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Cellphones as guns

Probably shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise when you think about it, but cellphones that have been converted into makeshift guns, using keypads as triggers, are starting to pop up. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

Scientific American article that makes an excellent point: Why has it taken so long for robots to be actually useful to the general public? Seldom in the history of technology has an industry been so eagerly anticipated, and so slow to emerge, as the consumer robot industry. Back in the early 1980s, when computers were…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

The cellphone/Alzheimer’s connection

New study in Sweden suggests that cellphones might be a cause of Alzheimer’s, though there still isn’t any conclusive evidence that cellphones are dangerous. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

Cellphone meltdown

Counterfeit batteries for Nokia phones apparently have a problem with overheating, causing the phones to melt. And according to the article, this isn’t even a ploy to keep people from buying non-Nokia replacement batteries. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

Friends don’t let friends use cameraphones

Really great article by Paul Boutin over at Slate about how the perils of drunk dialing are compounded when there’s a cameraphone involved: Cell-phone owners prone to what’s known as the drunk dial now have a whole new way to embarrass themselves: Phone-makers are packing their latest models with tiny video cameras and big color…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Scratch on the go

Bizarre new gadget from from Bandai that let’s you mimic the scratching DJs do with records, on the go. Aimed at “hip hop lovers” who yearn to be DJs, the One Hand Player comes out in Japan next month. Read [Translated from Japanese with Babelfish]

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Introducing our Japanese correspondent

Beginning in April, we’re going to begin featuring regular reports on the Japanese gadget scene from Gen Kanai, our new Tokyo correspondent (and an excellent blogger in his own right). We’re looking forward to his first report. Gen brought up how it’d be great to have other people around the world helping Gizmodo get the…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Amazon sale on Canon’s i320 color printer

Canon’s i320 color bubble jet printer is on sale for $44.18 after rebate over at Amazon. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Samsung’s new PDA phones

Courtesy of BabelFish, a lengthy article, translated from its original Korean, about all the new PDA phones coming out from Samsung. Even if the translation is a little stilted, the photos alone are worth checking out, and the Sprint and Verizon logos emblazoned on several of these phones are a pretty strong indication that these…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

HP Tablet PC sneak peek

Some pics have surfaced of a very thin-looking concept Tablet PCs from HP. No details on whether or not these will actually go into production. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

The phone that knows too much?

Rather glowing review over at InfoWorld of the Nokia 3650, which combines a color screen with a digital camera, as well as handle capably handle your email. The 3650 also has built-in Bluetooth, so it can actually double as a wireless modem for a Bluetooth-enabled laptop. Too bad the phone itself is really ugly. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Bluetooth CF card

New Bluetooth card from Iogear that fits into the CompactFlash slot of a PDA. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

New rugged PDA from TDS

Gotta love those rugged PDAs, you never know how rough conditions might get out there. The new Recon handheld from Tripod Data Systems is waterproof, and exceeds the military’s specifications for “drop, vibration and both high- and low-temperature operation.” Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

World’s highest resolution monitor

If you’ve got eight grand to drop on a monitor, you may as well go for the best and get the world’s highest resolution LCD monitor, the 22.2″ widescreen VP2290b from ViewSonic, which has ten times the pixel density of a regular LCD. Quake 3, and just about anything else, is guaranteed to look amazing…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

Cheaper, lighter, and smaller

The advantage Palm handhelds used to have over Pocket PCs was that they were cheaper, lighter, and smaller. But David Pogue of the New York Times points out that new lines of inexpensive Pocket PCs from Dell, HP, and ViewSonic have largely erased these distinctions. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

Everybody in WiFi

CNET article on how just about every kind of gadget is joining the WiFi party. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

Binoculars + digital camera

For the voyeurs in the house, new binoculars from Meade that come with a built-in digital camera for capturing all those special moments you’re peeking at from afar. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

PC World’s predictions

PC World makes its predictions for the next couple of years. Among them: much smaller desktop computers; 15″ LCD monitors drop below $200; and the rise of Universal Plug and Play, which lets lots of different gadgets like TVs, stereos, digital cameras, and digital entertainment hubs connect together on a network. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

Cloak of invisibilty

Now longer something just out of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons – a scientist in Japan has created a coat that makes whoever is wearing it invisible, at least if you happen to be looking at them from the right angle. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

BSQUARE’s BlackBerry killer still not out

BSQUARE still hasn’t gotten anyone to agree to manufacture its supposed BlackBerry killer. If it actually ever does come out, the BSQUARE device would be a lot more powerful than a Blackberry, and has a 400MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, a 640×480 color screen, and runs Windows CE .NET. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 6

Cellphones as guns

What’s taking so long?

The cellphone/Alzheimer’s connection

Cellphone meltdown

Friends don’t let friends use cameraphones

Scratch on the go

Introducing our Japanese correspondent

Amazon sale on Canon’s i320 color printer

Samsung’s new PDA phones

HP Tablet PC sneak peek

The phone that knows too much?

Bluetooth CF card

New rugged PDA from TDS

World’s highest resolution monitor

Cheaper, lighter, and smaller

Everybody in WiFi

Binoculars + digital camera

PC World’s predictions

Cloak of invisibilty

BSQUARE’s BlackBerry killer still not out

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