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Dealzmodo: Free iPhone Games from Hudson

Hudson, makers of Bomberman and Mario Party, among others, is giving away three of their games for the iPhone platform for free. Aqua Forest, Neo Same Game, and Catch the Egg are all available at no cost for the length of the Tokyo Game Show, which means you've got until October 12th to snatch up some worthwhile freebies. [Thanks, Kevin K.!]

8:00 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
3,310 views, 7 comments

Latest by gamecrazychris: Aqua Forest is the laggiest thing I've ever seen, the point is to play around with water but when anything more »

Addiction

World of Warcraft Seems Like Kind of a Silly Hobby

World of Warcraft player/dorkmaster supreme Prepared has caved to his smack addiction-like dependence on WoW and created 36 separate accounts that he plays simultaneously on an epically ridiculous rig. He claims to spend over $5700 per year just on the game, and plans to pick up 36 copies of the new expansion pack Wrath of the Lich King when it's released. More »

7:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
12,110 views, 85 comments

Latest by cainnovacaine: I want to see the rest of his mom's basement more »

Dealzmodo

Dealzmodo: Circuit City is Shipwrecked, but the Flotsam and Jetsam Have a Great Price-Match Guarantee

Circuit City's price guarantee was always a little wonky: the only prices they'd match were from local brick-and-mortar vendors, which excludes even their own online site. But sneaky tipster Kevin has caught wind that Circuit City, in the midst of crashing and/or burning, is due to accept any verifiable price, from any retailer, starting tomorrow. Even better, the prices in-store are going to match those of CC's online site, which means some serious price cuts in-store. There's always a silver lining, am I right? [- Thanks, Kevin!]

6:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
4,516 views, 30 comments

Latest by FritzLaurel: Not even that will make me ever set foot in a CC store again. more »

Songs of love

Twinned MP3 Player for the Couple that Shares Everything

Are you in a relationship? Can you hardly bear to be apart from your partner for more than half an hour? Do you make out in the library while sitting next to a Gizmodo writer, totally unaware that someday he'll grumpily complain about you in a post? Well, I have the perfect mp3 player for you and your equally annoying significant other. The Twinned MP3 Player concept is actually two mp3 players, capable of holding only one playlist each: the same one. More »

5:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
2,179 views, 8 comments

Latest by LastVigilante: I don't think its the "spooning" position that combines the playlists, I think that is just a dock. It appears more »

Apple

Apple Will Indoctrinate Your Children with Field Trips

Evil monolith Apple has begun a nefarious program to snatch children from the warm arms of their home PCs with ominous-sounding "field trips." These trips do lead to a field, but not one with grass and trees and sunshine. This is a field of glass, of white plastic, of aluminum, and of shameful minimalism. More »

4:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
3,991 views, 43 comments

Latest by TheWerewolf: If you don't see what's wrong with this... Well, then I weep for the future of mankind. I mean, one can make more »

Concepts

USB Floppy Drive Concept: Oregon Trail Not Included

Designer Thomas O'Connor has come up with a concept to join the legions of goofy USB flash drives with this charming USB Floppy Drive. Take one of those floppy disks granpappy's always going on about, hollow it out, stuff it with some flash storage and a USB dongle and you've got a "sustainable" and nostalgic USB drive. It looks to be a mere concept right now, but I bet an enterprising modder could whip one of these up in no time. [Core77]

3:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
2,141 views, 15 comments

Latest by wilkart: if only this could occupy the slot on the floppy drive of some old computers that have the slot built more »

Apple

iPhone 3G Coming to Walmart Just in Time for the New Great Depression

Boy Genius Report has it "on good authority" that Our Lord and Savior Jesusphone 3G will be sold in God's own retail store: Walmart. They name November 15th as the date of arrival, which is just in time for shoppers to overlook it as they clear their local Walmart of cans of beans to prepare for the econocopalypse that's sure to destroy Western civilization as we know it. You heard it here first, folks: the hot gift this Christmas will be a can of Heinz baked beans. [BGR]

2:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
3,775 views, 35 comments

Latest by Khamel: will i be able to return it without paying a restocking fee? because thats the only reason i haven't bought more »

Microsoft

Microsoft Sues DHL Over Xbox-Busting Train Crash

Microsoft is suing delivery service DHL for their refusal to compensate the boys in Redmond for the destruction of over 21,000 Xboxes in a Texas train derailment. The consoles were due for Hong Kong when the train, carrying two large containers of Xboxes, went off the tracks, sustaining a substantial amount of water and impact damage and, interestingly, "pilfering." Microsoft is seeking $2 million in compensation for DHL's negligence. That the phrase "fiery train wreck" is missing from the report makes me think it wasn't as exciting as it could've been. Imagine the headlines! [PC World]

1:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
3,542 views, 45 comments

Latest by wilkart: yeah DHL stinks ive had to wait three weeks just to find out that my package was lost, but more »

Product Placement

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Abused by Britney Spears in New Video

Thanks to about a million tips, I've been forced to sit through the new Britney Spears music video for "Womanizer" because the flashy Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 'Tube' makes an appearance. The phone is used to take a picture of a ridiculously be-wigged Britney before she violently attacks the photographer and slams his face into a photocopier, sending the poor phone flying. But that's not the end of the technology in the video! More »

12:30 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
5,348 views, 31 comments

Latest by the.misguided.eskimo: "I've been forced to sit through the new Britney Spears music video for "Womanizer" because the flashy Nokia 5800" ... whatever, more »

