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

Started by GIZMODO, Mar 01, 2011, 12:05 AM

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                     It seems like a great time to be a bully. When I was a kid, even the most productive bullies could only manage a handful of victims at a time. What used to take a lot of effort can now be handled with a couple thumbs and some wifi. A hateful rumor can spread a lot faster on Facebook than it could on the school bathroom wall.            More »

Source: Jimmy Wong Saves the Internet [Video]

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    Half the fun in taking pictures is sharing, right? Well, Color for iPhone and Android makes sharing all the fun. Except, you don't get to choose who you're sharing with. There's no friending, no following, no privacy—just automatic sharing to the people around you.            More »

Source: Color for iPhone and Android [App Of The Day]

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    Tent Force One | Take a look inside the President's ultra-secure, mobile communications facility

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Source: Top Stories: Thursday, March 24, 2011 [Total Recap]

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    Another sign that the Fukushima crisis is far from over: the Japanese government has widened the danger zone around the facility from 12 to 19 miles. But even more unsettling? The aloofness of the government itself.            More »

Source: Japan Widens Evacuation Zone Around Crippled Nuke Plant [Japan]

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                      Your iPhone is a wonderful point-and-shoot cam, and grabs pretty solid HD video. Not so solid? The audio, unless you're recording something an inch away from you in a soundproof chamber. iRig's mic gives you pro-quality sound, mobilized.            More »

Source: iRig Mic Makes iPhone Audio Recording Not-Horrible (Updated) [Video]

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    This is Stardust, NASA's comet hunter about 312,000,000 kilometers from Earth. Yesterday, they ordered her main engines to burn at full throttle until they consumed all the available fuel, and then turned off her radio. But why?             More »

Source: Why Is NASA Burning Out Its Comet Hunting Spaceship? [Space]

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    Last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped an estimated 2.6 million gallons of oil A DAY into the Gulf of Mexico - you'd think someone would have gotten on that faster. Oh, they did? Fire on the Horizon explains what took so damn long.             More »

Source: Why Capping a Blown Oil Well at the Bottom of the Ocean is so Insanely Difficult [Gulf Oil Spill]

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                     You all have seen the Hubble's breathtaking space panoramas. They aren't just simple photographs, but digital composites made of two or more greyscale images taken by different cameras onboard the space telescope. This video reveals exactly how they do it.            More »

Source: This Video Reveals How NASA Photoshops Hubble's Images [Video]


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    Bill Gurley thinks that Android is an unstoppable freight train that will prevail against all its rivals. For Google, Android is not even a product with a business plan. It's just a weapon at the service of their master domination strategy, a way to destroy any potential threats that may eventually kill their search monster. This is how they are doing it and the potential consequences.            More »

Source: Android May Be the Greatest Legal Destruction of Wealth in History [Android]