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Microsoft’s HD Photo standard, which compresses more easily than JPEG2000, could be the next generation JPEG. [Ars]

USB Calculator Mouse Puts the Numbers Where You Need Them

Yesterday we showed you a mouse with a keypad under its lid, but here’s an idea for number-crunching road warriors that might be even better: a USB mouse with an integrated calculator. Just like that keypad mouse, this could useful for laptop users who don’t have a keypad that’s easily used. A major difference is…

Xbox 360 CPU Possibly Going 45nm in late 2008, early 2009

We still haven’t gotten 65nm Xbox 360 processors, and there’s already talk of Microsoft’s contracted Singaporean chip manufacturer moving on to designing 45nm CPUs for gaming devices. Why is this important? Because the smaller the CPU fabrication size is (90nm vs 65nm vs 45nm), the less power it takes to run and the less heat…

Tuesday’s Best Stories

If you feel trapped in time and think the Giz is one big conundrum interconnecting the latest technology with crazy stuff, bouncy boobs and surreal news, then stop taking your pills because you are right. Here are my fave Tuesday stories: https://gizmodo.com/delorean-going-back-into-production-284252 • New iMacs! Probably. I wish. Hopefully His Steveness will announce them because…

Nanopoint’s Celltray Still Shaking Up Live Cell Imaging

Last week we reported on Celltray, a microscope slide that allowed for real-time cell imaging. The astute Gizmodo readership rightly pointed out that the technology was not the first on the block. However, we are sticking to our guns; the technology is the first practical solution to allow real-time cell imaging. Following up on our…

Best Buy Drops Xbox 360 HD DVD Price to $149

Best Buy has dropped the Xbox 360 HD DVD price yet again, down from the not-yet-a-week old price of $179 to $150. The five free movie deal is still intact as well, as long as you order before September 30. However, the player looks like it’s sold out now with no store pickup available. [Best…

Lossless Bluetooth coming in 2008, A2DP sound to improve with simple firmware update [PC Magazine]

Lyndon B. Johnson on 2063 A.D. (1963)

Today we have Lyndon B. Johnson’s predictions for the future of space exploration, as printed in the book 2063 A.D.. Perhaps the outstanding feature of a prediction about the next century in space is that our imagination today is too limited to visualize the vast possibilities. In other words, more will be accomplished in space…

Apple News Hit Last Night, Heads Up!

Just a quick heads up, there was some big Apple news that got mesmerized in the headlights last night: • There’s an Apple town hall meeting on Tuesday, and the topic of discussion will be Macs. • There is an update 1.01 now available for the iPhone, fixing Safari vulnerabilities and a few other things.…

SEMI FINALS, Logitech AudioStation Express Vs. Griffin Amplifi

There are only three battles left in our iPod Dock Bracket, and we will have a final verdict by the end of the week. Yes, we’re amazed, too! For our first semifinals battle, our kings of cheap battle it out for the Cheapo Dock title. In one corner we have the AudioStation Express. In the…

Star Wars Characters Now Hassle You From the Dashboard of Your Car

In addition to all those saints and Jesuses you have on your dashboard protecting you from god-knows-what, now you can add Yoda, Darth Vader and C-3PO, blurting out an assortment of thirty Star Wars sayings with every bump and jostle. Take the jump for a video showing these characters nagging the driver, along with a…

Canon releases 1D Mark III DSLR firmware update Version 1.1.0, fixes autofocus problems and more.

Brando Ships Yet Another USB to SATA/IDE Combo Kit

Brando’s making a cottage industry out of USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE adapters, with this one, and then this one that costs 40 bucks, and now the company’s offering yet another one that costs $29 and appears to do just about the same thing. https://gizmodo.com/brando-sata-eide-to-usb-2-0-cable-168149 This one also lets you plug in two drives at the…

Space-age Cockpit Gives You Bug-bot Vision

FuRo and Leading Edge Design, the guys who came up with the Halluc II robot have been showing off the little Linux beastie’s moves, using their Hull cockpit. Boasting a 150-cm hemispherical screen which displays video from the camera embedded at the front of the robot, the cockpit has another little trick up its sleeve.…

PS3 to get Digital Tuner and DVR

According to a SCE’s New Zealand Boss, the PS3 will be getting a digital tuner add-on and DVR functionality during the first quarter of next year, coinciding with the launch of Freeview (UK terrestrial broadcast) in New Zealand. While not yet priced or shown to us in pretty pictures, when combined with PSHome’s promise to…

Get 15% off on any order at WirelessGround.com using coupon code “summer.” Site includes Bluetooth headsets, cellphone cases, chargers and wireless accessories.

Silicone Pussy Foot, Almost Real Except for One Thing

You’ve seen that Hotdoll sex doll for dogs, and now here’s the sex doll (or at least, part of one) for foot fetishists, appropriately named the Pussy Foot. Viewed from above, it’s a mild-mannered pair of lovely lady feet with toenails painted a pleasing rose color. Underneath there’s a rose-colored you-know-what. Take the jump for…

US Soldiers to Get Brain Microchipped to Measure Vitals

The Department of Defense is pursuing a brain-implantable “biochip” that will measure/relay a soldier’s vitals on the battlefield (and off). We don’t know much from a technical standpoint about the chips, other than they are about the size of a grain of rice and will have the ability to, at minimum, measure oxygen levels in…

UK Ministry of “Defence” 2008 Grand Challenge for Troop Support Bots

In Summer 2008, Copehill Down in the UK countryside will be full of various military robots. The UK Ministry of Defence has organized a Grand Challenge, in which 14 teams will be competing with various types of robots that are designed to support ground troops. The designs vary from single robots to swarms of small…

Virus Storage, It Could Happen!

Scientists, perpetually attempting to get mankind killed, have transformed plant viruses into a storage medium. By attaching viruses to quantum dots (semiconducting material) and sandwiching them between electrodes, the hybrid viruses acted as storage units. Add enough viruses, and you have some seriously high density storage. Sounds good, but why do we need the virus…