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ARM Based MacBook Air Unlikely
By Engadget at 6 February, 2012, 10:00 am
In discussions with analysts, Apple’s Tim Cook has all but put the kibosh on rumours that Apple would switch its notebook lines over to an ARM architecture. ARM’s the architecture underlying the wildly successful iPad, and it’s been rumoured for a while that Apple might flip its computer lines over to ARM so as to work under one unifying operating system — presumably iOS o …
Read More >>Culturemodo: The Phantom Menace 3D Review
By Engadget at 6 February, 2012, 6:00 am
What happens when you take a process that’s lost its lustre in the eyes of the moviegoing public and apply it to one of the most critically derided sci-fi films ever made? Gizmodo Australia went to the Australian premiere of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D to find out. I rather like Star Wars , especially the original trilogy. Yeah, I know, that’s not the most stunnin …
Read More >>7 Silly Gadgets To Make Your Sports BBQ More Fun
By Engadget at 5 February, 2012, 8:00 am
On any given Sunday, most Giz readers would rather be spending time with family, playing Xbox, nursing a hangover, or maybe — just maybe — hitting up the beach. That’s right, it’s Summer. And a funny thing happens this time of year. We all love barbeques, and give us a grill and a few drinks, and we’ll even get into the Cricket for the day. Image: Ricky Ponting …
Read More >>Bone Conducting Ski Goggles: Say It With Your Skull
By Engadget at 5 February, 2012, 2:30 am
Microphones can’t discriminate what they hear, which can lead to noisy conversations if you’re careening down a snowy hill. But by picking up the vibrations in your skull while you talk, Buhel’s new SpeakGoggle G33s promise to clearly decipher every word. The goggles connect to a mobile phone in your pocket over Bluetooth, letting you take and place calls. Or can connect to anoth …
Read More >>Corning And Samsung Team Up For Gorilla Glass-Tough OLED
By Engadget at 4 February, 2012, 4:30 pm
Gorilla Glass, especially version 2.0, has earned its reputation for durability and strength. But reputation only goes so far and Samsung wants something more. That’s why Cornign and Samsung are joining forces to develop a newer, better, more scratch-resistant AMOLED screens. The new substrate has been dubbed Lotus Glass and, in addition to being as resilient as Gorilla while granting enhanc …
Read More >>Pixound Turns Photos Into Musical Instruments
By Engadget at 4 February, 2012, 3:30 pm
Pixound brings an intriguing approach to the music app: letting you play any photo as if it were a musical instrument. That was enough to get our attention, and when we first started playing around with the Pixound app for iOS ($0.99), we thought it was a neat gimmick, but probably not worth a buck. Then we kept playing, delving deeper into the app’s features. Having done so, we think this o …
Read More >>There’s One Very Important Time You Should Always Lie Online
By Engadget at 4 February, 2012, 12:30 pm
Using the internet is only worthwhile if you can show off the perverse and wonderful things you’ve found on it. So, now that we’re always online and always in touch, we’re constantly sharing links. But what if you’ve seen it already? Lie. You’ve probably encountered this already: most of your friends are bored all day, and so they’ll h …
Read More >>Shape-Shifting Coffee Table That Expands When Friends Come Over
By Engadget at 4 February, 2012, 11:30 am
Tiny apartments are miserable for a lot of reasons, but the most frustrating is when you can’t make the most of your space without a clutter of furniture everywhere. Consider my coffee table problem: It doesn’t take up too much space, but if there’s more than one person hanging out, it’s too small. The REK coffee table by Dutch designer Reiner de Jong would change everythin …
Read More >>Google Just Stripped The Nexus From The Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE
By Engadget at 4 February, 2012, 11:00 am
Google’s pissed at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE about something because it just effectively stripped away the Nexus title of the Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy Nexus LTE no longer shows up on Google’s Nexus developer pages which seems to mean that Google no longer thinks the Galaxy Nexus LTE is a true reference Android device. This seems like it could be in retaliation for the lack …
Read More >>Thinnest Glass Ever Is Officially 2D At 3 Atoms Thick
By Engadget at 4 February, 2012, 9:30 am
It might not look like much, but that’s because it isn’t much! Like many of science’s greatest finds, this three-atom thick sheet of glass (well, a view of it from an electron microscope) was discovered by accident when an air leak caused carbon, copper and quartz to react, producing this marvel. It’s composed entirely of silicon and oxygen and the only reason it&# …
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