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So, one of the big sniggles about Photoshop Express, Adobe’s free online photo tweaker and sorta-kinda Flickr clone, is that using the service basically gave full control of your photos to Adobe. No more! They just emailed us that as of April 10, they’re only claiming “those limited rights that allow us to operate the…
iHome just devised a genius iPod dock—a category that’s already full up with five times too many models than it really needs—that’s not only an iPod dock, but also a lamp. It’s an iPod dock lamp, and it’s available in three models, one of which is shorter and fatter, another of which comes with a…
Don’t try this if you can’t pull it off. [Thanks Randy!]
We’ve shown you NASA’s neat ATHLETE robots before and it looks like the little hexapod machines have been getting more sophisticated. This vid of two ATHLETEs collaborating to lift a heavy habitat load onto the ground sent faint Matrix-esque shivers down my spine. NASA is taking development of the robots seriously, as it turns out…
The story of Daniel_K vs. Creative reaches a temporary conclusion as Creative reinstates the deleted forum posts by Daniel that helped other users get their sound cards working under Vista. The company did this as a result of angry forum and blog posts (some here as well), mostly all siding with Daniel. https://gizmodo.com/daniel_k-creative-fixer-upper-responds-to-corporate-s-374740 On the…
Dear Sprint and Intel, I’m sorry to hear about your recent WiMax delays and struggles, I really am. The Xohm service was originally scheduled to launch this month, but all you’ve given us are a few prototypes and half-baked demos in controlled environments—the public has yet to see the technology truly in action. WiMax in…
Sure, you could wear a raincoat if you don’t feel like carrying an umbrella, but does it really keep you dry? I didn’t think so. And are raincoats “the wings for your arms”? No. UFO Cap does all of that and more, like keep away pesky girls asking you out for drinks. Sadly, it’s Korea-only…
Since the 1980s, cities like Guiyu, China, have been taking in electronic waste from other countries for dismantlement and processing. It’s great for other countries, but takes a huge toll on the people managing the effort because of the “metal extraction of circuit boards” and “open dumping of waste and ash residue into open water”.…
It’s almost Summer again, and that means we’re looking for a pair of interns to add to the Gizmodo lineup. We need one intern who lives in the NYC area and another who lives in the SF Bay Area to give a minimum of 20 hours a week for 2 months (though we won’t object…
Oh… oh my. This is a running-powered bicycle (although technically, it’s a tricycle, which gives it even less dignity). There are no pedals; instead, you run with the seat jammed up in your crotch and hop on the foot holds when you get enough speed going to coast. It is amazingly ridiculous, and it only…
A Boston judge has just followed up on the previous NY judge ruling that just making files available isn’t enough to constitute copyright infringement. According to the EFF, it’s the most “extensive analysis yet of the recording industry’s ‘making available’ argument”, but doesn’t actually make things better for people who are being sued by the…
Remember that camera modded to shock anyone who used it? Some genius thought it would be absolutely hilarious to use it at school. (Okay, it would be.) Anyway! The mischievous little bastard didn’t even get the chance to zap the schoolyard bully before the cops swooped in and busted his ass, though they deprived us…
A strange quote from Bill Gates today as he claims the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 7, is going to be released “sometime in the next year or so.” That’s way ahead of the previous estimates, which claimed Windows 7 was not going to be released in 2009 at all, but somewhere in 2010…
Click to viewBattlestar Galactica! Starbuck! Fracking Battlestar Galactica! Today! Starbuck! Fraksters! Did you forget something about it? Shame on you! But don’t worry: get up to speed with this 8-minute summary video of the whole series, you fracking Cylons! And then, skip the need to watch the Final Season by reading our exclusive BSG spoilers…
Take this rumor with a grain of salt the size of your fist, but this is what some people are claiming is the back of the upcoming next-gen iPhone. It could very easily be a fake, but then again, you never know. What do you guys think? Do you like the glossy black or do…
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At first glance, interactive textiles that memorize the motions of a perfect shot in basketball seem like they’d be amazingly beneficial. I mean, hey, if I could wear some fancy shirt that would force my arm to always shoot well, I’d be in the NBA! Unfortunately, the interactive textiles that were developed in Australia for…
David from Ironic Sans came up with this Bulbdial clock, a marriage of lamps and sundials that makes an incredible amount of sense to us. It’s not real in the sense that your mortgage is real, but it is a nice design that takes the best of electricity and the best of shadows and makes…
What do you do if you have a focus ion beam microscope normally used to make nano-devices, a scanning electron microscope and some spare time? Well, you etch your university logo onto a human hair, of course! At least, if you’re the Engineering Dept at McMaster University you do. It’s not the smallest logo ever—…
Police in Polk County, Florida, have busted a drug gang—leaded by some assclown called Otis “Cowboy” Carden, who was also selling methamphetamine to his mother and brother— that terrified neighbours and customers using the firepower of a fully oiled and operational World War II british rocket launcher. And although they really never fired it, the…
