Like we weren’t excited about the Galaxy Nexus enough already. The crew at AnandTech has been busily benchmarking Android’s new flagship against Apple’s top performer. The results? The Galaxy Nexus is the new king of the hill in some key areas. More »
There’s not much room for a cooler, but the Sailrocket 2 isn’t designed for a casual afternoon on the lake. It’s engineered to set a new sailing speed record, and it’s in Namibia right now trying to do just that. More »
Want to know how your current connection stacks up against NBN speed? NBN Co’s just launched a site that’ll let you work that out — with certain caveats. More »
The Australian reports that the NSW RTA’s in the process of developing an iPhone-specific speed application due to roll out by mid-next year. More »
From the moment iiNet announced its NBN pricing, this was pretty much inevitable; Internode’s cut its NBN pricing. More »
Those hanging out for the NBN might find the latest results of a global study of broadband speeds sobering reading. Australia doesn’t rank in the top five, but even high-speed countries like South Korea aren’t that blazingly fast either. More »
Maglev vehicles are undeniably cool. I’d assumed that Gizmodo would already have a writeup of Shanghai’s expensive but slightly pointless Maglev airport train, but I was wrong. So while I was in Shanghai last week, I took a little train trip. More »
I’ve never actually been but I hear the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. Apparently, there’s some really fast internet there too. An FCC report says that Olympia beats every US city in download speed at 21Mbps. That’s nearly double second place. More »
Everyone’s got at least one digital camera these days. But how well do you use it? Welcome to The Gizmodo Shooting Challenge, where Giz readers get to pit their photographic skills against each other for the admiration of their editors on a dedicated theme each week. This week’s challenge? Speed. More »
