We knew it was coming for quite some time, and on January 4th it is official — Motorola will be two separate companies from here on out. The two new companies being formed will be called Motorola Solutions, Inc. and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. The former will be headed by Greg Brown and focus on Motorola’s hardware infrastructure (think more corporate-oriented devices and services). Meanwhile, the latter will be under the command of Sanjay Jha and focus...

While I understand Jake Kirshner is a Gizmodo reader (no hate, I love reading Gizmodo too), I still find it worthwhile to mention his cause. You see, he’s one of the top finalists in Microsoft’s contest to send one lucky blogger/athlete to both CES and the Winter Olympics in 2010. As you can imagine, both are incredibly rare and exciting opportunities. Jake you see is a Computer Science major at the University of Utah (read: he’s a nerd), therefore the...

Failing companies and businesses are a dime a dozen these days. It doesn’t matter how large or small a business is, the economic storm that has stalled over the U.S. isn’t showing any signs of letting up. For a washed up once popular store like Radio Shack, something has to be done in order to stay relevant (and keep the lights on). According to a bunch of leaked promotional material for Radio Shack, it appears that the troubled electronics retailer is going...

If you’ve ever felt your eyebrows weren’t quite to your liking or you simply want to have a little DIY fun, the DIY Eyebrow Hat certainly won’t disappoint. While some may tinker with such common tinker toys as RC Cars or small gadgets, you can take pride in knowing you made not only a gadget, but one that many people will see on a daily basis if you so choose. The materials needed aren’t really that expensive nor does the whole project require too...

I’m sure a couple people must have been sad when the second biggest (here in the States) consumer electronics store, Circuit City, bid its final farewell a few months ago.  Time has quickly passed and many are already moving on to bigger and better things.  Some have moved to Best Buy while others have completely given up on brick and mortar stores altogether, instead opting to do more shopping from the comfort of their humble abodes.  However, it looks as if their...