Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

RIM to Bring More BlackBerry Apps to Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile users who are already on the BlackBerry network thanks to the latter’s BlackBerry Connect service will be happy to hear that RIM’s bringing even more BB apps to your phone. Running only on Windows Mobile 6 devices, the app will add support for “email, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging…

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Wi-Fi May Cause Death, Or Something Even More Serious

The chairman of the British Health Protection Agency is worried about all that Wi-Fi coverage everywhere. Sir William Stewart is calling for a formal investigation as to whether all that wireless radiation from Starbucks, your house and free municipal access is giving you health problems. Good thing you’re not this British Woman, who’s totally allergic…

Health Jason Chen

Microsoft Labs’ Photosynth Creates 3D Environments From Your Vacation Photos

Reader Dennis turns us on to another really cool test product from Microsoft’s labs called Photosynth. It’s a bit of software that takes a huge collection of photos of a single place—say all the Flickr pictures tagged with that location name—and organizes them into a 3D landscape. What this gets you is the ability to…

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Shocking Stapler

Ensure that nobody ever borrows your stapler again with this real-looking Shocking Stapler. It’s even colored red like Milton’s, which means your co-workers are all the more tempted to grab for it as they drop by unannounced while you’re trying to get some work done. The only downside is that it’s not a real stapler,…

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Bluetooth Anal Probe

Not “technically” designed to work in anuses, this Intelliprobe from E-Control transmits temperatures wirelessly to any Bluetooth-enabled PDA running Windows Mobile 2003 or higher. What better way for lazy doctors to stay in their offices than to remotely control a robot arm with this on the end to read temperatures? Product Page [eControlSystems]

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HTC Vox Video Walkthrough

If you’re a fan of HTC’s smartphones but really don’t like the big bulge it puts into your pants, the Vox could be the phone for you. Refresher stats: slide-out QWERTY, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, EDGE, microSD and Windows Mobile 6. Take a look at the extensive, and some would say overkill, six-minute video to get…

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Dealzmodo: Maxtor/Seagate 500GB Hard Drives $119

Your local Fry’s electronics has both a 500GB Seagate Serial ATA/300 or a 500GB Maxtor Ultra DMA/100 internal hard drive on sale for $119 with no rebate. This is a pretty decent deal, as the cheapest Newegg’s got 500GB hard drives for is $129. Your homemade DVR will thank you. Netaffilia

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Sony Ericsson W970 Leaked Shots

There aren’t many details about this Sony Ericsson W970 yet, but we do know that it’s going to be in a swivel form factor, have 512MB of internal memory, video recording and landscape-view video playback. If this really is the W970, then this, along with the W999, looks like it’s going to make up the…

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Plasma Cabinet Lifts, Separates

Despite not really saving space—you can’t put anything either on top of this cabinet or inside of it if it’s hidden—this Plasma Lift should be a hit with the ladies. Why? Because they really hate electronics being out in the open. With the remote, your $6,000 Plasma TV glides easily out of the hutch and…

Television Jason Chen

RIM Gives Reason for BlackBerry Outage

Just a quick note for you BB users who are still peeved you couldn’t get your email earlier this week. The outage was caused by RIM installing an “insufficiently tested” piece of software, which cut off service to all 5 million of you. After that, they tried switching to a backup system, which actually compounded…

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Wii at Best Buy Sunday April 22

If you’re still on the lookout for a Nintendo Wii, hop down to your local Best Buy this Sunday really early to get a chance to pick one up. Tipster Ryan tells us that the Wii will be featured in all Sunday ads, and therefore will guarantee at least a 12-unit stock in all stores.…

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Amazon Kindle eReader Gets More Details: Pricing, Time Frame, Features

Details have been scarce on the Amazon Kindle eReader since we first saw it last September, but some publishers have actually gotten to play with it now that we’re nearing the spring release date. First, the price is going to be above $400. Seeing as the Sony reader is fetching somewhere around $300 to $350,…

Commerce Jason Chen

Microsoft’s Xbox Live Anywhere Explored

Microsoft’s latest patent filing is finally giving us a deeper look into what they plan to do with their Live Anywhere service. Even though it’s been a year since Microsoft first demoed the Live Anywhere concept—which promises connectivity from all devices into the same Xbox network—at E3 2006, the only advancement we’ve seen is the…

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Digital Bath Spout Cover Keeps Kids From Crying About the Bathwater

Instead of manually checking the water with your hands to make sure it’s not too warm or cold, just plop on this digital bath spout cover and be done with it. The easy-to-read display shows both the temperature in number form and in color form. Once you get your water just right, dump your child…

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HTC’s Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade Roadmap Shows at Least a June Wait

Most of us with Windows Mobile smartphones made by HTC are still waiting for the official WM6 upgrade ROMs before upgrading. After all, walking up to the store with a bricked phone made by some ROM we found on the Net isn’t our idea of a good time. Good news, as HTC’s just released their…

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Roomba With Airsoft Gun and Laser Sight Terrorizes Ankles

What do you get when you combine a Roomba, a laser sight and an airsoft gun? Something cats are really, really afraid of. Modder Chris Myers first hacked his Roomba to be controlled by Bluetooth, which he then used to bring him wine from across the room. After getting hammered, he decided to mount a…

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VIOLight’s Toothbrush Sanitizer

Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Jerry dropped his girlfriend’s toothbrush into the toilet (played by Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis, incidentally) and he never told her? If he had this VIOLight, he wouldn’t have had to throw out the entire contents of his apartment. The VIOLight kills 99.9% of germs (which incidentally breeds…

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Samsung and Microsoft to Exchange Patent Info – Will This Help the Zunephone?

Remember the deal you made with the smart kid in school where he would let you cheat off his test and you would promise not to steal his lunch money? Samsung and Microsoft’s just gone and done the same thing, except in their case they both fight for the nerd spot and the bully position…

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Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Update for April

Microsoft’s just thrown down a brand new Xbox 360 backward compatibility update that adds or updates about 40 titles (give or take) to the list of Xbox games it can play. If you remember back to GDC, you’ll know that Microsft’s planning on ramping down the BC efforts after ’07. So unless they pull out…

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Today in Insanity: Jack Thompson Blames Bill Gates for VT Shooting

Not content in just blaming video games and video game creators, Jack Thompson’s now blaming Bill Gates for what happened at Virginia Tech. An exerpt: As you know, I similalry [sic] went on NBC’s Today Show with the DC Beltway Sniper still unidentified and at-large a few years ago and told Matt Lauer and the…

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RIM to Bring More BlackBerry Apps to Windows Mobile 6

Wi-Fi May Cause Death, Or Something Even More Serious

Microsoft Labs’ Photosynth Creates 3D Environments From Your Vacation Photos

Shocking Stapler

Bluetooth Anal Probe

HTC Vox Video Walkthrough

Dealzmodo: Maxtor/Seagate 500GB Hard Drives $119

Sony Ericsson W970 Leaked Shots

Plasma Cabinet Lifts, Separates

RIM Gives Reason for BlackBerry Outage

Wii at Best Buy Sunday April 22

Amazon Kindle eReader Gets More Details: Pricing, Time Frame, Features

Microsoft’s Xbox Live Anywhere Explored

Digital Bath Spout Cover Keeps Kids From Crying About the Bathwater

HTC’s Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade Roadmap Shows at Least a June Wait

Roomba With Airsoft Gun and Laser Sight Terrorizes Ankles

VIOLight’s Toothbrush Sanitizer

Samsung and Microsoft to Exchange Patent Info – Will This Help the Zunephone?

Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Update for April

Today in Insanity: Jack Thompson Blames Bill Gates for VT Shooting

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