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Microsoft Ends Support of Windows 98 Today

Hey there, kiddies, Uncle Billy really hopes you’re not still using Windows 98 because starting today his mom and pop operation is no longer offering technical support for it. Internet Explorer on the fritz? Task bar disappeared? BSODs getting you down? Well, it’s no longer his problem, so tough cookies. In addition to ending [paid,…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jul 11 '06

Minimo M2: Entertainment and Communications

Malaysian company Fifth Media launched the minimo M2, a slim candybar cellphone with a video and audio player inside. This GSM/GPRS handset has a 2.1-megapixel camera with an LED flash, and it also plays back MPEG4 video at 384×288 pixels if you don’t mind watching the picture on its smallish 1.9-inch screen. It’s just under…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 11 '06

Brain-Computer Typing

A new project somewhere—readers, can you fill us in if you know—allows two users to type in a computer screen using only the power of their minds. The participants, Heath Ledger and some lady, are navigating possible letters by just thinking about the choices. Interesting research if we can develop this further. At the level…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jul 11 '06

Microsoft Argo’s Final Name: The Zune?

Our inboxes are on fire with brand new information about the new Microsoft MP3 player. We thought the player was code-named “Argo”, but we now got word that the final product name that’s been flying around is the “Zune”! https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-argo-pic-the-ipod-competitor-186342 The pic on the right seems to be the final design, which makes the player…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 11 '06

Gizmodo Today

Feature Tuning Fork https://gizmodo.com/tuning-fork-186243 Rumor and Speculation Speculation: Talking iPod Forthcoming? Seattle Columnist Sez Microsoft Portable Player, Argo, Will Be More Than an iPod Rival https://gizmodo.com/speculation-talking-ipod-forthcoming-186142 News Missing Sync For Windows Mobile 5.0 Coming Other Bits and Bytes Heat-Changing Paint Microsoft “Argo” Pic (The iPod Competitor) Knock Knock Door Chime The Red Phone LG KG99…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 11 '06

Missing Sync For Windows Mobile 5.0 Coming

The Missing Sync is a piece of software for OS X to let you sync your PIM information with your mobile device, like a phone or a PDA, that’s not supported natively with OS X. If you have a WM5 device, go grab the Missing Sync 2.5 beta and sync up your Pocket PC. Bit…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Other Bits and Bytes

•At AOL, a Plan for a Clean Break [New York Times] •AMD FX-64 to come in Q4 [The Inquirer] •Former RIAA HEAD Changing Her Tune [Wired News] •Magnetic Memory Chip Unveiled [BBC News] •Hotel Guests Can Try Latest Digital Gadgets [New York Times] •Girls Getting Gung-Ho for Gadgets [C|Net] •Rockstar Employees Jumping Ship [Kotaku] •Amanda…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 10 '06

Heat-Changing Paint

Reader Jason sends in this heat-changing paint from Alsa Corp. By applying a certain type of Eclipse paint, the finish will change from one color to another—white to blue, black to green, black to Apple Red Candy—whenever heat is applied. Splashing this on your shirt and re-living the late ’80s aside, the paint has a…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Microsoft “Argo” Pic (The iPod Competitor)

Our hombres over at Engadget got their hands on a pic of one of the possible designs of the Microsoft Argo/iPod Rival. The display is 4:3 and not 16:9, unfortunately, and there seems to be a big wheel like button on the front along with a “back” and a “play/pause” button. https://gizmodo.com/seattle-columnist-sez-microsoft-portable-player-argo-186218 We wonder if…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Knock Knock Door Chime

To both confuse and punish your visitors, the Knock Knock Door Chime rings a door chime whenever someone knocks. Wha? Yes, you read that right. One end of the wireless door chime attaches to the inside of the door, while the other attaches anywhere up to 100 feet away in your house. When someone knocks,…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

The Red Phone

Do you take jokes and grind it into the ground? Then this red phone is for you. The old school red “Hotline to the Kremlin” style phone acts as a handset for your cellphone. When you get a call, you pull out the red phone and everyone can have a good laugh at your dry,…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Joby Gorillapod SLR Launches

