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April 2008



Kickstart: Blackberry's First Flip Phone [BlackBerry]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:47 P GMT-06
This fine piece of flip phone is Blackberry's very first clamshell, codenamed Kickstart. It's not overly attractive—it's got a RAZR-esque silhouette. The inside is Pearly, with a trackball and SureType keyboard. Boy Genius says that the interna

Building B/Sezmi One True Set Top Box Aims to Kill TV as You Know It [Home Entertainment]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:47 P GMT-06
Last week, we had a demo of the TV godbox we reported on last summer by Building B—now Sezmi. If anything, their claims have actually gotten bolder: They're promising the "first complete TV 2.0 solution" that rolls up traditional TV with movies

HD DVD's Death Hasn't Helped Blu-ray Sales, Which Are So Bad NPD Won't Talk About 'Em [Blu-Ray]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:47 P GMT-06
<img alt="bluacc.jpg" src="http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/04/bluacc.jpg" width="300" height="224"align="left" hspace="4" vspace="2" />You guys have apparently been listening to our warnings about not jumping into the Blu pool just yet

Google Goes Back to 1500, Plans to Map the Oceans [Google]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:47 P GMT-06
As a natural progression from Google Earth and Google Sky, the Mountain View monolith now plans to create 3D maps of the Earth's oceans and seas and make it available via Google Ocean. The software will allow users to navigate the aquatic bottom and

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps? [Design]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:47 P GMT-06
Exposed cables can be downright hideous or damn near artistic depending on the situation. Apparently, when South Korean designer Kwangho Lee sees a mess of tangled wires, he thinks "art." The concept behind these "lamp sculptures" was to strip lights

How to Set Up a Photography Darkroom : Supplies for a Darkroom

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 7:47 P GMT-06
How to Set Up a Photography Darkroom : Supplies for a Darkroom1 min - 14 Jan 2008Learn what darkroom supplies are needed in a darkroom in this free photography video.Original Entry

RC-12 Mini Camera is Tiny, Works Underwater, Wireless to 30 Meters [Spy Tech]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
The RC-12 Mini Camera is essentially a 1.2 GHz wireless camera with a 30 meter range, a 2.7 MP CMOS sensor and waterproof housing. It looks about as big as a lego brick and can shoot 45 minutes of video on a single charge. This camera isn't anything

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users? [Free Wi-Fi]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Some Macrumors readers are reporting that AT&T's Starbucks and Barnes and Noble Wi-Fi hotspots are coughing up free internet access for iPhone users. When you hit up the wireless at these locations, you get directed to a special iPhone-formatted page

"Real" Star Trek Tricorder Invented [Trek Tech]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
If you ever watched an episode of Star Trek and wondered when we were going to finally get our hands on some cool medical gadgets like the tricorder, you will be happy to know that a primitive version already exists. Researchers knew that current med

Neocube Is Better Than the Rubik's Cube Because There's No Right Answer [Gadgets]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Rubik's Cubes are nice if you actually want to think, but how about for those times when you're just sitting there and you want something to fiddle with? The Neocube has 216 spherical neodymium magnets that connect and make a cube, a sphere, or any o

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off? [Question Of The Day]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Eco-friendly is the a word thrown around a lot these days, and an ever-increasing number of people are going out of their way to conserve power. Combine that with a desire to increase the longevity of our hardware and you have the basis for a questio

Samsung's High End 650 Series LCDs Reviewed (Verdict: Great) [HDTVs]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
CNet's reviewed Samsung's 52-inch 650 series LCD, the LN52A650. While there is a 750 series, it's worth noting that those sets get MPEG and MP3 playback from USB drives but have the same picture. So, for this generation of Samsung LCDs, this is as go

Warner Bros. to Release Movies for Apple TV and On Demand Same Day as DVD [Home Entertainment]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
<img alt="warnerbox.jpg" src="http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/04/warnerbox.jpg" width="350" height="169"align="left" hspace="4" vspace="2" />The format war over, and Blu-ray safely enthroned as the victor, Warner can now turn its sight

