Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Memory [Forever] [Memory Forever]

You have more of your memories stored online than all of your ancestors ever left behind. The future of memory is already here. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:19:00 EDT

Nvidia's 3DTV Play Brings 3D From PC to 3DTVs [3D]

Problem: Nvidia's GeForce GPU can display 3D, but in a different standard than the HDMI 1.4 plug that the upcoming crop of 3D TVs are going to use. Solution: Nvidia's 3DTV Play software, which reconciles the difference. That was easy! More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

We've got some spectacular deals today. The discounted 55" Toshiba will go nicely with a console copy of the on sale Battlefield, and take a break after the savings by gambling away some virtual bucks on the card drop app. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:40:24 EDT

Design an iPad Etching, Win a Free Etched iPad [Announcements]

We're teaming up with our friends from Epilog and Adafruit to offer up two free iPads to you folks out there who think you can create the coolest/most embarassing designs to be etched in their backs. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:08:42 EDT

Windows Phone 7 SDK Available Now, Free [Windows Phone 7]

You can download the Windows Phone 7 SDK right now from this link. Make us some good stuff, programmers. [Windows Phone Developer] More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:45:32 EDT

Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7 [NetFlix]

Here's the first demo of Netflix running on Windows Phone 7. Keep in mind, it's technically a prototype, but equipped with show subscriptions and 3G streaming, Netflix is super hot on the platform. We want this. Now: More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:40:00 EDT

Bodum Bistro Rugged Appliances [Kitchen]

Bodum wouldn't dare call their upcoming Bistro line of appliances "rugged," but wrapped in rubber and dotted with grippy nubs, they feel like power tools re-imagined by a toy company. And I mean that in the best possible way. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Le Whif Coffee Inhaler: First Hit's Free $3 [Addicts]

The makers of the Chocolate Inhaler have done themselves one better. The Le Whif Coffee Inhaler, a lipstick-sized tube that contains a "breathable coffee powder," gives you a nice caffeine fix without all that drinking and swallowing messiness. How nice? More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:19:48 EDT

Titanic 3D Release Confirmed By James Cameron For 100th Anniversary [3dTv]

I've always maintained Titanic was James Cameron's career acme, and it seems even he can't face doing another 3D movie from scratch, after spending 15 years and over $200m making Avatar. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:11:40 EDT

The First Xbox Live Windows Phone Game Looks Awesome (Achievement Unlocked!) [Windows Phone 7]

Harvest shows what Xbox Live gaming will be like on Windows Phone 7, and it's pretty damn impressive. Achievements, explosions, and glorious gamerpoints. Leaving your house officially no longer means stalling your gamerscore. UPDATED. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:09:11 EDT

Windows Phone 7 Apps: First Video [Windows Phone 7]

So this is how apps are going to look on Windows Phone 7: visually captivating, great animations, 3D transformations. It's a very distinctive look and feel from iPhone apps, and may be just what Microsoft needs to establish themselves. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:12:04 EDT

Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know [Windows Phone 7]

Windows Phone 7 Series: It's a thing! And it looks pretty great, so far. Last month's announcement, though, left a lot of questions. Questions which will be answered here, in Gizmodo's live coverage of Microsoft MIX 2010 keynote. Constantly updating. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:11:59 EDT

Dell Files Lawsuit Against Five Tech Companies For Alleged Price-Fixing [Dell]

News just in—X tech company sues Y tech company! Except it's not that simple. Dell's actually filed a lawsuit against five manufacturers—Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, Seiko Epson and HannStar, for supposed price-fixing of LCD monitors. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:11:00 EDT

Windows Phone Marketplace Partners: Pandora, Foursquare, EA Mobile, AP, and More [Windows Phone 7]

It's not clear yet when Microsoft's newly announced Windows Phone Marketplace is going to launch, but when it does they'll have a bevy of partners already on board, ranging from the AP to Foursquare to Pandora. And they look good! More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Hubble 3D Review: A Gift From NASA to Us [Movies]

Hubble 3D is a pretty simple movie. It's also one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen in my life. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:59:38 EDT

Apple Hires Expert On "Wearable Technologies" [Apple]

Say what? Apple better not be working out how to strap a laptop to someone's back, because that's already been done—10 years ago. But their recent hiring of someone well-versed in wearable computing does spell something interesting. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:40:00 EDT

First Hands-On: Powermat Portable 2X Induction Charger [Powermat]

Powermat already makes a portable, tri-fold version of their induction charger. But it's only a bit portable, as you have to plug the thing in. Their latest Powermat is loaded with a lithium ion battery so you can charge anywhere. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Joby GorillaBike Looks Seriously Unsafe [GorillaPad]

I like those GorillaPod bendy tripods as much as the next guy, but this seems like a pretty bad idea. [Photography Bay via Gadget Lab] More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:54:39 EDT

Battery Life Could Increase By Four Times With Lithium-Sulphur Batteries [Batteries]

Lithium-ion batteries are already close to the 20-hour life promised back in 2007 for laptops, but Lithium-sulphur batteries being worked on at Stanford University may improve battery life by 300 per cent. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:41 EDT

A Homophone, By AT&T [Image Cache]

Supposedly spotted in an AT&T store, and presented without comment. Update: AT&T swears they didn't make it; it's possibly from a dealer store. [Reddit via The Daily What via Richard Blakeley] More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EDT

It's Time For One Data Plan to Rule All Our Gadgets [All Giz Wants]

If you buy a 3G iPad, you'll be able to purchase data, month by month, from AT&T. Neat! But you already pay for unlimited data access on your iPhone, also from AT&T. So why not have one plan, for everything? More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:59:00 EDT

Overclock Your Palm Pre to a Fiery 800MHz [Hacks]

