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I know the Toyota FT-EV is just an electric car prototype, but that doesn’t make me want it any less. It makes my previously favorite car cockpit look like a Ford Pinto. Zoom in. https://gizmodo.com/the-coolest-car-cockpit-i-have-ever-seen-will-make-you-5377996 The car is being shown by the Japanese manufacturer at the Tokyo Auto Show 2009. [El Mundo—Thanks Eduardo González]
Hello, early adopter—your eyes might’ve glazed over during the Windows 7 launch because you’ve been on that train for months now. This is for you: how to upgrade that Windows 7 release candidate to a final version, easy. Basically, copy of all of the files from the retail disc to a folder on your hard…
It’d be the most obvious leak in history, but the 10C531 build of OS 10.6.2 references the “MacBook Pro 6.1 and the MacBook Pro 6.1b.” All current MacBook Pros are strictly “5” status. Of course, this appears to be confirmation of the obvious, that Apple will be updating their MacBook Pro line to include Core…
If you’ve seen our own Adam Frucci’s hilarious review of the Fleshlight Sex in a Can, you know the deal. It’s a fake beer can/rubbery vagina that you put your wang in. Well, now it has fangs…if that’s your thing. https://gizmodo.com/i-had-sex-with-furniture-the-shameful-nsfw-fleshligh-5375323 Having seen the horror film, Teeth, this thing freaks me the F out. But,…
It’s easy to think, hey, America and Japan aren’t so different! Then Sega licenses fantastic, official Genesis/Saturn lighters ($114). And I can’t even begin to imagine the Truth campaign that would stem from the controversy here. [Net-you via Kotaku]
The Eye-Fi Geo can add Geotagging to most any camera through an SD card, but what about systems that use CompactFlash? For these instances, the PhotoTrackr Mini is probably your best bet. https://gizmodo.com/eye-fi-geo-adds-geotagging-info-to-ilife-for-life-5324998 The PhotoTrackr mini is promised to be smaller and faster than the original PhotoTrackr. For those not familiar with the system, it’s…
After a messy launch, the Storm 2‘s finally hitting Verizon—on Wednesday. You can check out some of the early reviews here, though Wi-Fi automatically makes it better than the first Storm in my book. https://gizmodo.com/the-heavily-leaked-blackberry-storm-2-gets-unofficially-5381996 A POWERFUL NEW STORM ROLLS ONTO VERIZON WIRELESS’ NETWORK ON OCT. 28 New Operating System for Existing BlackBerry Storm Customers…
While Intel and AMD look to make a complete jump to 8-cores, Tilera (an MIT start-up) says its upcoming 100-core chip has “at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power.” The 40-nanometer TILE-Gx will reportedly draw about 55W of power at full load, and though…
At just 3mm thick, Samsung’s latest 40-inch LED backlit LCD HDTV is as thin as Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV. It almost makes the 1-inch thin Panasonic Z1 Plasma look chubby, and Samsung’s current LED LCD TVs (about 1.2-inches) look fat. https://gizmodo.com/sony-xel-1-oled-tv-review-verdict-small-on-size-larg-372072 All we know right now is that the model you see has a 120Hz…
Today in micro-rumors: Is this the Apple Tablet’s SIM card tray? (And are we this desperate for photos?) The SIM card tray you see pictured up top is supposedly designed for the Apple Tablet, and is built by Foxconn (the device’s rumored manufacturer). It’s definitely larger than the current iPhone SIM tray, but it could…
Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this, and probably don’t care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. Watch it, share it, do what you like. And if you just want the short and sweet,…
Uh, holy crap? As prayed/predicated, Netflix streaming will be available “later this year” on the PS3. Like the Xbox 360, it’ll be free with the $8.99-a-month plan. Unlike the 360, you’ll enable Netflix via an “instant streaming Blu-ray disc.” https://gizmodo.com/netflix-streaming-coming-to-another-mystery-device-soon-5389170 Apparently, the free disc activates the Netflix mojo via BD-Live, in what must be the…
Giz reader Gary Katz has definitely fixed his iMac-o’-lantern error with this wonderful and even dorkierer iMac Cylon Mask. It uses an old lamp iMac base and Larson Scan Kit, like the one used in the Cylon Pumpkin. [Thanks Gary] https://gizmodo.com/imac-o-lantern-will-make-any-fanboy-look-even-dorkier-t-5386087
Who knew that the real power source driving Iron Man onward and upward into the stratosphere was really just a strong, trendy espresso machine? Designed by Frenchman Charles Teyssier, the “Caffe Inn” concept is purely aesthetic, offering little in the way of improvements on the tried and true espresso machine formula. It does, however, remind…
The Wattgate “Audio Grade” wall socket costs a mere $147, but the crisp, unmatchable sounds it will create in your home are positively priceless. It’s all bullshit, of course. Like Monster Cable and that $500 Denon Ethernet cable, there’s more snake oil flowing through this “premium” socket than anything else. And as with that Denon…
These recycled speakers are interesting, TerraCycle, but I won’t be 100% impressed until you find a way to turn the World’s Largest Cheeto into a speaker too. https://gizmodo.com/i-ate-the-worlds-largest-cheeto-over-the-worlds-most-ex-5224528 Lame jokes aside, TerraCycle actually has a decent little business plan going on. Put simply, they recycle the world’s garbage into electronics, bags and other knick knacks,…
From the OpenSolaris forums, by way of Daring Fireball’s John Gruber comes word this afternoon that Apple’s decision to remove ZFS support from Snow Leopard was based on licensing issues. https://gizmodo.com/apple-kills-zfs-plans-for-snow-leopard-5389101 Specifically, Apple may have wanted a “private license” from Sun Microsystems, and Sun simply did not want to play ball. Neither side could agree…
I’m the caliber of cyclist who’s able to ride to wherever, whenever, including on water to Europe, but for those of you cut from lesser cloth (i.e. not miraculous cyclists) there’s this bit of cleverly shaped luggage called AeroTech Evolution. If the shape didn’t tip you off, let me explain: Like those golf bag-shaped monstrosities…
The disdain I harbored for that ridiculous Altec Lansing Guitar Hero “stage monitor” was fading this morning, but news from Polk that they, too, would be entering the world of fake music accessories revived those feelings anew. https://gizmodo.com/altec-lansing-stage-gig-is-a-guitar-amp-for-guitar-he-5385654 This isn’t to say the so-called Polk HitMaster doesn’t have a bunch of extra features, which it…
Powered by a car battery and full-size 42-inch LCD TVs, these working iPhone Halloween costumes from Apple costume savants “Reko and John” are surely iPhone fanaticism manifested in physical form. Updated. Amazingly, this is not the first time the Savio created human-sized iPhone costumes. In 2007, with the help of Bobby Hartman, that duo crafted…
