Author: Rosa Golijan

Publishers HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have signed a deal with Amazon to follow the agency pricing model for their books—the same deal publishers have with Apple for the iBookstore—allowing the two publishers to set their own books prices. More »

Did you know that Gizmodo has both a Facebook page and a Twitter account? This means that you can easily keep track of our best and most fascinating stories by becoming a fan or following us. More »

Dearest copier, thank you for making office tasks simpler, tolerating our very NSFW pranks, and frustrating us with error messages for over 50 years. More »

The morning of March 30, 2010 things were getting tense at CERN. Will a chunk of bread or a typo cause embarrassment? Will the world end? Or will everything be a success with the Large Hadron Collider? More »

Remember the days of twirling a phone cord around your fingers as you giggled into the receiver or slammed the device down to hang up? You can finally relive those times with the Desk Phone iPhone dock. More »

Is that shady, sweatshirt-wearing character in front of you hiding an iPad? Is there an Apple gadget in the pocket of that girl’s oddly tight jeans? Here’s how to know. More »

Earlier nearly all Google searches originating from China were blocked by China’s Great Firewall. Google initially said the problem wasn’t China’s fault, but rather a technical problem on the search engine‘s part. Now they’re not so certain. Updated: Wait-a-minute, China! More »

The iTunes 9.1 update is now available for download. Based on the change log, it looks like it’s bringing the changes we’ve been hearing about: More »

Some consider Kate Bingaman-Burt’s neatly transcribed list of the 500 worst passwords art, but I just plain consider it confusing. I mean, who is this Bubba and why does he rank higher than boobs? [Kate Bingaman-Burt via Laughing Squid] More »

Making light-transmitting concrete sounds like an impossible and ridiculous task, but it turns out that it’s actually a simple project with mesmerizingly beautiful results. You’ll just need to grab some craft clay, concrete mix, and fiber optic wires. More »

Earlier we heard that the iPad OS 3.2 was made available to developers, but now we’re hearing about the fine print in the licensing agreement of the OS: More »

Sure, we associate the iPod and the iPhone with Steve Jobs, but in reality there were of course many people working on these devices’ creation. Tony Fadell was one of those people and he played a significant role in bringing the idea of a hard-drive-based digital music player to the market. Now he leaves Apple, the company with whom he managed to realize his vision with these parting words: More »

Mike Davey wanted to build a real Turing machine, but unfortunately he could not find the infinitely long tape required for the project. His solution? Using 1000 feet of white 35mm film leader and a dry erase marker. Result? Brilliance. More »

Oh, that pesky “explicit” category in the iTunes App Store! First it was there, then it was gone, and now it may be coming back again—for both iPhone and iPad apps. More »

Well, hello! App Annie stumbled onto the “actual iPad feed for the app store” and has produced screenshots of the iPad App Store which are giving us a peek at some of the apps which will be available at launch. More »

We loved Nota, a piano learning app, on our iPhones. But we love the iPad version far more. Just look at how much better the iPad app looks when put right next to its iPhone counterpart: More »

Now that Ikea is offering the Patrull baby monitoring system, all those trendy, geeky parents can finally completely deck out a nursery with minimalist Swedish-designed goods. They monitors are available for $25 per set. [OhDeeDoh via Unplggd] More »

Roger Ebert seems to agree with us when we say that sometimes flicks are better left untouched by that vile extra dimension. And we agree with him about the apparent motivation for the 3D movie trend. [Twitter] More »