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AJP D500E Gaming Notebook Reviewed

It might tell you a little about the hardcore gaming notebook market that two of the main competitors use the exact same chassis. Fortunately, though, the AJP D500E Gaming Notebook separates itself from Trusted Review’s currently-crowned “Speed King” (the Rock Xtreme! XTR-3.4EE) by adding in a higher-resolution screen (1,600 by 1,200 pixels native), among other…

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Canon’s EOS 20D Pictures and Specs Leaked

And while we’re on the leaked photo tip, Canon has let slip the dogs of, uh, camera… pictures. The EOS 20D hasn’t been officially announced yet (it’s expected by the end of this week), but the first details are being gleaned from pictures that are still up on Canon’s site. There’s a mess of projected…

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HP iPaq RW6100 Photos

Whoa, this is a crazy one. There apparently had been rumors floating about of a new HP iPaq smartphone, called the RW6100, and pictures have surfaced on a Korean website of what looks to be that very thing. What’s interesting to me, though, is that it appears to be a slider, although with just a…

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Cambridge SoundWorks Mick Fleetwood Signature Model Twelve Speakers

When I go into the local middle- and high-schools each week for my “Gizmodo: Talkin’ Teen” heart-to-heart rap session, the number one inquiry I get from the kids during our Q&A is, “Yo, when is Mick Fleetwood going to endorse a set of Cambridge SoundWorks portable speakers?” And I chuckle a little then, and walk…

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Barret’s XM109: No-Hassle 25mm Sniper Rifle

Barrett’s prototype XM109 packs no-fuss, some-muss light armor penetration into a convenient point-and-shoot form factor that makes lofting 25mm sniper rounds downrange a relative walk in the park for today’s workaday infantryman. Going into testing this month, the XM109 uses the computerized sighting-system “BORS” (Barrett Optical Ranging Sighting System) to automatically compensates for changes in…

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Pioneer DVJ-X1 DVD Turntable

Pioneer has announce the DVJ-X1, the first (to my knowledge) DVD-based turntable for real-time video mixing straight from source discs. It’s got all the normal tomfoolery you’d expect from a digital turntable, like no-tempo-loss reversals, Hot Cues (instantly recall up to three points on the disc), and Emergency Loop functions for when you drop the…

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Keyspan USB-to-Parallel Cable

Good morning, friends. Monitor shopping, especially used monitor shopping from a tiny shop in New Jersey that takes four hours round trip… well, it sucks, especially when the monitors are crap. If you needed a surprise ending, I’m sorry, I can’t provide one. What I can provide is this new Keyspan USB-to-Parallel cable, the sort…

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Hoodie iPod Cases

Gawker’s new editor Jessica Coen points out these little hoodie iPod cases from a little boutique called “C.Ronson” located somewhere in a district called “Nolita” in a town she says is named “Manhattan.” And then she started puking, and I don’t know why. When former Gawker editor Anna Wintour Choire Sicha was puking, we always…

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$600 Wal-Mart Notebook PC

As a back-to-school special, this $600 ECS-branded notebook from Wal-Mart isn’t half bad – 14-inch screen, Athlon XP-M 1600+, Wi-Fi (b), and DVD-ROM. Add a little extra memory to boost up the 128MB stock setup and you’ve got yourself a pretty decent little machine for browsing porn and downloading term papers. Plus it comes with…

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Nokia 7260

A Czech site has what appears to be at first glance an updated 7610, called the 7260, but upon closer inspection appears to be one of two things: either a cheaper, Series 40 phone for those who want the looks of the 7610 but not all the features (dumb people, some call them), or possibly…

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Photo-Cast: 3D Tiles From 2D Pictures

Photo-Form is a tile studio out of Scottsdale, Arizona, that is making a bunch of interesting tiles using a custom technique called “Photo-Cast,” which creates bas-relief tiles from any sort of two-dimensional image. I especially like the eight-inch tile pictured here, generated from a satellite image of a sports arena. Read – Company Home Page…

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Deleted Cameraphone Images Easily Retrieved?

