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U.S. Travelers Lose 12,000 Laptops Every Week

All you travelers coming home tomorrow from your wild and crazy Independence Day weekend vacations, don't be one of 12,000 people who lose their laptops at airports every week. That's right, that ain't no typo—12,000 dudes and dudettes somehow manage to misplace their portable computers every seven days. That's 600,000 machines a year, many containing sensitive information that companies need to account for. More »

9:30 PM on Sat Jul 5 2008
By Elaine Chow
10,656 views, 66 comments

news

Nintendo Not Slashing Console Prices

Bad news, bargain hunters; Nintendo has gone on record saying there are no imminent price cuts for the Nintendo Wii or DS. Satoru Iwata, the company's president, said he did not believe in the "model" of price slashing, as it tends to leave early adopters feeling a little disheartened. Though we do agree, surely early adopters are well out of their honeymoon phase by now? With Nintendo's profits soaring to new heights, they're not exactly looking for a quick dollar, so perhaps the move makes a little sense. Still, Nintendo is not expecting to make as much cash on DS hardware sales in the coming year, which means there are a few more eggs in a Wii basket somewhere. The exact DS stats breakdown like this: More »

1:35 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Haroon Malik
3,405 views, 17 comments

Latest by megaforte: Dicks more »

press

Americans Choose Computer Over Spouse; Culture Officially in Decline

From the depressing and disheartening statistics department: 65% of Americans choose to spend more time with their home computer than with their spouse or significant other. Seriously guys? I'd like to think that the relationship I am having with my computer right now is strictly platonic and is far from the most meaningful of my life. More »

10:01 AM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Adam Frucci
323 views, 33 comments

home entertainment

Holiday Hangover: Christmas by the Numbers

$457.4 billion - 2006 holiday sales
$435.6 billion - 2005 holiday sales
$93.2 billion - donations given to religious organizations, the top recipient of aid
$38.6 billion - donated to education, the second largest sector
$1.2 billion - value of Christmas ornaments imported from China
842 million mph - speed Santa traveled to visit all 842,000,000 houses on his route
$485 million - US farmers' Christmas tree sales revenue in 2005.
51.7 million - people who shopped online from work for holiday gifts in 2005
46 million - households with an artificial Christmas tree this year
36 million- estimated number of real Christmas trees sold in 2006
22 million - households without a Christmas tree this year More »

8:10 AM on Tue Dec 26 2006
By Charlie White
1,496 views, 2 comments

Latest by infmom: $5 -- amount collected by Giz Wiz staff to get Brian to pose for the photo! more »

announcements

Gizmodo Analytics: January '06's Most Popular Stories

• Live From AVN: This Ain t No Willie Wonka
The people have spoken. Hand-made chocolate dongs are clearly our most important work. More »

2:35 PM on Thu Feb 2 2006
By Joel
53 views, Comment