Palm pre

WebOS 1.1 Update With More Apps Hitting Palm Pre Soon?

So says Pre Central, who received an apparent internal memo from a tipster indicating webOS 1.1 should hit the Pre in the next 30 days. The update is expected include with improved Exchange handling, beefed up security, and more apps. More »

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How The Fuck Did We Get Here?

I'm sure that Philippe Kahn—who has been telling us the adventures of his Pegasus Raceboat—will have a precise and logical answer. The rest of us are allowed to say any stupid thing we want.

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Comment by Xterm11: Ok, here goes "any stupid thing I want to say": Gizmodo prosecutes in sailing.... 4 Responses | Other threads

Sprint

Sprint to Require WiFi on All Future Phones We Care About

While announcing the company's intention to release an updated version of the BlackBerry Tour with WiFi next year, a Sprint spokesman let slip that WiFi will also be present "in all its major devices going forward." Big win! More »

11:30 PM

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Remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post

DIY haunted greenhouse...WiMax for Vaio P? WiNot?...Bodhisattva, let me take you by the hand...More MacBook Pro hard drive mayhem... More »

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Comment by SysRq: Why is there a swastika in the middle of the Buddha phone? 7 Responses | Other threads

Smartphones

Google's CEO Is Using a BLACKBERRY?!

Here's a photo of Google CEO Eric Schmidt snapping a pic—with a BLACKBERRY. I know drug dealers are advised not to get high on their supply, but for the rest of the world, I believe it's strongly encouraged. More »

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NetBooks

Netbook Cover Fashions Itself in the Likeness of an NES Controller

Handcrafts made to look like old pieces of Nintendo hardware are great. Which is why this Netbook cover, received as a gift by Flickr user Mendicon, speaks for itself. But I think this could be even better. More »

10:40 PM

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Comment by FutureBear: coolest part about this story: The Darth Vader sticker on the Acer 3 Responses | Other threads

3D printing

Jay Leno Uses 3D Printer to Replace Rare Old Car Parts

What do you do when you have a passion for rare old cars and one irreplaceable part breaks? If you are a stand-up comedian who looks like a T-Mobile Android G1, you scan it and print a new one. More »

10:20 PM

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Comment by hooked-on-tronics: I wonder if they could just eliminate the middle-man and run the scan directly into a CNC machine? Jay probably... 10 Responses | Other threads

Accessories

MacBook Users Rejoice: The Kanex Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Includes Audio

Frustratingly, Mini DisplayPort doesn't include audio, so to get sound when outputting to an HDTV using HDMI, you'd need to use yet another cable. This adapter uses USB for audio, so you get the full A/V with just one cable. More »

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Comment by SilverBlade2k: If it's audio from the USB, I highly, highly doubt that DTS-HD or Tru-HD can be passed through on it. If... 5 Responses | Other threads

DIY

Video of Weaponized RC Plane Shooting Fireworks

To celebrate Independence Day, some guys thought that shooting fireworks from RC planes—using an electrical firing system—was a great safe idea. Judging by the music, however, it seems they were celebrating Hitler's invasion of Poland. [Hacked Gadgets]

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Comment by lostarchitect: How many hours after they posted this do you think it took the FBI to get to their door? 6 Responses | Other threads

Open Source

Citizen Engineer Releases a Comic All About SIM Hacking (and Tosses in a SIM Reader for Good Measure)

Phil Torrone and Limor Freid of Adafruit Industries have a video project called Citizen Engineer, where they aim to educate and entertain when it comes to various aspects of open source hacking. Now they've released a comic to go with it. More »

09:20 PM

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Comment by ladyada: My name is spelled Fried thanks! 1 Responses | Other threads

death row records

Suge Knight Light Dangles Your Nightmares Out the Window

For those times when you feel like a simple night light isn't enough to scare off your nighttime demons, who better to help than the scariest man in hip-hop? [YouTube]

09:00 PM

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Comment by ぶっちぎり IN THE FACE!: WTF is with the commenting system, WTF did this happen? 2 Responses | Other threads

Software

There's Finally a Use For the Caps Lock Key

Billy Mays may be dead but his spirit will live in your PC with the Billy Mays Caps Lock! The Billy Mays Caps Lock will make Billy say something whenever you press caps lock! Yes, that's right! And there's more! More »

