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Hype Sheet: Dell's Do-Goodism and the Axe Effect
The Pitch A Super Bowl debut we somehow overlooked, this Dell spot features a cast of thousands swarming around one lucky laptop owner. With an XPS M1530 tucked beneath his arm, our handsome protagonist goes roaming around the streets of a European metropolis, Mick Jagger's "Charmed Life" pumping on the soundtrack. The city's denizens hail his approach with cheers, butt slaps, and at least one passionate kiss, treatment usually reserved for sporting heroes rather than users of mid-range computing hardware. What has this shaggy-haired Everyman done to deserve such adulation? Well, that Dell of his is part of the special-edtion (RED) lineup, so $50 of his purchase price went to The Global Fund. A noble endeavor, to be sure, but (and excuse the ensuing crassness) will this good-hearted approach really help Dell move product? Read on for an answer, as well as a special "Making of..." clip. More »
12:40 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Brendan I. Koerner
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Latest by psevoznik: I saw the shooting of this commercial. They made it in September in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina which happens to be the most european looking city in the Americas. It looked like a Hollywood super production! Awesome experience. more »
charity
Bill Gates Gives Away $306 Million, Goes Green Acres
Apparently money has burned quite the hole in Bill Gates' philanthropic pocket, as during this week's World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Gates pledged $306 million in grants to fund farming in in poor/developing countries through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To the audience he said: More »
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If I've learned two things in life, it's that it's noble to jump on some bandwagons, and some things just look sexy in red. That's why I was pretty happy to see that Microsoft and Dell were joining the (Product) Red charity for global AIDS relief, and that for every one of the sweet new red XPS One's that are sold, $80 of the purchase will go directly toward buying 6 months of antiretroviral medication. If you buy a (Product) Red XPS M1530 or M1330, the donation is $50, and if you buy the red 948 all-in-one printer, somebody gets 10 days' worth of medication. Some of you are skeptical about this program—tell me, don't you think these numbers prove that (Product) Red is working? Jump for details and more Red-ified product pics. [Dell]
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Dell and Microsoft See (Product) Red for Valentine's Day
If I've learned two things in life, it's that it's noble to jump on some bandwagons, and some things just look sexy in red. That's why I was pretty happy to see that Microsoft and Dell were joining the (Product) Red charity for global AIDS relief, and that for every one of the sweet new red XPS One's that are sold, $80 of the purchase will go directly toward buying 6 months of antiretroviral medication. If you buy a (Product) Red XPS M1530 or M1330, the donation is $50, and if you buy the red 948 all-in-one printer, somebody gets 10 days' worth of medication. Some of you are skeptical about this program—tell me, don't you think these numbers prove that (Product) Red is working? Jump for details and more Red-ified product pics. [Dell]
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So there you are, a kid who just lost his entire house in the recent Southern California wildfires. What would be at the top of your wishlist? A new house? Returning to a sense of normalcy? All your old possessions that are now irretrievably torched? Sorry, no can do. How's about we just give you a free iPod nano and use you as a PR tool, would that help? No? Just take the damn Nano kid, and smile for the cameras. There we go. Good luck with that whole house thing.
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Apple Donates 100 iPod nanos to Victims of CA Wildfires
So there you are, a kid who just lost his entire house in the recent Southern California wildfires. What would be at the top of your wishlist? A new house? Returning to a sense of normalcy? All your old possessions that are now irretrievably torched? Sorry, no can do. How's about we just give you a free iPod nano and use you as a PR tool, would that help? No? Just take the damn Nano kid, and smile for the cameras. There we go. Good luck with that whole house thing.