The stock Palm Pre has an adequate but ho-hum 500MHz processor inside with 256MB or RAM. And even the Palm Pre Plus simply doubles the RAM. So how would the Pre run with a much faster processor? Now we know. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:20:00 EDT

Lenovo L2461x Wide: Full HD Multitouch Monitor, Hands Not Included [Monitors]

Lenovo's rolled out three new monitors, but only one of them really grabs our attention: the L2461x Wide, a 23.6-inch (1920x1080) display with capacitive multitouch goodness. Don't believe the marketing, though: you'll need to provide your own disembodied hands. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:54:42 EDT

TomTom iPhone App Version 1.3 Adds HD Traffic Updates and Day/Night Mode [IPhone Apps]

TomTom listened to our concerns in the navigation app battlemodo, and has not only been dropping the price steadily since, but has just released update 1.3 for its iPhone app—which comes with live traffic updates aplenty. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:40:00 EDT

Add a DSLR to Your Nintendo DS [Mods]

Nobody is going to share the murky photos from the DSi's integrated camera, so why not hack a classic DS to become a controller for a dSLR? More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:17:12 EDT

16-Port USB Hub Has Classy Aluminum-Like Fascia [USB Hubs]

It's no 80-porter, but ThinkGeek's 16-port USB hub is definitely one of the classiest I've seen. At $160 though, you'd be paying a tenner a port. Are those extra USB slippers really worth it? [ThinkGeek via The Awesomer via CrunchGear] More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:18:46 EDT

The Pirate Bay's Founder Likens P2P To Coke [Blockquote]

At SXSW, The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde helmed a conference via Skype, where he likened P2P to Coca Cola, and The Pirate Bay to sugar. He also said he could make Sergey Brin "want to marry me." [TechRadar] More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:47 EDT

Very Chilled Chinese Man Destroys HP Laptop [Video]

What do you do when a laptop breaks down three months after purchase? Get it repaired? Sell it? Or do as this Chinese man did, and destroy it silently at a HP store, with not a single swear-word passing your lips? More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:42:32 EDT

Developers: Nintendo DS2 To Be Revealed At E3 With Accelerometer and Higher-Res Screens [Nintendo]

GDC is over for another year, but the omission of any solid Nintendo news—particularly in the shape of a new handheld console—was not enough for RPAD.tv, who spent the whole show digging for DS2 information from developers. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:19:00 EDT

AT&T's Latest Dumbphones Come With New Smartphone Services [At&t]

You don't need a smartphone to get smartphone-like services, claims AT&T. They of course have a few new handsets backing up that boast, but what's most interesting is the free online syncing for both contacts and media. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:41:50 EDT

Today Is The 25th Anniversary of The First Dotcom URL Registered [Internet]

On this day, back in 1985, the first ever dotcom URL was created, Symbolics.com. There were just six dotcoms registered that year, compared to the 100,000 that are created every day now. More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:40:32 EDT

Think Gmail's too Slow? Google's on It [Gmail]

At Google's panel today at SXSW in Austin, a Gmail team member named Jonathan Perlow asked the crowd to raise their hands if they think Gmail is too slow. We love Gmail, but certainly we can sympathize with the fair percentage of those audience members who raised their hands—the problem is pretty much limited to those, like us, who are power users with hundreds of thousands of messages (most of which are junk, we're not bragging, but still). Perlow had a response, confidently saying "We are fixing it." He didn't elaborate, but Google's always improving Gmail—hopefully this means we'll be seeing some improvements for power users soon. [TechCrunch] More »

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:20:03 EDT

Breakaway: High-Schooler-Designed Robots Play Gauntlet Soccer [Image Cache]

This picture shows entrants in this year's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Breakaway match. Teams of ambitious high school kids build robots to compete in what's basically the American Gladiator version of soccer. It's pretty amazing. More »

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:50:59 EDT

Kotaku Reviews Final Fantasty XIII: Not Perfect, but "Fresh, New, and Highly Enjoyable" [Reviews]

Our game-loving sister site Kotaku reviewed the newest of that king of all RPG series, Final Fantasy, and found it, if not a blockbuster, worthwhile, and "a step in the right direction." Read the whole review here. [Kotaku] More »

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:43:34 EDT

The Spiderpodium Gadget Stand Is Unnecessarily Freaking Me Out [Accessories]

The Spiderpodium is pretty self-explanatory: It's a gadget-stand/tripod (well, an octo-pod, technically) shaped like an arthropod. Lacking much to explain, I'm going to tell you the origins of my arachnophobia. Everyone take a seat. It's about to get real. More »

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:16:15 EDT

The Diamond iPad [Ipad]

Listen up, rich people: If you ordered an iPad, cancel it. This is the one you need, covered with 11.43 carats of diamonds, graded G/H in color, VS2/SI1 in clarity, and 100/100 in stupidity. I can imagine Steve Jobs reaction: More »

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:00:41 EDT

AT&T Confounds Expectations by Not Ruining SXSW [Att]

Way to go, AT&T! It was nerve-wracking after last year's troubles, but reports are coming in that the oft-maligned network is holding up to the stress of SXSW better than expected. More »

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:12:28 EDT

Rhapsody iPhone App Allows Downloading Songs, for Listening Offline [Rhapsody]

Rhapsody just released a little teaser video for the next version of its iPhone app (to be followed closely by its new Android app) that marks a major change for the service: You can now download songs instead of streaming. More »

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:40:02 EDT

iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship [Bluster]

The WSJ has a discussion today of the phenomenon of the iPhone-using Microsoft employee. Apparently that time Ballmer fake-stomped an iPhone is emblematic of some (barely) real anti-iPhone sentiment in Redmond. More »