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Found You! | How the US tracked down and took out the world’s most wanted man

https://gizmodo.com/how-osama-bin-laden-was-found-5797588

The Turtle Pen Is Possibly the Only Interesting Pen

https://gizmodo.com/the-turtle-pen-is-possibly-the-only-interesting-pen-5797724

Pens! Pens! PENS! Excited? No, of course not, because when was the last time a pen was remotely interesting? Here’s a nice exception to the rule: Turtle’s “SNAPback” pens expose their tips with a pistol-like cocking action (so much innuendo!) More »

This Was the NYT’s Front Page Before Someone Actually Shouted “Stop the Presses!”

https://gizmodo.com/this-was-the-nyts-front-page-before-someone-actually-sh-5797776

The last time this happened it was during the first Gulf War two decades ago, so I got all giddy when I learned that someone actually had to shout “stop the presses” last night at the New York Times. More »

The Sad, Strange World of Tactical iPad 2 Pants

https://gizmodo.com/the-sad-strange-world-of-tactical-ipad-2-pants-5797712

Have you ever possessed the urge to walk around with an iPad tucked into your (enormous) pants pocket? No? Neither have I-but people hoping for a tablet nuzzled against their asses are out there. With really ugly pants. More »

This Recreation of Osama’s Killing Is Outrageously Insensitive, Totally NSFW and Absurdly Hilarious

https://gizmodo.com/this-recreation-of-osamas-killing-is-outrageously-insen-5797714

Call me insensitive for finding this video funny if you want. Heck, you can call me an asshole too. Whatever. I don’t care, because the only way this video could be any better is if it were real footage instead of a 3D dramatization from Taiwan. More »

Inside Osama’s “Kill Site”

https://gizmodo.com/inside-osamas-kill-site-5797645

It’s grainy and looks like it might have been shot on a cell phone, but ABC’s got their hands on video from inside the house where Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden. It’s about what you’d expect, destroyed and blood-soaked. More »

BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 Phone Combines Touch, Type and NFC in Slim Bold Body

It’s been a long time coming, but finally there’s a touchscreen BlackBerry in the same Bold body we all love (or hate.) Coming in a 4G HSPA+ 9900 flavor and CDMA EV-DO 9930 variant, the handset also runs on a newly-improved BlackBerry OS, numero 7. More »

https://gizmodo.com/video-of-touchscreen-blackberry-bold-montana-shows-its-5790767

This Gross Corpse Is Not Osama Bin Laden’s Cadaver

https://gizmodo.com/this-gross-corpse-is-not-osama-bin-ladens-cadaver-5797595

I know. You want to see the bloody bastard dead as much as I do. But this terrible photo of a battered Osama Bin Laden-which is just making the rounds-is not the real thing. It’s just a terrible Photoshop job. More »

This Was Osama’s Hideout on Google Maps

Osama bin Laden’s dead. But before we offed him, he was camped out in a Pakistani mansion-and in typical internet fashion, it’s already pinpointed on Google. The mapper’s anonymous, but they reveal strange things-police station neighbors? More »

https://jalopnik.com/confirmed-osama-bin-laden-is-dead-5797528

Five Engineering Students. Significant Budget. One Year. The Perfect Bicycle?

https://gizmodo.com/five-engineering-students-significant-budget-one-year-5797442

Voila! UPenn’s super-sophisticated uber-bike. Five kids. Substantial funding and sponsorship dollars. Free reign to eliminate clunks gears and cables. It’s called Alpha. More »

Size Isn’t Everything: White iPhone 4 Has Modified Innards, Too

So the white iPhone 4 is a bit bigger in the trunk than its black-encased brother. No big deal, really, unless you’re trying to swap cases between the two. Inside, however, we’re learning there’s even more to this peculiar story. More »

https://gizmodo.com/white-iphone-4-possibly-fat-and-definitely-cursed-5796820

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