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Pillow and iPad Covers That Make the Nerd in Me Absolutely Giddy [Nerdalicious]
Just look at them! They're cute and colorful, with blown up illustrations of your favorite electronic components, crazy nerdtastic prints, or quirky fun images. I think I'll get two pillow covers to make up for my iPadless-ness. More »
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How Visual Illusions Make Your Brain Flip [Brain]
It's a big skull. No, wait, it's two people under an arch. Hold on, it's a skull again. Two very different images can be perceived in this trick picture and now we are one step closer to working out how the brain spontaneously flips between such views, with the discovery of what may be the relevant brain region. More »
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Australian Tech Ads From the '80s Are as Odd as Their Animals [Advertising]
Capitalizing on the wave of hysteria post-"a dingo took my baby!," second-hand hard drives are shown as dangerous as Australia itself. Let's face it, any advert from the '80s is always going to crack a smile. [Gizmodo Au] More »
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How To Turn Your iPhone Into A Microscope For Only $10 [DIY]
These odd images were all taken using an iPhone cleverly equipped with a 45x microscope. The best part though? You can add such an upgrade to your own iPhone for about $10. More »
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The Saddest Nerd Wedding Photo Ever [Funny]
While Danish Ubuntu Solutions Provider Martin Pihl's marriage "wasn't without hazzles", he "juuuust had to check my e-mail before the ceremony." You've got counseling! (Can I still make an AOL joke? I guess if people still use Ubuntu...) [MartinPihl.dk] More »
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Five of the Best Tablets Revealed So Far [Tablets]
We've seen numerous announcements of tablet computers in recent weeks, as the R&D labs of the world push out their hastily assembled attempts at competing with Apple's game-changing iPad. But are any of them up to the job? More »
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Bye Bye Brain Says Hello to Windows Phone 7 [Windows Phone 7]
It looks like Windows Phone 7 is going to have at least one pretty game on it when it arrives, in the shape of Bye Bye Brain—a 3D zombie-based tower defense game. More »
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Tiny Solar Cells Can Rebuild Themselves [Solar]
Minuscule solar cells that can fix themselves using the same building blocks as plant cells have been demonstrated, with our old friend the carbon nanotube one of the key components that holds these self-healing power units together. More »
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Why Did Samsung Use Super TFT Instead of Super AMOLED for Its Galaxy Tab? [Tablets]
Even though the TFT screen was mentioned the first time we heard (however unofficial) of the presence of a Samsung tablet, it was still disappointing to see there wasn't actually a Super AMOLED in the final product. But why not? More »
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Nokia Embraces Pamela Anderson, On Film [Cell Phones]
"Want to star alongside Pam in a short film?" is the question Nokia's asking, as part of its promotional campaign for its forthcoming N8 smartphone. Pam's perhaps not the unstoppable sex machine she once was, but... yes please. More »
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First Reviews of Panasonic's Lumix LX5 Are Very Positive [Cameras]
Both CNET and PhotographyBlog have pressed the shutter button on Panasonic's Lumix DMC-LX5 in the past week, reviewing the new F2.0, 24mm Leica lens with 3.8x optical zoom and image processing engine. Canon's S95 should be scared. [PhotographyBlog, CNET] More »
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Five Reasons Why Best-Selling Authors Are Going Direct [Publishing]
Many best-selling authors are going direct by publishing through epublishers instead of traditional publishing companies. Here's why. More »
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LG's Optimus 7 Windows Phone Will Have One-Touch DLNA Support [Windows Phone 7]
Shown off rather unofficially at IFA was LG's Windows Phone 7 handset, the Optimus 7, aka the E900, a QWERTY slider with the company's new DLNA support for sharing media to the TVs or home audio systems. More »
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Clumsy Watch-Wearers Rejoice Over Nixon's Gunship Watches [Watches]
Most paintjobs give a little wear and tear over the years, but inevitably end up looking like an upgrade is on the cards. Nixon's painted their new Gunship Collection with paint designed to rub off, looking even better over time. More »
