Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

iKey 320kbps Digital Audio Recorder Records Straight to MP3 at 320kbps

The iKey Plus, an upgrade of the iKey, seems great for people who want to take a stab at digital recording, be they bootleggers at a concert or disgruntled employees looking for evidence in their sexual harassment suit against their company. The device can record to any USB drive, and stores files in MP3 or…

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Alyssa Milano Busty Mouse Pad

If Korean models weren’t quite to your liking, how about an Alyssa Milano’s breasty mouse pad? These $19.95 mouse pads work the same way the old ones did, with their chesticles acting as gel wrist-rests for your oh-so-tired hand. https://gizmodo.com/busty-racing-girl-mousepad-194082 There are a variety of girls, including Asian, Russian (Anna Kournikova), and fake (Anime girls).…

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Plantraco’s Carbon Butterfly Remote Control Plane

At 3.6 grams, this Carbon Butterfly is the lightest RC plane in the world. And because it’s made out of Carbon Fiber, it’s got the strength of steel but the flexibility of a 14-year-old gymnast. It has a range of 400 feet, and is directed by a 4xAA RC remote control. It’s a little pricey…

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Visualize Cellphone and MP3 Player Sizes With Sizeasy

Our friend Adam from Lifehacker is really obsessed with size for some reason, often googling for “length”, “width”, and “visualization” terms—we assume that’s how he found Sizeasy. The site lets you plug in the dimensions of the cellphone or MP3 player you’ve had your eye on to compare to every day objects like a matchbook,…

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Steve Jobs’ Keynote Bloopers Video Compilation

APC Magazine compiled a video of bloopers from Jobs’ presentations. If you’re a Mac fanboy, it’s like seeing your dad get hit in the balls. If you’re a Mac hater, it’s like seeing your dad get hit in the balls, but with you doing the throwing. “It’s pretty awesome when it works”: Steve Jobs’ Apple…

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Sony Ericsson P990 Finally Available, Indiana Jones 4 and Duke Nukem Forever Still En Route

The SE P990 that we saw back when That 70s Show was called That Show About Current Events With People In Fashionable Clothing is finally available on Amazon. You can pick one up for $699 if you really want it, but the sucktastic UI and the lousy ergonomics may be too much for any human…

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Duck Shoot Office Toy With Frickin’ Lasers

Manager on your ass again about those TPS reports? Instead of venting on your poor copy machine, take out your anger on ducks with this Duck Shooting Gallery desk game. The laser gun fires electromagnetic waves, aka lasers, at the moving targets. If you hit one, the duck goes down, and a miniature Asian man…

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Thompson GE 2830 Cordless DECT Skype Phone

DECT seems to be all the rage these days whenever someone wants to make a cordless handset or headset, and Thompson isn’t one to miss out on the boat. Like the other DECT Skype phones, this has a base station that links to your PC and the standard Skype software, which then communicates audio to…

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Motorola Testing Phone Vending Machines

Like the iPod and Sony vending machines before it, Motorola’s vending machine will sell accessories and even phones, dispensing them with the convenience zero human interaction. The machines will be called INSTANTMOTO—spelling it in ALL CAPS is required before use—and is already set up in SFO and Chicago’s downtown Macy’s store. To purchase stuff, you…

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Pressman’s iGAMEz Plays Name That Tune With Your MP3 Player

Mimicking the “Music Quiz” game on iPods, the iGAMEz from Pressman lets you play “Name that Tune” on any MP3 player. First everyone plugs in their players to the unit, then the host picks a song, and the first person to guess it right gets a point. The catalog isn’t quite clear on how it…

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OCZ’s Tiny 1GB USB Stick

Not quite as small as the Sony Drives, which are pretty much just a thin sliver of circuits and plastic these OCZ Roadster drives are pretty darn close. The drive consists of a little hook for a lanyard or your keychain, a USB port, and a folding plastic cover. It’s shorter than the Sony drive,…

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Samsung YP-K5 Ad Goes After The iPod

The Samsung YP-K5 MP3 player with built-in speakers that we reviewed and saw someone run over has its own ad now, just like a big boy music player. Directly challenging the iPod, the ad focuses on using built-in speakers to connect people instead of separating them—one of the main complaints of street iPod use. Except…

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Comcast Prepping Video + Music Download Store?

