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You know what sucks? The line at sports venues when you’re waiting for disgruntled employees behind a bar to pour out overpriced Bud Lights for thirty or so already drunken meatheads in front of you. While there’s not much you can do to make the meatheads disappear, the Scotsman Trufill Beverage Dispenser can at least…
For all you Apple TV users out there, Apple’s now released firmware version 2.3. The patch, downloadable through the media hub’s built in updater, now lets users stream music from AirTunes to any speakers connected to an Airport Express or other Apple TVs in the house. You’ll also get the ability to use third-party remotes,…
Looking for a stress ball that’s sure to anger the hordes of PETA? Here’s one shaped like a chicken that crows in pain when you squeeze, hit or shake it. Let the chicken have it whenever work’s got you down and it’ll be sure to make you feel all plucky again. This fun little toy…
Microsoft’s $15 Zune Pass subscription service—a pretty sweet deal already—has just porked up their offer by giving you 10 free songs that you can keep every month. We’ve talked about Zune Pass in our Zune reviews before, but it’s basically access to all of the Zune Marketplace for only the price of a CD a…
At last you can avoid the hassle of taking your Lasonic Ghetto Blaster every single time you go to the park: Now the park will have boom boxes the size of a park bench, with more than 500 watts of high quality ghetto thump. You only need a cellphone with Bluetooth audio support, and the…
Hey Brian, Did you hear that PC Magazine is ending its magazine edition and focusing solely on the online space? Sad to hear. I was one of those kids that grew up having a subscription to PC Mag in the house, every month reading what crazy uncle Dvorak (plus those other dudes) had to say…
Don’t you hate it when you spend a while on the computer in a frigid room and your fingers start to get ice cold? You can’t take the time to warm your hands back up because your boss is breathing down your neck, but it’s getting harder and harder to type by the minute because…
Let Me Google That For You is a tutorial search engine for those whose assistance is constantly needed by the technologically impaired or those clueless friends you have who are just too lazy to search for answers themselves. Follow the jump to find out how it works.Upon reaching the Let Me Google That For You…
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We first wrote about Meraki and their solar-powered Wi-Fi repeater back in mid ’07, but they’re finally getting ready to ship these next month. According to Cleantechnica, it’s going to be $749 if you have your own solar panel, which then balloons up to $1499 for “larger units”. The main idea that Meraki is going…
The Houdini and Houdini Pro are two emergency car tools that improve your chances of not dying when faced with a crashed or sinking car. It’s much like the seatbelt cutters and window shatterers that have been on the market for a while, but also comes with a safety whistle and LED light. The Pro…
Steampunk may be tired, but this mechanical elephant has left us speechless with its design and detail. It’s just stunning, from tail to trunk. Built over the course of three and a half months by photographer/designer/cool-guy-at-large Andrew Chase, the 85-pound elephant automaton is made out of “transmission parts, electrical conduits, plumbing pipes and 20-gauge cold…
In recent years, that vast majority of thumbdrive “innovations” have been…well…non-technical. However, Kanguru has actually done something useful by integrating an eSATA plug with a standard USB 2.0 drive. For folks with eSATA capability, that means performance speeds that are several times faster than USB. The drive even comes packaged with an eSATA + Power…
These Gadget Deals of the Day round-ups remind me more and more of Tom Waits’ genius Step Right Up*. Everyone’s a winner, bargains galore! $500 off! $500 off this 1080p fancy 42-inch Philips LCD TV. You need videogames? We got Xbox 360 videogames for $10! And Olympus waterproof cameras at almost half the price! Shipping…
While you are busy letting us know your Black Friday plans for this year over in our Question of the Day, do feel free to cheat off the paper of the 1,000 or so folks Consumer Reports called up and grilled on their own personal plans for post-holiday mayhem. How will Giz readers stack up?…
Generally, when you think of a hot laser being pointed at your body, you’d expect it to create a hole rather than seal one up. And most of the time, you’d be right. But Abraham Katzir, a physicist at Tel Aviv University, has just begun human trials of healing lasers that promise less scarring, faster…
To combat the economic crisis, many tech-retailers will have added incentive this year to offer deep discounts on their Black Friday merchandise. And, since most of us will probably be sticking to a strict budget, we have added incentive to fight the long lines to try and score a deal. Still, the thought of getting…
For office drones at big companies such as AT&T, United Health Group and Cigna, booting up their computers at the start of the day and waiting for them to shut down takes some decent time. Like 20 minutes at the start and end of the day. And they sure don’t like the fact that their…
Roofus is a robot that can do the job of 25 men cleaning up snow. Which is great, because who wants to have a job in this economy? I mean, do you have caterpillar tracks, two electric motors, one petrol engine, capability to carry 550 pounds of snow on your back, remote control link, and…
We’ve covered a few before, but since you guys keep uncovering examples of companies supplying you with gizmos in ridiculously voluminous packaging, we’re building a new Hall of Shame to give these things a home, and embarrass the perpetrators.Oh, and in the spirit of Amazon’s “frustration-free wrapping promise,” and the vicious gash I got in…
