Jason Chen

How to Comment: Close Your Tags

Following up on last time’s quote tip, here’s another tip you definitely have to know when commenting. Closing your tags. Take it from the dame in the picture, if you don’t close your tags, you don’t know what will end up spilling out. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-comment-stylings-284034 Don’t know how to comment? Here’s how: 1) Click on the…

Magnetic Toaster Tongs Protect Fingers

Getting toast out of your toaster without lighting your fingers (or eyes, if you turn it upside down and shake it like we do) on fire is difficult. With these magnetic toaster tongs, you can reach in and grab your toast, then stick the tongs back on the side of your toaster when you’re done.…

ATI’s recalling a batch of Radeon HD 2400 and HD 2600 cards with a bug in the BIOS application process. If you’ve got one, return it. [Digitimes via Slashgear]

American Airlines to Test In-Flight Wi-Fi in 2008

Some time in 2008, you may be lucky enough to get on a 767-200 transcontinental American Airlines flight that’s testing the AirCell in-flight broadband service. The wireless net access will be available to all classes—yes, even us poor people—for a price. There will be three antennas outside the plane to transmit your 802.11a/b/g “Lolz im…

Gigantic Optimus Prime Birthday Cake Forcefully Removes Socks From Feet

Morgan Valentine, better known as best wife ever, ordered a custom-made Optimus Prime cake for her husband’s 30th birthday. The cake was made by Nashville’s The French Connection, and has dirt, rocks, grass, plants and an Optimus Prime the size of a toddler. I bet the guy even got sex afterwards. [Flickr via Boing Boing]

Detergentless Haier Washing Machine Uses Ions to Clean Skid Marks

Instead of using detergent, this Haier WasH2O uses ions to get rid of brown and yellow stains in your clothes. The WasH2O breaks up water into OH- and H+ ions, where the OH- “attracts” stains and the H+ ions “sterilize” the clothes. We don’t know anything about chemistry, but that sounds like black magic to…

The Bluetooth SIG group just approved Bluetooth Core Spec Version 2.1+EDR, which brings easier pairing and enhanced power optimization. [Bluetooth]

15-inch Gigantor Digital Photo Frame Comes Cheap

The Gigantor photo frame isn’t only big on size, like its name, but it’s big on value as well. For $249, you’d normally only be able to get an 11-inch photo frame, but the Gigantor gives you 15 inches of mother-in-law- viewing glory (as opposed to the 19-inch monstrosity that is the PhotoVu). It even…

Xbox 360 CPU Possibly Going 45nm in late 2008, early 2009

We still haven’t gotten 65nm Xbox 360 processors, and there’s already talk of Microsoft’s contracted Singaporean chip manufacturer moving on to designing 45nm CPUs for gaming devices. Why is this important? Because the smaller the CPU fabrication size is (90nm vs 65nm vs 45nm), the less power it takes to run and the less heat…

Best Buy Drops Xbox 360 HD DVD Price to $149

Best Buy has dropped the Xbox 360 HD DVD price yet again, down from the not-yet-a-week old price of $179 to $150. The five free movie deal is still intact as well, as long as you order before September 30. However, the player looks like it’s sold out now with no store pickup available. [Best…

Rainbow Moments Candles Have Colored Flames For Colorful Arsonists

Blue and white flames are so yesterday—red, green and orange are where it’s at now. And by replacing standard candle wax with various minerals and crystals, Rainbow Moments Candles can produce these flames in the comfort of your own home. You can get them as both birthday candles or the decorative kind, or buy colored…

NES MP3 Player and Speakers Made From a Cart and Controller

People are making the NES controller into optical mice and voice recorders, so why not make it into an MP3 player? Better yet, why not take an actual NES cartridge and make that into speakers and get a horrible, yet awesome NES speaker system going? The only thing better than this would be if the…

Missing Sync V4 Released, Supports Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile owners who own Macs will be familiar with Missing Sync, the app that lets you sync your smartphone to OS X’s Calendar and iCal (among other things). The latest version is available, and brings support for newer phones and phones running Windows Mobile 6. Other new features are a video plug-in for video…

Lightning Round: Kontrolfreek’s Speedfreek Xbox 360 Controller Attachment

The gadget: Speedfreek, an add-on from Kontrolfreek for the Xbox 360’s left analog stick to make racing games easier to play by making the cars more precise to control. The verdict: Pretty comfortable for racing games, because it allows you to use just the sides of your thumb to gently nudge the car left or…

iPhone Software Update ‘Arriving Shortly’, Says VP of iPod Product Marketing

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s VP of iPod Product Marketing, tells a bunch of analysts that the first iPhone software update will be coming soon. Analysts then went on to speculate that the update could bring: new widgets, peer-to-peer applications (chat, picture messaging, social networking), location-based services, MMS support, home networking, and possibly some integration with Mac…

Cect Cellphone Watch From China Has Bluetooth, MP3, MP4 and FM Radio

The M500 GSM Watch from Australia isn’t your only cellphone watch option now with the Cect Mobile watch from China. It’s got a semi-decently large LCD, six hardware buttons, GSM support, Bluetooth, MP3, MP4, FM radio and a headset jack. No pricing yet, but it does come in all sorts of colors. [Phone Daily via…

Japanese Wii Supply Normalizing – US Soon Too?

Akiba blog is reporting that the Nintendo Wii is showing up in Japanese retailers in “semi-normal” numbers, meaning that the incredible demand may have finally faded enough to match the supply. If this holds true for the US, people may be able to get Wiis without stomping and punching each other in the face in…

Xbox 360 Price Cuts: $50 off Premium, $20 off Core, $30 off Elite

New information on the Xbox 360 price drop detailed in the Toys ‘R Us and Wal-Mart ads this weekend. Circuit City is bringing out a full two-page layout with price cuts of $50 for the Premium, $30 for the Elite, and $20 for the Core. Yes, this means all those rumors of the Core getting…

Dealzmodo: Apple iPods Get Small $20 Price Drop

Similar to the way Zunes were discounted, Amazon is offering up $20 discounts on the 30GB iPod and $28 discounts on the 80GB iPod. We doubt it’s related to the new iPods that may be coming, but it’s a good deal if you’ve been waiting for some reason to jump into the iPod pool. [Amazon…

Dealzmodo: TiVo Series 2 Free After Rebate

TiVo must be wanting to clear out its back stock of Series 2 machines, because we haven’t see many of these free after rebate deals for a while. From now until September 8 (when the rebate expires), you can your own 80-hour Series 2 for $0 after mail-in rebate. Your service has to be activated…