Shooting Challenge: Steal [Photography]
If “good artists borrow, great artists steal”—I just made that up by the way—then for this week’sShooting Challenge, I want you to steal. And steal shamelessly. More »
Samsung Galaxy Tab Review: A Pocketable Train Wreck [Video]
This is it. The Galaxy Tab is the first Android tablet meant for humans. But is it actually fit for humans? No. More »
Guaranteed Awesome Gifts for the 21st Century Hippie [Giftguide]
November is here, and along with it the soul-crushing responsibility of buying thoughtful gifts for every loved one in your life. But don’t worry, we’re gonna make it easy: Here are some perfect gifts for the 21st Century Hippie. More »
Father of the World’s First Laptop Snags Top Design Award [Design]
This year’s Prince Philip Designers Prize—the oldest design award in the UK—went to Bill Moggridge, the man who designed the world’s first laptop. You’re possibly reading this one one of its grandchildren—but is yours as gorgeous looking? More »
Video of Tom Cruise Jumping Off the World’s Tallest Skyscraper [Video]
What’s better than a photo of Tom Cruise jumping off the Burj Khalifa during the filming ofMission Impossible 4 in Dubai? A 35-frame stop-motion video of the whole event, obviously.More »
Sprint ZTE Peel Turns Your iPod Touch Into the Pseudo-iPhone It’s Always Wanted to Be [Ipod Touch]
Our first thought when we got ahold of a MiFi: Why not build this into an iPod touch case? All the benefits of the iPhone, minus AT&T’s horrible service. That’s Sprint’s ZTE Peel case. More »
So, You Want to Turn Your iPad Into a Netbook, Eh? [Ipad Cases]
This is definitely the slickest iPad case-cum-keyboard we’ve seen so far, and one of the most flexible, too. It closes up in “carry mode” for full protection, or can be used in “laptop mode,” or bent back for watching movies. More »
This Fearsome Russian Prison Is Installing Sunbeds For Inmates [Prison]
Moscow’s notorious Butyrka prison has housed everyone from Alexander Solzhenitsyn to Hitler’s nephew. And before the end of the year, its inmates will be able to go tanning. That’s great, actually. More »
OK, Running iPhone Apps on a TV Could Be Pretty Awesome [Video]
Just yesterday, the Giz team was discussing the possibility of beaming iPhone and iPad apps to Apple TVs via AirPlay. Some of us weren’t sure why you’d want to in the first place. Well, precisely this: The Incident, supersized. More »
Bang & Olufsen’s BeoSound 8 Docks iPods, iPads and iPhones For $1,000+ [IPod Docks]
It took them a good few years to cobble together some speakers and a docking station, but finallyBang & Olufsen has an iPod dock—theBeoSound 8, which costs (are you ready for this?) $1,400. More »
Slim Gingerbread “Anzu” Phone From Sony Ericsson Leaks, Showing 4.3-Inch Screen [Android]
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It seems we weren’t the only ones doubting Sony Ericsson’s future. In a poll last month, you guys voted on exactly when the company will die—and the results ain’t pretty. Will this super-slim Android-running Anzu save them? UPDATEDMore »
A Surefire Way to Ensure Cats Keep Off Roombas—For Life [Video]
Roomba-riding cats are a real problem to society. Costing the taxpayer MILLIONS each year in emergency room visits, carpets are looking a right old state, with humans too scared to turn their robot vacuums on. Enter the cat-ejection Roomba add-on. More »
Gorge on Retro Japanese Robots by Downloading This $3 iPad App [IPad Apps]
There’s no clever functionality, no swish design—just reams and reams of vintage Japanese robots for salivating over. It’s like a flipbook of otaku porn—only won’t attract too many stares on public transport. More »
Amplify the iPhone 4’s Volume Without Power: the Griffin AirCurve Play [IPhone Accessories]
One of the simplest gadgets ever is also one of my favorites. I’m talking about Griffin’s original AirCurve, the acoustically-shaped amplifier that docks and increases the iPod/iPhone’s volume. It’s now been updated for iPhone 4s, increasing music 10dB louder. More »
First-Ever Sex Toy Drive-Through Opens in Alabama [Innovations]
Pleasures, a sex toy store in Huntsville, Alabama (where sex toys are technically illegal), just opened the country’s first sex-toy drive-through service. I know what you’re thinking! “It’ll get so crowded!” Don’t worry—there are three lanes. More »
Designer Hard Drive From LaCie and Philippe Starck Goes USB 3.0 [Hard Drives]
Cramming 500GB of storage into that molten silver casing, LaCie’s design partnership withPhilippe Starck has gone USB 3.0 for faster data transfers—though of course it also works with USB 2.0 ports, too. More »
BlackBerry PlayBook Will Cost Under $500 When it Hits Next Year [Tablets]
It’ll be fighting for shoulder-room with the second-gen iPad when it goes on sale in early 2011 in the US, as RIM’s said their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will cost “under” $500. It’ll hit other countries from March. [Bloomberg] More »
Super AMOLED Screen’d Galaxy Tab Shown Off by Samsung [Tablets]
Reports of the original, TFT-LCD Galaxy Tabsoon being superseded are correct—Samsung has released the first image of the Super AMOLED-sporting tablet. It’s the same size, at 7-inches, and has a slightly-increased 1200×600 resolution. [OLED-Display] More »
Full Conan Episodes To Be Available Online A Day After Airing [TV]
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