You might think cross-stitching is for bored Puritans and nursing home artists—and maybe you’re kind of right—but you can cross-stitch yourself one of the coolest custom cases we’ve ever seen. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/u7KyIph6znA/cross+stitched-iphone-cases-are-cooler-than-your-grandma GOOGLE FORMFACTOR FISERV FIRST SOLAR Related Blogs

Does your new iPad get warm? And is it a problem?We first noticed our new iPads were getting a little warm on the lower left side right after we Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/HxYr-qftTB4/story01.htm ITRON IRON MOUNTAIN INORATED IOMEGA INTUIT Related Blogs

Last June, Biz Stone and Evan Williams teamed up with long-time collaborator (and early Twitter employee) Jason Goldman to dust off and re-start The Obvious Corporation — the very idea incubator that produced the micro-blogging service we know now as “The Twitters”. The goal with Obvious was to help develop new projects, lending seed funding,…

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The smarter, more capable, and tech-gorgeous our devices get, the more power-hungry they become. Even though battery technology is becoming more and more efficient, most of us regularly find ourselves looking for places to plug in our smartphone or tablet while on the fly. The Highway from Just|Mobile is a stylish option for charging your…

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If you’re a baseball fanatic, the MLB At Bat app is a must-have. It’s packed with live updates, scores, stats, news, and videos — and right now there’s another great reason to pick up At Bat. Pony up for At Bat and you’ll get to enjoy MLB.tv free for the entire month of April. The…

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Okay, I know what you’re thinking: chocolate on Download Squad? That’s right! That’s because Chocomize is one of the nerdiest ways to get chocolate online: it’s a website where you customize your own bar using a multi-step process. We’ve covered Chocomize before in our holiday gift guide, so when they reached out to us offering…

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We got a little worried when ITG missed its January unveiling for the xpPhone 2, but yesterday, this Windows 7-powered smartphone finally made its debut public appearance in Guangzhou, and we happened to be there to scoop up a demo unit. Since we last came across the second-gen xpPhone, its ambitious Chinese manufacturer has dished…

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Now that Windows 8 images have begun leaking out, it’s only a matter of time until developers start releasing mods for Windows 7 which mimic upcoming features. Over at Into Windows, they’ve spotted one such mod already. In the earliest Windows 8 images, we saw Windows Live integration on the taskbar. In the far right…

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It’s not really a secret the Microsoft had planned on bringing bits of Windows Phone 7′s Metro UI to Windows 8, but we haven’t seen a lot of really telling evidence. However, with the Windows 8 milestone 3 build now available to Microsoft Connect partners, it was really just a matter of time before we…

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It looks like AT&T is ready to uphold its end of the bargain. As promised, the GSM giant is poised to hand over spectrum to T-Mobile valued at $1 billion as a result of the proposed merger failing, and once again the FCC is the gatekeeper that holds the keys to the success of the…

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Krispy Kreme (of all companies) created a similar kind of sandal as part of a promotion a few years ago, but Kusa’s grass flip flops have two distinct differences. They’re made with artificial turf, and you can actually buy them. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/65hmN8Z96yk/grass-flip-flops-make-every-day-a-walk-in-the-park SRA INTERNATIONAL SPSS SPANSION SONUS NETWORKS Related Blogs

Sand Trap is one of those games that at first seem too hard to bother with, but when you try to stop playing it you discover you’re hooked. The goal is to get as much sand as you possibly can out of the maze and into the bucket at the bottom of the screen. You…

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Google Chrome already sports a number of security-minded features, from Incognito mode to a software sandbox which makes exploiting the browser a Herculean task. Now, Google has announced additional protection for Chromium and Chrome users. Built upon the Safe Browsing API, the new feature introduces protection against malicious downloads. If a download link appears in…

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Giant VR Helmet Is Very 90s, Yet Way Cooler Europe Launching Gigapixel Probe To Map Milky Way Effectology: Paranormal Spooooky Sounds Do A Barrel Roll: AR.Drone Challenges You To Become A Great Drone Pilot Kid-Tested, Grant Imahara Approved: Hexbrite Open Source Flashlight Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/07/07/daily-crunch-vr-drone-edition/ HEWLETT PACKARD CO HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS GOOGLE GOOGLE Related Blogs

And the hybrid devices keep on coming. Sitting high on a shelf in Microsoft’s booth, hidden among the earthly clamshell laptops, is the Toshiba Portege M930, a prototype whose 13-inch screen slides down to completely cover the keyboard. All told, it’s awfully reminiscent of the ASUS Eee Pad Slider — complete with a propped-up display…

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We’ve all thought it, but never dared think it could be true: what if Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL actively monitor our instant messenger chats? What if mentions of ‘bomb’ and ‘underage’ are tracked and sent to law enforcement agencies? What if chat providers don’t agree with the things we say, or the links we share,…

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Google, in an interesting but not entirely unexpected twist, will not be open-sourcing Android 3.0 Honeycomb for the foreseeable future. Historically, Android is usually open-sourced via the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) a few days or weeks after the code is finalized. While this departure from the norm won’t affect OEMs like HTC and Motorola…

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Just a little under two months after its release candidate went live, Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 has been finalized and released into the wild. The new version of Microsoft’s slick, do-it-all server OS is a big step forward from its predecessor. Built on the Windows Server 2008 R2 base, Home Server 2011 features a…

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You know that feeling when you see an invention and marvel that no one had thought it up sooner?  Take a look at this iPhone accessory that has already been successfully funded through Kickstarter (with over 3 weeks still left on its fundraising campaign).  This is the TidyTilt, which solves a major problem and provides…

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Select Microsoft Connect partners — major players like HP — have been given their first taste of Windows 8. According to various sources, the build string currently sits at 7971.0.110324-1900, which is the third milestone build of the successor to Windows 7. So far, there haven’t been many details revealed about Windows 8. An actual…

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This one’s for the sysadmins in the audience: Altaro, makers of our favorite “time machine for Windows” back solution, OopsBackup, have just announced a new product entering beta called Hyper-V Backup. It’s a backup solution for virtual machines running on Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization solution. If that sentence just seemed like a bunch of buzzwords crammed…

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A while back, we told you about AVG’s new LiveKive service, a new cloud synchronization and backup tool which appears to have been named after a vat in which mash is made during the brewing process. But enough about AVG’s odd choice of monikers — LiveKive has launched and is now ready to accept your…

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Samsung addressed some of the mystery surrounding its Ice Cream Sandwich rollouts on Friday, and the news isn’t good. The latest flavor of the Android OS won’t be arriving on Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone, or on its 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet. Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/samsung-android-ics/ STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS SRA INTERNATIONAL SPSS SPANSION Related Blogs

A CES tradition is coming to a close: Microsoft will not appear, let alone own the keynote, at next year’s consumer electronics trade show. But with ending traditions come new opportunities, all begging the question: Who will deliver the CES keynote in 2013? Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/microsoft-no-ces-2013/ SAIC ROCKWELL AUTOMATION RF MICRO DEVICES RED HAT Related Blogs

If you used Windows XP for a long time (who didn’t?), one of the biggest changes when moving to Windows 7 or Vista was the massively-altered Explorer. While the new Explorer introduces some useful new features, it also removed just as many — which is where Classic Shell comes in! We’ve covered Classic Shell before,…

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