Charlie White, Author at Gizmodo

Electric Car Removed from Smithsonian, Replaced by SUV

Is it a case of bad timing, or is it a little fishy that just a week before the documentary critical of GM, Who Killed the Electric Car? is to be released that one of the few examples of the EV1 electric car in existence has been removed from the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 20 '06

Kodak EasyShare P712

Kodak is aiming high into the “superzoom” category with its EasyShare P712, a 7.1-megapixel digital camera. It has a 12x optical zoom that gives you the equivalent of 36mm-to-432mm of long-lensed goodness. Also along for the ride is a 2.5-inch LCD screen as well as a high-rez electronic viewfinder and 30fps 640×480 video capture capability.…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 20 '06

Dell Latitude D420 Ultraportable

Michael Dell made an offhand comment about it last month, and now his company has officially rolled out the Dell Latitude D420, a 3-pound lightweight laptop made of magnesium alloy and packing an Intel Core Solo processor that the company claims will last seven hours on a charge. The 12.1-inch widescreen notebook’s pricing starts at…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 20 '06

Gizmodo Today

Reviews Creative Live! Cam Voice Hands-On https://gizmodo.com/creative-live-cam-voice-hands-on-181758 Contest Gizmodo Idol Contest Final https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-idol-contest-final-181749 News Black DS Lite Photos Robot Ethics: To Sex Or Not To Sex Gizmodo Idol: Funny Honorable Mentions Batman Begins Casemod Lenovo F20: Coca Cola 2008 Olympic Themed Laptop Sharp DV-SV97H DVD/DivX Upconverting Player MediaMan HVX-3500 Reviewed (Verdict: Great, but no iTunes…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 20 '06

JVC DLA-HD10K 1080p Projector

The JVC DLA-HD10K uses D-ILA (Digital Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier) technology to pump out 1080p with a contrast ratio of 2500:1 but unfortunately with just 600 lumens of brightness. This D-ILA is JVC’s name for Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS or LCoS), a slightly different animal from garden-variety DLP, where it’s still a reflective…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Apple and Hollywood in a Stalemate So Far

Apple’s Steve Jobs is negotiating personally with Hollywood studios, standing firm on a flat $9.99 price for all movies, according to Variety magazine. But that’s holding up the deal, because movie studios want a tiered pricing scheme, giving them a $19.99 cap on movie prices, with older films going for $9.99. One studio executive close…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Make Your Own Air Conditioner

Our second cousins at Lifehacker tell us about a guy named Pete H. who got sick and tired of the sweltering heat and made his own air conditioner out of an aquarium pump, a fan, some copper tubing and a plastic box full of ice. After carefully arranging the copper tubing in front of a…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Digital Cowboy DC-SCDP1/256 Water-Resistant MP3 Player

Can’t be anywhere without those tunes? Get yourself the Digital Cowboy DC-SCDP1/256 water resistant stereo MP3/WMA player with AM/FM radio. It has 256MB of built-in memory and you can also slip in an SD memory card with capacity up to 1GB. If you don’t have an SD card, transferring tunes from your PC goes quickly…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Decorating with Circuit Boards

We’ve heard of wearable computers, but this is ridiculous. Now you can decorate yourself and your surroundings with total geektastic circuit boards in that oh-so-trendy color, boardset green. Just make sure it matches the carpet, perhaps in a nice AstroTurf. Get that special someone a pair of RAM earrings ($8.99), and wear a chip on…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Finger Drums Noisemaker

Now you can really bother that miscreant in the next cubicle with Finger Drums, a mouse pad-sized annoyance device whose manufacturer deliberately neglected to include a headphone jack. The touch-sensitive pad gives you an entire miniature electronic drum set at your disposal, including a snare drum, high hat, three tom toms, a bass drum and…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Design Concept: Sonoclean Ultrasonic Cleaning Device

When someone dreams up a design concept that will make washing dishes easier, our interest is piqued. This Sonoclean ultrasound cleaning device will take the place of that spray nozzle that pulls out of the kitchen sink, sending ultrasound waves through the sprayed water and blasting away dirt without the need for any dishwashing liquid.…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Designer Bluetooth: Jabra JX10

The Jabra JX10 is a great-looking Bluetooth headset, and after all, if you’re going to be wearing something all the time you want it to be great-looking. What? You don’t wear your Bluetooth headset all the time? Good. Don’t. Anyway, Jacob Jensen is the designer of this $180 bauble from Jabra, which is light as…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Olympus Voice Trek G-10

Olympus announced its Voice Trek G-10, a voice recorder whose corner slips off to reveal a USB jack which you plug directly into your PC to transfer your recordings. Its built-in 256MB of memory seems rather paltry until you realize that you can shoehorn 69 hours of low-quality audio recording into its mini form factor…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

