Top 10 Most Popular Stories of 2008

1. New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It's Spooky
832,353 views
Jesús Díaz

2. Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES
727,147 views
Adrian Covert

3. Cheeseburger in a Can is Both the Best and Worst Thing I've Ever Seen
674,770 views
Adam Frucci

4. Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting
665,510 views
John Mahoney

5. iPhone 3G's True Price Compared
576,471 views
Jason Chen

6. Alienware Curved Monitor Looks Like It's From Another Planet
559,032 views
Charlie White

7. Sprint's Samsung Instinct: At Last, a Decent iPhone Competitor
554,144 views
Matt Buchanan

8. iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed
543,020 views
Jesús Díaz

9. iPhone OS 2.0 Unlocked
528,769 views
Jesús Díaz

10. How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required*
480,447 views
Jesús Díaz

* This story is from 2007, but also made it to the top 10 in 2008

Monthly Top 10s

January
1. Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES
Adrian Covert
2. Alienware Curved Monitor Looks Like It's From Another Planet
Charlie White
3. Cheeseburger in a Can is Both the Best and Worst Thing I've Ever Seen
Adam Frucci
4. 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future
Jesús Díaz
5. This Video Makes Bill Gates Look Cooler Than Steve Jobs
Brian Lam
6. The CES 50-Babe Battle: Booth Babes vs. Regular Babes
Adam Frucci
7. MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too
Christopher Mascari
8. Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?
Wilson Rothman
9. Apple MacBook Air Is World's Thinnest Notebook, Looks Absolutely Amazing
Jesús Díaz
10. Microsoft's Brainwashing Children's Book: Mommy, Where Do Servers Come From?
Noah Robischon

February
1. Indiana Jones IV Trailer Makes Us Wet Our Pants
Jesús Díaz
2. Cheeseburger in a Can is Both the Best and Worst Thing I've Ever Seen
Adam Frucci
3. Peruvian Anti-Riot Police Uniforms Look Like Judge Dredd Meets Batman
Adam Frucci
4. Guitar Rising for Real Guitar Heroes
Jesús Díaz
5. How Grandma Sees The Remote
Mark Wilson
6. Stairs Bookcase Actually Makes Me Want to Move to London
Jesús Díaz
7.Leaked RIAA Training Video: Find Pirates, Find Crack-Dealing Terrorist Murderers Too!
Matt Buchanan
8. 1,301 Florescent Bulbs Lit Solely by Magnetic Fields
Adam Frucci
9. The Biggest Star Wars Collection in the Galaxy
Jesús Díaz
10. The Sad Final Days of CompUSA
Jason Chen

March
1. New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It's Spooky
Jesús Díaz
2. Ride the Bitchcruiser Bike, But Wear Protection (NSFW)
Mark Wilson
3. Plug-'n'-Play USB Virus Makes MacBooks Fall to Pieces
Addy Dugdale
4. Technosexual: One Man's Tale of Robot Love
Addy Dugdale
5. Video of BigDog Beta Quadruped Robot Is So Stupid It's Hilarious
Jesús Díaz
6. The True iPhone Anti-Christ Is Here! Repent!
Jesús Díaz
7. Skywalker Last Supper Painting Made With 69,550 Star Wars Frames
Jesús Díaz
8. Cat Jumps Off a Plane, Lands on Its Legs
Jesús Díaz
10. First Video of Hacked iPhone 2.0 In Action
Jesús Díaz

April
1. 10 Sex Toys That Are Confusing and Wrong (NSFW)
Sean Fallon
2. A Cellphone's Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail
Jesús Díaz
3. Psystar Exposed: Looks Like a Hoax
Jason Chen
4. Putting Video Cameras in the WRONG Places (VERY NSFW)
Jesús Díaz
5. Sexy Lady Offers to Harvest Virginity of Net Neutrality-Supporting Nerds (NSFW)
Addy Dugdale
6. Exclusive Video: Psystar in the Wild
Jason Chen
7. Vista Running 108 Apps Bites Mac OS X Back
Jesús Díaz
8. Mac With 150 Apps Running Shows Teeny-Weeny Dock, Exposé Windows
Haroon Malik
9. Combat Robot Attempts Rebellion Against Human Masters in Iraq, Army Pulls Plug for 10-20 Years
Matt Buchanan
10. Sprint's Samsung Instinct: At Last, a Decent iPhone Competitor
Matt Buchanan

