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iRobot Looj Gutter Cleaner Video Is Bob Vila Porn

Check out the superslo-mo guttercam as the lil green iRobot Looj clears away real-life sludge and debris. The best part of the video may be the Looj holster, allegedly designed so you can safely ascend and descend ladders, but really there to make you look like some kind of space cowboy. [iRobot] https://gizmodo.com/irobot-looj-gutter-cleaner-and-connectr-webcam-robots-a-304544

Novatel MC727 USB EV-DO Modem, World’s Smallest, Has MicroSD Slot

Now you can hook up to wireless broadband cellular service with this Novatel Wireless Ovation MC727, the world’s smallest EV-DO Rev. A USB modem that’s soon to be available on both Sprint and Verizon. Besides just being small, this one adds an extra twist: It has a microSD flash memory slot, letting you slip in…

Hands on Dell’s Sick XPS M1730 Gaming Laptop

Overclocked to 3.2GHz, Dell’s XPS M1730 gaming laptop is a smoking machine, listing from $2,999 to a “You have a serious gaming problem” price of $4,486, and we got a hands on at its official unveiling at DigitalLife. https://gizmodo.com/dell-xps-m1730-laptops-are-high-end-multi-colored-gami-294330 The only laptop currently capable of running the Ageia PhysX engine, and Unreal Tournament 3’s dreaded…

Disney Mobile Shutting Down, No Longer Happiest MVNO On Earth

As of today, September 27, Disney Mobile is shutting down its doors and no longer allowing new content and applications to be purchased on their MVNO cellphone service. You have until December 31, 2007 to find a new cellphone plan, which is when Disney Moible will cut off services completely. Once you do cancel your…

Aptera Electric Three Wheeler Available for Pre-Order

We heard rumblings of the electric three-wheeled Aptera over a year ago but now the company has opened up an annoying and overwrought website soliciting “reservations,” meaning you can plunk down $500 and get the right to buy either the all-electric or plug-in diesel hybrid model. The good news is, there’s a working prototype with…

Meizu M6 Mini Player SL Hands-on Video

The folks over at MeizuMe got their hands on a new M6 Mini Player SL and compared it to the old Mini Player model. The Mini Player, if you don’t remember, is a nano-like competitor with similar features, but a less usable UI. The new version is essentially the same player, except noticeably thinner and…

IBM Brings Big Brother to the Windy City

A video surveillance program, similar to the one that has proven to be so “effective” in London, is coming to Chicago with the help of Big Brother Blue, IBM. The cameras, which will reportedly cost less than current city-wide surveillance methods, will also be linked to intelligent software. For instance, the system will be able…

iRobot Looj Gutter Cleaner and ConnectR Webcam Robots Announced

Click to viewAs we saw in our coverage of the iRobot Digital Life Event, the iRobot Looj and iRobot ConnectR were just announced. The Looj, that weird gutter cleaner we saw before, will cost $99. The iRobot ConnectR, is a “virtual visiting robot,” which means it has a webcam and a mic for mobile teleconferencing;…

Sony Ericsson Patents Sliding Touchscreen Phone

There hasn’t been a huge innovation in Sony Ericsson phones in a while, but this new patent for a sliding touchscreen model seems to be something quite different compared with what’s come before. It looks like a standard slider, but instead of the screen portion on top and the keys on the bottom, it’s the…

iRobot Digital Life Event: iRobot Looj and iRobot ConnectR Official

2:10 Colin Angle of iRobot is about to launch something. We’ll let you know what as soon as he stops rambling. Our guess would be the iRobot Looj. 2:16 Do you believe? He’s not turning people into believers of robots. He’s turning them into lovers of robots. 2:18 Showing product testimonials. Attribution? Probably his family…

Mio DigiWalker C720T Navi Has 2MP Camera to Geocache Your Memories

Mio is taking advantage of the combo of GPS and the digital camera in the DigiWalker C720T. Take a picture with the 2-megapixel cam on its back, and it becomes a navigable point of interest, so you can return to that one romantic spot (or the scene of the crime). This GPS navi, introduced today…

Apple’s iPhone Bricking Is Legal and Technical BS

Click to viewApple has told us that—first—unlocking software causes “irreparable damage” to the iPhone and—second—this “will likely result” in a “permanently inoperable” device in the future. Is this true or is Apple trying to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt among potential unlocked-iPhone users? The short answer: Yes, it’s FUD on both accounts. We’ve worked with…

Harmony 880, kick-ass universal remote available for $119.99 (plus shipping) at Dell, or $128.48 at Amazon with free shipping.

Palm Centro Hands On And Gallery (Verdict: They’re Gonna Sell a Lot Of ‘Em)

The Palm Centro was a joke until the price dropped this morning. $99 for a full featured touchscreened Palm device is a great value. It loses the heft found in previous Palm Treos, and it’s even a little bit…shiny. The only thing to be concerned with is that tiny keyboard. Despite it being targeted toward…

Sling Media Preparing SlingPlayer for Blackberry OS

Sling Media spreads location-shifting love far and wide, and now we’re hearing that the company is further sowing the seeds of TV everywhere by preparing SlingPlayer Mobile for the Blackberry. On the heels of the company’s announcement that it will be supporting Symbian S60 software, and after supporting Windows Mobile for over a year now,…

Palm Centro Launch Event (The Treo for Hobbits)

12:25 There’s little doubt today’s event is about Centro. We’re here, and we’ll just see how it goes while we eat lunch. 12:37 Ed Colligan is up on stage, says he’s going to announce a new phone, but first, goes into marketing. Yay. 12:38 Why aren’t people buying smartphones? He says it’s because they’ve been…

HP MediaSmart TVs To Become Media Center Extenders

HP announced today at DigitalLife that its 42″ and 47″ MediaSmart TVs, with dual-band 802.11n, would be upgraded to be fully functioning Windows Media Center Extenders in early 2008. https://gizmodo.com/hp-slc3760n-mediasmart-hdtv-194001

Hype Sheet: Microsoft’s Destructive Kneeslapper

The Pitch Rarely does wanton demolition fail to entertain, and this Microsoft spot is certainly no exception. The ad starts off as a shoulder-shrugger—with a crane slowly lifting a pallet of telephony equipment into place—then turns uproarious when the cable snaps. A car is thus pancaked in spectacular fashion, and the handheld camera pans across…

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We get ready for some football with a Gameday Customs Ultimate Tailgate, keep our car interiors tidy with the Hoover GUV Garage Utility Vacuum, and wish that we could replace our rides with the Lamorghini Reventón. We also party like it’s 1945 with the Collector’s Edition Slinky, support our favorite font…

Niveus EDGE Media Center Extender Does 1080p, is Whisper Quiet, But No Wireless N

The fourth and final MCE extender is by niveus is the best looking, has 3 USB ports which is two more than what you probably need for thumbdrive playback, and best of all passive cooling. The passive cooling, if it is like the type in the full sized Niveus Media Center PCs, it uses heatpipes…