Did You Oversleep Because Your iPhone OS Alarm Failed Today? [Video]

Remember the iPhone recurring alarm DST bug that affected Australians and Europeans, making them oversleep? Well, I didn’t. It just happened to me and I’m sure it has happened to you too. If it did, write to us in the comments. More »

Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps, October 2010 [IphoneApps]

There’s an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you’re a salty old dog seeing what you might’ve missed, here are 50 absolutely essential apps. More »

This Image Is Not a Photoshop Trick [Image Cache]

This is not a Photoshop. It’s not an optical trick. And it’s not an illustration. It’s just a simply great photo taken near the Linevo village, in the Volgograd region of Russia. More »

Militarized Skateboard Perfect for Hipster Invasions [Military]

This is the DTV Shredder, a militarized skateboard with two caterpillar tracks. It can travel at over 30mph, go up 40-degree slopes, turn around in four feet, and be remotely operated. It’s also quite spectacular in action: More »

Kanye’s "Apology" Tweets: Edited into Letter Form [Kanye]

The ‘tubes are buzzing this AM with Kanye’s two-hour Twitterized heart-dump. Pure and honest (?), it was also hard to follow. So I edited it. Lightly. Because even Kanye West needs an editor, and dude, we media aren’t so bad. More »

Accidental Photobomb Leads to Bag Thief’s Capture [Timing]

These well-dressed folks are the Myers Family and they’ve got a Canon G7 camera with quite possibly the best timing in the world. Why? Well, just take a closer look at what’s going on in the background of this photo: More »

How a 15-yo Kid Tricked Apple With a Disguised iPhone Tethering App [IPhone]

Oh, Nick Lee, you clever boy you. See, Nick here tricked Apple with a very simple iPhone application: Handy Light. On the surface it looked just like any other $0.99 flashlight application. But, secretly, it was a lot more useful. More »

Steve Wozniak On Apple Security, Employee Termination, and Gray Powell [Apple]

During last week’s iPhone leak saga, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, reached out to us with a story: The morning of the iPad launch, an engineer showed Woz an iPad for two minutes. For this he was fired. More »