Computing

How To Enable TRIM On Your Mac’s Solid-State Drive

Enabling TRIM is one of the best ways to maximize the life of your solid-state drive, but OS X doesn’t support it out-of-the-box. Here’s an easy way to get better performance and longevity out of your Mac’s SSD.


May 11, 2011
Cameras

Shooting Challenge: Speed

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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.


February 9, 2011
Cameras

Speeding Makes You A Better Driver (Updated: It’s A Trap!)

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Australian researchers from HighRoad Automotive Research have claimed that their studies show that rather than causing accidents, speeding actually helps prevent them. Somehow, I don’t think that the governments around the country are going to let science get in the way of their revenue raising speed cameras… UPDATE: It’s turns out it’s a scam study. If only I watched Top Gear, I would have known


October 20, 2010

Watch This Kiteboarder Break A World Speed Record Between Sharp Rocks

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October 1, 2010
Gadgets

Watch The World’s Fastest Lawnmower Hit 154km/h

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All Bobby Cleveland wanted was to drive the fastest lawnmower in the world. And last weekend, he took his easy rider all the way to 154km/h. Here’s the bastard child of John Deere and Speed Racer in action.


August 3, 2010

Optus Upgrades Cable Network To Go Faster

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If you’re an Optus cable customer in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane who wants their broadband internet to go faster, now you can. The telco has just upgraded their cable network to the DOCSIS 3.0 standard, which allows speeds of up to four times faster than before. But it’ll cost you…


April 4, 2010
Computing

iPad Test Notes: Speed

Playing with an iPad, one of the first things you notice is its speed. Everything just zips into place. Our side-by-side tests comparing it with the iPhone proved that we weren’t just imagining its snappiness.


November 17, 2009
Gadgets

Pocket Radar Is “World’s Only Pocket-Sized Personal Speed Radar”

Catching speeders and clocking pitches just got a whole lot easier now that a radar gun has been developed that’s about the same size as an average mobile phone.


October 12, 2009

Sperm-Shaped Snowmobile Concept Would No Doubt Finish Fast

Apparently British designer Evangelos Gicas took one look at those old, bulky snowmobiles we’re riding around on today and said to himself, let’s go faster, shall we?


September 4, 2009
Gadgets

Speed Limit Sign Displays Days In Hospital Based On Your Car Speed

These 40km/h speed limit signs are equipped with a speed radar and a number display. Nothing strange about that, really. Until you notice that the billboard displays horrible figures—like days in hospital or crash bills—based on your speed.