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The SpeakerCom 360 is Nyko’s sequel to their original Xbox SpeakerCom, a chatting solution that allows you to hear through a headset or a chest-height-dangling speaker. Essentially a mic/headphone configuration like you find in the cellphone market, the SpeakerCom 360 offers the option of hearing your friends through earbuds or a cord-mounted speaker. Connecting through…
We’ve seen Nyko’s Wand, but now Mad Catz has become the second peripheral manufacturer to clone the Wiimote. And just holding it in my hands, I could tell it has promise. https://gizmodo.com/the-nyko-wand-may-be-just-as-good-as-the-wiimote-or-ev-5128055 Bear in mind, I didn’t play a game with the controller, but I did push the buttons, etc. The A button feels perfect,…
Activision is the king of experiences modeled in plastic and color-coded buttons, and DJ Hero’s turntable controller might be their best simulacrum yet. It’s grown up a bit since the initial reveal sprouting a glossy black panel that docks on either side of the main turntable. It holds the mixer, effects dial, euphoria button and…
Remember this 43-inch curved monitor from CES a couple years ago? Well, it’s finally about to be available in all of its 2880x900px glory. For $8,000. Yowza! https://gizmodo.com/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-pl-341413 This bad boy is basically 4 DLP monitors stiched together and LED backlit, offering a killer response time of 0.02 seconds. It’s got DVI-D and HDMI 1.3…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to take you favorite classic TV shows and drag them into the 21st century. And let me tell you, I would pay good money to see Doogie Howser, /b/tard. First Place — Snickers McPickles Second Place — Miguel Lopez Third Place — Ana Andrade
Joining the increasingly not-very-exclusive app store gang, Sony Ericsson has partnered up with GetJar—an independent app store—in a move to provide Sony Ericsson mobile device users with 45,000 free applications as part of their PlayNow arena. [GetJar]
In an intense moment of jealousy over Sonic’s intense speed and superb hair stability, Mario lets fists fly. Or something like that. [E3@Giz]
Although we got some sweet deals on laptops, HDTVs, games and more, today is all about cashing in on those freebies. Root beer floats, iced coffee, sippy cups, condoms and soap will carry you through this hump day. Computers and Peripherals: • Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 15.6″ LED Backlit Laptop with Dual Core Processor for $449…
Low-power processors aren’t just for netbooks: These computers-on-a-chip are going to be powering our smartphones and other diminutive gadgets in the forseeable future. So what’s the difference between the Atoms, Snapdragons and Tegras of the world? https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-under-the-hood-of-the-newest-laptops-and-5012918 Intel Atom The current reigning king of low-cost, low-power processors, Intel’s Atom flat-out dominates the netbook market. Its…
Here’s something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells. All three patients were blind in one eye. The researchers extracted stem cells from their working eyes, cultured them in contact lenses for 10…
Time for Summer Cruisin’! Pick your car and we’ll get the tab. This summer, Newegg.com brings you a hot new giveaway sponsored by Canon. Grand prize winner will drive off into the sunset with a brand new car and Canon camera. BMW 128i, Mazda RX-8 or Volkswagen GTI, you win – you choose! Over $50,000…
I rented Bikini Carwash 2 once. It was good, but I missed a lot of the plot because I didn’t see the first one. Maybe that’s why I bought this scam called Sexy Screen Wash for the iPhone. What the hell is this crap? Here I was hoping for an app that would let me…
Dear Wolfram Alpha: Are you Skynet? Really, ARE YOU? Ooook. We like you too. (Obviously, the damn thing is a bloody liar. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES) [Wolfram Alpha—Thanks Jared]
All of the major E3 keynotes from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are over. While 2009 is now officially the year of motion controls, there’s still something missing. Here’s what we expected to see at E3, but didn’t. Price Cuts The financiapocalypse has yielded no price cuts for ailing gamers from Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft. A…
A visit to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA has Maximum PC feeling all nostalgic about the history of the personal computer. From the Altair to the IBM PC (my first computer), they have put together a closer look at the machines that shaped our home computing experience today. Taken as a whole,…
There really isn’t a whole lot that distinguishes a conference like Computex from a real life version of the Ben Heck forums: yesterday, we saw a PC in a vase; today, an Atom-based net-top in a Ferrari. https://gizmodo.com/pc-in-a-vase-was-created-by-a-real-company-not-a-dodgy-5275640 We don’t know much about this mini-Modena, except that it’s got netbookish guts and some definite kid…
If you don’t want a plain black Nintendo DSi, Colorware is more than happy to take your money to customize yours however you wish. Above, you can see my creation: “Vomitus Easterus.” Lovely, no? You can choose the colors for basically every piece of plastic on the handheld, but it’ll cost you a whopping $374…
This amusing piece of furniture comes to us courtesy of designer Philippe Malouin for the Italian company Campeggi. Thanks to velcro and a little elbow grease, it can transform from a chair to a tent—and everything in-between. It is only in the prototype stage at the moment, but I can see this design being useful…
To be fair, unlike the current anti-champion of crappy projectors, the Ultra Projector isn’t really designed as an alternative to, well, real projectors. But even so, this thing doesn’t include audio of any sort. WTF? https://gizmodo.com/worlds-crappiest-projector-reviewed-327587 Designed for little light displays and maybe as an accessory to a really lousy sales booth, the Ultra Projector…
Mary Kirby—my favorite Runway Girl—got a glimpse of Wi-SKY’s new inflight internet service running at a hairdrying 45Mbps. That’s a lot faster than the current services. The company claims that they can do this from their radio towers to any aircraft as far as 54 miles. During the flight last Tuesday, airline representatives plugged in…
