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The Road to CES: Liveblogs

Oh CES, how we love and despise you simultaneously. We love you because there’s just so much electronic goodness in your stinky, sweaty halls; but we hate you because there’s just so much stuff going on there that a person would have to spend a month to check out each and every gadget. There’s good…

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Nintendo Wireless Wavebird Controllers Discontinued, World Weeps

Although the GameCube didn’t really advance the gaming world in any giant steps on the software side, it did introduce to us the fact that a wireless controller can not suck. The wireless Wavebird controller, which eliminated wires in living rooms everywhere (not really everywhere, since we know how well the GC sold) has now…

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Apple Keynote Index Fund Lays Out Your Jobsnote Money-Making Chances

The unspoken conventional wisdom around MacWorld every year is that you can make a good deal of money buying up Apple stock before the keynote and dumping it afterwards, cashing in on hyped up traders high on Jobs’ ass fumes (a.k.a. his bullshit cloud or RDF). The Keynote Index Fund, however, lays out exactly how…

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Rumor Smashed: Sprint Still Selling LG Rumors, Just Can’t Keep Them in Stock

There was an rumor over the weekend about Sprint stopping sales of the LG Rumor due to a firmware erasure problem, so we got in contact with Sprint and got some information to set the record straight. No, Sprint hasn’t stopped sales of the Rumor—the reason why you can’t find it in stores is because…

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Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

If you really must have a way to watch those four seasons of Futurama DVDs anywhere you go, this Microvision SHOW handheld projector is the way to go. Not only is it about the size of a first or second-gen iPod, it can shoot out a 848×480 image (DVD quality) that’s anywhere from 12-inches to…

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Skype Coming to Sony PSP

Sony’s all for loading multimedia functions onto their consoles (portable or otherwise) to add value, so the addition of VoIP via Skype is something we can definitely see them doing. The feature’s listed on Sony’s CES site, along with internet radio and a few other features we already know about, like Remote Play. So it’s…

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Redfly Mobile Companion is the Palm Foleo For Windows Mobiles

Remember the Palm Foleo? This REDFLY Mobile Companion is just like that, except it’s for Windows Mobile phones. The MC looks like a small 8-inch screen laptop (styled in Famicom colors), has a keyboard and touchpad, but weighs 1.9 pounds and measures 9x6x1 inches. The point of this? To hook up to your Windows Mobile…

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Gizmodo Reader of the Year: David Bacio

Our official Gizmodo Reader of the Year for 2007 is David Bacio, also known as Deputy Sheriff David Bacio. He was one of the runners-up in the Inappropriate Gizmodo Browsing contest, submitting a picture of himself in front of a computer reading Gizmodo while at the station. So why is he the reader of the…

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iTunes Rentals Adds Disney to Stable, Might Not Get Others

It comes as no surprise when we hear that Disney has just joined Apple’s movie rental service (following Fox, late last week) seeing as Steve Jobs says “I”m hittin’ that” to both companies, but it does surprise us when Variety reports that Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. would not participate because of “various competitive reasons.”…

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Nokia N95 8GB Version on Nokia’s Site

Not a huge deal, but the Nokia N95 8GB US version is on their official site now, just aching for your $779. Update: this isn’t the US version like we talked about before, this still has European 3G. Sorry for the confusion. [NokiaUSA]

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Question of the Day: Watch or Cellphone For Telling Time?

Our last phone poll discovered that an astonishing 28% of our readers used iPhones—go ahead, see for yourself—which brings us to this question. Do you wear a wristwatch, or do you tell time using your cellphone? We’re about half and half here, most of the time wearing a watch but occasionally peeping at the time…

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Wii Officially Hacked?

