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Sirius’s Extremely Budget-y $40 InV2 Receiver and Other Bits From The Show

Did you know Sirius makes a $40 receiver called the InV2? Unfortunately, it won’t work with docks, but you can’t argue with that price. On top of that bit, you saw a lot of major gear today from Sirius’s show—the new Stiletto 2, the Altec Lansing dock, the Polk dock, the Sportster 5 with color…

Box Converts XM-Ready Cars to Sirius-Ready Temples of Howard Stern

The honkin’ GM Sirius box, which replaces the XM box currently found in most XM-enabled GM cars 2003 and newer. This new Sirius box is compatible with about 8 million cars on the road. There are boxes from Directed that do the same for Hondas, Toyotas and Lexus autos, too.

Get a free 19-inch HDTV when you sign up for DirecTV HD at Best Buy. [Best Buy]

Luxury Offside Foosball Coffee Table Costs $7600

Both a coffee table and a foosball table, this Offside Foosball table is just the thing for millionaire former dot com employees to re-live their happy days in the office. The $7600 table has a glass top, a mirrored foosball field and is hand-crafted by Howard Bushell in Worcestershire, England. Classy and tacky all at…

Frank Goes Subservient Chicken and Plays With USB Gadgets

Instead of making a chicken dance around by typing in commands, this Frank’s Cubicle website has you making Frank play with all his USB gear by clicking on links. It’s interesting for a few minutes, especially when you see what he’s been looking at with his Spyplane. Makes us wish we had a bunch of…

Laptop Confidential II: Treason

Laptop Confidential II: Her Calling

Lexon Status Clock Gives You Important Info, Sans Frills

While a regular old wall clock just tells you the time, this Lexon Status wall clock gives you a bunch more info: the date and the weather, to be exact. It provides the outdoor temperature via a wireless barometric sensor that you stick outside, which is probably what drives an otherwise modest clock up to…

First Review of Sony’s XDR-S3HD Tabletop HD Radio (Verdict: Damn You Knob!)

Sony’s embracing HD radio, the digital twin of our existing FM band. And when their first, the cherry-wood XDR-S3HD radio, switches from FM to HD, you can hear the difference in a very positive way through the twin ~3-inch papercone drivers. And the display comes alive with track and artist info. But that knob, oh,…

Laptop Confidential II: You Wont Feel A Thing

Laptop Confidential II: Rain Swept Neon

Air Container Will Keep Your Food Hot and Fresh

Apparently, once you’ve cooked food it’s tough to keep it fresh. You can refrigerate it, but that’ll only work for a few days. Freezing is also a crappy method, as it degrades the flavor and the nutrients. What to do? Well, designer Hyun-Sung Jang hopes people will want a fancy Air Storage Container. By cutting…

This winter Microsoft will start letting developers bring their Xbox Live Arcade games to the PC. [Gamernode]

Laptop Confidential II: The Gizmodo Informant

Laptop Confidential II: Dark Armed

SanDisk’s Sansa Connect Gets $100 Price Drop

The Sansa Connect Wi-Fi-enabled player we saw earlier this year is already getting a $100 price drop down to the pretty awesome price of $149. If you remember, the 4GB player lets you share your music with strangers like the Zune does, but it also lets you download unlimited Yahoo music right from the device…

Laptop Confidential II: Fun House Mirror

Laptop Confidential II: My Phone

Laptop Confidential II: The Wiivenge

Sirius SCV1 Satellite Tuner Brings Satellite TV to the Car

Sirius’ SCV1, also known as Sirius Backseat TV, is their latest product that receives three channels of TV programming as well. The three channels—Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network— are all geared to keep kids entertained in the backseat while you’re listening to regular Sirius music in the front seat. The SCV1 brings in 130 channels…