Louis Ramirez, Author at Gizmodo

Most Lavish Mac Setups

How much do you love your Mac? Enough to surround it with over-priced furniture or hang it on your bedroom wall plasma-style. That’s what these folks have done and TecheBlog has a full run-down on some of the holiest Mac setups. It’s enough to make a fanboy’s heart skip a beat. This one here is…

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Philips Entertainment Dock Brings Your iPod into Your Kitchen

Can’t bare to spend an hour without your iPod? Philips’ under-the-cabinet DCD778 Docking System lets you dock and hang your significant other from your kitchen cupboards. The unit’s 8.5-inch LCD will let you watch TV (it has built-in tuners) or DVDs or you can play CDs and AM/FM radio. The unit will go for $400…

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Sony CEO on the Wii, iPhone, and How Sony Almost Beat the iPod

It’s not often you get a CEO to sit down and talk candidly about their company, so props to the folks at Smart House who got Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer to dish out some dirt on their competition and their place in the gadget kingdom. Throughout the interview Stringer talks about his personal life…

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YouTube Hosting Video Awards Show

As if watching their videos all day long weren’t enough, the folks at YouTube have found another way to waste your time—with an awards show. The Google-owned site famous for its user-provided videos will be handing out seven awards in categories ranging from “best comedy” to “most adorable video.” Users have all week to vote…

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Pioneer’s First 50-inch, 1080p Professional Plasma Destroys All Others

Pioneer’s consumer plasmas tend to be near perfect, so we can’t imagine the kind of image clarity you’ll get from this TV, their first 50-inch, 1080p professional model. The display comes with both HDMI and DVI inputs (the latter with HDCP support), but because it’s pro series, it packs some extra features you won’t typically…

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Fujitsu Gives Its LifeBook Tablets Solid State Drives

Our hats go off to Fujitsu this morning for giving two of their Tablet PCs flash drive makeovers. The 12.1-inch LifeBook B6210 and 8.9-inch P1610 will both have the option of coming with either a 16GB or 32GB solid state drive. Because flash drives have no moving parts, they’ll help speed up performance and save…

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Sandisk Sansa View Video Tour

A portable media player with just 8GB of memory might sound laughable, but you’ll wanna check out this preview of Sandisk’s $299 Sansa View before making your decision. The player itself looks pretty slick and you can up the storage to 16GB via the SD card slot. There’s also a removable 4-hour battery. The player…

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Nvidia Has Uber 8800 Card in the Works

If our sources on the interwebs are right, next month will be a busy one for Nvidia. Not only will it mark the launch of the GeForce 8800 Ultra (essentially an overclocked 8800 GTX), but it’ll also bring about the launch of the much-awaited 8600 series (their budget mid-tier cards). Some sites are even reporting…

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Finger-based DDR Pad For the Lazy Gamer

Tired of breaking a sweat every time you play Dance Dance Revolution? Check out this miniature DDR pad that lets you rock out with your fingers instead of your feet. Just plug it into your PC’s USB port for some Simon Says-style DDR. Sure, you’ll be titled world’s most slothful gamer, but who said games…

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All Giz Wants: Video Headsets That Don’t Suck

When it comes to watching movies, nothing beats sitting in front of a large HDTV. The catch is, not all of us can afford one. That’s where video headsets come in. Devices like Olympus’ now defunct EyeTrek that promise panorama-like viewing experiences from a pair of goggles. The problem is they all suck. Headplay says…

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Samsung’s DivX-Playing F500 Caught On Video

Part of Samsung’s Ultra collection of phones, the F500 is the only mobile out there that can playback DivX movies (along with MP4s, WMV, and AVI). To store your, er, video collection the phone has 400MB of built-in storage along with a microSD card slot. The screen is somewhat small (2.4-inches), but for those boring…

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Total HD Discs Coming in June, Format War Continues

Remember those Total HD discs we talked about back in January? In a nutshell, they were Warner’s solution to the format war, super discs that offered Blu-ray on one side and HD DVD on the other. Well, the discs are ready for their 15 minutes of fame debuting this June for “a little more” than…

