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Some companies, like Dell, are encouraging employees to take a day or two off—unpaid, natch—to help the company save money. Then there’s Sprint. Oh, Sprint. Bleeding cash and customers way before the new great depression took root, its most recent quarter was spectacularly disastrous, so we’re not surprised to hear that they asking employees to…
The age old question of “what a microphone would sound like if it were fellated by a woman” has now been answered by this lovely lady (Wojciech Kosma?), as she performs at an art opening. She’s been taking her act all around the world, as evidenced by her previous videos doing exactly the same thing,…
This isn’t the first cellphone concept to incorporate glass, but I’ll be dammed if it isn’t one of the prettiest. There aren’t any details on functionality, but it is clear that designer Mac Funamizu’s “Glassy Glassy” concept takes minimalist design about as far as it can go without ditching the physical phone altogether and implanting…
Hey Jason, I was in LA for a bit yesterday, helping Jalopnik cover the LA autoshow with my long lens. (It was a boring show with nothing too interesting other than the Electric Mini and Honda Concept.) But it was coincidentally the same day JJ Abrams was showing off some scenes from the new Trek…
Sharp has unveiled a stunning 26-foot-tall Christmas tree made of 43 Aquos LCD televisions, which sizes ranging from 19 to 52 inches. The gigantic TV tree is located in New York’s Grand Central Station, where people can not only admire its coordinated decoration animations, created by Japanese video artist Tsuyoshi Takashiro, but also register to…
If you’re a longtime Giz reader, you may remember that on last New Years Eve, Rhys Millen was supposed to perform a backflip in a truck on live TV. One problem: he broke a bunch of his vertebrae during a practice run and had to cancel. Well, he’s gonna give it another go this year,…
Unlike other models we’ve seen, this roll-up mouse pad doesn’t just have some random, empty cylinder hanging off the side, spiting you like an empty tallboy through the workday. Instead, it uses this otherwise empty space to store a 4-port USB hub and a speaker complete with 3.5mm in and outputs. In other words, you…
Apple TV updates generally always wipe away all third-party software you may have installed, but usually, most things can just be re-installed. Not so with yesterday’s 2.3 version update however, which has closed the door used to install software like Boxee via a USB patchstick. So if you love your Boxee like we do, hold…
I haven’t attained new music very regularly in years since the days I actually respected FM content. Between the modern choice—buying tracks, subscribing to a service or stealing it—I’m just not getting enough exposure to try before I download. Last night, things changed in a way that I hope paves the way for the future…
Look, we’d like to think that if we didn’t tell you about all of these fabulous tech deals, you’d just go on your merry way and save your cash. But we both know that isn’t the case. So read on to score a $.98 version of Half-Life, a $100 external hard drive, or one of…
We usually write our own posts around these parts, but sometimes a product’s description speaks for itself: With this gauntlet strapped to your arm there is no question you are the man in charge! That’s right, suckers. $40 on my Visa says that I rule this place now. And by this place, I mean the…
Toys ‘R’ Us a is building up the hype about their upcoming Black Friday event by giving us a taste of the deals they have in store. Apparently, this year will boast 50% more Doorbusters than last year—a total of 150 from 5am to 1pm on November 28th. Toys ‘R’ Us will be unveiling 100…
A recent report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has revealed that video game console usage across America stands at approximately 16 billion kilowatt-hours per year—which is roughly the amount consumed by the entire city of San Diego. This is only a rough estimation, but there is no doubt that many of us waste…
Our friends at Kotaku managed to get their hands on the GameStop Black Friday circular and, not surprisingly, bundles are the major theme here. Some of the better deals include a .99 cent price tag for Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2 (after purchase of Rock Band game or bundle over $50), Madden PSP Entertainment…
The X Prize Foundation is looking for a new challenge for their next Energy and Environment prize, and they want Gizmodo readers to vote on it. The X Prize is an educational nonprofit prize institute dedicated to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity, like when Burt Rutan built and flew the world’s first…
I’ve long suspected that the best job ever would be to work in product stress testing-because you basically get paid to break shit all day. Nokia sent over a bunch of info detailing how their test centers operate, leaving me fully convinced this would indeed be my dream gig. Not only do they run over…
According to its designers, this is the washing machine that you’ll use in…well, sometime in the future. Called the Re-cycle Laundry Center, one pod washes, one pod dries and a third pod filters all the water to be reused for another load. Meanwhile, to eliminate the need for a pump, the user spins the rig…
Hey all, we really need your help in finding some display cases in NYC that are available for rent during the first week of December. We’d prefer to have something similar to what’s in the above image. Doesn’t matter if it’s a vertical stand or horizontal, we just need any jewelry or showcase type display…
The folks at HD Guru are reporting that Samsung will be deeply slashing prices on their 2008 line big-screen DLP HDTVs starting this Sunday. We’re talking discounts of up to $600 (maybe even more if purchased with an online discount). That puts the 67″ (HL67A750) 1080p LED-lit DLP at $1800 after the $600 price cut.…
“If you think my one-of-a-kind MacBook Mini is great, then you should really see my custom Porsche. It’s really just a wheelbarrow, but I’ve got like four or five Apple stickers on that puppy.” [Thanks OMG Ponies!]
