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PSP 3.40 Firmware Update Enables Playing of PS1 Save Games from PS3

Sony’s just dumped version 3.40 of the PSP firmware to coincide with the new features that last night’s PS3 update brought to us. Namely, you can now used save game data from your PS3. Probably also increased compatibility for downloaded PS1 titles as well. Yipee! https://gizmodo.com/ps3-1-7-firmware-available-enables-more-backwardness-253541 Sony PSP Firmware 3.40 Released [i4u]

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Infrared Soap Dispenser Makes Your Home Like a Public Toilet

Really savor the feeling of using sinks in public bathrooms? Now you can get halfway there with this infrared soap dispenser. All you need to do is add 4 AA batteries, pour in some liquid soap, spray some pee around and below the rim of the toilet, smear poop in the wall next to where…

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Hua Long’s IP2000 iPhone Clone Arrives

Following Meizu and Deeda‘s lead, Hua Long‘s introducing a phone that bears quite a bit of resemblance to Apple’s iPhone. However, other than looks, there’s not much else that resembles the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/deedas-pi-phone-fools-nobody-252482 The innards house a dual-band GSM phone with a 3.5-inch non-touch screen, 2-megapixel camera, MP3/3GP/MP4 playback and just a VGA resolution. Excuse…

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USB Chess Set Lets You Beat Kasparov (But I Barely Know Him!)

This USB chess board combines the best mediocre of the digital world with the real world, letting you move real pieces when you play against a computer program. The bundled software surely isn’t as good as Chessmaster or any of the established chess programs, but does let you take screenshots of your current game (it…

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PS3 1.7 Firmware Available, Enables More Backwardness

We’re about to fire up the old PS3 and download the latest 1.70 firmware update, but here’s what we know about it so far: The update lets you play original PS1 games that you download for your PSP on your PS3. Plus, whatever saved games you accrue when doing so can get transferred over to…

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Haier Releases Black Pearl as Elegance

Remember that incredibly tiny Haier Black Pearl we reviewed last year? It looks like they’ve gone and re-dubbed it the Elegance. It still has the same features we saw in our review—OLED display, FM radio, MP3 player, and Bluetooth—but we’re not sure if any of the problems we encountered were fixed. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-haier-black-pearl-review-verdict-a-tiny-but-209535 Hop on over…

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Moto LAZR Reviewed (Verdict: Luxurious)

Following up on Bengalboy’s first look at the Motorola LAZR, he’s finally gotten around to reviewing the unit (we think he spent the last month trying to get another unit after his model dropped the first one into that tub). So what does he think? https://gizmodo.com/fresh-photos-and-video-motorola-lazr-if-that-is-your-246980 Well, the voice command is fantastic, as is the…

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Clippy Tries to do One Last Good Deed!

Clippy may be dead and gone, but here’s a video of him trying to do one last good deed before being killed off. If you’re not familiar with Karl Rove, check that link. Karl Rove’s Last Chance to Do Right… or, Less Wrong, Anyway [This Just In – Thanks Eric!]

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Bulgari Makes a Phone Strap

Whether you spell it Bulgari or Bvlgari, you have to admire the luxury designer’s entrance into a market previously dominated by cheapo Japanese models. This strap is made of “supple black calf leather” and palladium, which means $3.99 this strap is not. The other feature, if cellphone straps could have features, is that the strap…

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Rumor Smashed: Microsoft Not Selling Fuel Cell Chargers

Ignore that rumor about Microsoft making fuel cell rechargers for the Zune. The company’s just said they’re only ordering these things to give away at events such as CES, CTIA and AVN. What, you didn’t see Microsoft’s booth at AVN? It was pure debauchery. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-ordering-fuel-cell-rechargers-for-the-zune-252497 Microsoft Denies it Will Sell Fuel Cells [PC World]

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A Moment of Reflection

Not to bum everyone out or anything—this is a gadget blog after all—but here’s a comic titled “The History of Technology” on No Exit by Andy Singer. It’s pretty much self-explanatory, so we’ll just pose this question to our readers: Do you think all the gadgets we’ve amassed are making us more happy, less happy,…

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Coiled USB Cable is Genius in Cable Form

