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Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Hits, Still Doesn’t Fix 1080p Problems

After Microsoft’s fall dashboard update promised to bring 1080p into your living rooms, a many people were dismayed over problems like screen tearing when using a VGA connection. Enough that Microsoft quickly promised another dashboard update to fix this one. That update landed today. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-live-update-hits-your-living-room-211465 The good news? It reported “improved support for HD video…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

MiJam iPod Guitar Lets You Guitar Hero Anything

Imagine playing Guitar Hero, except with any song in your iPod’s library. This four fingered “guitar” from MiJam lets you play basic cords and riffs by strumming the bar and fiddling with the whammy. Fun for kids and people too lazy to learn how to play the guitar, but are too proud to still be…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

Apple Reportedly Sells Laptop Full of Porn To Girl – Where Do We Get These?

Apparently one of Apple’s MacBook refurbishers was asleep on the job, judging from the Laptop full of porn that was sold to some London Apple Store customer. Of course, it was a friend of a friend who reported this. And he of course reformatted the drive and installed OS X already. Do they still have…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

Cingular-Flavored BlackBerry Pearl In The Wild

Despite Cingular being a cocktease on their website with the Pearl’s pre-order, Pinstack forums seem to have gotten some live shots of the BB smartphone, complete with Cingular branding. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-pearl-available-not-available-from-cingular-217807 Still no word on when it’s going to be released, but the specs are listed after the jump, courtesy of Pinstack. Full BlackBerry 8100c Specs…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

New Mac Ads: Holiday Gifts, Sales Pitches, and DAMN KIDS

The New Mac Ads are on Apple’s Website. One featuring the PC and Mac exchanging gifts (I won’t spoil the gifts). I like this the second best of the three ads. One ad called “Sales Pitch” about the mac trying to counter sell the Mac’s iLife. Weird. And an ad entitled “Meant for work” which…

Tech News Brian Lam Nov 30

How To Make a Strong Refrigerator Magnet

If those dinky Pizza Hut magnets don’t have the OOMPH to actually hold up Pizza Hut coupons, you’ll want to try this DIY project to make your own fridge magnet. All you need is an old hard drive, some wire, and a few minutes. A project that doesn’t involve soldering or risk of death? We’re…

Gadgets Jason Chen Nov 30

Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile

Microsoft’s Windows Live Search for Mobiles just went live last night, and we took it for a spin, comparing it to Google Maps for Mobile, which has traffic, maps local business searches and directions as well. Windows Live Search runs on both J2ME (Java) phones and on Windows Mobile phones, whereas Google Maps only works…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

•Samsung YP-K3: The K5’s Little Brother, Sans Speaker •Sony Ericsson K620i is Mediatastic •Supernova Projector Screen Tells Sun to STFU •Bushnell ONIX400CR Outdoor GPS Does XM and Weather •Median MX-400M: Digital Audio Player + VoIP Phone Calls https://gizmodo.com/samsung-yp-k3-the-k5s-little-brother-sans-speaker-218232 Two Part Comment of the Day: NeonClick Sign https://gizmodo.com/neonclick-sign-snaps-together-like-legos-218346 “I could see this being a good asset…

Tech News Blongo3 Nov 30

Monsoon HAVA Reviewed: Not a Slingbox Killer

Monsoon’s HAVA video streamer managed to create a nice buzz when it was first announced at CES, thanks in part to its built-in wireless and ability to support muticasting (two features its main competitor, Slingbox, doesn’t support). But now that the device is shipping and the smoke has cleared, it seems Slingbox has nothing to…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Nov 30

Re: Who Does Ballmer Look Like?

