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These days, emulation makes having old school consoles hooked up to your TV pretty unnecessary. But if you must play Chrono Trigger from the original cartridge, the RetroN 3 is a pretty great way to do it. In addition to having three cartridge slots for NES, SNES and Genesis games, respectively, it also has ports…
Sh*t My Kids Ruined, a self-explanatory site if ever there was one, advertises itself as “the strongest visual birth control on the market today.” Rightly so! Here’s a sampling of what those little monsters have done to your precious gadgets: To view this gallery as a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/sh-t-my-kids-ruined-gallery-5580567 For lots more non-gadget…
It’s tough to not like clever repurposed gadgets like this, especially when it would be so easy to do yourself. My one question: can the keychain double as a bottle opener? If so, I’m sold. [Thabto via Design Milk]
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Like the Nook and the Kindle, Sony is slashing prices on their E-Book Readers too. But even with a price cut, we’d rather use an old Kindle before we touch a Sony. Here’s the full list of new, cheap prices: https://gizmodo.com/nook-wi-fi-available-for-150-nook-3g-reduced-to-200-5568589 The new prices are: • Reader Pocket Edition is now $150 (from $170) •…
I don’t know how many hundreds (thousands?) of pages were used to make this video, or how many toner cartridges. I do know that this simple love story told by printing every individual frame is equal parts beautiful and impressive. The short, called HP: Hit Print, comes from the same guys who made this HP:…
Plucked Laptop Keyboard Horribly Scratched Big Screen LCD TV Beheaded Studio Microphone TV Meets Wiimote Bisected Phone Silly Putty Remote iPod Disabled Until 2049 Dunked Phone
Contrary to what we previously heard, Hulu Plus for the PS3 will not require a Playstation Plus subscription forever. A Playstation Plus subscription is only required during the current Hulu Plus “preview period”. https://kotaku.com/hulu-plus-requires-playstation-plus-subscription-5576022 According to Hulu Support: The Playstation Plus service is only a requirement during the preview period. Once the preview period ends…
I’m riding shotgun in a surprisingly roomy helicopter cockpit with Vincent Laforet, one of the foremost practitioners of DSLR video, over New York City. I’ve never ridden in a helicopter. The asphalt below fades from black to grey. * * * It’s the first of July, but a weird cold snap has left me shivering.…
And we’re back after the holiday weekend with your daily dose of deals. This one’s especially useful for those willing to humiliate themselves for a meal, so don’t forget your cow costume on your next trip to Chic-Fil-A. Top Deals: • Dell Studio XPS 8100 Quad Core i7-860 2.86GHz Desktop + 21.5″ Dell LCD +…
This 3+ minute Japanese trailer for the PlayStation Move comes complete with some new footage of Move games. As is Sony’s wont, it takes place in a weird, artificial location, features a creepy woman and is very slickly produced. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/japan-gets-a-playstation-move-trailer-with-game-footag-5580237
USA.gov, where you can find “government made easy,” recently got a facelift and along with it our nation’s very own app store. Among the offerings: “Product Recalls,” “My TSA,” “Alternative Fuel Locator,” “Find Your Embassy,” and “FBI’s Most Wanted.” And what more do you need from our government, really? In terms of platform, strangely, USA.gov’s…
OK, guys. Apparently when I say “embarrassing,” you hear “porny.” Noted! In any case, here are this week’s Photoshop Contest results, which may be sort of NSFW if you work in a school or a convent.
Logitech’s Revue, their set-top-box Google TV machine, just hit the FCC and got all of its parts documented. That it’s powered by a 1.2GHz Intel Atom processor and 4GB RAM isn’t surprising, but the fact that it has a built-in fan is. What this means is that unless the fan spins at quite a low…
AppleCare has confirmed what we already knew: The incoming software update won’t fix the iPhone 4’s transmission and reception problems. They acknowledged the antenna problem exists, offering the same solution as before: Buy a case or hold the iPhone differently. https://gizmodo.com/why-apples-iphone-4-update-wont-fix-your-reception-prob-5577812 I was secretly hoping that the software update would magically fix the iPhone 4’s…
You’ve got an iPhone and an iPad. You don’t tell anyone, but there’s a Time Capsule in your closet and you may have let the 60-day MobileMe trial lapse onto your credit card. Well, here’s the payoff for your loyalty: It’s an iPad dartboard. To throw darts at it, just shake your iPhone. (The two…
I wish I saved all the rainbow Apple decals I got through the years. Or at least one, to put on the back of my beloved iPad. It feels right at home. Thankfully, someone at Etsy sells them. What’s even better: These are not transparent, like the ones Apple used to include with their computers.…
Mr. Zack is a very bad bad BAD man. Just don’t mooch off those poor girls’ wireless, Mr. Zack. That’s not nice.
…but they require a big motor on the back of your shoe. Don’t fret, fans of all things future. This is but step one in replacing the more economical, mechanically perfect shoelace technology known as Velcro. [Instructables via HackaDay] https://gizmodo.com/a-real-working-hoverboard-exists-5549271
Uh, this better be temporary. We gush about the iPhone 4’s hot new upload speeds, and AT&T takes it away. Mobile upload speeds in several cities, like New York, are capped at 100kbps—1/10th of what we were seeing. https://gizmodo.com/wireless-test-notes-3g-iphone-4-uploads-files-5-10x-fa-5572127 That’s the reportage from MacRumors forums, and we’re getting the same results in New York—zippy downloads,…
