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Samsung to Unveil (Discuss?) World’s First 1.3-Inch Hard Drive at CES

According to an email received by the folks at Gearlog, Samsung has promised to “at least talk” about what would be the world’s first 1.3-inch hard drive at CES in January. They also noted that the drive will be targeted at “mobile consumer devices,” a move that would seemingly be in conflict with their NAND…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Etiquette Checker Lets You Know if You’re a Drunk with Bad Breath (Hint: You Are)

Nothing will make you look like more of an oaf than having horrible breath and being wasted. If you somehow aren’t sure if either of those are the case after washing down a garlic-and-blue-cheese sandwich with a tall glass of straight bourbon, you should get the Etiquette Checker. Simply breathe into it to get a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Celebrate Day of the Ninja With Ninja Gadgets

Did your stupid, stupid coworkers piss you off back on talk like a Pirate day? You know, that fake holiday that lets people who think they’re funny, but actually not, annoy the crap out of you by elongating the R’s in every word? Today, The Day of the Ninja, is your chance to get back…

Gadgets Jason Chen

The Plastic Surgeon Opens Plastic Blister Packs, Saves Fingers

Plastic clamshell openers like the OpenX have been around for a while, but despite all that development and marketing, they still lose out in pure usefulness to box cutters or even a pair of scissors. The Plastic Surgeon, on the other hand, looks like it has all the functionality of a box cutter but without…

Gadgets Jason Chen

TiVo-Skinned Comcast DVRs Will Cost $2.95 Extra

When the Comcast TiVo DVR software rollout finally makes its way to your area, you’re going to have to pay a slight premium in order to avoid Motorola/Scientific Atlanta’s crappy UI. TiVo’s CEO says Comcast will be charging $2.95 extra a month in order to get TiVo onto your boxes, which should be a relatively…

Gadgets Jason Chen

A Holiday GPS Navigator Gadget Round Up for the Ages

After lighting up the Today Show last week, today Wilson’s burning up the pages of the Grey Lady with a rundown of hot holiday gifts loaded up with GPS. There’s navigation gear for hikers like Bushnell’s waterproof ONIX 400 (complete with XM radio), Garmin’s Forerunner 305 for power-joggers, the usual car-mounted suspects like Garmin’s Nuvi…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

1-900-Nerd-Girl For Live, Nerdy Sex Chats

What do Gizmodo readers like more than a sex hotline? A nerd sex hotline. Although it’s not a true nerd’s fantasy (“I get so hot sitting quietly and watching you play Xbox. Oh yeeeeeah.”), it’s quite close. Only the audio in this is NSFW, so feel free to enjoy the fake nerd hotline at work…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Wonder Sauna Hot Pants Are the Most Shameful Products Ever

These Wonder Sauna (Long) Hot Pants are the kind of product you find in the back of your grandparents closet that make you rethink everything you thought you knew about them. Namely, that they aren’t retarded enough to buy a product called Wonder Sauna (Long) Hot Pants in the first place. Sucks for you, dude.…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Dealzmodo: Konami Arcade Cabinet

We’ve told you about something similar to the 12-in-1 Konami arcade cabinet before, but this is Konami’s first appearance on Giz. Featuring (you guessed it) 12 classic Konami games—Frogger, Green Beret, Blades of Steel, Contra, Gyruss, Castlevania, Hyper Sports, Time Pilot ’84, Shao-Lins Road, Jungler, Scramble and Super Basketball—its slightly smaller stature will make for…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

ThinkGeek Pushes the Christmas Cheer Button With Its Holiday Sale

Think Geek’s Holiday extravaganza kicks off today, with all sorts of deals on toys that only special people like us will love and adore. Humping dogs, wristwatch phones, Star Wars cushions and digital photo frames are all part of the deal—and one lucky punter could find himself $1,000 the richer. There’s a thousand-buck shopping shpree…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Flatpack Christmas Tree Takes All the Fun out of the Holiday Season

Designed with the green customer in mind, Buro North’s flatpack Christmas tree comes in three sizes—1’3″, 3′ and 7’5″. Ah, I feel a song coming on. *Clamps pipe in mouth, sits on rocking chair and starts crooning* I’m dreaming of a Flatpack Christmas, Just like the Ones I Never Had. With tempers fraying, And In-laws…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Buffalo’s Kid-Friendly USB Memory Sticks Stop Your Little Treasures Getting their Hands on your Porn Files

This is a smart idea from Buffalo: USB memory sticks that your kids can stick in your computer without causing wanton destruction to the files inside — or your reputation when they inadvertently download your skinflicks onto a memory stick and present Belladonna’s tattoos to their nonplussed classmates. Gallery and more info below. Available in…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Logitec TV Tuner Lets You Watch More Than One Program Simultaneously on Your PC

