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Need anything for your Xbox 360? Live Points, headset, or to extend your Live subscription? Great. Buy ’em at Best Buy, and you get two free Watchmen tickets. [Best Buy via Dvice]
While Nintendo isn’t talking about Wii MotionPlus, a few developers have been happy to brag about using the technology, implying release dates for the peripheral. And now even Nintendo Power has joined in. https://gizmodo.com/first-third-party-games-supporting-wii-motionplus-rev-5156359 When referencing Grand Slam Tennis, a game slated for a June 18th release, the magazine printed: Thomas Singleton (EA) and his…
We know, it’s not Windows 7, but the Windows Vista Service Pack 2 release candidate is out now (for free) to all Vista users who don’t mind playing the guinea pig. [The Windows Blog] https://gizmodo.com/get-the-vista-service-pack-2-release-candidate-next-wee-5160767
As of now, a few Xbox owners have been holed up in a cave, fending off The New Xbox Experience with a torch (and not connecting to LIVE). Those dark days must end. Starting with HAWX and MLB2K9, Xbox 360 titles will ship with NXE on their discs. And as soon as you load the…
Dr Manhattan arrived to London yesternight, decided to show us how puny humans are and how large his schlong is, floating over the River Thames. Update: High resolution close up and videos after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/watchmen-review-is-ozymandias-steve-jobs-5164510 Dr Manhattan was projected using the largest water projector in the world. I’m disappointed he didn’t move, but it…
People always compare new technology to Minority Report, specifically Tom Cruise’s ridiculous multitouch command center. But the ViVid screen might bring another, more annoying part of that film into reality: omnipresent video advertising displays! While the ViVid screen is technically an LCD device, it’s not a full-fledged display, as its imagery is supplied by a…
You can now download Windows Mobile’s first usable Facebook app, ripped from the latest WinMo 6.5 builds by the kindly Microsoft connoisseurs at XDA. Our tipster points out that an attractive, functional Facebook app is a pretty big step for Windows Mobile users, who either had to put up with the aggressively shitty basic mobile…
Pinball machines are more or less a lost art, but one enthusiast really wants to bring them along for this whole “21st century” thing. Hence, the HDTV pinball machine. Constructed from one large HDTV and a smaller LCD monitor, this machine, called HyperPin, makes for a surprisingly convincing pinball experience. The trick is in the…
BlackBerry App World, RIM’s reactive attempt at at a mobile app store, is starting to look a little half-assed. First, we find out it’s based on PayPal. Next, an arbitrary minimum app price: $2.99. I can appreciate the effort to have free and paid apps available at launch—something that Google didn’t manage—but if it means…
We know, we know — steampunk is sooo over and whatnot. But I can’t help it that some of the best crafters don’t think so and make amazing things like these Victorian-era ghostbusting tools. Created by enigmatic toymaker Doktor A, these lovely gizmos – including the “Automatic Medium: Séance Engine” and the “Phenomenologocal Extrapolator” (say…
HDGuru just caught wind that the 1-inch-thick 54″ Z1 plasma from Panasonic (TC-P54Z1) will cost a hefty $6000 when it arrives this June. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-tc-p54z1-viera-plasma-54-inches-across-1-in-5124090 The guru himself, Gary, is calling this baby the “most advanced HDTV” from Panasonic, with a native contrast ratio of 40,000:1, THX certification, a crazy color gamut, 24Hz movie playback and…
Just when you were mildly impressed with the fact that the Nokia N95 ran Windows 3.1, you can now be slightly more mildly impressed that it runs Windows 98 (apparently). [DailyMobile] https://gizmodo.com/windows-3-1-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-rip-5159221
Rope jumping makes bungee jumping look completely sane and kinda cute. There’s no flex: The whole “not dying” part is determined entirely by where you anchor the rope—and where you jump. Leave it to the nation who contrived Russian Roulette to come up with rope jumping. It looks totally simple and straight forward, until you…
A Verizon Wireless service-cancellation survey, spotted by BGR, suggests a leading cause for ditching VZW is that dratted iPhone. But that’s not all it suggests. Two of the questions—”What is the primary reason you left?” and “What is the primary reason you chose your new carrier?”—have the iPhone as one of many options. This makes…
Weight Fat—found in a Japanese crane machine—copies Wii Fit with its green, grey and white color scheme and fonts. There’s a problem with this knock-off, though: it’s not even a video game. The Weight Fat Checker is actually exactly what its name proclaims it to be: It’s a body fat checker that measures, displays and…
The creator of this solid walnut table decided to paint a wireframe of its constructional elements right on it, so it looks see-thru—at least from certain angles. Move 10 degrees, and it just looks weird: The artist, James Tooze, said he developed the table, titled “A New Perspective,” to encourage people to “be curious and…
Canon and Panasonic may have had the hottest new rugged cams at the camera tradeshow in Vegas, but only Olympus had the balls to brutalize their Stylus Tough 6000 for all to see. https://gizmodo.com/canon-d10-submarine-toughcam-love-it-but-hate-it-5163875 As the video shows, Olympus was downright sadistic with their live stress testing, exhibiting supreme confidence in their product’s ruggedness. Not…
As technology advances, I have to say I’m no longer that easily impressed. Solving a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube in under a minute? Meh. Solving this DIY Petaminx? Congrats—you’re probably autistic. [Make – Thanks Seung!]
Sigma’s upcoming 14-megapixel SD15 DSLR promises to improve on its SD14 predecessor with an improved True II image processor. On display at PMA, the camera feels damn near indestructable when you hold it in your hand. https://gizmodo.com/fabled-sigma-sd14-camera-first-review-254267 This camera is clearly for those more professionally minded, and isn’t smaller or lighter than some of its…
For BlackBerry aficionados who love Facebook (have you heard of this site? I certainly haven’t), BGR reports that the new Facebook application will offer deeper integration with your phone for better all-around poking. Among the improvements in the Facebook 1.5 application will be message integration, so that notifications show up on your phone without having…
