Gadgets
Gadgets
Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)
5:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Canada Has Its Very Own Version of the AT&T vs. Verizon Ad Lawsuit…CollegeHumor Tackles Modern Warfare 2 (With Bonus Giz Appearance)…LG BL4 Gets Christmas Edition…VUDU Adds Wikipedia, Possibly the World’s Most Boring Update… More »
Gadgets
Do You Know When Fedex Drops Your Package? Senseaware Does
12:21PM Jason Chen | Package-tracking sensors aren’t super new, but Senseaware is one that’s unique because it tracks multiple criteria – temperature, location, drops and light exposure – and updates those to the web constantly. Useful when you’re transporting organs and not MP3 players. More »
Gadgets
Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
7:20AM Brian Lam | In all honesty, this entire list is a “do not buy” for normal people, but I love my dogs beyond reason. So, here are some unreasonable gifts for them, your pets and your pet-loving geek friends. More »
Gadgets
The Grand Digital Plan To Save Magazines
5:50AM Matt Buchanan | That “Hulu for magazines” is happening. It’s impressive in its sense of scope and desperation, with Time, Hearst and Conde Nast – bitter rivals that publish more than 50 magazines altogether – coming together to save print magazines by mummifying them digitally. More »
Gadgets
Amazon’s Kindle 2 Gets 85% Battery Boost, Native PDF Reading
5:13AM Jason Chen | Amazon claims that all it took was a six-month firmware improvement test to get the Kindle 2 to run 85 per cent longer than before, which is a pretty damn impressive feat of engineering. More »
Gadgets
Kill-A-Watt Gets Graphical Version With Programmable Timer
4:52AM Jason Chen | The original Kill-a-Watt was a barebones, if efficient, way of monitoring how much energy an appliance used. But what if you want more features? Like a timer or programming. Here it is. More »
Gadgets
Lobster Taser: Now We’ve Tasered Everything
7:20PM Dan Nosowitz | The lobster taser, which looks to me mostly like a lobster photocopier, is supposedly a more humane way of dispatching the delicious bottom-feeders than the normal “stab in the brain” or “boil alive” methods. Also, tasers. More »
Gadgets
Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
4:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything…Microsoft Reiterates Smackdown on Pirate Xbox Users…iPhone Magnification Camera Mod Came From the Recycle Bin…Another Anonymous Netbook/Sleeping Aid Hits Wireless Carrier… More »
Gadgets
Elephant-Subduing Device Appears To Be Inspired By Star Wars
3:25PM Rosa Golijan | Angry elephants are a big issue. That’s why someone invented a remote-controlled device that shoots out nylon rope and binds rampaging elephants’ legs. Sounds familiar somehow. How’d those snow speeders in Star Wars subdue the ATATs again? More »
Gadgets