Plug the Logitec LDT-1S30X4U into the USB port of your PC and you will be able to watch two TV shows at the same time. Connect a second one, thanks to its double USB, (see below, along with a screen grab) and you get to watch four shows. All sorts of features make the LDT-1S30X4U…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Twelve 5-9 Q Watch Means Time-Telling has Never Been So Impenetrable

Tokyo Flash’s latest addition to its Twelve 5-9 watch range, the Q, is an interesting timepiece. And by interesting, I mean that you probably need a PhD in disco-light time-telling to be able to work out just what it is you’re late for. (May I just add that, by the time you’ve worked out the…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Solar-Powered Ski Suits Have LED Lighting in Them

LEDs are becoming pretty commonplace in clothes these days, but Willy Bogner has come up with an idea that is actually useful rather than decorative. He has come up with solar-powered ski suits with LED trim on them to keep you visible on the slopes. The thin film technology lights were designed by Osram, and…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Slick Keyport Keyfob Shipping Now, Still Way Too Expensive

The Keyport, that undeniably cool yet retardedly expensive keychain thing that holds a half dozen of your keys together without jingling, is now shipping. If you’ve got $295 sitting around and nothing better to do with it, now’s your chance to keep your keys from making noise or scratching your iPod in your pocket ever…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Justice Department Says $222,000 Damages Awarded to RIAA in File-Sharing Suit Not “Obviously Unreasonable”

The Department of Justice says that the $222,000 verdict—over $9,000 a song—Jammie Thomas got slapped with for file-sharing when she (somewhat feebly via her weak evidence) went up against the recording industry lawsuit machine is not unconstitutionally excessive. https://gizmodo.com/idiotic-jury-awards-riaa-222-000-for-24-pirated-songs-307357 As part of her appeal, she filed to have the damages ruled unconstitutional in their heft,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

T-Mobile Customer Service Killed By Flooding in the Northwest

Our busybody brother Consumerist is reporting that T-Mobile’s customer service is totally down and out for the time being thanks to some wrath-of-god flooding in the Pacific Northwest. Their soggy computers can’t pull up customer info, apparently. It’s been down since last night, though no word on when it’ll be back up. [Consumerist, Image via…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Rocket Launcher vs. Bulletproof Glass in a Battle for the Ages

Here’s a question that I didn’t know I was curious about until I heard it asked, at which point I became insanely interested: can a rocket launcher break through bulletproof glass? My answer came in video form, and it’s a big fat sometimes. With thinner bulletproof glass, it gets punched through like paper, as seen…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Brando’s Infrared Thermal Patch is Just a Lousy Heater

We’ve been lucky enough to not have to deal with carpal tunnel, but those of you who do might be interested in this Brando “Infrared Thermal Patch.” We’re not sure which part of it is infrared, or which part of it is a patch, but it’s just a little plastic plate you place on the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Samsung to Unveil (Discuss?) World’s First 1.3-Inch Hard Drive at CES

Etiquette Checker Lets You Know if You’re a Drunk with Bad Breath (Hint: You Are)

Celebrate Day of the Ninja With Ninja Gadgets

The Plastic Surgeon Opens Plastic Blister Packs, Saves Fingers

TiVo-Skinned Comcast DVRs Will Cost $2.95 Extra

A Holiday GPS Navigator Gadget Round Up for the Ages

1-900-Nerd-Girl For Live, Nerdy Sex Chats

Wonder Sauna Hot Pants Are the Most Shameful Products Ever

Dealzmodo: Konami Arcade Cabinet

ThinkGeek Pushes the Christmas Cheer Button With Its Holiday Sale

Flatpack Christmas Tree Takes All the Fun out of the Holiday Season

Buffalo’s Kid-Friendly USB Memory Sticks Stop Your Little Treasures Getting their Hands on your Porn Files

Logitec TV Tuner Lets You Watch More Than One Program Simultaneously on Your PC

Twelve 5-9 Q Watch Means Time-Telling has Never Been So Impenetrable

Solar-Powered Ski Suits Have LED Lighting in Them

Slick Keyport Keyfob Shipping Now, Still Way Too Expensive

Justice Department Says $222,000 Damages Awarded to RIAA in File-Sharing Suit Not “Obviously Unreasonable”

T-Mobile Customer Service Killed By Flooding in the Northwest

Rocket Launcher vs. Bulletproof Glass in a Battle for the Ages

Brando’s Infrared Thermal Patch is Just a Lousy Heater

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Gym Bros Are Pushing Mystery Muscle Drugs Doctors Barely Recognize, Study Warns

The Head of HBO Explains What it Takes to Get a ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Going

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

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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