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Samsung Makes a Cell Phone Display You Can Still See in Direct Sunlight

One of my biggest cellphone pet peeves has been answered. Samsung has developed a display for smartphones and mobiles that automatically adjusts brightness depending on its surroundings. This means the 2.1-inch panel will look sharp regardless of whether you’re in a dark room or out in direct sunlight. Samsung calls the new technology Automatic Brightness…

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Gizmodo’s Top 5 Apple TV Hacks

Click to viewOn the fence as to whether or not you should buy an Apple TV for your living room? Feeling a little constrained by the device’s restrictions? From upping your unit’s hard drive to getting it to run unsupported video codecs, these hacks will make your $299 purchase worth the splurge. Boot Apple TV…

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Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite to Debut This Week?

After all the leaks, rumors, and Game Informer’s now infamous magazine article, Microsoft is ready to make some “very exciting announcements” on Wednesday. https://gizmodo.com/black-xbox-dubbed-elite-more-accidental-confirmation-245699 How exciting? The guys at Wired are almost “100% sure” it’ll be Xbox 360 Elite kind of exciting. Combine that with the just-leaked production photos and it looks like Wed will…

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Michigan Teenager Creates Nuclear Fusion from His Basement

Using parts he found on eBay and at his local hardware store, high school senior Thiago Olson managed to achieve nuclear fusion from his home in Michigan. For all you non-science nerds (myself included), nuclear fusion occurs when two hydrogen nuclei crash together and form a helium nucleus. It requires very high temperatures (over 100…

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Sony Ericsson Brings its First HSDPA Phone to the States

Sony Ericsson’s mobiles usually don’t make it to this side of the Atlantic, but that trend changed today with the Z750, SE’s first HSDPA phone for the States. Essentially what that means is the phone will stream video and let you surf the Web at superfast speeds (for a mobile at least). Like the Z310,…

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TwoView Enclosure Makes Traveling with Dual Displays a Cinch

Having a dual-monitor setup at home is great, but for traveling you can’t top TwoView’s Dual Flip-up Flat Panel LCD unit, which houses two LCD screens and a keyboard inside a suitcase-sized aluminum shell. Once flipped open, out come two 15-, 17-, or 19-inch displays along with a built-in keyboard. The screens support resolutions of…

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XM’s Touchscreen Patent Puts the Buttons on Your Fingers

XM Satellite Radio is taking a different approach to the touch-screen/gadget craze. They have a patent on a gadget whose functions are mapped out to your fingers instead of its screen. Wanna switch stations, use your middle finger. Wanna access the menu, use your index finger. The technology would rely on your fingerprints to work…

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EV-DO Rev B to Debut This Year at 9Mbps Speeds

EV-DO fans can expect a juicy speed boost later this year when Qualcomm releases EV-DO Rev B, an update to the just launched Rev A. The new version of mobile broadband will use a spiced up chipset that’ll allow for download speeds of up to 9.3Mbps (topping Rev A’s 800kbps download speeds). https://gizmodo.com/verizon-ups-its-ev-do-network-to-rev-a-233170 So what…

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Fire-breathing Scorpion Looks Cool, Lacks Brains

There’s no doubt this is one intimidating robot. It kinda reminds me of those killer spider bots in that old Gene Simmons movie Runaway (yup, I’m giving my age away). The bot has six legs that can be controlled individually and a flamethrower for a tail. An air bag-like mechanism on its belly lets the…

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NeoKeys Builds Smart Keypad that Adapts to Every Function

The idea behind Neokeys’ smart keypad is pretty simple. Put tiny LCD screens above a phone’s middle 12 keys and sandwich them in between two outer columns that list options and menus. So each time you choose a particular function, like texting, the middle 12 keys will display commands for that function only. Theoretically it…

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EM-SEC Denies Leeches from Stealing Your Broadband with Wi-Fi-Proof Paint

The guys at EM-SEC Technologies claim they’ve invented the first paint capable of keeping all those broadband-stealing cafe hobos from leeching off your wireless network. A coat of the company’s wireless-blocking paint will restrict the passage of RF signals, creating an “electromagnetic fortress” inside your home. EM-SEC says they successfully tested the paint in their…

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Creative’s X-Fi Sound Card Gets Zapped into ExpressCard Format

Sound Blaster fans will soon be able to get Creative’s flagship sound card in ExpressCard format. The new X-Fi Xtreme Audio will boost your notebook’s crap sound system to something a little more suitable for watching your DVDs or playing games. A nice add-on, especially if you have a Media Center lappie. No word on…

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Mac Notebooks Suffering from Stretch Marks, Swollen Batteries?