When did coiling up cables go out of style? Was it when people stopped using corded landline phones in favor of cordless ones? In any case, we’re pretty excited at these coiled-up USB 2.0 cables from x-tremegeek. There are three cables, an A-B type, an A to mini B, and a male to female for…

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Hands-On With Kangaroom’s Cable Organizers

We’ve covered Kangaroom’s organizers a bit before, but for the uninitiated, they specialize in making organizers that either hide or arrange your cables and gadgets in a neat way. https://gizmodo.com/kangaroom-power-strip-organizer-hides-your-shame-246597 We’ve got the Cellphone Charging Station, the Phone/PDA Charging Station, the Divided Cord Storage & Organizer, and the Travel Cord Storage & Charger Storage. If…

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Saitek’s Obsidian Mouse Scrolls By Touch

Saitek Obsidian mouse could be the sexiest mouse they’ve made as far as we can remember. Much more useful than the Easter mice, the Obsidian has a touch-sensitive scrolling pad instead of a scroll wheel, two back/forward buttons on the sides, and a 1000 DPI sensor. Oh, and it looks like an Obsidian rock. Our…

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Tango Wings UMPC Has Vista, Slide-out Keyboard

It was just a matter of time before another UMPC came out with a similar slide-out keyboard to the HTC Shift that debuted back at CTIA. Don’t get us wrong—we don’t think this is a copy—we’re just pointing out that both have sliding keyboards. The Wings has a 7-inch screen (touch or not, we’re not…

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How To Overclock a DS Lite

Here’s a guide to underclocking and overclocking your DS Lite. With this, you can set the speed anywhere from 0.66x normal to 1.8x normal, which both lets you slow down action games like the new Mario and speed up games like Phoenix Wright (which annoyingly has no setting for making the dialogue faster). The process…

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BlackBerry Outage Update: It’s Kinda Up

If you’re a BlackBerry user, you probably noticed that you haven’t been able to contact anyone since last night. Bummer. The good news is, RIM’s imagineers have gotten the system online. The bad news is, there’s a large backlog of messages from all the “Subject: Test, Body: Test Test Test can you see this” messages…

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Boobies: The Executive Desk Toy

Remember the pendulum executive desk toys that were so popular in the ’80s? Then you’ll be familiar with Mrs. Newton’s Knockers. A few questions though. Does Mrs. Newton herself have five breasts? More than five breasts? Are these someone else’s breasts? Did she take one each from five women, or are there two women walking…

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Update: Apple’s WWDC Keynote Not 3 Hours Long

Seeing how 2006’s WWDC Keynote was only 1.5 hours, the announcement that Apple’s blocking off 3 hours makes us smell what the Rock is cooking (a.k.a., lift our eyebrows in a comical yet masculine way). What do we think’s going to happen? Well, we think Apple will formally unveil the iPhone features we didn’t see…

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Dealzmodo: Free Ice Cream at Ben & Jerry’s

No gadgets involved in this deal, but you can roll your rotund buttocks down to Ben & Jerry’s today and get a free ice cream cone from noon to 8 p.m. All you have to do is put in your zip code and find a participating store near you. We’re getting our moustache disguises ready…

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PSP 3.40 Firmware Update Enables Playing of PS1 Save Games from PS3

Infrared Soap Dispenser Makes Your Home Like a Public Toilet

Hua Long’s IP2000 iPhone Clone Arrives

USB Chess Set Lets You Beat Kasparov (But I Barely Know Him!)

PS3 1.7 Firmware Available, Enables More Backwardness

Haier Releases Black Pearl as Elegance

Moto LAZR Reviewed (Verdict: Luxurious)

Clippy Tries to do One Last Good Deed!

Bulgari Makes a Phone Strap

Rumor Smashed: Microsoft Not Selling Fuel Cell Chargers

A Moment of Reflection

Coiled USB Cable is Genius in Cable Form

Hands-On With Kangaroom’s Cable Organizers

Saitek’s Obsidian Mouse Scrolls By Touch

Tango Wings UMPC Has Vista, Slide-out Keyboard

How To Overclock a DS Lite

BlackBerry Outage Update: It’s Kinda Up

Boobies: The Executive Desk Toy

Update: Apple’s WWDC Keynote Not 3 Hours Long

Dealzmodo: Free Ice Cream at Ben & Jerry’s

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Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

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‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is Doing Right By Debbie

New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

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