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But this hand-crafted card might make her (or him) think you do. Which means you can get away with playing more Xbox. Valentine’s Day is a month away, kiddies. [Etsy via Technabob]
Folks from Stuff Magazine (it soldiers on!) were in Japan recently, and they got a chance to film this Attenborough-esque nature video of Sony’s new X-series MP3 Walkman caught in the wild. Shhh, it’s coming out of its lair now to display this yellow brick road of scrolling album covers. Astounding! Resemblance to its similar…
This information has yet to be confirmed, but a “trusted source” at Berry Reporter claims that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available for T-Mobile business customers on January 19th. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-curve-8900-first-impressions-kills-the-orig-5071533 For those keeping track, that is a little over three weeks before the confirmed, nationwide release in February (most likely the 11th). [Berry Reporter…
The WSJ reports that Obama’s pick for FCC chairman is Julius Genachowski, Obama’s top tech adviser. He’s the mastermind of the Obama’s technology and innovation plan that supports net neutrality and ubiquitous cheap broadband. Genachowski, a Harvard Law classmate of Obama’s, served at the FCC during the Clinton years before putting in time at Barry…
This is without a doubt Thanko’s finest USB warming gadget to date. These kidney-bean pads heat up to 40°C when plugged into USB, effectively taking the problem of cold boobs (man- or otherwise) while websurfing off of our collective minds. THANK YOU THANKO! They’re $22: [Thanko via Crunchgear]
Messing with ads in subways is becoming an artform, but this “Photoshopping” of ads in Berlin takes things to the next level by creating a Photoshop interface with stickers. This is pitch-perfect adbusting right here. [Flickr and Brainstorm #9 via Notcot.org]
So you got your Windows 7 64-bit running, complete with new BSODs, and now you want to install Google’s Chrome just to discover it doesn’t work. Don’t worry, because you can fix it. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-get-install-and-play-with-windows-7-pain-free-5129679 Just right click on the Google Chrome Icon, modify the Chrome Properties window so the target looks like this, click on…
Remember when Howard Stringer said that he “wasn’t recession proof” at this CES keynote? Yeah, he wasn’t joking. Sony is about to post its first loss in 14 years, and it’s a doozy. https://gizmodo.com/live-sony-ceo-sir-howard-stringer-ces-2009-keynote-5126345 Japan’s Nikkei and Reuters are both reporting that losses for the fiscal year ending in March could hit $1.1 billion, with…
If there’s anything I like more than space it’s fake space. That’s why this map of the Star Wars Galaxy, from Coruscant to the Wild Space region, has me fascinated this morning. High res inside. Click on the image for high definition version In fact, I’ve spent most of my day looking up planets that…
Click to view Some Beijing man had to learn the hard way that Flick Bowling on the iPhone is probably not the best game to play in public… especially inside public transport. Yowch, expensive lesson. [Youku Buzz]
That rumor that Australian toilets flush the other way isn’t true, so lets start a new one: In Australia, you can fix things by beating them. See you in my children, new trivia meme! Everyone has a story about fixing a gadget with tough love, but this is kind of extreme. Depending on your history…
Kids love gadgets almost as much as they love Legos, so for the company to release a line of brick-infused cameras, MP3 players and walkie-talkies is just good business sense. But wait! There’s a catch. Despite the branding and look of the devices, which will be accompanied by a secondary line of larger items like…
The Flameboy, a $14 7-in-1 BBQ utensil contains a spatula, fork, bottle opener, corkscrew, tongs, serrated cutting edge and disposable lighter slot. Sounds to me like a product liability lawsuit waiting to happen. [NerdApproved]
If you can’t wait long enough for Apple to inevitably release its own touchable LCD, Troll Touch is willing to convert the new 24-inch LED Cinema Display into a touchscreen—for a hefty price. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-24-inch-apple-cinema-display-5063291 The touch panel integration kit is powered internally via USB and won’t alter the LCD’s form factor at all—nobody besides you…
There’s not much the Japanese love more than robots, so twas only a matter of time before exoskeleton suits found some useful purpose. This particular suit assists farmers on tough agricultural work. The suit, designed by the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, contains eight motors fitted over the shoulders, elbows, back and knees to…
Providing clean water is an integral part to any effort to raise third-world living standards. Solvatten, a Swedish-designed water purifier, does its job using nothing but a couple of hours in the sun. The Solvatten looks like a standard jerrycan sliced in half and divided into two 5 liter compartments, each of which has a…
The dashboard looks primitive, especially next to the Ford hybrid dash that grows leaves when you hypermill. But it’s rated at 50mpg under mixed driving, and is supposed to be faster than the old. https://jalopnik.com/ford-smartgauge-lcd-instrument-panel-brings-futuristic-5070371 As previously mentioned, the car also has a solar panel used in the roof used to ventilate the car while…
AT&T and Dell are now working together to offer the Dell Mini 9 for $99 with the purchase of a two-year service agreement that’ll cost you $60 a month. The offer is valid until January 31, and in order to receive the $99 pricing, you have to mail in a $350 Dell rebate. The two-year…
The worst part about ironing is when you’re trying to smooth out a particularly tough wrinkle, but you can’t see that you’re actually ironing a crease into your shirt. The B-Iron attempts to remedy that. By using a tempered glass body and electro-thermal wires that conduct heat through the glass, the B-Iron 725 lets you…
We’ve been fiddling around with the Windows 7 Beta for a few days, but just now finally run into that old friend of Windows users: the blue screen of death. It looks the same. It’s good to see that Microsoft hasn’t bothered to change the old Windows blue screen; and by good, we mean bad.…