If it’s not Zune leaks it’s Comcast leaks, and this time we’re hearing that Comcast is prepping its own music and movie download service. You can select TV shows, music or movies for purchase and download. Once you pay, you watch all content on your Comcast set top box. https://gizmodo.com/zunes-final-price-229-99-msrp-202066 Plus, you can even go…

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RIM’s Working On An Anti-Theft Device For BlackBerries

RIM’s working on a wireless anti-theft device designed to keep track of your BlackBerry when you forget to. This device constantly monitors whether your BlackBerry is in range, and when you get pick-pocketed, the device tells your BlackBerry to switch to theft mode. If a certain key isn’t entered in a certain amount of time,…

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The LED Pen Lights Up Your Life, Paper

The LED Moonlight pen works like a pen, but has a light on the tip so you can read what you write, even in movie theatres, back alleys, and inside a patient’s abdomen. It’s perfect for creative types who need to carry a notebook around with them wherever they go, and can also act as…

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Xbox Live Vision Camera On Sale Now for $39

In case you forgot about this Xbox Live Vision camera—since people were getting them a month ago—it officially goes on sale everywhere today. For $39.99 you can be putting your own picture on your gamer pic, streaming your face to Xbox Uno players, and carrying on video conversations with your friends halfway across the country.…

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Zune’s Final Price: $229.99 MSRP

One of our moles on the inside told us Microsoft just had a meeting to determine the price of the 30GB Zune. The final tally: $229.99. Microsoft was going to go $289.99 to undercut the iPod by $10, but since Apple dropped the bombshell that they were lowering prices to $249, Microsoft had to scramble…

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Terranaut Vehicle Lets Fish Explore On Land

This Blood Parrot fish rolls the contraption around just by swimming around in its bowl. The sensors and the onboard computer detects which direction the fish is swimming in, then directs the wheels accordingly. If you ask me, this is a dangerous precedence. First we help fish roll around on land, next we’re going to…

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Nanonuno Umbrella Uses Nanotechnology To Dry Off Completely After a Shake

Though Ive tried before to tell her Of the nanostructures that cover this umbrella Every time that I come near her I just lose my NanoNuno as I’ve done from the start Every little shake she does is magic Everything she shakes just turns me on Even though my umbrella before was tragic Now I…

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Warner Bros. Engineers File Patent For Blu-ray/HD DVD Hybrid Disc

Warner’s engineers took it upon themselves to design a disc that can be encoded with a combination of DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray. These discs, something that Blu-ray and HD DVD developers have said was difficult, if not impossible to make, will take the pressure off consumers on having to decide which format they have…

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iKey 320kbps Digital Audio Recorder Records Straight to MP3 at 320kbps

Alyssa Milano Busty Mouse Pad

Plantraco’s Carbon Butterfly Remote Control Plane

Visualize Cellphone and MP3 Player Sizes With Sizeasy

Steve Jobs’ Keynote Bloopers Video Compilation

Sony Ericsson P990 Finally Available, Indiana Jones 4 and Duke Nukem Forever Still En Route

Duck Shoot Office Toy With Frickin’ Lasers

Thompson GE 2830 Cordless DECT Skype Phone

Motorola Testing Phone Vending Machines

Pressman’s iGAMEz Plays Name That Tune With Your MP3 Player

OCZ’s Tiny 1GB USB Stick

Samsung YP-K5 Ad Goes After The iPod

Comcast Prepping Video + Music Download Store?

RIM’s Working On An Anti-Theft Device For BlackBerries

The LED Pen Lights Up Your Life, Paper

Xbox Live Vision Camera On Sale Now for $39

Zune’s Final Price: $229.99 MSRP

Terranaut Vehicle Lets Fish Explore On Land

Nanonuno Umbrella Uses Nanotechnology To Dry Off Completely After a Shake

Warner Bros. Engineers File Patent For Blu-ray/HD DVD Hybrid Disc

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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