Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Rumor Smashed: MacBook Pro CCFL and LED Displays Have No Discernible Difference

According to sources very familiar with Apple displays and MacBook development, there is no discernible difference between CCFL MacBook Pro displays and the new LED MacBook Pro displays. All the eyeball tests so far have been either faulty or just plain wrong. Think about it for a sec. If Apple’s displays were even 5% brighter…

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Rumor: Apple Bombarding Market With 3 Million iPhones At Launch, Plus More Ridiculous Numbers

Businessweek claims two sources told them Apple will have 3 million iPhones ready for the launch on June 29. This is an absurdly high number. For comparison, Nintendo’s Wii had 1 Million units. The PS3? 400,000. Xbox 360? Around 300,000. So Apple’s going to have about twice as much as all of them put together?…

Tech News Jason Chen

Thanko’s Silent Keyboard Only Makes 6db

We seriously don’t know how you IBM keyboard lovers get any work done when it sounds like Optimus Prime pleasuring himself with a jackhammer. Us? We like things quiet. Quiet like this Thanko Silent Keyboard. It only makes 6db, compared with the 30db a “regular” keyboard makes. Although we’ll still stick to Microsoft’s Wireless Entertainment…

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Rumor Smashed: Dell Not Leaving LCD TV Market

Ungar buy Dell LCD. Ungar use Home Business coupon, save much money. Ungar see Reuter report on Dell leave LCD market. Ungar sad. Ungar then see dell denial. Dell say they soon make even more TV, include 40 inch and 46 inch. Ungar no trust Taiwan media now on. Dell denies plan to exit LCD…

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NewerTech Releases First MacBook/MacBook Pro Battery Charger Ever

The problem we had with buying a whole bunch of backup laptop batteries for CES and liveblogging was that we could only charge them inside the laptops themselves. This means waking up in the middle of the night and swapping batteries, which totally ruins snuggling time with Travis and Mark. With NewerTech’s MacBook and MacBok…

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Jack Bauer Bearbrick Set

This is much better than the Apple Bearbricks. It’s Jack Bauer. Enough said. https://gizmodo.com/apple-bearbricks-260419 P.S. Please don’t make next season suck as bad as this one. Product Page [HMV]

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Problems With Blu-ray’s BD-J Spec Causes Headaches For Early Adopters

Remember when we talked about inconsistent Blu-ray BD-Java implementation and how it would cause problems for users? This video illustrates what we mean. A guy recorded himself updating the firmware of his Sony Blu-ray player, then attempting to go and play the Liar’s Dice game in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. The end result is…

Movies Jason Chen

The Yo Yo Phone Concept

If we had to name the most ridiculous phone concept yet, this Yo Yo phone would probably be in the top three. Not only is it shaped like a Yo Yo (or maybe even an ice cream sandwich), you wrap your headphones around the thing like an actual Yo Yo. Clever? Kinda. Ridiculous, definitely. The…

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Close-up Video of a Watch’s Movement

Got three minutes to kill? Check out this video of an extreme closeup of how a watch works. It’s very odd, and unless you were a watchmaker, something you’ve never seen before. Careful not to watch this video too many times, or else you’ll start getting delusions of grandeur and start chopping off the tops…

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XPower Xantrex Mobile Mini Charges Two Phones at Once

We’ve seen portable battery packs before, but XPower’s Xantrex Mobile Mini charges two things at once. Two. That’s double the amount of things charged as one. Just FYI. The Mobile Mini has a USB port so you can plug in just about any USB-friendly charger, like the iPod or the Zune, and has a miniUSB…

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Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We make the morning commute a little more fun on the Ducati Superbike 1098 S Tricolore, spice things up with the Dean & Deluca Large Metropoltian Rack, and keep our backs as smooth as a LeBron James’ jumper with the Mangroomer Electic Shaver. We also light up our patio with the…

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Hands-On With the HTC Touch: Windows Mobile Innovation at Last

When’s the last time you saw anyone make the slightest bit of innovation on the input scheme for Windows Mobile? Never? We thought so. But that’s just what HTC’s done with their TouchFLO app on the new Touch smartphone. TouchFLO actually lets you use the pads of your fingers—not just the tip like a stylus—to…

Reviews Jason Chen

Who Needs Superman? Slingatron Slingshots Stuff Into Space

This Slingatron is the greatest thing we can think of to free up Superman’s time for other things, like courting Lois or getting drunk and being a dick. Instead of spending $10,000 per pound to send stuff into space with traditional rockets, this Slingatron design is like a centrifuge that spins things around until they…

