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Nigel writes this iPhone Fantasy Roadmap, 5 years out, as seen with rose colored glasses. Worth reading, if only to understand this is the first of many iPhones. [Red Ferret]

Transformers Snippet: Sleep Good, Handsome Man

If you missed it during Leno, here are forty-five more tantalizing seconds of the Transformers movie. It looks like little Louis Stevens (Shia LaBeouf) may bring some humor to the film after all.

Cat+Toast=Anti-Gravity

For this anti-gravity experiment we will need one cat (preferably cute) and one piece of toast buttered on one side only. Now this experiment relies on two constants, one being a cat in motion will always land on its feet. And the other being when buttered toast travels from point X to point Y, it…

“Rocobo” Will Love You Even If You Hate It

If you’re the kind of person who is always at your computer, you might want to look into importing a Rocobo. Due out in August in Japan for around $11, the little boxy bot will keep you company on cold, late nights—through the good times as well as the bad. Treat Rocobo poorly and it’ll…

iPhone: Place Your Bets. Seriously.

The iPhone may be Apple’s new cash cow, but Apple isn’t the only one looking to make a quick buck off the hysteria. BetUs is currently willing to help you lose your hard-earned money by offering odds on a variety of crazy launch-day-and-beyond iPhone possibilities. From someone getting trampled (20:1, place ’em now!) to the…

Horse Racing Challenge Makes Taking Friends’ Money Easier

With the iPhone coming out in just a few days, you’re going to need two things fast: something to do, and some extra cash in your pocket. Luckily, picking up Horse Racing Challenge will let you do both, all the while watching energetic little Infrared horses chatter their way around the track. For $100 you…

Lap Blaster Boosts Laptop Blasts

The product mix from the talking chair people at Pyramat is about to get a little deeper. Word on the street is their next gadget accessory is the Lap Blaster, a laptop dock that replaces those tinny tweeters on your mobile machine with the real McCoy. A USB iPod dock rounds out the audio utility…

‘Face Your Pockets’ Project Reveals the Inner You

What are you carrying in your pockets right now? Show the world in the “Face Your Pockets” mass photo project whose organizers are inviting worldwide participation. Artfully arrange the contents of your pockets onto a scanner, perhaps add something funny or poignant to the mix, position your face nearby and push the button. When you’re…

Pictures Stately Edifices (1923)

As promised, we have the first in a long list of predictions found in the February 12, 1923 Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut). Today’s excerpt is from architect Thomas Hastings. It’s particularly unsettling to read someone from the 1920s writing about the possibility of another World War. I get such a feeling of detachment, as though…

Dell Kills Crapware…Almost

Regular readers know how much we hate preinstalled trialware on PCs. And how much we appreciate Dell’s XPS systems, which have an option for a “clean install” OS when you buy em. Well they’re moving that option to the Dimension desktop line, and Inspiron notebooks, too. And they’re shipping some machines with crapware uninstallers. Machines…

Help Iconfactory, maker of the Wii Wallpaper starring me, get Frenzic on the iPhone. [Gedblog] https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-on-ur-wallpaperz-unpantsing-ur-wii-220175

How much do you think it costs to power all of the computers left on overnight? According to a recent study, $1,720,000,000.00. [EcoGeek]

Chinese Sedan Earning its 1-Star Crash Rating

When Germany’s ADAC testing agency tested China’s Brilliance BS6 sedan, it came back with a 1-star rating. A person crashing this car at 40MPH would likely not survive. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/brilliant-chinese-brilliance-bs6-sedan-crumples-like-a-271345

The Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on has sold 155,000 units in the U.S., which is significantly higher than the 100,000 or so standalone units sold in the format’s first year on the shelves. [DailyTech]

Nokia’s E65 slider and E61i QWERTY/WiFi business phones official in the US [Nokia]

747 Laser Bests Eye of Sauron in Range, Destructiveness

Some of the coolest non-conventional weapons being developed now are lasers, and when you make a gigantic laser strapped to a 747, you’ve won the whole contest right there. This “directed energy weapon” consists of a “megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser beam,” which can be pointed at other planes, missiles or hobbitses on the ground.…

Get a free $10 gift card when you buy an Xbox 360 wireless adapter at Best Buy. [Best Buy]

I Am An iPhone Expert

Dear Editor/Producer: My name is [INSERT NAME HERE]. I have worked in the [INSERT INDUSTRY HERE] industry for [INSERT NUMBER > 5] years. As you may know, the arrival of Apple’s game-changing iPhone is imminent. Although I have never touched an iPhone in my life, I would be happy to offer my own regurgitation of…

iPhone Line Has Started…100-Hours Early

Two dudes are already waiting in line at the NYC 5th Avenue Apple flagship store. Even for the PS3, PS2, and Wii, I’ve never seen a 100-hour lead time on a gadget queue. I’m disgusted, but also kind of jealous. Close up shot where you can see the geekiness seeping off their faces and onto…

Nicole Kidman Spokesrobots the DS Lite in Europe

Nintendo Europe’s just picked Nicole Kidman to rep them in the upcoming Brain Training 2 game. Why her? It should be obvious. The shot above shows her deep in thought, trying to remember what 9 x 3 was while using the stylus to clean out the last of the CRAZY from her teeth—which still remains…