May
1. iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed
Jesús Díaz
2. Mentos and Diet Coke Explosion at 1200fps: Casio EX-F1 Strikes Again
Benny Goldman
3. R2-D2 Projector in Action Video (Verdict: A Must Have)
Jesús Díaz
4. Exclusive: Dell Mini Inspiron, Their First Mini Laptop
Brian Lam
5. Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech
Jason Chen
6. How My Wife Castrated My DVD Collection
Mark Wilson
7. Stolen MacBook Victim Uses Screen Sharing and iSight to Bust Thieves
Adrian Covert
8. Sprint Spending $100 Million to Kick iPhone in the Nuts (iPhone Wearing Cup)
Mark Wilson
9. 5 Million-Piece LEGO Boulder Chases Indy, Crashes Into Car
Jesús Díaz
10. Full-Screen Multitouch Mac OS X Is Here (But Not from Apple)
Jesús Díaz

June
1. Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History
Jesús Díaz
2. Why You Should Carry a Digital Camera At All Times
Adam Frucci
3. Woman Who Died While Watching TV Sat Unfound for 42 Years
Adam Frucci
4. Classic Clips: Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft Over XP
Mark Wilson
5. iPhone 3G's True Price Compared
Jason Chen
6. iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed
Jesús Díaz
7. Girl Spins On Escalator Thanks to Physics or Magic
Jesús Díaz
8. Apple WWDC Liveblog Coverage
Jason Chen
9. 3,800-Piece Death Star Diorama Is Coolest Star Wars Lego Ever
Jesús Díaz
10. 3G iPhone Hands On
Brian Lam

July
1. iPhone OS 2.0 Unlocked
Jesús Díaz
2. Tron 2 Trailer Video Makes Pants Wet Worldwide
Jesús Díaz
3. iPhone App Review Marathon Liveblog
Jason Chen
4. iPhone 3G Review
Brian Lam
5. WASP Knife Will Freeze and Blow Up Your Organs
Elaine Chow
6. Batman...Uh, I Mean John Connor is About to Waste This Terminator
Sean Fallon
7. Exclusive: Inside the Lego Factory
Jesús Díaz
8. 40 Honest Gadget Ads That Won't Be Convincing Many People to Buy Anything
Adam Frucci
9. Apple and AT&T Stores Having Difficulty Activating iPhones (UPDATE: It's the iPocalypse)
Mark Wilson
10. iPhone 2.0 Video Walkthrough and iTunes 7.7 Confidential Screenshots
Jesús Díaz

August
1. Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting
John Mahoney
2. Tallest Skyscraper in the World Almost Completed, Defies Belief
Jesús Díaz
3. Slow Motion Lightning Video is Mindblowing, Will Sell a Thousand Slo-Mo Cameras
Adam Frucci
4. New iPhone Comes Loaded with Photos of the Girl Who Made It
Adam Frucci
5. Guy Films Space Shuttle Launch from Passing Airliner
Kit Eaton
6. Leaked: Dell Inspiron 910 (Mini Note) Specs and Release Date
Mark Wilson
7. Tattoo? Symbiote? What the Hell is That Thing On Olympian Kerri Walsh's Shoulder?
Jack Loftus
8. DIY Batman Tumbler Is Nearly Perfect, Built With One Man's Bare Hands
John Mahoney
9. Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private Information at Risk
Jesús Díaz
10. Photographs Enhance Video in Absolutely Unbelievable Ways
Mark Wilson

September
1. Hubble Finds Unidentified Object in Space, Scientists Puzzled
Jesús Díaz
2. Microsoft's "I'm a PC" Ad Beats Seinfeld (But Not Hodgman)
Wilson Rothman
3. Review: EFiX Dongle Perfectly Transforms PC to Mac
Matt Buchanan
4. How Many Google Phone Engineers Does It Take to Tell the Time?
Jesús Díaz
5. Download Google Chrome Now
Mark Wilson
6. The First Bill Gates + Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Ad Makes No Sense
Jason Chen
7. Steve Ballmer Goes Nuts (Again) To Sell Windows
Mark Wilson
8. The Shocking Inside Story of the Epic Defects That Killed Millions of Xbox 360s
Matt Buchanan
9. Computer Weather Error Shows Why Houston Is in Extra Trouble
Jason Chen
10. Official Rock Band 2 Track List (Plus Carry Over "Most" of Rock Band's Disc Tracks!)
Matt Buchanan

