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Limited Edition Colorware Xbox 360 Commissioned for Simpsons Movie: Get Your Own

If you’re a fan of the Simpsons or Xbox 360, take a look at this limited edition Simpsons Movie console. There’s only 100 models being made, which are being given out as prizes in various competitions leading up to the movie’s release on July 27. However, we did get an insider tip that told us…

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Rumor: Music Downloads Coming to Xbox 360, have Zune Connections

This is a completely unconfirmed rumor for now, but it seems like someone with ties to Microsoft claims the Xbox 360 will get a music store of its very own. The process will be similar to the subscription model the Zune has, which is $15 a month to have access to the entire library of…

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Helio Ocean UI Walkthrough: Part 1

Here’s part one of our Helio Ocean UI walk-through. In it, we show you some searching from the idle screen, some IMing, contact searching, various apps, Google Maps, some browsing, Buddy Beacon and flipping the screen from landscape to portrait a couple of times. We’re still working on part two, so drop a note in…

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Xbox 360 Spring Update Video FAQ

With great power comes great responsibility, and with added codec support comes a crapload of new questions. That’s why Microsoft’s Xbox team has released a FAQ detailing what you may or may not want to know about the newly supported codecs. Among the more interesting answers (as if knowing what setting to choose when re-encoding…

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Cheap Gadget Roundup: Monkeys, Obscene Gestures and a Useful Toilet

Don’t quite have the money for a Helio Ocean but feel like getting a gadget high? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a roundup of cheap gadgets that are both neat and, well, cheap. Cheap as in both low in price and quality. Get an FM radio monkey for anyone who’s born in the year of…

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Zune 2 Details: Even Larger Screen, Hard Drive

Although the announcement on Monday didn’t happen publicly as we first thought, select developers did get to see the Zune behind closed doors and signed NDAs. iLounge’s source tells them Microsoft demoed more than one upcoming Zune at the event. https://gizmodo.com/no-zune-announcement-today-258322 First was the flash-based Zune which everyone was expecting, which earned a “not bad”…

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PC World Editor Harry McCracken Returns Victorious

In an interesting reversal, departed PC World Editor Harry McCracken has returned to the magazine as “vice-president, editor in chief” as of this morning. What’s even more surprising is that CEO Colin Crawford has been dropped from the CEO position and is taking up the executive vice president, online position. He’s even given the editorial…

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PS3 Melee Watch: Again With the Violence

Just when we thought PlayStation Violence was almost at an end, a student at Cal State Fresno shot three other students over an argument about a PlayStation. The model of the PlayStation wasn’t specified, but we’re going to assume that it wasn’t over a PS2 or a PS1. https://gizmodo.com/playstation-3-violence-continues-to-everyones-surprise-257846 Long story short, it seems the…

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Helio Ocean Core Features and Hands-on Impressions

We’ve had the Helio Ocean for a few hours now, so we thought it’d be a good time to go over the core features and answer a few of your questions while we were at it. First off, the core features. The dual sliding works just as well as we saw back at CTIA. The…

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Brian Lam on Cranky Geeks Today!

Hey folks, our Brian Lam is on Cranky Geeks with John Dvorak today, chatting about hairstyles, gadgets and wearing underwear on their heads. Make sure to tune in at 12:30 PST (that’s in 10 minutes!) to see Brian sweaty from running all the way to downtown San Francisco from his apartment in that getup. Cranky…

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Sizemodo: Helio Ocean vs. Everything (including iPhone)

We know you’re itching for more Helio Ocean coverage, so here it is: a live Sizemodo of the Helio Ocean vs. every phone we have. First, we’ll kick it off with a similar type of device: the slide-out QWERTY smartphone. In the middle we have the Helio Ocean, on the left there’s the T-Mobile MDA,…

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Trekstor i.Beat Sweez Squeezes Music Player Down to 1 Ounce

The latest music player from Trekstor, a company who’s given us the oddly shaped Vibez, has been named the Sweez. Besides weighing just one ounce, the Sweez has FM playback, 1 or 2GB storage, a neckband, plays back MP3/WMA/WAV/WMA-DRM10 and features USB2.0 support. All in all it’s nothing revolutionary since we’ve seen so many USB…

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Google Reader Gets Optimized for the Wii

