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Gadget Deals of the Day

We’ve got an unusually large number of awesome deals today, with everything from games and movies to HDTVs and digital cameras at serious discounts. So let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Gaming: • Left 4 Dead on Xbox 360 for $43.99 (normally $59.99). • Batman: Arkham Asylum on Xbox 360/PS3 for $36 (normally $48…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

The Other Side of Toy Fair: The Lead Contamination Scanners

Nestled amongst the scores of stuffed, cuddly and friendly playthings here was another, somewhat unexpected toy. Behold, the safety booths and x-ray-powered spot lead contamination detectors of Toy Fair 2009. The booths from China, obviously, were our favorites. [Toy Fair 2009]

Tech News John Mahoney

Bill Gates Unleashes 20 Horrible Things on Unwitting Victims

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to create images depicting Bill Gates unleashing things other than mosquitoes on people. Oh Bill Gates, you so crazy! https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-just-unleashed-a-swarm-of-live-mosquitoes-on-5146564 First Place — Derek Ball Second Place — Ernie Tedeschi Third Place — Cobra Commander

Tech News Adam Frucci

Free Audiobook at Audible.com

Choose from over 55,000 audio titles, books, magazines and more in all genres. Take audio entertainment with you on your iPod or many MP3 players. Get a free book today! Audible.com® is the Internet’s leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, providing digital versions of tens of thousands of audiobooks for download to your computer and…

Tech News Chrissie Lamond

Understudy Adds Netflix and Hulu to Front Row

Anyone with a Mac surely appreciates the fluidity of the Front Row experience, but what about when you want to stream free/subscription content? Well, Understudy allows streaming of Netflix and Hulu right into Front Row. Understudy is a free (publicly open) Front Row add-on that’s part of the Google Code library. Apparently you subscribe to…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Plug-In Table Illuminates Rooms, Stores Books and Charges Gadgets

Aside from the need for a perfectly positioned wall outlet, there is a lot to like about designer Sung-Pil Hwang’s Plug-In table. It serves as a bookshelf, lamp and gadget charger all-in-one. On second thought, using an outlet as a support for the table and the objects placed on it probably isn’t the greatest idea…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Important Chairs From the World of Design, Shrunken For Six Bucks

Out of all the miniatures at Toy Fair, these famous chairs by Eames and many other bigtime designers are the ones I want most. [Toy Fair 2009]

Tech News John Mahoney

Android Market Policy Details: You Can Return Apps

Policy details regarding paid apps on the Android Market have come to light—the most notable of which being the fact that you have 24-hours to return an app if you are not satisfied. https://gizmodo.com/google-sets-price-cap-for-paid-android-apps-5154661 Other policies include: •The Market will allow unlimited reinstalls of purchased apps. •Upgrades must come directly from the developer. •Sexually explicit…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Let Your Inner Child Drive With the 2012 Ford Focus

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Apple’s Puritanical Review System Kills South Park iPhone App

It’s a good thing Apple is around to protect us all from offensive content. Otherwise, we might be exposed to the sort of filth that’s available on basic cable. Horrors! The creators of South Park put together a slick-looking app for the iPhone, allowing free streaming of clips as well as other fun stuff, like…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Sony Cyber-shot Line, Now With Blink Detection

Today Sony put out Cyber-shot cameras—the thin DSC-T900 and DSC-T90, cheaper chunkier DSC-W290 and DSC-W230 and 10X optical zoom DSC-H20—that are cosmetically identical to their previous models, with a few new innovations which may help you if you’re cursed with crappy shots: • Blink recognition – The cameras take two shots, scan the faces, and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

USB Heated Slippers Go Cordless

USB heated slippers are less stupid than ever now that Thanko has gone cordless. That’s right, users no longer have to deal with a cord stretching between their feet and the computer. Instead, the slippers are plugged into a USB port to charge the built-in lithium battery (an LED indicator alerts you to the amount…

Tech News Sean Fallon

AT&T Says LTE 4G Rollout Complete Trials in 2011 (UPDATED)

It seems early considering how carefully they rolled out their 3G networks, but AT&T promised a commercial LTE network deployment in 2011. Electronista note that this is a year behind Verizon’s rollout. Seth Bloom from ATT says only trials will occur in 2011. I knew it was too soon. [electronista]

Tech News Brian Lam

Why Do the Android Phones Have Chins?

