Haroon Malik, Author at Gizmodo

LG T80 PMP Packs in Touchscreen, DVB for Europeans

LG has just revealed the T80 PMP, which has the makings of a promising media player, at least for the Europeans. The T80 boasts a 3-inch, 260k color (420 x 240) touchscreen, supports MPEG, MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, ASF, JPEG, TXT files, has an FM tuner, integrated microphone and a DVB-T receiver, which blows for…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 13

Andre Kutscherauer Robot Art Reminds Us Not to be Cocky

Check out these awesome CGI images, all put together by Andre Kutscherauer, a super-talented 3D artist. The works all include some form of evil robot madness, and with titles such as Brute Force, Selfillumination and Dandelion of Screws, how could we be anything but massively impressed? If you think we’re talking junk, as usual, dive…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 12

Buran Space Shuttle Floats Along the Rhine

The Buran space shuttle was once the apple of the Soviet space fleet’s eye. Unfortunately, it has now been reduced to floating peacefully down the river Rhine, where it will eventually come to rest at the Technik Museum Speyer in Mannheim, Germany. The great shuttle took to the skies only once during an unmanned test…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 12

Penguin to Launch Ebooks Alongside Regular Releases

The international publisher, Penguin, has decided to hop onto the ebook bandwagon, by promising regular book launches to be held in conjunction with their ebook counterparts. Unfortunately, the prices will not be lowered for the ebook varieties, but Penguin will offer direct downloads from their website. Regardless, simultaneous release dates with new hardbacks, availability (eventually)…

Commerce Haroon Malik Apr 12

Sony Mylo 2 Software Upgrade Brings WMV Support, Other Stuff

A software upgrade to v1.1000 is now available for the Sony Mylo 2. The update brings WMV file support, a games shortcut on the home screen and SHOUTcast widget compatibility. Get your upgrade on by hitting the link, and if you notice any other improvements, drop them in the comments below. [Sony via Pocketables]

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 12

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

The OpenMoko Neo Freerunner has been in the making since before the Jurassic period, but it looks like official word has now been released regarding the final pricing details. The Linux based cellphone will retail at $399 for a single unit and $3690 for a pack containing ten handsets. https://gizmodo.com/openmoko-neo-freerunner-linux-smartphone-hands-on-341755 Currently, the OpenMoko fellows have…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 12

Eee PC 900 Gets Unboxed

With the release of Eee PC 900 imminent, the folks at XEPC have managed to get their grubby little mitts on a final production model. Not only that, but they’ve posted the glorious unboxing pictures all over the tubes for you to see. Features that are now definitely definite, include: 8.9-inch display (1024 x 600),…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 12

Kohijinsha SR8KPO6S is 7-Inch UMPC With Optical Drive

The Kohijinsha SR8KPO6S fits a DVD burner into its tiny, 9.2 x 7 x 1.3 inch chassis. As if that were not enough to stick it in the Eee’s face, the 7-inch (1024 x 600) display also boasts touchscreen functionality, an 800Mhz CPU, 60GB HDD, Wi-Fi g support and weighs in at 2.4lbs. The battery…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 10

Doks Emporium Doll House TV May Be World’s Smallest Functional Set

So you’ve kept your doll’s house a dirty little secret for the last seven years, but you’ve always felt bad about Polly Pocket not having a functional TV to watch the latest episodes of Desperate Housewives, right? Worry no more! Doks Emporium will provide for you a fully functional, 1:12 scale TV unit. Yes, it…

Television Haroon Malik Apr 10

Dell Rumored to Join Low-Cost Mini-Laptop Race

According to an anonymous source from Compal Electronics, Dell is stepping into the low-cost UMPC market sometime before June, following in the steps of Asus and HP. The source says Compal will deliver 200,000 to 300,000 units per month initially. [CNN] https://gizmodo.com/9-takes-on-asus-eee-pc-318732

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 9

Cool G108 Watch Phone Won’t Make You Cool

It’s sad but true; wearing a watch phone isn’t going to make you cool, not unless your name begins in “Dick” and ends in “Tracy.” Nevertheless, the crew at Cool have put together the G108 watch phone to try and sway you. The G108 has a round face and a clamshell design; under the watch-face…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 9

Super Talent 8GB Flash Drive is World’s Smallest

The chaps at Super Talent are not only incredibly modest, talented and super, but they must also be fantastically tiny to have put together the world’s smallest 8GB flash drive. (Flawless logic, I’m sure you’ll agree.) Retailing at $35, the price is pretty reasonable, at least until you drop it into your chest hair and…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 8

