Top 10 Tags of 2006

The top 10 Gizmodo tags of 2006, based on what you clicked on the most: More »

eStarling Digital Picture Frame Hands-On (Verdict: Almost Picture-Perfect So Far)

The long-awaited eStarling digital picture frame is finally available, and now here's the first hands-on review we've seen. The reviewer gives it a big thumbs-up, lauding its Wi-Fi connectivity and easy setup. He also likes the way you can set up an e-mail address that can receive pictures from anyone, but doesn't much care for the fact that it must be either a gmail account or one that's at eStarling.com. More »

Popalive's LCD Remote Keeps Tabs on Your iPod

Despite its Fisher Price-sounding name, Alive-Style's new Popalive remote looks pretty cool. It's basically a wireless remote with an embedded 1.5-inch color screen that lets you view and navigate your iPod from afar. Dock your iPod with the Popalive Dock, connect it to your stereo or TV (the dock has audio and video outputs), and with the Popalive remote you can control what plays next. It uses bi-directional RF connectivity, which the company claims works through walls, etc. We'll have to try that out ourselves, but otherwise seems like a cool accessory. Pricing isn't out yet, but you can expect to see the Popalive by the end of the year. – Louis Ramirez More »

Low End Theory: The Gift of Subtle Spite

By Brendan I. Koerner More »

Aliph Jawbone Headset: Gets Sexy Redesign, Super Noise-Cancelling, and Bluetooth

The original Aliph Jawbone headset was flawed. It was beautiful, but wired. More »

How To Find Wii Component Cables

We have to admit, we're six years late to the party on this one. We just purchased a set of PS2 component cables this past weekend and have to say that there's a pretty noticeable difference between composite and component, even on an old system like the PS2. More »

MojoPlay Monitor Makes Your 360 Mobile

I don't normally make it a habit of lugging my Xbox 360 around to other people's houses, but should the desire ever arise (or if you have a car to do the lugging for you), MojoPlay's MP-920XB is at your service. It's a 9.2-inch traveling display that connects to your 360 and lets you play games when someone else is hogging up the TV. The screen has an 800x480 resolution along with built-in speakers and dual headphone jacks. It's out today for $170 with PS3 and Wii equivalents slated for next year, though personally I wouldn't wanna play any console games on a display smaller than 26-inches. – Louis Ramirez More »

Low Tech Wine Gadget Perfect For Your Drunkard Friends

Still pondering what to get your alcoholic friends for Christmas? How about the Vinturi, the wine aerator. A double blind taste test conducted by the company Vinquiry Wine Analytics concluded that "the same bottle of wine treated with Vinturi was higher in overall flavor intensity and mouthfeel." More »

Books are Overrated—Electronic Scrabble Dictionary

Who wants to get their fingers all paper-y flipping through a real dictionary when you can just type in atrociously wrong word to this little doodad. This officially licensed Scrabble electronic dictionary can ensure that there are no cheating bastards trying to take you in Scrabble. This device is also capable of building words, but using word building programs is pretty weaksauce, in my opinion. $40. – Travis Hudson More »

Rise and Shine Bedside Lamp Wakes up Nicely

You may prefer more extreme wake-up methods, but personally, I enjoy being eased out of my slumber. This ingenious Rise and Shine Bedside Lamp can do so. This lamp has an integrated alarm clock that will ease you awake with lights and environment noises. It can also do the alarm in reverse (aka a sleep mode). It is available in ivory and black and sells for a semi-hefty $150. – Travis Hudson More »

Signs of the Apocalypse: USB Shaver

Are power outlets become so scarce that we are forced to power our shaving gadgets with USB ports? Guess so. This USB shaver sucks its juice from your laptop or PC USB ports and can keep you looking not-so-rugged at the anywhere your USB ports go. I guess it could be convenient for the laptop road warriors, but when I'm driving I prefer to bust out the old straight razor to shave. More chance of death = more XTREME! It is available for $30. – Travis Hudson More »

Dirty Gizmodo Supplemental: Snowman Candle

In our unending quest to ruin the holiday spirit, we conceptualized a Scroogetastic prank product that could ironically epitomize anti-winter at the highest level, and then discovered that it actually existed...as an earnest decoration. The whole idea of a snowman that you set on fire to celebrate the season is so deeply disturbing that we are posting this despite its pitiful lack of a USB port. More »

