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Tech NewsGoogle Streetview Captures British People Drunkenly Vomiting
The British are very polite. There’s no way you’re going to catch them peeing on the street like some Spaniard. But you will, luckily for us, see them vomiting up a booze storm in broad daylight. https://gizmodo.com/google-street-view-captures-man-woman-peeing-in-the-str-5117122 Two things. One, it’s obviously Christmastime. Unless, of course, it’s Halloween and Reindeer Man’s wearing the world’s laziest … Continued
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Catching Up: Gizmodo, Now With More Creative Commons
Hey, I’m happy to announce that we’re being published under a Creative Commons license now. Although it’s a non-commercial license, remixes and quotes are fine by blogs commercial or otherwise, with attribution/links. But splogs can—as always—go to hell. This has always been our policy, but it’s nice to have the license right there on the … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
How to Enable 3G Tethering in Your iPhone 3.0 Now
We haven’t tried this but someone has published a tutorial about how to enable 3G tethering in the iPhone OS 3.0. [Update: It works with AT&T] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-tethering-now-working-for-someone-somewhere-5175020 Warning: ONLY DO THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CAN ACCEPT THE RISK* To get this to work with AT&T, follow these instructions: 1. Download … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
iPhone 3.0 OS Reveals New iPhones, iPods and the Mysterious “iProd”
The iPhone 3.0 OS has references to brand new iPhone models (not just one, but two), a new iPod and the mysterious “iProd.” A quick rundown on Apple model naming conventions. The original iPhone is known as iPhone1,1 and the iPhone 3G is iPhone1,2. The first number refers to the overarching model, so when it … Continued
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Gamestop Says Wii Supply Is Finally Meeting Demand
It took about three years, but Gamestop’s Senior Vice President of Merchandising Bob McKenzie has declared their Wii stock adequate to meet consumer demand: You know, three years later, we finally have enough inventory on the shelf, and we’ve got a couple of weeks in supply of this.That’s good because we can finally determine and … Continued
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AC Adapter Powers Five USB Ports, Globally
This AC adapter from Brando is pretty nifty. Not only can it power five USB devices, the adapter can also be used worldwide. With internal voltage regulation (100-240V) and a number of travel plug adapters, the $22 “AC to 5-USB Power Adapter” should keep your USB devices fully charged through the US, Europe and Asia. … Continued
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Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
At the annual Pwn2Own competition, where hackers compete to crack software as fast as possible so you don’t sleep at night, browsers were on the first day’s menu. And Safari went down in seconds. Security researcher Charlie Miller hacked Safari in just 10 seconds, then used a remote-execution exploit to take over the up-to-date MacBook … Continued
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Acer Predator Desktop Gaming Units Recalled For Minor House Burning Issue
About 215 of Acer’s ASG7200 and ASG7700 units were just recalled by the consumer product safety commission because their internal wiring could get “bent or stripped”, causing them to overheat and create a “burn hazard.” Acer themselves reported two instances of this happening, which caused its components and case to melt. MELT. If this is … Continued
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EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger
MIT students build a solar racer that reaches 90 MPH on nothing but sun. Energy Star guidelines for enterprise servers are coming May 1st. And RFID chips are used everywhere, even to fight cacti theft. The 2009 World Solar Challenge, taking place in Australia from October 25th to 31st, will see some of the most … Continued
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The Silent Farter Chair Has a Crude Sense of Humor
Finally, a chair designed to amplify one’s farts. (Yes, the name is ironic.) We know what you’re thinking, but the Silent Farter Chair (concept) isn’t some Spencer Gifts novelty. It’s a well-reasoned solution to a global problem: Those with excess gas in their abdomen can find it difficult to hold it in sometimes, even at … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
I’m a PC and I’m 85…Wait…86
Microsoft has teamed with various hardware vendors to sell PCs for seniors. Because apparently the cute girls under five market is pretty small. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-uses-another-cute-little-girl-in-im-a-pc-ad-5153286 Offered for about $1300, these HP desktops or laptops come with stripped down software like a simplified browser and word processor, medication adherence software, printers, and, of course, bigger keyboards/trackballs upon … Continued
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Cisco Acquires Pure Digital, Makers of the Flip Video Cam, For $590 Million
Cisco is surely on to something: an enterprise mobile videophone? $500,000 internet backbone router with cute modular Flip video cam? Or maybe they just want a consumer horse besides Linksys in their stable that clearly has some legs: Flip’s video cams have sparked a netbook-like fever, with everyone and their brother getting into the tiny … Continued
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Mamiya’s $20k, 33-Megapixel DL33 Medium-Format Digital Is Beautiful
Medium format wizards Mamiya are continuing their legacy of huge-sensored digicams with the new DL33—33 megapixels spread across a 36mm x 48mm sensor, which is twice the size of a full-frame DSLR’s chip. As you know, sensor size and performance is the far more important factor governing image quality in digital photography. So the DL33 … Continued
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iPhone 3G Tethering Now Working for Someone, Somewhere
A developer called Steve Troughton-Smith has managed to activate and use the 3G tethering feature available in the new iPhone 3.0 OS. He can now use his iPhone to connect his laptop to the internet. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-5171796 I missed this one—even while I gave up and joined the Twitter cult a couple of days ago, after … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
The New Shuffle Available in Pretty Colors for $129, Unofficially
While Apple insists on grey and black for the new iPod shuffle, Computer Choppers is happy to do some custom color anodizing for you. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-shuffle-review-2009-5169174 Any model in the pictured spectrum can be yours for $129, or a $50 premium over the stock iPod shuffle. But there are other options as well, such as copper, … Continued
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ThumbTack iPod Mic Is as Cute as a Button Tack
If you’re the kind of person who demands that all electronics be twee and whimsical and you happen to need a mic for your Touch 2G or Nano 4G, well, here you go. The ThumbTack is touted as “the best quality micro-microphone in its category”, its category being, I assume, sub-$15 microphones that are shaped … Continued
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Google Brings 500,000 Public Domain eBooks To Sony Readers
If a book was published before 1923 and it’s at all worth reading, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll soon be able to download it to your Sony reader for free. Sony is partnering with Google to offer a half-million public domain titles—already available to PC users on Google Book—to their library, making their … Continued
By John Herrman