Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Best iPhone Book Ever Now in Stores

See that smiling doofus? He’s smiling because he found out that his book How to Do Everything with Your iPhone, also known as the Best iPhone Book Ever, is now on store shelves. Yes, you can schlep down to your local Barnes & Nobles, Borders or Johnny’s Books’n’Feed and pick one up for yourself, your…

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Voyager 2 Could Be First Object to Escape Solar System, Meet Aliens

The Voyager 2 probe could be the first man-made object to travel outside the solar system in a few years, which may or may not result in it being discovered by sentient life and then sent back to “join with its Creator”. V’ger 2 actually lost out to V’ger 1 in terms of crossing the…

Space & Spaceflight Jason Chen

Use a Wiimote to Make Whiteboards Out of Anything

Johnny Lee’s description of “Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote” may sound boring, but it’s actually a very cool and very innovative use of the Wiimote. Since you can hook the controller up to your computer and accept inputs using the Wiimote library interface, you can use its infrared sensors to detect and track…

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Contest Reminder: Win a PlayStation 3

Hey folks, our PlayStation 3 Blu-ray contest is still going on, and you can still enter by seeing the rules here. As a reminder, you can also get five free movies with this contest as well, so go ahead and pick out the ones you want just in case you’re the lucky one that wins…

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Keyport Production Video Shows Why It’s Great For Motorcycles

The $295 Keyport that allows you to combine six keys into one slick-looking device is near the Optimus Keyboard on the scale of totally overpriced things we would really love to have. Their production videos show you at least part of what your three hundred bones go toward: manufacturing. A machine that urinates water onto…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Programmable Tux Bot Has Tons of Functions Including Scaring Away Females

Since anyone who’s going to buy this Tux Droid already has at least three Linux machines in their house, it’s unlikely that they’ll care just how nerdy this thing will make them look—which is great, because this penguin bot is actually pretty neat. The thing’s covered in felt and can communicate with the “USB fish”…

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Dell Reintroduces CableCARDs on XPS 420s

We’ve been keeping an eye on Dell’s discontinued CableCARD systems since they first introduced them on the XPS 410s because they were a relatively cheap way to get HD recording on a reasonably-priced desktop. Well, fantastic news! Chris Lanier says that Dell’s reintroduced the CableCARD option on their XPS 420s, which you can customize and…

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USB Hub Has Individual On/Off Switches

USB Hubs come in all shapes and sizes (including fruit cake), but this is the first time we’ve seen a USB hub with individual on/off switches. This isn’t only useful for switching off stuff without unplugging it and making a mess, it also helps save power when you’re on laptop battery mode. It’s a non-powered…

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Connect360 Mac Streaming Coming for PS3

According to the developers at NullRiver, they’ll be porting their Connect360 software to the PS3, allowing you to stream music and video directly from your Mac to your Sony console. The recent update to the 360 version allowed streaming of DivX and XviD, something that The PlayStation 3 will be getting soon as well. After…

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Swarovski-Encrusted Wii Actually Doesn’t Look Like Crystalized Poop

We normally avoid posting things coated in Swarovski crystals like Asians avoid SARS, but this particular crystalized Wii looks spectacular. The console has the Twilight Princess Link/Wolf engraved on one side, the TriForce logo engraved on the other and the actual TriForce (with Kanji labels) on the front. We’re not sure how much it costs,…

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iPhone Dev Team Releases Open Source Unlock Software

As we told you last Wednesday, the iPhone Dev Team have opened up the source to AnySIM, the free SIM unlock software for the iPhone that lets you use your phone on pretty much any GSM network in the world. The source being open, on the other hand, makes it a lot easier for Apple…

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PS3 Getting Blu-ray 1.1 Profile Update This Month

One of the biggest complaints about Blu-ray is that not everyone supports the same “BD Profile,” which means not every player has the same capabilities. Don Eklund, EVP of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, promised an update for the PS3, which is the most popular Blu-ray player by far, that will allow the player to support…

