![Intel Silicon Photonics Chip Is World's Fastest (and Prettiest) [Intel]](http://gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/07/siliconphotonic.jpg)
Intel Silicon Photonics Chip Is World's Fastest (and Prettiest) [Intel]
MIT's Tech Review has the scoop that Intel's wizards have come upwith a new chip entirely made out of silicon that "can encode 200 gigabits of data per second on a beam of light" versus the measly 100 Gbps that the fastest optical networks currently churn at—which aren't made of silicon. Which mea
Pentax P80 Is Less Than an Inch Thick, but Has 12 Megapixels, Rapid Face Detection and 720p Video Recording
Pentax's P80 camera doesn't really do anything that original or spectacular for its time—the 12.1 megapixel sensor, 720p, 30 fps video recording, face detection and 0.8-inch thickness are all pedestrian compared to other cams—BUT it is $200. The P80 can even detect faces at an angle and
Coming Soon: Mind-Reading Cell Phones
What if cellphones knew what sort of moods we were in? What if they could anticipate to whom we'd crave to talk? What if they knew which calls we're waiting for? If Intel has its way, they soon will. The cell phones of 10 years ago look like ancient relics compared to the smartphones of today. Bu
Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
Between all the new digital cameras pooped out before the upcoming PMA show and the crazy cameras buried inside cellphones at MWC, it's a good time to go over why more megapixels isn't necessarily better. So, the nutshell explanation of how a digital camera works is that light lands on a sens
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 Update
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Powershot SD780 Is the Puny Point-and-Shoot Canon Employees Wanna Take Home
Canon's got a bajillion cameras laying around, but this little guy, the Power SD780, is the one that most of the Canon reps said they want to stick in their pants and take home. That's because it's really teeny and the easiest to stick in your pants, and it pulls off the square form factor really n![Physicists Devise Warp Drive Plans for Traveling Faster Than Light [Science]](http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/08/eventhorizon.png)
Physicists Devise Warp Drive Plans for Traveling Faster Than Light [Science]
Warp drives, those vague constants of science fiction movies, might actually become real, allowing for travel faster than the speed of light. According to two physicists from Baylor, they've come up with a concept for a warp drive that would shrink space, allowing for a craft to jump ahead vast distChompSMS Is a Handy Replacement for Android’s SMS App
Posted by AceNik on Aug 24, 2010•
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Android only: The SMS messaging app included with standard Android phones is decent, but it could do so much more to make texting easy. ChompSMS does those things, including quick replies from home or lock screens, a clever widget, and more.
From the get-go, ChompSMS is much more customizable than the standard Messaging. You control the color of notifications, the look of the app (with skinning even possible), whether contact icons appear in messages, and how ChompSMS gets your attention. There’s also a group messaging feature not available in most SMS clients, and if your texting rate was some kind of rip-off scheme, you can even buy SMS credits through Chomp for independent use.
Where ChompSMS really one-ups Messaging, though, is its ability to hit you with SMS messages on the home screen, or even light up your locked screen for a few seconds to show you your most recent ping, iPhone-style. The app’s home screen widgets offer a similar quick read of your messages and ability to quickly reply without even launching the app. You can check a privacy switch to prevent sender and message text from being shown, and require an unlock code before anyone can use the quick replies—but if you’re grabbing this app, you probably want to reduce the steps to SMS, not increase them.
ChompSMS is a free download for Android, though there’s an ad-free version also for sale. You can grab it directly using the QR code at left, or search your Market app.
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