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We’re not sure how many hours it took to assemble this collage of Steve Jobs made solely out of Apple products, but we’re pretty sure the process was done on a Mac. Even though Apple hasn’t really had a diverse lineup of “stuff” to use, it’s enough to make this picture look 95% like Jobs.…
Geoffrey Frost was Motorola’s Chief Marketing Officer, and the RAZR was his baby. Last month, we got a letter from his former personal adviser, Numair Faraz, written to current Motorola CEO Greg Brown about how a cabal of inept, out-of-touch executives more worried about their golf score than the company drove once mighty Moto into…
There’s no question that we’re big fans of Rock Band here, which is why we’d totally get in on this $147.99 deal if we already didn’t all own a copy. That’s a good $22 off the normal price, which means you’re getting $22 worth of extra enjoyment out of it. Do it! Do it now!…
One of our readers just let us know that his Dash Express GPS device just shipped, one day ahead of the previous March 27 date. Don’t know why this Dash GPS could be the coolest GPS device ever? Check here. Update: Dash PR just confirmed that they are shipping to pre-order customers. [Thanks Tipster!] https://gizmodo.com/dash-express-gps-preorders-shipping-march-27th-359322
If the $100ish V-Moda iPhone headphones are slightly out of your price range, RadTech’s got a cheaper alternative for your iPhone listening and talking needs. It’s essentially the same as the V-Modas or the default iPhone headphones: a pair of earbuds with a microphone on board so you can take a call. For $24.95, we…
Boy Genius has a few more details to add to the tons we already know about Windows Mobile 6.1. There’s going to be AT&T Video Share support, an “albums” feature, Windows Live integration (uploading, blogging perhaps, which was already supported before with a Windows Live web client), an updated camera UI and TV out. We’ve…
We were wrong when we thought that our crazy technologically-obsessed culture now was responsible for the doggy treadmill idea. It originated in the the 1930s. Modern Mechanix dug up one of their old articles from the last century and found this thing, first debuted at the LA Dog Show, which supposedly lets dogs run for…
TGDaily is reporting that selected Best Buys—like one in Dublin, Calfornia—are so eager to clear out their HD DVD stock they’re a step away from building a huge bonfire: All HD DVDs are just $9.99, with TV series on HD DVD walking away at a steep 70 percent discount. But your YMMV. Some stores have…
OK, not to punch the weakling when he’s down on all fours, but this is quite a tale of WTF: First, at CES, Moto unveils a plan for the DH01 Mobile TV with MicroSD card reader and DVB-H for terrestrial reception (where available). Then, it upgrades to the DH01n, adding GPS and a Tele Atlas…
Click to viewThe Asus Eee PC 900 is out of the cat’s FCC’s bag. No WiMax, GPS or touchscreen, and the specs are otherwise what we’ve heard. But here’s the biggie: The manual reveals it’s got a MacBook Air/Pro style multi-touch trackpad, with two-finger pinch zooming, and two finger scrolling. Check it out, along with…
Vuze/Azureus actually operates a legit video delivery business using torrent, so they’ve been among the most vocal opponents of ISPs throttling torrents. To help build their case and create a detailed log of every ISP that scrambles torrents, along with their particular poison—short-circuiting uploads or general bandwidth caps, for instance—they’ve released a plug-in for their…
The Wii Fit isn’t actually even available yet officially in the US, but manufacturers like Subsonic have already developed a line of “accessories” to help you get the most out of your Nintendo Wii “exercise” kit. There’s a silicon mat to lay on top of your WF so you don’t slip on all that sweat…
If your popcorn got cold waiting for No Country for Old Men from Netflix thanks to that 11-hour flame-out on Monday, they’re going to give you a nice little five percent credit to make up for it. [Hacking Netflix]
Boris Urmatov, a Russian shepherd, is claiming $42,000 (that’s one million roubles) from Roskosmos for dropping a 10-foot-long chunk of rocket in his yard. Apparently it just missed his outdoor toilet— we’re hoping he wasn’t in there at the time. The poor chap’s village in the Altai region lies beneath the flight path of rockets…
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner—and former Russ Meyer script writer—Rem Koolhaas created 10 years ago one of the most amazing houses on the planet: the Maison à Bordeaux. This house is a wonder of engineering with moving walls, lifting bedrooms, platforms and automated windows designed to allow complete free movements to its owner, a man who has…
Sony’s bloatware-nuking “Fresh Start” option gets a little bit better every day. Originally, it cost $50 and was only available on their businessy TZ2000. Then it got free. Now Sony says it’ll be available for every computer Vaio TZ by the end of the summer. Hey, maybe next they’ll make it the default. Oh yeah,…
Screw HotSpot @ Home—now there’s HotSpot @ Wherever The Hell You Are. It seems like an obvious idea: turn your 3G Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone into a Wi-Fi router for you and maybe other people simultaneously, instead of using it as a more complicated one-to-one tethered modem requiring wires or Bluetooth. Taproot Systems‘ WalkingHotSpot software for Windows…
NTT DoCoMo has just announced that they’ve successfully field tested a Super 3G wireless network that reached downlink speeds of 250Mbps (the technology’s theoretical maximums are a 300Mbps downlink and a 75Mbps uplink, so 250 down ain’t too bad). Unfortunately, given that DoCoMo doesn’t plan on having the technology finalized until 2009, the world won’t…
The FootLume carpet design is basically a high-tech rug jammed with electroluminescent lights and weight sensors. As you stroll across your bedroom in the dark on your way to, you know, get a drink of water, the rechargeable rug lights up to guide you on your way. No bright light to wake your sleeping partner,…
A two-seater spaceship smaller than a private jet that will take people up for a 25-minute space flight, is being launched in Mojave today. According to the Lynx Mark 1’s makers, Xcor Aerospace, the spacecraft is expected to be at the test-flight stage by 2010. The two-seater craft has room for one passenger besides the…