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Click to viewApple has just unveiled mobileme, “Exchange for the rest of us.” It gives push email to regular users and syncs all of your data from Mail, iCal, iDisk and Address book to all your devices at once. It works via a new site, me.com (which isn’t up as of now). Me.com replaces .Mac…
Click to viewAfter 250,000 downloaded SDKs, 25,000 official beta developers applicants (only 4,000 accepted), the Application Store is finally coming in July. And it’s going to be full of applications. • Super Monkey Ball. Ethan Einhorn from Sega presented the game. The gameplay is very smooth, and they developed 110 stages in just 8 weeks…
Click to viewOS 10.6 is called Snow Leopard, straight from Steve’s mouth. Developers will get their first peek “after lunch.” What about poor bloggers? [WWDC08 @ Giz] https://gizmodo.com/os-x-10-6-to-be-called-snow-leopard-5013188
Click to viewWe’re at Moscone Center now, and the place is buzzing. If you want this in another language, click on one of Gizmodo’s international affiliates above-you know, those little letters in top right corner of the homepage. They’re simultaneously liveblogging this in their native languages. Our liveblog is here. Click and enjoy. Jason Chen:…
It’s been a while since we showed you a new clip of Wall-E, so it’ll please you to know that over at Slashfilm they’ve got one, apparently shown during ABC’s screening of Finding Nemo. We won’t spoil it by telling you much, but there’s some Eve in there too and a great demo of some…
iPhone. iPhone, iPhone, iPhone. iPhone! iPhone? iPhone. Oh, hello there. You missed Gizmodo’s weekend coverage because you’re allergic to iPhone? That’s OK, I’m sure there’s no iPhone news to be found here today. Read this: • iPhone 2 pics were leaked at the Eleventh Hour. The phone now comes in a new color: fake. •…
Attention Tranformers fans: the sequel you’ll be bitching and moaning about on the internet after waiting in line to see the night it opens has just been named. It’ll be called “Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen.” I bet that means that the Decepticons aren’t really dead after all! And they want revenge! What a…
The Bierstick is a syringe for beer. For some reason. It allows to drink 24 ounces in less than two seconds—probably breaking your throat in the process if you are not an expert—and it’s FDA-approved for use in swimming pool and lingerie parties. The Bierstick only costs $20, plus the $500 you would probably need…
A team of Korean and US scientists have developed a new type of display that delivers information via your biggest organ: your skin (yes, I know what you were thinking.) Their new tactile “display” is flexible enough to be rolled up around your finger like a bandaid, and may be a useful computerized Braille aid.…
All the Apple Stores are down now, including the United States. Get ready folks. It all starts here. What do you think is going to be released today? Take our impromptu poll after the jump. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled…
We’re ready for the 3G iPhone, but are AT&T’s 3G networks ready for it? Om Malik raises the scary possibility that AT&T’s complete HSDPA network might be newly strengthened, but still might not be robust enough to handle the onslaught of 3G traffic, rendering 3G barely more nimble than EDGE. After a year of waiting…
I don’t know whether Criswell believed his own predictions or not. I only know that he was wrong. A lot. An excerpt from the January 11, 1973 Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA) containing Criswell’s prediction for our last day on Earth appears below. His rubicund countenance aglow with camaraderie, Criswell said the predictions in [his book]…
Have you ever felt the need to let rip with a stream of expletives, yells and screams, but not been able to as you’d piss-off your noise-sensitive neighbors? Well, with a little help from the Sakebi no Tsufu “Shouting Vase” you’d be able to make as much noise as you like—get it all out, dump…
HRRMMMM. WHAT IS THIS AGAIN? ANOTHER NEW HULK TV TRAILER!? HULK IS TIRED! THIS MOVIE WILL SUCK! Or maybe not, Hulk see again… hrrmmm. Bright light. Door. Chairs. HULK DON’T LIKE GENERAL ROSS! PUNY ROSS AND HIS PUNY TANKS! Oh! WAIT! IS THAT TONY STARK? HULK LIKES TONY STARK AND HIS GREEN MARTINI COCKTAILS AND…
Gizmodo’s resident dogspert, Jones, will be wearing a black legband today to honor Manny—he’s the blond in the raver’s jacket, above—who was found dead at his kennel last week. The dog, who had arrived from Northern Ireland with his chum Paddy, both of them a gift from the Motion Picture Association of America, was one…
Forget boring hydrogen-hybrid supercars and the like: a one-off vehicle mod like this recently-spotted Rocket Car is how to really impress passers-by. Built by Baron Margo, its shiny bullet-shape is all pipes, rocket exhaust (with what look like real jet engine parts), dials and a whirling propeller that apparently spins as you drive, keeping time…
Here’s how to make a rather fab light box ‘n’ desk combo. Matt Nuzzaco even fitted the table with a Deskline from Linak, which lets him adjust the height depending on whether he’s sitting or standing at his desk. Useful for anyone who works with traditional film and transparencies. Or anyone with a serious Disco…
Roadrunner, the IBM supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, manages 1.026 quadrillion calculations per seconds, also known as a Petaflop. Twice as fast as IBM’s Blue Gene/L, the previous World’s Fastest, the Roadrunner—also from the House of IBM, will be used, once classified, to solve military problems—such as making sure our proud…
Finding out when you’re ovulating (assuming, you’re among the Giz readership with ovaries, and trying to have a baby) may be a lot easier thanks to this upcoming DuoFertility device. Designed by Cambridge Temperature Concepts, a spin-off by Cambridge University PhD students, it consists of a small stick-on patch device that goes under your arm,…
It may not be as amazing as one made out of aluminum, and you won’t be able project video with it, but in a day where all news is going to be about you know what, maybe it’s time to take a deep breath, turn on the ink jet printer, grab some scissors and glue…