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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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 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
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?
This week, after teasing it with a countdown, Sony America announced the release of their Android smartphone, the Xperia X10.In...
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?
You may remember Sarah Palin's email was hacked back in 2008. If you weren't aware, know, then, that Sarah Palin's...