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Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

While some people try to decide if an iPhone is really worth the $600, a Russian rich-man without a violin tried to buy a U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bomber a few days ago, at a Moscow air show. https://gizmodo.com/craziest-weirdest-coolest-soviet-airplanes-ever-284244 Escorted by an army of bodyguards, the anonymous man approached the group of U.S. pilots who brought…

TrekStor Renames iBeat Blaxx After a Bit of Self-Flagellation

Click to viewFollowing yesterday’s letter to TrekStor, purveyors of the dubiously-monikered iBeat Blaxx MP3 player, we received an email from Gil Szmigiel, Vice President of TrekStor, effecting an immediate name-change to something a little less offensive. See the email after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/a-letter-to-trekstor-re-racist-ibeat-blaxx-mp3-player-293515 Dear Gizmodo, TrekStor is shocked by the way our new MP3 player’s…

Sanyo LP-Z2000 Enters Cheap 1080p Projector Battle

The battle of the 1080p home theater projectors gets even more rip-roaring today with Sanyo tossing its somewhat clunky looking Sanyo LP-Z2000 projector into the ring, at least in Japan. This 3-LCD $3000-ish monster looks more like an industrial-strength toaster, but still nails the specs with an HDMI 1.3a port, 1200 lumens and a 15,000:1…

Toasty Toaster Design Gives off Cassette Deck Vibes

How much do we at the Giz love toasters? Yeah, a lot. Arthur Wu’s Toasty design is tasty for these reasons: one—cute switch on top; two—it looks like a tape deck. Oh Noes, however, include: Only one slice toasts at a time, which is pure badness in my book; and, as yet, it’s only a…

Last Chance: Laptop Confidential II Final Vote

Today is the last day of voting for the Laptop Confidential II Contest. If you haven’t seen them yet, take a look at the finalists here, and then follow the MORE link at the end of this post to cast your vote. The winner will receive his or her choice of any laptop with an…

Three New EasyShare Cameras from Kodak Leaked before IFA

A trio of cameras from Kodak, the Z812 IS Megazoom, the V1233 and the V1253 have shown up on the Let’s Go Digital website, who apparently got it from the Kodak website. More details and pics about the three compacts below. The Z812 IS Megazoom 12 x optical zoom Schneider Dreuznach Variogon lens Optical Image…

Auction Starts for Airbus A380 First Flight Seats

The auction for seats on the first Airbus A380’s flight starts today: Singapore Airlines will fly it from their home city to Sydney. All profits will be shared between different non-governmental charity organizations, so not only will you have the opportunity to be first to fly the biggest passenger aircraft of all time, you will…

Made from Apple Wood, Russian Cell is no iPhone

Beneath the wood exterior lies an old Ericsson phone, modded by a Russian. There’s another pic after the jump. The only thing that surprises me is that its creator didn’t inlay it with bling. [New Launches]

Taiwan-based Acer, the third largest PC company in the world, has acquired US-based Gateway. It will continue to operate with different brands for the time being. [Reuters]

Leopard Introduction Movie Shows Time Machine Theme

Leopard is getting closer to launch, and apparently the last-minute touches are starting to trickle out from the Mothership. This looks like its new Welcome movie, centered around the Time Machine theme. In Tiger, Mac OS X’s previous version, the central theme was its most touted feature: Spotlight. The movie then showed a beam of…

Mil Mi-12 “Homer” Is World’s Biggest Helicopter, Looks as Dumb as Simpson

We missed the Mil Mi-12 in our roundup of crazy Soviet aircraft. The “Homer,” as NATO calls it, is the biggest helicopter in the world at 220ft from blade to blade, as wide as a Boeing 747’s. https://gizmodo.com/craziest-weirdest-coolest-soviet-airplanes-ever-284244 This beast was able to lift 88,636 pounds to 7,398 feet, which was another world record. Sadly,…

Iomega Launches “Affordable” 320GB and 500GB Home Network Hard Drives

This morning, Iomega pushes hard to make network-attached storage more common in the home by launching a couple of Ethernet-equipped drives that are priced close to their USB-only siblings. There’s a 320GB drive that lists for $149, and a 500GB drive going for $199. (A 360GB version should be available next month for $149 as…

Grundig’s MPixx Fine Arts PMPs Look Cool, Out in October

Grundig has got three new PMPs coming out next month—two from the MPixx 7000 Fine Arts series, and one from the 4000. Both the 7200 and the 7400 (above) boast a 2.4-inch screen and can record radio to MP3 format, while the 4100 boasts a 3.5-inch screen. Full stats and a pic of the 4100…

World Record Broken for 5GHz Wi-Fi Distance

A new world record has been set for 5GHz Wi-Fi transmission distance. One group was based in Italy and one in Sardinia, at a distance of 188.89 miles. The record was broken by the Italian Center for Radio Activities and Ubiquiti Networks, which provided some of the necessary gadgets. The connection maintained a transfer rate…

Nokia 500 In-Car Navigation System

Nokia has just unveiled their new in-car GPS navigation system, the 500. The large 4.3-inch display makes it more readable than the previous 330 system, and offers a few more features too. As you would expect, it integrates well with cellphones—you get Bluetooth handsfree and access to your phone contacts, and can automatically navigate to…

MareNostrum, the World’s Most Gorgeous Super-Computer

This is the 9th biggest supercomputer in the world, MareNostrum. It also happens to be the most gorgeous supercomputer in the world, installed in a former chapel with acres of glass and steel. It belongs to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and is polished daily by hundreds of groveling grad students. Probably. It has 10,240 CPUs,…

Questodesign Watches; So Minimalist, They Lack Time Function

These funked out watches from Questodesign’s Abacus series inflame our love for cryptic watches like no other. The watches consist of a minuscule ball bearing rolling about loose upon the bezel. When the snazzy timekeeper is made horizontal a magnet engages the ball bearing and directs it to the appropriate hour slot. With all this…

No Good Cheating Girlfriend’s iPhone For Sale

According to Paul, he bought his girlfriend an 8GB iPhone because she wanted one. He then found out she was cheating on him with a guy from church and now he is selling her iPhone. If the advertisement up on Craig’s list is true to fact, our man is quite at a loss. In my…

Ocular Thingy Fixes Our Steampunk Craving For Today

Well, pop my steampunk posting cherry; this delight of the age that was not, from Hove in England, is actually for sale. The guys at Boing Boing have dubbed it the “Ocular Thingy” and we are thinking that is a pretty accurate title. The device was hand made and has two lenses, two flashing valves,…

Yahoo Mail Out Of Beta, Into Email To SMS And More

Yahoo is making big waves with their online mail service; they are set to offer an option to send SMS messages directly from your Yahoo mail account. The prospect of free, mass implementation of such connectivity has us a bit excited. The overhaul is part of a revamp Yahoo is investing in and their hope…