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The Blackberry Internet Services 2.5 upgrade (and subsequent downtime) is still go for a June 29 launch, but there’s a catch. According to the Boy Genius Report, some of the “sexiest” 2.5 features won’t be available until Blackberry OS 4.5 arrives-in September. From the looks of the BIS 2.5 presentation they got their boy-sized mitts…
Before we get into the details of this compact HybRed PC casemod from modder Ville “Willek” Kyrö, let’s set the scene, shall we? An iMac sits comfortably at a local coffee shop, its wifi at 100%, eagerly sucking down megabytes of the latest Natasha Bedingfield mp3 from iTunes when all of a sudden, the HybRed…
It’s not even out yet and people have already hacked Mac OS X to run on the MSI Wind. Like with other non-Apple Leopard boxes, the little computer believes it is a Mac Pro, which is OK because we all want to be Mac Pros when we grow up. This version is still lacking some…
Despite my best efforts to distract the world’s media from Bill Gates’ departure from Microsoft yesterday, the software genius-turned philanthropist held his own. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an audio file of the great man’s two-minute speech to his employees in Redmond. His voice cracks when he mentions Steve Ballmer, and all the “incredible people” at…
We could only surmise that this “realistic” DaVinci driving simulator from Mirage3D is for teaching this morning. I mean, why else would this thing have a passenger seat? Riding shotgun for a video game? Not when the couch is so comfy, thanks. Then again, this is also the perfect gift for that cousin with a…
Well, the time has come. It’s 6 p.m., and according to the Bill Gates‘ retirement video, this is the exact moment Bill is leaving from his last day of work. With this monumental occasion, we thought it was only fitting we send him off with an MSN e-card. Feel free to give your best wishes…
Reader Tim points out that this massage chair, seen at Sharper Image, looks really familiar. You know, we think he’s right, but we can’t quite get a grasp on it. We just hope they keep on selling these things even after their stores close-you know, for the human touch. Seriously, it’s like on the tip…
I thought I had seen the last of the WowWee singing Elvis robot last summer when Wilson skinned the thing and gave me nightmares. I was wrong. Instructables user GW Jax has put his Elvinator on display, which combines “The King” with T101, the king of death. https://gizmodo.com/all-singing-all-dancing-skinned-wowwee-elvis-video-281419 The Elvinator is only part done, as…
These are dangerous times we live in-which is why I am sure that some of America’s greatest minds are out there toiling away on new gadgets we can use to protect ourselves in the war against terrorism. Unfortunately, the people who patented these 10 anti-terrorism gadgets are not among these brilliant thinkers. Sure they are…
Sam Redfield of the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group has designed a bucket-based hydroelectric generator that can be made with easily obtainable, affordable parts. The “pico generator” is intended to provide a modest power supply suitable for home lighting and small appliances to remote destinations. They’ve already tested the bucket at La Florida in Guatemala, where…
After Nvidia picked up PhysX, it was obvious ATI would probably get left out of Nvidia’s efforts to spread the love to graphics cards and x86 CPUs (hence ATI hooking up with Havok). (Physics engines, for the uninitiated, are what make your body bounce around with aplomb after getting stuck with a grenade in Halo…
Google Media Server is a Google Desktop add-on that provides a way to get PC media content onto your TV. With the help of a UPnP device, Google Media Server collects all the relevant media files from your PC and makes them available over a local host. While it doesn’t seem as direct as a…
Is Bill’s last day in the office going just like this video he showed us back at CES? Rumor has it that its going EXACTLY like this, but with a bit more emotion. [Original Post] https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-envisions-life-after-microsoft-in-keynote-vi-341380
Consumerist’s taken all the early termination fee news we’ve reported on lately and shoved them into an easy-to-read graph to show you what’s up. If you’re talking two-year contracts Verizon and AT&T are tied for the best at the start, but T-Mobile beats them somewhere around the 22nd month. For one year contracts, T-Mobile wins…
In case you haven’t heard, we’re going to the Cyclones game on Coney Island tomorrow then going out for drinks. Come hang out! Come meet us at 5:30pm at the Statue on the west side of Keyspan Park. If you have GA tickets, everyone can go in together. If you don’t, we’ll figure out a…
In order to survey the impact of massive solar power plants on the environment and wildlife, the federal government is freezing new solar projects on public land for about two years. The alternative energy industry is reacting as if the world’s tofu supply has been exhausted, since this effectively nukes new solar power development for…
Don’t you hate it when your perfect heist is foiled by some hidden camera that serves your head to the police on a platter? Well some deviant genius posted a video on Metacafe showing you how to create a pair of LED shades that hides your face on CCTV. All you need are a couple…
ICANN has just made a decision that goes beyond allowing .xxx to be a top level domain; they’re allowing all words to be top level domains. That means you’re going to see domains like fuck.shit, shit.shit, shit.fuck, whatisthisshit.fuck, and so forth. What’s not allowed is domains that conflict with trademarks (.pepsi was the example), too…
The main problem with being tech savvy is that everyone looks to you to solve their gadget-related issues. I mean, I’m happy to help but sometimes I just want to say “go and Google it dammit!” This is especially true with anything computer related. You know what I’m talking about-that frantic call from a friend…
Microsoft gets more crap than any other company in tech. That’s partly because it’s given us garbage like Clippy, Microsoft BOB and Windows Vista. And it’s partly because it’s arguably the most important company in personal computing. Sure, Apple gets all the fawning press for designing pretty, easy-to-use gadgets. But Microsoft is rarely credited for…