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The End of eBay: The Vagina Epilogues

It would be one thing if the seller of this ‘vintage gynecological chair’ had just kept it by the books—”Hello, I’m selling grandma’s twat throne. Local pickup only.”—but instead he or she has to get all grody, describing this Tac-O-Lounger with gems like: This chair was built for speed and there are still a lot…

Tech News Joel

Public Service Announcement: Don’t Send Laptops to Nigeria

Since I wrote my book on hackers and scammers, I’ve been toying with financial scammers (“DEAR SIR MANY GODS BLESSINGS”) and watching the responses. I just had an interesting, and very scary exchange with a Nigerian scammer who sent me 2 working (?) credit card numbers after ordering 6 Dell Laptops (?) from me (?).…

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SAVICON Entegrator Home Media Center

It’s hard to break into the rarified stratosphere of high-end custom home entertainment gear but once you’re there you realize that everybody else is a bunch of suckers. While the peons still try to hook their iPod Photos up to their CRT TVs, you and J. Lo are sitting in your custom home theatre with…

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Sega Stays Afloat Through Crappy Games

I had a moment of self-righteousness when I read the AFP’s headline proclaiming the positive effect of Sammy “pinball machines” on Sega’s bottom line. I’m not one of those loopy pinball freaks who won’t play anything that doesn’t make its bleeps out of an air horn—I have just as fond a memory of breaking my…

Tech News Joel

Creative Zen Neeon Launched

The wee 5-GB Zen Neeon is finally available will full product page and press info. The Neeon was kind of buried last week but it’s interesting to see the aesthetic has slightly changed from the previous Zen versions. There is also a patented Stik-On technology that allows you to put stickers on your media player.…

Tech News Johnb

PalmOne Buys Palm Name from PalmSource

Okay, so Daddy is confused. If I’m reading all this correctly, PalmOne just bought the name ‘Palm’ from PalmSource, which means they’ll be known as ‘Palm’ and PalmSource will be taking on a new name. It cost PalmOne something like $30 million to secure the name, so I guess they think that’s an important part…

Tech News Joel

LikeaBike Easy Two-Wheeler

When I have kids, I’m not going to do what my parents did to me—namely leave me at the mall while they went to “visit Uncle Paul” for three weeks. I’ll also give them a LikeaBike. This thing is essentially a scooter that allows kids to “ride” their own bike by walking and eventually graduate…

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Red Dragon Torch Kit

Here in the dark, sparsely-vegetated steppes of Brooklyn we rarely have the chance to really destroy weeds with a 500,000 BTU death torch. However, the Red Dragon Torch Kit would be perfect for those nights on the town—a little wine, a little Big Band music, and a massive column of flame shooting 5 feet into…

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Dancing Citroen Transformer: Junkyard Edition

Riffing off the pop-locking Citroen C4 transformer, this dancing Citroen 2CV is just as cool, if not quite as durable. https://gizmodo.com/dancing-citroen-transformer-25638 WMV Video Link [Linkshard via Metafilter]

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HP, Others are Killing Us

Just a little bleeding-heart whining this morning. We’ve all kind of known about this for quite a while, but think about it: all the electronics we buy with such giddy abandon a) require massive amounts of water and other natural resources to manufacture b) get dumped into backwater bays where entire populations of scroungers pour…

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Pumpabike: Human-Powered Hydrofoil

Johannesburg-based inventor Mike Puzey’s new ‘Pumpabike’ is a human-powered hydrofoil capable of hitting speeds of up to 30kph. There’s only one problem: if you stop pumping up and down, the entire contraption sinks into the water. Oh, there’s another problem: you can’t just get back on and start pumping. Instead, you must launch from a…

Tech News Joel

Western Digital Extreme Lighted Combo Drive

Western Digital is shlepping this new ‘Extreme Lighted Combo Drive,’ an external hard drive with multi-color lights inside, perfect for “case modders, gamers, DJs, or anyone with a love of the extreme.” Also, it’s “jazzy.” That’s marketing code for $300 for a 320GB drive, but at least it’s both FireWire (good) and USB 2.0 (slightly…

