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The Life and Death of the Rolodex

Just a few years ago there were no virtual social networks, no synchronized address books, and no smartphones. But people had social networks and phones, and they had to memorize and organize thousands of contacts. Or have a Rolodex. More »

03/20/10

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By Anna Jane Grossman

#memoryforever

The Future of Storage

If you take the guts of a Blu-ray or DVD player, blow it up, and spread it across a work bench, it looks like this. So you might be surprised to know that you're looking at the future of storage. More »

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By John Herrman & Matt Buchanan

#brains

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Don't Worry, Your Phone Isn't Making You Dumb

Talking with Bill Nye the Science Guy is like meeting your favorite HS science teacher in a bar—the conversation might flail wildly, but you learn something at every twist. This week, I picked his brain about, well, brains. More »

10:00 AM

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By Wilson Rothman

#memory

The Right Hard Drive For You

Click here to read The Right Hard Drive For <em>You</em>

So, all this storage talk has gotten you excited about upgrading your laptop's crappy old 120GB drive? It's about time, dammit. More »

03/18/10

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By Will Smith

#gizexplains

Giz Explains: How Data Dies (and How It Can Be Saved)

Bits don't have expiration dates. But memories will only live forever if the media and file formats holding them remain intact and coherent. Time can be as deadly to data storage as it is to carbon-based life forms. More »

03/17/10

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By matt buchanan

#google

Google Exiting China Sucks Just As Much As Censorship Does

It's too easy to pat Google on the back for taking such a firm stance against China. The two behemoths' fingers are twitching by their sides, ready to whip their pistols out. But what of the repercussions on the spectators? More »

03/17/10

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By Kat Hannaford

#lifechanger

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

According to iTunes, I have 22,880 items in my music collection. That adds up to 70.9 days worth of music, taking up 145.26 GB of hard drive space. And thank God for it. More »

03/16/10

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By Adam Frucci

#photoshopcontest

81 Places I'd Love to See the PlayStation Move

Who knew that the PS Move would be so fun to stick into out-of-context situations? Because man, the results of this week's Photoshop Contest are some of the best ever. More »

03/16/10

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By Adam Frucci

#3d

The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam

Are we ready for 3D? As CG supervisor and avid moviegoer, I'm sad to say that I'm not convinced we are. Yet. And the worse is yet to come, as studios try to milk us all for these half-baked goods. More »

03/16/10

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By Alexander Murphy

#tmobile

T-Mobile HSPA+ Speed Test: 3G Gets Pumped Up to 21Mbps

Streaming HD video. Uploading gigantic files. Surfing the web comfortably. These aren't things you'd normally expect on 3G. But T-Mobile's beefed up HSPA+ network, which I tested recently in the first city to launch, handled these tasks beautifully. Simultaneously. More »

03/16/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

#photography

167 Miraculous Monotones

You need to look at these photos. The 167 entries in this week's "Monotone" Shooting Challenge are of a completely humbling, professional quality.

03/15/10

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By Mark Wilson

#windowsphone7

Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know

Windows Phone 7 Series: It's a thing! And it looks pretty great, so far. Last month's announcement, though, left a lot of questions. Questions which are answered here, in Gizmodo's live updated coverage of Microsoft's MIX 2010 keynote.

03/15/10

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By John Herrman

#playstationmove

Mental Math: The PlayStation Move Experience Is Going to Be Expensive

Sony barely mentioned pricing with their PlayStation Move motion controller, only noting that the combo pricing with PlayStation Eye and a game will cost less than $100. But by our back-of-the-envelope calculations, the experience is going to be really expensive.

03/11/10

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By Jason Chen

#music

Record Labels: Change or Die

It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. More »

03/11/10

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By Adam Frucci

#entertainme

Heavy Rain: A Peek Into the Future of Movies and Games

Click here to read Heavy Rain: A Peek Into the Future of Movies <em>and</em> Games

Even if you don't own a PlayStation 3, Heavy Rain is a game you should know because it re-imagines both videogames and movies, combining them into a new genre of Choose Your Own Adventure digital narrative. (Very minor spoilers ahead.)

03/11/10

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By Mark Wilson

#battlemodo

TESTED: The Best New Netbooks

If you're in the market for a netbook—the gimpy kittens of the laptop jungle—know this first: on the inside, they're all basically the same. Making the little differences all the more important! And yes, they do add up. More »

03/11/10

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By Brian Barrett

#gizexplains

Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats

"We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world." That's how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no.

03/10/10

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By matt buchanan

#photoshopcontest

17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR

For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to turn today's user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It's probably for the best that these don't actually exist. More »

03/09/10

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By Adam Frucci

#ultimatediy

MythBusters' Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect Blade Runner Gun

Click here to read MythBusters' Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect <i>Blade Runner</i> Gun

Giz friend Adam Savage, in our estimation, can make just about anything. Here he explains the path he took to turn a toy gun into an astoundingly sharp Blade Runner pistol replica. More »

03/09/10

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By Adam Savage

#mitmedialab

MIT Media Lab Extension: The New Home of Face-Melting Research

The renowned MIT Media Lab is a place where every project is an amazing, unbelievable glimpse into humanity's technological future. Now, thanks to a massive $90 million extension, the architecture can match the wondrous excitement created within. More »

03/09/10

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By Jack Loftus

#photography

133 Photos Lit By a Single Candle

For this week's Shooting Challenge, I asked you to capture a photography by the light of just one candle. Your response, as always, was remarkable. More »

03/08/10

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By Mark Wilson

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