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How to Make Your Own Beef Briefs [DIY]

8 hours 58 min ago
#diy The thing with edible panties is that if I'm going to have to eat something that's been girding my partner's loins for the last half hour, I don't want it to taste like a warm Fruit Roll-Up. I want to chow down on something meatily delicious—like this pair of Brief Jerky. More »


Canon Powershot ELPH 530 HS: Now With Wi-Fi Inside [Cameras]

Mon, 2012-02-06 23:01
#cameras The new Canon Powershot ELPH 530 HS will be the first Canon camera with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities. That means you'll be able to wirelessly upload photos to the Internet as well as to transfer media directly to mobile devices. More »


New Samsung Remote Trades Its Buttons for A Touch Pad and Voice Control [Accessories]

Mon, 2012-02-06 22:50
#accessories As TV's have packed on more and features, including multiple inputs and Internet connectivity, the complexity of the remote has grown to match. Now you're lucky to get a remote shorter than your forearm. This new remote from Samsung, however, will replace the bevy of buttons for a touchpad and Siri-like voice control. More »


Motorcyclist Clotheslined 25-Feet In the Air, Falls Hard [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 22:20
#watchthis A circus performance at the The Dow Event Center ended abruptly when a motorcycle jump went horribly wrong and the rider hit a wire at the apex of his jump. More »


Nikon D800: It's Not What You Wanted, But It Is a 36-Megapixel Mini-Monster [Cameras]

Mon, 2012-02-06 22:01
#cameras Nikon's new D800 SLR is a study in expectations and identity. Laid bare, the $3000 D800 is an impressive camera. But it's probably not the D800 that a lot of Nikon fans have been waiting for—what some feel they'd been virtually promised. More »


Stop What You're Doing and Go Get Jack in the Box's New Bacon Milkshake Right Now [Food]

Mon, 2012-02-06 21:40
#food Jack in the Box has some crap your pants good news that'll make today feel like your birthday: they're going to be selling Bacon milkshakes. YES. What's even awesomer: Vegetarians, Muslims and Jews can drink it too! More »


Defendant Ordered to Decrypt Hard Drive Says She Forgot Her Password [Crime]

Mon, 2012-02-06 21:00
#crime A Colorado woman who was ordered to unlock her computer for investigators is reportedly saying she can't remember her password. More »


Even After Shutting Down, LimeWire Can't Catch a Break [Piracy]

Mon, 2012-02-06 20:40
#piracy LimeWire has been kaput as a file-sharing service since October but that hasn't stopped its legal woes. Now, after settling with the RIAA to the tune of $105 million, the MPAA and a host of indie music labels have filed lawsuits against the company as well. Talk about beating a dead horse. More »


How To Electrify Your Brain To Be Smarter With a 9-Volt Battery [Science]

Mon, 2012-02-06 20:20
#science Transcranial direct current stimulation can make your brain work better. DARPA proved it can make you better at video games, the U.S. Air Force has shown it cuts drone remote-pilot training in half, and Harvard researchers have used it to treat depression. So what is this magical device that powerfully manipulates your brain function and where can you get one? More »


How to Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo with Timeline [Facebook]

Mon, 2012-02-06 19:40
#facebook We love Timeline for Facebook. Maybe you don't. Doesn't really matter since Facebook is forcing everyone to switch. So what to do? We say have some fun with it! Since Timeline adds a big, splashy picture to your profile page, you can easily hack that big picture with your original profile picture to give your Facebook page some character (and make all your friends Like you). Here's how. More »


Bill Maher Piles On the Foxconn Shame-Fest [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 19:00
#watchthis Bill Maher interviewed Mike Daisey last week on Real Time, adding to the scourge of recent negative publicity surrounding the conditions at Apple supplier Foxconn. Daisey is the actor who wrote and performed the one-man show The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, a musing that faces the labor issue head-on. He actually went to China and talked to workers outside the infamous Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. More »


What Is This? [Image Cache]

Mon, 2012-02-06 18:20
#imagecache Is that a stained glass window dedicated to man's excess? Nope. A MoMA exhibit capturing our disposable lifestyles? Sorry. A corporate logo treatment for a recycling facility? Not exactly, but it is related to turning trash into something beautiful. More »


Apple's New High Definition Cursors In Mac OS Update May Signal Retina Display Macs [Apple]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:44
#apple Cheerful, Apple spokesman aficionado John Gruber talks about four tweets that, according to him, "may" indicate an incoming Apple hardware upgrade, perhaps the introduction of new Retina Display-level Macs or displays. Given his intimately wet relationship with Apple, you better listen up to his "wishful thinking." More »


If This Music Video Doesn't Make You Happy and Hungry, You Are Dead Inside [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:40
#soundtrack This is not our usual Gizmodo Soundtrack song, but I loved it so much that I couldn't resist posting it as today's entry. Watch it. It will make you happy and hungry at the same time. More »


Lilyhammer Lightning Review: Netflix Series on Thin Ice [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:33
#lilyhammer Netflix made its first foray into original content today with the streaming of Lilyhammer, an eight-episode series that follows a mobster's undercover adventures in Norway. Its trailer was promising! The actual show? Less so. More »


Russian Power Station Goes Haywire [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:20
#watchthis You're driving south of St. Petersburg, listening to some John Lennon. The traffic is a little heavy. God, this song is so great—and now, let us pause for an enormous electrical explosion that dominates the entire horizon. More »


Redbox Nabs 35,000 More DVD Kiosks [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:03
#movies You might think Redbox, after partnering up with Verizon this morning, is getting out of the disc business. Hardly! The kiosk king is actually beefing up its physical presence. More »


Designing Windows 8 or: How to Redesign a Religion [Video]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:00
#windows8 There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer's dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years, he's taken on the tiny task of redesigning the operating system used by like a billion people all over the world. You know, NBD. More »


Nooka: The Not-So-Intuitive, But-Still-Cool-Looking Clock [App Of The Day]

Mon, 2012-02-06 17:00
#appoftheday Clocks that tell time in fascinating new ways are everywhere. I saw a clock that lit up the quarter hour the other day. It was beautiful. The Nooka app based upon their watches falls into the beautiful timepiece category. It won't replace your regular clock, but it will make checking the time a more invigorating experience. More »


Adorable iPhone Arcade Cabinet Is Waiting For Your Minuscule Quarters [Gaming]

Mon, 2012-02-06 16:40
#gaming Ion Audio's iCade Jr. may have beaten it to the punch, but since it uses the dock connector to talk to your iPhone instead of Bluetooth, the iAppCade cabinet doesn't need its own power source. More »