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Earlier this week we learned that ACCESS announced a beta VM that will allow owners of the Nokia N770, N800 and N810 to run Palm/Garnet OS applications. If you were skeptical, feast your eyes on the video proof. And while your at it, let the dynamic voice of the narrator send you off to a…
If you are a Leopard owner that felt stack icons were a tad un-sexy or unclear, help is on the way in the form of overlays that place your stacks into clean looking “bins.” A simple terminal command will allow you implement the 18 custom icons in the original downloadable pack. However, if you want…
The man in this May 8, 1960 Closer Than We Think! strip is injecting color into trees from a walking robot paint-mixer. Much like polar oil wells, this image certainly has a different connotation in 2007 than it did in 1960. Today’s forests simply grow. Tomorrow, this process may be speeded and regulated – as…
The PS3 turned one year old today. We wiped off our dusty PS3 and threw it a birthday party with this cake that Sony Computer Entertainment of America had delivered to our house, in the style of the Wii Ice Cream Truck. The cake was delicious, thank you, Sony. The party went ok. Wii and…
I got five words for you: Drag and Drop Netflix Queue. This app by Brent Jensen that supports multiple accounts, downloads thumbnails of movies, lists new and top 100 movies, also has a search function.
Just in case you missed it, at Oracle OpenWorld 2007, Dell demonstrated the multi-touch capability of their new Latitude XT tablet PC. Users will be able to use multiple fingers to draw lines or manage several images simultaneously. Kevin Kettler, Dell’s chief technology officer, noted that “it’s going to be a great avenue for creative…
Maybe it’s the eyes. Don’t be too alarmed, but this video shows the iPhone being accessed by terminal using a program installed by a webpage. Since the program, like all unofficial apps, runs as root, they’ve got access to data stores for mail, call lists, contacts, and voicemail, which are served up via terminal. And…
What J. Allard reveals when he talks about Microsoft’s (and his) plans for conquering all media isn’t surprising—an integrated, single network for all of its entertainment products and services. NYT’s Bits sums up his spiel in three sentences: Even though the Zune and Xbox product brands are separate, they are ultimately meant to connect to…
This week at Uncrate: We intimidate our opponents with some Custom Beer Pong Balls, reach a million on Guitar Hero thanks to the React Guitar Hero Controllers, and have Thanksgiving Madden-style by serving up a Turducken. We also build our own system with the JVC DIY Speaker Kit, get down to business on the Go-Cart…
If you are a fan of Rube Goldberg-style contraptions, you will love Think Geek’s Cological Marble Run Construction Set. It contains everything you need to create your own marble mayhem—including 23 different types of marble-moving mechanisms like rolling cars and whacking mallets. More info and a video after the jump. The instruction manual teaches you…
This is probably the first time the word “sexy” has ever been used to describe a washing machine—but this concept piece from designer Simona Luculano is definitely worthy of such an adjective. Unlike traditional washing machine eyesores that must be hidden in a garage or behind sliding doors, the Flexible Distance washing machine could actually…
Like many people who live in Verizon country, I have eagerly awaited the carrier’s latest—and definitely greatest—feature phone, the LG VX10000 Voyager. Yesterday UPS dropped it off, and I’ve been playing with it constantly ever since. It is a powerful thing, ambitious in that it combines much of what we like about both the iPhone…
The Spin: High demand is causing Zune 80s to run out of stock, says Microsoft. What People Think: Zune Scene’s source says production is 6 weeks behind schedule, and Ars reports that the Flash Zunes were prioritized so fewer 80GB Zunes were made in the first place. What I think: Zune 30 FTW at less…
Eyeless Writer called Verizon 56 times to ask two different data pricing questions: one about going over limits, another about roaming. A ridiculous 93 percent of reps answered at least one question incorrectly. But to be fair, these questions were beyond basic ones. Regardless, don’t they have computers in front of them to cheat when…
Fifty-four percent of you fess up to lo-jacking someone else’s Wi-Fi without permission, you free-wheeling bastards. We’re guessing the other 46 percent just didn’t wanna own up to it. [CNET]
If you’ve ever had the nightmarish experience of trying to retrieve all your peeps’ phone numbers after you lost your phone, you may want Think Geek’s SIM card backup gadget. The device has 16KB memory, which is enough to stow away up to 500 numbers. The shiny $15 backerupper can be password protected for added…
That dude who drove his electric motorcycle into a minivan while showing off for reporters at Wired Nextfest got out of the hospital and put some 300 extra Li Ion cells on his bike. Then he broke the electric vehicle world record in the quarter-mile running it at less than 8 seconds @ 168MPH. [TG…
Just a quick reminder to everyone, the Woot Off is still going strong and is now into its second day. Please go and buy now…so we can see what item is next. [Woot]
If you want to just play back Blu-ray discs on your PC, this Lite-On branded BD-ROM drive from Philips will do the trick at 4x for $186. Let’s get this straight: You can’t burn Blu-ray discs with this drive. However, for playback, you’d better have enough hardware oomph to handle all that data flowing through…
If you were wondering why you’ve been asked to help pick up the tab with the OLPC project, its founder offers a lesson in international business: https://gizmodo.com/olpc-releases-details-of-christmas-sales-initiative-302829 “We are making the XO available to U.S. and Canadian consumers as a financing scheme for the developing world, to trigger global demand and government closure,” Negroponte told…