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Comment by SysRq: HI BILLY MAYS HERE WITH THE BILLY MAYS CAPS LOCK! HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE LOUD AND INTRUSIVE IN... 13 Responses | Other threads

windows 7

Rumor: Windows 7 Family Pack Will Offer Three Licenses for $137

Prices for the Windows 7 Family Pack have apparently leaked, according to ZDNet, and the multi-user bundle will net you three copies of Windows 7 for $137. Also revealed were prices for the Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade products. More »

08:29 PM

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Comment by Cordfucious of Tech Clan: So basically the pre-sale half off deals were to see how many of us would bite? Was this price... 4 Responses | Other threads

Downloads

Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper

This Apple Mini Keyboard by philipskillern isn't just a logical progression of the hardware line, it's fancy looking too. Download the wallpaper yourself in various sizes. [Deviantart]

08:20 PM

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Comment by GlenTen: a pale ape leap peel pal lap eel peep pep pap 6 Responses | Other threads

DIY

How to: Make a Fisheye DSLR Lens for $16

Over at Instructables, user Banjomaster shows how to make a fisheye lens for his Nikon D90 for just $16, with the help of one of those wide-angle doorway peephole lenses.
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Comment by bosskev: Given the extremely low-res and cheesy image quality you get, I'd say your describing it, Dan, as a "hotel door"... 7 Responses | Other threads

Apple

Future iPhones May Recognize Objects, Faces, Alter Your Voice

If this load of recently filed Apple patents become a reality, your iPhone may become a perfect tool for spies soon, with real world object identification, faces recognition, voice alteration, and text filtering, among other things: More »

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Comment by Invisible-Echidna: Where's the masked murderer "I'm in the house" voice? 1 Responses | Other threads

Snow leopard

Guess What? It's a New Snow Leopard Build

Build 10A402 of Snow Leopard just got pushed out to developers, and we'll post what's new in a second. Go ahead and download via Software Update now. [Thanks Chrisdazzo!]

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Comment by mGARANDEUR1: It's just not as exciting as Windows 7 builds are. Microsoft really stepped up their game. 7 Responses | Other threads

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Oversized Solar-Powered LED Flowers Make For an Ostentatious Lawn

Converting things that are out in the sun to run off solar power makes a lot of sense, like lawn ornaments, these flowers or air conditioning units. Zambonis? Less so. [OGE Gallery via Mocoloco via BBG]

07:20 PM

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Comment by DPeezy: What a fantastic idea. We need to do this to public areas such as parks, parking lots, etc. which... 3 Responses | Other threads

Canon

Canon Launches 5 New Printers, We Like the One That Comes in a Bucket

Canon, as is their wont, let loose with a bunch of new all-in-ones, laser and photo printers, and this time, we're digging two of them: The WiFi- and USB-enabled MP560, pictured, and the CP790, which comes packaged in a bucket.
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Comment by SysRq: Comes in it's own bucket, eh? Is anyone going to make a semen joke? Or is it up to me to... 3 Responses | Other threads

Robots

Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby

The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8, Penbo is supposedly the "first real robot for girls." It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: More »

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Comment by burninator: How smart could this robot be if its already knocked up. 3 Responses | Other threads

Google Chrome OS

Google Chrome OS Screenshots Are Fake, Just Like We Thought

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unconfirmed

Sony's Planning a Vaio P Mark 2 Super Portable in October?

TechRadar reports that there will be a "range" of Vaio Ps, Sony's super tiny and super expensive laptop coming later this year. More »

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Comment by dragon:ONE: I know one new and exciting feature: The Sony Soul$ucker technology they've integrated into it to suck you into blowing... 2 Responses | Other threads

Pranks

The iSaw USB Chainsaw Was a Hoax with a Message

Remember the iSaw from a couple days ago? Unsurprisingly, it wasn't real. But the cause that it was created to support is one we can definitely get behind. More »

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Comment by Hiphopopotamus: I didn't think there was a shred of truth to this. I think we all saw right through this. Glad to see... 16 Responses | Other threads

Robots

Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits

What's special about Bossa Nova's Prime-8 robot—a $100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute's $20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It's the fastest bipedal toy robot ever. Just watch. More »

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Comment by Jestermeister: Is this really considered bipedal just because there are leg-like things that pop in and out? The wheels disguised... 3 Responses | Other threads

Retromodo

Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?

