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Giant Robosapian Attacks Macy’s

Oh my word! Reader Chuck Fletcher sent me this camphone pic of a giant Robosapian on the side of Macy’s on 34th. Thanks, Chuck! (Now somebody get me a higher-resolution picture, pronto!)

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Mobinote DVX-POD On Sale (Just Not Here)

The Mobinote DVX-Pod 7010 is one sale from at least one Taiwanese retailer, it seems. For $19,000 Taiwanese New Dollars (about $585), you can take one of the stark white hard disk video players with a 7-inch screen firmly into your hands. Both hands, I’m saying, and with a tight grip. Because it’s big, you…

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Card Access’s Time-Scout

After first seeing the Card Access Time-Scout system for locking down electronic devices from kids, I started to write, “Hey, here’s an idea, parents: Why don’t you grow a pair?” A pair of boobs or testicles, brass perhaps, as it pleased them; I was not picky. But then I realized that one could credit an…

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Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum

I would have posted this up about 5 minutes before now, but I noticed they only had three more in stock, so I thought I should get there before you punks. Because lord knows, there’s nothing that goes together more sweetly than a distended Hello Kitty head and a light, battery-powered sucking force. And for…

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iKub: Giant Kubrick Minifig iPod Cradle

Japanese Lego-equivalent Kubrick has released a neato iPod holder that’s shaped just like one of its smooth-sided mini-figures, dubbed the iKub. Retailer HMV will be selling it in November for ¥5,000 (around $45). Read – iPod Robot [RandomURL] Related Lego Volvo [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/lego-volvo-9162

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Another Portable NES: Game Axe

So apparently that Pockefami portable NES machine we were talking about is far from the first portable NES player. In fact, the GameAxe, from Taiwanese grey market manufacturer Redant was created way back in ’95. Although never released in the US for obvious reasons, the GameAxe is essentially an NES in portable form, with a…

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Sprint Gets BlackBerry

Ooh, I can slide this one in short and sweet: Sprint is getting BlackBerry, later this year. Details to follow. Read – BlackBerry Coming to Sprint [SlashPhone]

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This Last Hour In iMac

So how about that new iMac, huh? There has been plenty of talk around Internet about the new machine – set to be announced August 31 at the Apple Expo in Paris, according to most rumors – including this speculative design by fantasy Mac render man Isamu Sanada. All signs are pointing to a pizza…

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Sirius Stream Jockey, Then A Sharp Turn Into a Delphi XM Roady 2 Review

Sirius has a new model of their satellite radio hardware, the Stream Jockey [pictured right, because I keep going right to left for some reason]. Also known as the XACT XTR Plug & Play Satellite Receiver, the $100 device can be outfitted with a universal docking station for another $60, or desperate seperate docking stations…

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Two Flash For That Ass: AMP-1301 and Ultra Mini AVIT

A couple of tiny flash players for your viewing pleasure, neither of which is much to speak of feature-wise (they rarely are), but have their own charm as far as form factor goes. The AMP-1301 (pictured right) is, well, a tube. A silver tube. A silver tube with what looks to be an OLED screen.…

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Sony KLV-20WS2 Wireless TV

Another wireless TV from Sony, despite a general public “eh” for its existing “Location Free TV” product line that launched earlier this year. This model is even less portable, but it’s not exactly designed to be lugged about. Instead, all the component parts – like the DVD player and wireless headphones and remote – use…

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Whirlpool Personal Valet

So I don’t quite understand it, but apparently Whirlpool is offering up a new “Personal Valet,” with a desiccated, tuxedoed servant who will spring out each morning, having been ushered back into life after a misty morning reconstitutional. The tottering personal mummy will shamble – ably – to a low-cost parking lot, where it will…

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Harley-Davidson Road Tech Digital Music Player

You know, if you factor in the normal Harley-Davidson markup, the new Road Tech Digital Music Player’s $300 price really isn’t that bad. Sure, it only has 64MB of memory, and it’s on an SD-card, no less, but you can toss that and throw in a gigabyte card, and you’re going to be hard pressed…

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Sprint Launches Samsung SPH-A700 (aka MM-A700)

Sprint has finally gotten the Samsung SPH-A700 up for sale – 400 bucks free and clear, or $250 with a two-year indenture. The SPH-A700 is a nice enough clamshell, if a little too round and oddly-colored for my taste, but its main claim to fame is its ability to work with Sprint’s MobiTV offering, the…

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Ventana Scroll Lamp

Somebody needs to steal the concept of the Ventana scroll lamp and manufacturer a cut-rate version for less than the $700 the original goes for, because I would like to place dozens of them in my apartment for various uses, such as lighting up things, looking at, and swinging them out 180° on their mounts…

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JamPlug Guitar Amp

DVForge’s new JamPlug, an in-line (well, I guess most audio equipment is inline, but bear with me) amplifier that is billing itself as the “World’s Smallest Guitar Amp,” and for once a world’s-smallest claim is probably on the money. The $60 piece runs on a single AAA battery and has a pair of strangely-familiar matching…

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Sony HMP-A1 Reviewed, Not Hitting the UK Until Summer

Pocket-Lint had a chance to play around with the Sony HMP-A1, the hard disk-based media player that’s already available in Japan (and from importers), although it won’t be officially available in the UK until next summer (Uhm, Sony?). He likes it well enough, but I think if he had a little more time to play…

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The $350,000 Amplifier: Wavac SH-833

What does a $350,000 home audio amplifier sound like? Fucking awesome, apparently, which made me cough a little exhalation of relief as I was reading Stereophile’s review of the Wavac SH-833, the third-of-a-million dollar amp in question. I don’t know from audio, really, but I know what I like, and that’s vacuum tubes, lots of…

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Sony Sticker Shlock

Dan over at Wooba has taken up a cause that is very near and dear to my heart: encouraging owners of Sony cameras and camcorders to take off those goddamn spec stickers from their cameras. They are there to tell you about the camera you have purchased, like the sticker in a car window, and…

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Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

Somewhere between Engrish and driving a fnord lately, Darren Barefoot’s “Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness” could only be better if it had more than the sixty some-odd entries. He does take submissions, though, so after you peruse such gems as “6 in 1 user manure” and refrigerators that ask you to “endure 5 minutes,” keep…

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Giant Robosapian Attacks Macy’s

Mobinote DVX-POD On Sale (Just Not Here)

Card Access’s Time-Scout

Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum

iKub: Giant Kubrick Minifig iPod Cradle

Another Portable NES: Game Axe

Sprint Gets BlackBerry

This Last Hour In iMac

Sirius Stream Jockey, Then A Sharp Turn Into a Delphi XM Roady 2 Review

Two Flash For That Ass: AMP-1301 and Ultra Mini AVIT

Sony KLV-20WS2 Wireless TV

Whirlpool Personal Valet

Harley-Davidson Road Tech Digital Music Player

Sprint Launches Samsung SPH-A700 (aka MM-A700)

Ventana Scroll Lamp

JamPlug Guitar Amp

Sony HMP-A1 Reviewed, Not Hitting the UK Until Summer

The $350,000 Amplifier: Wavac SH-833

Sony Sticker Shlock

Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

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

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Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

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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

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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