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Another Tivo Update Brings Official eSata Support and Better Amazon Unbox Downloads

TiVo most recent 9.2 update is adding two nice features to modern TiVo boxes: Quasi-Streaming of Amazon Unbox so you can start watching it as soon as a bit has buffered, and official eSATA support. [Zatz]

Dealzmodo: $20 off Leopard, $10 off Leopard Family Edition

Excited about all the new features in Leopard? Buy your copy from Amazon and you can get $20 off the single-user edition and $10 off the family edition. No catch as far as we can see, other than the fact that you’re pre-ordering from an online store and thus probably won’t get the product exactly…

“Heroes” Has Become Gay Mutant Version of “Mad About You”

NBC’s mutant superpower soap opera is getting into full swing with a meaty plot arc about stopping the Big Bad who is killing the older generation of heroes. Claire is falling in love with another teen hero who seems suspiciously evil, and last year’s villain, the superpowered serial killer Sylar, is on his way back…

Panasonic: The RP-WF5500’s are the World’s Most Compact Wireless Surround Sound Headphones

According to Panasonic, their new RP-WF5500 headphones are “the world’s smallest and lightest wireless surround sound headphones.” Believe it or not, each unit packs 5.1-channel Dolby Surround support over a 2.4GHz connection, a 20 to 22,000 Hz frequency band, 30-meter (98-foot ) operating range, and six hour battery life into a 250g (.56-pound) frame. They…

Interactive LED Roof Tiles Great For Advertising, Talking Smack About Neighbors

These roof tiles by designer Lambert Kamps feature built-in LEDs powered by series of self-contained solar-photovoltaic cells. Owners can program the lights to display static or animated mosaics of text, pictures and other graphics in multiple colors. It appears that these tiles are only concept pieces at this point, but it is not hard to…

Breath Controlled Chair Helps Wealthy Hippies Relax

The Alpha Liege lounge chair helps yoga hippies wind down from a long day of smoking weed and eating granola by syncing vibrations, celestial sounds, and a gentle rocking motion with the rhythms of their breathing. Apparently, this will result in a state of deep relaxation—somewhere in the limbo between being asleep and awake. Tension…

How to Comment: Two Days Left

Only two days left until the Gizmodo vs. Kotaku Halo match is here. We’re still working on how we’re going to record Kotaku’s loss for posterity, but you can catch it live on Justin.tv at 8 p.m. PST (11PM EST). We’ll be liveblogging it as well, so expect to see lots of “8:53: I just…

Apple’s Updated Dock for iProducts

After two years, Apple’s updated the Universal Dock to accommodate the Brady Bunch of iPods out in the market—it now comes with five adapters. Also thrown into the box is an Apple Remote, which can be used with the dock’s infrared sensor. One thing that’s missing is S-Video output, which has been booted in favor…

Movie Gallery, the number two video rental chain, has been browbeaten into bankruptcy by the vast array of forces assaulting B&M rental outlets—the bloodbath between Netflix and Blockbuster, web video, VOD and so on. Quick and dirty takeaway: The picture’s not looking pretty for your corner video store. [Crave]

Why Did OS X Leopard’s iChat Lose the Star Wars R2D2 Video Effect?

The R2D2 iChat Video fx is not making it to final build, according to what Apple told us this morning. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy? I’m upset, but my girlfriend thanks you for saving her from hours of Princess Leia impressions over iChat. Drop your petition signatures / curses / cries / conspiracy theories in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/r2d2-hologram-effect-coming-to-ichat-267813

Onkyo Home Theater in a Box Has HDMI 1.3a, 10-inch Sub, 1080p DVD Player

Although this Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) doesn’t have as many features as Onkyo’s DTX-8.8, it still gives you an all-in-one solution for your entertainment needs in a relatively affordable package—and it’s Onkyo’s top of the line HTiB. The receiver in the HT-SP908 and HT-SP904 models has 7.1-channel audio, two HDMI 1.3a ports, 1080p…

What’s New-New in Mac OS X Leopard’s 300+ Feature List

Click to viewNow you you about Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard launch details, it’s time to dive into that list of 300+ features and point out the functions I think we’ve never seen before today, not even at WWDC 06/07 keynotes: https://gizmodo.com/apple-confirms-october-26th-leopard-ship-date-preorder-311259 •Mail’s Post-It-style notes synchronize automatically with the iPhone. •Address Book now synchronizes with…

Olympus Debuts Three New Supersonic, Superfast Lenses for E-3 Occasion

Olympus is dropping three new SWD (Supersonic Wave Drive, their proprietary AF tech) Zuiko lenses and a plethora of new accessories to go with its newest DSLR flagship, the E-3. First up is the ED 12-60mm f2.8-4.0 SWD lens, which Olympus claims “delivers the fastest autofocus speed in the world” when paired with the E-3.…

Olympus Unveils E-3 Digital SLR, Claims World’s Fastest Autofocus

Ever since it was spotted in Korea, it’s not a well kept secret, but today Olympus made its flagship E-3 digital SLR camera official. The body will costs $1,699 without a starter lens. The big claims: • World’s fastest autofocus when coupled with new Zuiko Supersonic Wave Drive lenses • Weatherproof magnesium alloy body is…

Wozthy Engagement See-Saw: Kathy and Woz NOT Engaged?

These two are milking all this “did they, didn’t they” press for all it’s worth, but apparently the latest status is that Woz and Kathy G. aren’t engaged. Is this true, or is this just one of her wonderful “jokes” that propelled her into the Z-list along with Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin? [E!]

Cellphone Projector Concept Allows Impromptu Sales Meetings

This cellphone projector may not be completely original—weve seen the real thing before—but it does look quite cool. The concept has a Windows Mobile phone projecting your computer’s desktop onto a wall so you can make presentations or show off a cool YouTube video. It’s 10 shades of impractical right now, but an interesting concept…

Topple Bookshelf Concept Is As Unstable As the Dollar

Out of all the furniture we’d safely add the feature of “rocking” to, a bookshelf would be down near the bottom of the list next to ovens, refrigerators and ironing boards. Julian Appelius has the opposite idea, adding a five-degree tilt to the bottom of this Topple bookshelf, which supposedly still keeps books upright as…

Asus Eee PC Official, With Specifications and Pricing [UPDATED]

Asus has made the specifications for the upcoming Eee PC configurations available, along with pricing. The highlights include a two pound weight, and simple user interface for plenty of web apps (full list below). The best model has 8GB (SSD) with 1GB RAM; the lowlights include a 2GB (SSD) flavor with a paltry 256MB RAM,…

Podera Luxe USB Hub and Flash Card Readers Are Downright Purdy

We were starting to get bored with USB hubs and flash card readers, but just when we thought we’d seen them all, along came the Podera Luxe USB Hub and its comely sister, the Luxe memory card reader. There is just something pleasant about this USB hub, even though it only has four ports. Sure,…

YouTube Antipiracy Video Identification System Enters Beta Testing

The not-so hotly anticipated GooTube antipiracy system has jumped into beta. Creatively dubbed Video Identification, it’s a digital fingerprint setup where uploaded clips are matched against a stock of legit clips provided by their owners—YouTube will then follow whatever course the copyright holder wants, be it leave it or pull it. We’ll have a better…