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iMage Mac-Compatible USB Webcam

For those of us not lucky enough to get a built-in iSight with our PowerBooks like those MacBook and MacBook Pro owners, the only other practical choice is the relatively expensive iSight. But if you don’t want to fork over $149, here’s the iMage USB webcam. It gives you 640×480 video (like the iSight), and…

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Get Out Of Your Sprint Contract Free Until October 31

Good news for anyone who wants to doff their Sprint shackles but was unwilling to pay an eye-gouging cancellation fee. See, Sprint’s just raised their text-messaging fees to $0.15 per, which constitutes a “material change” to your contract. Any time there’s a material change, you’re capable of canceling your service without facing a fine. Good…

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Cingular 8525 Pricing Rumor: $474.95 With Two-Year Contract

The upcoming Cingular 8525, a phone you may know better from by its maiden name, the HTC TyTN, is supposedly being released some time in the next 30 days. https://gizmodo.com/cingular-8525-pictures-surfaced-to-mixed-reactions-195520 Cody writes: I dropped by a Cingular store this evening and inquired about when the Cingular 8525 was going to be released. They smiled and…

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Helios H4000 DVD Player Upscales Your DVDs to 1080p

For our money, this is the sexiest 1080p upscaling DVD player that we’ve seen in a long time. The Helios H4000 DVD player can product 1080p and 1080i video using HDMI, component and VGA, making your older DVDs infinitely more watchable and holding off the next-gen onslaught for another few years. The player can also…

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Logitech Harmony 670 Mid-Range Universal Remote

Packed with more buttons than a Civil War-era army uniform, the Logitech Harmony 670 is a mid-range universal remote that offers most of the functionality but less extras than its big brothers in the Harmony line. The 670 works with the Harmony 7.0 software to make setting up different devices a breeze, but has a…

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Design Only: Roll-up Frying Pan

This Sam Hextall designed Scroll Pan works the same as a frying pan, but stores easily in a cupboard when rolled up. The cooking surface is supposed to be diphenyl silicone (plasma treated and Teflon coated), which makes it heatproof and flexible. Unless there’s a locking mechanism, we’re not sure what would keep the pan…

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USRobotics USR9630 Cordless Skype Phone Hands-On Review (Verdict: Great Price for Skype and Landline Calling)

You may have heard of the USRobotics Dual-Purpose Skype phone that lets you use Skype and your normal landline all from a single handset. It’s similar to the Linksys CIT300 Dual-Mode Skype phone we reviewed a while back. https://gizmodo.com/usrobotics-dual-purpose-usr9630-cordless-skype-phone-197660 To get the feature list out of the way, it uses DECT 6.0, which operates on…

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First Ever Chinese Cooking Robot Cooks Like Robo-Mama Used To

This AIC-AICookingrobot can make Chinese dishes from various areas of China—Sichua, Huai Yang, and Shandong—all while NOT smoking and cursing. The robot took four years of research and $253,000 to develop, which is more money than you’d have to pay an actual Chinese person to come cook for you every day for four years. This…

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Homer Simpson Dashboard Toy

Not as sexy as a hula girl, this Homer Simpson dashboard toy critiques your driving in the typical Homer Simpson manner. The product page only lists a few sayings, which are mildly amusing but nothing too distracting. It’s only 7.99 ($14.91) so there’s no big loss if Homer goes flying out your passenger window whenever…

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Keyspan Entry Level Skype Phone Reviewed (Verdict: Good Starter Skype Phone)

The Keyspan VP-24A may only work on 2.4GHz and not WiFi, but it’s straightforward and relatively cheap, so you can buy one of these for your parents and not have to worry about whether their wireless router is set up correctly. https://gizmodo.com/keyspans-entry-level-cordless-voip-phone-197007 The phone weighs 92g with the battery, has a USB dongle to connect…

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Waleli’s GSM Doorbell Links Your Door to Your Phone

If you’re tired of forgetting your keys—or your roommates forgetting their keys—get the GSM doorbell and you’ll never have to worry again. It mounts onto your door, and when rung, calls a pre-programmed number. Punch in a key-code in your phone and the door unlocks automatically. Never get up from your chair again. Also, this…

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Official: Google Buys YouTube

Apparently the rumor that Google was buying YouTube was less of a rumor than someone on the inside letting it slip out to the entire world. But now that Google’s paid $1.65 billion in an all-stock acquisition—which is their most expensive purchase so far—all 67 of YouTube’s employees are giving each other naked high fives…