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Listed for $1,030 on German Amazon [Tablets]
A Samsung product exec told the WSJ that the Galaxy Tab would retail for between $200 - $300 in the US, but over on Amazon Germany, a 799 Euro price-tag has been affixed to the tablet. More »
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Future Electric Car Chargers Will Follow You Around [Cars]
It's bad enough worrying about losing your life-enabling smartphone connection due to a battery mismanagement crisis—but what happens when your car goes flat? A new wave of mobile car chargers could stop that nightmare scenario from unfolding. More »
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How to Start a Fire, Using Nothing But IKEA Home Furnishings [Fire]
Imagine, if you will, a situation occurring where you're hiking in Sweden, and have forgotten the necessary tools to start a fire. Suddenly an IKEA looms overhead, and while they don't sell matches or lighters, an idea comes to you... More »
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Turn a Disposable Camera Lens into a Reusable Cellphone Macro Lens [Camera Hacks]
Recently we showed how easily you can take apart a DVD drive and use one of the lenses inside to take awesome macro pictures. This build uses a disposable camera for parts, and a wire brace for easy reuse. More »
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T-Mobile and Orange Will Allow UK Customers to Access Both Networks [T-Mobile]
When the merger between T-Mobile and Orange was confirmed as Everything Everywhere, it wasn't too clear whether customers of each network would be able to access the other's infrastructure. More »
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iPod Touch Contains Motor for Vibrating FaceTime Alerts [Apple]
Missed in the FCC teardown, it appears the latest iPod Touch has a puzzling new addition to its family of components: a vibrating motor? Apple claims it's for alerting a user to a FaceTime request. [iPodTouchFans via 9to5Mac via MacRumors] More »
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I Can't Wait To Tap My Fingers On the HTC Vision/Vanguard's Chiclet Keypad [Android]
Splayed in a vice with only a ruler for comfort, HTC's upcoming Vision/Vanguard has received its 15 minutes of FCC fame, in unusually high-res photo quality. More »
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Scenes From a Massive Undersea Cable Ship [Undersea Cable]
When Alcatel-Lucent lays cable at the bottom of the sea, it does so using a variety of massive tools, ships and repeaters. They look a little something like this: More »
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Black Hole Coffee Table Devours Personal Wealth [Tables]
Don't worry, your coasters and coffee table books will be perfectly safe on this table. About the only thing designer Jon Gilmore's Nova Black Hole Illuminated Coffee Table can destroy is your wallet. More »
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The Original Frozen Margarita Machine [Retromodo]
Inspired by a 7-11 Slurpee machine, Mariano Martinez invented the frozen margarita maker using parts from an ice cream machine in 1971. Salute this fine piece of engineering with a frozen concoction of your choice this Labor Day. More »
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What Is This? [Photography]
Green. Definitely alive, at one point. Is it an alien landscape, captured by some NASA probe and enhanced in post production? Hulk's blood? Not quite, but close. The answer is a bit more earthy than that: More »
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Source: Oracle Offered Ousted HP Ex-CEO Mark Hurd a Job [Mark Hurd]
After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison blasted HP for ousting disgraced CEO Mark Hurd, he reportedly did what comes naturally to men of his stature and disposition: He offered the man a job. More »
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ApriPoco Controls Your Home with Voice Commands, IR [Robots]
All the adorable ApriPoco robot needs to control your home are a series of verbal commands and a little IR connectivity. Utter robot home domination—it's a feature, not a bug. More »
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Portable Electric Car Chargers Travel to Where They're Needed Most [Electric Cars]
Electric car "range anxiety?" Real, says GM, anyway. So, to limit the potential for mass hysteria as future commuters' e-tank gauges slide slowly towards E, a solution is needed. Mitsubishi's portable, networked charging stations could be a start. More »
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CENSORED Bar Greets Adult Services Searchers at Craigslist [Censorship]
Looking for a hooker? Don't go to Craigslist. The popular free website has censored the adult services section indefinitely following a complaint made by a group of state attorneys general regarding illegal ads promoting prostitution. More »
