Never one to miss a business opportunity, Ruslan Kogan and his team have developed the “Portector”, a high-tech device used to protect Australians from all the spams and scams that are making their way through the Portal.
Like always, most of the rumours were random crap (except the leaked Chinese photos and our predictions.) The front-facing videoconference camera was wrong—as we know now—but Apple has a solution: The iPhone 3G S Videoconferencing Kit:
After today’s $US1.40 aeroplane lavatory charge, the disco girl with the long legs and the lovely smile has sent us proof that Ryanair is going way too far in their demands to passengers.
This Mac mini is definitely real. It’s also like a USB humping dog orgy waiting to happen. [BoingBoing Gadgets]
Dear Manufacturer: As the owner of two dumb felines, I was pleased when you introduced the 21-button Control-A-Cat remote with”meow” and “catch mice” functionality. But certain buttons on my unit just don’t seem to work.
Every new camera on the market is touting some powerful facial recognition software. But according to Gizmodo engineers, there’s a lot more that can be done.
Pre-medieval warriors! Battling to the death! In Pittsburgh! (Appropriately, at Samsonia Way.) Obviously a serious tear in the spacetime contiuum, since it even replaced their iron weapons with modern foam-rubber. [Google Maps - Thanks tipster!]
A race of giants roams the streets of LA. Google Street View captured an image of one as it boldly exposed itself in broad daylight, examining the street view truck like a Hot Wheels car.
