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How to Comment: Tell Us Who to Ban

We’ve gotten a bunch of new commenters lately, thanks to both our growth and the fact that more people know how to comment by reading these commenting posts. Although most of them are good, a few of them are dicks. It’s a full-time job spotting the dicks, so we want you, the commenters, to tell…

Mathemeticians Figure Out What Makes Women Beautiful

After studying the movements of women for years, finally we get scientific confirmation of what we’re seeing: Researchers at Cambridge University in the U.K. have figured out exactly what makes a perfect swivel-hipped walk with “a more angular swaying and bounce to the hips.” The mathematicians got out their slide rules, calculators, blow-up dolls and…

Heineken Beer Robot Oozes Sexuality, Beer

Beer companies have been using regular women to sell their product for a while, but when they get into robotic women, that’s when we start to pay attention. Thanks Ray!

iPod and iPhone Media Download Kiosks Coming January 2008

Although the “upcoming” Zune music kiosk download feature seems obvious thanks to the player’s Wi-Fi capabilities, being able to download music onto your iPod or iPhone on the go seems less obvious. However, 22Moo has just announced a date for their iPod- and iPhone-compatible internet kiosk station that lets you download movies, videos, games and…

PodBrix to Release Young Woz and Jobs Playset Made of LEGO

You’d better hurry up and get in line, because the limited-edition Young Woz and Jobs Playset is going on sale in just two days. Tomy will be cranking out this little PodBrix set made out of modified LEGO, featuring the young Steve Jobs and his Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak working in Steve’s parents’ garage to…

EcoLong’s MP3 Player Goes 85 Hours on AAAs

If all you’ve got is a handful of albums in your MP3 library, this 1GB EcoLong player should be all you need for your portable music needs. Not only does it play back over 85 hours of continuous music, it does it on one single AAA battery. Oh, and it has FM frickin’ radio! C’mon.…

Gateway to scoop up European PC vendor Packard Bell BV [PR Newswire]

Coolness Roundup: High-Def YouTube?

This week on Coolness Roundup, Gizmodo’s Charlie White and Sci Fi Tech’s Stephen Schleicher spill the beans on Adobe’s new version of Flash. Could high-def YouTube be far behind? The duo also answers listener email and talk about the rumored Phatty Apple iPod nano. [Free Podcast on iTunes or at Coolness Roundup]

Microsoft Starts Hackers MSDN Blog. Wait, What?

Microsoft just launched a new blog on their MSDN network (their network for developers) for hackers. Microsoft, of course, hires “white hat” hackers to come and work for them by throwing money at “talent,” and having them test Microsoft products for security vulnerabilities and weaknesses. (Something tells us they need to throw more money at…

Another early build of Windows Vista SP1 has been leaked again, three weeks after the previous leak. We may be seeing an actual SP sooner than we thought. [TCmagazine]

Boozy Lamp Lets the Spirits Shine Through

We like to celebrate all things drinking just like the next guy, but we’re kind of scratching our heads over this goofy table lamp that attempts to splash the color of your favorite booze all over your walls. Just insert the neck of that bottle of wine, liquor or whatever else into this rocker-shaped lighting…

Wolverine ESP, Still Plain-Looking But Even More Useful with 250GB

Even though these Wolverine ESP players are not exactly sleek, they can do just about anything with video and audio, and now this one’s packed with 250GB of storage. Except for a bit of a color change, it looks just the same as its predecessor that we reviewed last year, with that same 3.6-inch LCD…

First Native iPhone AIM Client Released, Kinda Sucks

I just tested the Apollo IM Version Negative 1, which is touted as an early beta but is actually probably an early alpha. Although it actually loads my buddy list on after the login information’s entered, it only loads a portion of the contacts. But it does manage to send messages. Once you do manage…

Video of NASA Testing its New Rocket Engine in the Mojave Desert

This is NASA’s new rocket engine, the liquid-methane-powered 5M15, being tested in the Mojave desert. It runs on methane for a few reasons: “It’s cheaper, it requires much less insulation and it exists on several planets NASA hopes to travel to.” Yes, this is the rocket that’ll take our grandkids to Mars. You’re gonna want…

What You Missed Last Weekend

Another crazy weekend has just passed us and while you fantasize about escaping work, buying a motorbike, calling it Samantha and traveling the globe like the free soul you are, let the weekend’s best keep you entertained: •We got the first leaked shots of the Palm Centro. •Tom Wood, a 16 year-old-boy, hacked Australia’s brand…

360-Degree Speakers Pump Out Sweet Sounds from Anywhere in the Room

Here’s a wild idea for a design concept: put together a speaker with 12 sides, otherwise known as a dodecahedron, and you’ll get a 360-degree blast of music. These spacey-looking Quasar speakers send their sound all over the place, so no matter where you are in the room, their sweet audio will be spilling out…

House-on-a-Pole is, Surprisingly, Not Practical

Sure, it’s cool to have a “unique” abode that sets you apart from all the cookie-cutter apartment dwellers, but there’s a fine line between interesting and impractical. The Single Hauz goes ahead and takes a flying leap over that line right into crazytown. I mean, I’m sure that living on top of a pole in…

Giz Plays With Tests the 103-Inch Panasonic Plasma (Verdict: Duuuuuhhhh)

Click to viewYou can read about it all you want, but to be in its presence is another thing altogether. And no, I’m not talking about Frucci. We gave you a sugary lick of its sweetness last Friday on site, but now here are some of the technical details and a nerdier gallery of our…

Sony VAIO LT HD PC/TV is a Mini Entertainment Center

This Sony LT HD PC/TV makes its mark as a mini home theater with its Blu-ray drive on board as well as a CableCard slot. But that Blu-ray drive not only plays back HD movies on the PC’s 22-inch widescreen, but can also record 50 gigs of sweet HD on a single disk. It has…

Sprint Adds NYC to WiMax Rollout Cities

When Sprint first announced the WiMax rollout cities, I was kind of pissed. Grand Rapids, Salt Lake City, and Providence all made the cut, but New York and San Francisco were conspicuously absent. Well, apparently Sprint heard my whining, as they’ve just announced that NYC will in fact be among the first cities getting sexy,…