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Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Ridiculously Beautiful: Japan’s INFOBAR2 Cellphone

Jean Snow stopped by the KDDI Design Studio and got an eyeful in the form of these beautiful bar phones. Large, squarish buttons in a grid, flush to a curved surface that looks to be as comfortable to hold in the hand as a piece of fruit. Good design is easy, in retrospect. Handsets in…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 31 '06

HTC Herald Reviewed (Verdict: Thin and Awesome)

Not that we can read this review (it’s in Polish, and there are no decent Polish -> English translations that we can find), but this HTC Herald review looks promising. The Herald is the successor to the TyTN Wizard, featuring similar features in a thinner package. The accompanying video is also pretty neat. There’s now…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Cingular Treo 750 in the Wild

Boy genius as a shot of the upcoming Cingular Treo 750, a Windows Mobile 5-powered smartphone from Palm. The phone looks just about the same as the European version, and is making the rounds with Cingular support teams—probably where BG got this shot. Unfortunately, it seems like the Cingular version of the phone is quite…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Xbox 360 Live Update Hits Your Living Room

If you haven’t already, go grab your Xbox 360 Dashboard update now. With it brings 1080p support over component and VGA, HD DVD player support, WMV streaming from WMP11, file playback from external storage, and much much more. Check out the big list of updates after the jump. New Features HD 1080p video mode support…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Saitek Suits Up Mouse with Touch-sensitive Scrolling

A cross between Apple’s Mighty Mouse and Motorola’s PEBL, the Obsidian is Saitek’s most fashionable mouse to date. Its got a 1,000 dpi resolution and ditches a scroll wheel for touch-sensitive scrolling. The horizontal charging dock can simultaneously charge your mouse and a spare battery making sure your mouse never goes hungry. We’ve never been…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Oct 31 '06

Motorola Making RAZR-based Linux Smartphone

Seen in this fuzzy slide off some guy’s undoubtedly boring presentation, Motorola seems to be preparing a Linux-based RAZR PDA-phone sometime this decade. We already know how Motorola likes Linux for various phones, so it’s not out of the question for them to slap a version into a RAZR, pat themselves on the ass (no…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Worlds Largest Seamless Display; Uses More Power Than a 3rd World Country

Measuring in at a measly 27 x 15-ft, this projection system requires 20 networked PCs with multiple graphics cards just to process the 60 million pixel display. Just for comparison, those ultra clear HDTVs you’ve been watching are only around 2.07 million pixels. It uses an algorithm to break the video down into 80 smaller…

Tech News Ben Longo Oct 31 '06

How To: One-Click DVD Rips and Backups

Whether you’re ripping your DVDs because the Netflix movies are almost always scratched (and ripping them plays back smoother) or you’re just a cheap S.O.B. who doesn’t like paying for stuff, here’s a guide to make the process easier. Why would you use this? Well, besides archiving your movies on your home theater PC (HTPC),…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

USB Missile Launcher Reviewed (Verdict: Nobody’s Getting Any Work Done)

How fun are these USB Missile Launchers? Very. A single launcher comes with 3 foam missiles, a three foot USB cable, sound effects, and a Windows XP control program. Once installed, you control the cannon with either your mouse or the arrow keys, and fire with the space bar. We kinda wish they came with…

Gadgets Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Personal Heater Keeps Your Butterfly Warm

The winter months can be cold and bitter (especially if you’re single), so why not cozy up to the Butterfly. Its an environmentally-friendly personal heater that emits heat through its butterfly pattern when evaporated lighter fluid and oxygen react with the heater’s glass fiber. Its portable and even safe enough to keep in your pocket,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Oct 31 '06

Pioneer BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Players Delayed Until December

The bad news never stops rolling for Blu-ray this season, as Pioneer’s BDP-HD1 got rolled back to a December release. Originally planned for October, the BDP-HD1 “has not passed the company’s quality control requirements, and it will be available when it does.” It was originally supposed to be available in May for $1,500, but various…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Stream Amazon Unbox Video to your Xbox 360

