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Space Trips for $100 Million

$100 million will buy you a ride on the Russian Space Federation’s Soyuz TMA Spacecraft in 2008/2009. [SpaceAdventures]

OtterBox iPhone Case Looks Rugged, But Not Quite Waterproof

OtterBox is known for their rugged cases, and this forthcoming iPhone case looks like it’s going to continue their tradition. It’s got “complete” protection, which means not only are all the sides and back covered (the buttons work through pass-through buttons), there’s a built-in screen protector that works through their “patented touch-screen membrane”. The case…

Computer Can Now Win or Tie All Checkers Games

By analyzing all 5×10^20 (500 billion billion) possible checkers moves, computers can now beat or tie a human at checkers every single game. How’d they analyze so much data? By starting in 1989 and going until they were done. Let’s see them do this with Go. [Machinist]

Emailing the Father of the Camera Phone as He Sails Across the Great Blue Pacific

“Your uncle Invented the Camera Phone!?” is what I said before a friend introduced me to Philippe Kahn. Back in 1997, Kahn hacked together a camera phone to easily send photos of his newborn daughter to family and friends. That piece of lore is gadget history 101. What many people don’t realize is that Philippe…

NEC Shows Off Crazy Leather Belt Phone and Other Weirdo Concepts

This week, the center of the cell-phone world is the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, where the Wireless Japan 2007 Expo is taking place. Akihabara News was on the scene to catch some new concept designs from NEC. Some of the designs are so familiar I’m forced to label them “so last year,” while others are…

Computers That Fit in Your Pocket

Wired has a really awesome gallery of tiny, tiny computers. You can’t help but love a full computer crammed into something the size of a box of matches, can you? Sure, some of these aren’t really at that small (Mac Mini? Come on, dudes.), but there are some pretty awesome examples of wee ‘puters in…

DJs Do Battle Using LeapFrog Fly Fusion Pens

OK, so maybe it’s a friendly battle, but a test of mad skillz nonetheless, one that went down at San Francisco’s Shine nightclub not long ago. Every notebook that comes with the $80 LeapFrog Fly Fusion pen has this music-making console on the back, so you too can lay some breaks and beats yourself when…

GE’s Universal Flip Phone Remote Dials Up Star Trek Reruns

We’re not sure why you’d want a universal remote that actually has to flip open to use, but we’re not going to tell you people how to live your lives. In the chance that you do, GE’s $18.99 Flip Unviersal Remote has the standard power, channel and volume buttons on top, with the numbers, video…

Colorware Colors Up iPhones in Style

Want your iPhone in a color other than silver? Apple can’t help, but Colorware’s got you covered. You saw what a good job they did on on Xbox 360, so there’s no reason to think their quality will be anything but spectacular for the iPhone. You can send in your existing iPhone and have them…

Superbooster USB Wall Plate Gives You USB Anywhere

Instead of running USB over USB and getting only a few feet of range, Superbooster Wall Plate lets you run USB over Ethernet and up to 150 feet of range. What does this mean to you? It means you can install one of these wall plates in your living room, kitchen or bathroom, and get…

Turn iPhone’s Back All-Black with Back Cover Replacement Kit

We’re perfectly happy with the brushed aluminum backs of our iPhones, but some people are disconcerted by the difference between the back’s black bottom and aluminum top. Now the Cellular Nationwide Network is offering the Apple iPhone OEM Metal Black Rear Cover, a replacement for that aluminum back that gives your iPhone an ominous-looking, totally…

Italians Launch Sonic Attacks With Labor Limae Speaker Gun

The pole-mounted speakers from Hi-Fi Center in Italy look loud and probably sound loud. It’s a two-way bass reflex loudspeaker that looks like a speaker gun, and includes carbon fiber enclosures and red elastic suspension to keep it pointed in the right direction—namely, your face. It’s got a recommended power of 100 watts per side,…

Twitter fever’s all but subsided at GizHQ, but if you’re still Twittering away, here’s the iPhone client for the faux-mini-blog app. [Thincloud]

Wii Fit: The Parody

Sarcastic Gamer, the Ron Livingston-esque voiceover guy that brought us the Microsoft Surface Parody, is at it again. This time he’s taking the piss out of The Wii’s Wii Fit fitness game. We really liked the idea of getting exercise on a white board, but Mr. SarcGam doesn’t agree. After watching his video, we see…

iPhone Nano Before Holidays? (Again)

It sounds crazy, so soon after launch, but the iPhone nano could be coming out before Xmas. Kasper at Apple Insider claims: • “The second iteration of the handset is presumed to marry iPod functionality with rudimentary cellular capabilities.” •”More resource-heavy internet browsing and email capabilities are not expected of the device.” •”Pricing of the…

Flash Drive Wrist Band Can Store the Entire Contents of Its Wearer’s Brain

If you’re wearing one of those colorful wristbands anyway, might as well store some data on it, and this USB Flash Drive Wrist Band from Brando is more than happy to help you pack 512MB on board. No, that’s not much data, but this is about the most painless way to carry around data there…

Sony Ericsson P1 Smartphone Reviewed (Verdict: Worthy Successor to the P990)

We’ve been eyeballing the Sony Ericsson P1 smartphone for a while now, but the reviews are finally in. The verdict? It’s pretty good. Besides being smaller than its P990 predecessor, it has the hybrid QWERTY keyboard (which is actually comfortable to use), a pretty decent 3-megapixel camera and a bunch of extras best fit for…

iPhone Applecare $80$69 For an Extra Year, Says Pogue [UPDATED: Confirmed]

[UPDATED: Confirmed at $69.] Applecare is supposed to be available for the iPhone this month, and the price may be $80. Joel Johnson, walker-of-Gizmodo-halls-of-lore, noticed this statement in Pogue’s Missing Manual PDF, on page 277: “The iPhone comes with a one-year warranty. If you buy an Applecare contract ($80) you’re covered for a second year.…

Latest Zune Arts Video From Fulltank Is a Real Ad

This latest edition to Zune Arts, Microsoft’s repository for community-made Zune videos, looks as good as anything from either Microsoft or Apple on TV. It looks more like a short film than an ad, which is something touched on in the interview with the creator and the agency that’s in charge of the whole effort.…

Apple Applies for Wireless iPod Patent, Welcomes Us to the Social?

Apple’s had a few smash hit releases lately, so we’re watching its patent applications more closely than a brownnoser’s lips to his boss’s ass. Here’s another patent app, this one showing an iPod wirelessly controlling a media server running iTunes. Beyond that, the server can also send files back to the iPod for some wireless…