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Everybody has a price, even to let their kids watch a waggling penis during the Super Bowl. But I think that price is more than $5, Comcast. https://gizmodo.com/prank-of-the-year-comcast-tucson-airs-graphic-porn-dur-5144199 According to an unconfirmed bit of information from the Consumerist, Comcast is giving their subscribers in Tuscon, AZ, a one-time $5 discount apiece in apologies for the…
One Flickr member ripped apart his broken Eye-Fi after being sent a replacement. No big surprises were found, but that gold bar on top? That’s the integrated Wi-Fi antenna. Cool stuff, no? [Flickr via bbGadgets] https://gizmodo.com/eye-fi-adds-wi-fi-to-almost-any-digital-camera-316537
Miki Mullor, former Microsoft employee and CEO of Ancora Technologies Inc, has responded to allegations that he spied on the software giant in order to uncover evidence that the company stole his anti-piracy technology. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-says-former-employee-spied-on-them-for-his-st-5142993 Mullor’s statement: In response to numerous requests for comments regarding a lawsuit filed against me in Washington, I would like…
Here’s a great idea: A solar panel that you can take anywhere to be easily placed on a backyard with no installation. Too bad it makes your house look like a gas station when opened: The Solar Tree was invented by Gurdeep Sandhu, and avoids the complicated process of having to install the a solar…
Fun times ahead: The Neo-Soviets are at it again with their cyber wars, now launching a full scale attack on Kyrgyzstan to convince them that US military presence in their country is a bad thing. Prepare the ICBMs. This January, the hackers targeted three of the four Internet Service Providers in the country with a…
The new Asus Eee PC 1000HE is available for preorder. So should you care? Maybe. It’s got a marginally better processor than old Eees along with a purported 9.5 hours of battery life. The Eee 1000HE features 10-inch screen, 160GB hard drive, 10GB online storage, (1GB RAM?) and an Atom N280 processor—similar to the 1.6GHz…
The WSJ speculates that given where the axe is falling at Motorola, not only is their “high-end phone strategy” in danger, but they could be completely ditching Windows Mobile. Officially, Moto says, “nuh uh.” [WSJ]
Normally, the portable consoles that spring forth from the handy folks at the Ben Heck forums are sleek, professional-looking affairs. This wooden PS1? Not so much. Dubbed the PSOneP and created by a gentleman by the name of gamefreak11, this handheld Playstation is constructed mainly of balsa wood. It has a lid that houses the…
While we’re all celebrating Charter’s 60Mbps broadband access here in the US, the Korea Communications Commission is spending $24 billion to secure 1Gbps access by 2012. https://gizmodo.com/charter-soon-to-offer-60mbps-cable-not-bad-for-amer-5141582 1Gbps allows you to download a 120-minute film in 12 seconds. There’s one small catch to the commission’s plan, which is that only large cities in Korea will…
I installed Windows 7 Beta on an HP TouchSmart PC over the weekend, getting cozy with the new touch and multitouch features, then loaded up a sweet two-handed Air Hockey demo. Have a look: [When you’re done here, check out our complete Windows 7 coverage] The basic touch and multitouch actions found native to Windows…
Eee PC enthusiast Tenacious Dre has put together a 15-hour 12-cell cell battery for his overclocked netbook. I guess he won’t try passing it through airport security, because the thing looks like an ACME bomb: To create his deformed battery contraption, he got the Lithium Ion cells from his old laptop, sticking them together with…
You think you’re cool because your PMP can handle MP4 files? Big deal. This is an MP7 player, and I can only assume it was sent here from the future. In reality, it appears to be just another mediocre PMP with no real distinguishing characteristics. But the company shrewdly named it an MP7 player to…
Eurogamer has an enjoyable, relatively compact “forensic” detailing just why the Sega Dreamcast, a console years ahead of its time, failed. They argue that it wasn’t Sony who defeated Sega; it was Sega. By November 1998, when the Dreamcast first arrived in Japanese shops, it had been ten long years since the popular Megadrive, a…
The quest for maximun recycling of materials have reached a new high in the current economic crisis—or perhaps a new low: The sewage plant in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, is mining gold from sludge. The gold to mud ratio is quite impressive by mining standards: 4.2 pounds of gold for each ton of molten ash,…
Love robots? Love Helvetica? Who doesn’t? Order this shirt in red, cranberry or charcoal for $25. Then wear the shirt while dancing the robot and achieve the fabled geek threefer. [Chop Shop via Botjunkie]
I know what you want. You want an iPod nano, covered in 250 color-coordinated Swarovski crystals and donning Elton John‘s signature. Wait, you don’t? WELL IT HELPS FIGHT AIDS YOU JERKS! DON’T YOU HATE AIDS??? Offered through Goldgenie (read: not Apple), Elton’s personalized iPod nanos complete with his Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits CD pre-installed…
Obama about his new Blackberry: “It’s like Inspector Gadget. If you touch it, it may blow up. The works. It turns into a car.” Funny. The same could be said about the economic crisis. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/president-obamas-blackberry-does-not-really-transform-i-5144214
Recently, a Nintendo fanboy suffered a house fire that burned most of his family’s possessions. The Wii, picture here, didn’t make it. The Gameboy, on the other hand, fared slightly better. While the family had no insurance, Nintendo did send them a replacement Wii and GBA upon hearing the story—including all of the necessary cabling…
Obama won the fight to keep email and his BlackBerry. Now, knowing the president’s email address is a privilege reserved for the truly elite. The NYT explains this, and other juicy details about Obama’s email. https://gizmodo.com/obama-allowed-to-keep-blackberry-must-use-sectera-edge-5136260 We’ve all seen this picture below of him using a BlackBerry since becoming president, though what he’s holding is…
Samsung is reportedly planning to announce the first 12MP cameraphone at the Mobile World Conference in about two weeks, lobbing another salvo of megapixels in the moment’s most pointless technology race. Details are slim about the handset, which is telling—if the most notable and leakworthy feature of this phone is a noisy, pumped-spec camera then…
