Top Tech News and Reviews from GizModo (April 2011 Diet)

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    So what do a bunch of dudes with iPhones do when they haven't eaten all day, are waiting at your restaurant table, starving, annoyed, and need to pass the time. They innovate. They bring emoji to life. In public.            More »

Source: IRL Emoji: Our New Favorite Way to Waste Time on the Phone [Genius]

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                      Everyone likes a good podcast—and if you don't you should!—but Apple doesn't exactly make it easy to make sure you're staying up to date. Instacast, essentially an RSS reader for podcasts, makes it super simple to find podcasts, listen to them at home, or download them for when you're out and about.              More »

Source: Instacast for iPhone [Video]

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    Future Proof | This receiver will take 4K or none at all.

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Source: Top Stories: Monday, April 4, 2011 [Total Recap]

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    Yes, the times are changing. Yes, we've cut back on purchasing CDs, DVDs, and BDs lately. Yes, we still have plenty of discs lying around in jewel cases on dusty shelves or in enormous three-ring binders. And yes-most definitely yes-we want to be able to access all these movies and songs from our PC, television, and our shiny new smartphone.            More »

Source: Rip, Watch and Organize Everything: The Ultimate Media Guide [How To]

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    Gizmodo is honored to have been chosen to help produce this event and we're thrilled to be able to display the technology that affects our daily lives in this incredible Smart Home.  For all details about the Smart Home exhibit see  the Smart Home 2011 page.            More »

Source: GIZMODO at The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Smart Home [Smart Home 2011]

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    This past weekend's Southwest Airlines incident has everybody talking and wondering about inflight decompressions. What is a decompression, exactly?  How deadly are they?            More »

Source: In-Flight Emergency: When the Masks Come Down [Giz Explains]

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    It's so powerful that it could set a next-generation mission to the Moon. That's what SpaceX's Elon Musk said today about his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy. In fact, it's going to be the most powerful rocket in history this side of a Saturn V.             More »

Source: The New Falcon Heavy Rocket Can Take Us Back to the Moon [Space]

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    The light-spraying, shadow-bending dreamscapes carved out of our noir nightmares made possible by the latest version of the Unreal Engine are the reason why we're always looking for what's next in gaming.            More »

Source: The Near-Future of Mobile Gaming Is Going to Be Pretty Epic (But Maybe Not on Android) [Gaming]

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    We'd like to think that, one day, the word "LEGO" will by synonymous with "high art." Even if that day never comes, these LEGO photos are absolutely fantastic all the same.            More »

Source: 57 Spectacular LEGO Scenes [Photography]

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                     So, let's say our armed forces had to lend a hand in a conflict without deploying troops on the ground (*cough* *cough* Libya *cough*). How would they do that? Simple: GPS. Oh, and Lasers. And mechanized ordnance that is better at navigating than any meatbag with a map.             More »

Source: How Big Weapons Hit Tiny Targets from Incredible Distances [Video]