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News

The Great Giz Xmas Giveaway Day 14: VOIIS Pocket Messenger phone

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Each and every year, we here at Giz accumulate a lot of gadgets we don’t need or want. Some of them are review products that never get collected, some are prizes from competitions entered at events, others are part of the obligatory swag bags. This year though, we’re giving those gadgets to you, as part of the Great Giz Xmas Giveaway of 2009.


How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice

Google Voice, which lets users consolidate all their phones under one number, archive your texts and voicemails, and much, much more, is two things to most people: vaguely promising, and totally confusing. Here’s how to make the switch, in plain English.


Science

Good News! NASA Is (Probably) Getting More Money

NASA needs more money, because let’s face it, rocket launches ain’t cheap. The good news is, it looks like they’ll be getting some. Not as much as they want, but some.


Science

The Pen De Touch, For Driving Light Cycles

The Pen de Touch provides haptic feedback while interacting with virtual objects. It also looks like Jeff Bridges could streak across the interface any second.


Entertainment

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray Liveblog Now


Science

Aliens Invading Russia In The Middle Of Winter

Oh, will those pesky aliens never stop? First they show off in the Norwegian skies, and now they’re hovering over Russia, too? Did they not consult history books before coming here? Russia, winters and invasions just don’t mix, ET.


Mobile

Google Confirms They Are Testing A “Mobile Lab”

A post on the Official Google Blog confirms the company is currently “dogfooding” a “mobile lab”. Beyond that, we’re still in the dark, but it all falls in line with what we heard before. Updated.


Geek Out

Have Some Maths With Your Breakfast

Here’s a little breakfast trick that’ll blow your foggy post-weekend mind. If you cut a bagel just right, you can spread your cream cheese across smooth curves of a Mobius strip.


Science

Google’s Quantum Algorithm Promises Superfast Search

Quantum computing has long dangled the possibility of superfast, super-efficient processing, and now search giant Google has jumped on board that future.