Woah! From June 18 to July 9, all apps in the Palm App Catalog will be half price. Pretty decent deal. [Pre Central via BGR] More »

Handhelds - Palm OS - PalmPre - Palm App Catalog - WebOS

Did you know that you can easily add a dash of Gizmodo to your Facebook? You can even select to follow only topics that interest you. All you need to click that "like" button on our Facebook pages. More »

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We've covered a fair few of the ROM hacks here on Gizmodo, which many parts of an extremely active network of hackers/Android-lovers have created. Now though, HTC is cracking down on them, sending Coinflipper's community a cease-and-desist. More »

Android - Handhelds - Business - Allegedly Unethical Firms - Pets Warehouse

Yet another parody of Avatar has just finished production. It's called This Ain't Avatar XXX and it's a 3D porno with production costs so high that Hustler, the company behind it, is calling it their highest-budget movie to date. More »

Avatar - Virtual Places - Chat - Movies - Arts

If you are not sold on the iPad and are tired of waiting for tablets from other PC makers to show up, try getting your hands dirty with a tablet you can build on your own. More »

Tablet - IPad - Apple - Personal computer - Hardware

Once again, someone has started camping out for an Apple gadget obnoxiously early. I'm just surprised that it doesn't appear to be our old pal Greg Packer who's waiting in front of this Dallas Apple store. [Dallas News via Engadget] More »

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The OnLive service which renders console and PC games in the cloud and then streams them to your PC or Mac has gone live today. And you can get the first year of OnLive membership for free. More »

OnLive - Video game - Games - Computer Platforms - Downloads

AT&T's MicroCell boosts cellphone reception by hooking into your broadband connection. To keep your monthly minute allotment from being used up, AT&T offers an unlimited voice plan for the MicroCell. They don't offer something like that for 3G data though. More »

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Gizmodo reader Zack recently had a chance to play with Verizon's next offering, the Motorola Droid 2. He sent us his impressions, some details about the specs, and a few extra pictures. More »

Verizon - Motorola - Droid - Motorola Droid 2 - Android

The iSkin Duo is a simple-yet-clever silicone iPad case. It comes in several colors, doesn't prevent your devices from being docked, and has an embedded antimicrobial protection. Oh, and you can sanitize it by sticking it into boiling water. More »

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Estimates of how much of BP's oil is gushing into the gulf each day range from 25,000 to 40,000 barrels' worth a day. Here's what the low end of that looks like stacked to the heavens. More »

Business - Energy - Oil and Gas - Gulf of Mexico - BP

How does Google keep its employees fresh for long days and nights of working? With sleep pods. More »

Google - Searching - Search Engines - Companies - Tools

The New Xbox 360 just got an unboxing, teardown, and side panel mod complete with Blue LEDs. That took forever. [Solomods via Engadget] More »

Xbox - Microsoft - Games - Video Games - Console Platforms

You might think that these goldfish have it pretty good, each luxuriating in its own personal tank. But they're actually hard at work making music. More »

Goldfish - Business - Fish - Pepperidge Farm - Organisations

On your computer screen, a pixelated image of a peacock is an eyesore. But in meatspace it's a pretty incredible sight. Sculptor Shawn Smith renders peacocks, mooses, and more in tiny plywood cubes, showing the world pixelation in the round. More »

art - Shawn Smith - Sculpture - Visual Arts - Freeware

Remember the analog modem? Those noisy unreliable screamers that used to rule our online life? Anna Jane Grossman*—Gizmodo collaborator and author—made this video of people paying homage to the venerable device: The human modem handshake, 2400bps full-duplex. [Obsolete] More »

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Why fix the spill when you can fix the brand? That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? We've seen how BP deals with coffee spills. Here's how they deal with rebranding. More »

Oil spill - Kevin Costner - Humor - Recreation - BP

We've long been fans of SteelSeries' PC gaming headsets, and now with the Spectrum 4xb and 5xb they're giving the Xbox 360 crowd something to wrap around their noggins. More »

Xbox 360 - Business - Telecommunications - Equipment - Headsets and Handsets

Looks like owners of the Motorola Cliq, Cliq XT and Backflip will get their Android 2.1 update by Q2 or Q3 this year. That's nice but we think everyone wants Android 2.2 Froyo now. [Motorola] More »

Motorola - Motorola Cliq - Android - Google - T-Mobile

What can I say about the inflatable pillow tie? It's a tie. It can be inflated. You can sleep on it, and drool over your work desk at any time. Life doesn't get much better than this. [Pillow Tie] More »

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