Mark Wilson, Author at Gizmodo

Bloody Stump Wrist Rests

These bloody hand and foot wrist rests aren’t meant to taunt your co-workers with adolescent slasher film humor. Their intention is to honor the many who’ve fallen, organizing spreadsheets and returning company emails and remind you that, at any time, you could be a mouse click away from clicking no more. Just make sure to…

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The Anti-Invisibility Cloak Discovered, NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Why God, why? Just as Man was on the cusp of a real-life invisibility cloak—otherwise known as the gateway to the secrets of international government and the girl’s locker room—some stupid-head Chinese scientists have already learned to thwart it. The theoretical “anti-cloak” would be a piece of material with identical optical bending properties to the…

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Sanyo Xacti E2 Arrives Just in Time for Summer to End

Sanyo is finally gracing the US with the second generation of their respected waterproof Xacti line, the Xacti E2. Capturing either 8MP stills or 640×480 AVC/H.264 video, the 9.1-ounce Xacti E2 can fit up to 8 hours of footage on an 8GB SD/SDHC card (so that’s 1GB/hr). Unfortunately, the Xacti E2 is only waterproof to…

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TiVo HD Coming to DirecTV Next Year

TiVo and DirecTV have a chaotic history, but now that it’s all straightened out, the two companies can move forward to release new hardware. Now they’re planning a follow up to the HD DirecTiVo, the aging, discontinued HD TiVo platform for DirecTV that used inefficient MPEG2 encoding. Expected in the second half of 2009, the…

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Apple and AT&T Sued for Selling Too Many iPhone 3Gs

Apple/AT&T customer William Gillis was unhappy with the performance of his iPhone 3G. So he filed a lawsuit. But what’s unique in this case is that the lawsuit isn’t complaining just that the iPhone 3G is underperforming, but that the iPhone 3G is underperforming because it’s been consciously oversold in a plot by AT&T and…

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The Styrobot Wants to Rule Your Cups and Packaging

There’s really nothing great that can be done with Styrofoam other than not produce it in the first place, but in lieu of recycling it or throwing it away, one man and his son, inspired by this artwork, took 5 years worth of Styrofoam packaging and did the next most logical thing—built a giant robot.…

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This Week In Blu-ray: Every Which Way But Loose Bolts Edition

Giz pick of the week: Transformers (Two Disc Special Edition) It was the thorn in Blu-ray’s side. Transformers, otherwise known as the ’80s cartoon manifestation of geekdom, was HD DVD only. Well luckily for Blu-ray owners, HD DVD died a violent death and they got their Megatron fix after all. While this two-disc set won’t…

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Download Google Chrome Now

Google’s new web browser, Google Chrome, is now available for download. Will it dethrone Firefox? Will it further crush the hopes and dreams of Internet Explorer? Hit the link to find out. Note: Mac users still out on the cold on this one, same goes for Linux. Also, click here for our full photo tour.[Google…

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7 Prisoners Have Surgery To Remove Cellphones Stuck “Up There”

37 prisoners in a Pakistan jail were caught hiding cellphones inside their bodies—presumably their rectums. And for 30 of said prisoners, life continued as normal once the phones were removed. But for an unlucky 7, those stuffing themselves with smartphones, nature couldn’t take its course. So they underwent surgery.Upon discharge (the prisoners from the hospital,…

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It’s Gun O’Clock, So You’d Best Rise and Shine

You were up late working last night, and the alarm is already going off, cutting through your ears directly into your throbbing head. The good news? Your alarm clock is the Gun O’Clock, and your bedside table holds its IR pistol that shoots the alarm quiet. The bad news? The gun only works on the…

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Wal-Mart Discountinues 80GB and 4GB Zunes? 120GB Zune Priced?