Universal ECG is World’s Smallest, Sedates Your Curiosity Anywhere

DRE, the Louisville medical tech company, has just unleashed the world’s smallest ECG system. The compact device consists of the obligatory 12 leads and a small attachment that carries the necessary software for ECG interpretation. The Universal ECG hooks directly up to desktop PCs, laptops or Pocket PCs running Windows XP or 2000. Unlike old…

Health Haroon Malik Apr 8

What You Missed Last Weekend

Here’s the best of weekend Giz. We have no idea why you missed it, but we’ll let you off this time. Jump in for the roundup. • Walt said the 3G iPhone was coming in June. • Quake 3 made it to the iPhone, supposedly. • A Mac was pictured with 150 apps running, completely…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 7

Egoman PMP Has 4.3-Inch Touchscreen, 16M Color Displaying

Egoman’s latest PMP, the MP810RSTD-43 bears an impressive, 4.3-inch touchscreen, which supports 16.7 million colors, and that just about sets it apart from the other iPod touch clones sitting it out in PMP purgatory. The device will playback WVI and RMVB at 30 fps, is just 7.2mm thick and will happily playback MP3, WMA, ADPCM,…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 6

Hi Volt Antivirus Brings Unorthodox Safety Measure to Your Lappie

We’ve seen awesome Tesla coil art many times before, and the latest addition to the catalog is no exception. With Christmas decorations, a vehicle anti-theft device and allied soldiers all getting the Tesla treatment, it was only a matter of time before the humble laptop entered into the realms of electrical greatness. These images are…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 6

Seekway 3D LED Cube Amazes in Glorious Color Phasing Fashion

Seekway has put together this spectacular 3D LED display, which is capable of displaying images in full 3D (duh) at an amazing, 30 fps. The prototype consists of a 16 x 16 x 16 grid of interconnected color LEDs and if our mathematics doesn’t fail us, that’s 4096 individual diodes. We’re sure you’ll agree; it…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Apr 6

Xbox 360: Will it Microwave?

It’s Sunday, and it just wouldn’t be right if a group of destructive loons were not prepared to put their faulty, plausibly repairable Xbox 360 into a microwave. Naturally, the mob breathed in the ensuing toxic fumes happily, all in the name of science comedy and cheap thrills. That kind of devotion we must salute,…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 6

Adobe Knew of Vista PWN 2 OWN Hack All Along

The PWN 2OWN contest, as we all know, saw the Mac OS X weed crumble first, with Vista following soon after. Ubuntu was the only OS that was impenetrable to attack, but news is surfacing that Vista should have had a longer lifeline, if only Adobe had patched the flaw they knew about all along.…

Tech News Haroon Malik Apr 6

Talking Tissue Box Doubles Your Pain

When you’re ill, sneezing all about the place and with enough mucus in your esophagus to grow a bacterial colony big enough to take over the world, the last thing you need is the Talking Tissue Box. Why? Well, all it does is either cough or sneeze each time you reach out for a tissue.…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Apr 6

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LG T80 PMP Packs in Touchscreen, DVB for Europeans

Andre Kutscherauer Robot Art Reminds Us Not to be Cocky

Buran Space Shuttle Floats Along the Rhine

Penguin to Launch Ebooks Alongside Regular Releases

Sony Mylo 2 Software Upgrade Brings WMV Support, Other Stuff

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

Eee PC 900 Gets Unboxed

Kohijinsha SR8KPO6S is 7-Inch UMPC With Optical Drive

Doks Emporium Doll House TV May Be World’s Smallest Functional Set

Dell Rumored to Join Low-Cost Mini-Laptop Race

Cool G108 Watch Phone Won’t Make You Cool

Super Talent 8GB Flash Drive is World’s Smallest

Universal ECG is World’s Smallest, Sedates Your Curiosity Anywhere

What You Missed Last Weekend

Egoman PMP Has 4.3-Inch Touchscreen, 16M Color Displaying

Hi Volt Antivirus Brings Unorthodox Safety Measure to Your Lappie

Seekway 3D LED Cube Amazes in Glorious Color Phasing Fashion

Xbox 360: Will it Microwave?

Adobe Knew of Vista PWN 2 OWN Hack All Along

Talking Tissue Box Doubles Your Pain

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