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

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    Yesterday, a new book on Bill Gates and Microsoft hit store shelves—Idea Man. Only this one has been penned by Microsoft co-creator Paul Allen, who appeared on 60 Minutes to talk about the early days of Microsoft; the computers they were writing software on, and just what went wrong along the way between the two co-creators.            More »

Source: Paul Allen Dishes the Gossip on Bill Gates (and His Yacht) on 60 Minutes [Microsoft]

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                      The same dude who chiselled a mini cannon has turned his attention to another medieval weapon—the crossbow. Will it be enough for mini-Robin Hood to slay the mini-Sheriff of Nottingham? [Reddit via CrunchGear]            More »

Source: Would Sir Like a Mini Crossbow to Match His Mini Cannon? [Video]

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Oh, yeah, I'm not on Facebook. Like, it's so invasive. If you've said anything like this, I feel bad for you.

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    An actual Apple television. More than a few people believe it's on the way. And more than just offering hardware without good content deals in place (BOXEE, GOOGLE...I'M LOOKING AT YOU), it's rumored that such a device would either run iOS apps, play host to a revamped iTunes video subscription service, or both.            More »

Source: An Apple HDTV Might Be Ready for the World, But Is the World Ready for an Apple HDTV? [Rant]

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    It's tax day! Which to the "average American" means you'll be getting a $3,070 check as your tax refund. Yeah, I gasped too. But anyway! If you are that average American with a nice chunk of change coming, here's the best ways to spend your newfound money.             More »

Source: The Best Tech Toys to Spend Your Tax Refund On [Roundup]

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    Gizmodo and the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) have teamed up to bring you something amazing - the 2011 Smart Home: Green  + Wired exhibit, opening this Friday, April 22, 2011! As the technology partner for the exhibit, we've taken the technologies that change the way we live, work, love, play, think and feel and incorporated them in this year's Smart Home to not only bring Gizmodo to the exhibit but also designate the home as smart living. The Smart Home, a fully-functioning, eco-friendly home built by MSI in 2008, also will feature an interior designed with re-purposed materials; coalescing the past, present and future to redefine what makes a house, a Home.             More »

Source: GIZMODO at 2011 Smart Home Opens This Friday! [Smart Home 2011]

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    Under the hood, there's not much separating the T-Mobile G-Slate from its nearest known competitor, the Motorola Xoom. Both run stock builds of Android Honeycomb. Both use the Tegra 2 chipset. Both have 1 gig of RAM. Both come equipped with 5 megapixel and 2 megapixel rear/front cameras. So what's different? Aside from size, the G-Slate uses T-Mobile's 4G-ish network and has "3D" capabilities, if you really want to call it that.             More »

Source: T-Mobile G-Slate Hands-On: Who Wants 3D Lite? [Tablets]

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    For two hours a day the world is at its most beautiful. These 97 remarkable photos celebrate that time.            More »

Source: 97 Gorgeously Golden Photos [Photography]

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    A new series of studies out of OKCupid's data-crunching love labs reveal daily Twitter users have shorter relationships than those who don't—five to ten percent shorter. This makes sense. Twitter might turn us into more annoying, vain mates.            More »

Source: Why Twitter Might Be Ruining Your Love Life [Twitter]

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                      I always imagined skydiving to be a frantic, chaotic experience. Okay, maybe you get 15 seconds of "whoa this looks cool" before panic sets in as you start zipping down the air and plummeting to earth—don't freak out, oh MY GOD PULL THE CORD, PULL THE EFFING CORD ALREADY YOU JOKESTER. This slow motion video, taken with the Melbourne Skydive Centre, is nothing like that.            More »

Source: Watching People Skydive in Slow Motion Is Absolutely Mesmerizing [Video]