If you insist on browsing the web on your Wii like some kind of stubborn myopic, now you can read your RSS feeds there as well. Google Reader just released a Wii-optimized version of their site, which you can view directly on your TV. And if you’re new Google Reader, glance at the video above…

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NVIDIA’s GeForce 7200 GS Gets You Windows Vista Aero For Peanuts

If you’re like Adam over at Lifehacker who has a copy of Vista but a graphics card from 1997, nVidia’s got you covered. The latest entry-level GeForce 7200 GS is their cheapest standalone graphics card, but still meets the requirements Microsoft’s set for running Aero. It’s 50% better than integrated graphics cards, which is like…

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Informed Speculation: Apple Macbook With Santa Rosa Coming Very Soon?

With Lenovo and LG‘s Santa Rosa laptop offerings (not to mention various other PC vendors as well) almost upon us, we’re left wondering what Apple is going to do. If you remember, Core 2 Duos hit PC laptops around July/August, but Apple’s MacBook Pros only got them late October. Will we have to wait nearly…

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Polk Audio’s SoundTile Speakers Spray Your Shower With Sound

Designed to match Kohler’s WaterTile Body Spray shower nozzles, these Polk Audio SoundTile speakers give you music in the shower without having to balance a ghetto boombox precariously on the tub lip. The 4-inch by 4-inch speakers are connected by coax wires to your sound source on the outside of the tub, and have grills…

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Trey Gaming Chair is Both an Office Chair and a Gentleman

While your standard office chair is great for when you need to file your taxes and a bean bag is great for when you’re getting lazy in the living room, there’s rarely a time you’ll be able to use one for the other’s purpose. That’s why this Trey Gaming Chair is so neat, especially for…

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Scientists Make Li-ion Batteries Last Twice as Long in Lab Tests

Just when everyone thought non-fuel cell battery technology was stagnant, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory found a way to increase battery life by up to twice as much. Sparing you to boring technical details, essentially what they did was find a new composite structure material to place inside batteries, giving the…

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AdWatch: Helio Ocean’s Robotic Birth

Speaking of the Helio Ocean (which is actually barely edging out Apple’s iPhone in our poll earlier today), we’ve got a new ad they’re running for the Ocean’s TV campaign. We don’t want to describe the entire video to you here—because where’s the fun, or the point in that—but it does remind us of that…

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Sony Ericsson Galleries Updated

Hey folks, we’ve updated the Sony Ericsson S500, T650, and P1 posts with galleries. You’ll really want to check them out—these are sexy sexy phones. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-s500-shows-your-inner-artist-258646 Sony Ericsson [Gizmodo]

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Limited Edition Colorware Xbox 360 Commissioned for Simpsons Movie: Get Your Own

Rumor: Music Downloads Coming to Xbox 360, have Zune Connections

Helio Ocean UI Walkthrough: Part 1

Xbox 360 Spring Update Video FAQ

Cheap Gadget Roundup: Monkeys, Obscene Gestures and a Useful Toilet

Zune 2 Details: Even Larger Screen, Hard Drive

PC World Editor Harry McCracken Returns Victorious

PS3 Melee Watch: Again With the Violence

Helio Ocean Core Features and Hands-on Impressions

Brian Lam on Cranky Geeks Today!

Sizemodo: Helio Ocean vs. Everything (including iPhone)

Trekstor i.Beat Sweez Squeezes Music Player Down to 1 Ounce

Google Reader Gets Optimized for the Wii

NVIDIA’s GeForce 7200 GS Gets You Windows Vista Aero For Peanuts

Informed Speculation: Apple Macbook With Santa Rosa Coming Very Soon?

Polk Audio’s SoundTile Speakers Spray Your Shower With Sound

Trey Gaming Chair is Both an Office Chair and a Gentleman

Scientists Make Li-ion Batteries Last Twice as Long in Lab Tests

AdWatch: Helio Ocean’s Robotic Birth

Sony Ericsson Galleries Updated

Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

Cursor’s New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents

Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is Doing Right By Debbie

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

New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

Marvel Might Have Finally Dealt With One of the Most Hated ‘Spider-Man’ Characters Around

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

RAM Prices Are Threatening the Viability of the Raspberry Pi and Single-Board Computing

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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?