Monday, June 15, 2009

Google Doesn’t Want To Pay Artists For Making Custom Chrome Skins

11:40PM June 15, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Google is currently working on getting artists to make skins for its Chrome Browser, which is pretty cool. Much less cool, however, is that one of the biggest companies in the world refuses to pay the artists. More »


The Loop Controls Your TV Like The Wii For $US100

11:10PM June 15, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The Loop really impressed us back at CES…2007. A circular remote that functioned a lot like the Wiimote, the promising Loop turned heads before disappearing into the bowels of the tech world. (Until now.) More »


Nvidia GeForce 200M Graphics Cards Makes Notebook Old, Busted

11:00PM June 15, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

A year after Nvidia’s monstrous GeForce 200 series graphics cards first stomped onto the scene (literally the biggest GPUs ever), Nvidia’s finished making them mobile, delivering double the performance of current 9M series using half the power. More »


Gaming

Carbon Fibre Joystick: For No Reason Other Than General Effect

10:40PM June 15, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Why do we reserve the glory of carbon fibre for lightweight performance items? You know, other than durability and expense? More »


Mobile

Confirmed: Samsung ‘Louvre’ Is The Omnia Pro

9:40PM June 15, 2009 | John Herrman

Samsung “revealed” a few handsets today at an event in Singapore, first and foremost confirming that the OLED, WXGA, Windows Mobile Louvre B7610 is, in fact, the rumoured Omnia Pro, pictured second from the right. Also present were the already-announced I7500 Android phone, the megapixel-obsessed Pixon 12 and the Jackie B7320, an Epix-like candybar. More »


Mobile

Palm Warns About Pre Tethering Hack – Because Sprint Won’t Like It

9:20PM June 15, 2009 | Simon Crisp

Palm have “politely” warned the Pre homebrewers behind the Pre Dev Wiki not to talk about hacking the handset for internet tethering on their site … because Sprint might complain. More »


Cameras

Olympus E-P1 Gets A Face-Forward Reveal; Announcement Tomorrow

8:48PM June 15, 2009 | John Herrman

The Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds rangefinder-style camera (and Gizmodo lust object) has revealed itself in an official, full-frontal shot. The styling is a bit more retro-sexy than expected, thankfully, and an official (Japanese) announcement is due tomorrow. [43Rumors, Akihabara] More »


Gaming

Theremin-Controlled Mario Offers Into Glimpse Of A Bizarre Alternate History Of Motion Gaming

8:03PM June 15, 2009 | John Herrman

Now, there are officially three things you can do with a theremin: you can score a low-budget sci-fi film; you can join a prog rock cover band; and, as of today, you can play Super Mario Bros, awkwardly. More »


Mobile

Is Dell Working On An Android Smartphone?

7:20PM June 15, 2009 | Simon Crisp

Is this Dell’s first mobile phone? That is at least what one man and his blurry camera seem to think. More »


Mobile

Nokia E72 And 5530 XpressMusic Are Now Official

6:03PM June 15, 2009 | Simon Crisp

After “leaking” a promotional video over the weekend Nokia have officially unveiled the E72 – their new QWERTY smartphone followup to the fantastic E71- at the Connection 09 event in Singapore. More »