October
1. Windows 7 Walkthrough, Boot Video and Impressions
Wilson Rothman
2. MacBook and MacBook Pro Dual Review
Mark Wilson
3. The Muppets' Animal Caught Speeding, Driving Police Crazy
Jesús Díaz
4. Awesome F-35B Video Shows US Marines Already Have Transformers
Jesús Díaz
5. T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review
Jason Chen
6. BlackBerry Storm First Hands On
Matt Buchanan
7. The Truth About the Apple Tax
Matt Buchanan
8. Is Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell?
Jesús Díaz
9. Barack Obama's $3 Million 'Overhead Projector' Actually Pretty Cool
John Herrman
10. Giz Explains: Why Windows 7 Will Smash Vista
Matt Buchanan

November
1. The 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have
Adam Frucci
2. How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
Jason Chen
3. Gizmodo's 20 Essential iPhone Apps
John Mahoney
4. BlackBerry Storm First Hands On
Matt Buchanan
5. 5 Gadgets You Can't Skimp On (And How to Save Money Buying Them)
Matt Buchanan
6. Grandma Got a New Mac
Jason Chen
7. Student Writes to Steve Jobs, Gets Free Final Cut Studio 2
Jesús Díaz
8. Guy Builds F-35 Fighter Jet On His Own
Jesús Díaz
9. How Big Is the ISS Compared to Science Fiction Spaceships?
Jesús Díaz
10. MacBook Nano Looks Like It Came from Cupertino
Jesús Díaz

December
1. Nakagin Capsule Tower Looks to be From the Future, But Probably Won't Make it There
Elaine Chow
2. New York City Is Breathtaking Following Google Earth Update
Mark Wilson
3. Santa Claus' Gmail Account Exposed
Jesús Díaz
4. Video of Multiple Kill Vehicle Test Scares Me Silly
Jesús Díaz
5. Dealzmodo Hack: Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool
John Herrman
6. Female Avatars Are Not Safe in PlayStation Home
Jack Loftus
7. Fakemodo: Undeniable Evidence of iPhone Nano 3G ZOMG!
Jesús Díaz
8. Dad, Where's the Digital Photo Frame?
Jesús Díaz
9. Steve Jobs' Health Declining Rapidly, Reason for Macworld Cancellation
Jesús Díaz
10. Lego Colonial Space Ship Is Big Enough to Terraform Real Planets
Jesús Díaz

If you are curious about last year's zeitgeist, you can read it here.

Goodbye Barcelona,

We're finally wrapping up our coverage of 3GSM. But we've got a couple more phone stories that should wean you off gracefully, Like our 5 favorite phones behind glass. Also there's a shiny gallery of the Motorola Z8 banana-slider & Q9 smartphone for your viewing pleasure. Oh and keep this quiet, we've got some patent drawings of the iPhones dock. And for you Apple haters there's also a hands on with the OpenMoko Neo1973 anti-iPhone.

But there are even things to do besides finding all the latest phone goodness coming out of Spain. For instance you could play with kid-sized Tetris blocks, check out the new Sports Illustrated iPod undies, or even give your hopping remote-control lederhosen a go.

What ever you choose to do at least you'll have a better time then the Giz staff that's flying all the way back to the States from Barcelona. Too bad they couldn't use that Quiet Supersonic plane to get home.

Love,

Ben

Never fear! Lack of a significant other gives you plenty of time to pretend you're in Star Wars, play the best console ever, make fun of Google, learn CPR, and make fake online friends. After all, what else are you going to do? Bust out your VHS copies of Tron and Short Circuit? We didn't think so.

Love,
Everyone at Giz (because we're huge pervs too).

p.s. Go watch those sexy Apple videos again.

You all remember Joel Johnson from Gizmodo yesteryear. Well he's got a treat for you masochists out there, ripping on you, me, and the tech that unites/divides us.

And Motorola's showing off the

S9 Bluetooth headphones. And they're finally finding a good compromise between being small enough to be extra portable, but big enough that you don't look like your talking to yourself. A very delicate balance.

The Evesham Sound Stage X1 is trying to do some multitasking. It's one part surround sound projector & one part TV stand. This will be the first TV stand that I've seen that will have to plug in to an outlet.

Screw the DS, The Gamespower 50 is the new bell of the ball. And after years of waiting, we finally have a hands on video review, courtesy of Dr. Ashen. Check out this portable powerhouse that even comes with its own lanyard.

Comment of the Day: iPhone Integration Coming In BMW 7-Series? Says Who?

"So on top of the $500 cell phone, I'll have to buy an $80,000 car? It's going to be an expensive year..."—MrAwes0me – Ben Longo

Valentine's day is coming up, which means it is the perfect excuse to increase the amount of female-oriented content. Our resident lady expert, Charlie White began things with chocolate-bathing suggestions (NWS). Don't forget about last night when we discovered how to make your breasts bigger and better. An actual female, Susi, from Shiny Shiny, has a video review of the Prada, which I couldn't give a damn about, but Susi is cute in a sexy British accent kind of way. Other female goods included a Girl Parts Mouse Pad, Elecom Rosebud Earphone and Footloose Heels. Keep up the good work, or something. Speaking of being one with the ladies, Joel Johnson is back, but it doesn't matter if you are male or female, you are still a sucker.

Love,
Travis

Oh yes, toys. The NYC toy fair was relatively gadget free. There were some cute stuffed animals you would have liked. But the best stuff was from LEGO. They actually made a 3 foot long Millennium Falcon out of nearly 5,000 bricks. Too bad it's 500 bucks...you know, if you're looking to get me a birthday present, I wouldn't say that's a bad choice.

Love,
Brian

P.S. I stopped cursing so much on Gizmodo. I hope you like it better. Sorry, if you want a comment account, you'll have to read how to get one here.

Comment of the Day: Ridiculous Gadget of the Day: BreathCapture

"I think Jason should send some of his breath to Tokyo with Brian, that would be so cool. It would be like that astronaut that used to take a roll of dimes with him into space."—buzzaw0nk

Comment of the Day: LEGO Self-Parking Car

"That lego was almost a perfect re-enactment of a parallel parking incident I had a few weeks ago... At least it's nice to know that even a computer can't parallel park very well."—alveryx

Comment of the Day: Gun Hidden in a Knife

"Gee... for some reason, both Crocodile Dundee ("that's not a knife... this is a knife!") and Indiana Jones come to mind."—Lenroc

Comment of the Day: One-Handed Xbox 360 Controller

"An odd purpose? You mean like building it for someone who was injured and can only use one hand to play games? Yeah, completely odd. What a weirdo."—Enzo

Comment of the Day: The Annoy-a-tron

"Anycrap, in my office we stuck it behind a picture in my bosses office and kept the remote at our desk. Every once in a while when we needed a laugh we'd pull out the remote and press the button. We'd always wait until the boss was just leaving his office or just going in. He went crazy trying to find the beeping."—Astroglide

Comment of the Day: Magic Volcanic Face Spray Blocks Cell Phone Radiation

"Eww...like i would want millions of undersea germs running around on my face. Let me deal wiht my acne first, then let me put more bacteriums on it..."—bmg50barrett

Comment of the Day: Nintendo Says You Need To Be In Shape To Play The Wii

"If using a controller is making you tired, your fat ass mo fo and should be working out.

These are the same people who start sweating after playing DDR on easy mode."—FalconFire

Comment of the Day: How to Bypass the Zune's WiFi Sharing DRM

"All you need now is a friend with a Zune..."—Kharmaghost

Comment of the Day: XBox 360 Video Store FAQ: How Long to Download a Movie?

"I wonder how many jigawatts the 360 consumes while you're downloading one movie. It might be both quicker and better for the environment if you just drove to Blockbuster. Or walked, actually."—Sockatume

Comment of the Day: Slate Says the Nintendo Wii Sucks: Does It?

"hardcore gamer" my azz... he's probably got a life with a real job, a wife, maybe some kids. No "hardcore gamer" has any of these, believe me i know."—LightRedFloyd

Comment of the Day: Ladies of eBay Spice up Console Auctions

"some people are techno whores in a figurative sense; for others, it's become quite literal"—King_of_Fools

Comment of the Day: GPS, GSM Cellphone Jammers Hit Mainstream, Calamity Ensues

"Only problem is that jamming GPS means sending out a signal - which your foes can use to track you down. IIRC the Iraqis had several Russian built GPS jammers during the start of OIF - they didn't last too long."—Bespoke

Comment of the Day: Wire-less Power to Charge Your Gadgets

"YES! YES! YES! I want [Wireless Power] yesterday. Screw cancer, I want to charge my iPod without plugging it in. And my cellphone, and my pocket pc, and my digital camera, and my...etc."—Combat Chuck

Comment of the Day: Nintendo Sixty-Fouuur Kid, Wii Generation

"The only thing that could've made this video any more real is if that guy was actually taking ridalin instead of pretending to be on it."—Eventhough