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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.

Five Unsung PC Components That Made Our Lives Better

Five Unsung PC Components That Made Our Lives Better

Sitting in front of a modern, fancy laptop or blazing fast quad-core desktop, it can be easy to forget just...

Addicted To Gaming? There’s A Pill For That

Addicted To Gaming? There’s A Pill For That

The current generation of children, destined for a life of rickets and obesity due to lack of sunlight or exercise,...

Karma Eventually Catches Up With Gizmodo

Karma Eventually Catches Up With Gizmodo

If there's a textbook definition of karma, it might be Gizmodo Editorial Director Brian Lam leaving his phone in a...

From the Department of Things That Don’t Need To Exist: Keyboard Shoes

From the Department of Things That Don’t Need To Exist: Keyboard Shoes

Yo, dawg. I heard you like Twitter, so I installed a keyboard in your shoe, so you can tweet while...

Jobs Huffed and Puffed and Blew His House Down

Jobs Huffed and Puffed and Blew His House Down

Steve really hates his house - in fact, he's been meaning to tear it down for years. Does this make...

Why Nothing Will “Save” Print Media

Why Nothing Will “Save” Print Media

That, I freely admit, is a controversial title. Unfortunately, that doesn't make it any less true. While there is always...

Justin Bieber and the Accidental Ambient Music Genius

Justin Bieber and the Accidental Ambient Music Genius

It is a dark day when I can wholeheartedly admit that a Justin Bieber song is tickling my fancy in...

Want An Invite To The Dorkiest Kegger Ever?

Want An Invite To The Dorkiest Kegger Ever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwVoir5HSo4 Even dorks need downtime, and what better way to relax than with a nice cold beer? But wait. What...

World’s Longest Email Address is 345 Characters Long – That’s Alotta Long

World’s Longest Email Address is 345 Characters Long – That’s Alotta Long

There is absolutely nothing I can say here that isn't expressed in the headline of this post or punctuated by...

Pink Floyd? More Like… Like… Pink… GONE… Whatever.

Pink Floyd? More Like… Like… Pink… GONE… Whatever.

If you're looking for iTunes, Amazon, or other digital releases of Pink Floyd's material this month, you'll be appalled and...

All Star Wars Movies Coming To Blu-Ray

All Star Wars Movies Coming To Blu-Ray

If you're a geek with a pulse you probably know that Celebration V, an expo focusing on all things Star...

Playboy App Coming to iPad – Without Nudity. Yeah, Good Call, Steve.

Playboy App Coming to iPad – Without Nudity. Yeah, Good Call, Steve.

To be fair, while Playboy has always been about boobs, it's also traditionally been about a bunch of other stuff,...

Twitter Follow List Attacked by Giant Bird – No Survivors

Twitter Follow List Attacked by Giant Bird – No Survivors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTXMMsGJ9I&feature=player_embedded I promise you, this will be both the cleverest, and, simultaneously, the most useless social media experiment you'll see...

Tobii Recorded Speech Device

Tobii Recorded Speech Device

I'm not just writing about this gadget because it happens to share my name and along with it a fine...

Glass-Bottomed Hot Air Balloon, Genius Invention #358

Glass-Bottomed Hot Air Balloon, Genius Invention #358

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hjPh-tbouA As anyone who has walked on glass floors at lofty tourist attractions can attest, it's a strangely disconcerting feeling....

The Battle For Online Music Supremacy

The Battle For Online Music Supremacy

The music industry, while far from perfect, is finally beginning to take baby steps in the right direction. Nowadays, “Gettin’...

iPhone Users Have More Sex Than Android Users

iPhone Users Have More Sex Than Android Users

Hey, before you get all huffy over the headline, don't call me an Apple fanboy. I don't own an iPhone,...

Will Sony Ever Become Tech Leaders Again?

Will Sony Ever Become Tech Leaders Again?

This week, after teasing it with a countdown, Sony America announced the release of their Android smartphone, the Xperia X10.In...

Netflix vs. Redbox

Netflix vs. Redbox

What is the future of your entertainment consumption? We know movie theaters aren't going anywhere despite how awful 3D is...

Rick Astley? …He Was Some Kind of Singer?

Rick Astley? …He Was Some Kind of Singer?

You may remember Sarah Palin's email was hacked back in 2008. If you weren't aware, know, then, that Sarah Palin's...