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Clickfree is a company making some interesting and simple USB-based backup products, and their latest Transformer for iPod/iPhone may be the most clever yet. https://gizmodo.com/clickfree-traveler-external-ssd-is-credit-card-sized-fo-5244646 Their theory is that you have a lot of unused space on your iProduct. You can just connect your iPod to your PC or Mac through their $50 cord, and…
Earlier this morning we confirmed that the Zune HD will launch September 15 for $220 (16GB) and $290 (32GB). Now we know that the Zune HD AV Dock costs $90, and the Zune HD AV Power Pack is $50. https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-available-for-pre-order-today-5336329 Zune HD AV Dock • $89.99 This all-in-one package enables your Zune HD player to…
Mockup by Cakefoo @ NeoGaf The Supposed Best Buy Ad Mockup
These trusty tongs have a built-in sensor that let you monitor your meat’s internal temperature on its backlit LCD display. The neat part: they also alarm when your steak is ready, and double as an LED flashlight. Versalicious! The $39.98 stainless steel tongs have presets for seven types of meat (along with one custom setting),…
A tipster sent in some shakey shots of what looked to be a 120GB PS3 Slim listed for $299.99 in a Kmart flyer. It felt like Shenanigans and Update: Kmart owner, Sears, says so, too. Seems to have all been the work of a Neogaf user, which is where I had always suggested the PS3…
After months of leaks, rumors, and heavy anticipation, Microsoft is officially unveiling the last pieces of the Zune HD puzzle…which were already leaked. Release date is September 15th, but the 16/32GB Zune HD can be pre-ordered today. https://gizmodo.com/zune-hds-packaging-release-date-leaked-september-15th-5335353 So, just like we knew already, the Zune HD will be released September 15th in 16/32GB flavors,…
Some don’t believe the first video of this Apple Tablet OS UI vid is real but here’s a clearer and with strange hardware. All I know is that this is a cool concept. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-video-is-99-9-well-done-illogical-fake-5336079 Note the strange desktop like environment running iPhone apps floating in independent windows, the safari window that fades in, the neat…
A 29 year old from Kasai City, Japan, who doused himself with kerosene, torched his house—yet escaped without injuries—told police he wanted to kill himself because his mother tossed “his valuable Gundam plastic models.” The resulting fire eventually burned down the two-story house, which was about 250 square meters (about 2,700 square feet) and made…
This whole Apple rumor game has reached a new low point: In addition to the usual morons doing it for kicks, an iPhone software developer has "leaked" a video of Apple’s new tablet running their probably craptabulous game: Apple’s rumored multi-touch tablet device demos Towers of War, a new Tower Defense game by Conniption Entertainment.…
Want to get media onto your TV using some of that fancy DLNA standard hardware? You still might be at a loss for which media center software is right for you, but now there’s a handy chart. It looks like there’s always going to be a tradeoff when choosing software to move media from your…
Sony, which we’ve blasted in the past for an insistence on proprietary formats, will support the open standard ePub format for its ebook readers. Open, of course, doesn’t mean “free of DRM”: This is really a jab at Amazon. ePub, a format created by Random House and a network of other publishers, is designed to…
iPhone Playing Cards Coulda Fooled Me…A Topographical Map for Your Beloved…300 GI Joes To Take Kansas City By Parachute…Ms. Pac-Man Becomes Ms. Mac-Man… Since we all spend our days looking at 2D representations of 3D gadgets, it’s only natural to be totally thrown off by these iPhone playing cards. They look incredible, and from the…
With all the technological advances, it’s easy to forget how devilishly beautiful bikes are. Bike builders Ken and Stuart Wheeler of Renovo Bikes hope to change that perception with their new wooden frames. JFK had it right, “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” [Core77] Corrected: The father and son team of…
PreThinking compared brand-new Palm Pres with Pres from the original launch, and found a few nice hardware improvements. The tweaks address some of the Pre’s minor problems, including a tendency to shut down when closed and the dreaded “Oreo effect.” A quick list of differences: On an Pre, a vigorous closing of the slider would…
The 10A432 build of Snow Leopard is now being seeded, and like we said before, it’s probably the final version of Snow Leopard that’s going to be shipping. https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-is-done-5335191 The change from this version is that you have to install it from a fresh DVD/partition, so you can’t just Software Update your old install like…
If you’re a grass-is-always-greener type, you might have trouble settling on one type of chair: Arm or rocking. This Fotel chair is actually both, and manages to look pretty slick at the same time. It looks like you can just rotate the non-seat part of the chair (carbon-fiber armrests and legs) while keeping the seat…
I thought female urinals were like an urban legend or something, you know, like a pizza joint that sells Chinese food and sushi and bagels, and everything is absolutely delicious. [Hate the Future via Buzzfeed]
Compiling data from corporate reports and Bernstein estimates, iSmashphone produced this eye-popping chart showing how much profit the iPhone generates compared to the rest of the industry. A previous estimate was a little more conservative (though still crazy). [iSmashphone] https://gizmodo.com/whoa-apple-and-rim-make-a-lot-of-money-5318452
A 17-inch notebook with a $350 MSRP? That’s Walmart’s Toshiba Satellite L355, which comes with 3GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive. Surprisingly, it’s not garbage according to Laptop Mag, offering better specs than notebooks that cost $250 more. [Laptop]
There’s a lot of speculation about the Apple tablet, but coming November, this is how my desk is going to look. Or at least, this is what I want. Check it out in super high definition: Click on the image to enlarge. Yes, this makes me wet. That, my friends, is what I think we…
