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Phantom Keystroker V2 is Guaranteed to Drive Any Co-Worker Totally Insane

The Phantom Keystroker has gotten an update, allowing you to make a victim’s computer randomly type garbage text, move the mouse or turn on caps lock. Hilarious? https://gizmodo.com/phantom-keystroker-sets-makes-working-with-you-even-mor-369249 The little USB stick lets you select which of the three annoyances you want turned on (or all of them) as well as allowing you to set…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Free Shipping Day Today For Last Minute Gadget Gifts

We are really getting down to the wire here, but if you hurry you can take advantage of the free shipping deals offered by over 250 stores in honor of Free Shipping Day. These deals include free shipping on purchases of $24 and up from Circuit City, two day shipping on purchases $40 or more…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Rockterscale Lets You Know When Your Party Gets Violent

If you’ve got a huge, insane contraption designed to monitor how hard a party is rocking, your party is not rocking. Sorry to defeat the purpose of your contraption, but come on. The Rockterscale measures how hard a party is rocking via four different signals. One, if someone wearing the Hat of Rock and is…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Microwave Jingle Bells Will Heat Up Your Geekest Jolly Spirit

Ideas company AKQA has created one of the coolest Christmas video cards I’ve ever seen: 49 microwave ovens stacked on a wall, all set to play Jingle Bells. As you can see in the video, it required some careful planning. First, finding the microwave ovens with the right “ping”, so they could have the notes…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

The Best of the Worst of Skymall

What in the name of all that is good, sacred, and smells of PVC is this? A deer having sex with a trailer hitch? It’s just one of the worst things in SkyMall’s catalog. Actually I like it. It goes perfectly with this: But maybe I have had too much of accelerated wine and liquor:…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

T-Mobile Is Getting the 8MP Samsung Pixon M8800L Cameraphone Too

Recall that Samsung 8MP shooter that was previously spied in blurrycam photos with T-Mo branding, but then spotted in the FCC’s filing cabinets with AT&T’s 3G livery? Well, the FCC sleuths over at Boy Genius have dug up the same phone, now designated the T929 and equipped with 1700MHz support for T-Mobile’s 3G network after…

Gadgets John Mahoney

Burying Loved Ones With Cellphones Becoming Commonplace

We have seen evidence of this in the past, but it seems that burying loved ones with cellphones and other gadgets is more common than you might think. https://gizmodo.com/dead-woman-buried-with-cellphone-allegedly-sends-texts-375585 “It seems that everyone under 40 who dies takes their cell phone with them,” says Noelle Potvin, family service counselor for Hollywood Forever, a funeral home…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Fugly Phone Identified: Not Palm Roteo but Compal Tabasco

Pocketables has identified the ugly mystery cellphone: It’s not the fabled Palm Roteo but the Compal Tabasco. However, the forrible Tabasco with giant rotating screen and tiny keyboard may become the Roteo after all. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-ugly-mystery-phone-pops-up-begs-to-be-identifie-5104100 At least that’s what Pocketables speculates with, talking about rumors that say that Palm may be “placing a big order”…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Last Minute Gadget Gift Deals

Time is running out! You need to buy presents or people will decide that they no longer like you! Your entire life hangs in the balance! Check out these deals to prevent disaster! Newegg 15% off purchase (up to $50 off) if you pay with PayPal (Note that you can get only one cash back…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

The Ten Best Sex Gadgets of 2008 (NSFW)

And now for some news you can use: Fleshbot has put together their picks for the best sex toys of 2008. Naturally, there are plenty of vibes with strange names and even stranger shapes. Case in point: the Babeland Nubby G. Is it just me or does that thing look like the Facebook icon? Coincidence…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Top 10 Desks For Gadget Lovers

Don’t even think about shopping for a desk at IKEA—you’re better than that. Serious professionals need a serious workspace. If you are a gadget fanatic, the following ten desks should fit the bill. Bonus: If you are into epic rigs, check out this list from Giz readers (or this insane WoW rig). https://gizmodo.com/giz-readers-best-computer-rigs-contest-305122

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Socket Deer: Antlers For Your Outlets