Dirty Gizmodo: Jensen MP3 Player

Anyone have to go to one of those Dirty Santa or White Elephant gift exchanges this year? Usually I feel bad at the last minute, rebury my dead pet and try to pick out something that is kind of fun instead. But next year the gloves are off and someone is getting this. More »

First Overclocked GeForce 8800 Cards From XFX: X-Rated Speeds

As if Nvidia's GeForce 8800 cards weren't already fast enough, XFX is taking it upon themselves to be the first company to overclock them, sending them into hyperspeed territory. At the head of the pack is the 8800 GTX XXX Edition which is overclocked from 575MHz to 630MHz. Meanwhile the core clock on the 8800 GTS XXX Edition gets a kick up from 500 MHz to 550MHz. Pricing on the cards isn't out yet, but you can expect to pay a nice premium for them when they do come out. – Louis Ramirez More »

Ality Pixxa LCD Frame: Pick a Day, Display a Pic

LCD photo frames are flooding the market, and now their makers are all trying to differentiate their products from each other. The Ality Picca 8-inch LCD Photo Frame's unique feature is a calendar that lets you display specific photos or movies on certain days and times. More »

Dealzmodo: 20% Off the Entire Sirius Store

Pardon my fanboyism, but the coolest of the cool, Sirius, is having a store-wide 20-percent off sale. Want to upgrade your receiver? Pick up another? Pick up a home kit? Maybe give one as a gift? Just use the coupon code HOLIDAY20 at checkout for the discount. The sale ends on December 31. (Avoid the Stiletto, though) – Travis Hudson More »

MusicJam With Your iPod, Be Famous or Not

Slip that iPod into the MusicJam, plug in the included microphone and your guitar, and you have yourself a $229 recording studio. It even has XLR inputs, tipping its hat toward professionalism. More »

PC Recording Studio Guitar: Go Ahead and Jump Into That PC

If you don't feel like shelling out $4000 for that newly-released Gibson HD.6X-Pro $4000 digital guitar we tried out last October, check out the PC Recording Studio Guitar, a Stratocaster lookalike with a USB port that sends your guitar virtuosity into your PC. More »

Not a Creature Was Stirring, Not Even a Snow Globe Mouse

Hidden within this innocent snowman-inhabited snow globe is an 800dpi USB mouse, bringing that Christmas spirit to your holiday fragging. Distract yourself further with the color cycling LEDs inside, and top off the overall tackiness with a smiley happy holiday face on the business end of the thing. More »

Emoticon Pillows Good for that Chatty Cathy

Know somebody who is a non-stop chatter? Whether it is instant messaging or text messaging—they feel the need to constantly use smiley faces to correctly express their emotions? The karma will be mighty thick when you smother the chatty Cathy in their sleep with these emoticon pillows. Just kidding, we don't condone murder here at the Gizmodo—just love and friendship and rainbows and bunnies! These emoticon pillows will set you back $30 or so for the pack of six. – :) Travis Hudson :) More »

Laptop Reviews Sanyo's M1 Music Phone: Will NEVER Be Ready for its Glamour Shot

Sprint's new handset, the M1, looks hot enough from the front. With its almost-loud stereo speakers, 2MP cam, widescreen external LCD, and media controls, it has the feature-density of a smartphone in a clamshell form. But a passing glance from the side reveals it's a butch 0.9-inch thick clamshell; so it's more like a giant clam. Now we know why none of the press shots floating on the web are profile. More »

Nike+ iPod Sport Kit AnyShoe Adapter

Have a hankering for the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, but don't feel like shelling out nearly 100 clams for those special Nike shoes? Now you can attach the SwitchEasy RunAway AnyShoe Adapter to the shoelaces of any ol' shoes and slip that little sensor inside, instead of placing it in that special recessed area underneath the insole of the Nike+ shoes. Pick out your favorite color AnyShoe Adapter for under 12 bucks. More »

Squirrel-Proof Rollerfeeder: This Is a Birds-Only Club

The Rollerfeeder keeps those squirrels out of the bird feed like a bouncer behind a velvet rope, using a clever design that keeps the seed container upright while the outer shell spins around on an axle. Lightweight birds won't affect it, but once a heavier squirrel steps aboard, it starts spinning, resulting in a flying rodent face-plant. More »

iPod, Well-Hung with Hangman

The unfortunately named Hangman attaches to your iPod's universal dock connector on one end and a belt loop or anything else (a nipple piercing?) on the other. Plus, it helps manage that pesky wire, too, letting you unravel just the right amount, and then you can completely wrap it up around it when you're done. Hangman is available in white or gray for $19.95. More »

