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If you are too impatient to wait for an August delivery, you should know that a 60GB console has shown up on the shelves of a NYC Target. It’s not a guarantee that your local store will have it in stock, but might be worth a trip just in case. [Penny College] https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-60gb-available-for-amazon-pre-order-ships-aug-5024743
Initially, Terry Child’s hijacking of the San Francisco computer network had a rebellious vibe about it that was, well…sort of admirable. However, much has happened in the last couple of weeks that has painted him as more than a simple disgruntled employee. Now it seems that Childs is actually a brilliant but deeply disturbed individual…
Subscribers hoping that Netflix would get into the pay-per-view space will be slightly disappointed, as its CEO reiterates that they will always be in the subscription business. Reed Hastings says, “We don’t plan to enter the pay-per-view segment, where Apple, Amazon, Sony and others focus, or the ad-supported segment, where Hulu, YouTube and others compete,”…
We liked Datto’s previous Network Storage device with offsite mirroring, but we had some issues with their slow 10/100 Ethernet and loud fan. Good news for us, since Datto’s latest Z Series solves these two problems with standard dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, a fan that only spools up when needed, 1TB local and offsite storage,…
Gawker Media is hiring three fall interns to work in its New York office. Office Intern Handle a variety of administrative tasks for all Gawker Media properties. Proficiency with Excel, experience using blogging tools such as Movable Type and ability to multi-task a must. Send email with bio, resume, and subject line ‘Office Intern’ to…
Confirming what’s been hinted at by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin since like the dawn of time, the WSJ is reporting that the FCC is going to rule on Friday that Comcast violated federal policy by by stalling BitTorrent connections. From there, it gets ugly. https://gizmodo.com/fcc-ready-to-slam-comcast-for-p2p-filtering-5024432 The FCC decision will basically tell Comcast to stop blocking…
Do you buy a new remote every six months when its batteries die? Because Apple and Nike expect you to pay another $30 for a new Nike+ receiver when the battery on your current one dies. Fuck. That. Instructables has a how-to on how you can replace it with $5 worth of materials and 10-15…
This video walkthrough of MagicPad, a rich text editor app that is still pending acceptance into the App Store, is notable for showing the first working copy and paste framework on the iPhone (at the 1:00 mark). Of course, SDK limitations keep the functionality quarantined within MagicPad itself, but its developers, Proximi, hope to use…
Look, I hate DRM as much as anyone. But Defective by Design‘s latest anti-DRM campaign is supremely douchey. They’re calling on supporters to book as many slots as possible at Genius Bars around the world this Friday and Saturday—where people go to get their busted Apple prettywares fixed—to complain about DRM in order to “get…
WhiteKnightTwo is beautiful in stills, but it’s nicer in video. Especially when put to The Conchords playing Bowie, which you should all buy. [Bowie on Amazon, WhiteKnightTwo on Giz] https://gizmodo.com/first-virgin-galactic-white-knight-ii-photos-5029950
Click to viewApple’s Fairplay DRM, which protects all the applications you download from iTunes, has been hacked. The method for hacking this has actually been around for a while, but has been recently applied to Super Monkey Ball and distributed into the wild. To do this, you’ll need a jailbroken iPhone and SSH installed (to…
One would think that if a restaurant wanted to lure people inside with the smells of delicious food, they would do so by cooking delicious food. Not necessarily! In Tokyo, a company called Recruit Co. Ltd. is using scent-emitting LCD displays to entice people into eating at restaurants in the mall under Tokyo Station. Essentially,…
Remember the concept of “porn buddy” as introduced on the UK show Coupling? You exchange keys with your most trusted friend, so in the event that you die an unexpected death, he (or she) would come over and take away all your porn so your family won’t find it when going through your stuff. This…
While the nightmarish beer-belly-ready Iron Man suit was WRONG and disturbing, this homemade version of the original suit is a perfect reproduction of the original. And still disturbing. As you can see in the gallery, it’s perfectly made, with the same finish and every single detail of the real Iron Man suit, down to the…
The free Wii offer from Comcast just got official, but is only for Preferred Plus or Premier Triple Play customers, not Double Play as we first thought. If you don’t need to get phone service from Comcast since you already have a cellphone, it’s probably not worth the money seeing as you have to sign…
Other than the obvious star Metal Gear Solid 4, the PlayStation 3 actually has some excellent, exclusive (and non-exclusive) games in their repertoire. Starting today, many of these titles are being rebranded as “Greatest Hits” and will feature a new, lower $30 price tag. For those of you who prefer to shop new rather than…
Brando’s cheapest iPhone supplemental battery just got a white version today. You obviously know if you’d want one, so there ya go. Still $25. [Brando] https://gizmodo.com/brandos-power-station-holds-1000mah-title-for-cheapest-5029154
The covert nature of Apple’s production facilities is generally on par with those of military contractors, but according to one buyer’s report, an iPhone 3G recently came pre-packaged with three photos taken inside an iPhone production facility. While two were blurry, this particular photo came out very well…even if a mass of clear plastic isn’t…
Today’s almost the last day to enter our Made in Eureka contest. Lock up the kids and send the spouse over to their parents’, because tonight is your night to design your own entry. See our contest page for details. https://gizmodo.com/make-in-eureka-contest-win-an-iphone-5028208
One of my personal sticking points for keeping my online life totally synced is now one step closer to being easier-Google Calendar now supports CalDAV and can sync natively with OS X’s iCal without a third-party add-on. But there’s a huge hitch-as of now, I see no way to sync events created on my iPhone…
