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Heaven forbid your pristine PS3 console should ever get a scratch on its shiny surface. Fortunately, this potential disaster may be less of a concern after you adorn your hardware with some of this console armor from Messiah Entertainment. They even have versions for your controllers—making your system look like a some sort of freakish…
SNES emulator SNES9X has been successfully ported to the Wii, allowing the core of original SNES fans, rapidly approaching middle-age as they are, to relive their gaming youths. Information on the homebrew app is sketchy at the moment, but we do know that it features classic controller support and comes bundled with a whole swathe…
It may not be as fancy as first class accommodations, but Delta’s new “Cozy Suite” seats promise to make economy class seating less of a hellish, crippling nightmare. The major feature of the design is a staggered layout that increases privacy while simultaneously creating a space for weary travelers to rest their heads. It also…
This is a question that has been on my mind for years now, and with the whole Pystar fiasco making headlines recently, the subject has been on the brain once again. I have always wondered how much market share OSX would gain over Windows if Apple opened it up to non-proprietary hardware. It seems unlikely…
Astro Boy, the robot Mickey Mouse of Japan with a machine gun in his ass and laser on his fingertip, has received his first major graphic overhaul in years. And they made him fat! The formerly svelte, doe-eyed bot with 100,000 horsepower looks like a cross between a fish lips and a mini sumo wrestler.…
Cufflinks. No other clothing accessory is so arbitrary and outdated, yet still screams “I have class” better than cufflinks. Here’s a way to work your gaming habit in. It’s the sterling silver Wiimote cufflinks. The front is a Wiimote, the back is a Nunchuk. It’s $30 more than you’d actually pay for two Wiimotes and…
Bionic eyes that return sight to the blind might not be as far off as previously thought, with researchers in London carrying out the first treatment on a pair of patients in a study of a new technology. The new bionic eyes are connected to a camera on a pair of glasses, so they aren’t…
Remember Ellen Feiss, the beep beep boop boop Mac “switch” girl? The one that made a movie? Well you can see that movie for free today on TheDigitalLifestyle, while at the same time chatting with other internet pervs about how she was a hot teen. Click in at 9:30 PM EDT or 6:30 PM PDT…
Made for the Mod Shop’s Comic Book Challenge, this Batman Utility Belt PC is, well, it is what it is. There are wires interconnecting the various parts—you can see the power supply’s yellow tentacles snaking all throughout the setup—as well as green liquid cooling tubes making sure everything is cool. Cool in the way that…
There are few practices as stupid, simple and damaging to the environment as wasteful packing. Take a look at this ludicrous box that Dell used to send a 2GB thumb drive. It’s about 100 times too big, and it’s not just wasteful because of the cardboard used. I, for one, am sick of seeing crap…
Paul Thurrott of Microsoft loving fame got a confirmation email from Zune tech support that says Audible compatibility is coming soon. Hurray for people who love listening to words. Here’s what the email said: I understand that you have contacted us today in regards to whether or not the Microsoft Zune is compatible with our…
The latest laptop to feature built-in WiMax comes from Acer in the form of an updated Aspire 5920. According to InfoWorld, plans are to sell it through “Sprint Nextel and other companies” along with WiMax service in a manner similar to mobile phone service packages. Unfortunately, no information has been made available about the laptop…
Skype’s latest $9.95 international subscription plan seems fantastic if you’re calling relatives or friends in other countries really often. Just pay $9.95 a month and you’ll be able to ring up landlines in one of 34 countries (cellphones are only supported in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the US and Canada), and if you buy three…
Whoa, we didn’t see this one coming. Our tipster Kahri just took this shot of 10475, and it looks like Psystar just put up a “Psystar” vinyl sign in the window and a “Open Computing” on their door. Very interesting. https://gizmodo.com/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax-380488 There’ve been a couple developments on Psystar since last week we just updated our…
Forget hiding your liquor or handguns, books are for computers now! With the laptop book, designer Kyle Bean attempts to make a statement about how society is becoming more virtual—something about not reading books I think. I was too busy looking at the pictures to get the whole story. At any rate, it appears that…
Using an old keyboard as his palette and a mixture of markers, pens and knick-knacks lying around the house as his mediums, Flickr user Divine Harvester managed to create something that can only be described as “keyboard vomit.” The K3YB04RD, as it has been dubbed, may not be the prettiest peripheral out there, but it…
The reason plastic is awesome is that it’s super durable, so it lasts forever, which is an issue when we want it to go away and take its place in the circle life. Biodegradable plastics aren’t new, but in the past they’ve been pretty weak and expensive. Eco-geeks at the Missouri University of Science and…
This Virtual Wall concept replaces stoplights with a much larger, more expensive way to notify drivers that if they don’t stop, their wheel wells will become clogged with pedestrians. It essentially creates a big wall of lasers across the road with images of pedestrians, making the red light pretty much impossible to miss. Of course,…
First it was Spider-Pig and Homer on Mac OS X. Then Purple Tentacle from the Day of the Tentacle on Linux. Now is the turn of Windows XP: reader Lee Blackwood has sent us this rendition of Ren and Stimpy with folders. People keep sending their Desktop Clutter Art entries. Everyone except you. And we…
I’m not much of a “car guy,” but this Exhaust Air Jack seems like a pretty brilliant alternative to your normal jacks. Simply plug the hose into your exhaust pipe, stick the balloon under the frame of the car, and let the exhaust lift the car up so you can change the tire. Apparently, it’s…
