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The Aspire 5738PG uses combination of software, hardware, coated glass, and ugly polarized glasses to give you awesome 3D games, porn that pops right out, and a rather sharp display. And while there’s no party, it’s launching alongside Windows 7. https://gizmodo.com/inside-the-windows-7-launch-party-kit-hides-the-worst-b-5376407/ According to PC Pro, the Aspire 5738PG’s display is bright, sharp, vivid, and with…
The following information on Google Wave may not be 100% “real” or “accurate,” but you’ll agree that it makes a lot of sense and that it’s probably what Google has planned. I mean, maybe. In any case, it’s shocking. Google Wave is exciting, but it’s also very confusing. It’s hard to understand how all of…
Matt O’Neal gets the first place because 1) his idea actually makes sense and 2) I want someone to do this bacon printer for real. Second place, for its gadgetry nature and completely absurd crappiness goes to this anonymous happy gadget. Azzy seems to be obsessed with Adam Frucci. I can’t blame the guy. That’s…
Earlier this morning we heard that Family Guy is teaming up with Microsoft to promote Windows 7 on an upcoming show. If this clip is anything to go by, I wouldn’t get your hopes up for comedy. https://gizmodo.com/family-guys-seth-macfarlane-and-microsoft-team-up-for-h-5381164 Click to view Again, Microsoft’s sponsorship of the show means that it will air commercial-free. Let’s hope…
You’ve got a tiny budget and need to have a pavilion for a concert, ASAP. What’ll you do? If you’re EFGH, an NYC-based architecture firm, you run out, take a bunch of traffic cones, and take the DIY route. Ok, so we don’t know for sure that they stole those traffic cones, but it’s not…
Today’s Thinkpad deal is great, especially if you’re looking for a well balanced ultra-portable. Better yet, you can enjoy the X200 with Civilization IV while enjoying a free 7-Eleven beverage. Don’t you love it when everything comes together? https://gizmodo.com/5-takes-on-the-lenovo-x200-notebooks-5025535 Top Deals: • 12.1″ Lenovo ThinkPad X200s Laptop for $664 plus free shipping (normally $1425 –…
OK folks, you voted and now it’s time for the semi-finals of the Maximum Tailgate gadget contest. Who will be the winner of two tickets to the Big Game in Miami? Click through to see the final four contenders! We’ve got our winners from the second round. Vote for the winner in the final round!…
If you’re the type who likes using a laptop stand or a real mouse at your desk, Logitech’s new Notebook Kit MK605 is a bundle with all of that stuff in one package. The entire kit includes a 3-stage, pivoting laptop stand, a wireless keyboard and a wireless M505 laser mouse (along with the tiny,…
It wasn’t a surprise exactly, but HP has officially unveiled the 18.4-inch, Core i7-powered Pavilion dv8 with full 1080p resolution, 4GB-8GB of RAM, dual 320GB HDDs, NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics, a TV tuner, Blu-ray and a Long Life battery. https://gizmodo.com/hp-pavilion-dv3-with-13-3-inch-multi-touch-screen-shows-5369939 By “long life”, HP is referring to their green battery that can suposedly sustain over…
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and those stupid slashes: The man largely credited with devising the World Wide Web as we know it today is sorry: Really, if you think about it, it doesn’t need the //. I could have designed it not to have the // We laugh, sure, because it’s just a couple characters, and…
Coming mid-2010 there will be a new Wi-Fi standard that will allow any Wi-Fi gadget to connect wirelessly with each other without having to go through a wireless router. The best thing: It will only require a software update. The new standard is called Wi-Fi Direct and—unlike Bluetooth—the technology will enjoy exactly the same speed…
Using his one of his Grandfather’s broken old pocket watches as a starting point, one modder [Paul Pounds] skilled in the ways of microelectronics replaced the face with a system of 133 hand soldered LEDs. Starting from scratch, he designed a PCB complete with 133 (hand soldered) LEDs, room for a temperature controlled oscillator for…
Poor Aaron Klein. He left collateral for his bar tab, actually returned to pay, and got arrested. Can’t be his fault the collateral he left was a kiddie porn filled cellphone. I’m sure his cat did it. https://gizmodo.com/downloaded-child-porn-blame-your-kitty-cat-5332948 According to the bartender who reported Klein, he discovered the child pornography when he “opened the phone…
The two Skype founders are trying to block the sale of Skype from eBay to Mike Volpi and Index Ventures, claiming that the buyers are using unlicensed means of Skype’s source code to bypass having to pay a royalty to the two founders. It’s all very money/corporate/tech talk, but how it relates to you is…
Want to live-out your nerdiest Kraftwerk or hip hop fantasies? As this video shows, too much time on your hands and the Stylophone Beatbox is all it takes. Its 13 metal pads trigger samples from UK beatbox champ, MC Zani. You tap out sounds with a stylus, and a loop mode lets you build and…
Everybody’s favorite hackintoshable netbook, the Dell Mini 9, has yet another identity—it can be converted into a pretty fantastic internet slate PC/tablet. A MyDellMini forum member by the name of Rob is the man responsible for this elegant mod, turning his Del Vostro A9 (business version of the Mini 9) into a Windows 7 touchscreen…
Acer’s president says that increasing demand from Asia is going to push them over the edge, all the way to number two on the worldwide PC maker’s shipping list. Between this quarter and the next, we can finally pass Dell Not only that, they think they can “breach the gap” with HP as well. [WSJ]
Finland! Not only they have great universal health care—including dental—great public daycare, and great public education at all levels, but now they also got broadband as a legal right provided to every citizen. And not any crappy broadband. The policy will be active in July 2010, when every Finn will get a one-megabit connection. But…
Available November 16th, the black Wiimote will run you $50. But, surprise, that includes the $20 Wii MotionPlus peripheral! So the package is neither particularly cheap nor particularly expensive, but it’ll hide stains better than the white Wiimote. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/black-wii-remote-and-nunchuk-price-for-u-s-5381366
Chris O’Shea, an artist with latent fantasies about growing into a giant and teasing, then destroying, the people of Liverpool, England, has a new installation! It’s a live video billboard that teases, then destroys, the people of Liverpool, England. The piece, titled “Hand from Above,” is best explained in video, but in any case it’s…
