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Microsoft to offer 500 megabytes of free online storage. [Slashdot]

Intel rolls out new 20 Gbps High-Performance Computing cables. [Engadget]

Breaking: First in Line Guy is a Pro Linesitter, Sweats a Lot

[UPDATED: Nipple Shot by Infoweek] You know that guy who’s first in line at the 5th Ave Apple Store? Greg Packer? Turns out he’s no Apple fanboy. No, he’s an obsessive linesitter. He was the first person to see Ground Zero when the viewing platform opened, the first to sign the condolence book at the…

Hand-Sewn Nintendo Entertainment System

This two week project comes with a lightgun, controller, and two game carts, Mario 3 and Duck Hunt. The sewn TV has removable felt screens to switch the game, too. [Sewn by Blythe]

Gizmodo on The Daily Show Tomorrow Night

Me. The Daily Show. Talking iPhone. Lots of sexual innuendo. Tomorrow Night. I know, you guys are disappointed that we haven’t given you the iPhone hands on yet, but maybe that’s for the better. Because I didn’t get a phone, I wasn’t under embargo. And because I wasn’t under embargo, I was able to make…

Taser’s TRAD Security System Detects/Zaps Intruders

The concept behind Taser International’s Taser Remote Area Denial system, or TRAD, is simple: Intruder detected, intruder zapped. We’re talking an entire array of networked sensors and cameras, operating a battery of stun-guns, ready to incapacitate a threat at the push of a button–or the behest of the governing system. Taser International is calling this…

iPhone campers won’t be the only ones sleeping near an Apple store Thursday night, employees are there too. [Apple Insider]

No Need to Whisper in a WhisperRoom Unit

While WhisperRoom warns on their site that there’s no such thing as a soundproof enclosure, they’ll help you get pretty close. The sheds are made out of heavy materials rather than lightweight foam and the like, with single or double walls of wood and steel. The reason WhisperRoom forgoes foam as a primary sound wall…

Santa Rosa MacBook Pro’s Have a 1.3MP Camera Inside

The crafty folks over at Mac Daddy World discovered that the new MacBook Pro’s have a different iSight inside. The new version, manufactured by Micron, outputs images to a much improved 1280×1024. Although iApps, like iChat, don’t yet take advantage of the increased resolution they’re still stuck in VGA. But an upgrade’s an upgrade, right?…

Brando’s Wii Cooking Mama Attachments

If you thought the Wii billiard attachment was ridiculous, check out the Wii Cooking Mama kit. It’s for the new Nintendo Wii game that lets you use the Wiimote to pretend to cook, and come with four attachments: frying pan, knife, fork and spatula. https://gizmodo.com/the-wii-billiard-accessory-272426 This won’t improve your actual or virtual cooking skills, but…

Gridskipper’s iPhone Campout Maps

Speaking of peeing in the city (see post below), Gridskipper’s ultimate iPhone campout maps will let you find a bathroom, a Wi-Fi hotspot, eats, hotels, and other necessities while you’re waiting in line for the iPhone. Gridskipper Guides

Mizpee Finds a Toilet in the City

Had to run into the city for a meeting but can’t seem to find a toilet? Enter MizPee. Either visit mizpee.com in your phone’s web browser or text your city and state (e.g. “New York, NY”), to 415-350-2290 and MizPee will give you a list of toilets near you. It even specifies a bathroom’s cleanliness…

Like we didn’t see this coming, but a new report is confirming what we feared. FireWire is slowly but surely turning into a niche port. Even its strong hold in the camcorder sector is weakening, falling from an 87% in 2005 to 77% in 2006. [PC World]

Made in Eureka Contest Two: Win a TiVo Series 3

Hey non-iPhone fans! If winning Apple’s newest baby isn’t your thing, we’ve got a new contest sponsored by Eureka where you can win a TiVo Series 3. https://gizmodo.com/contest-reminder-win-an-iphone-272889 No difficult invention designs this time. We’re just doing a trivia contest, and all you have to do is answer the questions correctly and we’ll pick from…

Unconfirmed: Third Party Native iPhone Apps Coming

There’s no confirmation other than some guy’s word, but Macapper says third party native (Cocoa) iPhone apps are coming soon. Apparently, during one of the WWDC evening parties, an iPhone engineer responded, “Yeah. There will be” to the question of “are there going to be third party Cocoa apps on the iPhone.” The iPhone engineer…

Firmware update 1.82 for the PS3, enabling “the playback of AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4) files”, is coming soon. [PS Blog]

Geek Sugar replicates the Nintendo 64 video with the iPhone [Geek Sugar]

SplitFish FragFX PS3 Controller Reviewed (Verdict: Mouse on a Console Done Right)

Those of you playing first person shooters on the PS3 but suck at using the SIXAXIS to aim were probably looking forward to the SplitFish FragFX, the half controller, half mouse contraption. How well does it work? Pretty darn well. And it’s customizable too. https://gizmodo.com/splitfish-fragfx-mouse-controller-for-ps3-245810 You can assign the mouse to control the camera view,…

Contest Reminder: Win an iPhone

We’ve been getting great entries for our Made in Eureka contest. You guys must really want an iPhone ;). We’ve got another example of a great entry here by Sean Ross for a holographic rear vehicle display. It’s got three states, left or right turn, stop and stolen (which is triggered by the car alarm).…

I’m at Justin.TV Getting a Lifecam for iPhone Coverage. Live Unboxing? You bet. [Justin.tv]