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High Score: The Best of Kotaku

Here are the highlights from the past seven days at sister site Kotaku. Gaming news get! Almost anyone with $400 in their pocket and the desire for Microsoft console gaming goodness should have their hands on an Xbox 360 at this point. Supplies were plentiful for the first time in many weeks, with Microsoft getting…

Tech News Michael McWhertor

Tuning Fork

Taking Sides by Brian L. Clark This week I was enjoying a tasty red-meat dinner with an executive from a major tech manufacturer when I learned the real reason for Microsoft’s sudden change of heart regarding Blu-Ray and HD DVD. It wasn’t that HD DVD has Mandatory Managed Copy, which is supposed to allow users…

Tech News Johnb

Scoot Gets You Your $.02 Worth

Scoot is an electric scooter concept by Dutch firm GRO design, and it costs less than two cents per mile to get you where you want to go. It’s powered by a lithium battery that takes about six hours to charge up. Even though this is just a design concept so far, someday it might…

Gadgets Charlie White

Multicolored LED Lamp with Ethernet Interface

Some might think this LED lamp is scary-looking, but we think it might go well in our mad scientist-themed living room. It was designed a few years ago, and its bill of materials ran upwards of $3700 (which would probably cost much less today), but still. Look at it. It has 504 LEDs, it weighs…

Gadgets Charlie White

Study Shows Average House has 26 Consumer Electronics Products

This study was conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association. It showed that the average household has 26 “non-discreet” CE products and upwards of $1,200 was spent on said CE products. The top five growing products are MP3 players, digital cameras, car video systems, in-dash CD players and laptop computer. The study also showed that the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Legit Movie Downloads Gaining Momentum

Is it us, or was there suddenly of a loosening of the apron strings when it comes to downloading movies? Now we see that Movielink and CinemaNow (both of which insist that you use Internet Explorer, yuck) are now serving up pay-to-own downloads from Sony and MGM. There are 75 titles in all going on…

Movies Charlie White

LED Dress Shirt

Gizmodo presents the LED dress shirt: for the dork who mistakenly thinks he’s gotten too cool to wear a pocket protector. From $39.99 to $65.99, depending on which color of LEDs you think will go best with your Morlock pasty skin. LED Shirts [Tbuckles.com, via The Red Ferret Journal]

Gadgets Gizmodo.com

Cheese Weasel Day: Thank Your Techies

It has just been brought to my attention that today is National Cheese Weasel Day, a geek holiday during which you place a small piece of cheese under your favorite gadget guru’s keyboard. While the story behind the holiday is lost to the ravages of time, rest assured that sliding a slice of American under…

Gadgets Johnb

Samsung YP-Z5 4GB MP3 Player Reviewed (Verdict: Nano is Safe)

We’ve been eyeing these wee MP3 players for quite a while now, and they just don’t seem ready for prime-time. The YP-Z5, the latest in Samsungs oft-amazing line-up, is considerably thicker than the nano and has a bright display and attractive, if derivative, styling. The biggest problem, it seems, is with the tactile control pad.…

Gadgets Johnb

DIY Kyoto Wattson: Attaching a Number to Your Energy Thirst

If you’re feeling paranoid about how much power you’re using, hook up the Wattson, which consists of a meter that you attach to your main power supply and the wireless unit pictured above, which gives you a portable readout of how many kilowatts you’re consuming. The wireless aspect of Wattson is intriguing, where you could…

Gadgets Charlie White

If You’re Ready for Vista, Vista is Ready for 512MB

While Vista probably won’t be out until after the holidays—barring, you know, any further unforeseen technical difficulties like, say, the entire thing being as secure as an open box of cobras—you’ll need at least 512MB of RAM (Read “2GB”) and a DirectX 9 graphics processor (Read “a Cray”) to just boot up. Want all those…

Tech News Johnb

Sharp Aquos LC-20AX6 20-Inch LCD TV

Sharp adds to its Aquos LCD TV line with the LC-20AX6, a 1366×768 TV which raises its response time to relatively speedy 8ms. It has a digital tuner, along with a built-in analog VHF/UHF/CATV tuner. We took a close look at all the Aquos TVs from Sharp at CES, and each one we saw was…

