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So said Jonathan Zdziarski in his O’Reilly webcast today, in which he also demoed a way around the iPhone passcode lock, as promised. To achieve that zoomy minimizing effect every time you press the home button (i.e., every time you finish reading your text messages, emails, web history, contacts-think how many times you press that…
Our last peek at the BlackBerry Javelin—the Boldish phone that’ll replace the Curve—was kind of assy, but we’ve got some fresh and crispy shots that really show off just how cheap and ugly it makes the Curve look. (It’s the one on the left, BTW.) If you like what you see, you’ve got almost a…
Even with Netflix’s reusable mailers, the little torn-off panels begin to add up. Of course, you could just throw these away. Or if you’re a bit more pretentious about it, you could recycle them and tell the whole block what a fantastic recycler you are—after all, some people just throw these things away. Or, if…
We have talked about updating your cellphone in the past, but after witnessing the excitement surrounding a possible MacBook event on October 14th, I began to wonder whether or not there are a lot of people out there that buy a new laptop every year. After all, for most of us frequently updating a laptop…
If you are the kind of person who rushes around in the morning, but always makes the time for toast, you will love the Scan Toaster printer concept by designer Sung Bae Chang. Details are scarce, but we do know that it connects to the internet via USB and is capable of printing images or…
Though the Large Hadron Collider didn’t kill us when those crazy CERN scientists closed their eyes, said a prayer, recited a few theorems and switched it on for the first time, the secret is that it could have killed us. When they built the collider, the scientists installed a black-hole creation button. (The button is…
Eepybird, the same company that brought you a series of professional level Diet Coke and Mentos clips, have created an equally if not more remarkable video of 280,951 Post-its submitting to gravity while simultaneously creating some sort of new genre of office art. It’s worth a click…and then another. [via Geekologie]
Steve and the gang already threw a party when the last federal investigator on the stock backdating case filed out of 1 Infinite Loop (“Hey, you forgot your 5-year old Thinkpad! Haha, suckers!”). But now, the remaining civil suits that were still active have been settled (with no admission of wrongdoing) for $14 million, all…
Maximum PC has a very long article on the failures of Vista, which culminates in a “frank conversation” with an anonymous Windows Product Manager. Of course, he says the errors are all in the past, that they are all fixed now. Or are they? • Instability thanks to bad GPU and/or printer drivers by third…
This newly discovered patent by Creative, whether actually in production or not, looks like a pretty neat device. Because from what we can make out from the diagrams, it appears to be much more than just a another media player. Internet tablet seems to make sense, with that right oval on the side being a…
Let’s face it: steampunk is dead. It used to be pretty cool, but we’ve seen enough normal gadgets covered in leather and brass to last a lifetime. It’s no longer new or interesting, and until someone makes a functioning airship, I don’t care about steampunk anymore. Let’s celebrate the life of steampunk while confirming its…
Speakers on bikes always seemed like kind of a bad idea to me. I mean, it’s the equivalent of being one of those guys who drives around with a huge sound system. The music isn’t for you, it’s for everyone you drive past. You want them to know how cool you are for the music…
Albert Einstein’s watch is for sale. It will be auctioned on October 16, just in time for you to count the remaining hours before they find God’s Particle or destroy the Galaxy at CERN. How do you know this 1930s Longines is actually Mr. Einstein’s watch? By looking at its back. Einstein received the timepiece…
While we’re going to get the first glimpse of the geek bits under Windows 7’s multitouchable hood in October, it looks like we won’t get hands on with the first beta until December. Some select special people already have super early builds, but Microsoft queen bee Mary Jo Foley says that Beta 1 won’t see…
I must say I’m digging Altec Lansing’s new design approach with their consumer audio gear. In these Expressionist Bass speakers and new inMotion iPod docks, we see A-L ditching white plastic tubes and glossy piano-black slabs in favor of vaguely retro, almost steampunk industrial designs with big screws, black, chrome and brown color schemes, prominent…
Cats have an odd relationship with gadgets. Some cats tremble in fear while others have no problem resorting to violence. The cat in the video above falls neatly into the latter category. Sure, the internet is filled with videos of cats bitchslapping technology—but this one really lays the hammer down on that printer. A vicious…
Last month mocoNews revealed that T-Mobile was gearing up to launch an open app development program that would be similar to the one created by Apple. Initially, the plan was to have Android and the Sidekick on board, but since then the plans appear to have changed. MocoNews now reports that T-Mobile reps have informed…
Slacker, the Pandora-esque internet radio service, will release a free app for BlackBerry phones next month. It’s remarkably similar to their own hardware—users choose pre-programmed stations or build their own, and songs are downloaded directly to the phone’s memory card, so they don’t require Wi-Fi or a cell connection to play. Telling Slacker what songs…
It’s completely lacking any new innovation, but Samsung’s 2.9lb Atom processing, XP running, 10.2-inch display wielding netbook looks attractive in its new publicity shots. Available this October (possibly Korea and UK-only), Samsung’s $550ish netbook will be offered in white, black and blue—yes, the color of snow and bruises. But you may be interested because its…
I’m sure that this isn’t the first time someone has thought of putting a hydrofoil on a jet ski, but the FoilJet MR 1 concept from Matt De Bellefeuille certainly offers up an intriguing design. The foil itself can be raised or lowered by the rider to accelerate or handle shallow water—but that is where…
