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RIM Sees Apple $100M Fund for Programmers and Raises $50 Million More

Hot on the heels of the BlackBerry Bold comes the news that the company behind it is to start up its own venture capital firm. And if it’s a way of besting Apple’s iFund, then the Canadians win, by fifty million buckeroonies. The BlackBerry Partners Fund is a bunk up between RIM and Thomson Reuters,…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Eye-Fi Announces Explore, Share and Home Models

Not so long ago we reviewed the Eye-Fi, a 2GB SD card that adds Wi-Fi to any digital camera. Now the company is expanding their product line with the Eye-Fi Explore ($129), Eye-Fi Share ($99) and the Eye-Fi Home ($79). The big news? Eye-Fi is now supporting hotspots and geotagging with the Explore. https://gizmodo.com/eye-fi-adds-wi-fi-to-almost-any-digital-camera-316537 It…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Samsung Fires First Shots in Flat-Panel Price War

An alert AVS forum member posted a cryptic note entitled “Samsung first to lower prices!” I wondered if maybe the member wasn’t referring to the Dealzmodo-tastic flat-panel price war that HD Guru Gary Merson predicted. Sure enough, when I cross checked Samsung’s most recent MAP pricing on the 5 Series LCDs (a.k.a. 550) with their…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman

How to Love a LEGO Lunatic

At a party once, Jesus was asked if he were a leg man or a tit man. The answer is neither. He’s a LEGO man. Well, to be honest, he’s all three, but rather like faith, hope and charity, the greatest of my husband’s loves is LEGO. I’m not bitter. The colorful, benippled bricks have…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

JDome Gives First-Person Gamers 180-Degree Vision, Gives Me Headaches

John Nilsson is the man behind the jDome, an invention that will give gamers a massive 180-degree field of vision instead of the usual 15 to 20 degrees they get from their monitors. All you do is put the jDome in front of a projector, mirror the image in the projector, change the Field of…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Canadian Cops Tase Knife-Wielding 82-Year-Old Patient in his Hospital Bed

The cops in Canada seem to be getting the hang of the Taser business. Mounties summoned to a British Columbia hospital tased an octogenarian patient after he pulled a knife from his pocket. Eighty-two-year-old Frank Lasser, who was suffering from pneumonia and had been admitted to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, claimed that sometimes he…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Emergency Telecoms Team Forced to Wait in Thailand by Burmese Junta

Emergency communications kits destined to help the clear-up of the Burmese cyclone have been held up by the Asian country’s military junta. A five-man team from NGO Telecoms Sans Frontieres has been waiting all week for its entry visas from the turds powers that be of the brutal regime. And, until the visas are issued,…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

107-Year-Old Bulb States the Case for Leaving Lights On

The LA Times has written a sweet little feature about Livermore Fire House’s lightbulb that has been burning for 107 years without a break—unless you count the 22 minutes it took to transport the bulb from Fire Department HQ to Station No. 6 in 1979. That’s almost a million hours’ worth of low-wattage, you know.…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Gizmondo to Rise From The Dead In Winter 2008, Founder Says

Not only is Gizmondo coming back, Carl Freer says you can expect to see a new version of the handheld console by the end of the year—this time without the whole defrauding investors and crashing Ferraris schtick, supposedly. https://gizmodo.com/gizmondo-is-coming-back-or-so-they-say-348413 In an interview in the Gizmondo forums, Freer claimed that, “There is still incredible value in…

Gadgets Elaine Chow

Crazy Contraptions From The Biodomotica Secret Underwater Lab

Truth be told, the “Biodomotica Secret Underwater Lab” is not actually secret, or underwater, or even a lab for that matter. The name actually referrers to Italian designer Massimo Marazzo’s project website where one can find designs that are as unique as they are baffling. A selection of these concepts are available in the gallery…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Light Bags LoJack Your Handbag With GPS

Get a load of this racket. A company called Marilyn Light Bag has developed a series of purses equipped with a GPS tracker in the event that it is lost or stolen. A device, the product page claims, can not be deactivated by a thief. The real kicker here is that the first two months…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

How Would You Kill This DS?

