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Vehicles

USS New York Is Made With Steel From The Twin Towers

10:20AM Jesus Diaz | The 208m long, $US1.2 billion warship USS New York is actually made of New York. At least, 7.5 tonnes of salvaged steel from the Twin Towers. Watch it come back home, under the eyes of the Queen of the Harbour: More »
Design

New York ‘Map Cuts’ Aren’t For Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy

6:45AM Chris Jacob | I can’t imagine how long it took to cut out these extremely detailed maps of NYC. By removing the bustle of street names, traffic flows and landmarks, nothing is left but the city’s organizational beauty. More »
Vehicles

NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train In Real Time

1:00AM Adam Frucci | As a New Yorker, this gets me very excited: the Bedford Ave L station just got an LCD screen that shows exactly where all the cars on the line are, so you know how long you’ll have to wait. More »
Business

Apple’s Fourth Manhattan Store Almost Ready

9:39PM Danny Allen | After a year of construction, the store on Broadway and 67th looks just about ready. The design remains under wraps (despite obsessive RC helicopter action), but is expected to borrow elements from stores in Fifth Ave and Sydney, Australia [CNET] More »
Software

Explore The NY That Never Was With The Phantom City iPhone App

2:40PM Rosa Golijan | NYC is where what-could’ve-beens live. But if it’s the architecture related musings that intrigue you, then can at least find answers to the wonder-what-would’ve-been-on-this-street-corner. Walk around NYC with the Phantom City app running and you’ll see designs and dreams. More »
Gadgets

This Is How Michael Jordan Would Use A Kindle

11:30AM Jesus Diaz | Some people use their Kindles to read books. Others get Kindles to spend hours practising crazy moves with them, like this reader today at the Gizmodo Gallery. Watch him spin the Kindle like a Michael Jordan would spin a basketball.
Screens

The Secrets Of Time Square’s Ridiculous Billboards

10:20AM Matt Buchanan
You’re being punked whenever you walk into Times Square: The massive billboards assaulting your eyeballs are much higher res closer to ground than they are up top. Engadget discovers this, and other secrets, going “hands on” with Times Square. [Engadget]
Screens

How Do You Install A 400kg TV?

5:30AM Matt Buchanan | The 103-inch Panasonic plasma TV is back at Giz Gallery, and as absolutely ginormongous as we remembered. But, uh, how exactly do you install a 400kg television? More »
Business

Dell Settles $4 Million In Complaints For Shady Service

8:40AM Sean Fallon | NY State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced that a $US4 million settlement has been reached with Dell over shady service plans and financing deals. New Yorkers that have bought a Dell since 2004 may be entitled to compensation. More »
Gadgets

Gizmodo Gallery 2009: The Details

5:20AM Brian Lam | When I was a boy, I loved New York’s Museum of Natural history. Mostly the dinosaurs. But why, in the tech world are there no places that celebrate gadgetry as art, history and the things we love? More »