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MacBook Pro a Lemon?

Is there something rotten in Cupertino? After hearing rumblings of problems with MacBook Pros, now David Ciccone of Mobility Today tells us about his nightmarish series of issues with the MacBook Pro he bought back in March of this year. The problems started soon after the purchase, where Ciccone noticed whining noises emanating from his…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 30 '06

NuVision 52LEDLP vs. Samsung HL-S5679W: A Pitched Battle Between Big High Def LED-Backlit TVs

The Nuvision 52LEDLP is the latest set from the relatively new, high end TV maker. While the rest of their lineup is comprised of LCDs, this is their first rear projection DLP, which they plan to announce formally at CEDIA in a few weeks. The set’s screen is 52-inches diagonally, with a native resolution of…

Gadgets Brian Lam Aug 30 '06

WiFi Scope Sees Radio Waves

This Wifi can-tenna pans and tilts, recording radio signals it detects in the air. Then, it paints its findings in the visual spectrum, through a projector. It’s an art project, but I’m sure there’s a way to use it to optimize your WiFi Feng Shui WIFI CAMERA PROTOTYPE [BoingBoing]

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 30 '06

Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS: Widescreen With a FM Transmitter

What’s the story with this leaked GPS? Well, I’ll tell you. Garmin is trying to keep pace with TomTom’s widescreen models by adding this 4.3-inch, 480 by 272 pixel touchscreen to their latest navigator. Their last generation of Nuvis had players had MP3 support, which sounded really shit coming out of the little speakers in…

Gadgets Brian Lam Aug 30 '06

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•Bosch Power Box iPod Dock: Proof That Size Does Matter-Charlie White •World Exclusive Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Reviewed (Verdict: Wowz0r!)-Travis Hudson •Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Brings The Overkill -Jason Chen •Bosch Power Box iPod Dock For (Wannabe) Tough Guys-Nicholas Deleon •Bosch Power Box PB10-CD iPod Boombox for Toughguys, Reviewed-Brian Lam https://gizmodo.com/bosch-power-box-ipod-dock-proof-that-size-does-matter-197485 •Comment of…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 30 '06

Yawn…More Palm Treo 700wx Leaks (Spec Sheet)

I stopped eating cupcakes for this? Sprint’s Windows Mobile 5.0 version of the Palm Treo 700 smartphone, dubbed the 700wx, has been covered in great detail, even though Sprint is whistling along, twiddling their thumbs, pretending it never happened. The latest piece of info is this official Palm spec sheet, shared with us by GadgetsOnTheGo.net.…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 30 '06

Other Bits and Bytes

•Nanowires to Stimulate Nerve Signals [Medgadget] •Universal to Offer Music for Free; Take that iTunes! [Slashdot] •Boeing’s Zero-Emission Plane Set To Take Off; Gassy Pilots Protest. [Treehugger] •Singapore will have nationwide WiFi by 2007 [Boing Boing] •World’s First Luxurious Underwater Sea Resort; Sealab 2021 braces for competition. [BornRich] •Google CEO joins Apple Board [CNN Money]

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

T-Mobile Hacker Gets One Year of House Arrest, $10,000 Fine

Remember the twenty-something hacker who got into T-Mobile’s servers, then got lots of pictures of celebrities off the Sidekick databases? He’s been sentenced to one year’s house arrest and a $10,000 restitution to T-Mobile. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-customer-data-hacked-celebrity-pix-roam-free-29540 All this hubbub and no nude pictures of Ashton Kutcher porking Demi Moore? I say he pays US $10,000 for…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

Armet Gurkha Armored Vehicle Kicks Hummvee Ass

The ultra rich have sportscars to spend hundreds on thousands of dollars on, if not millions. What do the SUV crowd do when they win the lottery? Buy a Gurka by Armet. Cousin site Jalopnik, who we have constant toy-envy of, says it best: https://gizmodo.com/ferrari-p4-5-gizmolicious-and-one-of-kind-191011 The squat and hedgehog-lookin’ 19,000 lb beast-of-an-armored-vehicle ain’t just built…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 29 '06

Sony Ericsson W43S Clamshell Glows

Sony Ericsson’s Japan-only W43S is a bit of a showboat. The phone has a 2.7 inch (240 432) screen, a 2 MegaPixel camera, and can play MP3s for 24 hours straight on one charge. But the phone also has 16 different skins that work with the 12 LEDs under it’s lid, to put on quite a…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 29 '06

Sigma SD14 Foveon Camera Picture Leaked?

