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Hardware
5:00AM Matt Buchanan | Bits don’t have expiration dates. But memories will only live forever if the media and file formats holding them remain intact and coherent. Time can be as deadly to data storage as it is to carbon-based life forms. More »
Giz Explains: How Data Dies (And How It Can Be Saved)
5:00AM Matt Buchanan | Bits don’t have expiration dates. But memories will only live forever if the media and file formats holding them remain intact and coherent. Time can be as deadly to data storage as it is to carbon-based life forms. More » 
Software
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | “We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world.” That’s how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. More »
Giz Explains: How You’re Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | “We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world.” That’s how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. More »
Science
Giz Explains: Fuel Cells And Bloom Energy’s Miracle Box
8:55AM Matt Buchanan | The Bloom Box is the latest energy miracle that sounds too good to be true: Debuting with a wide-eyed segment on 60 Minutes, it promises to be clean, cheap and backyard-friendly, the solution to our energy problems. What is it? More »
Cameras
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | In 1975, the first digital camera took 23 seconds to record a 100-line black-and-white photo onto cassette tape. Today, a Nikon D3s takes photos with 12 million pixels at 1/8000 of a second. And it can see in the dark. More »
Giz Explains: Why ISO Is The New Megapixel
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | In 1975, the first digital camera took 23 seconds to record a 100-line black-and-white photo onto cassette tape. Today, a Nikon D3s takes photos with 12 million pixels at 1/8000 of a second. And it can see in the dark. More »
Online
3:00AM John Herrman | The beardier parts of the web-o-sphere have been abuzz about HTML5, the next version of the language that powers our internet. Will it revolutionise web apps? Will it kill Flash video? Will it fix our gimpy iPads? Yes… and no. More »
Giz Explains: Why HTML5 Isn’t Going To Save The Internet
3:00AM John Herrman | The beardier parts of the web-o-sphere have been abuzz about HTML5, the next version of the language that powers our internet. Will it revolutionise web apps? Will it kill Flash video? Will it fix our gimpy iPads? Yes… and no. More »
Hardware
6:20AM Matt Buchanan | Speed. Toughness. Efficiency. Silence. That’s why we want solid-state drives in our computers. But we worry about the zoom-zoom performance degrading over time, and the fact that SSDs might eventually wear out. Here’s what you need to know about ‘em. More »
Giz Explains: SSDs And Why You Wish You Had One
6:20AM Matt Buchanan | Speed. Toughness. Efficiency. Silence. That’s why we want solid-state drives in our computers. But we worry about the zoom-zoom performance degrading over time, and the fact that SSDs might eventually wear out. Here’s what you need to know about ‘em. More »
Screens
How Do All Of Those 3D TVs Actually Work?
7:32PM Matt Buchanan | Now that 3D is in, like, everything – say 152-inch (386cm) giant plasmas and little tiny OLED screens – it’s a good time to revisit how the hell 3D actually works. [Giz Explains 3D Tech]
Gadgets
7:00AM Matt Buchanan | Is there a burning question you have about tech? Like what’s the difference between $US100 and $US100,000 headphones? Or why every country has a different f@%#ing plug? We explained all that, and a whole lot more this year. More »
Giz Explains: The Best Of 2009
7:00AM Matt Buchanan | Is there a burning question you have about tech? Like what’s the difference between $US100 and $US100,000 headphones? Or why every country has a different f@%#ing plug? We explained all that, and a whole lot more this year. More »
Cameras
9:40AM John Herrman | Talking to a camera nerd—or even reading about new cameras—can feel like translating from a different language. But it doesn’t need to! Here, in this here post, is everything you need to know about cameras, without the noise. More »
Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
9:40AM John Herrman | Talking to a camera nerd—or even reading about new cameras—can feel like translating from a different language. But it doesn’t need to! Here, in this here post, is everything you need to know about cameras, without the noise. More »
Screens
3:00AM Matt Buchanan | It’s truly the best time of year to buy an HDTV, and well, here’s every confusing TV term you might encounter, explained in one place. More »
Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet
3:00AM Matt Buchanan | It’s truly the best time of year to buy an HDTV, and well, here’s every confusing TV term you might encounter, explained in one place. More » 
