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Satellite radio is dead. The world’s first internet car radio, from Blaupunkt and miRoamer delivers thousands of internet stations integrated with a standard AM/FM/CD dash console worthy of KITT. All of your preferences, providers and searches are customized on miRoamer’s site, and you can instantly flip back and forth between internet or terrestrial radio stations…
Here’s another severe warping of the spacetime continuum caused by the financiapocalypse: Notebook makers want Intel to delay its crazyfast Nehalem-based mobile CPUs and chipsets. In other words, they want notebooks to be slower, longer. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-intels-core-i7-processor-is-a-beautif-5099060 The Calpella platform is scheduled for launch in July or August, just like Montevina (aka Centrino 2) did earlier…
If you are an early adopter like myself, you have probably left a trail of iPods in your wake. This little DIY project is a great way to repurpose those obsolete players as desktop speakers. All-in-all, the conversion cost around $100, with most of the cost tied up in shipping. In the end, a little…
Why would you need a USB-powered soldering iron? To be honest, you could ask the same question about a lot of USB devices these days. https://gizmodo.com/visiting-thankos-tokyo-mecca-of-usb-weirdness-5065959 Still, if you were so inclined you could build one yourself with a simple battery-powered soldering iron, a USB cable and the instructions provided by GetLoFi. On the other…
This candidate for UPS-guy-of-the-year doesn’t even wait for his van to come to a complete stop before someone’s brand new something gets hail-mary’d into the garage. Thankfully, a security cam captured it all. Click to view Well done, sir. [LiveLeak via Neatorama]
New Year’s is over, Steve’s unhealthy but OK, and MacWorld 2009 is almost here! While you wait, go and take a gander at everything you missed here at Gizmodo this weekend: https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-steve-jobs-prioritizes-health-above-macworld-5123345 Saturday Brilliance: • Sony’s tiny tot of a VAIO netbook looks to be shiny, bright and expensive. Sounds like Sony to us! •…
Roku’s Netflix box is currently a one-trick pony, but it’s getting Amazon’s Video on Demand later this year, meaning you can soon buy or rent and instantly stream movies and TV shows from Amazon’s service. https://gizmodo.com/first-netflix-streaming-box-review-100-and-unlimited-389698 Amazon’s Video on Demand library has about 40,000 titles and releases movies on the same day they hit DVD,…
If you upgraded to HDTV over the holidays, you should consider dumping cable for totally free broadcast HD. AntennaWeb will show you which antennas pick up the most channels at your address. The site’s totally free, and all you have to do is punch in your address and whether or not you’ve got tall buildings…
Getting a gadget tattoo doesn’t always mean you’re sad, lonely person desperately seeking something, anything to cling to, like the Zune Guy. Natalie “Kommodore” Thompson just loves open source—which is a real cause!—and got an Android tattoo to show her commitment. And, well, look at her. Even if she does decide open source is the…
Canon’s new HD camcorder lineup includes five new models, serving up a variety of processing, lens and storage improvements to the well-reviewed Vixia line of HD cams. The new HV40 (successor to the well-reviewed HV20 and HV30) can now shoot 24 progressive frames per second (like the HV20 and HV30 before it, thanks guys, stupid…
Is Vudu feeling okay? There seems like little other reason to explain why they’ve slashed the price of their box to $99 straight up, no extra $50 for movie credits or catches. [Vudu via Electronic House] https://gizmodo.com/vudu-200-off-5116627
The CES countdown is nearing its end, and JVC has let loose details on its Japanese site of a prototype LCD TV that will be more waifish than even the most figure-conscious booth babe. JVC is claiming the world’s lightest 32-inch LCD TV here, and by the looks of this somewhat sparse press release, they’re…
We’d already heard Sony is planning deep layoffs—16,000 workers gone—but now the Times of London says that it’s gearing up for a bunch of “sacred cow-slaying” measures, including the closure “of several major divisions.” The Times doesn’t get super specific about what they mean by major divisions—Walkman? PlayStation? That kind of sacred but highly unprofitable…
As he did for Helvetica’s namesake typeface, Gary Hustwit gathered the world’s top designers for his forthcoming documentary Objectified, telling the story of the magic behind the objects we use every day. We’re lucky enough to be the first folks anywhere to bring you the trailer for Objectified, and I’m excited. Helvetica, is one of…
Answering recent coverage about his health, Steve Jobs has published this letter. Looks like our source was partly right: Jobs’ condition was the a reason for his Macworld no-show. But he will get healthier. Updated https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-health-declining-rapidly-reason-for-macworl-5120687 Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my…
CrunchGear says they’ve got the dirt on what Palm is launching at CES, which, let’s face it, better be awesome if they wanna stick around. According to their source, that may just be the case. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-palm-planning-new-hardware-os-debut-for-ces-5109628 They say that the Nova OS is “amazing” and will have an app store at launch. And it’ll have…
Iomega’s Home Media Network Hard Drive comes in 500GB and 1TB packages for $160/$230 repsectively—a good look, especially when considering the drive’s AFP/SMB support, UPnP/iTunes servers and Gigabit Ethernet. If you recall our guide to choosing a network-attached disk (something no Gizmodo household should be without), you’ll remember that low-end drives often skimp on features…
Kodak’s recent digital offerings have been decidedly entry-level products. The new Zx1 camcorder and Z980 Megazoom point-and-shoot keep to Kodak’s short tradition of low prices, but look like they might be solid performers too. The Z980 is a low-to-midrange bridge camera, primarily marketed (like its predecessors) for its formidable 24x zoom. The 12MP sensor is…
To borrow a sentiment from Hershey, there’s no wrong way to watch some Netflix. With a veritable slew of other viewing options, built-in capability for TVs was inevitable. So here it comes, courtesy of LG. LG hasn’t broached the subject of specs or prices yet (mostly), but the new Broadband HDTVs will support instant-start streaming…
Roxio Toast 10 Titanium is the latest refresh to the do-it-all, disc burning and file converting app. Now it streams media to your iPhone over 3G, and sends video files to your Tivo. Most, if not all, of the same features found in Toast 9 are still available in Toast 10. This includes burning of…