Pentax DSLR Acclaim: Both the K100D and K10D Receive Great Scores

Looks like Canon and Nikon have another worthy competitor in the DSLR range. More »

NES Skins Transform the Wii into 8-Bit Ancestors

This faux-NES skin for the Wii celebrates my childhood. Other kids played ball with the old man. But my dad was an engineer. We played NES. More »

Morphis ESP Motion Simulator: $300K and You're There

Now you and your seven closest friends can tuck yourselves into the Morphis motion simulator, giving you an aviation-quality sim experience that's sure to elicit a variety of responses from ecstasy to nausea. It's equpped with a high-rez 3D visual system and ass-kickin' audio to give you that thrill ride eperience in your own home. More »

First Look: Dell XPS M1710 with Blu-ray

Just when you thought they couldn't get any better, Dell has given its XPS M1710 a big shot of botox. As of this morning, the Media Center laptops have been fitted with Blu-ray drives giving the 17-inch gaming machines a high-def kick in the ass. Alongside their newfound HD capabilities (they pack a gorgeous 1,920x1,200 widescreen display), the notebooks also flaunt Intel's top of the line mobile processor and Nvidia's hypersonic GeForce Go 7950 GTX video card. We were lucky enough to score some play time with the new laptop.... More »

Offensively Binary: Passive, Aggressive

For the cynical guy who has everything, Offensive Binary makes t-shirts featuring dirty binary code. Sure, you can get your run-of-the-mill fuckwear, but where is the danger in that? Want a real rush? Try passing through airport security with a shirt reading,"I am a terrorist". There is like a 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance some resident TSA agent will be fluent in binary code and nail your ass. Yeah, you're bad. More »

Miele-Nespresso Espresso Maker: Worth Every Penny

The Miele-Nespresso CVA 2650 Espresso Maker simultaneously makes your espresso and steams your milk, funneling each into your cup with perfection where perfection is programmed based upon your individual preference. More »

USB Christmas Stocking: Flashing Santa

Anyone ever done the math figuring out how Santa visits everyone in the whole world Christmas night? It's daunting. Sure, he saves time by skipping the less important areas of the world like Africa, Mexico and the Axis of Evil, but there are still a bajillion other homes he needs to visit in one night. Simply put, it's time for Santa to go digital. More »

Real Christmas Tree...Poster

Think that Charlie Brown Christmas Tree is pathetic? That tree is the goddamn Rockefeller evergreen next to the Christmas Tree Poster. No more needles in my socks. No more sap on the caret. And no more dragging the damn thing through the house to toss it out on the street Jan. 1st. I'll just get this wall hanging, a pine air freshener, and string some lights up on it. More »

Flashing Push Pins: Can You See Me Now?

Too thick to notice there's a message for you tacked onto the bulletin board? These flashing pushpins won't let you ignore them, leaving you without any more excuses. Available in your choice of red, green or blue, they're $3.99 apiece or $11.99 for a set of three. – Charlie White More »

Satellite Radio Gift Guide

Still searching for the perfect gift for the person impossible to buy for? Do what I did and give the fabulous gift of satellite radio. The hombres over at Orbitcast put together a nice little roundup of the latest and greatest receivers for Sirius and XM. More »

Dealzmodo: Buy a iRobot Scooba, Get Roomba for Free

It's like a BOGO sale, but with intelligent, cleaning robots! All you have to do is purchase the Scooba for a blistering $400 and you can get the Roomba 401 for free, a $119 value. For those unaware, the Scooba is a robot that sloshes water on the floor and mop up your filthy messes and the Roomba is a vacuuming robot for hard floors or carpet. Both of which are pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. – Travis Hudson More »

Gizmodo Video: Picco Z R/C Helicopter Crashes, Loves the Smell of Napalm in the Morning

We've been feeding our R/C helicopter jones with this Picco Z copter, a micro-flyer made of styrofoam and capable of flailing around for a full 8 minutes on a 20-minute charge. More »

Charlie Brown's Pathetic Christmas Tree

Now here's a Christmas tree I can relate to: a 21" exact replica of Charlie Brown's pathetic tree before it was magically turned into something completely different by some energetic arm-waving. More »