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Cellphone Warez Has Hidden SMS Dialer

A cracked version of the popular “Mosquito v2.0” game for Symbian phones has turned out to include a special trojan payload: a dialer that sends a text message to the UK number 87140 with a charge of £1.50 (about $2.75) a pop. So yeah, that sucks, but you shouldn’t be downloading phone warez, either. Fortunately,…

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Muzio JM-200 Flash Player Reviewed

I4U reviews the Muzio JM-200 flash player, a run-of-the-mill music player with a few stand out features, like a physically spinning volume wheel, two-color OLED screen, and the ability to add your own custom graphics to the front of its display. Other than that we’re looking at what has become almost stock standard on flash…

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Samsung’s Olympic Gold Phones

To commemorate the Olympic Games, sponsor Samsung Electronics has released 1000 special edition “Gold Premium Phones” (models SCH-E470, SPH-E3200, and SPH-E3250) and auctioned them online. The first lot of six phones has been bid up to over one million won (around $12,000). The phones themselves are not actually gold, except for a rim around the…

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Ultra X-Connect Modular PSU

I didn’t even have to read ViperLair’s review of the Ultra X-Connect 500 Watt PSU (that’s power supply unit, the thing that gives your PC juice) to know that it is going to be a big hit among the build-your-own PC set – that just took one look at a picture. Not only is the…

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Morfeo Couch with Eyestalk Lights

There’s not a whole lot of detail available about this Morfeo couch with hide-away bed, but really, how much information do you need? It’s a couch with two bendy lights at the corners to be easily positioned for reading and other couch-bound activities. No word on price or availability, or if there will be other…

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Kensington Cable Locks Easily Defeated Says Security.org

Bearing in mind that Security.org usually wants to sell you a fix to the problems they talk about, they are warning users of some models of Kensington cable locks for notebook computers that the product can be easily defeated with a dollar’s worth of common office supplies (the exact method isn’t given). While that’s sort…

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AVMA Pet Gadgets

Slate takes a break from telling people to use Firefox and Christopher Bitchens rants (oh man, BURNED YOU GOOD! I gotta get a snack now) to take an entertaining romp through the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, chock full of interesting pet gadgetry, including stops by booths selling dog and cat pheromones…

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SweepEZE Review

First of all, the name is horrid. It might not be so bad if searching for “sweep ez” on Google didn’t turn up a different product altogether, but it’s not like ‘SweepEZE’ is that strong to begin with. That is, of course, presuming that it is pronounced “Sweep Easy” and not “Sweep Easy E,” in…

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Gizmodo Week In Review

Monday August 2th, 2004 Rio Carbon: 5GB iPod Mini Fighter Siemens SK65 With Blackberry Email Rio Forge (Sort of) Announced Upcoming US Phones Roundup RoboMessiahWatch: Walking On Water Hitachi Develops High-Res Flexible Display https://gizmodo.com/rio-carbon-5gb-ipod-mini-fighter-18671 Tuesday August 3th, 2004 Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock Plus with Bluetooth for Cameraphones iRiver PMP-100 Series On Sale (Maybe? Soon? We…

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Mitsubishi Develops Mobile 3D Graphics Solution

3D gaming and cellular phones have remained separate for some time now. I think the only “solutions” I’ve seen are related to Java. [Things like J2ME, for instance. – ed] Now Mitsubishi, famous for the Japanese Zero and teenager-aimed car advertisements has created a fully OpenGL ES Ver. 1.0 software library for phones that runs…

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Nintendo to Release Pink GBA SP

Nintendo is following up their well-received custom Game Boy Advance SPs (like the popular NES Edition model) with an all-new, “girl-targeted” ‘Pink’ model, essentially a reissue of the ‘pink satin’ model available since launch in Japan. I take some offense, though, that only girls will find the new Pink edition appealing; I think it will…

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Davinci Announces Balloon Rocket X-Prize Contender

