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Slingbox Mobile in Action

Everybody’s talking about Slingbox Mobile, but do they have video of it? No! We don’t, either, but MobilityToday does and they were kind enough to hound us all morning about it. Thanks to Slingbox Mobile, you’ll never have to miss your favorite program again. You’ll also never have to pretend to have friends anymore, because…

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Glossy Surround-Sound Headphones With Six Speakers

We missed these in our CeBIT adventures and I’m going to say I’m kind of glad. The WaveOn MCH-501U is a surround-sound speakers system with optical in and six internal speakers. Details are as slim as garter snake, but let’s chalk this up to “overkill, mkay” and move on. 6 speakers in one headphone?? [AVing]

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Hairpod: Erm…

This device… no, I just can’t do it. Let’s just stare at this picture and weep for the children. Photo Page [Sydney Morning Herald]

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Lightscribe Works Better With Multiple Burns

I’ve never seen anyone using Lightscribe to label their CDs thus far, but that doesn’t mean people don’t do it. In an obvious, if interesting test, reader David shows us that you can greatly improve the contrast on Lightscribe disks by burning them a few times. At 5-10 minutes per burn, you better have a…

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PS3 Dev-Kit Running on XP?

The horror! Microsoft’s Major Nelson took this candid shot of the PS3 dev-kit running on XP. Somewhere, Tux is screaming. And screaming. Apparently, the dev-kit was supposed to be Linux-only and was also supposed to come with a pet dolphin and make you see beautiful sunrises. However, this frightening development truly changes the entire game.…

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The HD-DVD Tally: Toshiba, Hitachi, Acer, Who Else?

Looks like Acer has tipped its hand and will be producing HD-DVD laptops this year, fast on Toshiba’s long tail. No details on the final implementation—and, most importantly, no details on if Acer will also support Blu-Ray—but we should get a few bets together on the winning format. I’m currently inching towards BR, but HD-DVD…

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1080p: Dream the Impossible Dream

In the grand scheme of things, the average gamer—and I don’t mean folks who are reading this right now—can’t tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. Thank God, because according to Microsoft’s Scott Henson, director of game technology, pure 1080p content is very, very hard to produce and any hardware manufacturer who is claiming to…

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Robot Guides Museum Visitors, Crushes Heads

In our ever-suicidal spiral towards a Matrix-like dystopia full of evil, slave-driving robots, we are pleased to introduce Cicerobot, a robotic museum guide that is watching and will strike when the moment is at hand. While this robot is designed to guide museum visitors around the Agrigento Regional Archaeological Museum, other robots will be programmed…

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‘Municator: Micro Linux PC

Who needs Origami when you have Linux? The ‘Municator is a $146 computer designed to surf the web, get email, and listen to audio and video. It weighs about a pound, has 256MB RAM and 40GB hard drive, a 800-MHz Godson (???) processor and TV output. Four USB ports, VGA-out, and PS2 port make this…

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Tuning Fork

Education In the HD Era by Brian L. Clark I have this annoying—some would say pathetic—habit of trolling around television sections at consumer electronics and department stores, listening to what salesmen tell customers shopping for an HDTV. It s been an educational experience. I began thinking about this because earlier this week, I had some…

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When Sliderules Ruled the Earth

So sad. Saffo has an interesting examination of the TR3, a calculator with a vestigial sliderule on the back. This strange creature was created as a “bridge” technology for sliderule manufacturers to work their way into the calculator market that was fast destroying their bottom line. In hindsight, the effort was wasted. This is a…

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Dangerous Jewelry by Tobias Wong

Still got your Malibu? Aw, man. You know what some fucker did the other day? What? Fucking scratched it up with a diamond ring by designer Tobias Wong. Oh, man, that’s fucked up. Tell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some dickless piece…

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WOW Contest Update: Deadline is Tonight

Well, I guess some people don’t like DANGEROUS GREEN LASERS THAT COME WITH HANDY SAFETY GOGGLES! We’ve gotten 16 entries thus far, meaning that the odds are currently in your favor. Here’s the dish: Create an audio broadcast, maximum 2 minutes in length, of an alien invasion. Be creative, but remember that you are reporting…

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Ventura Launches Automatic Digital Watch

This is really nothing new—Seiko and Citizen have had versions of this movement for years. However, it’s a very cool design. The Ventura V-Tech Sigma MGS is “automatic” digital with all sorts of fancy, Swiss tomfoolery in it. First, you have a scratch resistant case and crystal and then you have Ventura’s EasySkroll knob, which…

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Consumerist Busted Gear Contest

Our dirty brother-in-law at Consumerist is offering some hot Gawker tees for pictures of your busted gear. Step on your RAZR and take a picture! Photos should be jpeg s at least 72 dpi and 522 pixels wide. You have until March 22nd, 12 noon to submit. Please include a note on the product and…

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Chat Room Reminder

Remember, folks, Gizmodo has its own chat room which is currently populated by lots of weird pictures thanks to folks who wandered in and decided to upload pictures of Eric Estrada. One of us Gizmodo ninjas should be in there at odd hours and feel free to ask us for commenting invites or to wash…

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XP On an iMac? Proof Positive?

Here we go again. Fake? Real? Real fake? Please discuss, because I’m about done with all these MacIntel vids. [Thanks, Jean-Louis]

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Archos Drops Two Players: AV700 and 104

Archos popped out two AV devices, the AV700, a media player/recorder with DVB-T tuner, and the 104, a small flash drive with customizable UI. They showed both of them at a special meeting at CeBIT. The AV700 has up to 40GB of hard drive space and plays WMA, MPEG-4, AVI, and WMV9, among others. The…

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IPC IQ/MAX: Trader’s Friend

This thing is a big fancy phone for Wall Street traders designed by Frog Design. It has all kinds of crap all over it, as we can see here, but most interestingly is a quote by IPC’s CEO, Lance Boxer: The trading floor is one of the most high-octane and high stakes environments in business.…

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Phake iPod Phone Phun: DNET DM751

No Asian OEM at CeBIT would be caught dead without something that looks like an iPod, and DNET is no exception. The DM751 is a phone that looks like an iPod Mini and has dedicated music buttons on the front along with a uniquely-styled “press wheel” technology. Price? Availability? Nah. Just be content to stare…

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Slingbox Mobile in Action

Glossy Surround-Sound Headphones With Six Speakers

Hairpod: Erm…

Lightscribe Works Better With Multiple Burns

PS3 Dev-Kit Running on XP?

The HD-DVD Tally: Toshiba, Hitachi, Acer, Who Else?

1080p: Dream the Impossible Dream

Robot Guides Museum Visitors, Crushes Heads

‘Municator: Micro Linux PC

Tuning Fork

When Sliderules Ruled the Earth

Dangerous Jewelry by Tobias Wong

WOW Contest Update: Deadline is Tonight

Ventura Launches Automatic Digital Watch

Consumerist Busted Gear Contest

Chat Room Reminder

XP On an iMac? Proof Positive?

Archos Drops Two Players: AV700 and 104

IPC IQ/MAX: Trader’s Friend

Phake iPod Phone Phun: DNET DM751

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