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Tilera introduced a 64-core processor that is said to be substantially faster than the Intel dual-core Xeon processor. [Electronista]

Magwear Wrist Bands Hold Nails, Make You Feel Like Ghetto DIY Magneto

In theory, these Magwear magnetic wrist bands are supposed to hold your screws, nails and other metal parts for DIY projects. In reality, they will serve me to wear my red and purple pyjamas and try to get my wife to fight me (un)dressed up as Storm. All your fantasies could come true for just…

How To Avoid a $3000 International iPhone Data Bill

In light of certain $3000 iPhone data bills for international roaming, it’s fair to assume that many of us don’t really know what the exact policy is jet set iPhone living. The skinny is this, from AT&T directly: “For $24.99 per month, iPhone users get 20MB of data use outside the US. If you don’t…

Man Holds up Bookmakers with Girlfriend’s Vibrator

A man who robbed a bookie shop in England using his girlfriend’s vibrator has been jailed for five years. Nicki Jex, a 27-year-old chef, concealed the Rampant Rabbit in a plastic bag, brandished it at the cashier and then made off with over 600 ($1200) in cash. The crime was caught on CCTV, and Jex…

Hang Up Your Phone Concept

Get it? Hang up your phone? Ha! Ha! Ha! It also hangs up when you put it on a table. That’s not as amusing. [Yanko Design]

Hands On With the Transformers MP3 Player (Verdict: “We Want”)

Optimus Prime’s Diary gets its Transformer-wannabe mitts all over Takara Tomy’s sold-out, holy-shit-it-really transforms Soundwave MP3 player, though they don’t exactly offer an in-depth review. But who cares about the specs? It’s a Transformers MP3 player that transforms. Sold. Two more unbox shots after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/soundwave-transformed-into-mp3-player-just-like-we-pr-278674 [Optimus Prime’s Diary]

HD DVD Paid $150 million to Studios for “Promotional Consideration”

Paramount and Dreamworks went HD DVD exclusive today. Then, a Hollywood news blog reported that the HD DVD camp paid Paramount $50 million and DreamWorks Animation $100 million for “promotional consideration.” We asked Paramount and the HD DVD camp about this, and received a quick albeit vague reply: “Whenever we conduct co-marketing, production deals or…

White Geek in Japan: Weird Washing Machines

We got the whitest geek we could find and threw him into Japan to see if he’d survive. Here are his pleas for a return ticket. To: Frooch From: Matt RE: Washing Machine/Air Conditioner Combo Saves Space, Chills Clothes I saw your post about the air conditioning/washing machine combo, and since I’m on my second…

Sony Builds a 12.47MP DSLR CMOS Sensor

Sony’s new IMX021 CMOS sensor is good for 12.47MP and 10.39FPS. People are comparing it to Canon’s new EOS-1D Mark III. Enough with the pissing match. I’d take half the megapixels and 12800 ISO, frankly. [digitalcamerainfo]

Second US-Bound N95 Gets FCC’d and 3G

Aha! Masters of Cellphones over at Wireless Info found a second US-bound N95 today on the FCC, but this one with 3G. The finish? Silver, like the old ones, but the media buttons seem to be different, and this one lacks 8GB of storage but does have a microSD slot. It appears we have AT&T…

Woz and Kathy Griffin NOTMAYBE Hooked Up?

[UPDATE: I took a pass, noting inconsistencies. – B.L.]Turns out the rumor of Kathy Griffin fondling Woz’s apples were a bit off, according to Adario Strange. He’s proudly skeptical of the whole thing, pointing to a Page Six post that he claims says the two have never met. But reading the Page Six page actually…

Lite-on USB Puzzle Concept Keeps Kids From Sticking Fingers into Sockets

Lite-on’s concept for a USB puzzle game involves e-paper, puzzle pieces and software that feeds an image directly onto the puzzle board. Kids rearrange blocks in order to construct the puzzle (which is made out of the image you chose from your computer). However, it looks like the puzzle pieces themselves never actually change—just the…

Zarafina Tea Maker Reviewed (Verdict: No More Teabagging)

Although the automated drink makers we’ve visited are mostly of the coffee variety, this Zarafina Tea Maker suite has the same idea. There are variable settings to control strength, brewing time, type of tea, temperature and adjust for tea bags/loose tea. Kitchen Contraptions tested it out and and found it to be consistent in all…

New Documentary on the History of Vibrator Technology

Two filmmakers spent 7 years and $150,000 of their own money to make a documentary about the history of vibrators, called Passion and Power. The doc delves deep into the past, starting with the first steam-powered devices in the 1860s and early electrified vibes in the 1900s (see pic). Passion and Power debuted at New…

Possible Sony Ericsson K-Series Shell Photographed in China

A Chinese site posted some shots of the shell of a supposed Sony Ericsson K-Series Cybershot cellphone. The interesting part is that this phone, or a phone that looks like this, hasn’t been announced, so we’re left speculating at what its 3x optical zoom and its squarish keypad will be called when it is announced.…

Cellphone/Camera Strap Man Eats, Vomits SD Cards

Carrying around a spare SD, miniSD or microSD card in your pocket is just asking for accidental misplacement. But this little SD Card-eating man is the perfect thing to keep your memory cards close to your cellphone and camera while livening it up at the same time. Fun and practical, something those those sexy lingerie…

Diamond-Encrusted iPod shuffle Takes ‘Fool and His Money’ Prize

We’re trying to understand why someone would buy this diamond-spangled solid gold iPod shuffle, which wins the prize for gaudiest second-rate music player. This one even outdoes that 18-karat solid gold iPod shuffle we pointed out to you last month, with this one tipping the more-money-than-brains pricetag scale of $20,000 compared with that solid gold…

Powerpoint Docs Point to Immersion vs. Nintendo Suit

These Powerpoint presentation slides unearthed by Rumor Reporter shine new light onto a possible suit on Nintendo by Immersion. Immersion, if you don’t remember, is the same company that recently won their suit with Sony for millions of dollars (and settled with Microsoft earlier) regarding vibration in controllers. These new Immersion documents outline their somewhat…

Breaking Un-News: Fox to Not Ditch Blu-ray [UPDATED: Fox MGM Announce 29 New Titles]

Perhaps in spin-response to the Paramount news from this AM, a Blu ray Consortium rep just called me to tell me Fox is supporting Blu-ray. What’s weird is that they’re already supposed to be supporting Blu-ray. I guess the “news” is that Fox isn’t ditching Blu-ray, as it seemed they were going to since they…

Bluetooth/Facebook Nodes Take Even More Human Interaction Out of Meeting People

Some scientists at Bath University in the UK have come up with an interesting albeit only marginally useful new way of making friends via Facebook. Rather than having to go through the process of, you know, meeting people and talking to them, it instead basically gathers the info of people who’ve been in the same…