Hollywood "Stars" Punk'd Into Going to Scarlet TV Premiere [Lg Tv]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
We weren't the only ones fooled by LG's Scarlet TV that masqueraded as a TV series. LG managed to convince Hollywood's red carpet-loving "starlets" to come out as well, thinking that it was for the premiere of some show made by a Smallville and Sopra

On TMO Doing 3G Voice Only... [Wireless]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
BTW, you might have seen our post this morning about T-Mobile not having 3G data at launch. What I've learned from Wilson is that actually, updating networks with voice first and data later has happened in previous generations. There's history for th

T-Mobile 3G Launch: No 3G Data?! [Rumor]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
TmoNews has gotten their hands on a seemingly internal T-Mobile doc discussing their imminent 3G plans. As tipped, it'll launch in NYC tomorrow and 20+ major markets by the end of the year. One thing to note, in the doc it discusses the "great call q

Video: How Iron Man Gets Dressed [Iron Man]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Here's a trailer I haven't seen before of Tony Stark getting ready for a night on the town. No Tux, but the Mark III suit. What's impressive about the movie's suit design is that they've not only detailed the red and gold of the outer shell, but the

Fujitsu's "Zero-Watt" Monitor Uses Zero Power in Standby Mode [Displays]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Fujitsu Siemens has developed a new monitor that claims to use zero power in standby mode. This money-saving monitor miracle is made possible thanks to a built-in switch that shuts down the monitor completely when a signal from the computer is absent

Israeli Military Guardian Vehicle is Like the Batmobile Without Batman Driving [Robots]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Other than taking obvious influences from the Tumbler from Batman Begins, this Israeli Guardium unmanned patrol shares more in common with the iRobot PackBot than Batman's roof-hopping car. The Guardium can either be self-controlled or steered by an

Low Tech Giz Tips: Water Cooled Laptop Stand [Ghettomodo]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 6:47 P GMT-06
Not all the tech we buy needs to be brand new and manufactured specifically to fit our needs. With a little ingenuity and cheapness, you can rig up common household objects to do the job just as well. Here's an example of such a thing, using a $6 hot

Learn About HDR Digital Photography : Selecting Images to Composite for an HDR Image

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 3:47 P GMT-06
Learn About HDR Digital Photography : Selecting Images to Composite for an HDR Image1 min - 26 Nov 2007Learn how to make an HDR image from multiple exposures in this free video on selecting the best images to merge into an HDR digital photography ima

New Memory Resistor Circuit Could Make Instant-Boot PCs, Emulate Brain Functions [Gadgets]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 2:17 P GMT-06
A fourth circuit element called memristor (the first three being resistors, capacitors and inductors) has been proposed since 1971, but HP labs has finally made a working physical model of the thing. What's so special about this type of circuit? It r

Dealzmodo Ahoy: HDTVs Will Get Stupid Cheap Next Month [Dealzmodo]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 2:17 P GMT-06
According to HD Guru, Sony's not content with its less-than-number-one status in flat panels, so it's planning to claw its way back into consumers' hearts with deep price cuts on all of its 2008 models next month. The other guys, like Samsung, LG and

Radiohead Tells Freebie-Loving Music Fans: 'That's Yer Lot' [Radiohead]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 2:17 P GMT-06
Any hope that the pay-what-you-want release of In Rainbows would set a precedent for Radiohead albums of the future has been dashed. Tortured treehugger and all-round good bloke Thom Yorke set the record straight yesterday, calling the band's decisio

iPhone to Feature Unlimited Movie Downloads, 37-Foot Screen [Breaking]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 2:17 P GMT-06
After rumors of an extreme price-drop and black glossy appearance, new details about the iPhone 3G keep dripping like Princess Peach's bathroom faucet: a New York-based TV station has got exclusive details, pointing out in its news ticker that Apple'