John Herrman / Gizmodo: Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS — Until today, Google’s Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. Here’s the breakdown: — Google went to great pains to emphasize that today’s [...]
Microsoft recently banned a whole lot of modded consoles. Was it to prevent piracy, or was it a conspiracy ? A new lawsuit is positing the latter theory. Here's what Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP says to justify their new suit: Although modification of Xbox consoles is arguably against the terms of use for Xbox/Xbox Live, Microsoft 'conveniently' timed the Xbox console ban to coincide with the release...
Next Friday is the dreaded Black Friday , the day when stores have their biggest sales and people turn into bargain-crazed animals. Bad things will happen. But worse things could happen. What's the worst thing you can envision going down? Send your best entries to me at contests@gizmodo.com with Black Friday Disasters in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs, and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg...
Also known as the entire technology press amirite? Ha? In all seriousness though—Maclife asked various bloggers, journalists and tech personalities what their dream Apple products would be, and mocked them all up in detailed renders. Here's what happened: Veronica Belmont , of Tekzilla/Mahalo/BOL fame/general video on the internet fame, sees Apple finally going ahead with that Courier concept...
Shot: The three main engines of the Space Shuttle Atlantis photographed from ISS as it docks. Jesus says it looks like Mickey Mouse. I think it looks like the photographer should move, quickly. Get the wallpaper-sized version at NASA. [ NASA ]
This year's Microsoft shareholder meeting wasn't a lot of fun for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, thanks to shareholders grilling him about Apple and the iPhone with questions like the above. Ballmer smacked him right back: There's certainly always opportunities for improvement. There is a group of people with whom our market share is less. You take any country, including this...
That Nene Anegasaki, she's a charmer. She's also a video game character from extreme dating sim Love Plus , now wedded to a flesh and blood gamer. The two were married when a man brought his DS along with a copy of Love Plus to a church in Guam. There's no word on honeymoon plans, but the two will be holding a small reception for family, close friends and the internet on November 22nd. (Seriously,...
The Milipol exhibition in Paris is where all the pros play with the military-industrial complex's hottest toys. I used special commando skills (and a press badge) to infiltrate the premises and show you the world's freshest, most mind-blowing security tech. To bypass the gallery format, click here . And no, this is not a holiday gift guide. OSA PB2 "Less-Lethal" Multipurpose Pistol Ever...
The Xbox 360's Elite's $300 holiday pack includes Pure and Lego Batman, and Gamestop is adding your choice of CoD 4 or Bakugan Battle Brawlers. The $300 120GB PS3 bundle gets Little Big Planet and God of War Collection. Painfully, the ad makes it look like the God of Collection is two separate games. A quick comparison of Black Friday console deals from the big guys: Walmart • Playstation 3 Console...
Like the prior generation , the new Pogoplug lets you share any USB drive over the Internet. It'll run for a slightly higher $129, still have no service fees, but it will take up to four USB drives at a time. Aside from automatically syncing content with a Mac or PC, you can share and watch movies, listen to music, or view photos directly through the Pogoplug website and even on an iPhone. Second...
I know Microsoft has only recently broken ground on Internet Explorer 9 , but why would you ever release a graph in which you were the admitted worst at a task? The graph above is a JavaScript performance comparison in which the same machine ran the SunSpider test (so shorter bars are better). Microsoft is comparing one, specific (but incredibly important) browser task to the competition's numbers,...
The true successor to the compact BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is styled like a slimmed-down Bold 9700 . And while it ditches the "pearl" trackball for RIM's new optical touchpad, the QWERTY keyboard has made way for a reworked SureType setup. CrackBerry says it's been sitting on the photos for a while, but was waiting for its tipster's go-ahead to run them. No specs yet, but we're told they're...
Similar to Mitsubishi's 155-inch OLED screen , Sony's huge display is made of individual panels (70 smaller LED screens in this case) and is designed for outdoor marketing. You know, because we all carry around polarized glasses, right? The "3D LED Wall" is on show at the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition in Japan, and really highlights just how much of a boner Sony has for 3D...
The shortlists for the inaugural British Technology Awards, organised by the publisher of ComputerActive, Gizmodo and Personal Computer World, have just been announced. There are 13 categories, and Apple has bagged 11 nominations with Microsoft just behind on 9. So who is up for what and where will your vote go?
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