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It’s happened to everyone at some point…you’re putting the finishing touches on a 20 page paper about the migration patterns of seagulls, or you’re about to beat the last boss in Ninja Gaiden on the NES. Then, without warning, the unthinkable happens: Power outage! Maybe it’s windy out, maybe you “forgot” to pay your electric…
It’s no surprise that The New Xbox Experience will squeeze within a memory card—Microsoft wants to make the software upgrade fit on removable flash storage for Xbox 360 Arcade users who lack hard drives. But the company has made it clear that Arcade users looking to upgrade will need a 256MB storage card, not the…
Boss: You know what the Wii needs? A sassy-injection. Our market research suggests that divas are the most overlooked demographic when it comes to gaming. I believe we can fill that void. So, I am proposing a sassy new direction for this company. I’m thinking a strap with jewels and sparkle! Heart shapes! We will…
AT&T now offers the same online pre-buy as Apple for the iPhone, so you’ll theoretically have to spend less time at the store. Entering your billing info will take care of the credit check, and if you’re coming from another carrier, you can see if you’re eligible to port your number. Existing AT&T customers can…
Apple’s just sent out invites for the October 14 MacBook event being held in Cupertino at Apple’s headquarters. How do we know it’s about MacBook? Well, take a look at the image. The fun starts 10:00 AM, PST. We’ll see you there early that morning for our usual entertaining pre-game commentary before the actual Liveblog…
This week at Uncrate: We make our grass mowing green with the Black & Decker Cordless Electric Mulching Mower, and jazz up our business attire with Antique Map Cufflinks and John Varvatos Slim Silk Ties. We also replace our office watering hole with the Authentic Guinness Home Pub, add some gangsta flair to our cocktails…
Click to viewWe down 2-3 cups of coffee a day at Gizmodo Midwest HQ (my tiny apartment consisting of just me), but rarely do we put thought in the labor that brings us beans (fair trade, I swear!). Luckily, BoingBoing corresponded with the 2008 US World Barista Champion to take a look at coffee harvesting…
Microsoft has realized having a feature specifically designed to annoy you is not so great for user happiness, so they’re redesigning User Account Control in Windows 7 to be less horrible. Specifically, there will be fewer pop-ups (since there won’t be as many dupes, like from IE) and when the red flag goes up, it’ll…
The word “gentleman” comes up a lot when talking about pocket squares, but the way I see it, only a pimp would stuff a huge handkerchief made of military-grade Kevlar into their purple suit pocket. Obviously, a square of fabric would not offer the same level of protection as a full vest, so any pimp…
MSI hasn’t been shy about their Wind U120, a 10″ netbook that should pack a 120GB hard drive, SSD options, 802.11n Wi-Fi and 3G (HSDPA) fun. But from these first official shots of the unofficial sequel to the praised MSI Wind, we see that not much has changed about the exterior beyond adding a new…
The WiMax Acer Aspire One hasn’t even been announced yet (UPDATE: actually, it just was), but Laptop Magazine got their hands on a model and got to poke and prod it to their hearts’ content. So how did browsing the web on a tiny WiMax notebook work? Pretty decently.In speed tests around Baltimore, the netbook…
We like Ericsson’s idea for the original Tower Tube—take something as ubiquitous and ugly as a cell tower and add a touch of nice design and a streamlined manufacturing process that saves money and energy. Now they’re taking the idea in another cool direction by adding a four-blade vertical wind turbine to the already-efficient design,…
Brian Eno, the father of ambient music and one of the greatest musical minds of our time, has just teamed up with musician/programmer Peter Chilvers to create one of the coolest, most unique iPhone apps to hit the App Store yet. Called Bloom, it’s “part instrument, part composition and part artwork.” It’s also a must-get.…
Our childhood died when we realized that our precious GI Joe lunchbox would no longer impress our friends but get us laughed at and called a baby. As we carried our brown paper bag in shame, one graphic designer mused a solution. Her lunchboxes, seen here, hold food with style, folding out to reveal a…
Tokujin Yoshioka likes chairs as much as the next chair designer, but he’s not accustomed to using standard building materials. His latest project, the Venus Chair, is not built but grown. He shapes a sponge-like substrate called polyester elastomer into a sort of chair skeleton and then submerges it into a tank to grow crystals…
We’ve seen the patents and the rumors that the Sony PlayStation Portable would begin accepting the Dual Shock 3 controller. Heck, we’ve even seen those too impatient to wait who’ve modded the experience on their own. But finally, Sony has announced a new feature called PSP Plus that will allow you to play PSP (2000…
Eye-Fi keeps kicking ass with their wireless SD cards, adding feed publishing capabilities through Twitter and RSS in a free software update. It was only a few weeks ago that another downloadable upgrade boosted download speeds and threw in MobileMe support, adding to an already massive list of support photo sharing sites. Owners should get…
Asustek executive Samson Hu has confirmed his company’s plans to release a touchscreen Eee PC variant for sale by Q1 of 2009. It’s not known whether the devices will look like the touch panel Eee mods that have been floating around or take the shape of a tablet, but we’ll see in January when the…
Last week a judge put a temporary ban on the sale of RealNetworks’ DVD backup program RealDVD, claiming that it violated the DMCA. The court has decided to uphold the ban indefinitely, and judging by the tone and nature of the judge’s statements, it doesn’t sound like they’ll ever change their mind. The arguments centered…
During the last Presidential debate, John McCain delivered this line about his opponent with withering contempt: [Obama] voted for nearly a billion dollars in pork barrel earmark projects, including, by the way, $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. I’m already tired of hearing these guys talk, but that caught…