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Some details have emerged about Intel’s Atom N280 processor, the successor to the wildly popular N270 that drove last year’s netbook craze. In short, it’s not looking like much of an update. The N280 gets three performance boosts: the speed will inch up from 1.6GHz to 1.66GHz, the front side bus will climb from 533MHz…
The Tri3 trashcan stacks three cans together to make recycling even easier than normal. It’s also much neater, and more stylish, than my solution of throwing recyclables into a heap in the kitchen corner. The top can, which also contains a bag dispenser, is for disposable goods. The middle can is for packaging and the…
I love Transformers and I love Disney, but it never occurred to me that they’d go together. Luckily for us, Japanese toy makers are much better than I at coming up with cross-promotional products. With the Mickey Mouse Transformer, everybody’s favorite rodent goes from sitting in a semi to perched on top of a giant…
AT&T is the first cellphone carrier to begin spamming its customers with text ads. It recently sent texts advertising American Idol to a “significant number” of its customers. Stop right there, AT&T. Obviously, this is a terrible, terrible idea. The company defended itself by saying that the texts were free and that people could easily…
If you’ve ever worried about the inadequacy of your eyelashes, the company that brought you Botox now has a serum to make them longer and fuller. The source of its power: repurposed glaucoma meds. Allergan will introduce the lash growing drug, named Latisse, at the end of the month. It’ll be used to treat “eyelash…
When we published a rumor we got raked across the coals by Jimbo over sources. Unfortunately, he was wrong. UPDATE: Fake Steve Jobs is “banned” for asking Jim to apologize on CNBC. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-health-declining-rapidly-reason-for-macworl-5120687 When Apple announced that Steve Jobs was skipping Apple’s final Macworld keynote on Dec. 16, CNBC’s Jim Goldman assured everyone that it…
Jim assures us that his new Apple sources are “tangible and trustworthy.” They are quite tangible, Jim. And soft, too.
From a Sex and Electronics article: “Women buy 57% of consumer electronics (to the tune of about $80B), but influence 90% of all CE purchases.” I find those numbers shocking. But I am not married. The figures are from CEA and Best Buy respectively, and were presented at a panel at CES on Sex and…
I think the term “handmade” just about covers this, this…whatever it is. For about $80 you to can own this freaky electronic Frankenstein that does nothing but consume sunlight and writhe around in agony. I’ll admit, “Nigel the Bugbut” is kind of cool in a Edward Scissorhands and Naked Lunch sort of way—but I’ll bet…
It’s that time again. Dealztime. Call of Duty 4 for $20 is looking hot, as is $100 off an Eee PC. AND EVERYONE LOVES FREE BURGERS. Gaming: • Guitar Hero III Wireless Bundle on Xbox 360 and PS3 for $39.99 (normally $69.99). • Call of Duty 4 on Xbox 360 for $19.99 (normally $59.99). •…
Fortune’s profile on Apple’s Tim Cook is all the more interesting now that he’s (at the very least) going to take over for Steve Jobs until June. We took the most interesting facts out here. https://gizmodo.com/the-quiet-man-who-may-become-apple-king-5082903
Steve Jobs is taking a temporary leave of absence and leaving Tim Cook in charge, which makes our Choose Your Own Apple CEO Adventure is all the more timely. Plus, it’s fun. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-taking-a-leave-of-absence-from-apple-due-to-5131535 Go see what being a CEO is like, and don’t forget to digg. [Choose Your Own Apple CEO Adventure]
Remember those OS X throw pillows that we showed you a while back? Well your sleepless nights are over since…drumroll…suspense…excitement…more drumroll…you can actually buy them now! https://gizmodo.com/make-over-your-living-room-os-x-leopard-style-346228 Priced at $30 apiece or $150 for the set, the “handcrafted” fleece pillows are stuffed with polyester alongside several ounces of pure fanboy concentrate*. Fanboy concentrate is the…
This picture of Barack Obama is the first official presidential portrait ever taken by a digital camera. The details are in the EXIF data. It was taken by Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, with a Canon 5D Mark II. According to the EXIF data, it was shot last night at 5:38pm. The settings:…
The Compulab Exeda won’t be the most high profile Android/WinMo handset coming to the market, but the squat candybar features enticing half-Blackberry, half-80s calculator styling and a robust feature set. Promising to support both GSM and CDMA when released (unlocked) this March, the Exeda also includes a 520MHz Marvel processor, 3.5-inch sun-readable touchscreen, QWERTY, mini…
The appropriately titled Cadillac World Thorium Fuel or “WTF” has features you are not going to find anywhere else. It runs on clean Thorium nuclear fuel and offers maintenance-free service for 100 years or more. Not only that, each wheel is actually six individually powered wheels aligned side by side. Now that’s an absurd level…
A memo from Steve Jobs confirms previous reports that his health problems are more serious than last week’s note indicated, and he’s taking a six-month leave. Tim Cook is taking his job now. UPDATED https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-health-declining-rapidly-reason-for-macworl-5120687 The piece reported by CNBC, contradicts their earlier reporting and Apple statements from only a week ago, before Macworld, is…
You’ve gotta have serious balls to repair high-voltage cables from a helicopter while wearing a faraday cage suit. Not only are you dealing with heights, but tons of electricity as well. His suit is 75% Nomex to prevent him from catching on fire and 25% stainless steel thread, which creates a faraday cage around him…
A Sony Ericsson employee working in their Sweden HQ has been arrested for stealing top-secret prototype phones worth around $90,000. Naturally, no details have been released on the phones, but Sony considers them “highly valuable to competitors.” Based on that, I can only assume that the employee planned to sell them to the enemy like…
We mentioned the Problem Steps Recorder blackbox error reporting app back in our Win 7 Giz Explains, but it wasn’t until I tried it for myself that I saw just how amazing it is. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-windows-7-will-smash-vista-5070219 The quick summary of PSR is that it’s a recording app you activate to record any inputs you make to…
