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Shocking Autopsy: Shocking Gameplay

Operation was a fun game, but fatally flawed (no pun intended). The sad fact is that no game can hold the adult attention span unless there is a strong possibility of someone getting injured while playing. That’s why Shocking Autopsy is Operation for adults. While you pull various weapons from a gangsters body, just make…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Logisys Mouse: Give It The Finger

For those who hate their trackpad but enjoy looking like a cyborg, the Logisys Optical Finger Mouse may be a dream come true. Featuring dual buttons, a scroll wheel and 800dpi, the mouse is fully functional and promising for tight spaces—like when you want to browse the Internet while rolling downhill in a tractor tire.…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

PogoDrive GPS: Steers You Away From Court

The PogoDrive is another GPS in a crowded market of UK-exclusive navigational devices with one unique feature: it will warn you of speedtraps. That’s because Pogo has loaded the Origin360 database onto their platform, which has mapped all known cameras and speed traps in the Universe. The Pogo then allows automatic warning prompts from any…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

WaveBox Car Microwave for the Larger Pimp My Car Crowd

Every car purchase we’ve made over the years has been kind of a settle. That’s because despite intensive car shopping, we’ve never been able to find a vehicle with a microwave inside. WAVEBOX TO THE RESCUE! With the WaveBox, we’re free to microwave popcorn, hot dogs, or even a steak no matter where we are.…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Best Buy Admits They Scam In-Store Customers with Secret Website

Best Buy came clean today admitting to investigators that their stores rely on a secret intranet site which shows higher prices than the ones customers find at BestBuy.com. The intranet is used to trick you into coming into the store, so when you see a sale online and refer to it at the store, the…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Samsung M55 Laptop Goes Both Ways With Blu-ray and HD DVD

Just when we thought Samsung was firmly in the Blu-ray camp, they come out with a version of their M55 laptop that supports HD DVD. The machine has a Core Duo T2500, 2GB of RAM, 120GB SATA disk, 17-inch 1920×1200 screen, and it’s available for around $3200 if you speak Korean. Is it a matter…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Nokia N75 Hitting Cingular This Month?

Nokia has done a good job of keeping their N75 under the radar, but the Boy Genius is putting the spotlight right back on the Symbian-based phone reporting that it could make its debut as early as this month. The N75 would be Cingular’s first 3G Nokia phone toting around a 2MP lens and MP3-playing…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Name that Gadget(s): Paparazzi Edition

See, bloggers aren’t the only ones ready to pop out a laptop and work directly from the field, The paparazzi is the latest generation of gadget fiends ready to capture every embarrassing moment and have it online within seconds. Hit the comments and name the gadgets. Winner gets a date with Jason. Picture [Flickr via…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Glowing Toilet Seat Makes Your Deposits Look Really Disgusting

Luckily most of us at Giz are still young enough not to have to wake up multiple times a night to pee, but when we do reach that stage, we’re investing in a Glowing Toilet Seat. Just bright enough so you don’t make a mess that our wives we have to clean up in the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

South African Schools Install Gadget Prisons

Apparently kids using their cellphones and other assorted gadgets in class is becoming an epidemic of unruliness in South Africa. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so schools have started installing little gadget prisons in order to make sure phones stay out of the hands of wild and crazy teenagers. This might be a temporary…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

FCC Leaky Faucet: TomTom One XL

It’s hard to believe that it was way back in August when the TomTom One first hit the market, but it seems a follow-up to this exceptional GPS unit is already in the works. The FCC has slipped out some information about the upcoming TomTom One XL. Our compadres over at Engadget speculate that the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Plasma Clock Brings Two Coolnesses Together in One Weird Package

With both a clock and plasma lighting in the same unit, how could we resist this one? It satisfies two Giz fetishes in one. Check out its odd design that looks like a 10″-tall light bulb. You can actually remove this strangely backlit object from its base and hang it on the wall, but that…

Gadgets Charlie White

Tanita BC-545 Scale: Learn More About That Flab Than You Really Want to Know

Tanita scales are so cool. But this Tanita Innerscan BC-545 measures a whole lot more than your weight, so much so that the company calls it a Segmental Body Composition Monitor. It can give you readings of how much fat is in each arm, each leg, and of course, that potentially ample repository of adipose…