Kenneth Armstrong wrote in with this report: The Davinci Project, a Canadian team vying for the ANSARI X PRIZE unveiled its Wild Fire rocket yesterday in Toronto. The plan is to have a balloon carry it to 60,000 feet over the Canadian prairies and engage the rocket which will make “The da Vinci Project is…

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Acer TravelMate 371TMi Reviewed

Clearly, the Acer TravelMate 370 notebook will not a happy gamer make – that’s clear from just the first paragraph of BIOS’s review. But if you’re just looking for a decent machine to get some work done, the 370-series might just barely meet your needs. But despite a fairly positive review on BIOS, I’m thinking…

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Windows Service Pack Two Reviewed; New Bluetooth Client and More

CNet has a pre-release review of Windows XP Service Pack Two, and while a lot of the details don’t really interest us that much, there are some nuggets that users of Tablet PCs and Windows Media Center Edition PCs might be glad to hear: Other SP2 goodies include Windows Media Player 9.0, Bluetooth Client 2.0,…

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IMterview With Bluetooth Hacking Flexilis’s John Hering

We pinged Flexilis’s John Hering [second from the left], part of the team behind the world record-setting Bluetooth connection (and exploit) and creators of the BlueSnipe rifle. John talked about the still-lingering weaknesses in most current Bluetooth-enabled phones, plans Flexilis has in the future to help cell phone manufacturers lock down their security, and how…

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Motorola MPx and MPx220 Rumors, Including Release Dates

PhoneMag has a lot of information from a “trusted Asian carrier source” about Motorola’s upcoming MPx and MPx220 smartphones, included (projected) release dates for September 27th for the MPx220, and November 30th for MPx, although the latter may be delayed until 2005. According to the source, Motorola is still working on the firmware and deciding…

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BlueSniper Rifle and More Fun Bluetooth Exploits

Wired News has a story about the BlueSniper rifle, a yagi-antenna and scope affixed to a gun-like stock that this week broke a distance record for BlueSnarfing (pulling up phone book and text message information from insecure Bluetooth-enabled phones) by slurping data from a Nokia 6310i from 1.1 miles away. There’s more to the article…

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TurboXS DTEC: Tune Your Car Via Game Boy Advance

When I called TurboXS to ask about their new TXS DTEC controller, they acted a little confused that anyone would, you know, actually be interested in their product. Let’s see, a “programmable, upgradeable, automotive performance tool” that is controlled by plugging it into a Game Boy Advance. Hrm, no, don’t know anyone interested in that.…

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ClickV: Sound and Vibration Mouse

So I’m a little confused by this ClickV mouse. Clearly, it has a speaker inside of it; I think we can all agree that a blossoming cone of translucent blue means “sound” when placed next to anything other than a Maxi Pad. But some of the other specification bits are confusing, like “Boat Song method,”…

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Phonesafe Versus BugLite

Everyone is carrying on about the Karrysafe Phonesafe wristband [pictured left] and I guess it’s sort of interesting, although it reminds me a little too much of the sort of electrical tape contraptions we would rig as young Ninjas-In-Training, but just as interesting to me (while we’re copping links from the Red Ferret himself) are…

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Cellphone Warez Has Hidden SMS Dialer

Muzio JM-200 Flash Player Reviewed

Samsung’s Olympic Gold Phones

Ultra X-Connect Modular PSU

Morfeo Couch with Eyestalk Lights

Kensington Cable Locks Easily Defeated Says Security.org

AVMA Pet Gadgets

SweepEZE Review

Gizmodo Week In Review

Mitsubishi Develops Mobile 3D Graphics Solution

Nintendo to Release Pink GBA SP

Davinci Announces Balloon Rocket X-Prize Contender

Acer TravelMate 371TMi Reviewed

Windows Service Pack Two Reviewed; New Bluetooth Client and More

IMterview With Bluetooth Hacking Flexilis’s John Hering

Motorola MPx and MPx220 Rumors, Including Release Dates

BlueSniper Rifle and More Fun Bluetooth Exploits

TurboXS DTEC: Tune Your Car Via Game Boy Advance

ClickV: Sound and Vibration Mouse

Phonesafe Versus BugLite

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