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mods
Gizmodo buddy Ramon of Ultimate DS, Wii, and PSP mod fame is back, this time with a Samus Metroid mod for the Nintendo Wii. Not only does it have a big S on the side for Samus (or Sexy) and a Wiimote battery charger built in (!), he's painted the parts red, orange and green to match her motif. He's auctioning this off on eBay, like his previous mods, so a portion of the proceeds will go to Penny Arcade's Child's Play Charity; which works to allow one lucky little girl to eventually grow up to don a suit of armor and shoot big brains in the face. If not, what charity am I thinking of? [eBay]
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Samus Wii Mod Tucks, Rolls, Explodes With Goodness
Gizmodo buddy Ramon of Ultimate DS, Wii, and PSP mod fame is back, this time with a Samus Metroid mod for the Nintendo Wii. Not only does it have a big S on the side for Samus (or Sexy) and a Wiimote battery charger built in (!), he's painted the parts red, orange and green to match her motif. He's auctioning this off on eBay, like his previous mods, so a portion of the proceeds will go to Penny Arcade's Child's Play Charity; which works to allow one lucky little girl to eventually grow up to don a suit of armor and shoot big brains in the face. If not, what charity am I thinking of? [eBay]
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Camp Okutta Teaches Kids How to Lob the Perfect Grenade
There are summer camps and summer camps, it seems. Camp Okutta, somewhere in the Canadian wilds, is the best training camp outside a war zone, apparently, where you can toughen up your little darlings. Twinky-looking camp counselors give classes in grenade throwing, automatic weapon handling and land mine dodging (quite a handy skill if you're thinking of playing frisbee with them in the near future.) And I know what your next question is going to be: Where can I sign the brats up? More »
charity
Save Rare Films by Donating to Have Them Uploaded to the Internet Archive
Uploading movies to the internet doesn't always have to cause "injury that cannot be compensated or measured in money." By donating to the Academic Film Archive of North America's "Save a Film" initiative, you'll be spotting them tax-deductible support for the uploading of a rare film from their over 6000-title 16mm film archive for free-as-in-beer public viewing at the Internet Archive. You'll also get a DVD copy of the movie you chose to sponsor. More »
iphone
Man in Line for iPhone Does it for African Kids' Charity
Nope, these olive-green Converse standing outside an Apple store in NYC don't belong to John Dvorak. They belong to a guy called Johnny Vulkan who has flown over from London and is currently in pole position to grab the first iPhone from the Soho branch on Friday. And it's all for a good cause... More »
3:30 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Addy Dugdale
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The Ultimate DS Lite Zelda Mod
Our buddy Ramon (who if you remember, created the ultimate Legend of Zelda Wii mod) has done it again. This time he's taken an otherwise plain-Jane Nintendo DS Lite and turned it into a Legend of Zelda masterpiece that Miyamoto would be proud to use himself on the train to work every morning—that is, if he didn't have a couple of slaves picking him up in a gold-covered chariot instead. More »
home entertainment
Legend of Zelda Wii Mod Benefits Charity, Knocks Socks off Feet
It's safe to say that this incredibly great Legend of Zelda Wii mod wins the Gizmodo award for best mod of all time. Just looking at the pictures in his eBay auction (now up to $700) brings us back to a simpler time. A time of video games, PB&J sandwiches from mom, and giggling at magazines with naked girls that our friend Tom brought over. Ahh, good old 2006. More »
pcs
Microsoft's i'm Initiative Gives to Charity When You Chat
You know those annoying forward your luddite friends send you that claim that Bill Gates will give you money if you forward it to 10 friends? And how you always lose a bit of respect for the person sending it to you, as since like 1998 everyone knew they were BS? Well, don't judge me too quickly here, as this seems legit. More »
portable media
iPod Nano Signed by 'The Office' Cast Being Auctioned for Charity
Not the entire "The Office" cast, but some of them. This iPod nano was signed by Leslie David Barker (Stanley Hudson), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), Kate Flannery (Meredith), Angela Kinsey (Angela) and Phyllis Smith (Phyllis). Unfortunately, it lacks of the signatures of other notable characters like Steve Carell (Michael Scott) and Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), but hey, the iPod nano is pretty damn small. The auction, which is currently at $325, end on March 15 and all proceeds will benefit the Children's Defense Fund, Cure Autism Now and the emergency relief efforts in Darfur. Tax write-off! More »
software
Mix-O-Matic for Charity: It's the Thought That Counts
Mix it up with Mix-O-Matic, a charity project of the Warner Music Group where every music mix you create and send to the company's website results in a donation to Habitat for Humanity in your name. You download the small, easy-to-use Mix-O-Matic application, and put together your own "Jingle Bell Rock" mix. It's tons-o-fun. More »
portable media
Detroit Pistons Selling 1G iPod Shuffle Knockoff
We suppose now that the iPod Shuffle looks like a paperclip, this wouldn't be such a big deal. But we'd be remiss if we didn't show you the Detroit Piston's new MP3 player, which they apparently contracted a Chinese knockoff company to make. Notice the resemblance? Yeah. More »
peripherals
Save That Flash Drive: Vista Speedup or Tax-Deductable Gift
Are you accumulating flash drives in a bottom drawer somewhere? Don't throw them away just yet because you can use them with Microsoft Windows Vista. Plug any USB 2.0 flash memory drive that holds at least 256MB but no more than 4GB into your PC and Autoplay gives you a choice to invoke ReadyBoost, where Vista will use the drive's memory as an additional disk cache to speed things up. Just click Speed up My System and you're off and running. More »
announcements
Rock Out Tonight for the Kiddos at Fünde Razor II
Got nothing to do tonight? Live in the New York area? Hit up the Fünde Razor II. This is an event put on annually by Gizmodo's own alum, Joel Johnson, at the Barcade in Brooklyn, New York. At the event you can play some Guitar Hero, drink some mighty fine brews and also play classic arcade games. There will even be gaming competitions and a ROFL RAFL with proceeds benefiting The Children's Hospital of Montefiore in the Bronx, via the Child's Play Charity. More »
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