Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

All I’ve Ever Wanted in a Gadget

This cartoon by Dave Walker (sarcastically) shows what he wants in a dream gadget/cellphone. Ours would be one that has QWERTY, WiFi, 3G, a 10-megapixel camera with optical zoom, loads of battery life, DivX/XviD support and a price less than what we pay for rent. Readers, how about you? This Gadget [Cartoon Church]

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LG’s Chocolate Ad Campaign in Thailand

We look forward to Nintendo’s upcoming campaign. Something Not Quite Right Here [Travel Happy]

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Night Vision Goggles Launches Darts at Victims, Annoying Sisters

It’s never too early to start shopping for Xmas, and these night vision goggles with dart launches would be great for any boy ages six to sixty. We’re not sure how well these goggles work—they’re $19.95 after all—but the darts should be great fun to run around in the backyard with. Just be careful to…

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Xbox Live Vision Camera Maps Your Face Into Rainbow Six Vegas

Not a gadget, per se, but the upcoming Rainbow Six Vegas game for Xbox 360 will let you use the Xbox Live Vision Camera to let you map your face onto your character. We saw a demo of this in action before, and personally I’m pretty excited about this feature. It’s not that I like…

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Linksys WRT350N Gigabit 802.11N MIMO Router

Both a 802.11N wireless router and a gigabit ethernet router, the Linksys WRT350N also has Storage LInk, which lets you add additional storage to your network. Attach any USB 2.0 hard drive to the router and it becomes accessible to the WRT350N’s media server so you can access all your files anywhere in the home.…

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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) 2B1 Prototype Display Goes Greyscale in Daylight

In order to make the display of the OLPC more visible in broad daylight, its designers decided to allow the display to shift from color to 200dpi greyscale under sunlight—both clever and cost-effective. It’s great they addressed this problem now, since if there’s one thing developing countries have a lot of, it’s sunlight. As you…

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T-Mobile Dash Q&A: We Answer Your Questions

We asked, and you…er…asked back! Here are the answers to all your questions (that we felt like answering) about the T-Mobile Dash, the slim smartphone from T-Mobile. Our review is back here, in case you wanted to read that first. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-dash-gallery-and-q-a-207202 Q: How does IMing work with the built-in OZ messenger? Does it use data…

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RuBot II Solves The Rubik’s Cube, Eats Children

We have to say we can’t decide which is scarier, this Rubik’s Cube robot or the metal Cylons on Battlestar Galactica. We’d probably have to go with this one because it’s REAL. The cameras in its eyes scans the cube for a few seconds before using the kitten-crushing arms to solve the puzzle. Maximum solve…

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Sony Ericsson Releases Limited Edition James Bond K800 and K790

Sony Ericsson’s pumping up their upcoming Sony Picture’s James Bond flick, Casino Royale, with some limited edition James Bond phones. Despite the fact that these K800s and K790s are old hat and James Bond should be using top-of-the-line gear (Q needs to read Gizmodo more!), they are pretty nice handsets and work on dual-mode UMTS…

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Working Steampunk Laptop

As steampunk-ish as this sculpture/project looks, it actually works. There’s a working display, working keyboard, and working morse code input (wtf?). The creator was inspired by both the Apple Mac (he wanted to make something completely different) and Terry Gilliam. If you look at the back, there are working USB, serial, and a VGA port…

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Other Bits and Bytes

•Microsoft Vista stumbles at top digital show [The Inquirer] •Yahoo’s Pyramid Plan Crumbles [LA Times] •Libya buys laptops for schoolchildren [CNN] •Transmeta sues Intel claiming patent breach [Reuters] •Apple MacBook owners organizing class action lawsuit [Apple Insider]

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Fifth Avenue’s Apple Store Turns Red

Oprah’s reach stretches to New York, turning the 5th Ave. Apple Store red in celebration of the Red 4GB iPod Nano release tomorrow. I think this whole charity thing would be unnecessary of Oprah would just go over there and let people drink her saliva and bask in her Oprah-ness. https://gizmodo.com/bono-and-oprah-to-launch-red-ipod-nano-tomorrow-207249 Thanks Alan!

