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SEMA 2006: Auto Gadgets and Mullets

We have a gadget fetish which you know about, but you didn’t know about our love for spy hunter type auto electrics, did you? We stopped by SEMA, the CES of auto gear, and waded through the mullets, mustangs, and typical GPS hardware to find the best auto gadgets on the floor…stay tuned.

Gadgets Brian Lam Nov 3 '06

Money, Money, Money, Money, Mow-nay,

Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man’s world Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man’s world Aha-ahaaa All the things I could do If I had a little money It’s a rich man’s world Thanks to ABBA for the great song lyrics and to Audi, DICE, Fox Soccer Channel, HD-DVD,…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 3 '06

Mottainai USB Flash: Japanese, Silk, Crystalline, and $850

Japanese USB fetishists SolidAlliance (maker of Sushi USB Flash Drives) has released an exceptionally expensive Flash stick—the Mottainai. 2 GB of memory housed in a case of bronze, crystals, a bit of gold and Nipponish flair will run you 100,000 Yen (or about $850). Mottainai refers to the concept of failure to maximize a thing’s…

Tech News Matt Schneiderman Nov 3 '06

Intergalactic Couture Rocks Planet Earth

In an effort to help you prep for that all important trip to outer space, Rocketplane Kistler (which plans to offer interplanetary space tours starting in 2008) held its first ever space wear fashion show. The show, which featured a bunch of alien-looking models like the one pictured here, was organized by Japanese designer Eri…

Space & Spaceflight Louis Ramirez Nov 3 '06

Shiny TiVo Glo Remote Available as Stand-Alone

TiVo is shipping the Glo Remote, the luxo-premium controller that’s normally included with the TiVo Series 3 HD box, as a $50 standalone product. Of course, it works with the Series 3 but also works with most Series 2 units, too. We have one of these remotes in-house, and really like its shiny piano-black finish.…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 3 '06

Robotic Sentry Shoots and Laughs at You

When they’re not impressing us with their HDTVs, Samsung’s out making killer robots. Literally. Along with Korea University, they’ve created a robotic sentry that’s equipped with two cameras (one infrared), zooming capabilities, and a BFG (a 5.5mm machine gun to be exact). The robot has the ability to differentiate between humans and inanimate objects and…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 3 '06

Top 10 Reasons Why Smartphones Suck

Opinions. Everyone’s got ’em and for the most part they’re worthless… Which brings us to an interesting little entry by the boobs over at CrunchGear. For some reason, they’re hating on smartphones, giving us the top 10 reasons why they suck. Let’s see what kind of beef CrunchGear has, shall we? 10. Proprietary connectors and…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Nov 3 '06

Red, Not (RED), Peripherals

Other Red is not affiliated with the Bono-approved, AIDS-eliminating effort Product (RED). Unable to jazz up philanthropy with the big boys, the participants of Other Red are a few smaller tech companies attempting to jump on the charity bandwagon with crimson gadgets of their own. Still, 10 percent of the $30 you pay for a…

Tech News Matt Schneiderman Nov 3 '06

Dealzmodo: Panasonic SA-XR55S Home Theatre Receiver, $150

Amazon has the SA-XR55S receiver from Panasonic for cheap. It is chock full of inputs with five video, four digital, seven audio and three S-video. Amazon has this receiver for over half-off from the list price of $325 to $150. It is actually regarded as an alright receiver from the A/V whores over at the…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 3 '06

Exclusive: Zune Accessory Line from Belkin

Got Zune on the mind? You should. With the release approaching fast, Belkin already has a line of accessories ready for the Zune launch. Cases, power boosters, FM transmitters and more will be available for the Zune. Get all of the details about each product after the jump. TuneBase FM This is the standard TuneBase…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 3 '06

Commenter Execution: You Decide

A controversy has developed here at the Giz where some of our valued commenters are calling for the execution of one sailentshadow, for making a few boisterous comments in this post. We don’t think he’s that bad, although he is quite a Sony fanboy and a vociferous iPod critic. But then, sometimes, so are we.…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 3 '06

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX Puts ATI Back in the Doghouse

It wasn’t too long ago we showed you some images of what appeared to be a GeForce 8800 graphics card in the wild, and now the folks at Daily Tech have one upped that preview with a full hands-on review of their own. The card, which takes up two expansion slots and requires two PCI…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 3 '06

