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Here is the best of the weekend past, just in case you missed it. (What could you have possibly been doing without us?) Firefox reached a staggering 400million downloads. Thirty-five years of Tokyo architectural progression was squashed into a 10s clip. Sony developed a new impressive CMOS prototype. Verizon couldn’t take no for an answer.…
The hack works, we’ve seen it with our own eyes. And you can order it for $99 now in the US, or less than $50 from Australia. But the fulfillment process isn’t live yet, according to the Wireless Imports, the only US-based retailer of the hack: “We are awaiting to hear from them later today…
The Eastwood Tilt-A-Car will throw your car up on its side, allowing you to work on its undercarriage without having an expensive lift installed in your garage. You’ll need to drain all the fluids out of it first, which is a pain, and you have to hook it up directly to the lug nuts so,…
Alienware now gives you the option of sticking both a 64GB SSD as well as an additional 200GB platter-based hard drive into their top-of-the-line laptop, delivering the benefits of running a computer off an SSD (less power consumption, faster startup, etc) with the higher storage of traditional hard drives. It’s not the first laptop with…
Instead of mapping chromosomes and protein patterns, London scientists have developed software that can detect 30 different genetic diseases with an accuracy of 90%, just by analyzing a 3D facial scan. And while it may seem…superficial to judge disease through a patient’s face, apparently there are over 700 genetic diseases that have identifiable facial patterns.…
According to multiple Business Week sources, Apple has been considering the merits of bidding on the 700Mhz open wireless spectrum that goes up for grabs this January. Expected to sell for around $9 billion, most say Apple has the liquidity to make the purchase—even among competition like Google. What would the deal mean for Apple…
Russian design-meister Art Lebedev has got something to do with this audio system, which consists of a high-end CD player sitting atop a triangular, uber-minimalist amplifier. More pics, including one of the classiest remotes I’ve ever seen, below. Seductive, isn’t it? [Art. Lebedev Studio]
Citing their mole with a proven track record, Opposable Thumbs is reporting that the PS3 will re-emerge with two SKUs this holiday season: a $499 80GB model and a $399 40GB model. So if you want a $499 PS3, you might actually want to wait for it. The $100 cheaper 40GB model would be a…
OQO’s updated the specs for their model 02 line pretty much all around. The fastest available processor now runs at 1.6Ghz; hard drives go up to 120GB, plus they’ve added the option for a flash-based 32GB solid state drive; and WWAN’s been upgraded to 1.4 Mbps EV-DO Rev. A. Finally, the price for the entry…
First off, the GX-32 Gold Lightan Transformer is actually made of silver. And secondly, the badass robot turns into a cube rectangular solid. Yes, a freakin’ cube rectangular solid—the most boring geometrical shape in existence that’s good for building cool things out of. Remember back when Transformers became guns? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.…
This is what happens when big toys go wrong: watch as this SAS Haviland Q400’s right landing gear collapses, putting the engine on fire and smashing one of its turboprop engines’ blades into the cabin. Fortunately, like the stunning explosion in Okinawa, all passengers and crew survived. Next time the Scandinavians should kill a couple…
Click to viewSeventy four days out from launch, Apple has sold 1 million iPhones—smack dab on target with recent analyst predictions that the iPhone would surpass the mil mark by Sept. 30. In a press release, Steve Jobs said that it took nearly two years to sell that many iPods. The big boss continued: “We…
The Storm Worm Botnet currently infects between one and ten million computers worldwide, which means that it has access to a huge amount of processing power and somewhere between 1 and 10 petabytes of RAM. This apparently makes it one of the most powerful computers in the world, with more computing power than the ten…
Apple’s offering of $0.99 ringtones was just the latest effort for the recording industry to sell you a smaller version of songs you already own in order to use them on your phones. Following up that announcement, two record companies have just announced Ringles, which is essentially a CD with 3 singles, a ringtone and…
Motorola promises new phone announcements next month and that they won’t “ride one horse to the bitter end again” like did the RAZR. Guess we’ll see. [NYT]
SanDisk killed off its original Sansa View, a flash-endowed PMP shown at CES, and today announced that it is giving the name to a super-slim 16GB video and music player that will cost $199. It’s no coincidence that this is twice the memory of Apple’s new 8GB nano—at the same price. https://gizmodo.com/sandisk-sansa-view-video-player-227067 SanDisk’s 8GB View…
Click to viewSome morons are whining again about iPhone international roaming data charges, this time adding up to $4,800 between three phones. They are claiming that AT&T charged them while their phones were “off.” Black magic? Criminal conspiracy? AT&T colluding with Apple, the NSA, FBI, CIA and the Vatican? No, probably just stupidity. https://gizmodo.com/cia-vatican-fox-news-undercover-agents-alter-wikipedi-289853 This…
GSM quietly celebrated it’s 20th birthday a few days ago. It was on the 7th September 1987 that 15 phone firms got together and agreed on the standard. And we didn’t even buy it a card. [BBC]
UK defense firm Qinetiq has smashed the world record for the longest unmanned flight. Their solar-powered Zephyr flew continuously for an incredible 54 hours, easily beating the previous 30-hour record held by a US jet aircraft. Unfortunately though, it won’t be officially recognized as a record, because of a slight oversight. The flight was pretty…
Click to viewAccording to support discussions and their own description pages, Apple has removed the ability to add events in the iPod touch’s calendar, even while it uses the same operating system and application frameworks as the iPhone [Updated after the jump] https://gizmodo.com/ipod-touch-can-run-all-apple-and-third-parties-iphone-a-296837 After a lengthy discussion in Apple’s support boards about an image published…