#music

Record Labels: Change or Die

It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. More »

Google Mobile Search Reveals What's In Stock Nearby

Google Product Search was already a handy shopping aid, but today's addition of local inventory info makes it essential. And like most great ideas, it's only going to get better with time. More »

JooJoo Tablet Gets New Interface With Updated Home Screen, Navigation and Keyboards

Though the shipping date for JooJoo, the underdog tablet, was recently pushed back to March 25, Fusion Garage isn't letting that time go to waste. They've overhauled the JooJoo's interface, expanded local video playback, and given its backplate a makeover. More »
#cpus

Intel's 6-Core Gulftown Gets Tested, Blows Us Away

Six cores. That's how many are in Intel's ridiculous new Core i7-980x. MaximumPC takes us deep inside the world's fastest CPU, with full, mind-searing benchmarks. More »
#bath

I Would Be Happy With Just Half an Infinity Bath

Having just a shower in NYC, I miss my large Spanish bath and the tsunamis that sometimes ensued inside. Maybe that's why I got all glassy-eyed when I saw this beautiful Infinity Bath and its custom water-proof touchscreen. More »
#entertainme

Heavy Rain: A Peek Into the Future of Movies and Games

Even if you don't own a PlayStation 3, Heavy Rain is a game you should know because it re-imagines both videogames and movies, combining them into a new genre of Choose Your Own Adventure digital narrative. (Very minor spoilers ahead.) More »

Emergency Vehicle Gadget Overload Will Kill/Save Us All

Cops got laptops, ambu-lance drivers got cellphones, and now look, they're all running us over and making us dead. This is a concern right now! So should you be outraged and/or scared? Probably not. More »

The Barnes & Noble eReader iPad App Is On the Way (But Will Apple Maim It?)

As specumalated in yesterday's Giz Explains, Barnes & Noble is coming out with an iPad version of their ebook app, which will, interestingly, include B&N's bookstore. Really? More »

Chatroulette Map Shows You Where These Creeps Live

Ever wanted to know exactly where that disembodied penis you just met on Chatroulette is located? Good news! Now you can. More »

Pink Floyd Wins Legal Battle to Only Sell Full Albums Online

If any band could justify not selling individual tracks, its Pink Floyd. What, you just want Summer '69 but not Atom Heart Mother Suite? Come on. Now, you won't have that option. More »

Where Next for the Manned Space Program?

Obama canceled the manned space program and now the American Natural History Museum is asking the question: Where next? If you are in New York, they will host a great debate on space exploration on March 15. More »
#concepts

Three-Story Washing Machine Concept

So this was obvious: Place a few dividers into an otherwise normal front-loading washing machine, and separate your reds from your whites without washing a whole separate load. [Yanko Design via Ubergizmo]
#battlemodo

TESTED: The Best New Netbooks

If you're in the market for a netbook—the gimpy kittens of the laptop jungle—know this first: on the inside, they're all basically the same. Making the little differences all the more important! And yes, they do add up. More »

iPhone 4.0 Firmware to Bring Multitasking This Summer?

According to AppleInsider sources, iPhone firmware 4.0 will bring multitasking to the platform this summer. And it may look a lot like Exposé. More »

So Does Street Fighter IV Actually Work on the iPhone?

Fighting games have always been awkward—and a little sad—as portable experiences, like Rottweilers stuffed in sweaters. Touchscreen controls, you'd think, would be adding a bowtie. But Street Fighter IV iPhone is a poodle in a cardigan. It fits. More »
#movies

Tron Billboard Works Perfectly as Tron Wallpaper

This latest Tron Legacy billboard, while not technically wallpaper-formatted, crops and stretches beautifully, even on a 24-inch screen. Download the full version here: [/film via Kotaku]
#concept

Foldable Keyboard for Tablets Doubles as Phone Handset

This may be a concept, but I want someone to actually make it for any present or future tablet out there: An optional foldable keyboard that acts as phone handset. This is how the it works: More »

Why Windows XP Users Upgrading Their Hard Drives Should Be Wary

Considering the fact that Windows XP is still the most-used OS worldwide, anyone considering swapping out their old hard drives for a new one should heed this advice: be careful. You may want to even consider not doing it. More »
#commercials