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Blurry Spyshot Hints iPad FaceTime Being Tested Right This Instant [Unconfirmed]
Are you ready for FaceTime video calls using a larger, slightly more pixelated than the iPhone 4 Retina Display version of yourself? Well even if you aren't, someone is, and they're testing it out at this very moment. More »
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This Whiskey Was Made From Urine [Alcohol]
I'm really into whiskey, but I think I'll pass on tasting Gilpin Family Whisky. Why? Because this single malt whiskey is made from urine. Specifically, it's made from the sugar rich urine of elderly diabetics. More »
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Sometimes We Want Too Many Things We Don't Need [Life]
Remember as a kid you only wanted one thing at a time? A bike, a doll, a football. Now, we're all caught up wanting everything we see, and a lot of it we don't need. Let's try to want less. More »
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Here's A Knockoff Bladeless Fan That's Priced Like a Dyson [Fan]
The imitation/knockoff market never ceases to amaze me. This bladeless fan from Abiko is a knockoff version of the Dyson Air Multiplier. But unlike typical cheap imitations, Abiko's version, at $223, is almost as expensive as the real thing. More »
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iPhone 4 Fitted Inside A Canon SLR Body [Cameras]
One things for sure: putting your iPhone 4 inside a Canon SLR isn't as useful as adding a SLR lens to your iPhone. But with this custom-made getup, you won't think about dropping your iPhone every time you hold it up. More »
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Xbox 360 IPTV Service Coming To AT&T U-Verse Subscribers? [Unconfirmed]
Xbox 360's IPTV service isn't dead, it's just been sleeping (for a long time). But it might be finally be awaken and headed to AT&T U-Verse if these screenshots of AT&T U-Verse technical support tools are to be believed. Engadget's source also says that Xbox 360 IPTV service is supposedly being tested right now and an official release could be coming in a matter of months. [Engadget] More »
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This Could Be the New Fastest Street Car [Cars]
The SSC Ultimate Aero II, the second generation of America's fastest supercar, looks like a space pod that combines Ferrari angles with Wall-E's Eve curves. It could also be the fastest production car in the world if it reaches 270MPH. [Jalopnik] More »
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A Beta Tester's Video Impressions Of Google TV And The Logitech Revue [Googletv]
A Google TV beta tester leaked a video of Google TV running on the Logitech Revue and it pretty much looks like what we've seen already but just realer. He also shows off the Logitech Revue and its keyboard. More »
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This Video Attack of Google's (and Eric Schmidt) Stance On Privacy Aired On A Jumbotron In Times Square [Google]
In the video, Eric Schmidt is caricatured as a creepy ice cream salesman who offers free Google ice cream in exchange for a full body scan. It was funded by ConsumerWatchdog and aired on a jumbotron in Times Square. More »
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How To Invite Your Entire Apartment Building To Your Party [WiFi]
Turns out, it's really easy to get your entire building to come to your party. Just rename your Wi-Fi network to PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT APT #434 and watch all the tech-savvy folks roll in. [Reddit via BuzzFeed] More »
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Kanye's "Apology" Tweets: Edited into Letter Form [Kanye]
The 'tubes are buzzing this AM with Kanye's two-hour Twitterized heart-dump. Pure and honest (?), it was also hard to follow. So I edited it. Lightly. Because even Kanye West needs an editor, and dude, we media aren't so bad. More »
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It's Not Too Late to Grab Some Gear for Labor Day! [Labor Day]
It's Labor Day weekend-three days of family obligations and hectic travel! How do you make it bearable? Pick up some new gear, of course. Here are a couple of recent products you could use to enhance your weekend. More »
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The World's Biggest Water Balloon Fight Will Make Anyone Smile [Image Cache]
120,000 water balloons, 4,000 happy people, and one very cute song. If the combination of those things doesn't bring a smile to your face, then I don't know what will. More »
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Surfing Earth's Magnetic Field With a Giant Space Ribbon [Space]
