Monthly Archives: July 2011

OK, all you boys and girls who are dying to hack into your shiny new EVO 3D. The long-rumored collaboration between the folks behindUnrEVOked and AlphaRev has come to fruition, and the Revolutionary S-OFF and Recovery Tool has been born. Devices … Continue reading →

Ready for another mobile operating system? Alibaba certainly is, having just unveiled its Aliyun OS. The new entrant will apparently be “fully compatible” with apps from Android through a proprietary Waterloo-style emulation layer. We don’t know exactly how that’ll work, … Continue reading →

According to this explanation, the butterfly effect used to explain chaos theory is just a big exaggeration. Watch the video for a much better understanding of how it works and why we can’t predict the outcome of these complex systems. … Continue reading →

I wonder what HR Giger would say about this horrendous bike created by Roo Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn, a Bangkok man who apparently sells them to people all over the world. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/l75Ur2qOt_o/ Micron Technology Microchip Technology Methode Electronics Mentor Graphics

TweetFire – a Twitter client with Speed and Push Notifications – is now available for iPhone. TweetFire was built with speed and performance in mind. Are you tired of other clients that take forever to load and try to download … Continue reading →

Anyone who has followed the Samsung Fascinate since its launch knows that it has been plagued with some update issues, and only just recently did it finally get Android 2.2. While there have been a number of custom ROMs for … Continue reading →

A few moments ago, version 2 of the Banshee music player for Linux was released, bringing with it a whole slew of new features, and the addition of an official — but alpha-quality — Windows build. The Mac OS X … Continue reading →

How do you make orange juice? Simple! Squeeze oranges and drink. How do big box companies make orange juice? Complicated! Squeeze oranges, remove oxygen, re-flavor the now flavorless orange juice with artificially orange “flavor packs” and…drink? Uhh… More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/JH23auyUmk0/orange-juice-is-artificially-flavored-to-taste-like-oranges … Continue reading →

No, you are not going crazy, pictured above is not the Sidekick 4G, but instead the Sharp FX Plus, which may soon be AT&T-bound. A few days ago we saw some shots of a WalMart ad that showed off the device, but … Continue reading →

Remember when we mentioned the ASUS Transformer Android 3.2 update would be made available this week? Of course you do, and the good news is — it’s now rolling out to users across the aboard. You can go ahead and … Continue reading →

Amazon today is talking up its new deal with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution, which will make a number of Universal movies available to Prime subscribers at no added fee. The list of movies includes the likes of Fear and Loathing … Continue reading →

We’ve all thought it, but never dared think it could be true: what if Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL actively monitor our instant messenger chats? What if mentions of ‘bomb’ and ‘underage’ are tracked and sent to law enforcement agencies? What … Continue reading →

Microsoft, citing Google’s tyrannical 95% share of the European search market, has lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission. It’s not like Microsoft is breaking any ground here — the European Commission has been investigating Google’s alleged violation of … Continue reading →

Eager to get your hands on a big-screen OLED TV? Then it looks like you may still have to wait a few more years — at least according to Paul Peng, the executive vice president of display manufacturer AU Optronics … Continue reading →

Quick Bike Hack: Put A Seatbelt Inside Your Tires To Resist Punctures Hands-On With The Creative ZEN Style M300 The Bracketron All-Weather Soft Case Bike Protects Your Smartphone During Your Ride The anaPad Is A White Board And Wooden iPad … Continue reading →

Twitter could soon flag tweets containing links to inappropriate content with a NSFW designation. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8YLa8ibmny8/twitter-may-soon-flag-tweets-with-nsfw-content Ims Health Imation . Ikon Office Solutions Idt

Cloud Girlfriend, despite what it sounds like, doesn’t really have anything to do with cloud computing. Rather, it uses a cloud of women to pose as your girlfriend on Facebook, or your favorite social network of choice. The service is … Continue reading →

Facebook has announced that its two mobile sites — m.facebook.com and touch.facebook.com — have been unified, bringing a simpler mobile experience to Facebook users. And there are a lot of those — a quarter billion, according to Facebook. Smartphone users … Continue reading →

Google Chrome already sports a number of security-minded features, from Incognito mode to a software sandbox which makes exploiting the browser a Herculean task. Now, Google has announced additional protection for Chromium and Chrome users. Built upon the Safe Browsing … Continue reading →

