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Nike Amp+ iPod Watch Appears on FCC Website, More Photos Surface

Here’s are more photos of the Amp+, one of those Nike iPod watches we saw leaked early this year. Recently appearing on the FCC website, the Amp+ gives you normal iPod nano controls along with a scrolling LED that displays information on your Nike+iPod running status. https://gizmodo.com/nike-ipod-watch-details-leaked-230120 The design of the unit is slick and…

The Madness Begins with a 300-Page AT&T Bill for iPhone

Click to view[UPDATED: Check Justine’s interview after the jump] Following this weekend’s Gore Alert post, Justine Ezarik —of JustinTV fame— has just received her first iPhone bill. Three. Hundred. Pages. See her unwrapping the package from AT&T in the video after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/huge-at-t-iphone-bills-destroy-resources-break-postmen-288562 Click to view Come back later to find out what she…

Intel and Orange County Choppers Create Satan’s Motorcycle

Intel and Orange County Choppers combined their mutual know-how and created this monstrosity of a motorcycle—also known as Satan’s ride. This isn’t the Satan you know, this is the bad-ass futuristic Satan from 2046. The bike has four dual V-twin motors and multiple Intel quad-core processors. What are they for? To power two rearview camera…

Yamaha’s YAS-70 Budget Soundbar Might Actually Fit Below Your TV

Yamaha’s YSP line of soundbars are incredible for faux surround. One problem — they’re generally too tall to fit below a TV, unless you wall mounted, which the majority of us don’t. The YAS-70 budget soundbar could be their best one ever, if only because it is merely ~3 to 4 inches tall, fitting under…

Epson Squirts Out Four High-End Stylus Pro Inkjet Priners

Epson’s latest line of Stylus Pro “Print Engines,” better known to us as inkjet printers, have just been announced. The 4880, 7880, 9880 and 11880 all have their share of interesting features, such as the ability to hold a wine bottle’s worth of ink in one cartridge. The three lower models, 4480/7880/9880 all have an…

World’s Most Revolutionary Digital Art Tool Unveiled

Best of all, we think, is its low, low price. [FreeLoveForum via MacEnstein]

New Boston Acoustics Speakers Can Hide In Plain Sight

There are generally two kinds of speakers, the extra-big-ass kind that cost trillions and are meant to be regarded like fine if butt-ugly sculptures, and then the speakers most people actually want, that cost a reasonable amount and blend in, camouflaged with their domestic surroundings. Boston Acoustics today launched several sets of speakers of the…

Today, SCO’s stock is tanking, hitting a 52-week low of ~$0.45. Last week a judge ruled that Novell owns the UNIX copyright, not those SCO bastards. [Ars]

Boston Acoustics TVee Model Two Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer

Today Boston Acoustics rolls out its TVee Model Two, a “soundbar” that connects directly to the line-output of your TV, plus a subwoofer. Unlike many products that look similar, it doesn’t do surround sound, but there are other tricks that do make this 100-watt $400 system unique. Yes, unlike surround bars from Yamaha, Denon, Philips…

Dealzmodo: Black Zune for $104

Here’s a somewhat convoluted Dealzmodo to get a black Zune from Dell for $104 shipped. Here’s what you do: – Click on the “MP3s” Box – Click Microsoft under “Shop By Brand” on the left side – Click on the Pink Zune and add it to your cart. – Now you will be at a…

Palm’s pulling the 700w and 700wx software update due to connectivity issues after installing. If you haven’t installed already, hold off. If you have, wait for another update. [Palm]

DIY Phone-Activated Camera-Blinding Laser

Now that China’s taken point on sticking surveillance cameras pretty much everywhere, we’re going to start seeing all sorts of fun projects to disable them, all of questionable legality. This impressive setup is a cellphone-controlled laser, which can render a security camera useless from afar. Simply set the laser up pointing at the camera(s) of…

HTC Shift Gets 60 Hours of Hands-On

The dudes over at GottaBeMobile got to play with the HTC Shift, the upcoming Windows Vista-running UMPC from HTC. If you don’t remember, this UMPC beats current UMPCs because it has an actual slide-out, fold-up QWERTY keyboard. What does GBM think about it? Best. UMPC. Ever. They even made a video of their experience. https://gizmodo.com/htc-shift-is-the-umpc-for-umpc-haters-246965…

What You Missed Last Weekend

While you were watching Baywatch reruns the trusted weekend team was writing tech blog magic. Look how the tables have turned; now we are watching the reruns and…you are still watching them too? Turn that off and check out what you missed! •We had hover board honeys floating around. •We asked MyFountain to make us…

AACS Copy Protection Scheme Looking Worse All the Time

Ars Technica has a lengthy piece that re-sounds the battle cry against AACS, the copy protection scheme for Blu-Ray and HD DVD—specifically, the gimpage it’s bringing to both PCs and Macs in order to sate Hollywood’s fears of casual piracy. The video path basically has to be locked down at every point, and both Microsoft…

The Paleo-Future Project

Remember those people you used to talk to before the Internet was invented? I think there was a name for them . . . oh yeah, family and friends! Well, here’s an excuse to talk with them for the good of the Internets. The Paleo-Future Project seeks to document our collective memory of the future.…

Dice’s Tube Amp for iPod is Well-Stacked, Available September

There aren’t many iPod docks with tubes around—and those that seem to be quite ‘spensivo. The iTPA-220 from Dice is a cheaper alternative for fifth-generation iPods, boasting a pair of perky Dual 6N3 tubes and 2×20-watt speakers. https://gizmodo.com/roth-mc4-music-cocoon-ipod-dock-is-a-series-of-real-tub-241538 iPod tube preamplifier – True, audiophile quality music – iPod charging – Video output for use with…

All-Robot Troop Surge Coming to Iraq

That troop surge in Iraq we’ve heard about? It’s here, although it’s not what you expected. It’s a surge of robots; 3000 robots, to be exact. These won’t be the gun-toting robots that we recently reported on, with the surge instead consisting of mostly 50-pound reconnaissance bots that will sniff out bombs without putting troops…

Woman Puts Diamond Engagement Ring in Blender, Pushes Ice Crush Button

This woman put a real engagement diamond ring—the hardest substance known to man—inside what looks to be a Blendtec blender. Then she added some water and pressed the “Ice Crush” button. And no, I won’t say the question, but you can watch the results in the video after the jump. Jump to the middle of…

Club Bill Gates, the Real Social

You know you’ve made it when random restaurants in Sarajevo are named after you, though I always envisioned Gates’ place with a Surface at every table and a bit less residual grease on the windows. But that Sinatra-esque rendering of Bill—dead on. So what would the Jobs restaurant be like? I’m seeing calamari, finger bowls…and…