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Microsoft watcher Ina Fried reports that the company won’t be taking back severance “overpayments”, even though it confirmed it did ask for them initially. The truth is, despite numbers reported in the thousands, only 25 people were overpaid, somewhere between $4000 and $5000, according to Microsoft HR head Lisa Brummel, who said about 20 more…
Good news if you own a ThinkPad X200, X300 or T400 or a few other Lenovo laptops: You actually got a mil-spec semi-ruggedized computer and didn’t even know it! We’ve always known that ThinkPads were surly bastards, but Lenovo submitted eight of its notebooks—ThinkPad X200, X301, X200s, X200 Tablet, T400, T500, R400 and SL300—for the…
None of this is available now, but a resource screen found in iPhoto ’09 shows some interesting possible-future technology that may let you geotag your photos even if the camera didn’t have a GPS module. The trick, if we’re interpreting Tidbits‘s findings correctly, is that the iPhone may (in the future) have a location application…
The Dell Mini 10, the Mini 9’s successor, which is due to start shipping later this week will come with a “fixed” 1GB of RAM, meaning, it won’t be upgradable according to Dell. Does this mean that the RAM is soldered in, or fixed on the motherboard? Anyways, it’s probably a result of the netbook…
We have no idea where in Japan this was taken, but somebody somewhere should be ashamed of themselves. [Buzzfeed]
Brando, purveyors of weird and unnecessary gadgets, have added this USB dongle for internet sharing to their arsenal. But seriously, how many people need to share (or steal) their internet via USB? Dubbed the USB 2.0 Data Copy and Internet Connection Sharing Dongle, this is ostensibly for people who dislike dealing with Windows’ internet sharing…
Holy crippity crap! It’s a giant Lego pharaoh floating down river Thames. Have mummies in the British museum come back as zombies to find that Legos are easier to build with than stone? Not quite. Actually, the 16-foot Lego sculpture is on the final leg of a 1395 mile publicity tour down the river where…
If you’ve ever wanted to hang your iPhone from your wrist or neck then you, Sir or Madam, have not thought things through. Neither have the people who created the Danglet. The $15 Danglet attaches to your iPod or iPhone’s dock connector and lets you hold it like a wrist strap. Which is fine if…
Currently, Netflix has a list of the Academy Award winning movies available on their website, but win or lose, you don’t get nominated for sucking. If you are interested in digging a little deeper into this year’s best movies Hacking Netflix has compiled a list of all the nominees along with info on when/where you…
Spoiler: The DSi’s browser melts the DS Lite’s face off. it’s way faster, the page is rendered better, and it’s readable as it loads. In other words, it’s actually usable: Click to view[Opera via Joystiq]
"The Vaio P isn’t pocketable? Well, how about some topless dudes in white pants jump around and do flips and and kicks and stuff? Now what? Yeah, that’s right. Suck it." [Pocketables via BBG]
The US’s largest camera chain has “between $100 million and $500 million of both assets and liabilities.” What with me being someone that’s not good with money or business, I have no idea what that means exactly. [Reuters]
T-Mobile will apparently be launching their first 3G laptop card on March 25 for existing customers. It’s $60 a month and has a 5GB cap, plus T-Mo’s fantastically widespread 3G coverage. [EngadgetMobile]
You are familiar with drawing and crayons, but Christian Faur is taking a different approach to the medium. He uses hundreds of thousands of individual crayons to produce a single, pixelated image. The product is a series of photorealistic landscapes and figurative images that are formed at the surface of the thousands of tightly packed…
The creators of iPoint 3D claim their technology lets you walk up to a 3D display, and without having to wear any special eyewear, interact with the screen just by gesturing in the air. According to Electronista, Fraunhofer plans to show off the technology at next month’s CeBIT show, and say its uses could range…
By refreshing the video you’re currently watching on Hulu, the site will give you a choice to either watch normal ads or one long one before the program starts. Pick the long one. By viewing Honda’s short film, you can eliminate interruptions, which means your video can buffer without having to cut off to view…
If you’ve sold your soul to Best Buy‘s Reward Zone program, you can knock $50 or even $100 off an iPhone 3G this week. Unfortunately, Best Buy isn’t using the promotion to grab new members—you need to have been a Reward Zone member since at least Feb. 21. But if you’re a regular (free) Reward…
Not that the iPhone really needs it, but it and the iTouch/iPod Nano are getting an external mini microphone that plugs directly into the headphone jack. And it’s only $15. The accessory is also compatible with the 120GB iPod classic (claims its product page), and should be a decent way to conduct interviews or surreptitiously…
We’re always excited for unique proposal stories with gadgets involved, but this Proposal iPhone app is back-ass-wards. https://gizmodo.com/man-proposes-to-girlfriend-using-zune-glenn-medeiros-331149 Here’s the deal. People who do tech proposals are cool because they either program, hack or otherwise customize their proposal FOR the person they’re proposing to. They’re not cool just because it involves an iPhone. In this…
Hello, we’re looking for another intern to work in New York City. Here’s what you need to know and what we want: What You Need • Gadget love and knowledge • An alarm clock, ’cause you’ll be up eeeeeearly every morning • Basic experience with HTML, Flickr—the internets, essentially • An NYCish address (you need…