Haroon Malik, Author at Gizmodo

RIM Device Users Are Having a Gay Old Time

A survey of business smartphone users has declared those using BlackBerries to be the most satisfied. Palm and Samsung offerings both drew in second place. The main six areas that were surveyed included OS, physical design, ease of operation, audio quality, battery life and utility feature set. RIM excelled in areas concerning battery life and…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 4

Sharp to Step Up Investment in Solar Cell Technology

Official reports from Sharp indicate the company is set to invest heavily in thin film silicon solar cells in the coming year. The production shall take place at Sharp’s Nara Prefecture plant in Japan. Sharp currently stands as the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer, but is not meeting the growing demand. The new cells will…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 4

Sony Ericsson Pre-Christmas Cellphone Lineup Leaked?

Those crazy cats at Cellpassion are quite confidently picking November 6th as a proposed launch date for three new Sony Ericsson cellphones. Cellphonepassion has managed to get a few pics together, they are not great quality, but it offers a feel of what may be coming: Apparently the handsets will include the W890i, which will…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 4

Breath Powered USB Charger Puts Your CO2 to Good Use

The great lads at Instructables have put together a USB charger that relies on your end product of expiration, CO2, to get your gadgets charged up. Specifically, it functions on breath power rather than CO2 itself. By attaching to your weedy chest, a generator is driven to produce energy by a system of pulleys that…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Nov 4

J-Lo Gresso USB Drive Will Abuse Your Wallet, Dignity

Gresso, the makers of all things ridiculous and overpriced, have hit home with their worst idea ever. They intend to pre load their ridiculous and overpriced flash drives with new albums by artists no one is any longer interested in. The first (and possibly last) offering will be Jennifer Lopez’s new album, Brave, which will…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 4

Micro Center Gives $40 Rebate on Leopard OS X

If you are yet to take the plunge to Leopard OS X, perhaps Micro Center’s excellent $40 rebate on all Leopard OS X purchases shall convince you? That’s right, until 11/11 all qualifying purchasers will be able to claim a $40 mail-in rebate, the application form is available for download on Micro Center’s website. Hit…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 4

Andy Rubin Knows What the Google Phone Really is

An excellent article in the New York Times looks at Andy Rubin, Google’s director of mobile platforms, and tries to uncover what the gPhone really shall become in the ever evolving mobile market. The NYT is confident referring to the gPhone as a “software” package, rumors of which we have heard countless times. According to…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 4

Ben Heck’s Definitive Atari Mod Mega Timeline

Console modding extraordinaire Ben Heckendorn is up to it again; reminding us that, yes, he is still selling his sexy revision 5.1 Atari handhelds for $350 and a sacrificial 2600. The Atari Rev 5.1 really is his most complete system yet, including built-in paddle controller, difficulty switches and player 2 port for multiplayer games. And…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Nov 4

OLPC XO Laptop for $20*

*You know about OLPC’s Give 1 Get 1 initiative, where buyers will purchase a XO laptop for $399 , and included in the price will be the cost for a second laptop to be donated to a third world child. To back the plan, T-Mobile shall be offering one year’s complimentary Wi-Fi HotSpot access for…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

Wedgie Proof Underwear Makes Us Recall the Bad Times

Two 8-year old geniuses have invented wedgie proof underwear—more than a decade too late for us. Simplicity is the key to all great design, as the inventors showed when they presented the Rip Away 1000 on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is the most unlikely platform for the display of the 8-year olds prodigious talents.…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

Hop1883 Entry Level GPS Phone is Like Lindsay

The great guys over at Navigadget just heard word of an entry level phone with GPS functionality. The new cellphone, called the Hop1883, will be offered by Hop-On Wireless, and has the classic candy bar form factor. Beyond being cheap and not bad looking (like Lindsay Lohan), the Hop1883 will be tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz, with…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

Wooden Keyboard Obligates a “Having Wood” Joke

We have already declared our love for wooden keyboards, but Geeks.com’s offering has stolen our hearts without defiling our wallets. At only $20 for a mouse and keyboard, made from the original hard stuff, we are not too sure what more you could ask of the fine people at Geeks.com, nay, of life. Though the…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

Drymer V0.5 Electric Bike May Make Your Face Melt

Drymer has produced a working three wheeled electric bike prototype, and the way electric bikes go, theirs looks pretty snazzy. The three wheeler, named the v0.5, boasts a motor capable of producing 250 watts, which will reach a maximum speed of 25 km/h. If your face tends to melt at such speeds, purchase with caution.…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

Giant Donkey Kong Game, Need I Say More?