If you came across this Nintendo DS resold by King Deco, the question isn’t if you would kill it but how. My plan would involve a hazmat suit, the jaws of life and that big pool of molten steel from Terminator 2. But enough about me. How would you kill this Nintendo DS? [King Deco…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

RC Beer Cooler Robot Now Available For Pre-Order

It was a big hit at CES, and now you can get in on all of the drunken laziness. The device will be available from Solutions on May 23rd for $69.95 and from Firebox on the 28th for $78.30. [Solutions and Firebox via Toyology] https://gizmodo.com/rc-cooler-robot-brings-you-beers-when-no-one-else-will-341126

Gadgets Sean Fallon

HandTalk Glove Turns Sign Language Into Words via Cellphone

Attempts at making a glove into a communication device for the deaf have been going on for years now, but a group of undergraduate computer engineering students at Carnegie Melon have come up with what has to be the most practical design to date. The main difference being that it translates sign messages through a…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Pet-Proof Your AV Gear For Fun and Profit

Unless you want to spend money on replacing your AV gear or replacing your pet, you’re going to have to protect one from the other. Sound & Vision Mag has seven suggestions on how to do just that. Among them are wrapping up your rat’s nest of wires behind the TV, placing a ScatMat (not…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Gadgets That Help You Slack Off at Work When the Boss Isn’t Looking

Did you get stuck with weekend duty at work? Are you just plain bored at your job? Sitting in an office all day may not be the most exciting way to spend your time, but that does not mean that you can’t make the most of it. And when I say “most of it” I…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

The Most Ridiculous Beer Pong Table Ever Automatically Washes Your Balls

A group of electrical engineering students at West Virginia University has built the most insane beer pong table ever. It’s got lights all around that react to the music playing as well as a pair of built-in swirling ball washers. It’s incredible. They’re taking orders for them now if you want one of your own,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Narae Inter Recorder Mini, Tiny Mobile Mic

A laptop microphone can be pretty handy, but not all computers have them built in. Narae Inter’s Recorder Mini is a tiny microphone that will fit in any standard mini jack microphone port and pick up sounds within a 30-foot radius. Released only in Korea at the moment, we’re not certain about the price, but…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

WowWee Chatterbot Looks Like Robot Hell-Hound, Does Friendly Banter

Move over iBuddy and Availbot, the masters of robo-companionship toys have arrived on scene. This is a WowWee Chatterbot, a USB-powered desktop companion that reacts with some motion and a bit of chattering to “trigger” words typed into emails, IM, calendar entries and the like. It’s not as smart as Robosapien, of course: basically it…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins

A new biometric face scanner from the Japanese company Sagawa Advance has taken the technology to the next level, able to differentiate between identical twins with no problems at all. It does this by using an infrared scanner to analyze a whopping 40,000 data points on your face. This is a good thing, because Sagawa…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

RIM Sees Apple $100M Fund for Programmers and Raises $50 Million More

Eye-Fi Announces Explore, Share and Home Models

Samsung Fires First Shots in Flat-Panel Price War

How to Love a LEGO Lunatic

JDome Gives First-Person Gamers 180-Degree Vision, Gives Me Headaches

Canadian Cops Tase Knife-Wielding 82-Year-Old Patient in his Hospital Bed

Emergency Telecoms Team Forced to Wait in Thailand by Burmese Junta

107-Year-Old Bulb States the Case for Leaving Lights On

Gizmondo to Rise From The Dead In Winter 2008, Founder Says

Crazy Contraptions From The Biodomotica Secret Underwater Lab

Light Bags LoJack Your Handbag With GPS

How Would You Kill This DS?

RC Beer Cooler Robot Now Available For Pre-Order

HandTalk Glove Turns Sign Language Into Words via Cellphone

Pet-Proof Your AV Gear For Fun and Profit

Gadgets That Help You Slack Off at Work When the Boss Isn’t Looking

The Most Ridiculous Beer Pong Table Ever Automatically Washes Your Balls

Narae Inter Recorder Mini, Tiny Mobile Mic

WowWee Chatterbot Looks Like Robot Hell-Hound, Does Friendly Banter

New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins

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’

Dreame Aero Pro Wet Dry Vacuum Mop Drops 20% Shortly After Launch in the Spring Cleaning Sale

Darth Maul’s Legs, Ranked

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

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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