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Pre-Order the Back to the Future Hoverboard Right Now for $120
Just as expected, the official Mattel Back to the Future hoverboard made infamous by Marty McFly is now available for pre-order. The hoverboard only costs $120 and actually comes with a hoverboard scaled for 6-inch action figures too. That’s a steal in my BTTF-loving book. https://gizmodo.com/mattel-is-finally-making-the-back-to-the-future-hoverbo-5884660 Yup, I already pre-ordered and if you claim to … Continued
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AT&T Clarifies How Limited Its Unlimited Plan Really Is
If you’re one of the lucky AT&T customers who still has an unlimited data plan, you’re probably aware that AT&T hamstings the connections of its “top 5 percent” of data consumers. But it has never been clear who exactly falls into that category. Until now. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-chokes-unlimited-data-dead-dead-dead-dead-5826060 Here’s what it means to be part of the … Continued
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OnLive Desktop Now Available for Android Tablets
Just like with the iPad, the OnLive Desktop service—which provides remote access to a server-powered version of Windows 7—is now available for Android Tablets for the same five bucks a month. https://gizmodo.com/onlive-desktop-plus-hands-on-they-put-windows-on-my-ip-5887484 Because Android supports mouse input, it brings a dimension to OnLive Desktop the iPad lacked, but still supports all the same multitouch gestures … Continued
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Get These Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Crayons Before Lucas’ Empire Strikes Back
I’m not sure how the Lucasfilm marketing machine hasn’t invaded the world of crayons already, but it looks like Etsy seller extramoneyformommy is the first to the market with a set shaped like Han Solo in his carbonite prison. For just four bucks you get a set of eight in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, … Continued
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Is the New iPad Going To Be Called iPad HD? (Update 2)
Would Apple name the new iPad 3 the iPad HD? According to alleged part listings from Griffin and Belkin, this may be the case. The product name is a good match for the its new Retina-like display. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-ipad-3-hiding-in-plain-sight-5888989 Accessories manufacturers don’t have a clue about Apple marketing plans until the very last minute. They usually … Continued
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The Army’s New Long-Lasting Surveillance Drone Can Probably See Your House from Here*
*Here being Afghanistan. But that’s what you get when you combine the Army’s newest UAV helicopter, the A-160 Hummingbird, with a 1.8 Gigapixel ARGUS sensor, the Army’s single most powerful camera package to date. The A-160 Hummingbird is a long-loitering, remotely-operated surveillance platform. It has been under development by the Boeing corporation since 2004 but … Continued
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Anonymous Blames Arrests on Snitches
Anonymous boasts of itself as being a loose collective, a patchwork of mixed, at times conflicting ideals, sans leadership. It seems to work well for them! Except this nebulousness also lets in pretty much anyone. Including the cops. MSNBC reports the recent rash of Anonymous arrests, spanning Spain and South America, can be traced back … Continued
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Why You Never Hear About World-Altering Inventions Created by Committee
Modern corporate culture is in L-O-V-E, love with meetings (and any opportunity to engage in groupthink). But if you look back, history’s real intellectual heavyweights weren’t “team players.” Intellectual giants like DaVinci, Einstein, and even Steve Wozniak, all developed their best works in near solitude. Quiet, by Susan Cain, examines why the world’s best thinkers … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: FREE FOR ALL!!
You take orders from me every week. But you’re no robot. You have visions, dreams and aspirations. You want to do things YOUR way. And you will. Because for this week’s Shooting Challenge, anything goes. The Challenge Shoot anything you want. With your camera, not a gun. I don’t have that sort of authority. Repeat, … Continued
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Google’s New Privacy Policy Violates EU Law
On BBC Radio this morning, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said that the EU had investigated Google’s new Privacy Policy—which gives Google access to the activity of all its users across all its services—and found that it was in violation of privacy laws. https://gizmodo.com/reminder-googles-new-privacy-policy-kicks-in-tomorrow-5889360 According to Reuters, Reding offered the following examples when pressed about … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
How To Make an Inflatable Snowboard
Every third Thursday of the month California-based Signal Snowboards likes to experiment with unique board designs that push the boundaries of form and function. And this time around it created a snowboard with inflatable inner tubes like a bike tire. While a snowboard that inflated like a balloon would certainly be easier to travel with, … Continued
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The Crazy Gun That Can Physically Stop You From Talking
Freedom of speech is a fundamental part of American culture. A lot of Americans, or protestors in other countries, would stare down the barrel of a gun to defend it. Unless that gun happens to be this insane SpeechJammer device that renders you incapable of forming coherent sentences. The SpeechJammer, developed at the National Institute … Continued
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Meth Addict Accidentally Burns Down World’s Fifth-Oldest Tree (Updated)
Because Florida is running out of unique ways to embarrass itself, a 26-year old meth enthusiast set fire to and destroyed the world’s fifth oldest tree last month. While she was in it. Smoking meth. Sarah Barnes had climbed the tree to smoke, because where better to get high than in the branches of a … Continued
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This 24-Hour Cupcake ATM Needs To Be In My Bedroom, Not Beverly Hills
Sprinkles is the Beverly Hills-based cupcake shop that’s credited with re-kindling the trend that’s sweeping America’s waistlines. And it will soon make it even easier to get your miniature cake fix—at all hours of the day—with an automated ATM. The store has officially announced they’re opening what they call the “world’s first cupcake automat” that … Continued
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HTC: Sense UI Was Bloated and Cluttered
Even though HTC makes some admirable phones, there has long been one common complaint about its handsets: Sense. The UI, that the company insists on plastering over the Android OS, is bloated, slow and a pain in the ass. Turns out HTC agrees, and it’s changing it. https://gizmodo.com/will-the-htc-ville-be-the-first-phone-to-screw-up-ice-c-5857886 Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in … Continued
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Feds Decrypt Defendant’s Laptop Without Her Permission
Remember the defendant in that fraud case who claimed to have forgotten the password for her encrypted laptop? Well, the Feds have gone ahead and cracked it right open, without her permission. https://gizmodo.com/defendant-ordered-to-decrypt-hard-drive-says-she-forgot-5882811 The move ends what has been a lengthy legal battle, and makes a judge’s order that the defendant unlock the laptop herself … Continued
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Kim Dotcom: “I’m No Piracy King”
Kim Dotcom may be many things—international playboy, car collector, ladies man—but as far as he’s concerned, a pirate he is not. In his eyes, he’s simply a man who offered a storage solution. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-the-megaupload-million-dollar-car-seize-lo-5877807/ Released on bail last week, Dotcom has wasted no time in talking to the media. He has a bit of a … Continued
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We Have Carriers, Not OEMs, to Thank for Locked Bootloaders
If there’s one thing the nerd community hates, it’s locked bootloaders. They make installing custom ROMs or second operating systems impossible, and that’s just not cool. But when it comes to phones, we have carriers to thank for restrictions, not just OEMs. Over at Droid Life, a reader has submitted a letter they received from … Continued
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Wacom’s New Tablets Pack Multitouch and HUD Software
If you spend a lot of time in Photoshop, chances are you use—or would benefit from—a tablet instead of a mouse. Wacom’s offerings tend to be some of the best, and their new Intuos5 range seems no exception. The new Intuos5 tablets come with multitouch gesture support and “Express View” head-up display software, alongside a … Continued