Omar Ramos-Lopez was recently laid off from the Texas Auto Center and he was angry about it. So he used a former coworker’s password to log into software allowing him to remotely disable cars and got his revenge. More

“Oooooh…hmmmyes, please. Up to the left, to the left, up, up, no, a little down, doooown, theretherethere… A little to the right? Oh yes.

Well isn’t that nice! Silicon Alley Insider has it on good authority that Gizmodo is one of the tech sites Steve Jobs has bookmarked in Safari on his iPad. Hi, Steve! We knew he was a fan , but I’m glad to see he’s keeping up with us tablet-style, even after letting Bill Gates’ byline run here sometime last year . How do we look on that 1024×768 screen? My email’s below.

It’s the oldest trick in the book—reflect any object in a mirror and said object becomes infinitely more artsy. For this week’s Shooting Challenge , let’s show the world why mirrored surfaces have still got it. More

It’s too easy to slap Google on the back for taking such a firm stance against China . The two behemoths’ fingers are twitching by their sides, ready to whip their pistols out. But what of the repercussions on the spectators? More

What if you could charge pretty much any gadget, from iPhones to Blackberries, with a pocketable solar panel? Well…you can now with the solBAT II . More

While Avatar is coming to DVD/Blu-ray next month, it’ll be a completely bare-bones release in 2D. Hope you didn’t buy a 3D TV for it just yet! More

Available at AT&T stores starting in May (for an unknown price), the AT&T Zero Charger is the world’s first wall-based USB charger that draws absolutely no power when it’s not refilling a cellphone. Now follow suit, everyone else. [ AT&T ] More

Just as we thought, Samsung’s Windows Phone 7 Series handset shown off at Mix 2010 the other day was the Omnia HD —but according to Samsung “it’s not yet clear whether existing i8910HD users will be able to upgrade.” More

We just heard the details about the Android 2.1 update for the Droid and now we may have an arrival date. According to Android Central, over-the-air updates will start rolling out in stages this Thursday. [ Android Central — Thanks, Phil! ] More