Perhaps this is a sign that we’re overdue for some new Mac portables. A very caring MacBook owner recently found unsightly stretch marks along his Mac’s derriere, despite pampering it like it was his first-born. Earlier we heard reports of swollen batteries on MacBook Pros—one of them even went up in flames. Sounds like some…

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Lab Rat: Heads On with the Laser Comb

Here at Giz we test a lot of gadgets, but it’s not often we get to test them out on ourselves. Enter the HairMax laser comb. Thanks to my dad’s mom’s genes and my soon-to-be-bald noggin’, I’m the perfect guy to test it. So, what was it like? Well, it didn’t burn, smoke, or sear…

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Flexible Battery Charges in a Minute, Lasts for 1,000 Recharges

Scientists at Japan’s Waseda University have developed a new new polymer-based battery, which not only charges in less than a minute, but also lasts for up to 1,000 recharges. The cool thing about the superthin (200nm-thick to be exact) battery is that unlike previous polymer-based batteries, this one won’t won’t self-discharge. All we need to…

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Apple TV Hacked to Run XviD, DiVX to Follow?

Now that we’ve all seen the gutted insides of Apple TV, some forum users claim to have hacked into the unit and gotten it to run nonsupported codecs like XviD. The actual hacking shouldn’t be too hard for the skilled. It involves removing and mounting App TV’s hard drive and installing a few scripts. The…

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Creative Video Blaster Helps Old Lappies Render Video

Getting your home movies to DVD can be a pain if you’ve got a geriatric PC/laptop with no FireWire ports. That’s the crowd Creative is aiming for with their Video Blaster Editor. The external box offers all the A/V ports you need to get video onto your PC and helps your PC render video to…

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Ubiquam’s Hybrid Phone Does CMDA and GSM

When it comes to cell phones, your mobile either operates on the CMDA or GSM frequency. Here in the States that means Sprint/Verizon vs AT&T/T-Mobile. Ubiquam’s U520, however, is the first mobile to operate on both standards. Speed-wise, it supports up to 2.4 Mbps data transfer rates on CDMA EV-DO, but maxes out at 80…

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First Look: Apple TV Gutted Inside Out

So now that we’ve shown you Apple’s latest toy from every angle possible, it’s time to crack one open and take a look at the insides. For that we turn to the guys at TechRestore who’ve gutted the first Apple TV. And for those of you who are curious how Apple TV stacks up next…

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How to Extend Your DLP’s Life Span

Most DLPs offer mammoth screen sizes (50 inches and up) at reasonable prices, but like plasmas and LCDs, they’re far from perfect. To keep your DLP fine-tuned, the gang at HDTV Mag suggest you take extra care of its lamp cartridge. Lamps typically last from 2,000 to 8,000 hours, and replacing one can cost you…

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Samsung Makes a Cell Phone Display You Can Still See in Direct Sunlight

Gizmodo’s Top 5 Apple TV Hacks

Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite to Debut This Week?

Michigan Teenager Creates Nuclear Fusion from His Basement

Sony Ericsson Brings its First HSDPA Phone to the States

TwoView Enclosure Makes Traveling with Dual Displays a Cinch

XM’s Touchscreen Patent Puts the Buttons on Your Fingers

EV-DO Rev B to Debut This Year at 9Mbps Speeds

Fire-breathing Scorpion Looks Cool, Lacks Brains

NeoKeys Builds Smart Keypad that Adapts to Every Function

EM-SEC Denies Leeches from Stealing Your Broadband with Wi-Fi-Proof Paint

Creative’s X-Fi Sound Card Gets Zapped into ExpressCard Format

Mac Notebooks Suffering from Stretch Marks, Swollen Batteries?

Lab Rat: Heads On with the Laser Comb

Flexible Battery Charges in a Minute, Lasts for 1,000 Recharges

Apple TV Hacked to Run XviD, DiVX to Follow?

Creative Video Blaster Helps Old Lappies Render Video

Ubiquam’s Hybrid Phone Does CMDA and GSM

First Look: Apple TV Gutted Inside Out

How to Extend Your DLP’s Life Span

Getting Stuck Inside a Glitching Robotaxi Is a Whole New Thing to Be Scared of

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Humanity’s Epic Return to the Moon 🔴

NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Blasts Off

Disney’s Robot Olaf Dying Is the Funniest Thing to Happen in 2026

Kia’s EV3 Is Headed to the US This Year With Up to 320 Miles of Range

This Is the Way to Lego’s April Releases

Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI

Amazon Facilities in Bahrain Hit Again as Iran Follows Through on Threat, Report Says

Why the PS6 Handheld Will Matter More Than the PS6

DNA Study Casts Even More Doubt on Shroud of Turin’s True Origin

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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?