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Dr. Dre and Monster just dropped the in-ear version of their Beats headphones, which cost $150 and are tangle free. Now they’re waiting for you to pick it up. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-dr-dre-and-monster-headphones-vs-a-5033864 The most notable feature in its checklist of features is the tangle free cable design, which looks to us like a sort of flat-cable. Other…
IntoMobile just found an app that can unlock any BlackBerry 8000 or 9000 series device, free of charge. What’s the catch? It’s only semi-legal. So, you’d better download these files fast before they’re taken down (they’ll most likely pop up again elsewhere though, with a day or two’s delay). The instructions are here, complete with…
In theory, anti-stress balls help you when you are a bit đ or XO, because squeezing them helps you release some inner anger and make you bit more :-D. Whatever. I hate these things. Every time I try one I want to get a knife and cut them in little pieces, which is probably what I…
After all of the misinformation and dirty lies spread about Obama over the course of the presidential campaign, this is the most shocking I’ve heard about him: He uses a Zune. This can’t be possible. Why? Because, as has been widely reported, Obama, many of his staffers and Joe Biden use a Mac. And well,…
Mac OS X, mythically immune to common computer plagues, has actually always welcomed antivirus software. Or, uh, maybe not. Confused? No worriesâhere’s how OS X and Windows differ on resisting viruses and other nasties. https://gizmodo.com/false-alarm-apple-mac-os-x-anti-virus-recommendation-i-5100996 It’s not a matter of opinion: OS X is less susceptible to catching a cold than Windows. So is Linux,…
Hey Giz friends, we’re looking for a bit of help with our fund raiser, Giz Gallery. If you’re capable and feeling like you can lend a hand, here’s what we’re looking for: awesome content to put on the 103-inch Panny Plasma, door prizes, and rare and wonderful gadgets you guys may have that we’d be…
You expect Wiis to be rarer than cancer-survivor unicorns around Christmas, not iPods. But analyst Shaw Wu says that iPod shortages are going all around, from the iTouch to the shuffle, and at multiple retailers. The first sign of retail shortage started with the iPod touch at Amazon on Black Friday, where lead times expanded…
Reader David sends in this outdoor virus alert on the busiest street in Montreal, Canada. Could this be the start of a new FAIL trend? BSoDs, yeah, those are harder to catch unless you make sure your signage app is bug-free and memory-leak free. Virus alerts, on the other hand, are another story. Seriously, virus…
Ohhh yesâbe very afraid. Remember the Palm Pistol ergonomic handgun from a few months back? Well, you will be interested to know that it has been designated as a medical gadget by the FDA. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pistol-grandma-is-going-on-a-toodle-shootin-rampa-5069173 In a statement submitted to Medgadget, the manufacturer, Constitution Arms, has revealed the following: We thought you might be interested…
Forget Emirates’ Sultan Class on the A380-the KT listening room built out of a converted 20-foot shipping container is the way I want to make my next trans-continental voyage. https://gizmodo.com/photos-emerge-of-emirates-a380-showers-tiny-but-luxur-5030839 Yeah, just drop me in the cargo hold of the next long-haul COSCO freighter out of Elizabeth, NJ. Bound for anywhere, I don’t care. So…
Sony isn’t the only company that tried to rips its gear out of Circuit City’s broke, zombie clutches. Samsung has been asking for the bankrupt company to return $74 million of merch from September.UPDATED 4:00PM https://gizmodo.com/sony-trucks-literally-turn-around-to-stop-circuit-city-5072782 In a bankruptcy court filing, Samsung said it believes “that Circuit City Stores was insolvent at the time it…
Chris Mascari and I landed in NY this morning and we’re starting to set up the gallery space. The 103 inch plasma just arrived. I am thankful it is on wheels. It plugs in, and we have power, thanks to Seth Herr who donated his time and skills towards creating a direct power line for…
Like the Platzhalter bookshelf I discussed yesterday, the REK features an ingenious design that is both visually interesting and practical for those who accumulate a lot of books. https://gizmodo.com/platzhalter-bookshelf-splits-to-store-extra-books-5100849 Instead of splitting down the middle like the Platzhalter, the REK expands and collapses like an accordion to eliminate negative space on the shelf. As you…
Just as planned, Samsung has loosed a firmware upgrade (version 2.1) for its BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray decks that now supports Netflix streaming in glorious 720p. Go grab it now. [Thanks, Ari!] https://gizmodo.com/samsung-bd-p2500-and-bd-p2550-blu-ray-players-getting-n-5099266
Bob Familiar, a Microsoft Architect Evangelist, has revealed that Windows 7 Beta 1 will be distributed to attendees at the series of MSDN Developers Conferences scheduled between December 9th and February 19th. However, those attending the first three conferences in Houston, Orlando and Atlanta will receive theirs in the mail “as soon as they become…
IBM has just released a list of five innovations it thinks we’ll see in the next five years, and they’re ridiculous. It’s the kind of crap we laugh at when we see old Life magazine from the 40’s predicting airship kitchens by the year 2000. https://gizmodo.com/the-kitchen-of-tomorrow-in-1943-5101336 Here’s the list: -Energy saving solar technology printed and…
When it’s not being used, the multi-surfaced Hampton Grill folds up into a triple-decker moisture vaporator look-a-like for your patio. Ah, the luxe Hamptoms lifeâespecially luxe if it auto-folds, as this video seems to suggest. For $4,000, it better. It’s available, apparently, in early 2009. [Hampton Grill via Born Rich]
Like a crazy hybrid between a Roomba and a Zamboni, the "Winboni" window washing machine earned four students from MSU first place in the International Student Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. With one push of a button, the Winboni autonomously goes to work on your windows using a suction fan (to…
In 1943, Life ran a story about the Kitchen of Tomorrow exhibit presented in Toledo, Ohio. In retrospect, they may have gotten it wrong. There are certainly a few clever ideas, as we see in the first shot of a cooking space promising to be 1/3 the size of modern stoves. The pots and pans…
When Nokia first showed me their Maemo Linux-powered N800 Internet Tablet, I told them it was cool but that, ideally, I wanted this exact product, smaller, and as a phone. Seems like two years later, this might finally be the way things are headed. “In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for…
