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Ford GT Nitro Gas RC Car Goes 60MPH

As far as model cars go, this Ford GT Nitro Gas RC car is gigantic. Just over 3 feet long, this 1:5 scale car is big enough to knock you down and kill you if you get in its way, so you’d better have a big parking lot where you’re going to race this thing.…

BlackJack II Hands-On (Verdict: Speedy, Slim and Sexy)

We just got hands-on with the BlackJack II, the Windows Mobile Smartphone follow-up to the popular BJ1. The things we noticed: it’s thin like the original, and small enough to feel the same in your pocket as non-smartphones. The OS is Windows Mobile 6, which improves greatly on the original’s WM5, and is definitely speedy.…

Becker Drops Two New GPS Modules For U.S. Customers

GPS maker Becker announced the Traffic Assist 7927 and 7928 today, offering a free lifetime subscription to its real-time traffic update service. The traffic service not only displays the current traffic conditions, but will reroute you for the quickest possible trip. The devices come with a mood light, built-in speakers, speed limit notifications and MP3…

Hands On the USB Microscope at Akihabara’s Thanko Shop

I got a tour of Akihabara by the wonderful people who work at Gizmodo Japan yesterday, and it was awesome. One of the first places we went was the Thanko store. Yes, the Thanko, makers of USB gadgets as dumb as they are impractical. Above, you can see me putting their USB microscope to the…

CTIA: We’re Here!

We’re here at Moscone for CTIA in dreary downtown San Francisco. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s right across the street from where Apple events are held. Stick around today to see lots of phone news from new devices to new operating systems to who knows what else (probably more phone stuff). Phones!…

AT&T Officially Announces New Samsung BlackJack II

The rumored BlackJack II is official. The 3G-enabled Samsung BlackJack II will be available from AT&T and was presented today by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CTIA 2007 in San Francisco. The official specs for the 2.4-inch 320 x 240 pixel screen BlackJack II look nice: https://gizmodo.com/blackjack-2-unveiled-as-samsung-i617-308857 • AT&T Video Share, the first service in…

Runco Weatherproof Plasma Is For Rich People Who Like Pina Coladas…

…and getting caught in the rain. The $9,000 Runco Climate Portfolio WP-42HD outdoor plasma is built to withstand “adverse environmental conditions including temperature, exposure to moisture, dust, oils and intermittent direct water spray.” It has a sealed aluminum housing and internal ventilation, along with jacks that adhere to international weatherproof standards. It even has optimized…

Michael Bay Still Loves Blu-ray More Than HD DVD

Even though Transformers director Michael Bay backed down after bitching about Paramount’s choice of HD DVD over Blu-ray for all forthcoming home videos including Transformers, he couldn’t hold his tongue for long. He told USA Today that he’s pissed about the format war in general, adding specifically: https://gizmodo.com/michael-bay-backs-down-on-hd-dvd-exclusivity-rants-292209 “As a director, my critical eye is…

Pathfinder Space Ship, an Incredibly Complex LEGO Masterpiece

We’ve seen a few LEGO models that must have taken a long time to create, but this Pathfinder Space Ship by a LEGO aficionado who calls himself Grey Fang must be some kind of record. Check out the gallery, and then see the specs on the next page. DIMENSIONS: —————————- 192 x 86 studs 67…

Giantastic Pirate Site OiNK Raided, Closed Down

If you have an OiNK account, one of the largest piracy music sharing sites in the world, you may have already discovered that it has been shut down. Interpol raided their offices and arrested everyone and their dogs. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, this year OiNK leaked 60 major pre-release albums.…

The KDDI Design Center’s Futuristic Concept Phones and Less Impressive Regular Phones

In Harajuku, near the bridge that all the socially awkward cosplay teenagers hang out on on Sundays, is the KDDI Design Center, a temple dedicated to Japanese phones. Inside they’ve got all of this year’s KDDI phone models, a display on futuristic phone concepts, and every phone offered by the Japanese carrier on display for…

Macs Not as Popular As Fanboys Think

For Mac fans, there is good news and bad news coming out today from analyst Gene Munster of investment bank Piper Jaffray. The most notable aspect of Apple’s skyrocketing popularity is the fact that the company shipped 2.16 million Macs in the third quarter of this year. The part of the analyst’s report that might…

FCC Fines Retailers $96,000 For Selling Analog TVs

Radio Shack, HH Gregg, FYE, Fred Meyer Stores, Ultimate Electronics and Boscov’s all got smacked with fines totaling almost $100K because they sold analog TVs that were not properly marked with a warning sticker saying that they would basically stop receiving signal (at least, not without a cable box or other kind of assistance) when…

Bang & Olufsen C-Cap, Smells Like Insulin

Bang & Olufsen doesn’t just make high-end *cough overpriced cough* audio equipment, they also design medical gadgets. Their C-Cap is meant to improve medication adherence by reminding diabetics and other patients requiring injected medication when to take the next dose, while housing the medication for convenience. For instance, when it’s time for a diabetic to…

Recover Stolen Laptop, Get Free Beer for Life

The owners of New Zealand-based boutique brewery Croucher Brewery Co. just got their laptop stolen. It was your usual crappy notebook, nothing fancy but full of valuable information for them. So valuable in fact that they have promised a free lifetime supply of their finest ale to whoever recovers it. That’s about $18,000 in beerilicious…

Sony Selling Sin with Memory Sticks

In the days when portable flash memory is becoming quickly commoditized, companies like Sony are obviously trying new tricks to differentiate their product. Because now Sony will begin shipping a poker game along with their Memory Stick Micro and MicroVault Midi USB keys in marked packs. The game, Midnight Hold’Em Poker, can be played on…

Parrot DF7700 MMS Digital Photo Frame Shows Pics from Cellphones

Here’s one more way to send photos to a digital photo frame: The Parrot DF7700 thinks it’s a cellphone—it even has its own phone number—and you can send it pics in an MMS message from any other cellphone. Its 7-inch frame (a similar 7″ Bluetooth-friendly frame is pictured here) is big enough to show you…

Warping Wallpaper, Grandma’s House Got Trippy

Warping wallpaper may be the brainchild of German surrealist artist Tom Hanke, but it’s a real product nonetheless. Coming in any pattern you wish, the warping wallpaper creates the illusion of bending and bulging to accommodate doors, windows and pictures. The catch? This wallpaper isn’t based upon space age technology, but simple science. Your walls…

Hitachi Will Bring Ultra Thin TVs to the US

Often we see extra-cool TVs roll out in Japan that we assume will never come to the US. Hitachi made us happy today by following up its Japan Wooo Ultra Thin launch with announcement of US availability, sans the “Wooo” branding. A 768-line 32″ and 1080p 37″ and 42″ models all measuring 1.5″ thick will…

iTunes now has “The Complete Led Zeppelin” available for preorder on iTunes for $99. That’s a 165-song collection plus their album “Mothership” for a Benjamin. The whole Led Zeppelin library hits iTunes Nov 13th.