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College Humor impressed us with their first Commenter Business Meeting video, but they’ve really outdone themselves this time: LOLcats, incredibly offensive commenters, and, yes, hot girls making out. We have two of those things regularly appearing in our comments now, but I’d really like to see us have all three. Let’s make it happen, team.…
You may have winced at that squirrel catapult we showed you a couple of months ago, but here’s a Rube Goldbergesque contraption that squirrels willingly navigate. Look at those little guys running the obstacle course, willing to do just about anything for their next meal. One of the ambitious rodents ran the course 20 times…
Looks like one more of those tiny styrofoam helicopters has taken to the air, and just like the others, this one pretty much goes up, down, and bangs into walls. This AH-64D Apache Rechargeable Micro RC Helicopter is supposedly so realistic it’s officially licensed by Boeing (that Apache name was the part that was licensed,…
Intel is showing their new dual-socket PC platform, running their upcoming 45-nanometer Quad-Cores, X38 chipset and dual-x16 PCI Express Graphics. The board —specially created by Intel and NVIDIA for the show— used two GeForce cards in SLI. However, the big news is that either Intel or its partners could included NVIDIA’s nForce MCP technology in…
Apple confirms old iPod games don’t work with either the fat nano or iPod classic since they’ve been “reformatted,” so you’ve gotta pony up again if you wanna play again. [iLounge]
Jobs pretty much says that Apple will hunt down iPhone unlockers in a game of “cat and mouse.” This is Not Good. [Computerworld]
The prolific pull-apart analysts at iSuppli have finished their strip down/sourcing assessment of the latest iPod nano, estimating that the 4GB model packs $58.85 worth of hardware, while the 8GB one costs Apple $82.85 in partage. The rub is that they’ve shaved off 13 bucks in hardware costs from the previous generation despite adding video…
Click to viewIf you have successfully unlocked your iPhone, you may have discovered already that the voicemail button doesn’t do anything at all. It won’t give you visual voicemail, but you can easily get the voicemail button to work using any carrier following these steps: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-free-software-unlock-confirmed-death-star-explo-298825 1. First, take note of what your voicemail number…
Talking about fires, fumes and Boeing, watch as this venerable US Marine Corps’ Boeing H-46 Sea Knight spontaneously bursts into flames on top of an aircraft carrier. While everyone escaped, Okinawa style, this shows the need for the Marines to get a replacement for their ageing helicopters, which were delivered from 1964 to 1971. I…
We’ve seen our fair share of high design-minded espresso machines, but the Blue Label -Snail- by Pierre Ittner is without a doubt the sleekest, most comely java juicer we’ve come across. According to Google’s machine translation, it’s forged from aluminum, uses nespresso pods—hopefully not just—and has a 19-bar pump, with the alluring deep blue hue…
Looks like the iPhone’s hitting Germany via T-Mobile the same day as the UK: Nov. 9 for 399 euros. We’re going to hazard the guess it’ll also touch down in Normandy that day. [Yahoo!/AP] https://gizmodo.com/apple-uk-event-o2-official-iphone-carrier-arrives-nov-300841
Dan Rather is at it again, this time claiming that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner could be “unsafe.” The report says that due to its “brittle carbon compounds, [the aircraft] is more likely to shatter on impact and may emit poisonous chemicals when ignited.” Rather’s report is based on a former Boeing engineer and other “industry…
Samsung’s sexy printers, launched earlier this month at IFA, are to be sold exclusively in Apple stores. The ML1630 and SCX-4500, (above) costing $199 and $299 respectively, will be available at both online and physical stores until January 2008, when they will be available from other retailers. Press release is below. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-printers-will-make-you-want-to-have-hot-desk-s-294993 EW SLEEK, ULTRA-COMPACT…
Digitimes has a quick bit on the gPhone, saying it is definitely coming out, sourcing factory workers, who may very well have the GPhone innards in their. We already knew this, from Crunchgear’s HTC insider. They talk about whether or not EDGE or 3G will be on the phone, but that looks more like a…
When I was a kid and a dinosaur popped out of a book it was one of the most joyful experiences of my life &mdash now if only that dinosaur was a glowing lamp. Takeshi Ishiguro’s Book of Lights is a coffee table book that, like every good book, has no real content &mdash all…
I’ve always wanted my bathtub to look like it’s flying through time, and luckily, so does Tetsuya Nakamura. The designer has released a wildly painted bathroom set that includes a pair of sinks, a tub, a step for a stairwell and a decorative column. The units are all made from sculpted fiber-reinforced plastic and will…
IBM has released a free download of its office suite, called Lotus Symphony. The package includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program and a presentation builder that can be downloaded on IBM’s website. Take that Microsoft Office. [IBM Symphony via Wired]
A FCC filing suggests the HTC Kaiser may be coming to T-Mobile’s American network. Unconfirmed by any of the companies involved, the document has several hints, referencing t-mobile.com and their myFaves service. [BoyGeniusReport]
XRKade centers are popping up across the nation, allowing kids to exergame, or play arcade games that require more effort than just moving thumbs. Despite the unfortunate name, the adolescent-focused gyms want kids more active and healthy, by sneaking exercise into their gaming sessions, Wii style. All I can imagine is a giant room full…
Nate from Zune Scene predicts an October 16th date for Zune 2’s launch. He also confirms our already double checked Zune photos, making them a surer than sure sure thing. Thanks for the backup, Nate. [Zune Scene]