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Dan Lyons, aka Fake Steve Jobs, is leaving Forbes after 10 years to fill the vacancy left by Steve Levy, who is going to Wired. Now there are five horsemen of the apocalypse. https://gizmodo.com/newsweeks-steven-levy-going-to-wired-371127 When Levy went to Newsweek, I wondered if his famed Apple access would follow him. With Fake Steve, reading columns like…
Here’s what looks like a pretty legit shot of Toshiba’s new gaming laptop, the Qosimo X305. Expected for a July 14th release, the new system features a 17-inch screen, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX, 3Ghz intel processor and dual 7200RPM hard drives up to 500GB a pop. We also dig the HDMI out and 4 Harmon…
For this week’s Photoshop contest, I’m asking you to design or create your own gadget. One that, if released, would get you thrown in jail, or at least get whoever used it thrown in jail. Yes, I want totally illegal gadgets. You can do gadget mockups or fake ads, any way you can think of…
Not up to the messier parts of building a Hackintosh? EFiX is a USB dongle that promises to take care of all of that for you, automagically on any PC. Pop it into the port and you can install OS X straight from the DVD “without having to worry about patches, replacing files and anything…
Ruggedized, retro aviation, we’ve done portable iPod docks a-plenty. But until now I’ve not liked the look of any of them… so here’s the Eino. It’s pretty simple, with two speakers per channel pushing out 1.4W from a Class-D amp and a bass-enhancement system called Maxx BassR. The 7.7-inch wide thing fits into a carry…
The August 2, 1959 Chicago Tribune ran this Closer Than We Think strip about personal flying platforms of the future. It’s in an image like this that I realize how fundamentally different our world would be had the flying car ever become a reality. You just can’t beat an “over the rooftops” perspective. A kind…
We don’t go too nuts about real guns here on Giz, and over at Geekologie they found this video that shows why: there are some very dumb people out there. People who should never go near a weapon, let alone own or try to fire one. It’s a compilation of clips, some you’ll have seen…
Without Rock Band’s robust download store, it’s impossible to think of the PS2 version as a fully-functional rock simulator, but we’re more forgiving with its new price. Rock Band PS2 is now $100 (down from $150) at Amazon and a few other retailers. Considering the price includes a USB hub, mic, drums and guitar, that’s…
Tablets are great to work with when you’re walking around like you’re too good to use a normal computer, but sitting at a desk can make things tricky. This stand/docking station from Touch 360 is an elegant solution to sometimes awkward tablet ergonomics. Well-stocked with USB ports and power, the stand can either make your…
We were surprised to learn that one of the stars of Steve Carell‘s Get Smart is actually a Swiss Army knife, albeit one whose talents are slightly more impressive than your own trusty multi-tool. It’s got your scissors, saw, magnifying glass and can opener, but how about a flame thrower that shoots six feet? Or…
The dudes at Crackberry have scored some serious camera time with BlackBerry’s first clamshell, the Kickstart, shooting it from every possible angle. I think I’m back in the “it’s, um, ugly” camp-it’s definitely not a svelte or sexy number, and I don’t really see it appealing to teens or other youngins if that’s who the…
We’ve shown you both modular and futuristic kitchen gizmos before, but now there’s this new design that somehow combines the two. Dubbed Ku-b, it’s a kind of sculptural, transforming cooking station with flat cooking plates, illuminated surfaces and built-in computer and screen. In closed position, it’s a kitchen-island, but it swings open to reveal concealed…
Most people need the proper software and equipment to jailbreak their iPhone. Not Woz. On his way to a black tie event, he casually mentions to Kathy Griffin, “Some people would criticize you for not having hacked your iPhone.” And then he proceeds to hack it. With just his hands/mind/Woz powers. (UPDATE: and yes, probably…
As if you needed any more reason to get excited for the new Batman movie, the Nokia 6205 Dark Knight edition is coming soon. The black flip phone with the movie’s logo on the back comes loaded with the trailer, as well as themed wallpapers, ringtones and screensavers. It also comes in white, if you…
Man, it was a really busy week this week. We’re tired, you’re tired, and we’re all excited to get a new phone soon. It’s also the week of Snake, albeit very old Snake. Thanks AT&T, Arkadium, AutoTrader, Canon, Chevy Fuel Solutions, Cingular, Coors Light, Dash Express, Glyde, Jet Blue, Kicker, Lenovo, Linksys, MS Office Small…
Asus singlehandedly created the budget mini-laptop market. And now, sadly, it would seem that they’ve priced themselves out of it. Laptop Mag finally got Asus to announce a prices of their new 8.9″ Asus Eee (901) and their 10.2″ Asus Eee (1000). And confirming long-standing rumors, the $399 pricepoint is a distant dream. https://gizmodo.com/asus-eee-pc-901-and-1000-get-super-duper-official-5012490 Eee…
A new technology presented in the New Journal of Physics may lead to completely soundproof homes, cars, or any other space using a meta-material called sonic crystals. One of the developers, who is not Reed Richards but Dr José Sánchez-Dehesa of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, says that this “acoustic cloaking will deviate sound…
Wired’s Man in Barcelona, Charlie Sorrel, has made a rather wonderful e-book reader using his iPod Touch and a Moleskine sketchbook. The version you see here is Mark One, and he’s already working on Mark Two, as the flap he created after the touch kept falling out of the notebook isn’t really practical enough. Sorrel…
While we’ve been watching the development of pico-projectors with interest, Chinese company Cking has gone ahead and built what may be the first production phone with a projector built in. https://gizmodo.com/texas-instruments-chip-turns-cellphones-into-projectors-355138 From the photos of the phone at the Tianjin Mobile Phone exhibition you can see it’s a chunky candybar with the pico-projector beneath a…
We knew that the Air Force Cyber Command is supposed to fight against enemy computer attacks using their skillz, computer programs, and massive PlayStation 3s networks. Now Christian Lowe at Defense Tech reveals that, if they can’t stop the attacks using a terminal, the US military hackers can actually order a cruise missile attack or…
