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AT&T LG Shine Spy Shots

Our tipster didn’t give us many details on this, but apparently the LG Shine—previously seen in flip-version on Verizon—is heading to AT&T. No real details here other than it’s coming (including whether it’s this black finish), but check out our previous Shine coverage to see if you’re interested. https://gizmodo.com/lg-vx8700-official-for-verizon-247580

Our Zune 3 Wishlist

Now that the Zune 2 features and services are all known, we should look ahead to what’s coming in Zune 3—at least, what we want to come in Zune 3. It’s not to say that we’re not satisfied with Wi-Fi syncing and Windows Media Center content support, it’s that, well, it’s capable of so much…

Heat-Sensitive Wallpaper Changes Patterns When You Crank the Thermostat

This here is some fancy wallpaper that’s heat sensitive, changing the pattern when the radiator comes on. It’s a pretty sweet idea, and it looks cool, although I wonder if it goes from all to nothing like in these pictures or if it just stays in a halfway-there middleground most of the time. If that’s…

Wireless Guitar Hero III Controller for PS3 Not Entirely So

If you’re expecting to be undistracted by the smooth, seamless lines of your PS3 as you faux jam on your Guitar Hero III controller to “Cult of Personality,” get ready for some eyesoreness. Since GH’s controller doesn’t work with the PS3’s built-in Bluetooth, there’s going to be some donglage hanging from the PS3’s USB ports,…

Asus Xonar U1 USB Audio Device Supports Hardware Acceleration For Gaming

Although the ASUS Xonar U1 may look goofy, it promises quite a lot of features in its cone-shaped body. Among them are a high quality digital to analog converter, EAX and DirectSound hardware acceleration, 5.1-channel audio, a bundled array microphone, ambient noise suppression up to 20db, and a built-in headphone amp. No pricing or availability…

Optimus Maximus Shipping in White…Whenever it Actually Ships

White is the new black is the new white, as Art.Lebedev anounces the Optimus Maximus is going to be blanco—not negro—at launch. Better or worse? [Optimus Project]

Ocean Leader PMP Has Disappearing Screen

China’s Ocean Leader Development isn’t known for their cool MP3 players, but this PMP comes with a disappearing 1.8-inch TFT display, which means it only shows when necessary. Other than this, it’s a standard player with FM radio, built-in speaker, MP3/WMA/AMV support, e-Book functionality, and a circular control pad. We’re not saying we want this…

Make a “Fun” Stun Gun for Under 10 Bucks

Click to view I found the skull-poundingly monotonous drum beat combined with a complete lack of voiceover and “oh my, you’re dumb, home viewer” finger-pointing a teensy bit annoying. But! It’s super easy to follow and it looks simple enough to build your own ghetto stun gun, so much so that I might whip my…

Xtreme’s 22-inch XN1 All-in-One Desktop

The all-in-one desktop model seems to be the consumer honey pot these days, what with both the iMac and the Gateway One (among others) satisfying user’s unification needs with one shiny, slick package. This Xtreme XN1, from notebook maker Xtreme, seems to follow along the same lines with a fairly decent spec sheet and a…

Apparently things aren’t so dandy over in Sprint-Nextel land, since they’re shopping around for a new CEO to turn around the sinking profit train they’re currently riding express on. [NYT]

Japanese Bureaucrats Busted for Editing Gundam Wikipedia Entries on the Job

Six Japanese government drones in the Agriculture Ministry were given a verbal wag of the finger for dumping hours of worktime into editing Wikipedia, with one guy racking up over 260 contributions to Gundam-related entries. Speaking for the ministry on the matter, an official commented that “the Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam.”…

Fox Grasps At Lost X-Files Glory

J.J. Abrams just sold a pilot script to Fox for a show that sounds almost exactly like X-Files. A young female FBI agent, faced with unexplained phenomena, must recruit the aid of a scientist who’s been institutionalized for his wacky theories. Fox hopes Fringe will help it recapture the glory of its Mulder-and-Scully days. The…

Puke-o-Matic Amusement Park Ride Isn’t For the Weak Stomached

I’m not sure how old this is, but puking hasn’t undergone many technological advancements in the last few years. This amusement park ride looks like perhaps the worst thing to possibly do on a stomach full of fried dough and cotton candy. These crazy Germans do 110 flips in a row and then have the…

LG Chocolate HT972TR Home Theater System Looks Like an Overgrown Cellphone

LG takes this 5.1 home theater-in-a-box (HTIB) deeper into Chocolate territory with this Chocolate HT972TR Home Theater system, hoisting its four surround speakers into a vertical arrangement that mimics the company’s iconic cellphone line. Topping it off is a touchy-feely control unit for its CD/DVD player that’s almost a spittin’ image of one of LG’s…

Shiny LEDs Ring In the New Times Square New Year’s Ball

I’m nostalgic for some things, but it’s about damn time they replaced that raggedy old New Year’s Ball in Times Square. It had 600 bulbs and looked like it came from the prop room of The Day The Earth Stood Still. The new and improved model boasts 9,576 LEDs, renders 16 million colors and displays…

Direct-to-Web Show Is All Greenscreen

Can a hi-def sci-fi show succeed by going direct to the Web? Stage 3 Media is gambling that it can. In an interview at VIdFest in Vancouver, Stage 3 CEO Damien Kindler talks up the audacious gamble that is Sanctuary. Sanctuary is the highest budget direct-to-Web show ever, and the first show to be made…

Asus C90s User-Upgradeable Laptop Video Tour

Erin over at Computer Shopper has a video tour of the Asus C90s, a user-upgradeable laptop with desktop components that you can take apart yourself. What this means to you is that you’ll actually be able to extend the life of this gaming laptop without having to take it into the store and have others…

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Samsung Gleam Hits VZW, Has a Camera with Night Shot

Verizon just added the Samsung Gleam to its lineup, a shiny 3G clamshell with Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera, a microSD slot, and all the V Cast fixins you’re used to. It also has touch buttons on the front for controlling the tunes you loaded up on that microSD card. One unique feature it has is…

NEC Server Plays Back Two HDTV Signals at Once

NEC demonstrated a new HDTV server at CEATEC this week, and this one’s “Multi Record Cast” tech is powerful enough to distribute two HDTV programs within the home while recording two others at the same time. Its Remote Screen Technology also enables control from the outside like a Slingbox, letting you program its PVR functions…