A Pachinko Machine That Saves You Money... for Alcohol
This little piggy bank is cute, but the best part is the little dry-erase boards for savings funds. Just think. One for liquor and one for cigarettes. At that point you're not really gambling since you're always winning. £12. [Taylor Gifts via The Awesomer]
What to Expect at Apple's iPhone Event Tonight
Tomorrow Tim Cook will be talking iPhone and more. Here's a list of all the things you can expect.
The Timing Chain Clock Makes Me Want to Live in a Factory
For those obsessed with all things industrial, the Timing Chain clock is a piece made for you. Just look at it, the thing looks like it was plucked from an Upton Sinclair-era factory machine and adorned with time markers.
The World's Largest Floating Fish Factory Freezes 547,000 tons of Mackerel a Year
Wild fish stocks around the world are crashing, in part due to over-fishing. Now, I'm not saying the Lafayette fish processing ship is the sole cause of the problem, but the 1,500 tons of fish it freezes and ships a day probably isn't helping the situation.
The Zune Is Gone (Updated: It's Baaaaack!)
Something's conspicuously missing from the Zune's website: The Zune. Zune Music Pass and software for Windows and phones remains, but the oft (and unfairly) maligned MP3 player itself has vanished. Is the Zune officially dead?
How Twitter Plans to Stay Relevant
Twitter is growing at a rate it can barely sustain. But it's also losing more active users than it would like to admit. NY Mag tagged along with the social media monolith's big wigs to find out what's next.
Bullsh*t Timelines.com Lawsuit Is Blocking You from Getting the New Facebook
Facebook's new Timeline profile is really, really cool, and you were supposed to be using it by now. Unfortunately, the site's 750 million users are going to wait, Mashable reports. Why? That stupid, pissant trademark infringement lawsuit.
Amazon Built the Kindle Fire Cheaply By Design
The Kindle Fire is a huge deal in part at least because it's so cheap. But reports that Amazon is taking a loss to make the tablet a bargain have been greatly exaggerated. The Kindle Fire is inexpensive by design.
What's Behind the Next Apple iPhone 5 Event
Although you can't clearly see Scott Forstall's deranged face on this drawing, everything in this graphic showing the mechanics of Apple's next iPhone event—starring Tim Cook as master of ceremonies—is true. [Joy of Tech]
There's a Smartphone Battery that Can Recharge Itself in 10 Minutes
On display at Japan's CEATEC tradeshow is a new technology developed by NTT Docomo and NEC that can fully charge a lithium ion battery in 10 minutes.
Eric Schmidt Swears Google Won't "Screw Up" Android
Everybody freaked out when Google bought Motorola Mobility for £8 bil, because they though that was the end of Android's openness, and Motorola would get the love of the favorite child. Google's Chairman just put the official kibosh on that.
This Crazy 64-Core Processor Wants to Be in Your Smartphone
Chip company Adapteva has a crazy notion: Let's turn our smartphones into veritable supercomputers. And the way to do it? Up the ante in processing power. Not with just dual-core or quad-core processors. No, their Epiphany IV chip has a monstrous 64 cores.
A Dead Scientist Accidentally Won the Nobel Prize
Ralph Steinman, a 68-year-old Canadian scientist, was just awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries regarding our immune system. Huge honor! Bigger celebration! Not exactly. Steinman passed away due to pancreatic cancer three days ago. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet had no idea and now might take his award away.
The Kindle Touch 3G Will Only Let You Browse the Web Over WiFi
Turns out the unlimited 3G-ness of the new Kindle Touch 3G is not quite as unlimited as we thought. According to Amazon's Kindle forums, the Touch will grant you 3G connectivity for accessing the Kindle store, buying books, and surfing Wikipedia. Everything else requires WiFi.
Brick People for iPhone and iPad: LEGO meets Lemmings for Whacky Stacks of Fun
Do our eyes deceive us? Has SEGA developed a game that doesn't feature a certain blue‐hued, spiky‐bodied little mascot?
And the Winner of the HTC Sensation XE Is...
Last week we asked you what sort of stuff you wanted to see on Giz UK's virtual pages, in exchange for the chance to win a HTC Sensation XE and five pairs of tickets to their swanky London shindig at Camden's Roundhouse. The drumroll please, Keith Moon...