There's a longer story you can read elsewhere, but actress Hedy Lamarr invented and patented a system to help prevent torpedoes from being jammed by using frequency hopping. More »

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Comment by OMG! Ponies!: That's Hedley. 9 Responses | Other threads

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XCM Candy Case For The DSi Is The Sweetest Way To Void Your Warranty

The XCM Eye Candy case for the DSi comes in several tempting colors, but disassembling your machine to install one is only for those with a serious sweet tooth. [Divineo via Technabob via Boing Boing Gadgets]

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Comment by Benguin: Reminds me of those see-thru Game Boys that were all the rage in the mid-90's. Good times. 5 Responses | Other threads

Wristwatch

Louis Vutton Watch Has 'Mysterieuse' Floating Hands

When does a watch cost as much as a house? When it's the gravity defying $250,000 Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse Calibre LV115 apparently. More »

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Comment by iEro-Sennin: I don't understand the point of watches when basically every gadget now has one. Sure, they look neat but that's about... 18 Responses | Other threads

Google

Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome and Firefox

If you are running Chrome 2.0+ or FireFox 3.5+ you will notice a dot in the upper left corner of Google Maps that should, theoretically, be able to locate your position using the W3C Geolocation API. More »

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Comment by joelydanger: This is really cool and makes me want to like Firefox, but it still idles pretty high on the processor... 5 Responses | Other threads

Satire

The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy

Have you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That's because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy, with no exceptions. More »

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Dealzmodo

Gadget Deals of the Day1

Summer moving sluggishly? Dealzmodo here to save you with amazing deals on movies and games! The awesome Metal Gear Solid collection going for $20! Evil Dead 2 for $13? Who's laughing now Ash? Dealzmodo is! Happy thirsty Thursday everyone! More »

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Amazon

Amazon Wireless Aims To Make Cellphone Shopping Easier

For many of us, cellphone shopping really means choosing between the major smartphone brands—but for those of us looking at a broader range of devices and plans, Amazon has developed a new site to help make the process easier. More »

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Health

Pegboard Device Sinks Carpal Tunnel's Battleship

A pegboard device developed by bioengineering students from Rice University aims to better diagnose and evaluate carpal tunnel syndrome by restraining the hand and analyzing movements with a customized PDA. More »

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Comment by valkilmerisawful: This is supposed to fix your 'limp wrist'? (Edit: I really just wanted to waste a comment to check out... 5 Responses | Other threads

Smartphones

iPhone 3GS Upstream Speed Limited to 384Kbps

While the iPhone 3GS got a download speed boost—to 7.2Mbps—it didn't get any upload power-up, according to PC World: Its upstream speed is limited by its hardware to 384Kbps. But don't get out the torches and pitchforks yet. More »

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Science

Historic, Gigantic Atom Smasher to Be Demolished

Lawrence Berkeley National Labratory's Bevatron was the world's largest atom smasher when it was build for $9 million in the early '50s. Soon, it'll be reduced to a pile of rubble. More »

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Comment by OMG! Ponies!: It's a frakkin' atom-smasher! Do you know why you never hear anyone complain about all those useless vacant atom-smashers that litter... 6 Responses | Other threads

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Japan

3mm-Thin Digital Booth Babe Gives Other Booth Babes Inferiority Complexes

This super-thin booth babe display was recently spotted on the floor of the high-octane International Stationary and Office Supply Fair (slogan: "You'll get punched in the face with excitement!").

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Comment by 32ndnote: Is anyone else's page layout really messed up with the bonus "More About Booth Babes" section stretched out on the... 11 Responses | Other threads

Roundups

Man Stuff - The Best of Uncrate

Epic battles, beer glasses, and bowling - we've got what you need with this week's best from Uncrate. More »

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Sun Powered Fun

Pegasus Open 50 Log: Finally, Through the Fog, a Sunset

July 8, 9:00 PM PST This is what a sunset looks like in the middle of the ocean, from a sailboat racing from California to Hawaii.

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Comment by mikeness: Wow man, whats the opposite of claustrophobic? I like going out on boats, even small boats, as long as... 4 Responses | Other threads

Rim

BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple

Is it just me, or does the new BlackBerry commercial featuring U2 look a hell of a lot like an Apple ad? Or, more specifically, the Coldplay Apple ad?

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Vizio

Vizio Import Ban Overturned, Free To Ship TVs To US

US customs has cleared Vizio in an ongoing patent dispute with Funai, meaning that they will be allowed to freely ship their HDTVs into the US once more.

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