Have you noticed the G1 and G2 both share one common physical trait? Yeah, they both have chins. And there’s a reason for it *cue in Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo music* https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-g1-google-android-phone-review-5062977 According to HTC: Personality. The Androids are like people, they have chins, they have personality. The other reason: They also have protruding nippleballs: Having…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Prince on a Segway T-Shirt Combines Two Good Things to Make a Great Thing

Nothing makes a Segway cooler than giving it motorcycle handlebars and sticking Prince on it. Perhaps you can get some of that coolness rubbed off by sticking this shirt on you. [Product Page via NerdApproved]

Tech News Adam Frucci

My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!

More than often, we get dumb press releases here in Gizmodo. This one starts with the following: “MAKE MOM THE ENVY OF THE BLOCK WITH STYLISH WESTINGHOUSE LCD HDTVs.” It goes downhill from there. “Flowers and Dinners Are Just Not Enough — Show Your Mom How Special. She Really Is With Sleek LCD HDTVs from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sirius XM Gets Bailed Out By Owners of QVC, Avoids Bankruptcy Scare

Liberty Media (proud owners of Starz, QVC and a 48% chunk of DirecTV) made a last-minute deal with Sirius XM, whose impending bankruptcy would have been the second biggest Chapter-11 filing this year. https://gizmodo.com/sirius-xm-is-going-bankrupt-5150947 Even though service would have likely continued uninterrupted had the freshly-merged company actually filed for bankruptcy, Sirius XM‘s days of luring…

Tech News John Mahoney

Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection

HTC and Google are getting closer to perfection with the new Android G2, the HTC Magic. Nice finish, great form factor. Check out our video, including the obligatory comparison with Apple’s iPhone, and hands-on impressions: https://gizmodo.com/android-g2-htc-magic-officially-announced-5154859 The bad news first: Apart from my gripes about the user interface—which are still there—there is one but. A…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Electric Car (Concept) Is Controlled by an iPhone

The Rinspeed iChange is an electric car concept promising 0-60 in four seconds along with a transforming rear end that can create two extra seats. And an iPhone controls everything but the driving parts. The dash features an iPhone dock, and as you can see, there really aren’t many other buttons—heck, there’s not even a…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Pirate Bay Trial Watch Day 2: Half of the Charges Have Been Dropped

Good news, copyright bandits: due to an error by the prosecution in misunderstanding exactly how BitTorrent trackers work, all charges related to “assisting copyright infringement” have been dropped. Halfway there! The mixup came when the prosecution attempted to tie several .torrent files to the Pirate Bay’s tracking servers, which called for Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij…

Tech News John Mahoney

Gadget Deals of the Day

The Other Side of Toy Fair: The Lead Contamination Scanners

Bill Gates Unleashes 20 Horrible Things on Unwitting Victims

Free Audiobook at Audible.com

Understudy Adds Netflix and Hulu to Front Row

Plug-In Table Illuminates Rooms, Stores Books and Charges Gadgets

Important Chairs From the World of Design, Shrunken For Six Bucks

Android Market Policy Details: You Can Return Apps

Let Your Inner Child Drive With the 2012 Ford Focus

Apple’s Puritanical Review System Kills South Park iPhone App

Sony Cyber-shot Line, Now With Blink Detection

USB Heated Slippers Go Cordless

AT&T Says LTE 4G Rollout Complete Trials in 2011 (UPDATED)

Why Do the Android Phones Have Chins?

Prince on a Segway T-Shirt Combines Two Good Things to Make a Great Thing

My Mom to Public Relations People: Shut Up, You Bozos!

Sirius XM Gets Bailed Out By Owners of QVC, Avoids Bankruptcy Scare

Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection

This Electric Car (Concept) Is Controlled by an iPhone

Pirate Bay Trial Watch Day 2: Half of the Charges Have Been Dropped

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