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There are great deals on laptops today—check out the Dell Mini 9, or the 13″ MacBook Pro with a free iPod Touch. A big thank you to Chris who put together the entire deals list today. Computing and Peripherals: • 14″ HP Compaq 2.0GHz Core2Duo Laptop for $480 (normally $1,197). • 13″ MacBook Pro 2.26GHz…
Whether you want to separate work from your personal life, his from hers, or your stuff from that other personality you call “Bad Charlie”, the Split Stick gives you two separate flash drives in one USB device. The drive is divided in half—2GB on each side. So separating files is as simple as choosing which…
That’s because according to NPD, in June, 91 percent of the market for computers that cost over $1000 belonged to Apple. Sure, it helps that Apple only sells two computers under $1000—the white MacBook and Mac mini—so if you get a Mac, it’s probably going to cost over a grand. In fact, the average selling…
As predicted, Sony is announcing BDP-CX960, a 400-disc Blu-ray MegaChanger for the relatively sane price of $800. Trouble is, nobody has 400 Blu-ray discs yet. https://gizmodo.com/sony-400-disc-blu-ray-changer-is-perfect-for-compulsive-5264208 OK, I’m sure somebody (Howard Stringer?) has 400 Blu-ray discs, but fortunately for you, the thing plays DVDs and even “CDs,” which I’m told are how they stored music…
The Arc Gun—the most recent non-human weaponry discovery by the Multi-National United—is one bad-ass piece. It fires a huge charge of electricity to its target, kind of like a bolt of lightning, heating the target enough to cause extreme burns and rapid molecular expansion of gas and fluid. In a soft biological or animal target,…
I’m no fisherman, but if you are looking for a good fly reel, you might want to check out Abel. Apparently, they are good enough to handle a 6-foot, 150 pound great white shark. “The grab was instantaneous, and the shark cooperated with a quick left turn to allow the proper hook set,” said Patterson.…
Let’s step back from the iPhone leak suicide for a minute and just think about the basics of what happened. A phone was lost. A guy was tortured. A guy killed himself or something. Over a fucking phone. https://gizmodo.com/foxconn-iphone-suicide-chinese-police-now-investigatin-5321006 It may have been a very special phone, and it may have been a phone that…
According to Alastair Callender, his 190-foot Soliloquy would be able to fully propel itself using a combination of solar power, wind, and hybrid marine power technology. And it looks like a metamorphic alien mothership to boot. It looks cool, but I have a hard time imagining this titan moving at a decent speed using these…
Totally not the most pro feature in the new Final Cut Studio, but our favorite is that you can share Final Cut video, timelines and more through iChat Theater, even if the other person doesn’t have Final Cut. Apple’s touting over 100 new features in the Final Cut Studio (which drops the number nomenclature for…
Hurricane Billiards makes some of the best custom tables anywhere, and this version entitled “Unique Autosports” is no exception. It looks better than my car I can tell you that much. But what would something like this be like to drive I wonder? Like a cross between a car, inline skates and a unicycle I…
After years of proclaiming wireless ain’t good enough for real gaming mice, Razer’s got a Bluetooth notebook mouse. Otherwise, Orochi is what’d you expect from Razer for $80: 4000dpi, 7 programmable buttons, and onboard memory for storing your macros. https://gizmodo.com/razer-mamba-vs-sidewinder-x8-wireless-gaming-mice-rev-5209312 If you still don’t trust wireless or your batteries die, it has a breakaway USB…
Sure, a portable 8-track walkman is a completely ludicrous idea, but you’ve gotta love that someone went through the effort to actually make one. It’s far from pocket-sized, but it’s probably the most portable 8-track player ever. [Instructables via Make]
Brian enthusiastically called the original SD Hero helmet camera, an easy-to-use wide-angle shooter, “cheap and amazing.” With 1080p recording and 720p slow motion capability, GoPro’s new Hero sacrifices a little of that first adjective for a ton of the second. https://gizmodo.com/gopro-hero-wide-sports-camera-lightning-review-5181155 Cosmetically, the HD Hero is basically indistinguishable from the previous version, and the similarities…
This is Orb, a ring that transforms into a beautiful Bluetooth headset. Looks like sci-fi material, but it’s an actual product coming in 2010. Good, because it’s probably the first Bluetooth headset that looks great on a woman’s ear: There will be three models of the class 2 Bluetooth Orb: A $130 basic model—coming in…
These are just two of the gazillion new made-in-China cases for the new iPod touch and iPod nano. And as all of them show, both devices will have cameras. The iPod touch’s camera is at its center, on the top. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-next-gen-ipod-nano-with-built-in-camera-5270339 According to Leander, the Chinese factories are already sending samples to distributors. Head to…
Sony has some touchscren Vaios planned for this fall to coincide with the release of Windows 7, which features more robust touchscreen support than Vista. It’s also working on bringing content from the PlayStation Network to VAIOs at some point. One of Sony’s Senior VPs said that the company is going to be releasing some…
By far, the best and most inexpensive OS X experience on a netbook can be found on a hacked Dell Mini 9. And now you can get your hands on one for only $200. Needless to say, if you want to run OS X but can’t afford a pricey Mac, this is definitely the way…
Facebooking and smartypantyphones be damned, I’m going back good old too-cool-for-school school. All the way back to the 80s, with stupid jackets, antiquated business cards, and this anodized aluminum NES Controller Business Card Holder. $31 will get you the pretty case with fake buttons, and two compartments: One for your business cards, the other one…
So, HTC Click, we meet again. Today we’ve got an artsier, clearer photo with an unobscured HTC badge, Android-appropriate buttons and an overall size that seems to match our 2.8-inch screen estimate. Oh, and a price rumor. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-yet-another-htc-android-phone-5319629 The handset was apparently spotted at a Vietnamese carrier launch event for the HTC Magic, where, according…
I know at least one more person who sleeps with her iPhone in bed, but for those of you who use your nightstand for more than storing books and handcuffs, this Kensington Nightstand Dock looks like a perfect iPhone accessory. When combined with the free Kensington Rise&Shine iPhone app—which shows the time and the weather—it…