Leaving your gadgets on the floor while charging is barbaric (besides, the floor is made of lava). Prop up your precious portables with these handy Socket Deer antlers. The rubber antlers come affixed to the plate and are available in three different deer types (just in case you had a favorite). The manufacturer also claims…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Shock Safe Delivers a Jolt to Would-Be Thieves

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that no one wants your old baseball cards enough to warrant securing them in a safe that delivers electric shocks to people. The shock safe does just that, administering a jolt to anyone who dares tamper with it. It uses a four-digit code to keep…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

MSNBC’s Jerk Gadget List is Condescending Even to the Mainstream

I get what MSNBC was trying to do with this list—warn its mainstream readers about potential social pitfalls with technology—but the contents of the list are just too condescending even for their target audience. Here’s a sampling that convinces us this is kind of a lazy list. • Bluetooth: Yeah, no crap Bluetooth makes you…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber Sold for $240,000, Doesn’t Work

Some dumbass spent $240,000 on Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first two Star Wars movies. Didn’t that guy realize that there’s no such thing as a lightsaber and that it doesn’t work?? https://gizmodo.com/buy-lukes-original-lightsaber-for-185-000-gizmo-anima-5098989 Other props sold at the auction include the head of C-3PO for $120,000 and Marlon Brando’s costume from Superman for $72,000. But…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Sharper Image to “Relaunch” at CES 2009

As expected, The Sharper Image is going to relaunch as a virtual brand. Now we know that the launch will take place at CES 2009 with 20 new products. https://gizmodo.com/sharper-image-rises-from-the-ashes-as-a-brand-only-5019955 This time around they appear to be focusing their efforts on devices like iPod-integrated audio systems as opposed to the crazy expensive massaging chairs and…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Create The Scenes You Want to See in Terminator Salvation Using Photoshop

With the new Terminator Salvation trailer out, as well as with Mark’s first set visit reports, it got me wondering: what kind of implausible scenes would you like to see in the movie? https://gizmodo.com/terminator-salvation-set-visit-it-just-might-not-suck-5107101 For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want to see you imagine some scenes that will almost definitely not be found in…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Leg Monitor Turns Your Restless Legs Into Jittery Music

At first, you might think that a device that monitors your jumpy restless legs would be designed to cure you of restless legs syndrome. You would be wrong. No, this device is meant to help spur your creativity by creating music that goes along with the natural rhythms of your uncontrollable legs. It works by…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Car Key For Teens Renders Cellphones Useless While Driving

As we all know, driving while using a cellphone makes for some dangerous driving. Now, a new key fob will allow parents to jam their kids’ cellphone while they’re behind the wheel. The idea is that teenagers are both bad drivers and stupid, so they are the most likely group to text while driving over…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Windows Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Can You Get the Real Internet?

Many of you asked for a re-do of Windows Mobile browser testing after our Battlemodo declared the platform beyond worthless for surfing. So here it is, the internet running on Windows Mobile’s finest hardware. https://gizmodo.com/mobile-browser-battlemodo-which-phones-deliver-the-rea-5090988 Before we get started, a quick note on the last Windows Mobile test, and what we’re doing differently here. Some…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Phantom Keystroker V2 is Guaranteed to Drive Any Co-Worker Totally Insane

Free Shipping Day Today For Last Minute Gadget Gifts

Rockterscale Lets You Know When Your Party Gets Violent

Microwave Jingle Bells Will Heat Up Your Geekest Jolly Spirit

The Best of the Worst of Skymall

T-Mobile Is Getting the 8MP Samsung Pixon M8800L Cameraphone Too

Burying Loved Ones With Cellphones Becoming Commonplace

Fugly Phone Identified: Not Palm Roteo but Compal Tabasco

Last Minute Gadget Gift Deals

The Ten Best Sex Gadgets of 2008 (NSFW)

Top 10 Desks For Gadget Lovers

Socket Deer: Antlers For Your Outlets

Shock Safe Delivers a Jolt to Would-Be Thieves

MSNBC’s Jerk Gadget List is Condescending Even to the Mainstream

Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber Sold for $240,000, Doesn’t Work

Sharper Image to “Relaunch” at CES 2009

Create The Scenes You Want to See in Terminator Salvation Using Photoshop

Leg Monitor Turns Your Restless Legs Into Jittery Music

Car Key For Teens Renders Cellphones Useless While Driving

Windows Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Can You Get the Real Internet?

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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