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Another Classy Gadget T-Shirt

We humbly suggest this When In Doubt, Try Another Hole shirt for your annual “please let me keep my Gizmodo” plea to your IT guy. But note that while we condone the apparel, we can’t necessarily support the advice. Lest it lead to an awkward night with your spouse, or worse still, their printer/fax. [ThinkGeek…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

It’s Just Kinda Neat: Interactive Color Cube

The Interactive Color Cube doesn’t do anything per se, other than change color based upon its angle of rotation. Three accelerometers each control a different axis (X, Y, and Z) which directly correlate with either a red, blue or green set of internal LEDs (that “float” in a cube within the cube). The result is…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

LiMo Mobile Linux Becomes “Preferred OS” for Verizon

It looks like Verizon Wireless is super duper committed to open development, because they’ve just joined the LiMo Foundation board of directors. LiMo is “an industry consortium dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices.” Verizon isn’t dropping support for Android (or any other OS) as a result of…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Samsung Threatens to Pull out of the Laptop Market Within Three Years

A senior manager for Samsung has said that the company will stop manufacturing laptops if it doesn’t triple sales. Sukyong Hong, the senior manager of overseas sales and marketing, claims that the Korean giant will need to shift 11 million notebooks in order for the division to remain sustainable. At the moment, Samsung has a…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Xbox 360 Spring Update Bringing 80 New Functions?

Our ground PONG-snorting buddies over at Kotaku have gotten their hands on a potentially legitimate list of new functions coming with the annual Xbox 360 Spring Update. In the list we see more confirmation of the Newton motion controller, as well as hints at a news/weather service, more hard drive game data caching and four-person…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Data-Sucking CSI Stick a Low-Down, Dirty, Rotten Kinda Thing

Utah-based company Paraben has come out with a nasty, sneaky little device that sucks all the data from a person’s cellphone, perfect for all the pathologically jealous, untrustworthy toads lurking out there. So, while your significant other is at the bar getting the drinks in, you can sneak into her purse, grab her cellphone and…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Air Force Wants to Use Every Computer They’ve Got to Build Massive Botnet for DDoS Attacks

China has been semi-famed for launching DDoS attacks and poking around the US’s secure networks generally. One Air Force colonel’s solution? Build a massive botnet to DDoS the Commie bastards (or anyone else) right back. Because we’re on the Light side, our bigass botnet wouldn’t infect new computers, but the plan would press millions of…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

NYPD Sharp Shooters May Get Cameras on their Guns

Officers of the NYPD may be forced to carry cameras on their guns, if a Brooklyn senator gets his way. Following a spate of controversial shootings, democrat Eric Adams—a former cop himself—has proposed the addition of a $700 gadget, insisting that it will improve public confidence in the police force. Before being adopted, however, the…

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Samsung Develops New ‘Blue Phase’ LCD Panel for TVs

Samsung has developed a new technology for LCD panels called Blue Phase, which it claims improves picture quality on its high-end LCD TVs. Called Blue Phase, the cost-efficient design eschews liquid crystal alignment layers, instead making its own, bringing production costs down. Current video image quality is driven at 120Hz, but the new technology will…

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Triumph Brings Out Bra-and-Pants Set with Solar Panels (Guess Where the Beverage Dispenser Is)

This bra-and-pants set in astroturf a fetching shade of public-convenience green towelling is, aspazzarently, part of underwear manufacturer Triumph’s Autumn-Winter collection. As well as a whacking great panel of photovoltaic cells on the front of it (useful for winterwear, don’t you think?) there’s an electronic “scoreboard” and a built-in beverage holder (I am not making…

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Steve Guttenberg’s Guide to Subwoofers

Author of the Audiophiliac blog on CNet, Steve Guttenberg (he doesn’t like being asked where Moses Hightower is, so don’t try it) has put together a handy little how-to guide to choosing and installing subwoofers in a home theater. As well as covering placement, Guttenberg also advises on how to fine-tune your sub. Useful. [CNet].

