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Microsoft Beats Xbox to Pieces for Getting an RRoD

Nic H tells us that this is how his Xbox was returned after being sent to Nurse Microsoft. If that’s really true, then it looks like Microsoft is getting brutal on Xboxes that dare get an RRoD. Geez. What the hell is Microsoft using to punish misbehaving Xboxes? This thing looks worse than the one…

Warming Gadget Gifts For Geeks Missing Summer

I used to love the winter, but now I find myself missing summer more and more. I assume this will culminate with boob-high pants and a condo in Florida, but gifts like these would help me make due for now. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click…

Last Day to Submit to Nikon’s Twitter-Inspired Film Festival

Nikon’s 140-seconds-or-less digital film festival is nearing—tomorrow, December 15th, is the last day to submit online. For now, you can check out both the videos that have already been submitted as well as this clip, in which judges Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) and iJustine (from the internet, I guess?) talk about the festival.…

The Ghost Of Henchman #24 Reveals All About The Afterlife

Last night’s Venture Bros made our month with its hardcore return of Brock Samson, but we were already sold before he appeared on the basis of #24‘s explanation of why vegetarianism didn’t help. Click to see for yourself.

An Extremely Brief History of Octopus Gadgetry

Today, there is only the coconut. But by my calculations, octopods will invent smartphones in 2.6 million years, give or take. We will be dead, and they will be debating about desktop OSes and mobile app store economies. [New Scientist via io9] https://gizmodo.com/octopus-uses-coconut-shells-as-portable-armor-5426109

The Master Diagram of Geek Culture

Does your obsession with superheroes make you a movie-geek, a comic-geek, or both? What sort of geek are you? This master diagram will tell you what your geek culture sub-group is based on interests, obsessions, and idols. Click on the image for a closer look. I’m quite happy to see that one of my favorite…

What Gadgets Do You Plan On Giving This Holiday?

Show us a picture of the gadget gifts you plan on giving this holiday. Who will receive it (a spouse, a parent, child, friend, etc.)? Let’s find out which of you are the most generous gift-givers.

Marvel and Disney Characters Attempt Corporate Synergy

We’ve seen tons of Marvel/Disney mashups this year, but webcomics writer T Campbell and his Rip and Teri collaborator John Waltrip have taken the idea a step further, showing both companies’ characters exploring their new relationship. [via Boing Boing]

Lucas Brings Back The Secret Apprentice, But How? Plus New Star Trek MMO Trailer

The Secret Apprentice, Starkiller, is back, but we have no idea how. If it’s because of love, we may have to unleash the Force on LucasArts. Also, check out the latest trailer and news from Star Trek Online. Spoilers below. This trailer was released at the Spike TV Video Game Awards, revealing that there will…

More Photos of the Google Nexus One

Ah, crisp, high resolution display. Side shot after the break! Thin is in, folks. BGR features the latest tech news, mobile-related content and of course, exclusive scoops.

“Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraq”: 22 Million Lost Bush White House Emails Recovered

According to the AP, soon-to-be-heroic technicians have uncovered 22 million email messages from the George W. Bush administration—far more than the Bush White House said they’d lost in the first place. That’s a lot of emails—but not as much data as you might first think. Berkeley estimated in 2003 the average email size to be…

What Is “Success” for Blu-ray?

According to the president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Craig Kornblau, if 30 percent of a movie’s home video sales today are Blu-ray, that’s pretty damn good. Consider the big picture laid out in the WSJ piece: Blu-ray, as a format, despite costing more per individual movie, only pulls around 14 percent of the revenue…

Silver PAC Evolution 5500 Remote Would Have Been Great 3 Years Ago

Remember SideShow? That technology designed for Vista that allows you to display gadgets on an external device? Silver PAC is digging it up for their Evolution 550 universal remote set for release this February. Features Include: * 4.3 inch touch-color LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 272 * ARM9 processor * 1GB flash…

Fall Into the Uncanny Valley With Your Own Robot Double

Need a gift for the robot aficionado who has everything? A Japanese company is giving consumers the opportunity to buy a moving, talking robot that looks just like them, only creepier. For a limited time, Japanese robotics company Kokoro will offer two animatronic dopplegangers to consumers willing to shell out 20.1 million yen per unit.…

At Long Last, Battleship Comes to the iPhone

Whether for crippled controls, downgraded graphics or general lack of effort, games almost always get worse when they’re ported to the iPhone. But what if you’re adapting a concept from a plastic toy? Yeah, that works. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to guess that the Battleship concept would work great on the iPhone,…

Google’s Placeholder Page for Phone Support and Its Weird Countdown

Google has an odd placeholder page waiting. Based on the URL, it should be a page for phone support, support of a phone, support over a phone, what else? There’s also some sort of weird javascript countdown hidden in the HTML of the page so maybe some kind of mysteries are lurking there. [Google]

What We Still Need on Blu-ray (And What Should Never Go HD)

Some movies seems made specifically for Blu-ray’s abilities. Some just don’t get anything out of hi-def. So why is Hollywood so completely unable to tell the difference between the two? Let’s pull it together, studios. For all our sakes. Take a look at your Blu-ray library for a minute. See anything missing? If not, you’re…

2009 Best Shots Gallery

The name of the soldier in the “I love NY” underpants is Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, TX, fighting next to Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA and Jordan Custer of Spokane, WA, center. A front shot of the Hudson River waterlanding, as passengers waited to be rescued. https://gizmodo.com/us-airways-waterlanding-close-up-image-of-inflatable-r-5132435 Nothing really impressive happening in…

8 Factoids About Lego You Can’t Miss

Here are eight impressive factoids about the most popular construction toy in the planet. If you want to know more, check out our extensive guide about everything you always wanted to know about Lego and the Lego timeline. https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lego-5019797 The Daily Mail has an interesting article about all things Lego. Not as extensive as Giz’s…

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