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Sharp’s WS003SH Windows Mobile Phone Barely Fits in Patrick Ewing’s Pocket

With a keyboard reminiscent of Sharp’s W-ZERO3, the Sharp WS003SH looks more like a small UMPC than a smart phone. The device has a 3.7-inch display with VGA resolution, Windows Mobile 5.0 as the OS, 64MB of internal storage, 416MHz Xscale processor, a miniSD slot, 802.11b, and a 1.33-megapixel camera. https://gizmodo.com/sharp-willcom-w-zero3-gets-release-date-june-22-179078 The slide-out keyboard is…

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Mad Catz Xbox 360 Arcade Stick Available For Preorder, Ships 12/1

GameStop has the Mad Catz Xbox Live Arcade stick up for pre-order now, after yanking it down when it was leaked before. Mad Catz told us the price was going to be $49.99, but it looks like it’s $59.99 now. https://gizmodo.com/retro-joystic-coming-to-xbox-360-195026 With all the classic games—Frogger, Street Fighter 2, Galaga, Pac Man—this stick seems almost…

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Mediastation Multimedia System Lets You Work in the Bath

Made for people who own their homes rather than rent, the Mediastation Multimedia System is a full bathroom solution that ensures you are never more than three feet away from a computer at all times. The touch-screen system is waterproof, thankfully, so you can access the internet, listen to the radio, watch a DVD, listen…

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T-Mobile and Apple Deal in the Works? We Think Not

Ever since the T-mobile press conference last Friday where their CEO made mentions of how T-Mobile and Apple’s visions are aligned and how T-Mobile wanted to make itself more like Apple, the internets have been buzzing over supposed partnerships. Our thoughts? Give it a break. We were listening in on the conference last friday, and…

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Leaked Screens for Next Generation Windows Mobile OS

Crossbow, the next generation Windows Mobile OS, looks to be shaping up quite nicely. We covered some potential features before, but this is the first screenshot we’ve seen of the new front page. To us, it looks a lot like Vista, except greener and smaller. It’s much more “unified” in terms of icons and screens,…

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Tuvoli iYiYi iPod Dock Successor Still Called iYiYi

This tip about the future Tuvoli iPod dock/speaker set looks exactly like the old one, except we think this one’s black. Is the black version what’s new? We don’t know, since there’s no extra information besides the fact that it will retail for $299.99. Oh, and there’s a remote this time. Tuvoli makes some good-sounding…

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Sprint Employee Compares Verizon, Sprint and Cingular’s High Speed Data

If you were wondering what the difference between Sprint, Verizon and Cingular’s high speed cellular data network was, you’ve come to the right place. A Sprint employee did a comparison of the three, pitting them in a deathmatch based on coverage, performance, terms of service, and pricing. The results? Sprint was ahead in coverage, with…

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T-Mobile Dash Product and User Guide

Catwoman broke into the T-Mobile servers and dropped a whole load of internal documents down our chimneys for all to see. The notable ones are the product guide (posted below), sales guides (to help them sell the product), a comparison to the Motorola Q on Verizon (posted below), and a FAQ to answer customer’s questions.…

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iMage Mac-Compatible USB Webcam

Get Out Of Your Sprint Contract Free Until October 31

Cingular 8525 Pricing Rumor: $474.95 With Two-Year Contract

Helios H4000 DVD Player Upscales Your DVDs to 1080p

Logitech Harmony 670 Mid-Range Universal Remote

Design Only: Roll-up Frying Pan

USRobotics USR9630 Cordless Skype Phone Hands-On Review (Verdict: Great Price for Skype and Landline Calling)

First Ever Chinese Cooking Robot Cooks Like Robo-Mama Used To

Homer Simpson Dashboard Toy

Keyspan Entry Level Skype Phone Reviewed (Verdict: Good Starter Skype Phone)

Waleli’s GSM Doorbell Links Your Door to Your Phone

Official: Google Buys YouTube

Sharp’s WS003SH Windows Mobile Phone Barely Fits in Patrick Ewing’s Pocket

Mad Catz Xbox 360 Arcade Stick Available For Preorder, Ships 12/1

Mediastation Multimedia System Lets You Work in the Bath

T-Mobile and Apple Deal in the Works? We Think Not

Leaked Screens for Next Generation Windows Mobile OS

Tuvoli iYiYi iPod Dock Successor Still Called iYiYi

Sprint Employee Compares Verizon, Sprint and Cingular’s High Speed Data

T-Mobile Dash Product and User Guide

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

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‘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

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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