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The guys at Maximum PC have put together a hack using Skype that will allow you to make all of the phones in your office ring simultaneously—and the best part is that you will be able to keep your job when all is said and done. All you need to do in order to pull…
What a pain in the ass it is to have to plug in headphones to your cellphone in order to catch Kasey Kasem and his sappy dedications on FM radio. No more! This FM Aerial (antenna), which you can easily find on eBay, lets you bypass using a set of headphones as an antenna and…
In need of a measuring cup? How about one that ticks off the amount of red wine needed to put you over the limit, or enough plutonium to make a bomb? Useful, ne? [Harry White Design via About Colon Blank via BoingBoing]
Wired’s April cover has Apple on it, and longtime readers and Macheads will notice the similarities between this and the June 1997 issue’s art. But while the earlier cover read “Pray” this one reads “Evil/Genius”, an homage to the decisions The Steve has made in the face of conventional business school wisdom, and the personality…
This bookake looks as disgusting as the real Amazon Kindle. Not because it’s a bad cake. I’m sure it tastes great and the details are accurate. The problem is that, unfortunately, the chef didn’t have a lot to start with. Brian says that all this baking is good for Kindle. It’s all about what he…
Why this TV pocket pillow decided to use the remote of a crappy Comcast/Motorola DVR box as their illustration of a remote is beyond me, but the idea is actually quite useful. It’s a pillow with a pocket designed for you to shove your remote into when you’re not using it. There are quite a…
People who want big screen space without having to buy a wide desk to support it can take a look at this BenQ V2400W, which is the world’s slimmest 24-inch widescreen monitor. It’s apparently more than 21% slimmer than the next slimmest monitor at 2.44 inches, and has a 4000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio and 1080p…
There’s no official confirmation from Microsoft, but many sources seem to claim that Windows Vista’s Service Pack 1 will be officially available starting tomorrow, March 18. One of these sources is Amazon, which lists the SP1 as being released on March 18. Another is TechARP, which got the RTM date on SP1 correct a few…
Verizon’s getting its own version of the AT&T Vu, a touchscreen LG Prada phone without the Prada branding. Phone Arena says the specs on this look something like a 3.2-megapixel camera with a Schneider Kreuznach lens, microUSB port, microSDHC slot, touchscreen, and a full QWERTY keyboard. It’s also supposed to be headed for release at…
Apple’s Time Capsule works fine as a wireless base station/router, since it is just an Airport Extreme with a hard drive thrown in, but what if you could make it even better? You know, with a MIMO TriBand antenna in order to reach every bathroom of your house. QuickerTek’s TriBand antenna is just that, which…
Sling’s set to release an updated Slingplayer this spring for Windows Mobile on both the touchscreen and non-touchscreen versions, with the new features being more optimized supports for newer handsets. They’re also working on an optimized Nokia N95 8GB client, and going to expand their stand-alone Symbian clients to include UIQ support as well. What…
This Eject Powerstrip is an even more refined version of this raise me up powerstrip, adding a larger, foot-usable eject base and wider plugs for wider AC adapters. What’s the point? One, so you can unplug stuff with your foot without having to bend down under your desk, and two, allowing you to unplug certain…
Today, after years of secrecy, autopsies, and extraterrestrial bodily fluids and Tijuana tequila cocktails, humanity jumps once again into the deepest pits of indecent horror, pits which we thought we wouldn’t revisit again after the talking clown urinal, the sickening Jesuswitch and the twisted Spongebob Squarepants singing rectal thermometer. NSFW illustration ahead. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-singing-clown-urinal-makes-us-go-hahahaarrghhstop-363999 https://gizmodo.com/spongebob-squarepants-thermometer-wants-to-sing-in-the-360079 It’s…
It’s rare that Apple’s patents actually show the exact form factors of devices they have in development, but this “dual sided trackpad” patent for a phone seems to definitely show that they’ve got some flipphone version coming up. The patent itself outlines a phone that has two multitouch sensors, both on the “bottom” part of…
Though Vista’s had its share of bugs, flaws, and faults, a patch coming soon should bring some good results. But at the end of the day, when all’s said and done, We’ll still be wiping our asses with Service Pack 1. [Impress] https://gizmodo.com/windows-vista-sp1-and-windows-server-2008-released-to-m-352195
Worried about getting jumped by weirdoes? The 3.25″ Runt might be the best stun gun for the money. At least, it sounds pretty cheap: $40 will get you 350,000 volts of juice from this plug-in-the-wall pager lookalike; $10 more gets you 650,000 volts, and $20 gets you a 950,000- volt model. (For a vague idea…
Here’s a roundup of the weekend’s best stories, all for your eyes only: • We pitted the Nikon D40x against the D60. We couldn’t really tell the difference. • SwarovsWiis took the bling-bling biscuit. • We glimpsed an interesting QWERTY patent by HTC. • The UFO house landed. • We found out Houdini was the…
Unless you have been bitten by a genetically modified radioactive spider lately, the Net-2000 will satisfy your most inner arachnid superhero desires, except the making out with Kirsten Dunst bit. However, I bet that if you have enough real Mary Jane and buy yourself red and blue pajamas, shooting this 15- square-foot net rod will…
Update: If you were amazed by this, don’t miss the hilarious spoof. It’s even better. Boston Dynamics keeps working on their BigDog quadruped robot, which will probably grow to be the future AT-AT of the Pentagon. Its evolution since the last time we saw it is nothing sort of mindblowing, and a bit spooky. https://gizmodo.com/video-of-bigdog-beta-quadruped-robot-is-so-stupid-its-h-372272…
Ben Heck, maker of the most incredible video game hardware mods on the planet, has made another version of his one-handed controller for the Xbox 360. Looking a lot easier to hold, it requires the use of your leg to control the right analog stick (and idea that sounds weirder than it probably actually feels).…
