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Microsoft says absolutely not, but an analyst memo posted on All Things D claims we could see a Microsoft phone at Mobile World Congress later this month in Barcelona. Updated Update: Zune Marketing Exec Brian Seitz says he’s heard nothing about a Microsoft Branded phone launching at any upcoming shows, which seems to rule out…
Lenovo CEO William Amelio, along with two other senior execs previously at Dell and Microsoft, resigned after a bad quarter. [NYT]
The “Poor Man’s Netbook” is a laptop (it’s got a 14.2-inch screen, so I don’t understand the netbook label) built into a suitcase. It deftly robs both objects of their purposes simultaneously. I really don’t quite understand the motivation behind this thing. You go and make a laptop bulkier and harder to transport, all while…
It’s old news to a lot of BlackBerry owners, but for the AT&T faithful, the OS 4.5 update has been a loooong time coming. The download is now available for all AT&T BlackBerry devices. Just in case you don’t know, the update adds full HTML email, better web browsing, Office doc editing, remote server search,…
According to David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertaintment Europe, the PS3 could get a 45-nanometer Cell chip in a few months. From an interview with The Guardian: https://gizmodo.com/the-ps3-processor-has-been-successfully-shrunk-353687 We’re always looking at ways to reduce costs [in the PS3], replacing the current 65 nanometre Cell chip with a 45 nanometre one probably in middle…
We’re always finding strange things in Google Street View. But there are some things that, chances are, we’ll never, ever see using the service. Let’s change that. https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-car-hits-a-deer-records-entire-ordeal-on-g-5141974 For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to come up with some ridiculous things that we’ll never see using Google Street View. I’ll leave that pretty…
Normally, hearing your hard drive make this much noise is frightening and unsettling. It still is in this video, but for totally different reasons. Click to view[LiveLeak via The Daily What]
These handcrafted iPhone earings from Toronto artist Barb Feldman go great with just about any nerdy ensemble. But I suggest adding a BlackBerry version on the other side. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-earrings-shows-that-youre-nerdy-kinda-unsta-5037190 That way, your head represents the smartphone market, with the two biggest contenders battling for dominance. Now it’s up to Feldman to come out with a…
Seriously, that wasn’t our bad pun. By peripheral manufacturer Logic3, the FunChuks are miniature, brightly colored Wii nunchuks. Priced at $20 a pop, the FunChuks are a pretty standard Wii nunchuk replacement, save for their extra “C” button that we’re pretty sure does nothing but save Logic3 from lawsuits. And according to the press photo,…
It takes a special entrepreneur to gather his development team around the whiteboard, spend all day brainstorming iPhone app ideas, and in the end, come up with iFart. Joel Comm is that man. The Orlando Sentinel interviewed Comm for a trendstory on this new thing called Twitter and social networking with nary a mention of…
Not every gadget is salvageable, and sometimes the best way to deal with an old device is to just let it go. Here are the most profitable, helpful and generous ways to say goodbye. Most hardware doesn’t age well. PCs can quickly become too old to salvage, entire cellphone generations pass in about three years…
We have seen the Lego Minifig in many places, from playing on the beach to getting drunk pretending to be human. We never saw him frozen. [Brothers Brick] https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-evolution-of-the-minifig-5070884
JaJah is readying their VoIP calling app for the second-gen iPod touch, offering cellphone-esque functionality free of SIM cards and contracts, and provide mobile carriers the JaJah technology to use under their own brand. https://gizmodo.com/jajah-gives-iphone-international-callers-a-voip-alterna-330956 To use JaJah on your iPod touch, all you need is a wi-fi connection, and a compatible headset so you…
Whether you have a family plan, you want to give a BlackBerry gift or you’re a douche that wants to use two Blackberrys at the same time, Verizon’s BOGO sale has you covered. Starting tomorrow, Verizon Wireless will be giving away free BlackBerrys (of equal or lesser value) with the purchase of a BlackBerry (including…
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Fast cars, vintage furniture, and survival gear – beat the winter blues with a trip through this week’s best from Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: We stay juiced during the storm with the Duracell Powerpack 600, do some eco-friendly shopping with the Greenaid Reusable Bag, and hit the track in the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3.…
The guys at kontraband have proven that geeks do more than hide behind avatars and forum handles to bitch and argue. Sometimes they do it by defacing buildings under the cover of darkness. Hit up kontraband to check out the rest of the list. [kontraband via Digg]
Sure, your PC may be packing a quad core processor, dual monitors and a second mortgage worth of RAM. But can you sleep on it? Let me rephrase that. Should you sleep on it? The Athena Sofa is one-part luxury sofa that you will likely stain, one-part PC. We weren’t able to find any specs…
So, is the age of 10 becoming the new benchmark for career success? We already have an 8-year old Microsoft Certified Professional and now we can add a 9-year old iPhone developer to the list. https://gizmodo.com/8-year-old-macedonian-boy-becomes-youngest-microsoft-ce-5134468 The 9-year old I am speaking of is Lim Ding Wen from Singapore, and the app he developed is…
Samsung seems to be the first major LCD-maker to honor the public’s apparently unquenchable demand for mini 7-inch USB-driven monitors. Samsung snuck out the U70 in Europe during CES, where it’s available for around €99 ($127). Just like similar offerings from Buffalo, D-Link,Mimo and the rest, the display is 800 x 480, swivel-able and draws…