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QuickPlayer Brings Streaming Audio to Your Crackberry

Blackberrys aren’t known for their media-playing capabilities (hence all the excitement over the Pearl), but a small company by the name of QuickPlay Media is trying to change that with a new subscription-based service that lets you stream audio on your Blackberry. Users can choose from over 100 audiocasts, including sites like ABC News and…

Toshiba Cans SED Debut for CES

I’m tempted to start calling SED TVs the year’s top vaporware. First they left us hanging at CEDIA and then just as things started to look promising, comes news (via a dear John letter sent to the press) that says there won’t be any SED panels for us to fawn over at next year’s CES.…

Toshiba Drape Analog Clock Phone Fools The Japanese

Perhaps on his journey to Japan, Lam can figure out what inspires Japanese engineers to develop stuff like this Toshiba Drape. On the outside, it looks like a standard bronze cellphone—weird enough as it is—but when you open it up you’ve got a grandfather-like analog clock. Gee, an analog clock. Just the thing we needed…

Holiday Gift Guide: You Edition

So now that you’ve finished buying Aunt Edna and Uncle Marty their Holiday Chia Pets, it’s time to pick out a gift for yourself. Maybe a new cellphone? A flat-panel TV? Find all that and more inside our Holiday Gift Guide. Holiday Gift Guide 2006 [Gizmodo]

Philips Releasing Multiple Vista Remotes, Most Are Ugly

Remember the ugly Vista remote that we thought was swapped out in favor of a better looking one? Turns out it’s still getting produced, albeit by Philips. https://gizmodo.com/windows-vista-media-center-remote-control-208210 The Vista Media Center remote from Philips comes in a basic version, an IR learning backlit version, and an advanced IR learning backlit version. Luckily for them,…

Baby Accidentally Takes Joyride Through Airport X-Ray Machine

Another Apple Phone Rumor: Now Slightly More Plausible, But Not Really

Although this supposed Apple Phone leak still calls the phone the “iPhone”, the rest of the details seem to be a bit more valid compared to all the fakes people try to pass off these days. First, there’s the dual-screen touch-screen system reminiscent of the Apple Patents describing a dual-screen device. https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-patent-granted-218300 There’s a touch-sensitive…

iTWYF Gloves Lets You Play With Your Gadgets in the Cold

iTWYF, I touch you with your fingers (uh… ?), is a pair of gloves that allows you to keep you delicate fingers toasty while still being able to operate all your favorite gadgets. The thumb, index and middle finger all have this knob-like thing on the them that make using gadgets while wearing the gloves easy.…

Clocky Rolling Alarm Clock Now Available

What started out as an MIT nerd’s dream has now become an MIT nerd’s cash machine. Oh yes, Clocky, the world’s most annoying rolling alarm clock is now available. https://gizmodo.com/clocky-rolling-alarm-clock-36052 When you hit the snooze button, Clocky will roll off your nightstand and all around your room, beeping and flashing until you get up and…

Amazon To Sell DRM-free Tunes?

It’s no secret that Amazon has been working on an online music store to rival Apple’s iTunes, but now rumor has it Amazon’s store may be selling DRM-free tunes (joining the likes of eMusic who has been doing that since the start). As long as Amazon doesn’t jack up the price, I’m there. The question…

More Wiimote Hacks: RC Car Edition

I have a feeling the Wiimote will be more useful as a modding device than an actual Wii controller. Here is the latest hack where someone modded an RC car to be controlled by the Wiimote. No, not by the Wiimote buttons, but by the actual controller movement. – Travis Hudson [Via Engadget]

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We prepare on-the-go cocktails with the Travel Bar Set, show you how to hide your porn important documents with the Sentry In-Floor Safe, and finally locate an Authentic Navy Peacoat. We also show you show to ditch the ugly keg and replace it with a sleek Beer Caddy, eat lightning and…

Kite Ice Butt Boarding for Fun and Profit. OK, Just Fun.

The gang at Instructables has released a new episode detailing their adventures building kite-powered, butt-riding, ice-skating contraptions. If you’ve got a whole lot of ice, some wind, and some free time they’ll show you just how to build a speeding death machine of your own. But don’t take my word for it — check the…

Transformers Trailer Hits the Web

We’ve been looking forward to the Transformers movie for quite some time now, and we are happy to present the official trailer for this awesometastic movie. Big ups to our hombres at Jalopnik for YouTubing it. – Travis Hudson Robot-Car Leftovers: We Bring Transformer To Youtube For You! [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/robot-car-leftovers-we-bring-transformers-to-youtube-f-223548

Lego USB Charger

Add this to the list of cool things you can do with your Legos. The hand crank Lego charger lets you juice up any USB-based gadget the old fashioned way, by cranking it up. It seems fairly simple to build as it uses a Lego motor to generate current which then passes through a voltage…

Mobiblu Cubisto: Who Wants to Carry a Cube in Their Pocket?

The mobiblu Cubisto digital audio player comes to us from Korea and comes in two sizes, 1GB and 2GB. It’s pretty much a bare bones player, supporting MP3 and WMA files formats. Obviously the hook here is its wacky cube shape, but that only gets it so far. Besides, what would you rather have in…

DJ Rips-off Will it Blend, Ruins a Wiimote in the Process

I like to consider Will it Blend? the lifeforce of the Internet. So it is a damn shame when some lame-ass disc jockeys try to rip off the idea and blend a Wiimote in the famous BlendTec Blender. Seriously, how many listeners did you lose that day when you blended something over the air? The…

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

•MyVu iPod Video Glasses Review (Verdict: Look Like Geordi From Star Trek) •Meizu Lets Users Design Their Next MP3 Player •Aliph Jawbone Headset: Gets Sexy Redesign, Super Noise-Cancelling, and Bluetooth •Onkyo VR-1000J MPEG-4 Recorder: Video Alchemy for Your PSP •Samsung Puts Cameraphones on a Diet with New Image Sensor https://gizmodo.com/myvu-ipod-video-glasses-review-verdict-look-like-geor-223403 Comment of the Day: Ridiculous…

Dealzmodo: $12.99 Linksys Wireless-G Travel Router

Buy.com has this travel router for $12.99. This router features SpeedBooster, so no matter where you are at, the Intertubes should be flowing strong. This miniature router normally goes for $82.99 at Buy.com, but they have a $50 mail-in-rebate. Tack on another $20 off if you use Google Checkout and this router is only $12.99…

Other Bits and Bytes

•AMD reportedly revising CPU performance ratings [The Register] •Seagate buys backup services company [InfoWorld] •Nintendo Squares Up To Lawyers, Stoush Imminent [Kotaku] •Robots could demand legal rights [BBC] •Verisign signs on to movie download business [The Register] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/lawsuit/nintendo-squares-up-to-lawyers-stoush-imminent-223423.php