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Phoenix to NASA: “Houston, We Have a Probstatic”

Just two days after touchdown, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is having problems with their UHF radio, which was used more than a hundred times before but now is refusing to work. Without it, you can’t give orders to the spacecraft, but don’t fret: fortunately they can use the orbiter Odyssey to relay…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Windows 7 Features Revealed

Click to viewClick to viewHere’s what Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer revealed about Windows 7 at All Things Digital a few minutes ago. The biggest “feature” is the touch and multi-touch integration, which takes many of its roots from Microsoft’s Surface Table, and will be available as an interface options for other apps. Here’s some…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows 7: First Official Photos

The first legit shots of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, were just unveiled by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in person at the All Things D conference. It’s the evolution of the surface table, using multitouch on the desktop. Looks like Tablet PC. I’m not impressed so far, but only because it doesn’t…

Tech News Brian Lam

All Things D Live: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Interview

UPDATE: Windows 7 photos and feature details here. Highlight videos, way easier to digest than my liveblog, are after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-first-official-photos-393552 Click to view Click to view 6:15 We’re here. Things should start in a few. 6:23 Wow, Owen Thomas from Valleywag was kicked out of the entire hotel. He’d planned to sit at…

Tech News Brian Lam

Crystal Foosball Tables Suck All of the Fun Out of the Game

We have seen long foosball tables, hi-fi foosball tables and even beautiful foosball tables before, but none can compare to the luxury and elegance that the Teckell Collection can provide. The tables come in a number of different versions, but they all feature a crystal frame with shiny aluminum players—potentially making them the most expensive…

Tech News Sean Fallon

London’s Olympic Stadium to be ‘Flatpack,’ Portable

London’s Olympic Stadium is going to be huge, providing seating for over 80,000 people. The problem is, after the games leave there won’t be as many uses for a stadium of that size. The solution? Construct it out of flatpack materials like an Ikea bookshelf, then just take it down and move it elsewhere after…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

“Crowd Control” iRobot Fires Up to a Million Rounds a Minute

You remember that gun that electronically fires up to a million rounds a minute (theoretically) by Metal Storm? They’re strapping them to iRobot’s X700 to create a serious killing machine with the flexibility of firing anything from explosive rounds to “less-lethal” ones, making it suitable for urban assaults, “border patrol,” “crowd control” or my personal…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Filterbrella: A Water-Filtering Umbrella For Freebie Drinks

If you have purchased a bottle of purified water recently, you know that it can be crazy expensive to get a drink that doesn’t taste like it was filtered through a bucket of pennies. Still, if you live in a rainy climate and you can’t bear to drink out of the tap, this Filterbrella concept…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Oh, Those 1980s and Their Telephones!

The big hair and shoulder pads in this commercial are fine, but it’s really the music riff (that’s going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day) that makes this worth watching. Well, that, and it’s just begging for some fan-recorded narration. Click to viewAnyone want to give it a go?…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

PC World Gets Confused, Releases Best of 2008 List in May

Look at PC World‘s just-released Best Tech of 2008 list. Yes, it’s May, the fifth month of 2008. The hot, bleeding edge tech that made the list? The New York Times website! YouTube! Windows XP! The top three tech products of 2008 are Hulu, the iPhone and Facebook. Since the new version of the iPhone…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Windows 7 UI To Debut At All Things D Tonight

Windows 7’s UI is going to be unveiled by Ballmer and Gates tonight at All Things D during their interview. We’ll be there, so check back periodically to see what Steve and Bill have, since pretty much all we’ve seen so far is Windows 7 under a Vista UI. [All Things D – Image Credit…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gama-Go Keytars Are Classy and Full of Rock

Keytars! Not just the tools of ’80s bands and ’80s revival bands, they’re slip-covers for your keys to differentiate them from each other. Our buddies at Gama-Go made these wonderful things for just $6 each. Instead of having to look closely to see which key is slightly shorter or fatter than the other (difficult when…

Tech News Jason Chen

Photoshop CS 4 Might Hit in October With GPU Acceleration After All

Over the holiday weekend (yep, I was slaving over a keyboard, not a grill, just for you) it came out via TGDaily that the next version of Photoshop would rock general-purpose GPU acceleration for serious performance gains and come out in October. Adobe’s John Nack said it was hooey. TGDaily responds today that during the…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Question of the Day: Do You Think Computers Were Built Using Alien Technology?