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TomTom Go 715 Gets Real, Will Come with Mobile Broadband

So that TomTom unit that was leaked not too long ago became official at CeBIT today, and just as we hoped it’ll come with mobile broadband and a SIM card slot, so you’ll be able to receive and send data through the interwebs. Other features include Bluetooth and spoken directions. No word on pricing or…

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NTT DoCoMo Prepping its Own Designer Handset

It’s too early to tell what camp NTT DoCoMo’s new cell phone will fall into (will it be absurdly expensive or just expensive), but one thing’s for sure, it’s not meant for plebes like us. Designed by Stefano Giovannoni (who’s worked with Fiat and Siemens) the new phone will be a 3G handset and will…

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Samsung Q1 Ultra Gets Touched All Over

If yesterday’s Q1 pr0n didn’t hold you over, today we have some video of Samsung’s killer UMPC, thanks to the gang at Tech Digest. A lot of people are liking this UMPC, but personally I think it’s still too big for on-the-go use. And while I like that it has an embedded keyboard, it looks…

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Slacker Player Up Close and Personal

The lucky folks at CNET got to manhandle the forthcoming Slacker player while at the SXSW music fest. The player, which will have built-in Wi-Fi and the ability to sync with your personalized Slacker service, looks pretty fat and big for a flash player. CNET also reports that the battery on the final unit will…

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Disposable Video Cam Concept is Slimmer, Easier to Use Than the Real Thing

Tired of shooting with CVS’ fugly disposable video camera? Then check this one out. It’s a prototype for a new breed of disposable vid camera, one that would save you money by letting you keep the camera once you’re done shooting. All you need to replace is the DVD. This would be a great option…

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GPhone Kinda, Sorta Confirmed by Google Spain, But Not Really

It wasn’t the kind of grand announcement we were expecting, but Isabel Aguilera, CEO of Google Spain and Portugal, has supposedly spilled the beans on the GPhone, confirming for the world that our favorite search engine is indeed working on a mobile. She also mentioned they were working on 18 other projects, many of which…

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Hands On with the HairMax Laser Comb

Click to view They say balding guys will do anything to keep the hair on their head from falling, but does anything include throwing $400 down on a laser comb? Albeit, an FDA-approved laser comb? Cause that’s the starting price for the HairMax Laser Comb, which claims to stimulate and maintain your mane before it…

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Commodore Lifts the Curtain on Its Gaming PCs

I’m not sure what I was expecting from Commodore when we first heard they were jumping back into the gaming biz, but one thing I can tell you, it wasn’t quite this. Their new gaming line will consist of four models ranging from the entry-level Cg to the top-shelf Cxx. The Cxx will have a…

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Most Lavish Mac Setups

Philips Entertainment Dock Brings Your iPod into Your Kitchen

Sony CEO on the Wii, iPhone, and How Sony Almost Beat the iPod

YouTube Hosting Video Awards Show

Pioneer’s First 50-inch, 1080p Professional Plasma Destroys All Others

Fujitsu Gives Its LifeBook Tablets Solid State Drives

Sandisk Sansa View Video Tour

Nvidia Has Uber 8800 Card in the Works

Finger-based DDR Pad For the Lazy Gamer

All Giz Wants: Video Headsets That Don’t Suck

Samsung’s DivX-Playing F500 Caught On Video

Total HD Discs Coming in June, Format War Continues

TomTom Go 715 Gets Real, Will Come with Mobile Broadband

NTT DoCoMo Prepping its Own Designer Handset

Samsung Q1 Ultra Gets Touched All Over

Slacker Player Up Close and Personal

Disposable Video Cam Concept is Slimmer, Easier to Use Than the Real Thing

GPhone Kinda, Sorta Confirmed by Google Spain, But Not Really

Hands On with the HairMax Laser Comb

Commodore Lifts the Curtain on Its Gaming PCs

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

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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

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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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

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