Gadgets Charlie White

Uniden Kicks Out Their First Portable GPS Units

They’re better known for their cordless phones, but today Uniden is branching out into GPS navigation with their first portable GPS units, the GPS352 and GPS402. Both units are rebranded and come with 240×320 touch-screen displays and pre-loaded maps of the U.S. and Canada. They offer turn-by-turn voice instructions and can be taken out of…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Forever Flashlight: Pull Cord, It Lights Up, Charges Your Cellphone, Too

LED flashlights are coming on the market in a flurry lately, but here’s one with a difference: If you want to see it do its thing, pull its string. It has a pull cord like a Chatty Cathy, but instead of saying innocuous things it charges up the battery that powers its 5-LED flashlight. What…

Gadgets Charlie White

Nabaztag Gets Upgraded, Still Only Semi-Cool

That Wi-Fi eating rabbit, Nabaztag, is at it again with some upgrades. Some of the highly touted upgrades includes a speaker and microphone (in the form of a belly buttong, how cute) for two-way communication. The Nabaztag can also play podcasts and web radio. Anybody actually own one of these? Are they worth it, or…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

RFID Embedded Shoes Stop the Thieves

The European shoe manufacturer, Reno, is doing something different to stop the increasing amount of shoplifting going on at its stores. Rather than installing more cameras, or using those ink-exploding things, Reno will be embedding RFID tags in all of their shoes. The RFID tags will be able to track when a cheap-o decides to…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Meizu M8 Pricing Revealed: Most Affordable iPhone Clone Yet

When it comes to affordable iPhone clones, Meizu seems to be leading the pack now that they’ve unveiled the pricing for their M8 cell phone. The 4GB model with built-in camera will go for $310 while the 8GB version will go for $400. The entry-level model (with no camera) will go for only $195 at…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Sony Ericsson’s Next Cell Phone to Double as a Remote Control?

Couch potatoes will be able to do more than just channel surf with their remote if this patent comes to fruition. It’s Sony Ericsson‘s blueprint for a cell phone/universal remote combo. The mobile will have a touch-screen display and come with pre-programmed interfaces for various components. To add extra functionality, you’d simply download additional interfaces.…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Adidas Opens First Store with Virtual Shopping Mirrors

Too lazy to try on a new pair of shoes? The Adidas Shop in Paris, France is the first store to roll out virtual shopping mirrors. In a nutshell, these mirrors let you select the shoes you want to “try on” and thanks to the cameras inside the mirrors, they merge the image of your…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Shocking Autopsy: Shocking Gameplay

Logisys Mouse: Give It The Finger

PogoDrive GPS: Steers You Away From Court

WaveBox Car Microwave for the Larger Pimp My Car Crowd

Best Buy Admits They Scam In-Store Customers with Secret Website

Samsung M55 Laptop Goes Both Ways With Blu-ray and HD DVD

Nokia N75 Hitting Cingular This Month?

Name that Gadget(s): Paparazzi Edition

Glowing Toilet Seat Makes Your Deposits Look Really Disgusting

South African Schools Install Gadget Prisons

FCC Leaky Faucet: TomTom One XL

Plasma Clock Brings Two Coolnesses Together in One Weird Package

Tanita BC-545 Scale: Learn More About That Flab Than You Really Want to Know

Uniden Kicks Out Their First Portable GPS Units

Forever Flashlight: Pull Cord, It Lights Up, Charges Your Cellphone, Too

Nabaztag Gets Upgraded, Still Only Semi-Cool

RFID Embedded Shoes Stop the Thieves

Meizu M8 Pricing Revealed: Most Affordable iPhone Clone Yet

Sony Ericsson’s Next Cell Phone to Double as a Remote Control?

Adidas Opens First Store with Virtual Shopping Mirrors

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

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

Apple Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK Now. Could the US Be Next?

Astronomers Say Recent Rash of Meteor Sightings ‘Warrants Serious Investigation’

Did AMD Just Make the Best CPU for Gamers and Creators?

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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