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Whoa—Aza Raskin, Mozilla’s Head of User Experience, just put out a video showing off some of the features they’ve been working on for Firefox Mobile. Though it’s still in the early stages, some of the features like the navigation buttons on the sides of the pages, browser actions on the footer, search bar functions and…
According to leaked docs, Comcast is officially bumping up their previously tiny upload caps on two of their plans tomorrow. Their 6Mbps/384Kbps plan is becoming 6Mbps/1Mbps, and the 8Mbps/768Kbps plan is becoming 8Mbps/2Mbps. Some people might think they have this rate already because of Comcast’s recently rolled out PowerBoost feature, which eliminates bandwidth caps on…
The Gadget: The Sony VAIO LT is an attractive all-in-one that has a 22-inch, 1680×1050 widescreen display, BD-RW drive, integrated webcam, wireless keyboard and mouse, an external cable card tuner and Vista Media Center, powered by a 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB RAM. The Price: $3300 as tested. The Verdict: The Vaio…
Not since Adam Frucci’s last house party have we seen anything get lit as fast as Panasonic’s Pa-Look fluorescent bulbs. These use a hybrid lighting method that makes for “instant bulb brightness,” which is more convenient for bathrooms where you want to get light right away and not accidentally step on errant urine. Inside is…
Gizmag has an epic feature about the evolution of sailing that’s focused around Project GreenJet—a huge, 57-meter sailing yacht that can be controlled by one man and a touchscreen. The designer, Erik Sifrer, based the design for the 57-meter Project GreenJet around his earlier SY120 Yacht that functions in a similar manner. Only this time,…
Aerovironment has developed a range of modular wind turbines designed to clamp on to existing architecture, called “Architectural Wind.” The units, which can be easily teamed together, sit around the edge of a structure’s roof and use specially designed low-speed turbines to take advantage of the breeze that naturally travels up tall buildings’ walls. The…
AMD and Nvidia have decided they’re done waiting for Intel to give them the data they need to create USB 3.0 compliant products, and plan to launch their own spec to launch against the USB 3.0 data protocol. Intel says they haven’t finalized the spec and want to prevent people from developing hardware based on…
We previously heard that the Samsung Instinct was going to be $299 after rebate on Sprint-not too bad a price for what we said was the best Sprint and best Samsung phone ever. Turns out the iPhone 3G’s $199 reveal sent Sprint back to their abacuses, which they used diligently to come up with an…
Voodoo’s Omen gaming desktop is the best-looking one around. But we (and gamers) care about inner beauty too, and the insides shot by Pocket Lint look like the Matrix’s people farm with all of the magenta tubes and cables flying around-a far cry from its clean, steely exterior, though about as neat as one can…
That deal where you get a $100 Wal-Mart gift card when buying a Blu-ray player is even better than we thought. If you buy a PlayStation 3 (including the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle) between June 8 and June 14, you’ll qualify for that hundred bones. This deal looks even better than the last one,…
The burnout has an appeal that only a car lovin’, Nascar watchin’ man could possibly explain. However, only Steven Laurie dared to eliminate the vehicle from the equation and bring the burnout to its essence…all in the name of art. The device he created looks something like a lawnmower sitting atop an axle, but it…
The November 26, 1977 Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ) imagined the border and facility surveillance technology of 1990. Special sensors designed to look like rocks, plants and other natural objects could be seeded along borders, and transmit via satellite the sounds of voices, footsteps and vehicles of potential illegal aliens and smugglers. See also: The Road…
I have actually been looking for a decent padlock over the last couple of weeks, but so far nothing has suited my needs. While many of these locks would do a fine job of protecting my stuff, I think I was waiting for something a little different. This siren padlock may be just the ticket…
It’s official: O2 and Telefonica users in the UK and Spain will get the iPhone absolutely free if they sign up for a 18-month plan with a $88 monthly cost. But how “free” is free? Is this really a better deal than AT&T’s $1,975 24-month plan price? The answer is yes, absofrakinlutely. Those countries got…
A man in Singapore (where else) has been banned from owning a camera phone for a year after being caught secretly filming a woman in an airport bathroom. Actually, “secretly” is probably a strong word when you consider that the perp, 19-year-old Samuel Ong, simply slid his camera phone under the cubicle door to catch…
Gene Munster took an informal poll on the floor of WWDC of 20 developers working on apps for the iPhone. And while they may or may not be a representative sample of the show’s 5,200 attendees, he dug up some interesting stats all the same. Notably, 71% of iPhone apps discussed wouldn’t cost a penny…
You’re a big man, and you’re so secure in your manhood that you’re not afraid to proclaim your manliness in everything that you do just so everyone knows that you’re a man. That’s why you’ll only make frozen mixed drinks with a blender powered by a 43cc 2-stroke engine that has handlebars for controls. That…
A few things to keep in mind before bidding on an iPhone 3G from eBay: 1. You can no longer buy an unactivated iPhone. 2. The biggest iPhone will only run you $299 (half of $600 going rate). 3. Eventually, even your grandma will have an iPhone, and that means you will have paid over…
You might think you’re pretty awesome playing One on expert in Guitar Hero 3, but could you conduct an entire orchestra? My guess: probably. And you’ll be able to test my hypothesis with Virtual Maestro, a Wii game created by a couple of professors. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t let you play any of the instruments…
Things went well last night at the Giz and Ars WWDC party. So well, I woke up a little late this morning. If you came, thank you for making it an event full of wonderful, beautiful people. Yes, you too, mysterious ponytail man wearing an Apple shirt! All 7 of you. I met lots of…