A Japanese rocket unfurled a 300-metre-long ribbon in space on Monday, testing technology that could one day allow spacecraft to navigate by surfing Earth's magnetic field. More »
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Nintendo's Virtual Boy Gets Torn Apart [Teardowns]
Nintendo's Virtual Boy was among the first game consoles to display "true 3D graphics" and a cherished part of many childhoods. It's also the "coolest device" the iFixIt crew has ever taken apart and it's easy to see why. More »
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Google Wave Lives On (in a Box) [Google Wave]
Google has announced that despite Wave's demise as a Google App, its open source code will continue to be developed into a fully-functional application available to anyone with the desire to host it. More »
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iOS 4.1 Released On September 8th [Apple]
If you go over to Apple's UK site, you're sure of a big surprise: they're listing the iOS 4.1 software update as being released September 8th. The US site still says "coming soon." [Apple UK] More »
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Europeans Get Their Limited Edition Inception DVD Sets In A Briefcase [Movies]
Remember the gadgets that put people to sleep in Inception? The European limited edition Inception DVD set is packaged in briefcases just like the ones that housed those devices. There's even a totem included, but I wouldn't trust it. More »
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Check if Your Bus is On Time Via QR Codes at DC Bus Stops [Augmented Reality]
Starting today, DC area bus stops are being treated with a bit of augmented reality. Smartphone users can get up-to-the-minute status reports and traffic updates for the bus they're waiting for by using a QR reading app. Convenient! [ReadWriteWeb] More »
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You Won't Find This Motorhome in Any Trailer Park [Vehicles]
I'm not a fan of motorhomes, but I will absolutely say yes to the gloriously naff and shiny Futuria, a luxury trailer that includes bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, a jacuzzi on a 11-foot roof teak-floored terrace, and a car garage: More »
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Mad Catz Tips Green Beret to Call of Duty: Spec Ops With Limited Edition Headsets [Headphones]
Mad Catz has debuted a new line of gaming headsets for the launch of Call of Duty: Spec Ops. Coming in varieties for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC commandos, the headsets feature 5.1 Dolby Digital sound and detachable microphones. More »
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Yes, That's a Horse Inside an Apple Store [Image Cache]
Did you know the one of the horse who goes into the Apple Store? Update: For those who thought this was a Photoshop, reader Chris Laseter sent us a close up. More »
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Ubuntu 10.10 Beta Adds New Photo Manager, Improves Multimedia Experience [Downloads]
An early look at the next release of Ubuntu's Linux desktop hit the web late yesterday. What's in 10.10, or "Maverick Meerkat," for desktop users? Besides app updates, there's a new photo manager, improved multimedia controls, better Ubuntu One syncing, and more. More »
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The Struggle To Find Where The Sticky Tape Begins Could Be Over [Concept]
Whenever I use sticky tape, I find myself struggling to figure where it begins—mostly because I don't use tape dispensers or mark the ends—but my struggle might be over thanks to this new tape concept. More »
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Free Fallout: New Vegas Graphic Novel Preview Hits iPad [Ipad]
Have an iPad and a bit of time? Might want to check out the free preview of the Fallout: New Vegas All Roads graphic novel. More »
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Why do light bulbs burn out just as they’re turned on? [Madscience]
Light bulbs are living on borrowed time, but why do their timers tend to expire just as you turn on a light, instead of flickering out randomly? More »
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Freak Out Your Coworkers With Google Docs Konami Code [EasterEggs]
The Konami Code (if you don't know it, then shame on you!) has long been part of geek lore. But now it can be part of your work day too: Google has added a new, pranktastic easter egg to Docs. More »
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Hands On With The New Xbox 360 Controller [UPDATE] [Xbox 360]
Xbox Live's Major Nelson was roaming PAX here in Seattle, probably needing something fun to do. So I asked him to let me try the new Xbox 360 controller with transforming D-pad — oh, and the analog sticks are different. More »
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Let's Talk Adventure! [Adventure]