Our podcast feed Download Directly Subscribe in iTunes Geoff and Rene answer questions on the keyboard/crackberry claw then discuss footwear from regular shoes to high heels to Nike Free to Vibram to barefoot, and which let your feet work best. … Continue reading →

What exactly is a PRS-T1? Well, it’s a new Sony Reader and it just so happens to have swung through the FCC with a WiFi n radio in tow. As you can see above, the regulatory label proudly proclaims this … Continue reading →

It’s another mixed bag worth of earnings for the folks in Overland Park. Sprint just announced its Q2 2011 earnings prior to the market’s open today, and while it’s obviously doing its darnedest to paint a rosy picture, the raw … Continue reading →

Made by Nikon under the Ikelite name, this waterproof case is made from polycarbonate so will keep your precious snapper bone-dry and corrosion-free, to depths of 200ft. There’s just one small problem—it costs $1,400. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/qTjBIpX3qts/ Rogers Communications Saic … Continue reading →

As Groupon’s business in India continues to hit snags, a homegrown daily deal company is quickly snatching up market share in the local deal space. New Delhi-based Snapdeal.com, which, like Groupon features daily deal coupons at discounted rates, announced today … Continue reading →

Familiar with this scenario? You put off grocery shopping until the weekend, curse your way through the irate Sunday morning hordes, and then schlep your food all the way home only to realize you forgot to buy dish soap and … Continue reading →

Seriously guys. We like you, we’ll even pay you. This internet thing isn’t that hard! [Brad Colbow] More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/inLdt-IaEv0/why-newspapers-suck-at-the-internet Saic Rockwell Automation Rf Micro Devices Red Hat

Landmines are simple but ridiculously effective and obnoxiously long-lived devices— often killing and maiming civilians long after the end of conflict. The Digger D-3 aims to clear the world’s war-zones one mine at a time. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/V0qcjHpDncQ/the-digger-d+3-eats-landmines-for-breakfast-literally At&T Autodesk … Continue reading →

Looks like those skinny Ultrabooks Intel was trying to sell us on at Computex will all be hitting the market at roughly the same time. Despite earlier suggestions that HP would beat ASUS’s planned September launch, DigiTimes reports the Palo … Continue reading →

A lot of smartphone users I know have young children like I do. While every kid is unique, one consistent theme is that the little buggers are constantly asking to play a game or watch a movie or something. And … Continue reading →

At its heart, the iPad is supposed to be fun. Hell, life is supposed to be fun! Wreck This is an app that gives you silly tasks to accomplish on the iPad screen with nary a reason why. Sure I’ll … Continue reading →

If you’re embattled Barack, and you can’t seem to get the kids together to agree on a meltdown-averting debt deal, what’s the next best thing? Crashing your political opponent’s website and phone lines. DDoS is officially in! More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/C-9mPpKRiaI/obama-kills-debt-ceiling-oppositions-boehner-online … Continue reading →

A lot of smartphone users I know have young children like I do. While every kid is unique, one consistent theme is that the little buggers are constantly asking to play a game or watch a movie or something. And … Continue reading →

Google, as part of its ongoing and much-needed overhaul of its popular Blogger platform, has just enabled five dynamic, HTML5ish, AJAXy ‘Dynamic Views’. There’s a video introducing the new layouts after the break. The five new views provide fresh and … Continue reading →

Mozilla, continuing its year-long crusade to speed up Firefox startup and shutdown times, has published a name and shame list of the Firefox’s slowest add-ons. The list is just one part of Mozilla’s new efforts to highlight slow add-ons, and … Continue reading →

Nortel, once one of the biggest telecoms company in the world but now in the death throes of bankruptcy, has selected Google’s $900 million bid for its patent portfolio as the stalking horse bid. This doesn’t mean that Google will … Continue reading →

Windows 8 images continue to leak onto the Internet, despite Microsoft’s wallpaper-based pleas to those with access to the early releases. Today’s installment courtesy CNBeta shows the upcoming Windows App Store, which will likely feature prominently in Windows 8. We’ve … Continue reading →

Using some early numbers from both StatCounter and Net Applications, Mozilla’s noisiest hominid, Asa Dotzler, has illustrated Firefox 4′s meteoric rise to around 5% of Web browser global usage share. Internet Explorer 9, which launched two weeks ago, seems to … Continue reading →

