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Have trouble balancing your social life with your internet obsession? Trying to use gadgets to woo someone? Want to con your boss into buying you a laptop? Curious about Mark Wilson’s personal life? Ask me. Hello, I’m Gizmodo’s Adam Frucci, and I want to help you. If you have any social technology questions, I’ll deliver…
Apple’s new iPod Shuffle is supposed to be the “world’s smallest music player.” So what’s that mean, really? How do Apple’s minuscule measurements size up in real dimensions? https://gizmodo.com/new-ipod-shuffle-moves-buttons-to-headphones-adds-text-5167946 We compared a pack of cards, matchbox, the 2nd gen iPod Shuffle and the new iPod Shuffle (in that order) to give you a better idea.…
Jeffrey Toobin isn’t the only person who gets caught dicking around on his computer when he should be working. [The Duty via Bullshit] https://gizmodo.com/toobin-caught-checking-facebook-on-cnn-during-debate-5064282
The popular iPod shuffle has been updated today with new text-to-speech voiceover technology in a reduced size. It’s really cool except for one thing: It moves all controls to the headphones. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/new-ipod-shuffle-moves-buttons-to-headphones-adds-text-5167946 I like the idea of having controls on my headset’s cable. I use that feature every time with my iPhone. However, I’ve…
When Christa Manos began to receive dozens of calls one Saturday evening, cursing her for being a bad mother, she quickly realized that she’d been the victim of a prank. Apparently, someone spammed swarms of Xbox Live users, offering a 2-year-old girl for sale with the simple pitch, “selling a child, will pay for shipping.”…
Microsoft has dribbled out a few specifics about their upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace: an industry standard 70% dev commission, a familiar $99 joining fee, and a somewhat pointed pledge of “transparency”. https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-announced-leaks-confirmed-5154116 The 70% dev cut is simple enough and has worked well for other stores, but the $99 fee is a slight divergence from…
Apple has quietly released a new iPod Shuffle design that mimics the original’s pack of gum aesthetics. It costs $80, holds 4GB of songs, uses inline controls and boasts text-to-speech. • 4GB or 1,000 Songs • Silver or black color options, stainless steel clip • Controls have been moved to the earbud line • “VoiceOver”…
Aww, but he was a nice vandal! Fort Sumpter [sic] was attacked by the rebels…thank God we have a government. After hearing the news, Watchmaker Jonathan Dillon scrawled this, along with his name, the date and a short account of the attack at Fort Sumter, the event that sparked the American Civil War, behind the…
Laptop Lifts are by no means a feat of engineering, but they will let spilled milk glide right under your computer while providing some additional airflow. Essentially adhesive, rubber strips, you wipe your laptop’s surface clean and then you just peel and stick your way to a few glorious millimeters of clearance. They run $17.95…
Reuters is also confirming the rumors from the Commercial Times about Apple ordering 10-inch touchscreens for third quarter. https://gizmodo.com/dow-jones-newswire-chimes-in-on-apple-netbook-rumors-c-5167235 They are quoting an unnamed source. This may just be what others have reported already or maybe Reuters actually did some original reporting and this is a new source from the touchscreen manufacturer. Whatever it is,…
You know how some capacitive touchscreens seem to twitch when fingers are hovered near them? Mitsubishi has stretched that ability to the extreme, creating a magic(ish) touch panel that can track depth, too. That someone has accomplished 3D motion tracking isn’t the news here—it’s that they’ve done it in single panel, without extra cameras or…
For most, jailbreaking isn’t very daunting, provided you have the right instructions. Unfortunately, iPod Touch 2G owners have been stuck with lame, tethered approaches that most wouldn’t bother with—until now. UPDATED. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-install-unofficial-apps-on-your-iphone-3g-or-ip-5166029 When I say that the prior jailbreak methods left your iPod “tethered”, I don’t mean it in the internet sharing sense. For the…
Among the changes of Tweetie 1.3 are a dark theme, various UI tweaks, Tweetshrink integration, full-size profile image viewing (yay), and a bunch of bugfixes. Grab it now if you like using the best Twitter app available for the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-twitter-app-battlemodo-best-and-worst-twitter-a-5135117
Lam is a disgusting person, and this is his disgusting keyboard. He claims the damage was done by “typing too hard.” I claim that he’s just a dirty man. [Blam: Idiot, its not buildup, its the keys being worn down.] Have You Ever Broken a Keyboard By Typing Too Hard? ( surveys) Let’s see how…
Our beloved Chuck Norris who you might know as the karate fighting, cowboy hat wearing, roundhouse kicking, orange hairing and all around bad ass mother is 69 today! On behalf of everyone at Giz, happy birthday. Here’s a clip as to why he’ll NEVER use a computer watch. Ever!
The Draganflyer X6 has been around for a bit now, but only recently have Canadian law enforcers begun using it to serve and protect. Here’s the first look at these flying UAVs in uniform. https://gizmodo.com/at-gizmodo-gallery-draganflyer-x6-uav-5099394 The X6 is a spy drone with wireless video and still cameras (in hi-def, infra-red and 0 lux flavors) that…
Despite this giant corporate phone’s ruggedness, push to talk, camera and barcode scanner, it is unremarkable. But I am excited to see it has buttons you can use while you wear gloves. Rare! [Motorola via BGR]
At some point, Tokyoflash watches will lose their charm altogether on account of oversaturation in an already niche market. Until then, we can admire their Hanko watch, which I can’t seem to pull my eyes away from. Maybe it’s the fact that the watch face is vaguely reminiscent of Space Invaders. Maybe it’s the not-too-crazy,…
I can’t really describe Sixth Sense in a line. Sure, it is a system that projects information about what surrounds you over objects’ surfaces, but it’s also much more. You just have to watch it: (If you have the time, you can go through the whole video and Pattie Maes’ explanation. If not, go to…
The Prada Transformer is a huge four-sided open-air building whose floor can be any one of its radically different sides. Massive cranes rotate it into place, leaving the other three to compose its ever-changing ceiling. This isn’t some neat concept, it’s an actual construction, penned by Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, and…