Writing an eBay description of a beloved car is like writing an obituary for a friend that's still alive. Flaws and strengths. Have to be honest. But then you have to go out to the garage and crawl inside them. More »
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Apple Now Serving Up Showtimes With Its Movie Trailers [Movies]
Apple is offering a new showtimes service to go along with its always popular movie trailer selection. The new site may not be as feature-filled as the likes of Fandango, but it's certainly more slick. More »
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This Week's Best Apps [Apps]
In this week's rockin' and rollin' round up: Shazam, improved; Spidey's webs, slung; photographs, bubble-ified; restaurant waits, crowdsourced; space, explored; to do lists, beautified; iPad music making, jettisoned into the future, and more! More »
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Without a Trace: Turn Your Flash Drive into a Portable Privacy Toolkit [Privacy]
Whether you're trying to increase your security at an internet café, tunnel your way to your home computer from your cubicle, or leave no trace on your friend's borrowed computer, a flash drive turned portable privacy toolkit is invaluable. More »
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Threadless T-Shirts Get Turned Into Cakes Like Nothing You've Seen Before [Cakes]
Sure, we love a good gamecake, but these Threadcakes are in a league of their own. OF THEIR OWN. Clamp your lips 'round the 2010 winners over here: [Threadcakes] More »
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This Is How a Supernova Shockwave Looks [Image Cache]
See that pink ring glowing in the middle of space? That's the shockwave of Supernova 1987A hitting a gas ring that was ejected from the dying star 20,000 years before the fiery explosion. It's one light year across. More »
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Logitech's Affordable New PC Gamepad Controllers Look Sorta Familiar [Controllers]
Logitech just announced a revamp of their Gamepad line of PC controllers, taking a little bit of visual inspiration from here and little from there (that means Xbox and Playstation) for three affordable new USB controllers: F310, F510, and F710. More »
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Corsair's HS1 USB Gaming Headset Is Comfortable [Headset]
Corsair might only be known for their PC components—memory, SSDs, thumb drives and power supplies—but they're branching into USB audio gaming headsets as well. It's a natural progression, since their customers are gamers that want to optimize their setups. More »
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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]
Relax this Labor Day Weekend in style with a 60" Sharp LCD HDTV, a Roku HD Netflix Player, and a free "Man Day" T-Shirt. Don't you just love long weekends? More »
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Rumor: Galaxy Tab Might Also Be On Sprint As 4G and 3G Device [Rumor]
Boy Genius hears that the Galaxy Tab, Samsung's Android tablet already rumored to be on Verizon is heading to Sprint too. And, it'll have both 4G WiMax and 3G. Nice! [BGR] More »
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Steve Jobs on iTunes 10 Icon Lambasting: "We Disagree" [Apple]
That's what he said to designer Joshua Kopac when he told him that the iTunes 10 logo "really" sucks. No, not "prepare to die". I mean "We disagree." More »
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The Seeds of Apple's Cloud [Apple]
Apple has always sucked at the internet. With Ping and the new Apple TV, Apple sucks a little bit less at it. But Apple could be good at it. More »
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Apple's New Patent Barrage [Apple]
The US Patent & Trademark Office has awarded a truckload of patents, some of them seemingly trivial, from continuous scrolling acceleration on the iPhone to the burn disc icon user interface in iTunes, which was imagined by Steve Jobs himself. More »
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Dushare Is a Peer-to-Peer One Click File Sharing Solution [File Sharing]
You want to transfer a file to a friend but IM transfer has failed, it's too big for email, or somebody is behind a firewall. Head over to Dushare where you can transfer peer-to-peer via browser, as fast as you can upload. More »
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iPhone 3G Speed Test: iOS 4.0 versus iOS 4.1 [IPhone]
iOS 4.0 was so slow on our 3G, we promptly downgraded after updating. Earlier this week, Apple announced, among other things, that iOS 4.1 fixed performance on the iPhone 3G. We put their claim to the test. More »
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High on List of Things You Don't Want to See From Your Airplane Window: Massive Shower of Sparks [Explosion]