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Nintendo Wii Pre-orders Available at GameStop Tomorrow, October 13

We doubt it’s necessary to pre-order a Wii now that there’s going to be two million Wii units available on launch day, but if you live in Sweaty Crack, North Dakota, where there’s only going to be five units, we suppose it’s good to reserve one. GameStop and EB Games stores will begin accepting limited…

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Microsoft and Toshiba demo the Xbox 360 HD DVD and 2nd Gen HD DVD Players

Reader Pete was lucky enough to attend a presentation that Microsoft and Toshiba were giving about their respective HD DVD players—Microsoft with a production sample Xbox 360 attachment and Toshiba with their HD-A2 and HD-XA2 second-generation HD DVD players. Was he impressed? Can the Xbox 360 HD DVD attachment be used on a PC? When…

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Bono and Oprah to Launch Red iPod Nano Tomorrow

The two giant stars plan to unveil a 4GB red iPod Nano in order to benefit the Product RED charity. From each sale of the $199 iPod, $10 will be donated towards The Global Fund to help out HIV/AIDS sufferers in Africa. Rumors of a red iPod have been around since January of this year,…

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Slam – Microsoft’s Mobile Social Networking For Smartphones

Designed by Microsoft’s Photo and Imaging Experience team (PIX), Slam is an app that lets you “social network” on the go. Built for Windows Mobile, the concept of “slam” is a group of people that you exchange messages and photos with. Whenever there’s a new message or photo for the group, the phone users will…

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Dyson’s Root 6: The Handheld Suck-Machine

Made for cramped spaces like cars and NY apartments, the Dyson Root 6 takes Dyson’s special sucking power and transfers it to a handheld. Despite looking like something out of Ghostbusters, the Root 6 maintains suction like all other Dysons, and has a “one-touch emptying” system so you don’t have to get your hands (very)…

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Sun: 2, Wii Sensor Bar: 1

Contrary to our update that said the Wii does not have a sunlight problem, a company rep just said that the sensor bar in fact does have interference issues. https://gizmodo.com/sun-1-wii-sensor-bar-1-206901 Nintendo told Kikizo today that this is a known issue with the Wii. A company representative explained that the Wii sensor bar is affected by…

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Dr. Ashen Has Fun With Green Lasers

If you enjoyed Dr. Ashen’s review of a piece of shite MP4 player, you’ll definitely love what he’s done with a green laser pointer. Oh yes, we’re proud to announce that Dr. Ashen and Gizmodo have joined forces to provide you, dear reader, with an intercontinental review of humorous objects Ashen has lying around his…

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Kingston’s Waterproof USB Drives For Aquaman’s Home Business

If you’re worried about losing your data to theft or water damage—Hurricane Katrina victims?—Kingston’s DataTraveler Secure should be right up your alley. Not only does it have 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware encryption, it’s protected by a titanium waterproof coating that protects your drive from agua for up to four feet. The drives are…

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All I’ve Ever Wanted in a Gadget

LG’s Chocolate Ad Campaign in Thailand

Night Vision Goggles Launches Darts at Victims, Annoying Sisters

Xbox Live Vision Camera Maps Your Face Into Rainbow Six Vegas

Linksys WRT350N Gigabit 802.11N MIMO Router

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) 2B1 Prototype Display Goes Greyscale in Daylight

T-Mobile Dash Q&A: We Answer Your Questions

RuBot II Solves The Rubik’s Cube, Eats Children

Sony Ericsson Releases Limited Edition James Bond K800 and K790

Working Steampunk Laptop

Other Bits and Bytes

Fifth Avenue’s Apple Store Turns Red

Nintendo Wii Pre-orders Available at GameStop Tomorrow, October 13

Microsoft and Toshiba demo the Xbox 360 HD DVD and 2nd Gen HD DVD Players

Bono and Oprah to Launch Red iPod Nano Tomorrow

Slam – Microsoft’s Mobile Social Networking For Smartphones

Dyson’s Root 6: The Handheld Suck-Machine

Sun: 2, Wii Sensor Bar: 1

Dr. Ashen Has Fun With Green Lasers

Kingston’s Waterproof USB Drives For Aquaman’s Home Business

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset