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Ten Good Reasons to Avoid Facebook
With the enormous success of social networking, success which still continues to grow at an alarm rate, many potential downsides have come to light over the past few years. Just a couple of months ago, we pointed out just how unwise it is to share too much information on a social network, like Facebook, because if you’re not careful, it could…
Revisit Super Mario Bros. with Other Nintendo Characters
In September of 1985, Japan didn’t have any idea about what was about to hit it, and hit it hard. No, not Godzilla. Rather, it was the launch of Super Mario Bros., the original, for the Nintendo Entertainment System (or Nintendo Famicom as it was known in Japan). To date, it still remains the second-most best-selling video game in the world (the first spot…
Checking Your Internet Speed’s Worth with YouTube
Do you watch a lot of videos on YouTube? Do you ever sit there and wonder why one particular video is taking forever to stream? Suffer from a slow Internet connection? Well, on a special page at the site that a friend tipped me off to, you can get an overview look to see how your Internet connection compares to those around you, and even watch a…
Building a Centrifuge to Diagnose Anemia for $30
This past fall, I made a news post that highlighted what could be done with $150 if you wanted to get some pictures from space, and the originating article did well to prove that where there’s a will, there’s a way. That old blurb of wisdom proves true all the time, as I’m often blown away by what someone has thought up, that I wouldn’t have ever thought…
Steam Mac Beta Gets Quick Test
Since its original rumor, we’ve talked a fair bit about Valve’s Steam client on Mac, and I have a good feeling we’ll be talking about it for a while, as it’s interesting in so many ways. As large as Valve is, its in-house game collection is small, but with all those available for the Mac, owners of Apple PCs will suddenly be able to play most or all of them without…
Are Cell Phones Making Us Anti-Social?
It’s clear that today’s technology makes life easier and in some cases more enjoyable. Just take a quick look around and you can easily spot many things that we’d hate to live without, from online banking to mobile computing to cell phones and more. As good as most pieces of technology are, though, there is always room for some downsides…
Apple Sells 1 Million iPads in Under a Month
With all of the recent iPhone 4G news, it might have become all too easy to forget about Apple’s most recent product launch. That was of course the iPad, which, as hard as it may be to believe, was released to the public nearly a full month ago. During the first weekend, Apple managed to sell over 300,000 units, and we knew it was only a matter…
Do You Still Use or Keep Any Floppies?
As the years pass and technologies improve, it’s not uncommon to see a certain type of product go virtually extinct. Sometimes pieces of technologies get killed off well before their time (AGP, as an example), but other times, it’s hard to understand why anyone on earth would stick to using an old-school method of product when current products…
XFX Pushes the Marketing Envelope
A little over a week ago, an eBay listing went up that put a very desirable Radeon HD 5970 up for grabs. The exact model comes from XFX, and includes the cool gun case that’s been talked about for some time. As ordinary HD 5970’s generally go for $600 – $700 on the market, such an auction would have been tempting for a lot of people… if not for…
Steve Jobs Writes Open Letter Regarding Flash
For quite a while, there’s been a storm brewing between Adobe and Apple, and until recently, no one has been paying much attention. But over the course of the past couple of weeks, things have simply exploded, and both Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, and Shantanu Narayen, the CEO of Adobe, have been extremely vocal in their…
HP Picks Up Palm
Late last month, we reported on what was becoming known as a potential end for Palm, as the company has been sinking down quite noticeably over the past couple of years. There was mass speculation of what would happen to one of the originators of the smartphone, and that answer finally came to light with an HP press release. Yes…
AMD Announces Phenom X6 CPUs and 890FX Chipset
AMD has today announced its long-awaited Phenom X6 six-core processor line-up, which at current time includes just two models: 1090T and 1055T. More than just a six-core processor, these “Thuban” models introduce AMD’s Turbo CORE feature, which aims to compete with Intel’s Turbo. Unlike most of Intel’s most recent releases though, AMD…
Valve Takes Steam’s UI Update Out of Beta
It’s been just a little bit over two months since Valve unveiled its UI overall for Steam, but up to this point it has been classified as a beta (and required user intervention to access). The company has now deemed the update as stable, though, so now every copy of Steam should reflect the revamped UI on the next start-up. Love it or hate it, it’s here to…
Gizmodo Editor’s Tech Gear Seized
Unless you were truly living under a rock last week, chances are great that you’ve at least heard of the iPhone 4G, and possibly even the huge scandal that’s been surrounding it. Things all began when Gizmodo acquired a prototype of the phone (paying $5,000 for it) and then posted a thorough look at the hardware, inside and out. All the while, Apple…
Get 13 Rockstar Game Titles for $42 on Steam
I’m not much of a “deal’s guy”, I admit, but every so often I spot something at such a good price that I can’t help but talk about it. This week? A Rockstar Games collection found on Valve’s Steam platform. It includes what I believe to be the company’s entire PC collection, a total of 13 games, and all for just $42.49 (this is about 50% off the regular…
Should Journalists Disclose Sponsored Trips to Events?
As journalists, we are on occasion asked to attend various conferences and press events in order to learn a bit more about a product or series of products. Sometimes, we pay our own way, and other times we’ll be “sponsored” by one or more companies, depending on the event. Up to this point, I haven’t thought too much about it (even though…
Sony’s Latest Firmware Enables Automatic Console Updates
Late last month, Sony made the startling announcement that the “Install Other OS” feature on launch PlayStation 3’s was going to be removed, meaning that if you had a version of Linux installed, it would be wiped as soon as you installed the latest firmware update. For most people, this wasn’t a concern, but for those who did run Linux on their…
Proof Found in Mac OS X Steam Client of Linux Support
A couple of months ago, Valve released a UI update for its Steam platform in a beta state, and as it stands today, its beta status still remains. When the beta first hit the scene, though, some sleuthers immediately found traces of a Mac OS X client hidden away, and mere weeks later, Valve verified that yes, Mac OS X was soon to be the proud recipient…
Bad McAfee Update Affects Windows XP
If you’re a McAfee user and are running Windows XP, make sure you update to the latest version of the DAT file (5959) if you want to avoid any issues, some of which could be severe. Yesterday, or late Monday night, McAfee released its 5958 DAT file which effectively borked some XP installations, leaving the user with nothing more than a…
Western Digital Releases WD Photos App for iPhone/iPod touch
In case you haven’t noticed, the iPhone and other App Store-compatible devices from Apple are hugely successful, and chances are at least one or two people you know own one, if not yourself. The credited reason for the mass success hasn’t been the hardware itself (although it is good), but rather the App Store, because it allows people to…
Where Are All the GeForce GTX 480’s?
NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 was officially released last week, and since then, trying to buy one has been about as difficult as scaling Mount Everest (alright, maybe one is harder). As it stands at this very moment, no e-tailer I could find has a single brand’s model in stock, with the largest e-tailers in both US and Canada offering little more…
Is Piracy Killing the Music Industry? Not Likely
Here’s a classic question if there ever was one… is piracy killing the music industry? If you ask the music industry itself, then yes, of course it is. If you ask pretty much everyone else, the answer’s a resounding, “No!”. That includes me, because I think there’s a lot more at play than just piracy, although I’ll eagerly admit that piracy is a problem…
More on Apple’s Leaked iPhone 4G
On Monday, we linked to an overview look of the upcoming iPhone (4G) produced by Gizmodo, and since then, that site’s story has blown up all over the Web and television. In a little over a day-and-a-half, the site’s original article garnered near 6.5 million views, which is not only amazing, but it highlights the insane amount of interest in Apple’s…
Want to Print Out 3D Objects? HP Has a Printer For You!
Printing out objects in 3D might seem like a task only possible in a movie, but that’s not the case at all. In fact, 3D printers are not even new, and have been used for mocking up objects and prototypes for a while. But thanks to HP, that capability is going to be made available to many more businesses, and for the most part, its $17,500 US price…
Our Core i7-980X Gaming PC Contest is a Wrap!
Welp, we’ve wrapped up our two recent major contests, and now I feel like I can breathe again! Last month, we offered up a stellar gaming PC with all the accessories to one lucky winner, and this past week, we picked a winner for our Core i7-980X gaming PC. Huge thanks once again to our great sponsors for both contests, especially Intel which…