The Computer Game Museum in Berlin has accomplished two things to make fanboys, such as ourselves, very moist. Firstly, they have created a museum dedicated to computer games and secondly, the institution has produced a mahoosive reconstruction of the classic Donkey Kong game using scaffolding. That is large. Lap it up fellow fanboys, lap it…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

Watch the DARPA Urban Challenge Final Live, Don’t Forget About Us

If you are planning on showing Gizmodo no love this morning, we shall excuse you if you ditch us for the awesome DARPA Urban Challenge. The DARPA Urban Challenge hopes to pursue technologies that may replace humans on the battlefield. Teams enter an unmanned, robotic and autonomous vehicle, which is released in a mock city…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 3

NEC’s Nissan Micra Laptop Pushes You Closer to the Brink

If you live in Japan and drive a stripy Nissan Micra (March), we are so sorry. Still, if you desperately want an NEC Nissan branded laptop to match said vehicle, you are in luck. NEC has just announced an equally grotesque laptop, finished with enough stripes to create an accomplished rock band. Beyond the eccentric…

Tech News Haroon Malik Oct 31

EZfetch Allows Media Content Streaming From Nokia Handsets

We like Nokia’s N series smartphones, and thanks to the EZfetch, we like them a little more. The EZfetch allows Nokia N series cellphones, with Wi-Fi, to stream media content straight to either a digital TV or audio system. The device also adds the option of using your Nokia as a remote control for the…

Tech News Haroon Malik Oct 31

Calculator Belt Buckle Makes Us Chuckle

How much of a douche nozzle must you be to replace your standard belt buckle with one that doubles up as a calculator? Apparently, a market exists for such persons, as indicated by the Calculator Belt Buckle. Yes, for $10 you can do away with your dignity and simultaneously purchase a chrome calculator/belt buckle. If…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Oct 31

Hologram and Predator Invisibility Effects Come to iChat, Princess Leia Reenactments Impending

A wail of grief from the great heavens was heard when it was announced the Star Wars hologram effect did not make it to iChat. Mourn no longer, for a giant among men at Macrumors, who goes by the name of elbows, has made the impossible possible. He is still perfecting the effect, but while…

Tech News Haroon Malik Oct 30

iPhone Mod Thinks Differently

With iPhones selling like hot cakes that have web browsing, call making and photo taking capabilities, it is hard to make your device really sit out from the crowd. Well, Mark over at Geek Technique has given his iPhone a rather striking retro black paint job, topped off with the old technicolor Apple logo. We…

Tech News Haroon Malik Oct 30

Haroon Malik

RIM Device Users Are Having a Gay Old Time

Sharp to Step Up Investment in Solar Cell Technology

Sony Ericsson Pre-Christmas Cellphone Lineup Leaked?

Breath Powered USB Charger Puts Your CO2 to Good Use

J-Lo Gresso USB Drive Will Abuse Your Wallet, Dignity

Micro Center Gives $40 Rebate on Leopard OS X

Andy Rubin Knows What the Google Phone Really is

Ben Heck’s Definitive Atari Mod Mega Timeline

OLPC XO Laptop for $20*

Wedgie Proof Underwear Makes Us Recall the Bad Times

Hop1883 Entry Level GPS Phone is Like Lindsay

Wooden Keyboard Obligates a “Having Wood” Joke

Drymer V0.5 Electric Bike May Make Your Face Melt

Giant Donkey Kong Game, Need I Say More?

Watch the DARPA Urban Challenge Final Live, Don’t Forget About Us

NEC’s Nissan Micra Laptop Pushes You Closer to the Brink

EZfetch Allows Media Content Streaming From Nokia Handsets

Calculator Belt Buckle Makes Us Chuckle

Hologram and Predator Invisibility Effects Come to iChat, Princess Leia Reenactments Impending

iPhone Mod Thinks Differently

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

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Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

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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

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