Windows 8 images continue to leak onto the Internet, despite Microsoft’s wallpaper-based pleas to those with access to the early releases. Today’s installment courtesy CNBeta shows the upcoming Windows App Store, which will likely feature prominently in Windows 8. We’ve … Continue reading →

To say we’ve been patiently waiting for the Xoom’s promised 4G upgrade would certainly be an understatement. It looks like those of you counting on blistering speeds this summer are flat out of luck, as the LTE overhaul apparently won’t … Continue reading →

In news that will no doubt shake the very bedrock of your belief system, Apple has asked Toyota to remove its Scion theme and its advertising from ModMyi, a Cydia repository. The Scion theme has been available for weeks, but … Continue reading →

The Sandy Bridge update to the Air line has been enough to make some feel the lightweight laptop is ready for prime time (I’m convinced, personally), but it’s still not enough for some. MacBook Pro users are accustomed to more … Continue reading →

Back when I was a kid, I used to love crafting ornate puzzle boxes out of Lego. There would be just one way to open the box, by carefully shifting and rotating a bunch of pieces. Well, either that, or … Continue reading →

Android Honeycomb tablets are now on store shelves and vendor websites. Six months from Honeycomb’s release, tablet makers have finally optimized their hardware to fit the new made-for-tablets OS version to their larger-than-smartphone screens. But where are the apps? Source: … Continue reading →

I have a thing for full-screen text editing. I use WriteMonkey for my creative writing needs, and VIM in a full-screen PuTTY session for my Web development work. That being the case, I’m all over the monospace, dark-background, focused editing … Continue reading →

TripAdvisor, the popular travel planning tool, has just launched an app for Windows Phone 7. Just like the mobile website, the app allows you to search for anything travel-related — from hotels and flights to restaurants and points-of-interest to visit … Continue reading →

Oh boy, we don’t envy the Verizon web admin who made this particular mis-click. If you go to VZW’s sales page for the Blackberry 9650 and click on the “Explore Features” video, you get an unexpected treat: a walkthrough not … Continue reading →

There comes a time when that giant, corporate-issued laptop stops fitting into your lifestyle. When dragging around a Kensington roller case just won’t do. When you start to hear the siren lilt of something thinner, lighter, and maybe a bit … Continue reading →

For those familiar with last year’s Mac mini, what you’re peering at above isn’t likely to strike you as jarring. Heck, it may even seem somewhat vanilla at this point. In truth, Apple did exceedingly little in terms of design … Continue reading →

Riding a stationary bike can be good exercise, but it can also be really boring. The Pro-Form Le Tour De France Indoor Cycle changes that. First of all, it’s not exactly your typical stationary bike. This cycle has both an … Continue reading →

We aren’t the only ones who want to see an end to passwords. So does the government. Barack Obama wants to kill your password. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/zUy3rUnDx_o/barack-obama-thinks-your-password-sucks Kla-Tencor Koninklijke Kpn Lam Research Liberty Global

Apple’s giving us a patent application peek into its post-PC future, and it looks like hard keys will be so 2008. The recently revelead filing shows off a virtual, flat keyboard concept for Cupertino’s line of non-iOS products that flirts … Continue reading →

Whoops! Looks like we shouldn’t have funded that university study on the effects of looking at 3DTVs, probably says some guy at Samsung right now. Probably, because the study found that 3DTVs cause eye strain and fatigue, Ars reports. More » … Continue reading →

Sure, 1080p HDTVs aren’t exactly an ultra luxury these days, but a 1920 x 1200-pixel IPS panel on your desk? That’s a privilege often enjoyed by HD film editors, graphic designers, and those of us who know how to beat … Continue reading →

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but that didn’t go down too well with the three KIRF Apple Stores in Kunming, China. In fact, after American expat BirdAbroad made her local stores famous last week, local officials have since … Continue reading →

Blue Microphones announced the Radius, a suspension shockmount for the Yeti and Yeti Pro. The Radius is designed to isolate the microphone body from ambient vibration when mounted on a mic stand. It is similar to the Ringer, which is designed for … Continue reading →

Today?s LogicBUY Deal is 25% or 30% savings on the newest 17.3? HP ENVY 17 customizable laptop, with a Core i7 as low as $979.99.  Features 2nd generation Intel Core i5 or i7 cpu options, 1GB Radeon HD 6850M discrete … Continue reading →