Posts about Gizmodo as of July 9, 2009
07/10/2009
The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8 , Penbo is supposedly the “first real robot for girls.” It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: And yes, it has a baby. Called Bebe. Cute overload, for sure. Unlike Prime-8, it’s not strictly remote-controlled—it responds to touch and voice and…the baby, which is the closest thing it …See the whole post on: Gizmodo
07/10/2009
The i.Saw – For the Tech Geek who has everything The wizards over at BBH Labs tipped me off to this pretty cool new tech toy, the i.Saw . Go ahead and check it out, I’ll wait… [hums Viva la Vida] Pretty cool, huh? Read the Wired review here , and see why Gizmodo called it the “ bloody apex of USB peripherals.” All yours for just $59.95 plus S&H. Check out these specs: Never before has a chainsaw been made available in such a compact and mobile form.
07/09/2009
Microsoft drops Silverlight 3 a day early, Kevin talks all about life after cable TV, and we take a look at fake Google Chrome OS screenshots. Silverlight 3 arrives early Microsoft’s answer to Adobe’s Flash Player, Silverlight updates to version 3 today, a day earlier than expected. [Ars Technica] Acer, Asus and HP have all signed on, suggesting they’re looking to make Chrome netbooks. Lots of big names in hardware appear to have already signed up to join in the Chrome OS world of netbooks.
07/09/2009
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. While mobile users have been able to rely on Google Maps to pinpoint their locations for some time, starting today Google Chrome 2.0 and Mozilla FireFox 3.5 users will also be able to locate their positions from their browsers. To use My Location for Google Maps, just look for and click on the small blue circle in the upper lefthand corner of maps (above the street view man icon and below the compass).
07/09/2009
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. While mobile users have been able to rely on Google Maps to pinpoint their locations for some time, starting today Google Chrome 2.0 and Mozilla FireFox 3.5 users will also be able to locate their positions from their browsers. To use My Location for Google Maps, just look for and click on the small blue circle in the upper lefthand corner of maps (above the street view man icon and below the compass).