With aliens being all the rage in the news recently, it got me thinking about the age old debate about the existence of aliens and the impact they may or may not have had on our own technological advancements. Chances are you probably have a strong opinion one way or the other about tiny green…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

OLPC XO-2 Will Love You Back With Haptic Feedback and Multitouch

OLPC’s upcoming wonder laptop, the XO-2, will have multi-touch and haptic feedback, according to a Mary Lou Jepsen of Pixel Qi, who designed the original’s innovative indoor/outdoor display, and is charged with making the XO-2’s dual touchscreens happen. Additionally, the touchscreen capabilities will be integrated directly into the LCD, rather than relying on a secondary…

Tech News John Herrman

Windows 7 Will Have Same Foundation as Vista, Be Mostly Secret Until Launch

Microsoft’s Windows chief Steven Sinofsky gave an interview to CNet News, throwing out some tidbits of knowledge on what’s to come in Windows 7. Of the few details Steven actually gave out, the most interesting one is that it won’t be using MinWin, a tiny Kernel that was supposed to replace the one in Vista.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Walgreens Building Time Square’s Largest Billboard

We don’t normally think of glitz when we think of Walgreens, but maybe that’s entirely the point. The company is building the world’s “most complex, powerful and digitally advanced” sign to hover over their new flagship store. And 17,000 feet of it is covered with 12 million LEDs capable of producing a trillion colors. But…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Sony Signs on With tru2way: Kiss Your Cable Box Goodbye

Joining Panny, Sammy and LG, Sony has signed on with the cable industry to support tru2way (aka OpenCable). Basically, sets with tru2way can do everything you’d usually need a set-top box from your cable company for, like VOD, programming guides and other interactive stuff, without the box (sounds like a future Giz Explains!). With Sony…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Steampunk Jewelry Is Perfect If You Are Captain Nemo

So you think you are a steampunk fan because you got all your steampunk things, right? Your steampunk music instruments and weapons and figure models and Darth Vader mask and desktop computer and laptop and dog and LEGO models and personal body guard, and even your own steampunk lightsaber… sure, whatever, but do you have…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Hanging Alarm Clock: Blissful Sleep is Always Just Out of Reach

Back in 2005 a designer named Hayat Benchenaa developed a concept alarm clock that was suspended from the ceiling. When the alarm sounded in the morning, all you needed to do was give it a smack to continue snoozing. However, doing so would cause the alarm clock to retreat further towards the ceiling, making it…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Phoenix to NASA: “Houston, We Have a Probstatic”

Windows 7 Features Revealed

Windows 7: First Official Photos

All Things D Live: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Interview

Crystal Foosball Tables Suck All of the Fun Out of the Game

London’s Olympic Stadium to be ‘Flatpack,’ Portable

“Crowd Control” iRobot Fires Up to a Million Rounds a Minute

Filterbrella: A Water-Filtering Umbrella For Freebie Drinks

Oh, Those 1980s and Their Telephones!

PC World Gets Confused, Releases Best of 2008 List in May

Windows 7 UI To Debut At All Things D Tonight

Gama-Go Keytars Are Classy and Full of Rock

Photoshop CS 4 Might Hit in October With GPU Acceleration After All

Question of the Day: Do You Think Computers Were Built Using Alien Technology?

OLPC XO-2 Will Love You Back With Haptic Feedback and Multitouch

Windows 7 Will Have Same Foundation as Vista, Be Mostly Secret Until Launch

Walgreens Building Time Square’s Largest Billboard

Sony Signs on With tru2way: Kiss Your Cable Box Goodbye

Steampunk Jewelry Is Perfect If You Are Captain Nemo

Hanging Alarm Clock: Blissful Sleep is Always Just Out of Reach

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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Phoenix to NASA: “Houston, We Have a Prob*static*”

Windows 7 Features Revealed

Windows 7: First Official Photos

All Things D Live: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Interview

Crystal Foosball Tables Suck All of the Fun Out of the Game

London’s Olympic Stadium to be ‘Flatpack,’ Portable

“Crowd Control” iRobot Fires Up to a Million Rounds a Minute

Filterbrella: A Water-Filtering Umbrella For Freebie Drinks

Oh, Those 1980s and Their Telephones!

PC World Gets Confused, Releases Best of 2008 List in May

Windows 7 UI To Debut At All Things D Tonight

Gama-Go Keytars Are Classy and Full of Rock

Photoshop CS 4 Might Hit in October With GPU Acceleration After All

Question of the Day: Do You Think Computers Were Built Using Alien Technology?

OLPC XO-2 Will Love You Back With Haptic Feedback and Multitouch

Windows 7 Will Have Same Foundation as Vista, Be Mostly Secret Until Launch

Walgreens Building Time Square’s Largest Billboard

Sony Signs on With tru2way: Kiss Your Cable Box Goodbye

Steampunk Jewelry Is Perfect If You Are Captain Nemo

Hanging Alarm Clock: Blissful Sleep is Always Just Out of Reach

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Let us help find what you are looking for...

Phoenix to NASA: “Houston, We Have a Probstatic”