Mobile

From Tin Cans To Touchscreens: The 40 Most Important Phones In History

With due respect to Alexander Graham Bell, he couldn’t possibly have known that his patent for “the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically” would give birth to today’s smartphone. Here’s how we got there.


February 14, 2010
Uncategorized

8 Excellent Ways To Use Technology…To Break Up With Someone

Planning on dumping your dame (or dude) anytime soon? Make every future Valentine’s Day extra special for your ex by giving them a breakup memory they’ll never forget! Here are a few high tech ways to get the message across.


January 22, 2010
Entertainment

Seven Futuristic Movies That Got It Right

Mania has dutifully compiled a list of seven sci-fi movie technologies that have come to fruition. All I can say is well done, humanity! And don’t worry, Sleeper fans: we’ll get those Orgasmatron booths before you know it.


January 4, 2010
News

Giz AU’s Biggest Stories Of 2009

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It’s the new year, so it’s time to look back and see exactly which stories floated your boat on Gizmodo Australia in 2009. The results are a little surprising…


December 23, 2009

The 40 Best Branded iPhone Music Apps Of 2009

Music apps are a huge category of apps, and 2009 was a huge year for music apps. Music Ally sums up the year’s biggest music apps for us here.


December 21, 2009
Gadgets

My 10 Favourite Gadgets Of 2009

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2009 has been a pretty amazing year for the discerning gadget lover. From Microsoft finally fixing the disaster that was Vista with Windows 7, to the surge of Android handsets, DSLRs that shoot HD video and the arrival of some pretty decent video on demand services, 2009 has had plenty to keep a gadget writer busy. Here are my favourite gadget moments over the past 12 months:


December 19, 2009
Geek Out

Google Guys Lose To President Bush In Weirdest Bracket Ever

The Washington Post has this bizarre Final-Four style bracket to determine the “most influential person of the decade,” and with President Bush’s defeat of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, all the tech figures are now out of the race. Lame.


December 15, 2009
Entertainment

What We Still Need On Blu-ray (And What Should Never Go HD)

Some movies seem to be made specifically for Blu-ray’s abilities. Some just don’t get anything out of hi-def. So why is Hollywood so COMPLETELY UNABLE to tell the difference between the two? Let’s pull it together, studios. For all our sakes.


December 12, 2009
Entertainment

DVR List Provides A Who’s Who Of Underrated TV Shows

Nielsen’s list of the top 10 “time-shifted” prime time TV shows takes stock of whose ratings benefited the most from DVR in 2009. What do they have in common? They’re all the shows you keep begging your friends to watch.


November 14, 2009
Computing

Time Magazine’s Best And Worst Inventions Of 2009

Sure, I could go into how NASA’s Ares Rockets and Project Natal ranked high amongst Time’s top 50 inventions, but when it comes to end-of-year lists, I get a kick out of what’s deemed the worst. A drum roll please…