According to a Wal-Mart insider (OK, employee) the 80GB and 4GB Zune SKUs have both been listed as “NRPL” in Wal-Mart’s database—that’s retailer shorthand for “non-replenishable.” Given Microsoft’s recent confirmation of a new 120GB Zune along with some other unnamed goodies, it looks like new Zunes could be coming sooner as opposed to later. Or…

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Gremlins 2, Modernized by Uber Fan with Uber Props

I haven’t rewatched it since childhood, but my vague recollections of Gremlins 2 strained through my modern brain’s taste filter bring me to the conclusion that the film might not be the Oscar-candidate I once thought. But there was one scene that was very memorable all the same. It’s when the film breaks in the…

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Microsoft Patents Page Up and Page Down

Just so everyone knows, Microsoft has been awarded a patent for Page Up/Page Down. Yup, it’s theirs now. They called it. You can’t touch it. And if anyone takes issue with the clear fact that Microsoft invented hitting a button to skip to the next page of text, you’ll have to take it up with…

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More Cases Essentially Confirm New iPod Nano

Sure, we’ve seen “new iPod nano” cases before. But they were shrouded in the potentially illegitimate fog of Chinese OEM. These new cases, spotted at IFA, are by Hama—a sizable accessory manufacturer out of Europe that’s been in operation for over 50 years and now making that 4G iPod nano look like a pretty sure…

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Once Again, We See That Girls Mature Faster Than Boys

Click to view No kids, she doesn’t think that your iPhone is cool. [via Danger Room]

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Meizu M8 Captured On Film: Realer Than Big Foot But Not Nearly As Interesting

Remember the Meizu M8? It was the iPhone clone, the one that we were all excited to see…back in 2007. Now that Apple’s added 3G to the mix, expanded storage and lowered the price with contract, the prospect of a (still unreleased) 8GB iClone has gotten a whole lot less enticing. But just for those…

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PSP Wi-Fi Store On the Way this Fall

There’s been no good reason that PSP users have had to download content through a PC or PS3 when the system can connect to Wi-Fi networks just fine on its own. Now Sony has revealed that a PSP Wi-Fi store is indeed in the works and slated to arrive in a firmware update this fall…

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Elac MicroSub, Rubik’s Cubes Pump Out the Jams

Subwoofers celebrate a rich history of generic, monolithic designs. So it’s straight out rude of the Elac Microsub to subvert such heritage with its Rubik’s Cube styling. Low on vibration and Bluetooth equipped for wireless connection to your favorite A2DP streaming device, the Elac MicroSub is the best that dual music and puzzle cube fans…

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Caption Contest: Big Honking Camera

“Acclaimed camera manufacturer Canon is proud to introduce the world’s smallest person.” Think you can do better? You probably can. Give it your best shot in the comments. [JJJJound via BBGadgets]

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Why I Hate Netbooks

The other day I walked into a coffee shop where I witnessed a man—a grown man—hunched over a tiny laptop. He wiggled with cautious, uncertain movements like a fat guy squeezing his way into an old pair of pants. His hands, too wide for the keyboard, made him look klutzy and a bit stupid. His…

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Bloody Stump Wrist Rests

The Anti-Invisibility Cloak Discovered, NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Sanyo Xacti E2 Arrives Just in Time for Summer to End

TiVo HD Coming to DirecTV Next Year

Apple and AT&T Sued for Selling Too Many iPhone 3Gs

The Styrobot Wants to Rule Your Cups and Packaging

This Week In Blu-ray: Every Which Way But Loose Bolts Edition

Download Google Chrome Now

7 Prisoners Have Surgery To Remove Cellphones Stuck “Up There”

It’s Gun O’Clock, So You’d Best Rise and Shine

Wal-Mart Discountinues 80GB and 4GB Zunes? 120GB Zune Priced?

Gremlins 2, Modernized by Uber Fan with Uber Props

Microsoft Patents Page Up and Page Down

More Cases Essentially Confirm New iPod Nano

Once Again, We See That Girls Mature Faster Than Boys

Meizu M8 Captured On Film: Realer Than Big Foot But Not Nearly As Interesting

PSP Wi-Fi Store On the Way this Fall

Elac MicroSub, Rubik’s Cubes Pump Out the Jams

Caption Contest: Big Honking Camera

Why I Hate Netbooks

Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

Cursor’s New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents

Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is Doing Right By Debbie

Artemis 2 Day 2: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

Marvel Might Have Finally Dealt With One of the Most Hated ‘Spider-Man’ Characters Around

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

RAM Prices Are Threatening the Viability of the Raspberry Pi and Single-Board Computing

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?