Tech News Joel

Saitek Joypad/Mouse Hybrid, X52 Joystick and Throttle

Charlie Demerjian points out three new gaming controllers shown off by Saitek at E3 (I don’t even remember seeing their booth). The most notable seems to be a $30 wireless joypad with a switch that toggles the right analog pad from a joystick to a mouse, letting you control all the functions of your PC…

Tech News Joel

Kodak EasyShare One Delayed

I had a chance to play around with the Kodak EasyShare One at CTIA, where I spent a few hours sucking from their corporate teat (and got to enjoy a nice nap while Jay Leno hammed it up to a crowd of wireless industry executives). Here’s the score, again: It’s really cool; Wi-Fi cameras that…

Tech News Joel

Shadow Robot Company Dexterous Hand

When I am lying on my death bed, I will be surrounded with dozens of disembodied robot arms, each holding a bit of fruit I will use to punctuate my conversation. “Nurse, more space jello, or else…” then I will blow a cryptic sequence into my straw, causing one of the arms to crush a…

Tech News Joel

Acer Ferarri 4000

Am I the only person who could give a rat’s ass about a Ferrari-branded laptop? I mean, apparently not, because Acer just keeps releasing them. This new 4000 dumps the bright red, all-over gloss for a rather attractive carbon fiber top (a full second faster in the quarter-mile), as well as a relatively powerful AMD…

Tech News Joel

Yahoo Music Unlimited Reviewed (Verdict: Really Close)

Matt Maier’s review of the Yahoo Music Unlimited download service, specifically used in conjunction with the Audiovox 5600 Windows Mobile smartphone, seems to have stumbled on the missing element with all these new iPod- and iTunes-fighting services. Overall, this is still very much a beta product (it even says so in the menu bar), and…

Tech News Joel

Pantech T-Slide Phones: PT-S110 and PT-K1100

I like Pantech just fine, as I think they make some pretty interesting phones (even if we never actually get to use them, since they are Korea-only). The new ‘T-slide’ phones, however, are pretty ugly, and I’m not just saying that because I find the man in the cut-off jean jacket threatening. I mean, I…

Tech News Joel

iRobot Announces ‘Scooba’ Mop Bot

The rumors were true, iRobot is launching a companion bot for the Roomba, called the ‘Scooba.’ Unlike the Roomba, which sweeps, the new Scooba will wash and dry floors “in a single pass,” using a special Clorox cleaning solution that will likely have to be bought again and again. Do I want it? Yes, a…

Tech News Joel

Handle-less Segway on the Way?

An anonymous (and hence, unconfirmed) source has told us that Segway engineers are currently working on a new model of the electric scooter that has no handles. The new Segway is in early development, and may use either a wireless handheld control unit for turning, or may in fact turn solely based on the balance…

Tech News Joel

The End of eBay: The Vagina Epilogues

Public Service Announcement: Don’t Send Laptops to Nigeria

SAVICON Entegrator Home Media Center

Sega Stays Afloat Through Crappy Games

Creative Zen Neeon Launched

PalmOne Buys Palm Name from PalmSource

LikeaBike Easy Two-Wheeler

Red Dragon Torch Kit

Dancing Citroen Transformer: Junkyard Edition

HP, Others are Killing Us

Pumpabike: Human-Powered Hydrofoil

Western Digital Extreme Lighted Combo Drive

Saitek Joypad/Mouse Hybrid, X52 Joystick and Throttle

Kodak EasyShare One Delayed

Shadow Robot Company Dexterous Hand

Acer Ferarri 4000

Yahoo Music Unlimited Reviewed (Verdict: Really Close)

Pantech T-Slide Phones: PT-S110 and PT-K1100

iRobot Announces ‘Scooba’ Mop Bot

Handle-less Segway on the Way?

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