Look, we know that sometimes, Arnie just needs a really, really big gun to rock. But there comes a point where weapons just get too damned big. And I'm talking stupidly big. 4-foot handgun big. Read More >>
Eddy Cue, Apple's SVP for Internet software in services has been a very visible member of the Apple team recently as the man tapped by Tim Cook to pick up the pieces of the Apple Maps disaster. He might be Apple's Mr. Fix-It, but somebody needs to help this guy with his Twitter. Cue doesn't tweet often, but when he does, it's hard to tell him apart from a Spambot. Read More >>
Another year is coming to an end, and here at Gizmodo we're looking to spread the Christmas cheer by providing you with a round-up of the most miscalculated Twitter campaigns and hashtags of the year. So sit back, grab the popcorn, and get ready to laugh at someone else's expense. Read More >>
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"The poor people, but I'm generalising poor/scummy here. I imagine it's area dependent, but try going into an ASDA on a Saturday and not wanting to cal..." More »
There is little in the world that can match the simultaneous awesomeness and mystery of a spy plane. These are the paragon of modern innovation, yet largely pass invisible above us. They decide battles and wars, yet only a few lucky soldiers get to see them. Blah blah blah words. Let's look at some incredible machinery. Read More >>
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"I too was a little surprised at that, but as is evident it was more than a little US oriented.
http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_Nimro..." More »
When you're trapped in a boring nine-to-five job you'll embrace anything that helps make the work week slightly less awful. Colourful staplers, video games on your calculator, and sticky notes shaped like anything and everything but a boring yellow square. Here's some of the best. Read More >>
Today, iTunes Match went down. Yesterday, it was iMessage and FaceTime. Since launching iCloud to the public on October 12th, 2011, Apple just hasn't been able to keep its cloud-based services airborne. Read More >>
Do you know that Altavista, the omnipotent web search platform before Google awakened, is still online? Okay, it's integrated into Yahoo, but the domain and the interface is up and running. Just like HotBot! Anyone remember HotBot? And Lycos? WebCrawler? Read More >>
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"Pete Speed himself says: "When the service launched, our server was situated in an ordinary garden shed in the UK. Amazingly, 17 years on we are still..." More »
With the release of Surface, Microsoft is taking a serious dive into the wide world of hardware production. But this isn't the first time Microsoft has gone down that road. In fact, Redmond has racked up a pretty impressive catalogue of devices. Here's a list of all of them. Read More >>
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"I was expecting a huge disappointment, but this article thoroughly impressed me. Nicely done Eric, you're certainly earning your pay more than some ot..." More »
Every day, an army of computers and human operators toil in control rooms, providing electricity to a city, guiding planes across the sky, or searching for the Higgs-Boson. These rooms are all extremely important, whether they're making breakthrough discoveries or just keeping the lights on. Read More >>
The Microsoft Surface arrives today. It's been touted as the perfect compromise between laptop and tablet. (From what we can tell, that's not quite the case.) Read More >>
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""Today, the Xbox 360 is the ideal iteration of this hybrid concept."
I'd say the PS3 is better implementation. Apart from being quieter than the X..." More »
Desktop computing may be dying, besieged by ultrabooks and tablets, but that doesn't mean people aren't still loving their crazy desktop setups. Here are the very best ones—located in the homes of artists, musicians, engineers, mad gamers and people who just love computers—compiled from readers' submissions and hours of searching. Read More >>
Marriage proposals are getting ridiculously over the top lately, almost to Hollywood production levels. These love declarations are crazy too, but a lot bigger. So big that you can see some of them from space. Read More >>
We like to anthropomorphize the objects in our lives, assigning our tools and tech personalities of their own. But some just go ahead and do it for you. The gadgets you are about to see wear their hearts on their sleeves. Read More >>
Carbon fibre is one of mankind's greatest engineered materials. And because it's lighter and stronger than most metals, it has revolutionised everything from the aerospace industry, to auto racing, to artificial limbs. And while its distinctive woven appearance makes it even more appealing, that doesn't make it ok to use everywhere. Read More >>
Technological progress is not the iPhone 5 or the Nexus 7. Technological progress is creating things that nobody has ever seen before, things that push humanity forward. You know, like building a machine heavier than air that freaking flies. Sadly, some times these quests end in disaster. Read More >>