Wii modchips have been around since the start of the year in one form or another, but some folks at the 24th Annual Chaos Communication Congress just demoed a new Wii hack that lets them have full access to the console, including all the hardware. By using a custom serial interface, they were able to…

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Kevin Smith Wii Was Made For Kevin Smith Himself

Click to viewOur buddy Ramon of modding fame has been busy lately, with the Rockstar Wii mod following up a long procession of mods anybody would be glad to call their own. This latest mod was comissioned specially for Kevin Smith, and features the four main characters from Clerks. Not only is the console itself…

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USB Credit Card Brings Korea to the 22nd Century

While we’re just now struggling to get credit cards that pay wirelessly, Korea’s already moved on to the next stage and made their credit card USB-compatible. Not only can you wave this thing in front of a register like Harry Potter trying to Wingardium Leviosa Hermione’s dress, you can plug this into your computer to…

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Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras of 2007

Not all of us like fitting a DSLR in our pants when we go on vacation, which is why DigitalCameraInfo’s best point-and-shoot cameras is useful for just about everyone. They graded on different criteria, with the Fuji F50fd taking the prize in resolution, the Sony T100 in least image noise, the Canon A570IS in color…

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How to Get Your iPhone Bill to $14.95 a month

Reader Brian tells us of a clever way that he’s gotten the already fair iPhone rate plan from AT&T down to a measly $14.95 a month, as long as you’ve got another AT&T plan to leech off of. Here’s how he did it: I talked with an AT&T rep, and while they weren’t excited to…

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Designer Piggybank is Disgustingly Clever

Derrik Wang wants to make sure you never break open your piggy bank just because you’re trying to scrounge up some beer money by making his piggy bank nauseatingly authentic. Not only do pig guts spill out when you break open the bank, the insides are rendered with blood as well, making sure you will…

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Bluetooth Headset Foils Crime, Makes Someone Else Look Like a D-Bag For a Change

We seldom find a use for wearing a Bluetooth headset on our ear when we’re not making calls, but this Wendy’s employee has found one of the only three valid exceptions. It all started when a potential robber went up and asked the two employees at local Wendy’s to open up a safe when one…

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Dealzmodo: MacMall has Mac Sales Until the New Year

The cheap and the unlucky who didn’t get anything from Apple for Xmas this year (that’d be us) will be happy to know that MacMall is holding a sale on just about all their stock from now until the end of the year. You can pick up some MacBooks for 7% off, iMacs for up…

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Radiator Harp Classes Up Your Cold Apartment, Burns Visitor’s Fingers

We’ve been lucky enough to live most of our lives in areas that have central heating, so we don’t quite have the experience of having an ugly radiator sitting in our rooms. For those of you who have, this harp radiator is just the thing to make your place that much more classy while at…

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Jason Chen

The Road to CES: Liveblogs

Nintendo Wireless Wavebird Controllers Discontinued, World Weeps

Apple Keynote Index Fund Lays Out Your Jobsnote Money-Making Chances

Rumor Smashed: Sprint Still Selling LG Rumors, Just Can’t Keep Them in Stock

Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

Skype Coming to Sony PSP

Redfly Mobile Companion is the Palm Foleo For Windows Mobiles

Gizmodo Reader of the Year: David Bacio

iTunes Rentals Adds Disney to Stable, Might Not Get Others

Nokia N95 8GB Version on Nokia’s Site

Question of the Day: Watch or Cellphone For Telling Time?

Wii Officially Hacked?

Kevin Smith Wii Was Made For Kevin Smith Himself

USB Credit Card Brings Korea to the 22nd Century

Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras of 2007

How to Get Your iPhone Bill to $14.95 a month

Designer Piggybank is Disgustingly Clever

Bluetooth Headset Foils Crime, Makes Someone Else Look Like a D-Bag For a Change

Dealzmodo: MacMall has Mac Sales Until the New Year

Radiator Harp Classes Up Your Cold Apartment, Burns Visitor’s Fingers

That Teenage Bout of Mono May Have a Troubling Second Act

We Landed on Mars, A.K.A. the Set of ‘For All Mankind’

DJI Mic 3 Bundle Quietly Falls Below Black Friday Price Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale Ends

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Artemis 2 Astronaut Offers Powerful Perspective on Going to the Moon Amid War

Anker Nano Travel Adapter Now Under $20 After a Sudden Price Drop, 5 Ports With Smart Temperature Control

Now Even A24 Is Clowning on Netflix’s Handling of ‘Steel Ball Run’

RAM Prices Are Killing Small Gaming Devices

An Embarrassing Mistake May Have Skewed Microplastics Research All Along

Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ Drops to All-Time Low as Amazon Shifts Into Clearance Mode After Spring Sale

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life