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Rumor Smashed: Sega Not Working on Dreamcast 2

Sega’s put a stop to the Dreamcast 2 rumors quickly, reiterating that they’re going to stay a software company and not re-enter the console business. They told GameDaily this: https://gizmodo.com/is-sega-working-on-dreamcast-ii-please-let-this-be-tru-331008 We’re very happy being a platform agnostic company and have moved up the ranks the past three years from #11, to #9, and now stand…

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Windows Mobile 6.1 Video Walk-through

Following up on the Windows Mobile 6.1 details and pictures, Boy Genius has a video walk-through of the latest Microsoft Mobile OS. If you can hear the guy’s voice over the music (we had a hard time), he says it’s AT&T branded, so it’ll definitely hit AT&T some time early next year. (You may want…

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Rumor: Warner Bros. Going All Blu-ray at CES

Following up on the rumor that Warner Bros. was going exclusively Blu-ray from October, BusinessWeek has their own speculation that Warner Bros. will be swapping to the Sony side. The rumor stems from a quote from Lionsgate vice-chairman Michael Burns (who may or may not know what he thinks he knows) who says “The rumor…

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Second-Gen LG Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo Player Shipping Now For $999

We just met with a high-ranking source inside LG, who tells us that their second-generation Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player is shipping now for the MSRP of $999. Think that’s too much when you can get separate Blu-ray and HD DVD players for the grand total of less than that? Well, just wait until after Christmas,…

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Vista SP1 Bringing Huge Networking Speed Improvements

Besides not shutting your pirated version of Vista down when you fail to activate, Service Pack 1 will also bring a huge performance boost when you transfer both small and big files over your network. As you can see from the chart, throughput to and from Windows Home Server will jump to 3x, and throughput…

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iPhone Purchase Limit Upped From Three to Five

Doting uncles with more nieces and nephews than fingers on one hand will still have a problem than this, but Apple’s quietly raised the iPhone purchase limit from three to five. Our tipster says the Apple store employees aren’t supposed to say anything and they’re supposed to keep all the signs the same, but you…

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Sponsors Help Us Look For Housing

No matter how many gadgets we have, the most important gadget is a home…and we’re looking for one! Still waiting for the housing market to stop being so horrible though. Good thing we have our sponsors to help. Thanks Adobe, Ask.com, Atari, AT&T, Audi, Bank of America, Belvedere Vodka, Blu-Ray Disc Association, Canon, Casio, Current…

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iPhone iPhysics Makes Physics Phun

Physics was one of the few subjects in college we didn’t fail (with English, Math, Philosophy, Psychology and Philosophy rounding out the list of ones we did), so we take exceptional interest in this iPhysics game. Just use your finger to create new objects that you can fling around inside your iPhone/iTouch using the game’s…

Physics & Chemistry Jason Chen

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Best iPhone Book Ever Now in Stores

Voyager 2 Could Be First Object to Escape Solar System, Meet Aliens

Use a Wiimote to Make Whiteboards Out of Anything

Contest Reminder: Win a PlayStation 3

Keyport Production Video Shows Why It’s Great For Motorcycles

Programmable Tux Bot Has Tons of Functions Including Scaring Away Females

Dell Reintroduces CableCARDs on XPS 420s

USB Hub Has Individual On/Off Switches

Connect360 Mac Streaming Coming for PS3

Swarovski-Encrusted Wii Actually Doesn’t Look Like Crystalized Poop

iPhone Dev Team Releases Open Source Unlock Software

PS3 Getting Blu-ray 1.1 Profile Update This Month

Rumor Smashed: Sega Not Working on Dreamcast 2

Windows Mobile 6.1 Video Walk-through

Rumor: Warner Bros. Going All Blu-ray at CES

Second-Gen LG Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo Player Shipping Now For $999

Vista SP1 Bringing Huge Networking Speed Improvements

iPhone Purchase Limit Upped From Three to Five

Sponsors Help Us Look For Housing

iPhone iPhysics Makes Physics Phun

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