Try this, it actually works! Enter Uncle Fester into Google Images. Then go to the second page of results. Does anybody look familiar there? Yea it’s Steve-O himself. The results, actually from microsoft.com, might even mean some sneaky bastard up in Redmond tagged his image. Nice pic Steve. [Thanks Vastgene] Poll: Who Does Ballmer Look…

Tech News Ben Longo Nov 30

Gizmodo T-Shirt Contest: Your Slogan Here

Hey witty people. Just a reminder that our Gizmodo T-Shirt Contest is still going on. Comment in this post, and we’ll pick the best ones in a week and put’m to a vote. If you win, we’ll give you a free shirt with your words on it, plus some extra stuff we have lying around…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

iPod Car Holders Work With The Zune

Even with the Zune vs. iPod Sizemodo, it still didn’t sink in to us how similar in width the Zune was to the iPod. Maybe we’re just idiots. In any case, you can imagine our surprise when we realized we didn’t have to buy all new cupholder/music docks for our Zunes. https://gizmodo.com/sizemodo-zune-vs-ipod-212722 As you can…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

Micro Copter Takes to the Sky

We like putting our gadgets through torture tests and what better way to test something out than the grimey, concrete streets of New York. We took our mini chopper for a joyride to see how it’d perform outdoors. The chopper not only impressed us, but it got the attention of pretty much every passerby. Moving…

Gadgets Richard Blakeley Nov 30

NeonClick Sign Snaps Together Like Legos

Here’s a simplified way to snap yourself together a quick neon sign. Connect the first module to the $30 power supply, and string together whatever catchy phrase you wish in your choice of pink, green or blue letters or numbers. The result appears to be a bit crude, but then we know you can make…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 30

Stream DivX To Your Xbox 360 Without XP Media Center

For those Xbox 360 owners who didn’t also have an XP Media Center box, DivX streaming from programs like Transcode 360 were always a far reach. Now with TVersity, you can perform on the fly WMV transcoding and streaming from any XP machine. All you have to do is install TVersity, set up the videos…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

Median MX-400M: Digital Audio Player + VoIP Phone Calls

Take a portable media player, throw in some VoIP goodness and what do you get? Right now, you get the Median MX-400M, a Korean-made gadget that combines a 1GB/2GB digital audio player with free Internet phone calls in the form of VoIP. Judging from the pictures, it looks like the MX-400M only works with Miraphone…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Nov 30

RCA EZ105 Small Wonder Tiny Ass Camcorder

The EZ105 is RCA’s latest attempt at miniaturizing consumer electronics. This “Small Wonder” is a camcorder that can record up to 60 minutes of video or 30 minutes of “high quality” video on its integrated memory. Don’t expect HD level quality, but good enough quality to pull off that voyeur movie that you have always…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 30

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We fall in love with the 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe, check out three different Humanoid Robots, and order up a Golden Tee arcade game for the basement. We also marvel at the Superman Ultimate Collector’s Edition DVD set, geek out in style with the Space Invaders Scarf, and show you how…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 30

Barbie Scoops Poop, Dog Desperately Hungry

This one has us scratching our heads: there’s Barbie with the pooper scooper, dutifully disposing of little turds, but what’s that in her dog Tanner’s bowl, and, uh, in his mouth? That must be one hungry dog. Do I detect a shit-eating grin on his face? Oopsy Poopy Barbie Doggie [Consumerist] Target Needs To Fire…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 30

Other Bits and Bytes

•Intel 65nm-to-45nm crossover coming in 2008 [The Register] •BMW debuts liquid hydrogen luxury car at the LA Auto Show [TG Daily] •Sling Media hires former MTV digital chiefs [Reuters] •Amazon, Yahoo reject Google subpoenas [Ars Technica] •Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield costs up to $1499 [The Inquirer]

Tech News Blongo3 Nov 30

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Hits, Still Doesn’t Fix 1080p Problems

MiJam iPod Guitar Lets You Guitar Hero Anything

Apple Reportedly Sells Laptop Full of Porn To Girl – Where Do We Get These?

Cingular-Flavored BlackBerry Pearl In The Wild

New Mac Ads: Holiday Gifts, Sales Pitches, and DAMN KIDS

How To Make a Strong Refrigerator Magnet

Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

Monsoon HAVA Reviewed: Not a Slingbox Killer

Re: Who Does Ballmer Look Like?

Gizmodo T-Shirt Contest: Your Slogan Here

iPod Car Holders Work With The Zune

Micro Copter Takes to the Sky

NeonClick Sign Snaps Together Like Legos

Stream DivX To Your Xbox 360 Without XP Media Center

Median MX-400M: Digital Audio Player + VoIP Phone Calls

RCA EZ105 Small Wonder Tiny Ass Camcorder

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Barbie Scoops Poop, Dog Desperately Hungry

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