Back in February we first saw the Joby Gorillapod. It is an extremely versatile tripod that can wrap around damn near anything. Joby has answered the requests of the people and released a bigger, better version of the Gorillapod designed for small camcorders and SLR cameras. The Gorillapod SLR uses the standard 1/4-inch screw and…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 10 '06

LG KG99 Slim Chocolate Phone

LG continues its choco-dominance with its KG99 Slim chocolate phone. By putting the bottom row of *, 0 and # keys in the fourth column, LG makes this phone wide and slim like the Motorola Q, but without the smartphone features. This slim chocolate phone is Tri-band GSM, has microSD expansion slot and weighs 73…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

ESPYs Gift Bag Make Us Almost Want To Exercise

If we had practiced sports like our parents encouraged us to when we were kids, we might just be on stage presenting at the ESPYs this year. What would we get for our troubles? How about a metric arseload of awesome gifts in the grab bag. Here’s just a taste: Archos Gemini 402 Camcorder, iGroove…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

HTC MTeoR Reviewed (Verdict: Fast!)

Bengalboy, his kitten, and his awful image-resizing program that makes all his pictures look like he rubbed sand on the lens, has reviewed the HTC MTeoR. Two things stick out from this review: the right boob and the left boob the speed and the reception quality. The MTeoR has a 300MHz Samsung processor, which is…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Pantech’s Four New Concept Phones

Like concept cars, you either love a concept phone or hate it. Pantech’s four designs are probably have a win ratio of 2-1-1, which isn’t too bad. The first is Incense, which is long and has no screen. Maybe it folds out? It looks like an incense holder had a drunken night with an iPod…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Blu-ray Delayed In Europe Until 2007

With the World Cup now officially over, what do Europeans have to look forward to? It’s definitely not Blu-ray, as many companies in the Blu-ray camp won’t be ready to deploy into Europe until January 2007. Pioneer says it doesn’t have any “concrete” plans for their European launch, but they’d have something figured out by…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

SanDisk U3 Cruzer Drives Are Skype Compatible

This sounds like more of a product promotion tie-in than a technological breakthrough, but the new SanDisk U3 Cruzer Smart Drives have Skype loaded in. You can keep all your contacts, account info, and the Skype program on the disk and use it on any old computer you visit—provided that computer has a mic and…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 10 '06

Chimp Plays Ms. Pac-Man, Already Beat My Top Score

Check out this chimp dominating a little Ms. Pac-Man. And by dominating we mean doing alright and at least understanding how to play, but that is still a hell of a lot better than I could ever do with that little tramp, Ms. Pac-Man. You may be flailing your arms around thinking you are hot…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 10 '06

De-Drowning a Celly

Our half-sisters twice related through marriage, Lifehacker, points out a nice tip for salvaging a cellphone that has taken a plunge in some water. “I took the phone home, removed the battery and put it in the oven for a good bake on the “warm” setting, followed by a half hour in front of the…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 10 '06

Microsoft Ends Support of Windows 98 Today

Minimo M2: Entertainment and Communications

Brain-Computer Typing

Microsoft Argo’s Final Name: The Zune?

Gizmodo Today

Missing Sync For Windows Mobile 5.0 Coming

Other Bits and Bytes

Heat-Changing Paint

Microsoft “Argo” Pic (The iPod Competitor)

Knock Knock Door Chime

The Red Phone

Joby Gorillapod SLR Launches

LG KG99 Slim Chocolate Phone

ESPYs Gift Bag Make Us Almost Want To Exercise

HTC MTeoR Reviewed (Verdict: Fast!)

Pantech’s Four New Concept Phones

Blu-ray Delayed In Europe Until 2007

SanDisk U3 Cruzer Drives Are Skype Compatible

Chimp Plays Ms. Pac-Man, Already Beat My Top Score

De-Drowning a Celly

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