Space & Spaceflight Jason Chen

Pretec S-Diamond is the First miCARD Available

We too were groaning when the Multimedia Card Association approved yet another memory card standard dubbed the miCARD. But after seeing Pretec’s S-Diamond up close, we can kind of see why it’s useful. https://gizmodo.com/just-what-we-needed-another-memory-card-standard-265488 Similar in theory to the Kingston microSD bundles we looked at yesterday, the miCARD comes with its own USB adapter. In…

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Unconfirmed: T-Mobile Getting Samsung Sliding Messager and Entry-Level Samsung Flip

PhoneArena has a tip that T-Mobile is about to get two new phones from Samsung: the T729 and T419. The T729 is a slider reminiscent of the MotoRIZR, but has a SureType hybrid keyboard and BlackBerry connect. This should be a nice in-between messager that bridges the gap between phones like the Sidekick and the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

How to Comment: Commenter Hall of Fame

It’s about time we made another induction into our Commenter Hall of Fame. The first was strider—who after receiving the award, decided he was at the pinnacle of posterdom and started getting a bit sloppy with his comments—and now we’re adding hypereric to the lot. https://gizmodo.com/commenter-hall-of-fame-strider_mt2k-261051 If you look at his commenting record, his posts…

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ZFS Now Default File System in Apple’s OS X Leopard

Fantastic news for nerds who keep up with file systems. Sun’s just accidentally spilled the beans that OS 10.5, aka OS X Leopard, is going to be using ZFS as its default file system. ZFS replaces Journaled HFS+, Apple’s current file system, and supposedly adds a bunch of improvements. If you really care, head on…

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Another New iPhone Ad Touts Browser Features

Adding to the three iPhone ads we’ve already seen, this new Apple ad brags about how great the browser is. Is it really that great? The world will see come June 29. Still, we have to commend them on doing a good job showing off what could just be a line item on a tech…

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The Best Way to Track Your Packages

I showed this to Pash over at Lifehacker before, but I thought I’d share this with you all as well. If you order a lot of stuff (and you should, since you read Giz), you’ll love this Delivery Status package tracker for Apple’s Dashboard. Hands down the best package tracker we’ve seen on any platform,…

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Robotic Piggy Bank Eats Money, Gives Me Nightmares

I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I can ever sleep or get an erection after watching this robotic piggy bank do its thing. Seriously, eating your coins is one thing, but designing the face like a demonic orangutan baby? That’s not cool, guys. Totally not cool. Product Page [Strapya World via Tokyo…

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Jason Chen

Rumor Smashed: MacBook Pro CCFL and LED Displays Have No Discernible Difference

Rumor: Apple Bombarding Market With 3 Million iPhones At Launch, Plus More Ridiculous Numbers

Thanko’s Silent Keyboard Only Makes 6db

Rumor Smashed: Dell Not Leaving LCD TV Market

NewerTech Releases First MacBook/MacBook Pro Battery Charger Ever

Jack Bauer Bearbrick Set

Problems With Blu-ray’s BD-J Spec Causes Headaches For Early Adopters

The Yo Yo Phone Concept

Close-up Video of a Watch’s Movement

XPower Xantrex Mobile Mini Charges Two Phones at Once

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Hands-On With the HTC Touch: Windows Mobile Innovation at Last

Who Needs Superman? Slingatron Slingshots Stuff Into Space

Pretec S-Diamond is the First miCARD Available

Unconfirmed: T-Mobile Getting Samsung Sliding Messager and Entry-Level Samsung Flip

How to Comment: Commenter Hall of Fame

ZFS Now Default File System in Apple’s OS X Leopard

Another New iPhone Ad Touts Browser Features

The Best Way to Track Your Packages

Robotic Piggy Bank Eats Money, Gives Me Nightmares

Amazon Clears Out the Chefman Indoor Pizza Oven at 50% Off, Pizza Stone and Peel Included

‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Will Return for Season 2

Artemis 2 Day 2: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

Shark FlexStyle Air Styling System Holds at 31% Off While Dyson Airwrap Returns to Full Price After the Spring Sale

Sonos Ace ANC Headphones Quietly Drop Again to a New Low Right After the AirPods Max 2 Launch

Could Dave Filoni’s ‘Star Wars’ Cameo Have an Important Role in ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’?

Amazon’s 50-Inch Smart Fire TV Is Still 40% Off After the Spring Sale, Price Could Jump Back Anytime

Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta Glasses Now on GlassesUSA With 50% Off Lens Upgrades, Get Vision AI Glasses for Less

This Windows 11 Pro Mini PC Shows Up at a Record Low on Amazon After the Spring Sale, No Need for a Tower Desktop

The ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Moment Designed for You to Gawk at Hugh Jackman’s Chiseled Body Is Now an Action Figure

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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?