These Ads For MSN and MTV Should Be Expanded Into Full-Blown Movies

This Australian production/advertising agency, Umeric, has created two of the best commercials I've seen. The first, for MTVNHD (MTV Nickelodeon High Definition) is my favorite—anyone else reminded of War of the Worlds when watching it? More »

Motorola Replacing Google Search With Bing On Chinese Android Phones

Cynics will likely say China's forcing Motorola to include Bing search instead of Google in Chinese Android phones, due to the ongoing war o' censorship with Google. Me? Well, Bing is the better search engine. Kidding! More »

Opera Mini 5 Browser Beta Out Now For Android

The latest beta version of Opera Mini for Androids is now out as of today, with a new interface and multi-tabs support thrown in. It's not entirely dissimilar to Opera Mobile 10 on Symbian and WinMo, though. More »
#music

Pioneer's DJM-2000 Shows Why Every Digital Mixer Should Come With Multitouch

Pioneer is known to make digital mixers that leave us drooling and wishing for some DJ skills. First they gave us the CDJ-2000 with its beautiful LCD screen, and now they've given us the DJM-2000, a multitouch screen-having per-frequency-mixing beauty. More »

When Heavy Machines Crash They Make a Terrible Noise

It doesn't matter if the machine you are using is a massive crane or a tiny smartphone: You will always curse in the same way when it crashes. The deafening noise, however, won't be the same.
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#imagecache

Fashion as Futurism

It's hard for a lot of us to relate to what goes on in fashion, but Alexander McQueen, recently deceased, strode across some familiar territory in his final works. Shots like this are as sci-fi as they are high-fashion. [BoingBoing]

Girl Recognizes Lego Star Wars Minifigs by Sucking on Them

You really have to suck a whole lot of Lego Star Wars minifigs to do what this girl is doing: Identify the characters by putting them inside your mouth. Somehow, I find all this strangely arousing. [Youtube via Boing Boing]

IBM Develops Infinitely Recyclable Plant-Based Plastic

Earlier this week, IBM researchers announced a discovery that could lead to plastics made from plants instead of petroleum. The new plastics will be more energy efficient, more versatile, and infinitely recyclable (until we move to our space colony). More »
#diy

Rock-Paper-Scissors Playing Glove Learns Your Weaknesses

Once upon a time being alone meant you were unable to play a decent game of rock-paper-scissors, but now you can finally amuse yourself with just your own hand. Granted you'll have to actually make a glove like this first. More »
#imagecache

Staring Directly At the Artificial Sun

That's not the sun. But for a brief period, in a small Arctic town in Canada, in the dead of winter, it was the next-best thing. More »

In This Horror Movie, the Call Comes From Inside the Theater

What's more terrifying than a call coming from inside the house? The call coming from inside the theater. That's the thought behind Last Call, an interactive horror film in which the main character calls a random audience member for help. More »

The Faces That Belong To Famous Hands

Hand models have it pretty good, don't they? Show up, hold something for a few hours, collect checks, repeat. It's such a sweet gig, there's gotta be something wrong with them, right? Wait... they're all attractive, too? Well nuts. More »

How The PlayStation Move Is NOT A Wii Remote

I just played SOCOM 4 with the newly-named PlayStation Move controller. And now I know how the PlayStation 3's motion-sensitive controller is not just a me-too Wii controller. [Kotaku]

From the Tips Box: Application Shortcuts, Dry-Erase Planners, and Odor-Free Garbage

Readers offer their best tips for making global application shortcuts in OS X, making easy, dry-erase weekly planners, and eliminating odor from your garbage can. [Lifehacker]

Sex, Blood, and Post-Its: A Short Film Shot Entirely On a Scanner

It's one thing to shoot an entire short film on a Canon flatbed computer scanner. It's another to do it well. With Memoirs of a Scanner, Mindfruit Films pretty much nailed it.

This Fuel-Injection System Might Increase Fuel Efficiency By Up To 50%

The most fuel efficient hybrid for sale in the US gets 51 MPG, but a startup called Transonic Combustion claims they can improve that. They claim their fuel-injection system will get 64 MPG. More »
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