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We didn’t know much about Dell’s XT2 convertible tablet before, but now what appears to be a full specs sheet has leaked, including a possible release date this Wednesday, February 11th. https://gizmodo.com/dell-latitude-xt2-specs-revealed-369771 Vital specs: – 1.2 or 1.4 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU – 12.1″ multitouch display (yes!) – up to 5 GB memory –…
Auto-tuning, the practice of digitally “repairing” off-key vocal tracks, is more visibly prominent than ever. But it’s even more ubiquitous than people realize, and some musicians and fans aren’t happy about it. Auto-tune really only entered public consciousness with the release of that one Cher song that’s somehow still playing in malls more than a…
Samsung teamed up with audiophiler Bang & Olufsen for the Helio Oceanesque M7600 handset. The internal B&O amplifier promises to make it a force to be reckoned with in the sound department. Specs: – 2.8″ AMOLED touchscreen (not sure if it’s capacitive or resistive, hoping for the former) – 3 MP camera – DivX support…
Joystiq took a trip to Vegas’ Pinball Hall of Fame, where they found popular machines, rare machines, two-player machines, and one machine with the likeness of Ted Nugent. The Hall of Fame features 141 pinball machines in working order, available to play for just a few quarters, and if you’re a pinball fan it looks…
In North Dakota, oddly enough, hackers have hit on a new way to infect innocent computers: fake parking tickets that direct car owners to a site where they are instructed to download malicious software. The software itself is disguised as a “toolbar” that car owners would need to download in order to see their crime…
TorrentFreak checked some seed and leech numbers of Mac, Windows, and Linux software to see who’s got the nicer ratio. The results aren’t without issues, but do suggest that Windows users/thieves are more polite. First, the caveat, and it’s definitely a biggie. These numbers don’t necessarily point to specifically Mac, Windows, or Linux users: Windows…
Those jokers down in Washington finally compromised on the economic stimulus bill, with the Republican minority succeeding in cutting out huge swathes of spending. Among the casualties is the $2 billion for universal broadband. The entire list of what has been cut can be found here, simplified for easy understanding, but these are the ones…
Who says Canada sucks for gadgets? Oh, wait. Well, Ottawa’s Winterlude festival includes this huge icy BlackBerry (Curve 8900?), showing hometown hero RIM’s contribution to the gadget world. Way to represent, eh? [thanks, Ryan!] https://gizmodo.com/why-canada-sucks-for-gadget-lovers-5020940
The quick composition of today’s football games, with footage coming from multiple cameras focused all around the stadium, has to be compiled and edited with incredible speed and confidence. That’s where Bob Fishman comes in. The Atlantic has a great article about Fishman, known as Fish, who directs live football games on the fly. This…
Android’s new 1.1 update doesn’t include multitouch because Google is scared of Apple. We are not, however, and nor should you be-follow our guide to get iPhone-like multitouch browsing on your G1 right now. As teased yesterday, this update will also give you all the new Android 1.1 firmware features, so if you haven’t received…
Here’s another for the “solutions to problems that don’t exist” file: how to make phone calls in a swimming pool while looking like a cross between an alien and an idiot. So apparently you strap on this big goofy metal helmet and those other metal baubles keep you floating. The designers call it a “meeting…
A NYC med student decided to use a research CT scanner to take a peek at the innards of stuff he had lying around, including an iPhone, iBook, and electric razor. Objects scanned include the electronics we’re interested in as well as various toys and food items. There’s been no word as yet about what…
The January 2, 1968 Lima News (Lima, OH) ran the third in a series of articles based on research by the Commission on the Year 2000 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The third in the series dealt with life, work and family issues humanity would face in the year 2000. As I’ve…
Jajah isn’t the first VoIP app for the iPhone/iPod touch, but it’s the first that let’s you send/receive SMS messages over wi-fi. I got a brief look at it, and so far, so good. https://gizmodo.com/jajah-app-now-turns-your-ipod-touch-into-a-voip-phone-5147282 Previously, the JaJah app for the iPhone was used as a middleman to connect people on VoIP to your cellphone,…
Having humidifiers in your home can sometimes change its aesthetic atmosphere, sometimes even making you look sickly. But with this Concrete Block Humidifier’s simple, yet ultra-sleek design, you can now avoid drying up—in style. Although a slab of concrete may seem like a strange choice of material for a humidifier, this concrete has a “unique…
Mobileread just got a bunch of official-looking Kindle 2 photos, which show it in various states being held and read, plus info that it’s being released for $359 on February 24. From the photos, it looks definitely a LOT thinner than the first, and maybe even a bit smaller too. Unless that man has gigantic…
Intel is now shipping their new 1.66GHz Atom N280 processors to PC makers—a chip should give netbooks a performance boost with HD video. The 1.66GHz N280 is only a 0.06GHz jump over its N270 processor, but the 667MHz front-side bus and the pairing of the GN40 chipset with its hardware-based 720p HD video decoder is…
Time Warner Cable‘s trial of charging people extra for exceeding a set download limit has been a success—they are taking it to four more cities soon, with a new tier that’s higher than 40GB. https://gizmodo.com/time-warner-cable-to-expand-its-bandwidth-caps-to-addit-5146985 The key was in metering and charging correctly for overage, apparently, something that trials in Beaumont, Texas helped to iron…
Frucci’s friends over at College Humor just got a TV show on MTV! Why does this matter to you? Because Frucci’s gonna be in it! I’m not sure which episode Frucci’s going to be in, but the show premieres this Sunday, so you should watch for yourself to see if it’s this one. It’s not…
Next Monday, we’ll probably see a new Kindle. But you know what? It won’t feature a 24-inch screen that’s ready to out-paper a newspaper. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-preparing-to-drop-kindle-2-on-february-9-5140106 Spotted at a Taiwanese book show, these two Delta Electronics displays, though formally spec-less, are clearly astounding in quality. Coming in monochrome and color configurations, apparently the black and white…