Luring the Hot Babes: Innovations Just for Women

In a major initiative to attract more lovely ladies to Gizmodo, we’ve been working on figuring out just how this world should be arranged to best accommodate their discriminating and sometimes eclectic tastes. Top of the list is this prototype mouse with a flip-up body and makeup inside, complete with a mirror for easy application.…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 3 '06

iMe Plays Nice with All Your DAPs

It’s not often you come across an accessory that works with multiple MP3 players, yet that seems to be the iMe Dock’s claim to fame. It lets you dock any player onto your car’s dashboard, from Apple’s ubiquitous iPod to SanDisk’s newest Sansa. Once docked you connect it to your car’s entertainment center and the…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Nov 3 '06

The Onion’s GotchaBox Plays Mind Games With Greedy Fools

If you’re sick and tired of all the Christmas greed, now you can start fucking with your gift recipients, giving them a faked-up GotchaBox with an old pair of socks inside. Who better to make up fraudulent packaging than those merry pranksters at The Onion? They’re jerking around everybody with a $20 set of three…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 3 '06

Cau’s Dual Headphone-Supporting PMP: Share Music With That Special Someone

How many people find themselves wishing that their digital audio player and/or portable media player supported more than one pair of headphones at a time? CAU Digital Corporation hopes that a lot of you do with its latest PMP that supports two wireless headphones simultaneously. Apparently it’s being marketed at couples and potential couples so…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Nov 3 '06

iPod 8GB (Product) Red Now Available

Take a peek at the Apple Store and you’ll see a new addition to the iPod family slipped into the lineup with no notice: now there’s an 8GB iPod nano (product) Red, which was only available in 4GB trim before today. It’s $249, and it only shows up on the selection page in the Apple…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 3 '06

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•Sony Vaio VGP-USP1 USB Speaker •Maxell Noise Canceling Headphones Block Out The Sounds of Life •First Grope: Panasonic PT-AX100U HD Projector (Verdict: Quiet as a Mouse Fart) •Elica Lamp to User: Blow Me •Cool Tool: Ethernet LinkCheck Tester https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-vgp-usp1-usb-speaker-211885

Tech News Charlie White Nov 2 '06

NYT: Hannspree TV Knocks Off Eames Chair

Roy Furchgott, has an eye for design. He writes an insightful piece in the NYTimes about Korean electronic maker Hannspree, and their latest design triumph: An LCD TV that looks great from the backside. Delicious, and useful for times when a TV doesn’t sit against a wall. In fact, he points out it looks like…

Television Brian Lam Nov 2 '06

Sony Ass-Elbow Shocker: Hong Kong & Taiwan Getting PS3 This Month After All

In what is a hell of a turnaround even by Sony’s standards, the beleaguered Tokyo giant has announced that it really is going to bestow the PlayStation 3 upon the peoples of Hong Kong and Taiwan on November 17 after all. It had previously stated that those countries would have to bide their time alongside…

Tech News Jonny Hiratsuka Nov 2 '06

SEMA 2006: Auto Gadgets and Mullets

Money, Money, Money, Money, Mow-nay,

Mottainai USB Flash: Japanese, Silk, Crystalline, and $850

Intergalactic Couture Rocks Planet Earth

Shiny TiVo Glo Remote Available as Stand-Alone

Robotic Sentry Shoots and Laughs at You

Top 10 Reasons Why Smartphones Suck

Red, Not (RED), Peripherals

Dealzmodo: Panasonic SA-XR55S Home Theatre Receiver, $150

Exclusive: Zune Accessory Line from Belkin

Commenter Execution: You Decide

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX Puts ATI Back in the Doghouse

Luring the Hot Babes: Innovations Just for Women

iMe Plays Nice with All Your DAPs

The Onion’s GotchaBox Plays Mind Games With Greedy Fools

Cau’s Dual Headphone-Supporting PMP: Share Music With That Special Someone

iPod 8GB (Product) Red Now Available

Best of Gizmodo

NYT: Hannspree TV Knocks Off Eames Chair

Sony Ass-Elbow Shocker: Hong Kong & Taiwan Getting PS3 This Month After All

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