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One of our Verizon sources have also told us about a new plan called Connect, which is basically aimed at web-enabled cellphones, but not smartphones. According to him, the Connect option will be available on November 16 and it will be cheaper than the Vcast service, providing with unlimited mobile web for just $10 on…
You may not know it by name, but the classic Ovalia Egg Chair probably streamed into your consciousness via the background of some MTV hipster video or the seating at a really, really cool grandma’s house. (Actually, we’re sure that you spotted an Ovalia chair in the shot after the jump, at minimum.) Now the…
Researchers from the University of South Florida have developed a minuscule solar panel that’s just 1/4 the size of a grain of rice. Yet when you combine 20 or so of the cells, they can create 7.8 volts of electricity. Sounds good so far, right? It gets better.The solar cells could easily be incorporated into…
Ever since daylight saving time ended last weekend, I’ve been a little depressed. By the time work is through, there is nothing but bleak, cold darkness outside. It perpetually feels later than it really is, and the horrible reality is that it will only get worse. By December 21st many of us will be experiencing…
Because I rarely drive these days, I still roll around in a car I bought 8 years ago. It runs fine, but sooner or later it is going to quit on me. I’ll tell you what though, in my situation, the new addition to Duracell’s Powerpack linuep looks like peace of mind in a lunch…
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a town built in the middle of a lake. Not on an island, but actually below water level. It’s the ancient city of Seuthopolis, in Bulgaria, which was discovered in 1948. Six years later, a dam was destroyed and it was covered in water, ending up at the…
While iPod Classic gaming doesn’t have quite the excitement of iPhone/iPod touch software, the famous Tamagotchi virtual pet is finally making its way to the platform. In Tamagotchi: ‘Round the World you can play with one of four animals through six minigames and three activities Sure, Tamagotchi is a few years late on the iPod…
I kinda feel like Steve Ballmer’s biographer lately, but whenever the guy opens his mouth (which is a lot) something interesting always spills out. When talking about why it’s worth still spending tons of money on Internet Explorer when open source browsers are more nimble in responding to changing web standards, Ballmer said that while…
Today in Korea, LG debuted a “Bluetooth Digital Television” allowing a user to either listen to the TV with a stereo Bluetooth headset or change the channel with makeshift Bluetooth remotes (like an LG phone, for instance). We’ve already seen Bluetooth and similar frequencies exploited by this generation of game consoles, and given its advantages…
While every other major carrier is routinely piling a million or so customers a quarter, Sprint continues its depressing custom of bleeding out a million—1.3 million, in fact, which is more than its expected loss of an even million. It also lost over $326 million (a year ago, it made $64 million). Apparently, Sprint’s given…
Like the Nanoscope hack before it, the iPod Nano TV magnifies the screen of your iPod while built-in speakers amplify the sound—making it seem as though you are watching a tiny, retro television. It even has a VHS combo style to complete the effect. It seems kind of pointless if you ask me, but it…
Here’s a really good one: an offer to get any Blu-ray title for 25% less until November 23rd. Yes, all titles. This includes top movies like Iron Man, Godfather: The Coppola Restoration, Ultimate Matrix Collection, Futurama: Bender’s Game, James Bond’s Casino Royale, Terminator 2, Spiderman, Die Hard: The Ultimate Collection, or the Nightmare Before Christmas,…
You may recall a story a couple of months ago about a man who successfully robbed an armored car by hiring decoys on Craigslist, then fled the scene by floating down the Skykomish River in Washington on a inner tube. It’s a great heist story—straight out of the climactic scene in the Thomas Crown Affair.…
There just aren’t enough vehicles out there with designs inspired by dinosaurs. I mean, come on, dinosaurs! This Helios off-roader rectifies that with a totally badass design that’s straight out of the Jurassic era. It’s a solar-powered vehicle, so its covered in solar panels. But when you stop for a breather, the panels fan out,…
The latest version of the people’s Blu-ray ripper, Blu-ray Disc Ripper 1.4, is the first to support BD-Live titles. BD Ripper 1.4 now grabs the AACS folder, which might be needed for BD-Live flicks to decrypt downloaded content. That means it in effect copies the BD-Live extended content, bringing us one step closer to running…
Gizmodo readers like you tend to think they know more about technology any other people—including (or especially) Giz editors. You’re the person your friends and family come to with computer problems, what those in the know call a geek. But there are varying levels of geekdom. In order for you to prove where you stand,…
The suits might fire me for this…but I’m slashing the price on this lovely Dell Mini 9 laptop to $529. Holy crap, I just blacked out. What did I just say? Did I just say $529? I meant to say $1,529! Hell, I meant to say $10,529! Well no going back now, the Dell Mini…
We’ve all sort of known that Windows 7 would be released in 2009, but Microsoft made the firmest statements to date on the topic. In a technical session on Thursday, the company outlined that Windows 7 software would ship mid-year 2009 with pre-configured Windows 7 systems shipping in time for the 2009 holiday season. (Note,…
In a gloomy economy, Circuit City manages to be a dark beacon of “Hey, at least I don’t work there” optimism. With 155 stores shuttered, the bloody axe now falls to corporate, several email tips are telling us. “Massive layoffs” says one, while another tells us “over 600” will be gone by the end of…
You’ve probably seen those cutesy AT&T commercials that shows someone talking about how they’re missing an important phone call because they aren’t getting service. You know, oops, I messed up this business meeting! There was an awkward misunderstanding that lead to a mildly humorous situation! This spoof on the spots takes that idea to its…
