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I get it—a baby bottle with a built-in UV lamp for killing any germs that might be lurking in the formula. Parents would eat this up. But would it do more harm than good? Seriously, we have become a generation of germaphobes with our Purell bottles and crazy germ-killing gadgets. We are never exposed to…
Lockheed Martin is getting a $31 million contract by the US government to work on reinventing TCP/IP for a new Military Network Protocol. Also lending a hand in this effort to create a proper cyber-arsenal is Microsoft. What a team! Based on what Lockheed Martin’s John Mengucci is saying, the contract’s main focus is to…
Mass Effect 2 has a release date. Tim Schafer’s rock masterpiece Brutal Legend is out, right along with Uncharted 2—one of the best PS3 titles to date. If Man’s existence gets any better than this, we’re missing something critical. Mass Effect 2 Dated For January, Preorder Bonuses Abound That armor looks pretty hot, though markedly…
Lite apps are dead! The App Store is diseased! But seriously, enough with the eulogies: here are the best new apps this week, in no particular order. https://gizmodo.com/lite-iphone-apps-are-dead-in-app-purchases-come-to-fre-5382732 The Best Layar: Mark my words: in the next year or so, augmented reality apps will graduate from halfassed party tricks to something with actual utility. This…
What happens when you want to listen to your iPod Nano on the can, but don’t want to put on a pair of headphones for fear that you’ll accidentally drag the Nano into the toilet? You use Green Power’s speakers. The GP 400N is nice since it slides back in while not in use, but…
Six people total were arrested today for making too much money too easily, among them executives from IBM and Intel. These guys made $20 million in profits between January and July 2007 by passing insider info regarding Google, Hilton Hotels and Polycom onto a trader. Now they’re all facing multiple counts of conspiracy and securities…
Remember public pay phones? When was your last call? How much was it? Can you avoid the bubonic plague while using pay phones? Does anyone clean them? Gadget archeologist Anna Jane Grossman has the same questions. I remember the last time I used a pay phone. It was one of those winter once-upon-a-times, in Madrid,…
There is allegedly proof that the story of balloon boy Falcon Heene was a stunt to help pitch a television show. But the purported proof will cost you thousands of dollars to get. Today, we spoke with a Denver-area student who claims to have worked with Falcon’s father, Richard Heene, on a reality show proposal…
Hey there. It’s me, with another apology. I’m sorry we didn’t review the BlackBerry Storm 2. It’s because RIM doesn’t care about you guys. It’s been total radio silence from them regarding a review unit, so we’re late with a review. I’m sorry we can’t provide our usual level of speed and depth on the…
It’s been a long time since fire ravaged London and Rome in 1666 and 64 AD respectively—which must be why we can feel okay about making cool firescreens based on these tragic incidents today. On the other hand, buying one might prove problematic. It appears that the 1666 and DCCCXVII A.U.C. (64 AD in the…
You’re wasting your life, sitting there, burning your brain out reading idiotic blogs. You could be raking in millions if you only could come up with an idea as stupidly brilliant as the double-sided condiment bottle. Millions! [Yanko via CrunchGear]
On your feet all week? Maybe you just want to spend the next couple of days sitting on your ass. If you had these 7 gadgets, you wouldn’t have to get up for anything. If you are serious about staying off your feet on the weekends, you are going to need a serious home automation…
Wondering why anyone would want to trick the world into thinking their 6-year-old was flying away in a gigantic party balloon? Well, it turns out that the Heenes were developing a reality show with the Wife Swap production company. And as we all know, the best way to get a deal made in Hollywood is…
Microsoft’s Windows 7 parties had to have been born of a flameout—a last, desperate, obviously insane idea from a marketing exec on the tail end of a three-week bender. Which is why we’d love to go to one. https://gizmodo.com/inside-the-windows-7-launch-party-kit-hides-the-worst-b-5376407 So if you’re located in SF or NYC, managed to get your hands on one of…
It may look like the business end of a squid, but I have a feeling the Sculpture showerhead from Vado would be bad ass in the bathroom. Think about it—you can set those tentacles up to spray water in any direction. It’s kind of like blending elements of traditional shower heads, rain shower heads and…
After plenty of half-hearted attempts at mobile video from wireless carriers and Qualcomm, the ATSC has defined a standard that should, at long last, bring live streaming video to our phones. About time we got a DMB equivalent. https://gizmodo.com/qualcomm-flo-tv-personal-television-hands-on-250-to-s-5375872 Keep in mind we’re not talking about VCast, Sprint TV or whatever other service your carrier…
If you’re really into Assassin’s Creed, you should probably stick to just replaying the game or collecting figurines. Because buying a replica “extension knife” is a great way to have everyone think you’re an unstable psycho. Seriously guys, you don’t want to be caught carrying around a knife designed to be hidden in your sleeve…
CNET has spent some time testing 64-bit Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro, currently the only machine that officially supports both of them natively. Snow Leopard wins in all accounts except one: Gaming. Of course, you can argue that Windows is not as optimized as Mac OS X in that machine. On…
Google turned in another solid quarter yesterday, with free cash flow coming in at $2.5 billion. Think about it: that’s a $10 billion run rate for a company that didn’t exist ten years ago. How does that stack up to other companies? It’s still not close to Microsoft, but it’s pulling away from Time Warner.…
Thank goodness it’s Friday. Also, thank goodness for all these deals—like big savings on laptops from Dell and Lenovo. If you’re looking to cut loose this weekend, update your Wii catalog with Wii Sports Resorts and Wii Music. Top Deals: • Lenovo IdeaCentre K230 Desktop for $649.00 plus free shipping (normally $999 – use coupon…