Passengers returning to Sydney from San Francisco were treated to a delightful pyrotechnic show as a special treat from Qantas. A mesmerizing cascade of flame and sparks! Coming from their 747's engine. Which exploded after taking off. Wait a second. More »
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Brazilian Teen Shoots Cellphones Into Jail With Bow and Arrow [Hardtime]
Considering it less uncomfortable than other methods of sneaking cellphones into prisons, a Brazilian gang hired a local teenager to launch phones over prison walls with a bow and arrow. Their plot was foiled when one hit a guard: More »
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iHome Shows Off the First Speaker With Apple's AirPlay Built In [Airplay]
Let the grand effort to bring wireless music to every room in your house begin (I'm starting with the bathroom). iHome's teasing an Airplay-enabled stump that will have rechargeable batteries and be available for the holidays. [iHome via Engadget] More »
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Angry Birds Lite Beta Launches on Android [Android Apps]
Rovio dropped a few hints earlier in the week that it'd have a public beta test of Android Angry Birds ready by Friday, and it's followed through—it's up on the Android Market right now. The level select shows 15 locked spaces for you to power through—and a link to buy the full version. But that doesn't work yet. This is a test. [Rovio via Techradar] More »
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Facebook Will Let You Kick Yourself Off Other Signed-In Devices [Facebook]
Similar to when AIM notifies you that you're still logged in on another computer, Facebook will go even deeper and not only tell you how long you've been logged in for, but the name of the device and location, too. More »
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Elephants Are Terrified By Ants [Science]
The legend is that a mouse can freak out elephants, but the truth is that their worst enemy is much smaller: Ants. Elephants get scared of ants. That's what Jacob Goheen and Todd Palmer have discovered in Africa's sub-Saharian savanna. More »
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R2-D2 Droid 2 Comes With Themed Dock [Android]
A collection of new images of the R2-D2 skinned special edition Droid 2 have been unlocked on Verizon's advertorial web site, showing the phone in much more detail—and revealing this rather nice themed dock. More »
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Sharp's Parallax Barrier Technology and 3D Camera Seen In the Flesh—and I Like [3D]
Glasses-less 3DTV sounds like the greatest invention ever, right? But secretly, I think we were all worried it would look quite rubbish. After a lengthy session with Sharp's parallax barrier technology, I can say chin up! It's not that bad. More »
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Painting a Building With Your Smartphone [Interactivity]
If you happen to find yourself at the ARS Electronica Center in Linz, Austria thinking, "that facade could do with a bit more color," you're in luck—a special smartphone application lets passersby paint the building in real time. More »
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I Really Want One of These Mini-Me Sport Cars [Gadgets]
The manufacturer calls these beautiful half-scale sports cars—from the Porsche 356 to the Jaguar above—"children's cars." Whatever. They fit an adult perfectly fine, and I'm getting one to drive straight from my bedroom to my office desk. More »
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I’ve Seen Your Future and It’s Been Edited [Comment]
My friends were the first two people kicked off of an extremely popular reality show. And I couldn't have been happier for them. More »
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The Wait for iPad 4.2 Seems Slightly More Unbearable Now [Ipad]
Apple's previewing everything that's new in iOS 4.2 for iPad, like AirPlay, wireless printing, and a couple surprises—text searching in Safari, finally. Just rubbing it in. The update needs to come fasterfasterfaster. [Apple] More »
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This Altoids Tin BBQ Grill Can Still Cook Dogs and Burgers [DIY]
OK, maybe not "dogs" plural, but the (regular size) creator of this tiny grill, made from an Altoids Sours tin, says it can cook a small hamburger or a single hot dog, cut down to size, with ease. Awwww. More »
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WaitList Reports Wait Times at Popular Restaurants, Bars, and More [Downloads]
iOS: If you want to know how long you'll be waiting for your next table or how long it'll take to gain access to a club, just search for your destination on WaitList and find out. More »
