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Hercules eCAFÉ Netbook Comes From Nowhere with Windows 7, 250GB Hard Disk

A netbook from Hercules? They’re better known for multimedia peripherals, but apparently the 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) EC-1000W isn’t their first effort. This one looks good, though. Windows 7 and netbook-specs aside, it has 802.11n Wi-Fi, and 50GB online storage. For $400, 250GB is also a good amount of hard disk space, and Windows 7…

ITG xpPhone Runs Windows XP, Pre-Orders For AT&T, Vodafone and Orange

The xpPhone has a 4.8-inch touchscreen, GPS, notebook-specs, and runs a full-blown copy of Windows XP. Seriously. And while I’m still skeptical about the use of XP, the phone has come a long way since I saw it at Computex. China’s In Technology Group (ITG) has now posted an English-friendly page for pre-orders—there’s no price…

All Samsung Omnia Phones Switching to WinMo 6.5

Windows Mobile 6.5 phones arrive on October 6, and joining them will be the new OmniaPRO B7330 (HSDPA, 320 x 320-pixel non-touchscreen). In fact, Samsung says that all Omnia phones will run WinMo 6.5 once it’s available. https://gizmodo.com/first-windows-mobile-6-5-phones-and-windows-marketplace-5350163 That applies to the upcoming OmniaLITE (B7300), and current WinMo 6.1 models: Omnia II (I8000), OmniaPRO B7610…

Pioneer CDJ-2000 Lets You Mix With the Help of a Big, Beautiful LCD Screen

The Pioneer CDJ-1000 CD Turntable was revolutionary when it launched because it was among the first devices to mimic vinyl turntables without the vinyl. Now, upgraded and equipped with a huge, 6.1-inch screen, the CDJ-2000 wants to up the ante. The screen is able to display song info, album art, wave data and other advanced…

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Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet: Amazon Taking Pre-Orders

The 4.8-inch screen tablet won’t get full Flash support until December-ish, but you can slap down your plastic now if you don’t wanna wait: 160GB ($330), 500GB ($430), 32GB SSD ($380). No word yet on the shipping date. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/archos-5-internet-tablet-hands-on-android-power-but-w-5358355

Obnoxious Friends of the Future, Always Posting Pics to Twitter [NSFW]

In this completely decontextualized scene from bizarrely bad mutant insect incest movie Red Cockroaches, you discover the horrifying future of real-time photo streams. This guy’s friend busts in on him hooking up, photographs it with his glasses, and uploads! Do you really want to know the backstory on this scene? OK, here goes. This loser…

Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier

Take the most daring Android phone yet, but make it faster, stronger and better (but blander). You have the Sprint take on the HTC Hero, which happens to be the best Android phone you can buy. https://gizmodo.com/htc-hero-review-ambitious-but-tragically-flawed-5318860 I said the original version of the Hero was “daring” and “ambitious, but tragically flawed.” (Read that review…

Pentax K-x DSLR Shoots 12MP Photos, 720p Video for $650 (And It’s Blood Red)

Pentax’s entry-level game just got interesting with the K-x: At $650, the followup to the K2000 is the cheapest DSLR that’ll shoot 720p video. And it comes with blood red, shiny blue and cookies ‘n’ cream white. https://gizmodo.com/pentaxs-entry-level-k2000-dlsr-aka-k-m-now-official-5052950 It’s got a 12MP CMOS sensor that’ll shoot up to 12,800 ISO in expanded range, and the…

HP DreamScreen Brings Pandora, Media Streaming to the Digital Picture Frame

HP’s new DreamScreen 100 and 130 aren’t exactly digital picture frames, though they do have that function and a similar form factor. More like a mini-computer, they stream photos and music, play videos, connect to Pandora, and do social networking. Both the DreamScreen 100 (10.2-inch screen) and 130 (13.3-inch) have 2GB of built-in storage, though…

Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Don’t Take This Mouse in the Tub

We’ve seen soap shaped like mice, now in a case of life imitating art imitating a rodent imitating a Dove bar we’ve got the M-SP1UR Soap optical mouse. A plain three-button mouse that looks like soap-on-a-rope. [AkihabraNews via CNET] https://gizmodo.com/double-click-your-body-to-cleanliness-with-the-soap-mou-5155552

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Dan Brown’s new digital novel outsells all physical books…The BlackBerry Tour’s debilitating trackball problems…Photos show a comet “giving birth” to baby comets…Samsung Instinct HD to release this month?… Reports indicate that there’s a widespread problem with the BlackBerry Tour’s trackball, being so recessed as to get clogged and require regular cleaning—something most BlackBerry owners don’t…

Galactic Truth Surfaces as President Obama Finally Reveals Himself as Jedi Master

Today is a Great Day in America’s history: President Obama has revealed himself as a Jedi Master, playing with a lightsaber while making sounds like *swisssssh* and *swoooosh* with his mouth. The Star Wars Kid has been vindicated, at last. The President got all en garderino with his lightsaber toy while presenting Chicago’s bid for…

Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps

There’s word that if an app is unapproved and removed from Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft’s version of Apple’s App Store, then it will also be removed from all users’ devices. No information on whether that includes refunds for paid apps. According to Boy Genius Report and PPC Geeks, “Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a…

First Zune HD Commercial Underwhelms, Teases

The first Zune HD commercial came out today, and it’s an extremely brief look (more like a list, really) at a few of the PMP’s main features. I really like the Zune HD, but this ad doesn’t get me excited. This is especially disappointing not just because the Zune HD is a great device that…

“Cloudy With Meatballs” Shows Off Its Crazy Voice Talent

One of the cool things about upcoming animated flick Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs is that it’s stuffed with genre maestros. Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, James Caan, and Andy Samberg all lend their vocals to this wickedly smart comedy. Forget Hader and Farris – it’s the side characters I’m most excited about. Bruce Campbell…

At Giz Gallery ’09: Brammo Enertia Electric Motorcycles

Motorcycles are cool. But I’ll venture further out and say that Electric Motorcycles are even better because like in Tron, are silent and require no gas. That’s why we’ll have the all-electric Brammo Enertia Motorcycle at Giz Gallery ’09. https://gizmodo.com/enertia-electric-motorcycle-276040 Brammo’s wonderbike runs off six lithium phosphate batteries and reaches a top speed of 50…

Pentax K-X DSLR Leaks, Due to Launch Tomorrow

Photorumors has a few pictures and a complete list of specs for Pentax’s K-X DSLR, which they claim is going to set to launch tomorrow. Looks like it’ll pack a 12.4MP CMOS sensor, 720p video and 2.7-inch LCD. The key features: • High resolution 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor features sensor-shift Shake Reduction for stabilized…

Mutant Bugs Attack Moscow’s Subway System

If you’re nervous about riding the subway, you may want to steer clear of Alex Andreev’s Moscow Underground art series, which fills the Russian subway with giant mutant cockroaches, malevolent metro conductors, and other bits of urban horror. Andreev combines (illegally taken) photos of the Moscow Underground with other images to create portraits of gloomy…

The Boob Luge, You Know, For Drinking

In the words of a Boob Luge ad: “Just fill the breast mold with water, and in two days, you will have two rock hard boobs waiting to be filled with an alcoholic beverage of your choice!” In case the prospect of two “rock hard” breasts pouring ice cold liquor into your mouth isn’t enticing…