Tech News Charlie White

iKey Transfers Audio to MP3 or WAV

iKey lets you skip a step or two if you want to transform analog audio onto wav or MP3 files, a convenient way to turn vinyl into digital. Plug in your left and right channel on one side, and plug in your iPod or USB key into the other, and this little box changes analog…

Gadgets Charlie White

Furgles Furry Speakers

If Gizombo Saturday was a little too gory for your tastes, perhaps these Furgles Furry Speakers are more to your liking? $24.99 gets you a pair of these super fuzzy battery or USB-powered bundles of cuddliness. https://gizmodo.com/gizombo-keeping-readers-living-164494 Furgles Soft Speakers [eToys, via Gearlog] Furgles CD Holder [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/furgles-cd-holder-114899

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Grundig Ovation2 Micro System

Grundig slides over into Bang & Olufsen territory with its Ovation2 Micro System, a handsomely-designed glorified boombox which has a CD player with a cool-looking mirrored glass sliding door. Of course, it has the obligatory USB port for your MP3 player, and can also play files right off a USB drive. Put it to work…

Tech News Charlie White

Sony MDR-EX90SL Earphones Fit a 13.5mm Driver into a 9mm Hole

Paying close attention laws of physics, Sony created a pair of earphone drivers that are large enough to give you big sound but have a smaller swiveling tip that’s 9mm in diameter, just able to fit into your ear canal. These 13.5mm drivers are able to inject 5-25,000Hz of audio goodness into your skull, according…

Gadgets Charlie White

iPod Nano in Scratch Resistant X2 Coating

J&R is taking pre-orders on another iPod Nano protection scheme. Instead of a case they are offering Nano’s custom painted with X2 scratch resistant liquid plastic coating. The iPods are cleaned, painted and cured under UV light to apply the coatings which come in six different color combinations. The process adds about $65 to the…

Tech News Rhbaby

A-Bike Folds Small, Weighs Little

The A-Bike is the lightest folding bike in its class, weighing in at just 12 pounds. The bike is ultra-portable and with practice can be folded or unfolded in just 10 seconds. Despite the tiny wheels, the bike can achieve normal speeds without forcing you to pedal like a madman. The completely enclosed chain system…

Gadgets Rhbaby

Nyko nano Sound Stage

If size is an issue, this speaker dock for the nano may be just right for you. It is small and features and exterior constructed of brushed aluminum. This dock can also charge and dock the nano. It includes a remote and retails for $99. Live in a closet and enjoy your nano? This may…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Nokia 9300 is Finally Hitting the States

Way back in September, Cingular announced that they would be offering this phone in the states and six months later it is finally happening. Those who already own the Nokia 9250 smartphone will be familiar with the 9300. It is built on the Symbian OS and features web, email, BlackBerry Connect, office applications and dual-screens.…

Tech News Travis Hudson

High Score: The Best of Kotaku

Tuning Fork

Scoot Gets You Your $.02 Worth

Multicolored LED Lamp with Ethernet Interface

Study Shows Average House has 26 Consumer Electronics Products

Legit Movie Downloads Gaining Momentum

LED Dress Shirt

Cheese Weasel Day: Thank Your Techies

Samsung YP-Z5 4GB MP3 Player Reviewed (Verdict: Nano is Safe)

DIY Kyoto Wattson: Attaching a Number to Your Energy Thirst

If You’re Ready for Vista, Vista is Ready for 512MB

Sharp Aquos LC-20AX6 20-Inch LCD TV

iKey Transfers Audio to MP3 or WAV

Furgles Furry Speakers

Grundig Ovation2 Micro System

Sony MDR-EX90SL Earphones Fit a 13.5mm Driver into a 9mm Hole

iPod Nano in Scratch Resistant X2 Coating

A-Bike Folds Small, Weighs Little

Nyko nano Sound Stage

Nokia 9300 is Finally Hitting the States

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