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The World’s Most Terrifying Weapons

If you have ever lost sleep thinking about what military labs the world over are cooking up to shoot up, blow up, or otherwise maim their enemies (and sometimes innocent civilians), you may want to skip the list of the world’s “spookiest” weapons collected by Pop Sci. Many of the 20 we are already familiar…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Charter to Sell Your Browsing History for Targeted Ads

It’s one thing when Google uses your search for boobs to deliver targeted ads for plastic surgeons in your area. It’s another when your ISP uses deep-packet inspection to snoop on which sites you visit and for how long, and then essentially sells that data to advertisers for super-targeted. That’s exactly what Charter is about…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

The Rumbler: Police Sirens on Steroids

While hearing a normal police siren coming after you is scary enough for most people, the folks behind The Rumbler want to make it impossible for you to run away due to your pants quickly filling with feces. Essentially, it’s a standard police siren that’s been roided up with an extra amplifier and two (count…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Taser Tape Turns Anything Into a Taser, Like Riot Shields or Underpants

Every year, Taser demos their latest and greatest in a mock prison riot at an old penitentiary in West Virginia. This year’s star is peel-and-stick taser tape, that’ll turn any surface into a fully electrified no-no zappy zone. On the practical side, this stuff will be rolling out by the end of the year to…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

3M’s Mini-Projector Mystery Company Turns Out To Be Samsung

Back in March we learned that 3M would partner with a “leading consumer electronics company” in an attempt to be the first to market with a mini mobile projector. After months of speculation, 3M’s CEO George Buckley has revealed that the mystery company in question will be Samsung. He also revealed that the price point…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Ringbo Robot, Because a Loved Child Should Never Hoof It

Why should we have to wait until we’re senior citizens to enjoy the luxury of scooting the grocery store? The Ringbo Robot brings the fruits of limited mobility to our most precious, the children. Aimed at kids from 2-3 years old, the Ringobo can cruise for about an hour after charging overnight. That should be…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

3G Networks Reviewed: AT&T Is the Fastest

Computerworld took Verizon, Sprint and AT&T’s 3G data services for a spin all around the tri-state area—500 points in NY, NJ and CT—with data cards from everyone and an X300 to determine the king of 3G. Surprisingly (or maybe not), AT&T was the snappiest of the bunch in both average (755Kbps) and top data speeds…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Raku Ray Guns (Sorry, They’re Just Ceramic)

Maybe by next year we’ll be telling you about real ray pistols, but for now you’ll have to settle for these charming Raku Ray Gun sculptures. Each is completely one-of-a-kind, constructed on a pottery wheel and fired using the low-fire “raku” method. The sculpture is then placed on a 12″ by 9″ moon crater plaque…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Totally Bizarre Video Heralds Koreannovation Gadget Show In NYC Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the debut of Koreannovation, the Korea Trade Show in NYC which runs through Thursday. Registration is free (but I think you need to do it in advance). Want to know what kinds of wacky stuff will be there? Watch the insane mashup vid above, mixed by Eclectic Method, veteran masters who have worked…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman

Another Classy Gadget T-Shirt

It’s Just Kinda Neat: Interactive Color Cube

LiMo Mobile Linux Becomes “Preferred OS” for Verizon

Samsung Threatens to Pull out of the Laptop Market Within Three Years

Xbox 360 Spring Update Bringing 80 New Functions?

Data-Sucking CSI Stick a Low-Down, Dirty, Rotten Kinda Thing

Air Force Wants to Use Every Computer They’ve Got to Build Massive Botnet for DDoS Attacks

NYPD Sharp Shooters May Get Cameras on their Guns

Samsung Develops New ‘Blue Phase’ LCD Panel for TVs

Triumph Brings Out Bra-and-Pants Set with Solar Panels (Guess Where the Beverage Dispenser Is)

Steve Guttenberg’s Guide to Subwoofers

The World’s Most Terrifying Weapons

Charter to Sell Your Browsing History for Targeted Ads

The Rumbler: Police Sirens on Steroids

Taser Tape Turns Anything Into a Taser, Like Riot Shields or Underpants

3M’s Mini-Projector Mystery Company Turns Out To Be Samsung

Ringbo Robot, Because a Loved Child Should Never Hoof It

3G Networks Reviewed: AT&T Is the Fastest

Raku Ray Guns (Sorry, They’re Just Ceramic)

Totally Bizarre Video Heralds Koreannovation Gadget Show In NYC Tomorrow

‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Is a Genre Blending Delight

Leaked Anthropic Model Presents ‘Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks,’ Much to Pentagon’s Pleasure

Don’t miss out: Bitdefender, One of the World’s Best Antiviruses, Is Now on Sale

The Secret to Better Sperm? It’s Probably Already on Your Schedule

Lego Is Leaning Into Your Marvel Memories With a New Helicarrier Set

Toshiba’s 65-inch Smart Fire TV Now Matches 43-Inch Pricing After 44% Drop on Amazon

Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

Repair Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Lost Remains of Legendary ‘Fourth Musketeer’

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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