To us, this picture from the xitek forums looks like the SIGMA teased here earlier today. https://gizmodo.com/sigma-teases-next-foveon-camera-the-sd14-dslr-197312 If you’re not familiar with Sigma, it’s the company that developed the Foveon X3, whose newest iteration is now called the Full Color Capture Direct Image Sensor. First introduced in its SD9 digital SLR in 2002, the groundbreaking…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

Ricoh Caplio 500SE Camera Shrugs Off Dust, Likes WiFi and Bluetooth

Ricoh’s announced these wireless capable digital cameras over in Japan, and we can only hope to see them stateside soon. The 8.13 Megapixel camera can send photos by Bluetooth 2.0, while the W model connects by both Bluetooth and B/G WiFi. On the front, there’s a 3x zoom lens that we have no other info…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 29 '06

Attn: Gizmodo Editors

Leave for 2 hours to go to a Dell meeting and this is what I get. Five posts on a Bosch iPod Dock. Get your asses back to work! Post [Move it!]

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 29 '06

Bosch Power Box iPod Dock: Proof That Size Does Matter

What the heck is the deal with this Bosch Power Box iPod dock? Deflecting onlookers from its intended purpose, this contraption looks like it could be used to trigger 50s-era nuclear weapons rather than just power and protect a stoopid iPod. But then, we’re fed up with iPods anyway, so anything that would vaporize them…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 29 '06

Dealzmodo Supplemental: Get $40 Back For A Linksys PAP2 Vonage Adapter

Amazon has the Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage at $59.99 plus a $100 rebate, which actually earns you $40 after all’s said and done. The adapter works by plugging in a standard analog phone and an ethernet cable. Not a bad deal when you’re actually making money. Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage Internet…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

World Exclusive Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Reviewed (Vedict: Wowz0r!)

This be it, the very first images you will see ever of the Bosch Power Box PB10-CD iPod Boombox. Just look at it, it is simply breathtaking and it plays back music all good-like. It has a roll cage for sakes, it has to be amazing. Are you impressed yet? You should be because nobody…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 29 '06

Doraemon Game With Strap-On Helecopter Hat

Doraemon fans rejoice! The “takekoputa”—a Japanese combination of some word and helicopter—allows you to fly around in a game using only your head. How so? Well, instead of using the controller, you strap on the helecopter and lean forward, back, left or right to control Doraemon as he’s flying through the air. There’s a story…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

Verbatim USB Thumb Drives Force Security Down Your Gullet

If you’re going to store your passwords, photos, documents, and music on your thumb drives, you might as well do so securely with the Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Corporate Secure USB Drives. These drives come in 1 to 4GB sizes, use a SHA-1 Hash to obfuscate your password, and require entering in your password every…

Privacy & Security Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Brings The Overkill

Is this Bosch Power Box really an iPod dock? It looks more like a beefed up oscilloscope, or some kind of underwater contraption from the 1950s used to get sharks to mate with dolphins. Marine Biology experiments aside, the “dock” has roll-bars, a 12-volt auxiliary outlet, fits any size iPod, a power outlet to charge…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

Core 2 Duo Coming To Apple MacBooks Sept. 16?

File this under R for “Rumor”, but another Mac site is speculating that Apple will release updates to their laptop line come Sept. 16. The annual Paris Expo could be just the time for Apple to stick the recently released Core 2 Duo processors in their MacBooks and MacBook Pros, joining Toshiba, Dell, and Samsung…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 29 '06

MacBook Pro a Lemon?

NuVision 52LEDLP vs. Samsung HL-S5679W: A Pitched Battle Between Big High Def LED-Backlit TVs

WiFi Scope Sees Radio Waves

Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS: Widescreen With a FM Transmitter

Best of Gizmodo

Yawn…More Palm Treo 700wx Leaks (Spec Sheet)

Other Bits and Bytes

T-Mobile Hacker Gets One Year of House Arrest, $10,000 Fine

Armet Gurkha Armored Vehicle Kicks Hummvee Ass

Sony Ericsson W43S Clamshell Glows

Sigma SD14 Foveon Camera Picture Leaked?

Ricoh Caplio 500SE Camera Shrugs Off Dust, Likes WiFi and Bluetooth

Attn: Gizmodo Editors

Bosch Power Box iPod Dock: Proof That Size Does Matter

Dealzmodo Supplemental: Get $40 Back For A Linksys PAP2 Vonage Adapter

World Exclusive Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Reviewed (Vedict: Wowz0r!)

Doraemon Game With Strap-On Helecopter Hat

Verbatim USB Thumb Drives Force Security Down Your Gullet

Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Brings The Overkill

Core 2 Duo Coming To Apple MacBooks Sept. 16?

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