So the technical information is all jacked up in this article at the Khaleej Times (phones with hard disks? ‘symptoms phones’?) but the point they’re trying to make is still valid. With the first and second generation of widespread cameraphones getting long in the tooth, many people are trading them in for new models with…

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Real’s Half-Price Sale: $.49 Songs

To kick off its iPod-compatible “Harmony” music download service (which works inside of RealPlayer), RealNetworks is offering a limited-time half-price sale, selling online downloads for just $.49, as well as half-price albums. This is separate from Real’s streaming Rhapsody service, although Real plans to add the Harmony songs to that service as well later in…

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PalmOne Wi-Fi Card To Ship Next Month

The Register is reporting that PalmOne’s $130 Wi-Fi SD-cards should ship next month, although they’ll only work with the Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 models. Palm is sort of dropping the ball on Wi-Fi implementation, something that is hopefully just a small hiccup in the current product lineup, as future products should (as in I…

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Three-in-One Breakfast Toaster Coffee Machine Egg Boiler

If there is a worse investment for me, gadget-wise, than kitchen appliances, I don’t know that it is. I’ll buy KitchenAid attachments just because they look neat, convincing myself that ‘amateur sausage making’ is going to sizzle me into a future of home-ground treats, then leave the packages unopened on the shelf. So you might…

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Hasselblad Going Digital

Classic Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad has announced the purchase of a company Imacon – normally not news for us, but it signifies a move for the camera company towards digital, who apparently was caught somewhat off guard by the extremely fast migration of users from film to digital cameras. Or there might be a herring…

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Tamagotchi Connections Review

Jason Piper shares his impressions of the hottest new virtual pet (okay, pretty much only virtual pet) in town: the new Tamagotchi Connection. You might not give a flying flip, but I adored my original Tamagotchi for at least the first 8 to 10 hours. When the first Tamagotchi was introduced in the 1998 was…

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Macy’s Robosapian Redux

Reader Rickie Chang took this sweet shot of the Macy’s Robosapian (click it for higher-resolution). Could the Thanksgiving Day Parade be next? Also, Keith Kin Yan took a bunch of great pics, too, which I’ll link. You guys both rock in a total e minor, ultimate robot doom sort of way! And thanks again, Chuck,…

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Microsoft’s Fall Keyboard and Mouse Lineup Revealed

ActiveWin got a hold of Microsoft’s Fall mouse and keyboard lineup, if that’s the sort of thing that gets you going. Although for the most part the new peripherals look like more of the same (which isn’t necessarily bad), at least two of the products – the “Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Fingerprint Reader Windows USB”…

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Gadget Desk Contest Winner

I’d like to announce the winner of last Friday’s Niveus PC Remote Control contest, Eric Antonow. So I did. Not only did he get the most entries correct (although there were about five or six others that came very close), he took such wild stabs at accuracy on the ones he missed that I just…

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AJP D500E Gaming Notebook Reviewed

Canon’s EOS 20D Pictures and Specs Leaked

HP iPaq RW6100 Photos

Cambridge SoundWorks Mick Fleetwood Signature Model Twelve Speakers

Barret’s XM109: No-Hassle 25mm Sniper Rifle

Pioneer DVJ-X1 DVD Turntable

Keyspan USB-to-Parallel Cable

Hoodie iPod Cases

$600 Wal-Mart Notebook PC

Nokia 7260

Photo-Cast: 3D Tiles From 2D Pictures

Deleted Cameraphone Images Easily Retrieved?

Real’s Half-Price Sale: $.49 Songs

PalmOne Wi-Fi Card To Ship Next Month

Three-in-One Breakfast Toaster Coffee Machine Egg Boiler

Hasselblad Going Digital

Tamagotchi Connections Review

Macy’s Robosapian Redux

Microsoft’s Fall Keyboard and Mouse Lineup Revealed

Gadget Desk Contest Winner

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

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?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset