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Seriously. Forget copy and paste, forget Bluetooth file transfer, and forget Yelp. The Pizza Calculator is the iPhone killer application, and a must for Giz’s Pizza bingos. Come on people, this is just beautiful. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-copy-and-paste-now-working-between-safari-and-ma-5107138 If you have ordered pizza for many people, you would love this: • Input the ingredients for person 1 from…
Edward Richardson, douche bag, got what he deserved this week when a jury of his peers convicted him of murdering wife Sarah Richardson, after she changed her Facebook status from “married” to “single.” Richardson received a life sentence for stabbing his estranged wife to death last May. She was living at her parent’s home at…
Here you have President Obama boarding the Air Force One for the first time ever, with some really awesome insider footage. I love when the Commander-In-Chief meets the Presidential airplane’s Commander for the first time: “You’re exactly what I want the pilot of Air Force One to look like. You look like Sam Shepard [the…
Any cyclist who’s had their fair share of close calls with an errant motorist while traveling in the bike lane will appreciate this concept out of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Called Biker’s Revenge, the design is quite simple, and would definitely be effective from the looks of things. Personally, I won’t believe…
If the Predator were a golfer, he’d hunt his prey—the pin, in this case—with this tri-laser equipped putter. As you can see from the images, this putter takes the idea of a laser putter (been done before), and marries it with not one, but TWO additional lasers. Two of the lasers flank the ball at…
These were on display at the “Bread & Butter” fashion trade show in Barcelona. They go from courtside to poolside with the pull of a zipper. [Reuters]
Hello Kitty will swallow your soul! And now that we have that out of the way, we can take a look at this incredibly loud looking Hello Kitty keyboard, which will also, incidentally, swallow souls. Normally, we’d call a $106 keyboard that boasts no significant features—aside from deadly cuteness and the ability to make grown…
Acer, makers of the 10-inch Aspire One netbook coming later this year, could be prepared to take business in a new direction, if a recent U.S. patent filing is to be believed. https://gizmodo.com/10-inch-acer-aspire-one-arriving-next-year-5098547 Of course, tech companies file patents these days the way I go through squares of TP after a night out eating Mexican,…
In Japan, paying for things with a wave of a cell phone is old hat. Clothing, food, movies, loose women—you name it, they’ve bought it using a phone. Americans? Not so much. Here’s why. The short answer is “red tape.” There are simply far too many entities, players, middlemen and suits that each want a…
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There was a disturbance in the Android App Market today as an application called MemoryUp was allegedly erasing contacts and installing adware. The mystery is how it got there in the first place. The app, created by a developer named Peter Liu to optimize the handset’s memory, was also responsible for random memory wipes and…
Dubbed the “Lamborghini of snowboards” by Cheetah, this $1,900 board is heavy on the hype until we can get resident rider and Editorial Director Brian Lam to test it out (*cough* winter reader meet-up *cough*). If Cheetah is to be believed, the F-117 will do everything short of take off and do an Immelman Turn,…
Trust the rogue programmers and Cydia-the independent equivalent to the iTunes App Store-to bring you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth file transfer. As you can see in the video, iBluetooth will bring you just that, allowing the iPhone to transfer files to any other device using Bluetooth. In this…
That slick-looking white limited edition Pentax K2000 DSLR we previewed and drooled all over in December got official pricing and availability info this weekend, and it was much less than we anticipated it would be. https://gizmodo.com/pentaxs-entry-level-k2000-dlsr-aka-k-m-now-official-5052950 For reference, the black version of this entry-level camera will set you back about $800. The limited edition, in…
Looks like the release date for Palm’s Treo Pro is pushed back from tomorrow all the way to February 15th. But with all the buzz around the Pre, we have to wonder who’ll care. We liked the Treo Pro, on Sprint’s network, just fine; Adrian called it “the best hardware Palm has ever made” and…
At least they’ve got more ankle support than normal canvas Chucks, right? [Flickr]
With all this talk about Obama’s BlackBerry and weekly YouTube addresses, we tend to assume there was no governmental tech before him. But there actually were some impressive advances in the last eight years. Among the many online weather and emergency alert services, job listings, and the like, the Bush years also found a few…
Apple’s Mac line celebrates its 25th birthday today: the original Macintosh was released back on January 24th, 1984. It’s been a bumpy road, but it made it. And we’re glad. The first Macintosh, now usually called the Macintosh 128k, was an inauspicious beginning for one of the most exciting companies in the industry. It was…
Whether you want to keep your music to yourself or share it with the world, this GoStereo headset only makes you lug around one listening device as it doubles as both personal headphones and speakers. Two external speakers are built around the earcups, while the reverse side surrounding your ears are well cushioned, making it…
Imagine mulling over two new Lego sets, wondering which one would look more impressive on your parents’ mantle. To help you out, Lego’s Digital Box shows a 3D model right there in the store. If a box is held in front of its screen, the German-only (for now) Digital Box will scan the bar code…
