Either Microsoft thinks it’s still April 1, or they really are going to open Microsoft Stores right next door to Apple Stores. Gizmodo provides the quote: And stay tuned, because we’re going to have some retail stores opened up that are opened up right next door to Apple stores this fall. Stay tuned, just stay tuned. Tuned to what, Comedy Central? We’ve made fun of this before — and rightly so — but it seems Microsoft is again entering a business just because Apple or Google are in it.

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Cheap Trick Releases Newest Album on 8-Track Cassette – Cheap trick 8-track – Gizmodo

Polaroid SX-70: The Joy of Instant Photography Before Digital [Cameras] The Polaroid SX-70 was not the first instant camera. Released in 1972, it was the first instant SLR, and the first to use Polaroid’s iconic integral print film that developed automatically. It folded up so it fit in your pocket. Multiple models followed the original SX-70 , adding features like a rangefinder autofocus system. In the 1980s, the original SX-70 film was replaced by the “Time Zero” variant , which developed much faster.

How’s this for lucky timing! In the midst of our Gizmodo ‘79 theme week, legendary power-pop act Cheap Trick is releasing their latest album (coincidentally entitled The Latest) on a very late-’70s… Read More Tags: 8 Track, Cassette Audio, Cheap Trick, Gizmodo, Legendary Power, Midst, Pop Act, Power Pop, Track Cassette

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That Guitar Hero 5 drum kit we sneaked a peek of last week has gone all official on us. It might not be the monster set up Logitech showed off yesterday, but it’s still a great leap from the plasticky frame of the original Guitar Hero: World Tour skins. Read on to find out just how you can make like Dave Grohl with Guitar Hero 5. There’s no doubting the new Guitar Hero 5 drum kit makes the original look a bit, well, Fisher Price. The cymbals are now round rather than those shonky crescent efforts and the body’s also been pared down.

How’s this for lucky timing! In the midst of our Gizmodo ‘79 theme week, legendary power-pop act Cheap Trick is releasing their latest album (coincidentally entitled The Latest ) on a very late-’70s medium: 8-track cassette. The retro format is pricier at $30 compared to the digital or CD formats, and not too many people still own 8-track decks (well, except for me ), but it’s definitely a collector’s item. You can pre-order it here . [ CNET ]

How’s this for lucky timing! In the midst of our Gizmodo ‘79 theme week, legendary power-pop act Cheap Trick is releasing their latest album (coincidentally entitled The Latest ) on a very late-’70s medium: 8-track cassette. The retro format is pricier at $30 compared to the digital or CD formats, and not too many people still own 8-track decks (well, except for me ), but it’s definitely a collector’s item. You can pre-order it here . [ CNET ]

Huge investments as they were , 1970s TVs were subject to the same kind of bleary-eyed lusting as today’s hottest gadgets. Unlike now, though, cutting-edge features weren’t easily quantifiable. So what was there to drool over, if not specs? Plenty. First, we had design. No, not crazy thinness and flatness, but actual, romantic, aspirational design , which at least appealed to big ideas, even if the results didn’t always match the ambitions.