Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Online
Take the Geek Social Aptitude Test (GSAT) With a Handy Web App
11:20PM John Herrman | 51. I sometimes create interactive online tests inspired by recent Gizmodo posts. —Thanks, Jason! More »
Random Stuff
Death Star Costs $US15.6 Septillion, 1.4 Trillion Times the US Debt
10:53PM Jesus Diaz | If you had $US15.6 septillion and 94 cents in your account, would you save the world from the economic crisis or build a Death Star, destroy the world, and move on to invade the galaxy? More »
Cameras
Hidden Nametag Camera Looks Slick, Will Probably Get You Caught
10:45PM John Herrman | Hidden camera rule #17: try not to put them in things that people intently stare at as soon as they meet you. More »
Phones
Acer’s First Smartphone Has Awkward Style, Solid Potential
9:49PM John Herrman | As Acer’s entry into the smartphone market approaches, details of handsets are beginning to leak. BGR has pictures of one: a touchscreen QWERTY phone with a decidedly novel approach to pop-out keyboarding. More »
Entertainment
Android G1 Finally Makes It and Appears On First TV Role
9:46PM Jesus Diaz | Yes my friends, finally–and with everyone probably sick of so many iPhone guest star appearances–the T-Mobile G1 Android mobile phone has made it to the TV screen. And in 90210, no less. Whatever that is. More »
Computers
India’s $10 ‘Laptop’ Basically a Big, Dumb Joke
8:08PM John Herrman | After the aggressively lame “unveiling” we were all subjected to yesterday, details have finally emerged about the $US10 Sakshat “laptop.” It’s not a laptop! Or much of anything, really. More »
Gadgets
Danish Students Invent Auto-Lowering Toilet Seat. Ha. Ha.
7:00PM Elaine Chow | Some students in Denmark have invented a toilet that functions like a punchline in some god awful 90s sitcom. The seat automatically lowers itself after you flush. LOL GENDER WARS OMG. More »
Announcements
5:00PM Nick Broughall | Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! Today and today only we’re giving you the chance to win one of two copies of Step-Brothers, the film starring Will Ferrell and John C Reilly. Sure, the movie has next to nothing to do with gadgets, but the prize is on Blu-ray, which is definitely one of those techy kind of things you guys love. More »
Lightning Comp: Win One Of Two Copies Of Step-Brothers On Blu-Ray
5:00PM Nick Broughall | Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! Today and today only we’re giving you the chance to win one of two copies of Step-Brothers, the film starring Will Ferrell and John C Reilly. Sure, the movie has next to nothing to do with gadgets, but the prize is on Blu-ray, which is definitely one of those techy kind of things you guys love. More »
Phones
Garmin-Asus Nuvifones Coming: First G60, Then WM, Then Android
4:30PM Wilson Rothman | Forget Eee Phones: Garmin and Asus have created a strategic alliance to design, build and sell co-branded Nuvifones, starting with the original one—now called G60—and probably moving towards Windows Mobile and Android.
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