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I know that these FlightSuit diapers are for bird lovers who want their precious pets to fly freely without creating a mess, but I have a broader initiative in mind. I’m tired of birds pooping on my car, so I suggest that we develop a program for widespread bird-diapering around the US. An ambitions plan…
Today is soon-to-be-pres. Obama’s last day with his beloved VZW BlackBerry 8830. He’s still fighting to keep it, and in the process giving RIM publicity on an unprecedented scale. How much is it all worth? https://gizmodo.com/obama-still-steadfast-on-keeping-his-blackberry-they-5126576 $25 to $50 million dollars, according to marketing experts-one of the biggest endorsement deals in history, were it an…
HTC is among the leakier phone shops, and someone on the PPCGeeks forums claims to have their full 2009 smartphone roadmap. What’s there? More Android goodness, and a potential US-bound Touch HD-based phone. This in particular looks like an HTC Touch Pro HD bound for both Sprint and VZW-hopefully a Touch Pro mated with the…
You could recreate this effect with a $60,000 Lego self-replica…if you were only as perfectly-formed as the ladies from this photoshoot. https://gizmodo.com/buy-a-lego-life-size-replica-of-yourself-for-60-000-5060455 By photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne (along with whomever took care of the pixelation in post production), Sex Pixels was a featured set of shots from the third issue of Amusement magazine. Maybe it’s just…
PhoneScoop has heard that Motorola is going lay off up to half of its handset division and cut the number of phones it brings out per year to less than a dozen. We’d heard about the layoffs and Androids push, but not that drastic. If they’re cutting half of the handset division, what’s happening to…
But really, you don’t have any headphones around your neck at all. Get it? [Anton Repponen via Book of Joe]
Palm Infocenter has “heard from a seemingly reliable firsthand source” that Palm’s working on the Centro 2, which’ll run the Pre’s slobber-inducing WebOS and hit Sprint this fall. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing-5126702 It goes along with what Sascha at PCMag (who would only print reliable tips) has heard: Not only will the WebOS be on lotsa Palm devices…
CES 2009 decompression starts now. Time to catch up on what you missed during your gadget overload rehabilitation this weekend. It begins… now: It began just like any other Saturday… • If Dave Coulier came back as a pair of scissors, he would look something like this. • Microsoft Surface failed at the worst possible…
We didn’t come across the toughest dude at CES ourselves, but we’re pretty sure that Steve Ballmer could still devastate the guy using only two of six of his secret superpowers. [Joystiq] https://gizmodo.com/live-microsoft-ces-2009-keynote-kicks-off-the-ballmer-5125953
The latest Storm OS has arrived through unofficial channels and is now available for anyone who simply can’t wait to upgrade their software. At this point, the 4.7.0.86 update is untested—so what specific enhancements Storm 9530 owners can expect are unknown. So, as always, download at your own risk. [CrackBerry]
You know those guys who can solve a Rubik’s cube in a matter of seconds? Well, Graham Parker is definitely not one of them. After 26 years of trying, Parker finally managed to solve the Rubik’s cube that confounded him. Now, you may be thinking that he only occasionally picked up the puzzle, slowing his…
Mac and Linux users aching to use Google’s Chrome have to hold their tummies for just a few more months—product manager Brian Rakowski said they’re aiming for the first half of 2009. [Cnet via AppleInsider] https://gizmodo.com/unofficial-google-chromium-now-available-for-mac-os-x-5050734
NASA has presented its concept for the airliner of the future, bigger, more efficient and weird-looking, but still not as weird and intriguing as these other concepts, which include nuclear airplanes and flying airport bases. The NASA concept takes its hints from scramjet designs, and may be a very real possibility in the next 20…
Motion-based sound applications-like Star Wars Lighsaber Unleashed-for the iPhone are not new, but what about apps that let you fight like Tyler Durden, Bruce Lee, and Indiana Jones? That’s exactly what I thought. https://gizmodo.com/phonesaber-strikes-back-returns-as-lightsaber-unleashe-5048330 Is it worth a dollar? That depends on your position on the Nerd Who Is Really Never Going to Fight Someone…
While most of us settle for whatever sweatshop assembly line lamps we find in our favorite yuppie catalog of choice, the Peel Off Light is a concept that blends mass market convenience with custom styling. By designer by Sehwan Oh, the Peel Off Lamp’s shade is covered in a mosaic pattern that can be pulled…
I’ve always preferred my belt buckles covered in rhinestones, eagles and American flags from various historical eras/political affiliations. But I could tolerate the existence of a circuit board MP3 player belt buckle. A DIY project consisting of an MP3 decoder, lithium ion battery, accelerometer (for complete gyration response) and some other various circuits and switches,…
Just how many new products does a company like Sony announce just at CES? Over 70. That’s 18 different models in camcorders alone, but if you enjoy punishing your brain, read on for the deluge. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-obese-2009-camcorder-lineup-5125131 NEW PRODUCTS VAIO Notebook VAIO® P Series Lifestyle PC Currently available for pre-orders at www.sony.com/pr/pseries and at select retailers…
Just days after we heard about AMD’s oddly-positioned processor for ultrathin laptops, the Neo, Intel is reported to be working on something almost identical. Are these bridge laptops the secret next big thing? https://gizmodo.com/amds-neo-processor-ignores-the-atom-gives-netbooks-the-5124248 The two big chipmakers seem to think so. CNET’s sources at CES told them that the processor, which will be priced…
Lifelong risk-taker Neil Laughton plans to travel from London to Timbuktu in a dune buggy, a trip that will take him an estimated 42 days. Oh, and that dune buggy? It can fly. Laughton’s journey will commence from central London on Wednesday morning—on the ground, I presume—and will take him through some of Western Europe,…
The curiously well-informed Russian gentleman who spread the Pre=$399 rumor wants to clarify! He meant to say that it’ll be $399 or $499, and $149 or $199 on contract. That’s a pretty big clarification, guy. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-may-be-priced-at-399-on-sprint-5127445 The claim is as follows: With Sprint, Palm is considering two different price points to be decided based on…