Bought some movies from Amazon’s Unbox Video store but can’t figure out how to get it on your TV? Grab your Xbox 360, because it’s time to get streaming. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-launches-unbox-video-download-store-199234 1. Download an Unbox video to your Media Center PC. 2. From the Xbox 360 Dashboard, go to the Media blade and select Media Center.…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Ionkids System Tracks your Children, Excuses the Bad Parenting

The Ionkids system is a PDA device with a separate wristwatch. Strap the watch to the kids wrist (or more appropriately, ankle) and know when your kids get too far away from you. The PDA allows you to set up a zone and it will alert when a corresponding watch leaves the area. Then it…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Oct 31 '06

A BananaGuard a Day Keeps the Bruises Away

Bananas are among the more delicate fruits, in need of protection inside a lunchbox or backpack. If you’re a banana aficionado like we are, you’ll need the Banana Guard, a hard plastic case for those phallic fruits that will keep those icky brown bruises away. Hey, BananaGuard also makes a great Halloween costume for that…

Gadgets Charlie White Oct 31 '06

Sony Getting Probed by DOJ

If we told you Sony was getting looked into by the DOJ, what would you guess it was for? The exploding batteries? The PlayStation 3 release? Actually, it’s for their Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) business. The Japanese company received a subpoena from the Justice Department’s antitrust division seeking information about Sony’s static random access…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

How Paris Hilton Haxored Lindsay Lohan: The Cingular Voicemail Vulnerability

We’re not sure if Paris used this particular service, but by using the Jajah web interface you can “hack” into someone else’s voicemail. Intrigued? Good. Maybe this will get Cingular to fix their phone system. How it works: Go to Jajah, enter in the number you want to “hack” as both the recipient and the…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 31 '06

Sanyo Rolls Out Eneloop Solar Charger, Rechargeable Heater

At the same time Sanyo trotted out little Eneloopy, the battery tester doggie, it also introduced two other products associated with its Eneloop rechargeable batteries introduced last year. https://gizmodo.com/sanyo-eneloopy-the-dog-gone-battery-tester-211270 The Eneloop solar charger recharges four AA-sized batteries, and the kicker is there’s a USB port on the back that will also let you charge up…

Gadgets Charlie White Oct 31 '06

Gateway Overclocks to 4GHz

Gateway is showing gamers some love by not only ramming the Core 2 Duo inside their new FX530XL, but also overclocking it for you. The FX530XL comes with a 2.93GHz Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor that can be factory overclocked to 4.2GHz. The system will also support Intel’s quad CPUs when they start making their…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Oct 31 '06

Weird Watch: Gauge Mecha 1 BMF Oozes Sci-Fi

If you’re one of those distinctive throwbacks who still wears a watch instead of using your cellphone to tell time, this limited edition Gauge Mecha 1 BMF concept watch from Avant-Garde Mecha Complications will surely set you further apart from the crowd. Its impractical analog-digitality underlies the fact that there’s really nothing digital about it;…

Gadgets Charlie White Oct 31 '06

Other Bits and Bytes

Ridiculously Beautiful: Japan’s INFOBAR2 Cellphone

HTC Herald Reviewed (Verdict: Thin and Awesome)

Cingular Treo 750 in the Wild

Xbox 360 Live Update Hits Your Living Room

Saitek Suits Up Mouse with Touch-sensitive Scrolling

Motorola Making RAZR-based Linux Smartphone

Worlds Largest Seamless Display; Uses More Power Than a 3rd World Country

How To: One-Click DVD Rips and Backups

USB Missile Launcher Reviewed (Verdict: Nobody’s Getting Any Work Done)

Personal Heater Keeps Your Butterfly Warm

Pioneer BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Players Delayed Until December

Stream Amazon Unbox Video to your Xbox 360

Ionkids System Tracks your Children, Excuses the Bad Parenting

A BananaGuard a Day Keeps the Bruises Away

Sony Getting Probed by DOJ

How Paris Hilton Haxored Lindsay Lohan: The Cingular Voicemail Vulnerability

Sanyo Rolls Out Eneloop Solar Charger, Rechargeable Heater

Gateway Overclocks to 4GHz

Weird Watch: Gauge Mecha 1 BMF Oozes Sci-Fi

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