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Gizmondo’s Elusive ‘Dietrich’ In Police Custody

Remember when Gizmondo‘s CEO Stefan Eriksson completely obliterated his Ferrari Enzo on the PCH and blamed his make-believe German buddy “Dietrich” for the whole thing? It appears that even the friends of rich-and-infamous failed entrepreneurs can’t outrun the law forever. After spending over a year on the lam, a man Los Angeles police are calling…

Apple has released an update for the new iMacs which allows the new keyboard’s F13-F19 keys to be programmed for use with Exposé, Dashboard and more. [Apple]

Universal announced it will start selling DRM-free music through a variety of outlets, but iTunes won’t be one of them. [New York Times]

RISE Three-part CD Player Keeps Components Safe From…Each Other?

Audiophiles will stop at nothing to reach aural nirvana, which is the only justification for RISE’s existence. Hand crafted in Italy, RISE is a CD player in which the various components (power source, control panel, and a Philips CD reader) are stashed in separate aluminum boxes to eliminate all mechanical and electromagnetic interference. Pricing is…

Ford Sync In-Car Audio System Coming This Fall for $395

The Microsoft/Ford partnership in-car audio system, officially dubbed Sync, was priced today as a $395 option on this fall’s Ford Focus, Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles. Sync integrates your digital audio player and/or cellphone with your car’s stereo system, allowing you to control your listening experience via voice commands or the on-wheel buttons. Worried…

EA Sports Fifa ’07 Case Mod Winner Melds Sport, Hardware

The winner of last year’s EA Sports Fifa case mod contest pulled a repeat this year, managing to outdo himself as well as the competition. The case itself is covered in a textured paint that simulates a leather soccer ball (sorry ‘the rest of the world,’ your sport is still “soccer” here) and even the…

Plasma displays are selling like hotcakes and revenues are expected to peak in 2008. The glory will be short-lived, however, as increasing pressure from the LCD market is expected to drive revenues back down through 2011. [iSuppli]

Lenovo is chatting with Packard Bell about a potential buyout to strengthen its position in the European market. Lenovo is currently the third-ranked PC vendor in the world. [New York Times]

Piss-Screen Urinal Game Discourages Drunk Driving

Forget the Wiimote, this humble German-engineered device houses a racing game controlled by your powerful stream of urine. Designed to promote taxis as an alternative to drunk driving, the Piss-Screen shocks drunkards with a brutal car crash when they inevitably ram their virtual roadster into oncoming traffic. Apparently if you’re too drunk to play a…

Confirming this morning’s rumor, Premium Xbox 360 systems with HDMI ports are quietly appearing in stores, though the new systems do not come with an HDMI cable. [Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/hdmi-coming-to-not-so-elite-xbox-360s-287166

Magellan’s Triton GPS Features Touch Screen, National Geographic Maps

Unleash your inner explorer with the adventurous Triton handheld GPS from Magellan. There are six models in total, all sporting QVGA touch screens (2.2″or 2.7″) that are waterproof up to one meter. Some feature expandable memory via an SD slot alongside a 2-megapixel digital camera and digital audio player. The top-of-the-line Triton 2000 has a…

The Halo 3 Limited Edition Xbox 360 console will emerge in September for $399.99. [Press Release] https://gizmodo.com/halo-themed-xbox-360-277039

Nokia Prism Line Is Official, Still Goofy Looking

I don’t know how carving a bunch of geometric lines in a phone helps a company “tap into the cultural zeitgeist,” but that’s what Nokia is claiming their now-official line of Prism phones does. The lower-end 7500 is your basic multimedia phone complete with music player (MP3/AAC/WMA), 2-megapixel camera and Opera Mini for web browsing…

Xbox 360 Input Machine Has Gamer Playing Halo 2 With Wiimote

Click to view It’s impossible to ignore the unique brand of fun the Wii brings to the table with its motion-sensitive controller, but if you aren’t into minigame fests, you don’t have a lot of options for taking advantage of it. That’s why one dedicated gamer decided to meld the power of the Wiimote with…

Camy Pro Gear Wiimote Hero Pack Totally Hy-Rules!

While it isn’t officially licensed Zelda merchandise, the Hero Pack is probably the closest you’ll ever get to swinging a Wii-enabled Master Sword without going the DIY route. This slightly miniaturized Hyrulean sword-and-shield combo is easy to assemble and designed to preserve all button and IR functionality. Live out your wildest Zelda fantasies in your…

Sole Mio Concept Mouse Recharges via Sunlight

The sun may be the bane of basement-dwelling geeks everywhere, but Sole Mio doesn’t care. Designed for office workers who have regular access to sunlight (via windows, etc.), this environmentally friendly mouse is currently undergoing testing to see if it can charge itself during normal daily activities. The designers admit its success is likely dependant…

Wibrain’s B1 UMPC is Super Connected, Super Ugly

Getting a UMPC with every wireless connection capability you could dream of will cost you. If that UMPC is Wibrain’s business-centric B1, that price will be largely social as your peers ridicule you for toting your goofy gadget around the office. 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA are all yours along with a 4.8″ touch…

iPhone NES Emulator Third Party App

A fresh app on Google Code claims to allow hacked iPhone users to play classic NES games. Based on the open-source portable NES emulator InfoNES, the emulator still has its training wheels on. Allegedly, games will run slightly slower than on an actual NES (or standard emulator) and you won’t get any sound output yet.…

Zero X Electric Motorcycle is Fast, Eco-Friendly, USB Compatible

What have your lithium-ion batteries done for you lately? Forget powering those handheld gadgets, the king of lithium-ion batteries is sitting in the heart of the Zero X electric motorcycle. Named for its lack of emissions and noise, the 120-pound Zero X still pumps out 20 horsepower and tops out at around 50 miles per…

Rock Out All Day (and Night) with Transcend’s T.sonic 840 DAP

In a world of complex do-it-all gadgets, the T.sonic 840 might seem a little bland. It’s a fairly basic digital audio player, supporting everything you’d expect in the audio (MP3, WMA, WAV, WMA-DRM10) and visual (JPG, BMP) departments. But it is the simple yet functional approach that allows Transcend’s latest gadget to pump out tunes…