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NASA HD iPad App Clears the Tower [Space]
NASA's new iPad app lets space-fans catch up with all the latest happenings, track satellites, watch NASA TV, leaf through its archive of fantastic imagery and much, much more. More »
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The Ataris That Never Were [Concept Art]
Time for some concept art! Not for upcoming games, though. Not for old games, either. These are for old systems. More »
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Making Beer Snobbery a More Beautiful Thing [Beer]
Although we stand by our claim that canned beer can be great beer, many enthusiasts still love the bottled stuff. But what if you want to sample without commitment? Enter the BeerVault—preserving and dispensing craft brewski as needed. More »
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3D Blu-ray Release of Avatar Will be a Timed Panasonic Exclusive [TVs]
The long-awaited 3D Blu-ray release of Avatar will arrive before 2011—but you'll need a Panasonic Viera 3D TV if you want to own it this year. More »
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Rumor: Google Music Hasn't Signed Any Labels Yet [Google]
There's a very attractive job going at Google, with the company looking for someone to head up its Music launch later this year. Meanwhile, Android dude Andy Rubin is working with the team closely, and even meeting with record labels. More »
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Buzz Aldrin Wants a Lottery-System for Space Flights to Rival Richard Branson's [Space]
Our brothers Down Under on Gizmodo Australia got some face-time with the man himself, Buzz Aldrin. They talk about—what else?—space, and how we must colonize Mars. Or should we? More »
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A Dual-Booting Tablet Running Android 1.6 Sounds Barmy, Viewsonic [Tablets]
After warning us last week of their impending dual-booting tablet, ViewSonic has now spilled the beans on the ViewPad 100's specs. I don't think anyone will be impressed by the Android 1.6 flavor, even if Windows 7's also there too. More »
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Walkman Outsold iPod in Japan During August [Apple]
This August, and after aggressive price cutting, Sony's Walkman outsold Apple's music players in Japan. But then again, the month's drop in iPod sales has been partly brought about thanks to buyers waiting for Apple's new iPods. [Yahoo] More »
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Postage Stamps Go High-Tech With QR Code-Like Stamp Readable by Apps [IPhone Apps]
The UK's Royal Mail may've been kicking around in some shape or form since 1516, but they've become the first postal service to create an "intelligent stamp," readable like a QR code by an Android or iPhone app. More »
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Samsung's Self-Proclaimed "Notebook Masterpiece" Seems More Like "MacBook Clone" [Laptops]
Samsung's Seongwoo Nam says his company's new high-end QX410 is "the masterpiece of Samsung's computer business"—but it's probably more like of a copy of a well-known metal-bodied old master. Still, nice island keyboard. More »
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Play Like Dom Cobb With Inception's Blu-ray Briefcase Set [Movies]
UK Inception fans will be treated to one of the best Blu-ray packages I've ever seen, come December 6th. Available for pre-order now, the film is on Blu-ray and DVD, plus there's a digital copy and heaps of special features. More »
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The World's Slimmest OLED 3DTV May Be a Mere $9,000 [Oled]
After last year's 15.1-inch beauty, LG partnered it up with a 31-inch beast. It's officially the world's slimmest OLED 3DTV, but that's not saying much when Sony is the only other manufacturer with an OLED 3DTV. More »
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Twitter Adding Push Notifications to its iPhone App [IPhone Apps]
Twitter is currently in the final stages of testing push notifications in its iPhone app, pending a full activation of the feature in the next iOS release. According to TechCrunch, users with iOS 4.1 and its updated Twitter client will be able to enable the feature, bringing them closer still to the dream of full integration with the online hive mind. [TechCrunch] More »
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Of Toshiba's Two Lumileo Pico Projectors, One Chains You Up, the Other Makes You Free [Pico Projectors]
Pico projectors: remember them? They were all the rage before everyone moved on to tablets and 3DTVs. A little late to the game, but Toshiba's two pico projectors are svelte models with a only storage and connection keeping them apart. More »
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