Jason Chen

50-foot Marshamallow Blaster

We knew you could build your own marshmallow blaster gun out of a used Pringles can, tape and a two by four, but what about those of us who are too lazy to build stuff? Well, now you can buy your own pre-made pump action marshmallow gun that shoots those soft confectionaries up to 50…

Kanguru’s Eco Drive is the World’s Most Energy Efficient External Hard Drive

Kanguru claims that by reducing power consumption by up to 75%, it can both extend the life of your hard drive and be eco-conscious at the same time. The Eco Drive works by going into an idle mode after three seconds of inactivity, which has 80% of normal power consumption, and standby mode after three…

Microsoft Sells a Million Zunes!

Woooo! Woooooooooooooooooooooooo! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! FAAAAAART!! [Zune Insider]

SanDisk Cruzer Contour Looks Monolithically Sexy

If you’re in the market for a cool-looking flash drive and the SanDisk Ducati looks a little bit too much mid-life crisis to you, might we suggest their Cruzer Contour (which we saw back at CES). It’s a glossy black drive with an extendable/retractable USB connector. Yeah, that means you won’t have to keep track…

Ask.com Brings Anonymous Searching With AskEraser

Ask.com isn’t quite getting the traction it needs to overpower Google in the search arena with the weird algorithm ads, so it’s besting Google in another arena: privacy. By providing a tool called AskEraser, Ask will allow users to perform internet searches—googling, if you will—without storing any of the search information server side. This is…

Toshiba Gigabeat MET401 Wi-Fi Enters FCC

The FedComCom has the scoop on the latest Toshiba Gigabeat device, complete with Wi-Fi and Windows Embedded. There’s not much art in the FCC filing, which makes us wonder if the MET401 could possibly be a future Zune device or just one of Toshiba’s own media players. [FCC via Engadget]

Self-Stirring LEGO Mug

Using the power of magnetism, David Ye created a self-stirring mug out of LEGO, some magnets and a mug. We thought it would be some kind of weak 10-stirs-per-minute contraption, but the video actually shows that it’s like a miniature whirlpool in there. We’d rig one up ourselves, but we’re afraid we’d add too much…

Grab a 500GB Fantom Titantium II external USB hard drive for $100 after $15 instant savings and $25 rebate. Free shipping! [Buy via DealHack]

Sony PSP, Rice Rocket-Style

Just when we thought the PSP couldn’t get any uglier, this user installed fading LED lights onto the D-Pad, the face buttons, the shoulder buttons and even the UMD tray. All this needs is a slutty bikini model, some 10-inch subs, and some flame stickers and this would be right at home going 95 in…

Thanko Goes Nuts, Releases Two Products That Aren’t Insane

What’s going on here, Thanko? I thought we could count on you to make crazy USB Ear Microscopes, Ass Coolers, and Air Purifier Masks? What’s this about making an LCD arm mount and a fingerprint-protected USB drive? These things have no style! No pizazz! No THANKO! Get it together, guys. For the sake of all…

Toshiba recalls another 10,000 Sony-made batteries as the exploding battery fever grinds ever closer to an unsatisfying conclusion. [eWeek via Crunchgear]

Stephen Colbert Gets His Free iPhone

Stephen Colbert, who’s been begging for a free iPhone for months now, finally gets his free iPhone. In his segment on mankind being enslaved by robots and technology, he whips it out and yells at it, not quite being thankful for getting it for free. [Comedy Central – Thanks Kevin!]

Toshiba Portege R500 Ultra-Portable Notebook Gets HSDPA, FCC Clearance

That super light 2.4-pound Toshiba Portege ultra-portable (previous version here) has gotten a little upgrade in the form of 3.5G HSDPA connectivity. That’s right, you’ll soon be able to take this laptop out anywhere and still be able to get online and upload your own YTMNDs, thanks to the GSM, GPRS, EGPRS, WCDMA and WCDMA+HSDPA…

Widespread AT&T EDGE Outage on the East Coast?

We’ve been hearing reports of a widespread EDGE outage near Boston and along the East Coast. Have any readers noticed? Still unconfirmed, but we’re looking into it. How are your iPhones holding up? Update: Looks like customers in the Northeast had “difficulty accessing and using the EDGE network” starting around 4:30 a.m.. The problem was…

New York State Senator pushes to pass a bill banning texting on cellphones while driving, something that 66% of 18- to 24-year-olds apparently do now. [GovTech]

Sponsors Share Our Harry Potter-mania

We were only slightly ashamed when we were waiting in line for an iPhone, but camping out for the Harry Potter book in a line of 10-year-olds? That’s real shame. Good thing our sponsors are right there in line with us. Thanks to AT&T, Ask.com, Audi, Cazadores Tequila, Casio, E! Online, Mio, Motorola, Netgear, Nissan,…

Space Trips for $100 Million

$100 million will buy you a ride on the Russian Space Federation’s Soyuz TMA Spacecraft in 2008/2009. [SpaceAdventures]

OtterBox iPhone Case Looks Rugged, But Not Quite Waterproof

OtterBox is known for their rugged cases, and this forthcoming iPhone case looks like it’s going to continue their tradition. It’s got “complete” protection, which means not only are all the sides and back covered (the buttons work through pass-through buttons), there’s a built-in screen protector that works through their “patented touch-screen membrane”. The case…

Computer Can Now Win or Tie All Checkers Games

By analyzing all 5×10^20 (500 billion billion) possible checkers moves, computers can now beat or tie a human at checkers every single game. How’d they analyze so much data? By starting in 1989 and going until they were done. Let’s see them do this with Go. [Machinist]

GE’s Universal Flip Phone Remote Dials Up Star Trek Reruns

We’re not sure why you’d want a universal remote that actually has to flip open to use, but we’re not going to tell you people how to live your lives. In the chance that you do, GE’s $18.99 Flip Unviersal Remote has the standard power, channel and volume buttons on top, with the numbers, video…