Ugly radiator got you down? New Italian heating brand I-Radium may very well be the answer to your yucky-looking Radiator Blues. No longer designed to be hidden away in the corner, the “Bag” and “Totem” radiators are actually more like contemporary showpieces. Scheduled to be presented at the Milan Design Festival, both models are composed of a warm wooden body that is heated by infrared technology. Aluminum detailing adds some extra modern flair. The Bag radiator features a thin, square sheet of wood that, well, looks like a fancy bag.

Charlie Miller , the security expert whose meticulously crafted exploit took over a MacBook through Safari in 10 seconds at the Pwn2Own hacking competition, says that Macs are in fact safer than Windows. Oh boy. It’s for reasons we’ve heard before —there’s just way less stuff out there attacking Macs. He told Tom’s Hardware : “I’d say that Macs are less secure for the reasons we’ve discussed here (lack of anti-exploitation technologies) but are more safe because there simply isn’t much malware out there. For now, I’d still recommend Macs for typical users as the odds of something targeting them are so low that they might go years without seeing any malware, even though if an attacker cared to target them it would be easier for them.” Whatever OS you’re running, the best thing you can do, he says, is to just keep your system up to date (then you won’t get Conficker , either). And not be stupid.

Aside from being able to convert Swedish krona into pesos, millimeters of mercury into pascals and everything in between, ConvertBot looks and sounds beautiful. Also, I think this is the most emotionally touching app demo I’ve ever seen. With the crisp 5D Mark II limited-depth-of-field video, that plaintive guitar music and this guy’s voice, I feel suddenly moved to SPEND SPEND SPEND! In all seriousness though, this is a great piece of work by the guys at Tapbots and well worth the buck. Vote with your dollars and reward some attention to design detail (from the satisfying click noises down to the lovely typography and icons) in the App Store . Lord knows we need all we can get

As sad as it sounds, most of us experience the world through photographs. Now MIT software engineers are taking that idea literally and mapping Flickr photos to regional maps in The World’s Eyes project. By pulling GPS metadata from uploaded photos (and then skinning that data in a neat 3D visualization), users can see how photographers/tourists see a given area. There’s overlap, yes, but that’s entirely the point. It’s a project more about capturing stereotypes (like the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Statue of Liberty in NY), than giving a Google Street View objective turn by turn of an area. Add tags like “party” to the mix, and that worldview is altered in very interesting, less predictable ways

The ISS looked this way—with the fourth and final solar panel truss—as the space shuttle Discovery undocked yesterday. It’s almost as big as a Corellian corvette , but there’s still a long to do list: As you can see, it’s still not entirely done. This photo timeline shows how the ISS has evolved since assembly started in November 20, 1998. But there’s still a lot to be done, as you can see in the following list of modules that have to go up there. • Multi-Purpose Logistics Module — Delivered by the space shuttle.

In our Hackintosh guide , we called our OS X-powered Dell Mini 9 the ultimate Mac netbook. We were wrong. This Hackintoshed Dell Mini 9 , autographed by one Steve “Quick Step” Wozniak, is the actual pinnacle. Matthew Smith caught Woz doing some press for Dancing With the Stars. He writes: I showed him my Dell Mini 9 with OS X Leopard installed on it (and an Apple sticker sloppily applied over the Dell logo.

According to rumors, next week at CTIA Research In Motion (RIM) might launch a mobile TV service that would feature full episodes of content. Other than that, there’s not much to go on at this point. The possible release would coincide with the release of its app store . [ NewTeeVee via StreetInsider via IntoMobile ]

Hey, we started a Gizmodo Flickr pool , to make it easier for you to send us photos you think could make for an interesting post. All you have to do is be registered on Flickr, go here , join our group, and start hitting “send to group” on your individual photos you want to add to the pool. What kind of photos would we like to see in our Flickr pool , you may ask? • Gadget/product shots. Obviously, a gadget blog is nothing without its gadgets

While Kodak’s new Zx1 might be a tad more exciting, Kodak is also keeping at the EasyShare thing with its new Z980 zoomer . We’ve gotten to spend some time with the camera, and while we appreciate the price, the size and the endless zoom, we’re overall none too impressed. Check out our full impressions after the break. Continue reading Kodak EasyShare Z980 unboxing and impressions Filed under: Digital Cameras Kodak EasyShare Z980 unboxing and impressions originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

You might want to move those magazines off the table, that is, if your coffee table is really the Vidro Floor Fireplace . Completely portable, the $970 stainless steel Vidro fireplace requires only gelled ethanol fuel to burn a smokeless flame in your home. The two glass panels do seem superfluous to the structure, as they can’t possibly be that effective in keeping out fingers/toes/cats. Yet the design is still missing a big something. And I call that something a pig-loaded spit. Because what is it worth to have all the open air fireplaces in the world but no pork roasting atop them