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In reality, the Scottevest/SeV Pack Windbreaker doesn’t look as cool as in this—fake—X-ray image, but it packs a lot of nice features for gadget lovers, including a clear, touch-sensitive pockets, and more pockets than Batman’s suit. Seventeen of them, some deep, some with magnetic closures. It also has a weight management system which, according to…
We knew that Gizmo5 was acquired by Google, but now we’re seeing the first effect of that merger as Gizmo5 has closed its doors to new users until the Google-powered re-launch. [Cool Geex] https://gizmodo.com/are-google-voice-calls-to-and-from-your-computer-coming-5400548
Did you know our cousin, Fleshbot, hosted an awards party last night? Here’s the recap video to it (and it’s a bit NSFW, as is expected from Fleshbot). Sad you missed it? Yeah, us too. It (along with Giz Gallery) is indicative of the type of events we’ll be doing more of, so don’t worry…
We’ve been curious as to why Intel decided to keep the N330 chip out of netbooks, and now we finally know: The chip’s just too damn hot and not even all that fast. Testing done by computer builder Haleron revealed that the N330 couldn’t match the, now used, two-chip N270 processor in speed all the…
Augmented reality. It’s definitely a buzz phrase, but what is it, exactly? How do you experience it? Is there an app for it? Oh, most definitely. Here are 10. True to their title, augmented reality apps add something to what you see, using a combination of camera, GPS, and sometimes, in the case of the…
Click to viewVagus Nerve Stimulation: $95,000. Deep Brain Stimulation: $40,000. Sacral Nerve Stimulation: $16,000. I don’t need most of these things (or even know what they are), but I’d still love a spending spree in the Bionic Body Shop. While most of these upgrades aren’t exactly available at this time, it doesn’t mean we can’t…
Symphony, screenshot above, is a game that uses your own music library to generate enemies on the fly. Think of it like a shmup where the soundtrack (presumably) doesn’t suck ass. This video should illustrate what the gameplay is like. It’s made by a company familiar with music games, but the reason we’re interested is…
Hans Solo or Guitar Solo? Dark Side or Who’s Your Daddy? Obi-Juan Kenobi makes me laugh too… hmmm, I’m having a hard time deciding which of these 22 Star Wars t-shirts will better fit the dorky nerd in me: For the dorky nerd outside me I’d need an M, thank you very much. You can…
Electronista has benchmarked the new Quad Core i5 chips in the new iMac, and comparing his scores to mine, its pretty clear we’ve got almost 2x some scores in some CPU/memory tests. Specifically, using his charts and mine, it wasn’t hard to recognize the jump in the multithreaded, 64 bit results from geek bench in…
We, as in the tech press, are all over Palm’s new mini-Pre. But we, as in the internet, just don’t seem to care about it—just ask Google. https://gizmodo.com/palms-pixi-up-close-a-gallery-5403543 Compared against the Droid Eris, the decidedly secondary, little-advertised rebranded Hero that happens to be launching alongside the Droid Droid (and also happens to be the cheapest…
Using a Vuzix headset, a laptop, Arduino and a bike sensor, Aki Mimoto was able to rig up his wife’s stationary bike to transport himself through a virtual Google Street View environment. Of course, that means you wouldn’t have to sit staring at a wall or a TV while exercising—you could virtually travel down roads…
As you probably heard, Verizon Wireless is imposing a pretty nasty $350 early termination fee on its more impressive phones. It’s confirmed, and starts Sunday, so you might want to buy your phone now if possible. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-to-double-early-termination-fee-5396828 The good news, if there is any, is that the early termination fee only applies to early termination.…
Lisa said to me, “Maybe Dell will let me swap out my new battery for a smaller one? I’ll just call and ask.” I felt a spike of fear. Which was legitimized within 2 hours. The call sounded painful from across the house. The first 10 minutes, it was clear she was talking to a…
You know those Xboxes that were banned last week because they were modified to play pirated games? They’re being dumped onto eBay and Craigslist by their owners, and they won’t all tell you that those consoles are banned from Live. https://gizmodo.com/official-microsoft-policy-if-you-a-buy-a-used-xbox-360-5397218 So our recommendation is that if you really can’t spare the money to buy…
The Palm Pixi‘s oddly hard-bodied for a phone that’s otherwise appropriately named. Even the matte rubber back feels stiff, and unforgiving. But the keyboard reminds me of Rice Krispies. In a good way. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pixi-hands-on-the-smaller-pre-with-a-better-keybo-5355112 When you stroke the gesture area between the screen and the keyboard, the glowing indicator stares out of the center like…
You know recession has reached a new low when two Italian plumbers from Brooklyn go to Staten Island to beat a cabbie and steal his cash. That’s more or less what happened at this gas station last Halloween. The two guys, dressed as Mario and Luigi, were in a yellow cab with two other individuals…
Google’s working on a new application-layer protocol dubbed SPDY (pronounced “SPeeDY”) which is intended to improve how content is transported over the web. In initial lab tests, they’ve already managed to speed up page loading times by 55%. While the lab tests aren’t the best reflection of how the protocol would work under real world…
If you could enhance one ability with a machine implant what would it be? Before you say something about sex, consider all of the other amazing possibilities. https://gizmodo.com/how-will-technology-affect-the-future-of-sex-clones-v-5360666
Hey, did you guys find the hidden house in Modern Warfare 2 that lets you unlock old-school Nintendo characters as enemies? No? Oh, I must have made that up. Now it’s your turn. What sorts of ridiculous secrets do you wish Infinity Ward put in their latest blockbuster if only they didn’t take themselves and…
Qualcomm is showing off its newest smartbook concept. It’s a Snapdragon-powered, 10-incher for which they’ve already secured AT&T backing. Let’s hope this isn’t another disappointing and unholy union of a smartphone and a netbook. There aren’t many details available about the model as Qualcomm intends to truly show it off at CES 2010, but they…
