#blockquote

Stephen Hawking: "Big Bangs Happen"

Hawking's covered the end of the world, now he's examining the beginning—writing "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going". The Big Bang was a certainty. [Reuters]

Summermodo: A Whole New Way To Grill

The Automatic Chef motorized grill is where space-age and stone-age grilling techniques meet. An adjustable battery-powered arm slowly rotates a 22" grate over your roaring open flame, cooking everything to perfection. Check out Summermodo for more awesome high-temp gear. More »

DIY Meat Smoker Texts You When Your Meat's Ready

I'm happy admiring most do-it-yourself projects from the remove of the internet, but this, an electronic meat smoker than buzzes you with a text when your shanks are adequately smoked, is one I need to try in person. More »

If Apple Can't Deal With Facebook's "Onerous" Terms For Ping, Why Is It In Apple's Keynote Screenshots?

Did Steve Jobs pull Facebook support for Ping, Apple's new music-focused social networking service, at the last second? Ping launched yesterday without support for Facebook, the world's most popular social networking service. More »

Samsung Confirms Honeycomb Will Follow Gingerbread in Android Name-Game

Not just confirming the Honeycomb name, Samsung's head of product planning commented that "the next platform we'll be using [on the Galaxy Tab] will be Gingerbread. Depending on our international partners, we'll be working to upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread." More »
#tablets

A Quick Look at Samsung's Galaxy Tab Shows It's a Lot Better Than I Expected

A limited look at the Galaxy Tab showed me all I needed to see: this thing is great. I'm no fan of Samsung phones, and worried it would feel cheap, with TouchWiz an albatross around Android's neck. I was wrong. More »

This 3DTV Has Sharp's Quattron Tech, for Four Color Rendering

Sharp's billing this TV as the world's first 3DTV with Quattron technology—which isn't hard, considering it's their own invention, which adds a fourth color, yellow, to great effect. It aims to increase brightness by 1.8x. More »

Sony Takes Out Their Google-Powered Internet TV For a Spin

Sony's Internet TV is at IFA, demonstrating how Google TV might make your soccer—or football, rather—watching experience more interesting. No further details on the hardware side of things, but the UI looks polished, and more importantly, pretty useful. More »

The Earth Rolling Under an Astronaut at 17,239MPH Looks Awesome

I've never seen anything like this: The Earth captured in time lapse by an astronaut at the International Space Station, cruising at 17,239 miles per hour—that's 7.7 kilometers per second, or 4.7 miles per second. More »
#tvs

Philips Bringing 21:9 3D Cinema Display to the Home

Philips has quite an exciting announcement for home cinema fans at its IFA press conference today—it's upgrading its 21:9 Cinema display with Full HD 3D capabilities. More »

Sony's iTunes Competitor is Music Unlimited

Sony revealed its big new push into the music world last night, in the form of Music Unlimited—a new way for everyone to manage their audio collections and listen to music, entirely via the cloud. More »
#blockquote

Now Sony is a Train Driver

At Sony's IFA press conference, their CEO Sir Howard Stringer talked up Sony's 3D might. Expect to see Sony: Train Driver Simulator! on the PS3 shortly. [TechRadar]
#tablets

Samsung's Galaxy Tab Runs Froyo, Has Flash and Measures 7-Inches

It was possibly the worst-kept secret in tablet-land (more so than the iPad), but the final specs have now been revealed for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It'll run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes in a 7-inch flavor—for now. More »
#laptops

Samsung Bends The Edges Of Its New SF Notebook Range

Samsung's new SF laptop series is designed to draw "admiring advances" thanks to its glossy exterior and curvaceous case. It's Alienware for ladies. More »

iPhone Users Eat Chicken, Android Users Eat Pork

In a silly survey conducted by Coupons.com, they've discovered some ridiculous "revelations" about iPhone users and Android users. By analyzing both platform's coupon usage, they've determined that iPhone users are "feminine-smelling, chicken-eating, entertainment-reading fish owners." As for Android users: More »
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#ipadapps

The Official Twitter iPad App: It's a Whole Lot of Twitter in Your Face

At last, the official Twitter app for the iPad is here. Is it the best iPad Twitter app? Depends on who you are. More »

Champagne Bottles Get A New Design In The Name Of The Environment

The champagne industry is looking to update the iconic champagne bottle. They're slimming the shoulders to make a lighter bottle in an effort to cut their carbon footprint. That slight difference will be like removing 4,000 cars from the road. More »
#space

Our Sun Might Look Like This...In 6 Billion Years

Is this a Droid wallpaper? A Pokeball? Nope, it's actually hot water surrounding a giant carbon star. It's a phenomenon that's puzzling scientists and it's happening to a star similar to our Sun. More »

The Second Prototype Of The Power Laces Brings Back To The Future II Shoes Closer To Reality

The original prototype of the Back to the Future II-inspired Power Laces were cool but needed a bulky motor attached to the heel. This second prototype doesn't. They're also way more awesome and with donations, could become real. [Power-Laces via CrunchGear]

What It Looks Like When a Bullet Slices Through a Water Droplet

For some reason I expected a bit more explosion (thanks, Hollywood!), but these high speed photography shots capture the fantastic moment when a bullet passes through a drop of water, slicing it in half with a bit of a splash. More »

From the Tips Box: International Gmail Calls, Standing Desks, and Dropbox Drives

Readers offer their best tips for calling from Gmail overseas, making easy standing desks, and mounting Dropbox as a virtual drive. [Lifehacker]
#art

Wookie the Chew

Long before ever daydreaming about dashing Jedi knights, I hugged my teddy and imagined he'd lead me on adventures through forests. Artist James Hance has captured both of those innocent stages of adolescence and combined them into wonderfully whimsical illustrations. More »

These Students Purposely Crashed A NASA Satellite Into The Ocean

With NASA's blessing, a group of Colorado University students were able to participate in what sounds like the coolest college test ever: crashing a real NASA satellite into the ocean. More »

Google Responds to Steve Jobs' Thinly Veiled Insults

During today's Apple event, Steve Jobs bragged about how many iOS devices are upgraded each day and remarked that he thinks "some of [Apple's] friends are counting upgrades in their numbers." Google caught this thinly-veiled accusation and retorted: More »

Gunman in Discovery TV building demands better programming from the science network

Earlier today, a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters with a gun or some explosives (reports are still coming in), took some employees hostage, and demanded better science programming. More »
#nasa

NASA History Captured In Strange and Beautiful Photograph Collection

That? That's the Gossamer Penguin, an experimental solar-powered aircraft cruising above a dry lakebed at NASA Dryden's Flight Research Center in July 1979. It's just one of the many strange, spectacular images of NASA's early days now available online. More »
#apple

The First Hands-On Impressions on All New Apple Gear

We have collected all the information you need to know about today's Apple music event in a series of individual product articles. We just added the first hands-on impressions from the people who played with them in California. More »
#apple

This Is How iOS 4.1 HDR Photos Look In Reality

Apple's iOS 4.1 will give us the ability to take HDR photos with our iPhone devices, but how will those photos look? We spent some time with the iOS 4.1 Gold Master and found out. More »

Battle of the Android Home Screen Launchers: ADW vs. LauncherPro vs. HelixLauncher

Many Android devices ship with a default home screen launcher that, frankly, kind of sucks. The good news? You can install a new launcher offering better shortcuts, more home screens, and extra configuration options. Here's the lowdown on the most popular options. More »
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