Rumor

Rumor: Apple Developing Networked LCD With Built-in Apple TV

As we get closer to yet another Apple event, the rumor mill is operating at full speed and everyone has "sources." The latest to offer up a juicy bit of gossip is Jason Calacanis, who went on record in an interview with CNET UK as saying that he has direct sources telling him Apple is developing a networked LCD HDTV that will have built-in Apple TV capabilities. Immediately, this brought up a smattering of conflicting ideas and opinions from a few of us at Giz as to whether or not this makes sense. And if it does happen, we almost certainly won't see it on Tuesday. Ultimately, we're still undecided one way or the other, but here's what we think on the matter. More »

11:30 AM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Adrian Covert
6,509 views, 37 comments

Latest by Xenocide: From the slowness of the vastly superior Media Center to become known in the market it seems like a bad more »

Storage

Seagate to Begin Switch to SSD

Seagate has decided to enter the solid-state disk (SSD) market in 2009, starting the company's switch from hard disk drives (HDD). Their first target: corporate America. Once they've got the cubicle commanders, they'll move to consumers. Seagate senior manager Rich Vignes seems to be awfully defensive about this move, stating over and over that they'll take it slow. Of course, if you're reading Giz, chances are your response to the announcement is "Duh." To be clear, Seagate isn't abandoning HDDs: there will still be segments of the market better suited for hard drives rather than SSDs, and this switch to SSD as the breadwinner of the company won't happen for a long time. [CNet] [UPDATE: Oh Dan, Seagate isn't giving up HDD's for quite awhile. Updated]

10:30 AM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
3,257 views, 45 comments

Latest by Matthew Miller: Val Henson (Linux filesystem hacker) isn't convinced: [valhenson.livejournal.com] In short, if you're using something that presents itself to the OS as a more »

Oled

Printed Sheets of OLED Lights Will Light Up Your Life

CNN reports that General Electric has created a giant OLED panel printer to be specifically used for lighting. The "semi-trailer" sized machine prints out thin layers of flexible plastic, covers them with chemicals, and seals them with foil, so they'll glow a frosty blue-white if an electrical current is applied. But these OLED sheets aren't exactly lightbulb substitutes. More »

9:30 AM on Sat Oct 11 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
5,035 views, 10 comments

Latest by JoOngle: Printing out displays are perfectly feasible...if they can convert a inkjet printer to print a solution that becomes solid...why not more »

Apple

Apple MacBook 2008 Event: All the Rumors In One Place

New MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and probably an updated MacBook Air are coming up next week, at the Apple MacBook 2008 event. The MacBook and MacBook Pro are long due for a case redesign but, beyond that, little is known for sure. Here we have collected all the pieces of information we have about them. All the facts, the logical rumors, and the crazy ones, which we will keep updating through the coming days until the MacBook Event liveblog kicks off. More »

Feature

8:40 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
41,460 views, 74 comments

Latest by AugustJalopy: brick is wireless usb "docking station" in the power brick that also supports displaylink more »

Dealzmodo

Sharp 42-Inch 1080p Aquos for $900... at Dell

Yep, Dell, purveyors of computers and such, currently have the best price on a really decent Sharp Aquos, the 42" LC-42SB45U with 1080p resolution. It's $899, and shipping is free, though you will have to pay sales tax. By contrast, Amazon's starting price on this model is $972, and the shopping sites tend to list it anywhere from $1,000 to $1,300. We haven't reviewed this particular model, but we like Sharp. If you're in the market for a decent LCD—and are among the unique few in this country with some ready cash—I say have at it. The deal disapparates on Monday. [Dell]

8:30 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
11,893 views, 25 comments

Latest by techman01: PC Richard & Son (pcrichard.com) has that tv for $788.97; only available in any of their 50 retail stores in more »

multitouch

CityWall Interactive Multitouch Display Now Has a Glorious 3D Interface

CityWall has been around for a little bit now, offering a giant multitouch display of maps and other service-oriented features. But now the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology just launched their new 3D UI for the interactive display, which makes it look super futuristic and awesome. While not actually 3D in the physical sense, the UI is fully rendered in 3D. As the video below shows, groups of files are represented as spheres, which can be manipulated in every which way. You can even look at the photo thumbnails inside the sphere "from behind." Though the demo is thin, it shows some really interesting ideas at play. [CityWall via Crave] More »

8:19 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Adrian Covert
5,396 views, 16 comments

Latest by Xenocide: Where are my Johnny Mnemonic computer interfaces already? My dolphin is getting bored. more »

Free series

Star Trek Original Series Now Warping on YouTube

Just a few days after its TV anniversary, and in time for the new Star Trek movie, YouTube is now airing a bunch of full episodes of Star Trek. According to them, this is just the beginning: More »

7:24 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
9,046 views, 14 comments

Design

Energy Seed Concept Is Smart Way to Collect Spent Batteries

I threw away two batteries yesterday. I know, I know—it's almost the same as chopping down like five old-growth oak trees or something, but it was just so damn easy. And what else are you gonna do with dead batteries? That's exactly why I am jazzed about this Energy Seed concept by Sungwoo Park. You collect all the batteries that no longer power your digital cameras, baby toys and TV remotes, and you deposit them in the base of this lamp. The lamp then glows, because even a mostly spent battery will be able to power an ultra-efficient light source. More »

7:20 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
9,319 views, 26 comments

Latest by Jonathan21: (start sarcastic holier than thou hippie rant) I feel very offended that you forgot to mention Portland, after all we were more »

Lego

Lego Mindstorms Fat Boy Is Controlled with Actual Bike Handles

This remote-controlled Lego Mindstorms NXT Fat Boy bike is cute and stylized enough to guarantee a post on its own. But when you see that the actual controller is shaped like the handles of a real motor bike, then it's just not a matter of writing about it or not. It's a matter of taking a plane to Germany and stealing it. More »

7:00 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
3,136 views, 25 comments

Latest by GwynnAnchialus: Exactly. If you aren't going fast enough, then there is no way for the center of gravity to move to more »

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