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Our favorite bartending robot is at it again. But I watched his St. Patrick’s Day clip with bated breath, fearing that the poor, drunken automaton might fall to the floor mid-river dance.
On the control screen of the nuclear power plant in the port of Bushehr, Iran. [UPI]
The legend started with the mighty Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, and ends—for now—in the B-52 Stratofortress. 50 Years of beautiful destruction on two wings flying together in a rare picture. [FlightGlobal]
Sony recently conducted one of their infamous product surveys that not only made mention of the PSP PlayStation Store selling comic books, but actually played this video demoing the media on the PSP: https://gizmodo.com/sony-psp-survey-mentions-touchscreen-bluetooth-and-int-5132043 Comic books are not a completely new medium to reach the PSP platform, with the Metal Gear franchise already releasing some…
Even though poor Dubai has been far from immune from Depression 2.0, someone who’s still doing just fine is Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai. This is his new $350 million yacht. In a tragic turn of events, the superyacht (called, boringly, the Dubai) was originally commissioned by Prince Jefri of Brunei—oh…
Lighting a BBQ can be done with a match. But, as any NRA member can attest, it’s a job best left to a gun. The Shoot and Cook Rifle BBQ Lighter is a 14.5-inch implement that can set pretty much any flammable material on fire. Sure, it’s designed to light coals on a grill, but…
Those Boston Power batteries guaranteed to keep performing at high levels for three years can now be purchased as an add-on on 18 of HP’s laptops, branded “Enviro.” https://gizmodo.com/hps-new-boston-power-laptop-batteries-last-3x-longer-c-5106370 In the press release, Boston Power isn’t touting some of the specs we’ve seen previously, like a 30-minute charge up to 80% or actual extended charge…
That’s what CEO Peter Chou told attendees of a tech conference in Taipei, signaling that, beyond the Magic, the company has a few more tricks up its sleeve in ’09. But what? Unlike Samsung, with their similar “at least three” announcement a few months back, HTC has a track record here, but considering how short…
The saga of the BlackBerry Gemini has been been a sad one. At first we thought it was a brilliant, 3G evolution of the 8900. It wasn’t. Now, this dreary spy pic doesn’t exactly spice things up. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-gemini-9300-the-curve-y-3g-blackberry-we-re-5149950 We now know that the 8325 is little more than a slightly spruced-up 8300, which means that…
During the Lantern Festival last month, one village in China celebrated the same way they have for 500 years—by throwing molten iron at a wall to create showers of make-do fireworks. The villagers of Nanchuan, China put on an hour-long performance each year called Da shu hua (beating the tree to produce flowers). The iron…
MicroSD cards are so prolific nowadays that it’s about time for companies to differentiate their products using cutesy designs. If you’re a 15-year-old girl, these goth- and love-themed 2GB ought to thrill. The Loverish line comes in four colors each and a read/write speed of 6.5MB/second. Pricing was not yet available, but it probably doesn’t…
The Adamo’s only just come out, but it looks like we might already know what Dell’s next step is-an ultra-portable 9-inch Adamo and a 22-inch Studio One all-in-one PC. https://gizmodo.com/dell-adamo-is-new-thinnest-notebook-available-5171407 References to an Adamo 9 and a Studio One 22 were found in Dell’s support documents, right next to the Adamo 13 and the Studio…
While I’m sure I will like the new Star Trek, I can’t help to ask myself deep questions about it. Like: Why in hell they can’t get their communications to look sharp in The Future? https://gizmodo.com/can-young-kirk-really-survive-the-car-jump-in-the-new-s-5114714 Seriously. By then you think they should have realized how the frak to get this whole video communication thing…
Dell fully unveiled their Adamo laptop and it appears to fit somewhere between the Voodoo Envy 133 and MacBook Air with a 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 128-gigabyte SSD and .65-inch thickness. https://gizmodo.com/dell-shows-their-svelte-looking-adamo-laptop-still-rev-5127387 At .65-inches, the Adamo is one of the thinnest laptops ever, sitting five-hundredths of an inch closer to the ground than…
Now we’ve got confirmation that the Dell Adamo is actually launching later today and will be priced at $1999. PR person Brian Solis took pictures of the Air-contender at SXSW. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/dell-adamo-to-launch-tomorrow-5171086
Oh hello, again, you Cold War you! As if we didn’t have enough problems with worldwide economic collapse, the Russians are now testing President Obama’s nuclear balls placing strategic nuclear bombers in Cuba and Venezuela: There are four or five airfields in Cuba with 4,000-meter-long runways, which absolutely suit us. That’s what tovarishch Major General…
The Nintendo DSi release is right around the corner, and though some press shots and videos are out there, what does it really look like up close? https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-dsi-boosts-screen-size-adds-camera-and-audio-5057873 In short, it looks nice. The DSi hardware itself is no longer glossy or plasticky. Instead, its matte finish gives it a feel that is ever-so-slightly rubbery,…
One of the brains behind the Aptera electric three-wheeled car also runs Epic Boats, which just intro’d the Epic 23e, the first plug-in hybrid electric boat. Who knew lithium-ion batteries were waterproof? For as little as $150,000, you too can own the first-generation of the plug-in, battery-powered equivalent of a 375-horsepower motorboating experience, which uses…
Comparison search engines only show you whose price is best in that instant. Now, at least one service finally has a tracker that lets you see what each retailer charged for gadgets over time. After I read about Gazaro on Consumerist, I signed up (free) and looked up the Nikon D90 and Panasonic’s 50″ TH-50PZ80U,…
Remember that Microsoft 2019 video? Lifehacker found someone so enamored with the computer desktop in the video that he went ahead and skinned his own desktop (presumably Vista), so that looks and (kinda) functions similarly. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-vision-for-the-future-gives-me-hope-for-huma-5162956 Created by Lifehacker reader Painkilla05 (love the name), he used a variety of available widgets and utilities, including a…
