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Full-Size Working Halo Warthog Ready to Annihilate Adoring Fans

Thanks to Peter Jackson, New Zealanders have all the fun. Not only do they get to experience epic Lord of the Rings sites as they are recreated in the countryside, but now they get to do donuts around their flocks of sheep with Halo Warthogs. Jackson’s WETA workshop recently finished building an accurate, working Warthog…

Gizmodo Hiring Tokyo Editor

Gizmodo wants to hire a full time Tokyo-based editor to watch and write the US news while we sleep, link to interesting Japan news when appropriate, and do original reporting in Akihabara and other nests of otaku activity. The job is here for the taking, but you gotta be good. Obviously, you must know gadgets,…

Japanese JR Train Line Clock

People say the Japanese public transit system is fantastic, and it’s stuff like this Japan Railways Atomic clock that makes it so. The problem is, it’ll probably set itself to Japan time, automatically, once in awhile. (Confirmed — it does.) [Hobidas via Maochan – Thanks B!]

Apple Bluetooth Headset Unboxed

Flickr user, Nomad7674, wandered into his local apple store in Marlton, NJ and they had Apple-branded Bluetooth headsets available. Nomad claims that despite its tiny stature it actually fits pretty well in his ear, and his favorite feature is the magnetic plug built in to the headset. Stock seems to be pretty limited at all…

Pogue Reviews Waterproof Cams, Sanyo Xacti E1 Floats Above the Competition

Pogue takes a a few waterproof cams down to the local waterpark for testing and finds Sanyo’s 6MP Xacti E1 to be of better image and video quality than the rest. I’ve always found the Xacti cam’s nice, but the low light performance to be lacking. That doesn’t matter when you’re talking about beach and…

Toy Keycard System Teaches Kids Not to Touch Daddy’s Stuff

Preparing your children to be cubicle drones is no easy task, but this $9.99 key card alarm system should give them a leg up over the other kids on the block. The Toy key alarm system comes with two identical key cards and a door mounting system. If the door is opened without first inserting…

Soonr Lets You Remotely Access Your Desktop from the iPhone

Unlike VNC clients where you actually control the desktop from the iPhone, Soonr is offering a web-based AJAX web app that lets you access parts of your desktop instead. What’s better about this approach is that the UI is customized for the iPhone display, so there’s little scrolling around to find the thing you want.…

Batman’s Batpod Captured on Video

Although not quite as sexy as watching Meredith Viera ride the Batpod, this spycam video of Batman’s motorcycle on set gives you a good idea of how it’ll look in the movie. [29motoguide via Jalopnik] https://gizmodo.com/video-of-batmans-motorcycle-the-batpod-270227

We know where we’re going for movie night: NYC’s City Hall. Panasonic just dropped off a 103-inch plasma HDTV as well as a Blu-ray player, completely free of charge.

Aquavee Swim System Makes Your Pool Infinitely Long

Products like the pool treadmill, the ExerSwim, and the Home Swimmer all provide a way for you to swim indefinitely in a home-sized pool without building a gigantic circular pool. https://gizmodo.com/the-pool-treadmill-271538 This Aquavee portable swim system offers similar benefits, allowing you to “swim in any style at any time” and continue swimming as long as…

How to Comment: Comic-Con

Nerds like us all know Comic-Con is happening really soon, bringing updates of comic book movies as well as off the wall weird stuff straight to the fans. Are any of you going. Drop me an email if you are, and feel free to let me know if you’ve got any pics and movies you…

Wii Flash Exploit Not That Serious, May Not Result in Homebrew

That Wii Internet Channel flash player exploit we looked at last week seems to be not quite as serious as we first thought. So far, instead of allowing possible homebrew code on the Wii (which in turn means emulated games), all the thing does is freeze up the console entirely. According to Symantec, the exploit…

Philips Ambi Sound Review (Verdict: Big Sound, Small Package)

The Philips HTS8100 Ambi Sound DVD Home Theater System can pump out some amazing sound. It plays back DVDs, scaling their video from their lowly standard-definition up to 1080p. The system also includes an iPod dock that rocks your tunes into those superb speakers and splashes your pictures all over your HDTV, fed via HDMI.…

Try the $100 OLPC Operating System at Home

Thanks to the magic of VMWare and Parallels (which let you run other operating systems on top of your own), you can try the OLPC operating system without actually having to be a child in a Third World country. All you have to do is download a pre-configured image, change some settings, and you’re set.…

Gizmodo Hiring an NYC Intern

We’re hiring a New York City based intern. Must have gadget journalism aspirations. The work is extremely fun, but includes some occasional grunt work. Hours are somewhat flexible but must be around working hours. Pay is close to nothing. You’re doing it for the love…and hairline chance to graduate to writer status after a tour…

Marco Slider is First Motorola Cellphone with Wi-Fi

The Marco is Motorola’s first plain cellphone with Wi-Fi support. This GSM/EDGE slider runs on the JUIX operating system, comes with a 2 megapixel camera and feels just sightly thicker than the Z3. The Boy Geniuses were able to connect to their wireless router just fine, but apparently they couldn’t test the connection to a…

Xbox 360 Sales Down an Unexpected 61% Thanks to Wii, PS3, Faulty Hardware

In the Microsoft Earnings statement last week, the Entertainment and Devices Division revealed that they had a loss of $1.16 billion thanks to flagging Xbox sales. Instead of shipping 1.8 million Xbox 360s like they did in the fourth quarter of 2006, they shipped 700,000, which is a dramatic fall-off this early into a console’s…

$100 Laptop Starts Mass Production, In Kids Hands October 2007

A major milestone in the OLPC saga has just been reached. After hyping it for five years, the “$100” laptop is finally ready to hit mass production, and should be in kids’ eager paws by October of this year. Unfortunately for said kids, the porn sites that they’re so looking forward to browsing will be…

Iron Man Shows Off His Gauntlet

There’s nothing more Gizmodo-y than a rich dude building a badass suit for himself to fight crime and kick dudes in the face. This is why we love Batman and to a slightly lesser extent, Iron Man. Here’s the first shot of Robert Downey Jr. flashing his “talk to the hand” move in the upcoming…

Boeing’s Truck-Mounted Laser Beams to Blast Enemy Fire

Boeing, purveyor of exceedingly large airplanes and defense systems, has won a $7 million contract to develop a truck-mounted laser beam that destroys rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds. The aim is to build a preliminary design of a rugged beam control system on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck. I’ve suddenly got an image…