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The standard Apple line about what’s next in the pipeline is that they don’t comment on future products. So when an Apple spokesman Bill Evans lays out fairly directly that “our holiday line-up is set,” it doesn’t look so good for those iMac gut refreshes previously rumored to hit this month. But hey, it’s not…
Peek, the feature-sparse, email-only handheld will be adding unlimited text messaging to its service within the next few weeks. This will be done by taking advantage of the fact that most cellphones can receive text messages that have been emailed and send text messages to email addresses. Sure, it isn’t an elegant solution but it’s…
Apparently, escaping from Guantánamo Bay is not quite as easy as Harold and Kumar made it seem. As the NYT points out, the prison still harbors terrorists that the government claims are highly trained and resourceful—including at least one detainee that was taught how make detonators out of old SEGA cartridges. In all likelihood, the…
Winter is almost upon us, and chilly feet can be a chronic issue. Thankfully humanity no longer has to suffer this unpleasantness with the introduction of CozyFeet microwavable boots. The modern-day equivalent of warming ones feet by the fire, these boots “contain a special blend of natural wheat grain and dried French lavender that, once…
From a technical standpoint, the Dennou AR Figures virtual 3D girlfriends, first announced a few months back, aren’t much more impressive than PlayStation 3’s Eye of Judgment. You install webcam software to that when your camera detects the special bundled cube onscreen, it fills a 3D companion into your environment. But when that 3D companion…
As we pointed out in our Windows 7 walkthrough, one of the biggest improvements to the UI is the taskbar. It is hard to explain new features like “Peek” and how the functionality of the taskbar has evolved without actually showing you how it works—so this video should do a lot to clear things up.…
Discounted Sony Blu-ray players, discounted Guitar Hero’s guitars, discounted HD cameras, discounted this, discounted that, discounted Shake Shack burgers, discounted g-strings, and even two beds for the price of one, with red duvet covers. I just got that for my new NY apartment, but they are not in today’s Dealzmodo list. The Sony, the guitar,…
I spent a large amount of high school playing Dope Wars on my TI-83+. I don’t think I was the only one. News, then, that a super-shiny interpretation of the game is being developed on the iPhone, called Drug Lords fires up in me a little flame of nostalgia. If only my TI calc had…
The high definition scientists over at HD Guru make a possibly obvious but nevertheless important point. You should not buy a DVD upscaler—though not for the reason you think. It’s not because DVD upscaling doesn’t bring some benefit to watching DVDs on HDTVs; it’s because most TVs are upscaling already. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-xd-e500-upscaling-dvd-player-their-plan-to-not-5038128 Not only can HD…
Among the valuables that will be up for auction at Alexander Autographs in Stamford, CT on November 6th and 7th are two little gems that may be of some interest to Apple fans with deep pockets. The first item up for grabs is the very first sign Jobs and Wozniak used to promote Apple at…
The iPhone OS 2.2 is taking shape at a good rhythm. The user interface is being refined and development of new features keeps going on steady. While I’m sure most of us can only think “copy and paste! copy and paste! copy and paste!” and increased speed and reliability, there are a few new things…
During these uncertain financial times, buying in bulk is a good way to save some extra cash. Whether you are looking for razorblades, TP or electric sports cars—Sam’s Club has you covered. Their “Once-In-A-Lifetime Electric Super Car Package” includes Hybrid Technologies’ new electric sports car with a top speed of 150 MPH, a 5 second…
Yeah, Best Buy is known for using less-than-kosher tactics to pull in extra loot, but this is pretty despicable, even for them, since it manipulates the fact that most people have heard you need to a calibrate an HDTV for the best picture. At a demo for their $300 Geek Squad calibration service in an…
A few gamers who purchased Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 encountered a problem with their installs—EA had misprinted some of the serial numbers needed for activation. While the necessary code was 20 characters long, they’d only printed 19-character codes. No biggie. The logical solution is that EA supplies customers with new codes, which they’re…
Gizmodo is not endorsing a presidential candidate. Nearly everyone on staff agreed that it would be a bad idea, for a lot of valid reasons. Besides the fact that Gizmodo is seen by many as a means of escape from the the real world, we simply don’t cover politics. Many on our staff felt that,…
We’ve always been fans of the Dash Express, with its real-time web-delivered traffic monitoring and its constantly evolving app platform. Somewhat sad news today is that Dash Navigation will be pulling out of the consumer hardware business entirely and cutting 50 jobs (two-thirds of its work force)-enabling them to move toward licensing their innovative software…
A Taiwanese professor by the name of Chungpin Hovering Liao has created what he believes is the world’s first chlorophyll organic battery. Precisely how the battery works is a mystery, but the inventor claims that it can use any liquid (even urine) to generate a charge within 10 seconds. He also claims that the storage…
Sometimes, you just want to see an ugly girl in Bulgaria taking her clothes off for you in real time, but you aren’t near a computer. Oh, cruel fate! If only there was a way to see a tiny, low-quality video of said ugly girl stripping on your iPhone! Well, good news (I guess): now…
We’re sorry, fellow humans. As of last Halloween, our reign as supreme beings of the Earth has ended. Robots, cleverly disguised as our readers, documented the first stages of robotic upheaval. And to those with weak stomachs, we simply cannot recommend reading on.Second Runner Up, Uyen Thai We think the horror of this image speaks…
Imagine being able to install a skylight into your gloomy, windowless office—even if it is located on the 10th floor of a 20 story building. One way to achieve this would be to install faux skylights with LED backlighting—but stationary images take away from the illusion. On the other hand, SkyV skylights utilize high definition…
