Latest

Palm Treo 750 Runs Windows Mobile 6 Pretty Well

Cingular users who picked up a Palm Treo 750 will be glad to know that the phone runs Windows Mobile 6 with very little trouble. Ciccone over at Mobility Today got his hands on an engineering sample from HTC and made this video of the phone using WM6 instead of WM5. So what’s notable? Well,…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 21 '07

Boring but Important Stuff

Woof! Woof! Quote me! What would make Bill Gates think that he could beat real soccer player, Rafael Marquez, at his own sport even if it was on the Xbox? Well he tried, and failed, 2-1. Research firm, Interpret, is claiming that the reach of video games is bigger then just their sales figures. Well…

Tech News Ben Longo Mar 21 '07

Sagem My Dual Radio 700 Crams Internet, Terrestrial Radio in Small Box

The Sagem My Dual Radio 700 may look small and puny on the outside, but inside it packs quite a punch. It can do Internet radio via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, FM radio and MP3 playback via an integrated USB port. It includes a nice, minimalist design, big LCD screen, remote and funky speaker for a…

Tech News Travis Hudson Mar 21 '07

Cigarette Phone is Bad For Your Health in Multiple Ways

As if phones weren’t bad enough for your body already, now they’re going after both your danglers and your lungs. Well, at least this phone is. https://gizmodo.com/even-more-scientists-claim-cell-phones-damage-your-sper-245554 Coming straight at ya from nicotine-lovin’ China, this phone holds half a pack of cigarettes to help keep your pockets uncluttered. It also has stuff like a camera,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 21 '07

Motorola To Win the Bid for Palm?

We’ve been keeping a steady eye on all of the Palm buyout rumors and the latest whispers from CNBC have Motorola at the head of the race. If united, the two might have a better chance of taking on Apple’s almighty iPhone. Think about it. Moto makes some nice phones, but their OS has always…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 21 '07

Today in Giz

So what’s going on today? A whole lot of solar power, that’s what. Both a Nintendo Wii & an air conditioner get the solar treatment. So when those rolling blackouts come back we’ll be able to stay cool and play some Wii Sports. https://gizmodo.com/solar-wii-makes-sunlight-less-terrifying-245909 Also there’s a 1-year review with the iRobot Scooba. How did…

Tech News Ben Longo Mar 21 '07

Shocking Alarm Clock

We’ve featured a bunch of alarm clocks over the years, but this one seems to be one that’ll either wake you up fast or you’ll smash it against the wall on the second day. On the surface it looks like a regular old school alarm clock, but when you reach over to shut it off…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 21 '07

TabletKiosk Builds UMPC with Linux Support

Linux fans listen up. Next month TabletKiosk is debuting the TufTab, one of the first UMPCs that’ll let you ditch Windows for Linux. The 2-lb UMPC will be semi-rugged (thanks to a rubberized case) and for all you security freaks, it’ll come with a built-in fingerprint reader. There’s no WWAN, but you do get Wi-Fi,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 21 '07

Frankenfight: Affordable HDMI Receivers

Audio is hard. There are lots of wires and plugs and swearing. That’s why HDMI receivers, with their promises of audio and video over one cord, make us so excited. For today’s Frankenfight, two 7.1 HDMI receivers compete for that special place in our heart home theater. Onkyo’s TX-SR674 is a worthy contender, but how…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 21 '07

Dicota Beat Mini Gamepad for Road Warriors

If you’re looking to take your PC gaming on the road but haven’t found a conveniently sized game controller, the Dicota Beat Mini Gamepad might do the trick. It’s designed in a compact form factor that folds up into a clamshell and weighs just 1.76 ounces. It’s built with serious fraggers in mind, too, with…

Tech News Charlie White Mar 21 '07

World’s Fastest Recharging Shaver Means You’ll Never be Late Again

Despite having a two-week battery life, it seems our razors always seem to run out of juice just when we need to run somewhere. With Sanyo’s “world’s fastest recharging shaver,” which gives you a week of shaving in only nine minutes (or one minute if you’re just going for that single shave), you’ll also be…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 21 '07

Vending Machine Challenge: The Sport of Kings

We aren’t exactly athletes here at Gizmodo, but the The Master-Disaster Vending Machine Challenge II that happened here in NYC last night is our type of sporting event. The match involved two teams of three people each competing to see who could consume every item in a vending machine the fastest without puking. It was…

Tech News Adam Frucci with video by Richard Blakeley Mar 21 '07

LG KS20: Pradaless, Prada Update?

