GizModo: Top Tech News and Reviews [March ‘11 Diet]

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                     Once upon a time, there was a whale called June. Or maybe her name is Margaret. Or Kate. We don't really know. A few nitrogen-hearted scientists call her 52 Hertz just because she sings at a 51.75Hz frequency, but I will call her Alice.            More »

Source: The Story of the Lonely Whale Will Break Your Heart [Video]

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    Searching for apps through the Android Market can be an exercise in hair pulling frustration. Chomp for Android makes finding Android apps a lot easier.            More »

Source: Chomp for Android [App Of The Day]

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    Here are the best stories on Gizmodo today. Enjoy them!            More »

Source: Best Stories of Today, February 28, 2011 [Total Recap]

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                      Artist Liu Bolin must have slain a lot of dragons and evil ninja skeletons in magic Chinese catacombs, because his invisibility powers keep getting better and better. His last batch of camouflage photos are simply awesome. Images via Bored Panda            More »

Source: The Ever-Increasing Invisibility Powers of the Amazing Liu Bolin [Video]

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    We're seeing more and more NFC-enabled devices—but it's hard to get excited by anything that goes by three dull letters (notable exceptions: BFF, STD, UFO). NFC, however, is (potentially) quite awesome. Here's how we hope it'll shine.            More »

Source: Fourteen Ways NFC Will Let Your Phone Replace Your Wallet (And More) [NFC]

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    The world looks different upside down...and it's not always just that it looks upside down. Things look...different...sometimes even weightless. And 86 photos from this week's Shooting Challenge celebrate that phenomenon, without the head rush.            More »

Source: 77 Upside Down Photos [Photography]

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                     If you haven't been in a deep coma for the past 48 hours, you're probably aware of this Charlie Sheen fellow. He's been saying the darndest things! He's (coked?) out of his mind! And we're all watching it live online.            More »

Source: The Internet Is Watching Charlie Sheen Implode [Video]

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    The iPad 2 is here and we got all the details and a hands-on, including impressions, photos and videos. The iPad 2 is lighter, thinner, but more than that, it feels qualitatively different, from the casing right through to racing around bends in whatever racing game thrills you.            More »

Source: The New iPad [Apple]

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                      The nerd-standard in your average nerdy coffee shop is regular coffee, brewed by hand. A pourover: A barista slowly whirls a kettle over a Hario V60 cone or  a Chemex, in neatly orchestrated concentric circles.  I've had some amazing pourovers, but I'd had even more shitty ones.            More »

Source: This Robot Hand-Pours Coffee Better Than Most Humans [Video]

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                     It's taken almost a year to get here. The first tablet to matter since the original iPad. The Xoom is the first real Android tablet, arriving ahead of the iPad 2 by a hair. Since it's living in the "year of iPad 2," as Apple put it,  it seemed only fitting to wait to drop judgment until we'd seen everything the iPad 2 had to offer.  Frankly, there's no way the Xoom could live up to everything it needs to be. It's not even done yet, really. It has problems. But it's still very good. It's the first non-iPad tablet worth buying. And it'll get better.            More »

Source: Motorola Xoom Review: The Future of Tablets (Whether You Like It or Not) [Video]