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There has been much ado in the last week about how incredibly stupid Apple fanboys are. Eat some humble pie MS lovers, how crazy is this? A Microsoft House! In contrast, we had the plastic surgeon that operated on his big clunky thumbs so he could use the iPhone with improved accuracy. Then Heather got…
While Dell is not officially supporting their Windows Mobile 6 on their Axim X50 and X51 models, those who own the VGA versions might be interested in a new port created by a philanthropist programmer. Maybe the mod scene is the only place various smartphone users will find their WM6 fix, because it sure seems…
DOOM is on the iPhone! Hoorah! The iPhone was worth the $599 after all! Well, almost. The game runs, but it can’t be controlled and it’s lacking audio of any sort. Think of it as a Hello World app but with satanic monsters attacking your defenseless body. We do, however, very much look forward to…
While we’re all waiting around for light sabers to be invented, there must be a better way to occupy our time than staring at walls of unopened action figures (at the comic book store, we’re too cheap) or hitting up message boards to debate over which Leia was the hottest (not bikini Leia, I would…
There really isn’t anything you can’t build using LEGO. Case in point: Check out this LEGO dock for the Sharp [es] W-ZERO3, a slightly older Japanese smartphone. The builder has cradles for both vertical and horizontal orientations of the phone, and each one has a LEGO man standing guard over it to stare down marauders.…
Word on the Web is Google are shutting down their—not so hot—premium service branch of Google Video. This would not be a big deal if upon closing any content that was purchased still remained playable—but this is a big deal because any purchased content will be rendered useless when Goggle sticks the knife in on…
This papercraft engine only needs to sit on a cup of hot coffee to drive its pistons. No, it’s not the precious caffeine that drives the motion, but the Stirling engine design, in which the difference between alternating hot and cold gas pressure is harnessed for power. Running for up to an hour on a…
British site The Inquirer is reporting from Siggraph 2007 that the next version of DirectX, 10.1, requires spanking new hardware to support its sort of spanking new features. The spec revision basically makes a number of things that are optional in DX10 compulsory under the new standard – such as 32-bit floating point filtering, as…
Universal’s DRM-free tracks will have watermarks that will allow them to be tracked over P2P networks. Whether each copy of a track is uniquely marked or they all simply sport generic “Universal” tats is still a question. [Listening Post] https://gizmodo.com/why-universal-shut-out-itunes-on-drm-free-music-288062
You have a problem; you have a bitchin’ pair of shades, but you want to be able to simultaneously protect them whilst pumping out tunes to the World. Shady Beats has the solution; a case for your shades with integrated speakers. The hefty looking glasses cases do not stop their multi-puprose lives there, however. They…
In a law left vague enough for ridiculous exploitation, the German government has just passed Paragraph 202C, which states that it’s illegal to possess, produce, use or distribute a “hacker tool”. Make points out that the law could easily encompass network monitoring systems, and that since the ban, Kismac WiFi detection software has shut down.…
Following a night of light to extremely heavy imbibing, this morning has been a bit rough for certain members of the Gizmodo weekend crew writing this post. That’s why we were just thrilled when the MyFountain, an advanced automated drink mixer, popped up in our RSS. Storing 16 different chilled liquids, the MyFountain can simply…
has been leaked for download. [downloadsquad]
It is a well-known fact that if the hover board from Back to the Future ever floated into existence, geeks the World over would forget their sexual frustrations for at least seven weeks. Here is a run down of where we stand at the moment—the Hoverboard by Future Horizons and the Airboard by Alura Intelligent…
Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, is in a sticky situation. He needs to defend why his company exclusively backs HD DVD when the format is trailing Blu-ray by a long shot. Maybe glass-half-full talk day after day is what leads him to say things like this: The people who have bought so…
Oh man, Nintendo better pack up their portable gaming bags. Enter the compact, Nevover 7″ TFT LCD for the PS3, set to revolutionise the mobile entertainment industry as we know it. The screen docks on top of the PS3 and folds completely down for storage, whilst the resolution of 234 x 480 will ensure your…
Why settle for a factory made Lasonic iPod boombox when you can make your own with a vintage 1985’s Ghetto Blaster? Giz Reader Angelo Brisimitzakis posted his do-it-yourself guide so you can get the real ghetto look and sound yourself. https://gizmodo.com/lasonic-ghetto-blaster-returns-with-ipod-dock-probably-288380 To do it you will need the Lasonic Ghetto Blaster TRC-931 or a similar…
Clip 3 from the 1993 concept video Vision, produced by Andersen Consulting, shows us what the portable communications device of the future could look like. I’m pretty sure you could kill an elephant with that tablet she’s holding. See also:Vision (Clip 1, 1993)Vision (Clip 2, 1993)Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future (1993)Writer and Producer of…
The Summer 2007 issue of The Wilson Quarterly contains a small blurb about paleo-futurism. You may even recognize the name of a certain paleo-futurist blogger. An excerpt appears below. Cars still don’t fly, the moon remains uninhabited, and at home there’s no robot doing the laundry. What happened to the future? To find it, bloggers…
Remember when Gizmondo‘s CEO Stefan Eriksson completely obliterated his Ferrari Enzo on the PCH and blamed his make-believe German buddy “Dietrich” for the whole thing? It appears that even the friends of rich-and-infamous failed entrepreneurs can’t outrun the law forever. After spending over a year on the lam, a man Los Angeles police are calling…