BeatBuckle Keeps Your Hands Free

Wear that iPod right up front and center with the BeatBuckle, available for nano and the 30GB or 60GB iPod. This clear plastic belt buckle has a dual locking design to keep that iPod safe. Made by the same company that for some reason brought us the pointless NES buckle, this competitor to the silver-rimmed…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

DIY: Homemade Headphones

Some people in Ghana are doing more than just spamming us. Case in point: a kid named Prince Dzuckey of the Takoradi Technical Institute in Takoradi, Ghana who’s figured out how to make a pair of headphones out of a couple of old speakers, bottle caps, some wire and a few stray pieces of foam.…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 19 '06

Gizmodo Today

News Colorware MacBooks Now Available Vauxhall’s New Panoramic Windshields Luxury Bed With Built-In TV Averatec AV1150-EW1 Ultra-portable Laptop Baseball Players Using iPods To Scout Opposing Teams Pertelian X0240 On Sale For $44 Laser Hairbrush: Like a Real Brush, But Fake 10 Strangest PC Setups Shockolate Vault Time for the Word Catholic Clock Microsoft Close To…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 17 '06

Design Concept: Shumidor for the Stinkfoot

Of course, none of your Gizmodo team or any of you readers have this problem, but somebody out there has the stinkfoot. That’s where this design concept called the Shumidor might be able to help. It has an “ionic blade” that silently circulates air around any exposed surface within. According to Shumidor designer Michael Kurtzer,…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 16 '06

dJays Earphones: Get Rid of the Noise

This old world’s too noisy, and any attempt to isolate our eardrums from all that racket is certainly welcome. The next attempt at vanquishing the cacophony is Swedish company Jay’s, showing us its d-Jays earphones that are said to eliminate up to 90% of ambient noise. The great thing about sound isolation is, when you…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 16 '06

Road Runner Troubles: Is It Us?

We suspect that Internet service providers are usually tightlipped about network outages and such, but we’ve had a first-hand experience with that in the past few days. Our Midwest contingent experienced numerous connectivity issues, and called Time Warner’s Road Runner tech support. After a series of useless troubleshooting, they insisted the problem was ours, saying…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 16 '06

Father’s Day: Montegrappa for Ferrari Pen

Father’s Day is just a couple of days away, so here’s an idea for that sporty dad: How about a limited-edition Ferrari pen by Montegrappa, available as a fountain pen, rollerball or capped ballpoint? They’re sterling silver, lacquered in Racing Red or Modena Yellow, or you can go all-out with one in 18-karat yellow gold…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 16 '06

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Electric Car Removed from Smithsonian, Replaced by SUV

Kodak EasyShare P712

Dell Latitude D420 Ultraportable

Gizmodo Today

JVC DLA-HD10K 1080p Projector

Apple and Hollywood in a Stalemate So Far

Make Your Own Air Conditioner

Digital Cowboy DC-SCDP1/256 Water-Resistant MP3 Player

Decorating with Circuit Boards

Finger Drums Noisemaker

Design Concept: Sonoclean Ultrasonic Cleaning Device

Designer Bluetooth: Jabra JX10

Olympus Voice Trek G-10

BeatBuckle Keeps Your Hands Free

DIY: Homemade Headphones

Gizmodo Today

Design Concept: Shumidor for the Stinkfoot

dJays Earphones: Get Rid of the Noise

Road Runner Troubles: Is It Us?

Father’s Day: Montegrappa for Ferrari Pen

Katie Dippold Knows You Want More Rosemary and Dale on ‘Widow’s Bay’

Microsoft Mulls China’s DeepSeek for Copilot, Probably to Trump’s Chagrin

OpenAI Is Growing Fast. Its Losses Are Growing Faster

Tesla’s Cybercab May Be Its Most Efficient EV Yet, Despite a Very Slow Rollout of Its Robotaxi Service

This $1.33 VPN is the Cheapest Way to Stream World Cup 2026 Anywhere (All 104 Matches)

‘Hexed’ Teaser Trailer Casts a Charming Spell

How to Watch Iraq vs Norway Live Stream Free From Anywhere

Trump Just Lost His War on Wind Energy

Lee Sung Jin Promises a ‘Really Exciting New Take’ on the X-Men

Under Trump, DOJ Moves to Intervene in NAACP Lawsuit in Support of Musk’s xAI

Maingear MG-1 (2026) Review: A Clean, Serene Gaming Machine for a Premium Price

Segway Navimow X430 Review: A Featureful Mow-Bot

GoPro Mission 1 Pro Review: The Best GoPro, Just Not the Best Camera

The Best Tech Gifts for Father’s Day 2026

This Ultrasonic Knife Is More Than Just a Gimmick—at Least Sometimes

Razer Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed Review: Exceptionally Mediocre

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Sony 1000X The Collexion Review: Too Expensive for Anyone but Sony Superfans

Alienware Fixed the One Problem With the Area-51, and Now I’m Afraid I Love It

Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Max Review: Wireless Earbuds With Enough Features to Make Your Head Spin