Sometimes it’s easy to lose perspective amidst marketing. Case in point: Nielsen measured that gamers, on whole, spent 31% of their time on the PS2 in 2008 (more than the Xbox 360 and Wii combined).
Phones using a number of popular versions of the Symbian S60 mobile OS (the Nokia N95, E71 and N76 just to name a few) can be partially disabled by a maliciously coded text.
HP is finally joining this weird, new multiple display party with the Voodoo DNA-ed Firefly, which carries a secondary screen, an oddly-placed multitouch trackpad and guts comparable to its powerful desktop counterpart.
That hilarious constant-root-access bug that shipped with the G1′s Android wasn’t just a security flaw; to some, it was a valuable tool. The guys at XDA have brought it back, if you want it.
Yesterday may have been the first day of 2009, but it was also the first day the Australian free-to-air TV networks could legally begin broadcasting a second digital SD channel. But here we are, 1.5 days into the new year, and none of the FTA networks have actually made good on their chance to launch a second channel and according to the Australian, aren’t likely to for several more months.
Hot on the heels of the top 10 posts from our US brethren comes the top 10 stories on Giz AU for 2008. And boy, they’re totally not what I expected… More »
And we’re back! Hope you all brought in the New Year in style, and have dealt with the invariable hangover from Wednesday night’s celebrations. Here’s the best of the gadget world from the past couple of days…
30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once If you own a Zune (which shouldn’t be many of you) The official fix was to wait, so hopefully all is good now…
Android Paid Apps Coming In Early Q1, 2009 Of course, for Australia that will probably mean Q1 2010…
Sony Basically Designed the Xbox 360 Processor For Microsoft, Says New Book So in a way, Sony really are coming 2nd in this console war? Does that work?
New Mac Mini at Macworld, Will Look Like iMac + Time Capsule Apple rumours are starting to go a bit crazy a week or so out from MacWorld. God knows what the blogosphere will do in 2010.
iPhone 3G Unlock Now Available Nuff said.
Gizmodo US’s Most Popular Hits of 2008 Stay tuned for a local version a bit later today… More »
I have almost no apps in my iPhone, despite John’s excellent roundups and Adam’s iPhone games recommendations. I only have the most useful ones for NYC. iSteam looks like one to install and keep.
Whether your camera is brand new or an aging holdover, you want to accessorise it, but you don’t want to pay. By now, you know the Dealzmodo Hack drill: Paying is for suckers.
Apparently there’s a huge storm coming up in New Bedford, which will cover most of Massachusetts with a low pressure Windows error system, and tornado watches for the western region of NBC’s weather PC.
