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Ultraportable Printer Does Wireless

It’s not often we write about printers here on the Giz, but Brother’s new MPrint MW-260 gets honorable mention for being the world’s thinnest printer. It can print up to 20 pages per minute from any PC, Pocket PC, or Windows Mobile handheld. Best of all, it also prints over Bluetooth (in addition to your…

PS3 Greymarket Watch: $3,000 for a White PS3

Even if you were one of the lucky few to score a PS3 over the holidays, chances are it wasn’t white, which is why Michal Birecki thinks his console is better than yours. Birecki used his father’s body shop to give his PS3 a glossy white coat and 14 hours later emerged with this beauty,…

Pogue Points Out Vista’s “Coincidences” with Mac OS X

Did Microsoft rip off Apple’s Mac OS X when making Vista? New York Times tech superstar David Pogue takes it upon himself to highlight the “coincidences” between both operating systems and show us why they’re different. Nothing like a little tech sarcasm for the holidays. Long live Mac OS X. Er, I mean Vista. Vista…

Samsung i760 Coming to Verizon?

Samsung is spreading some Holiday cheer to Verizon customers. Rumor has it that its i760 smartphone is coming to Verizon in Q2 of next year. While it’s no Blackjack, the phone does have all the markings of a capable smartphone like Bluetooth 2.0, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and 1x EV-DO. It’s also…

Toshiba and Sony Get into Catfight Over Cell CPU

Sony and Toshiba may have been in cahoots when they worked on the Cell processor, but now that it’s out, Toshiba is throwing its pants on and running out the door. Yoshihide Fujii, Toshiba’s digital media network CEO, is claiming they’ll be the first company to put the Cell processor in your living room. Nevermind…

Photo Tips for Newbies and Pros

Just cause you suck at photography doesn’t mean your photos have to show it. The folks at Digital Photography School have listed 16 of their best tips to help you improve your snaps for the holidays. Best of all, you don’t have to be a camera-head to understand the lingo. Feel free to add your…

Neosonik Promises Wireless HD Video and Audio by January

Can’t wait till wireless HD makes it to your living room? If you’ve got $6,000 to spare, you don’t have to. Neosonik has a new A/V controller that they’re claiming can transmit uncompressed digital video and audio to your speakers or TV set—wirelessly. Just hook up your components to the controller and then sit back…

Dell’s Black Ice Coming to an XPS Near You

Well, well. What do we have here. From the looks of the XPS 710’s freshly minted website, it appears Dell has a surprise in store for its massive desktop. So far all we have to go on is this little tease: https://gizmodo.com/dell-gives-xps-line-the-quad-treatment-214616 “Technology like you’ve never seen. Black Ice is coming, exclusively from Dell.” Dell…

Vistagami All Grown Up and Ready for CES?

We’ve known about Microsoft’s Vistagami project since May. Vistagami is essentially their second attempt at an Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC). The newer Vistagamis are supposed to have slide out keyboards, better battery life, and cheaper price tags. Also, as their name suggests, they’ll be running Windows Vista. Well, word has it MS will be showing…

Fujitsu Teases Apple Fanboys with MacBook-like P7230

If Steve Jobs fails to announce an ultraportable MacBook at next month’s Macworld Expo, Apple fanboys might be able to find solace in Fujitsu’s LifeBook P7230. Like the current MacBook, it’ll be available in black or white and sport a clean, curvy design. The P7230, however, is a 10-inch ultraportable, which means it’ll be considerably…

Popalive’s LCD Remote Keeps Tabs on Your iPod

Despite its Fisher Price-sounding name, Alive-Style’s new Popalive remote looks pretty cool. It’s basically a wireless remote with an embedded 1.5-inch color screen that lets you view and navigate your iPod from afar. Dock your iPod with the Popalive Dock, connect it to your stereo or TV (the dock has audio and video outputs), and…

Wii Internet Channel Goes Live

We knew it was coming. As of this morning, all you lucky Wii owners will be able to connect to the Internet using your Wii’s Opera-based browser. The final version of the browser will be available in March and you’ll have till June to download it, otherwise you’ll have to pony up 500 points for…

Oki Electric to Boost Your Handheld’s Audio

Just when we thought Samsung was the only one miniaturizing handhelds, Oki Electric is stepping up to the plate with a tiny chip that incorporates a digital audio converter, a speaker amp, and 3D surround functionality. The chip is intended to improve sound quality in handhelds like cell phones and GPS navigators. Definitely a welcome…

Shuttle’s Flaming New Rig Ain’t For N00bs

I’ve seen some fugly PC cases before, but this one definitely wins the dork award. Not that I could buy it anyways cause according to Shuttle, their new XPC 1337 caters toward “elite gamers” only. “XPC 1337 systems offer the absolute best technologies available. This all comes together to make one unique system with performance…

QuickPlayer Brings Streaming Audio to Your Crackberry

Blackberrys aren’t known for their media-playing capabilities (hence all the excitement over the Pearl), but a small company by the name of QuickPlay Media is trying to change that with a new subscription-based service that lets you stream audio on your Blackberry. Users can choose from over 100 audiocasts, including sites like ABC News and…

Toshiba Cans SED Debut for CES

I’m tempted to start calling SED TVs the year’s top vaporware. First they left us hanging at CEDIA and then just as things started to look promising, comes news (via a dear John letter sent to the press) that says there won’t be any SED panels for us to fawn over at next year’s CES.…

Holiday Gift Guide: You Edition

So now that you’ve finished buying Aunt Edna and Uncle Marty their Holiday Chia Pets, it’s time to pick out a gift for yourself. Maybe a new cellphone? A flat-panel TV? Find all that and more inside our Holiday Gift Guide. Holiday Gift Guide 2006 [Gizmodo]

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Amazon To Sell DRM-free Tunes?

It’s no secret that Amazon has been working on an online music store to rival Apple’s iTunes, but now rumor has it Amazon’s store may be selling DRM-free tunes (joining the likes of eMusic who has been doing that since the start). As long as Amazon doesn’t jack up the price, I’m there. The question…

Lego USB Charger

Add this to the list of cool things you can do with your Legos. The hand crank Lego charger lets you juice up any USB-based gadget the old fashioned way, by cranking it up. It seems fairly simple to build as it uses a Lego motor to generate current which then passes through a voltage…