods-and-the-myster-5175348 Apple filed patents on an iPod touch-like personal trainer that tracks your fitness level and schedule, has personalized workouts, answers nutrition…
I can only imagine these acetate stickers (a mere concept, sadly) of the iPhone’s friendly SMS overlay being used to prank someone. But what a prank it would be. [Fiona Carswell via OhGizmo]
