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Gawker Redesign Does Not Exactly Thrill the Internet

It was dubbed "the biggest event in Gawker Media history," and now it's live. This morning Gawker, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Deadspin and other Gawker Media sites unveiled their new site designs. The overhaul, months in the making, was described by Gawker Media founder Nick Denton as an opportunity to transition from standard...

'Tis The Season For Tacky Christmas Lights

(Dec. 15) – As Clark Griswold taught us in the 1989 comedy "Christmas Vacation," the holidays wouldn't be the holidays without a few eyesores – namely in the form of really tacky Christmas lights. In the memorable Christmas movie, Chevy Chase's overzealous character puts up so many lights, the whole...

Holy Swimming Pool, Batman!

(Oct. 19) -- Quick, Robin! To the Bat Pool! Batman fans know quite well that when Gotham City is in trouble, the police flash the Bat Signal into the sky -- a cry for help, when Penguin or the Joker are on the loose. So what should the Dark Knight's fans make of the latest Google Maps sensation: A satellite image of a...

Steve Jobs Relaxed About iPhone Complaints as Class-Action Lawsuit Brews

UPDATE: Apple has denied that Steve Jobs was behind the emails telling a customer to "relax," about the iPhone's alleged technical glitches. Boy Genius Report, which first published them, maintains their veractiy. UPDATE: Gawker's Valleywag blog reports Apple is dealing with at least four different federal lawsuits...

Payback? Gizmodo Banned From Apple Speech

(June 7) -- Gizmodo -- the tech blog that paid $5,000 for a lost iPhone 4 prototype and reported its contents to millions of readers -- says it was banned from Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote speech today at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. "It's no surprise," Gizmodo wrote in a recent post....

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Gizmodo ( ) is a technology weblog about consumer electronics. It is part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton and is known for its up-to-date coverage of the technology industry, along with topics as broad as design; architecture; space and science.

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