This is the KS20, a rumored update to the LG KE850, or Prada phone, as known by many. It will have the Prada brand name dropped. It is pretty similar to the KE850, but with a little more beef. It is said to run off Windows Mobile 6 Pro and includes 128MB of memory, a…

Tech News Travis Hudson Mar 21 '07

WSJ Pulp Bite: Mossy and Kate Get Up On the Apple TV 10 Days Early

Mossberg and Katie like the Apple TV. The PC-to-Livingroom streamer works flawlessly using even lower end computers and networks. Everything else you already know from all the coverage of Apple TV since September’s Showtime event (when it was called iTV) and January’s Macworld. https://gizmodo.com/apple-coverage-roundup-apple-introduces-ipod-upgrades-200242 What’s amazing is that Mossy and Katie got the Apple TV…

Reviews Brian Lam Mar 21 '07

Rumor: Google Hires Sidekick Team to Work on GPhone [Updated to Smash]

[ED: Google’s had the Sidekick team for quite some time, says this August 2005 article in BusinessWeek. Thanks Andrew K.]So the latest GPhone rumor has the boys in California hiring T-Mobile’s Danger’s Sidekick team to work on the alleged GPhone. Word has it they’ve also been courting a few mobile operators (whether it’s for software…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Mar 21 '07

Proximity Sensing Watercooler Knows When You’re Thirsty

Phileo has just developed a watercooler with “human sensor functionality,” which can automatically turn on when it detects that someone’s within a 3-meter radius. We’re not sure what needs to be turned on in a watercooler other than the heating and cooling—which needs to be on all the time—so we’re a bit confused at the…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 21 '07

OCZ Rally 2 FireWire Flash Drives, Good When Your USB Ports Are Stuffed

We’ve seen flash drives from OCZ before, but these 2GB OCZ Rally 2 FireWire flash drives add an extra layer of convenience, letting you plug them into FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 ports instead of USB. Heck, even a lot of PC users have FireWire ports available. https://gizmodo.com/ocz-ultra-slim-mini-kart-flash-drive-166956 The one pictured on top lets you…

Tech News Charlie White Mar 21 '07

Power User: The Best of Lifehacker

This week at Lifehacker: Roll your own killer audio player with foobar2000 “If you love to tweak and customize your software applications to work just the way you want, extensibility is key—and the free audio player for Windows, foobar2000, is the most extensible player on the market.” Make Microsoft Word less annoying “It’s time to…

Tech News Gina Trapani Mar 21 '07

Dealzmodo: Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player, $500

The Samsung Blu-ray player, the BP-P1000, is finally cracking the $500 price mark, starting with Amazon. This player, which usually carries a price tag in the range of $700-$900 is now available for $499.77 and includes free shipping. Finally, there is a pretty solid Blu-ray player that carries the same, somewhat-nice price tag as its…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Mar 21 '07

Ricavision Vista Remote with Sideshow

If you’re not familiar with Sideshow, it’s one of Windows Vista’s features that lets you display gadgets and view photos and music on devices connected to the PC. In this case, the RICAVISION remote, which we looked at before uses Bluetooth to pipe Sideshow information from your Vista Media Center onto the display itself. It…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 21 '07

Palm Treo 750 Runs Windows Mobile 6 Pretty Well

Boring but Important Stuff

Sagem My Dual Radio 700 Crams Internet, Terrestrial Radio in Small Box

Cigarette Phone is Bad For Your Health in Multiple Ways

Motorola To Win the Bid for Palm?

Today in Giz

Shocking Alarm Clock

TabletKiosk Builds UMPC with Linux Support

Frankenfight: Affordable HDMI Receivers

Dicota Beat Mini Gamepad for Road Warriors

World’s Fastest Recharging Shaver Means You’ll Never be Late Again

Vending Machine Challenge: The Sport of Kings

LG KS20: Pradaless, Prada Update?

WSJ Pulp Bite: Mossy and Kate Get Up On the Apple TV 10 Days Early

Rumor: Google Hires Sidekick Team to Work on GPhone [Updated to Smash]

Proximity Sensing Watercooler Knows When You’re Thirsty

OCZ Rally 2 FireWire Flash Drives, Good When Your USB Ports Are Stuffed

Power User: The Best of Lifehacker

Dealzmodo: Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player, $500

Ricavision Vista Remote with Sideshow

Latest news

Marvel’s New Comics Universe Is Starting All at Once

The John Ternus Era Will Reportedly Revive Apple’s Focus on Bold Design

Federal Regulators Want Stablecoins to Keep Working Without ID Checks

How to Watch Belgium vs Iran Livestream Free from Anywhere

‘Toy Story 5’ Almost Made Its Emotional Moment More Real

Beats Solo 4 Hits Its Black Friday All-Time Low Again, 50% Off With 50-Hour Battery

Two 4MP Security Cameras With Local Storage and Zero Monthly Fees, Reolink at Near Record Low

DJI Osmo Action 4 Hits Record Low on Amazon, Forget GoPro at Twice the Price

Latest Reviews

Govee Outdoor Chromatic String Lights Review: A Colorful Way to (Kind of) Light Your Patio

Logitech’s Folding Travel Mouse Fails at the One Thing That Matters Most

Maingear MG-1 (2026) Review: A Clean, Serene Gaming Machine for a Premium Price

Segway Navimow X430 Review: A Featureful Mow-Bot

GoPro Mission 1 Pro Review: The Best GoPro, Just Not the Best Camera

The Best Tech Gifts for Father’s Day 2026

This Ultrasonic Knife Is More Than Just a Gimmick—at Least Sometimes

Razer Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed Review: Exceptionally Mediocre

Let us help you find what you’re looking for...