Mark Wilson

Sony Getting Sued for PS3’s Cell Processor

Despite the Cell processor being a joint venture of Sony, Toshiba and IBM, Sony is taking the fall in a lawsuit by Parallel Processing Corporation. PPC filed a patent back in 1991 for “synchronised parallel processing with shared memory,” which they claim Sony has broken with the use of the Cell processor in PS3s. But…

Sony Gives Japanese Porn a Hand

Blu-ray’s comparisons with Betamax have proven unfounded, at least in the case of pornography. Because Sony is not only allowing pornography on Blu-ray, but they have begun offering resources and technical support to Japan’s adult film industry. https://gizmodo.com/no-porn-on-blu-ray-not-quite-229041 The pornography industry in Japan is complicated, including restrictions on manufacturing pornographic discs that are outside of…

World’s Smallest Single Chip Camera Is REALLY Small

TDC’s new OV6920 CameraChip is the world’s smallest CMOS chip at just 1/18-inch (1.4mm). This means that the attached camera setup is just 3.2mm in total size—or in layman’s terms—never change outside of your own bedroom again. Shooting at a low resolution of 328 x 250, the chip is configurable for NTSC output and can…

Dimple Music Player Excites Fingers, Other Parts

While the iPod is a nice MP3 player, it lacks that quality we can’t quite put our finger on. Oh, right. Sex. The Dimple Music Player concept may not…take care of business…but it will add a level of human touch. Designed to be a feast for the fingers, Yanko says the music player offers the…

Microsoft ships 60 million copies of Windows Vista. [newlaunches]

Our Plan For Landing On An Asteroid

FACT: An asteroid will one day kill us all. That’s why NASA asked a 3D imaging company named DigitalSpace Commons to simulate a landing on an asteroid with modified spacecraft, pictured here. I’m partial to the production levels of Armageddon, but we’re guessing this simulation is a bit more accurate. We still recommend NASA brings…

Dell Promotes Laptops With Toshiba Destruction

Dell’s new promotion of their Latitude XT tablet PC gets personal—claiming frustration with bad tablets, they sawed Toshiba’s competing M400 Portege 3500 in half. We’re not sure how, if at all, Toshiba plans to retaliate. But we humbly suggest the use of eggs, toilet paper and a half-broken bottle of Jack when proceeding. Thanks Matt!

A Video of the New Joker Semi!

Remember that badass Joker semi we showed you a few days ago? Here’s some video of his ride, but it’s a bit of a spoiler for those who want to be completely surprised when good triumphs over evil, and the Joker destroys Batman in The Dark Knight. Oh, and hit the jump for a bonus…

Six Takes on the New Tivo HD

The Tivo HD is the product were waiting for but beginning to doubt. Because Tivo’s Series 3 model successfully brought HD to the platform, but at a price reserved for high-end home theaters. So when news of the $299 Tivo HD broke, we were elated. But how does it perform? Hit the jump for our…

Buy One, Get One Free Xbox LIVE Points (and Subsequently Games)

This Sunday’s Circuit City ad is offering savings of $20 on the purchase of two Xbox LIVE accessories $19.99 and up. Constomers have double checked, and the deal applies to LIVE points, which means you can get a two-for-one special on 1600 point cards! Go forth, buy the cheap cards, and get future LIVE Arcade…

Remember those cool Fossil OLED watches we told you about? They’re available now for $105. [fossil] https://gizmodo.com/fossil-oled-watches-tell-time-impersonate-better-gadge-280021

Army Uses Videogames for Civilians and Soldiers

The Army has been using their videogame America’s Army to attract civilian youth demographics for sometime, but now actual soldiers are playing it with live ammunition for real combat training. This video shows the integration of America’s Army in real settings, and how the Army can set up this arcade/simulator/training anywhere they are stationed with…

IKEA Opens Free Hostel, If You Consider Sleeping in IKEA “Free”

The Ikea in Oslo is opening up a free hostel for shoppers who want to continue the clusterfuck that is the Ikea shopping experience for day two. 30 participants will get free dinner, breakfast and the joy of sleeping on dormitory-style beds. Plus, shoppers keep the sheets (good call), a bathrobe and slippers, too. For…

Toys R Us “Ad” Reduces Xbox 360 By $50, Too

Our mutant half-brothers over at Kotaku have posted a follow-up to yesterday’s Walmart ad, potentially reaffirming the Xbox 360 price drop to $350. https://gizmodo.com/walmart-ad-has-xbox-360-price-drop-coming-august-8th-283570 This time, it’s a Toys R Us ad, showing the Xbox 360 for the same $350 price under the price reduction euphemism of “price break.” This ad says August 12th, the…

Bally Pong Makes Gambling Even More Addictive

Atari’s Pong is stealing our quarters once again, recently approved for use in a slot machine made by Bally: “Bally Pong.” A cabinet decorated with chrome fixtures and retro fonts will be a pretty standard 5-line slot, though featuring two knobs for the 1-in-70 occurrence of a 45-second Pong minigame. And while earnings at this…

“New” Apple Keyboard Vs. “Old” Version

The rumored new Apple keyboard has already been analyzed to death, compared to its current, fully real counterpart. But in this handy side by side picture (hit the jump for a mega version) we can see the potential impact the new design will have on Apple users. What, for instance, will we ever do without…

Fuwapica Furniture Matches Your Girly Drink, Lovehandles

In the future, all furniture will glow. But if Fuwapica has anything to say about it, the glowing will quantify your embarrassment. Fuwapica seats are, at their heart, about social humiliation. Coming in Honeycomb and Ice varieties, they assign you a color based upon weight, providing us with luminescent evidence that, yes, we are the…

Lomak Light Control Frees Hands for “Better Uses”

Lomak (Light Operated Mouse and Keyboard) allows for control of an entire computer through the use of a light pointer, accommodating those who have difficulty with traditional input devices. Operated by hand or head, users aim the beam of light at a pad holding rotary-style letters and numbers. As the light passes over each button,…

Google News Cushion is Enlightening, Embarrassing

The Google News Cushion is a standard couch pillow that’s been printed with the top Google News stories of the year. It’s a microcosm, in plush, pillow form, of the collective human experience on planet Earth. For instance, what news did we search most in 2003? Kobe Bryant, Brittany Spears, Shakira, and 50 Cent. 2005…

Walmart Ad Has Xbox 360 Price Drop Coming August 8th?

Without seeing the alleged Walmart ad with my own eyes, this is still in BIG RUMOR form. But according to a very small picture (bigger version after the jump) that has been floating around online, the Xbox 360 Premium may be dropping $50 to $350. UPDATE: More unconfirmed intel informs us that the drop is…