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Dulux’s new PaintPod system is a labor-saver for decorators, pumping paint directly to its roller at the right rate to avoid splodges. In one swoop it eliminates those drips-on-floor and fussing with cans that painting usually involves (at least, in our house). Best of all: fill it with water when you’re done, and it cleans…
Microsoft said back in January HD DVD is only “over when Toshiba says they’re not doing HD DVD.” Well, Toshiba hasn’t even officially officially killed HD DVD yet and the Xbox team is already dropping an official statement on the sitch. The fact that they’re even addressing it doesn’t look good then, right? Well, just…
So you bailed on Giz over the weekend. We heard you had a date, which is excusable because you got to hang out with a girl. • HD-DVD died. • Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 was discovered to be running Windows Mobile 6.1. • We finally saw what grandma sees when she looks at the remote.…
Non-lethal yet still horribly unpleasant weapons are all the rage these days, from puke rays to pink tasers. What’s the next step? How about a beam that inserts voices into your head? Yes, you could be minding your own business looting a Best Buy during a riot and all of the sudden there’s a voice…
The Samsung Ace is coming to Sprint. It’s worth noting because it’s a cellphone that uses CDMA cellular tech, like all Sprint phones. But it also has an unlocked slot for a GSM SIM card in case you’re wandering around a foreign country and want to buy a prepaid card (or just use Sprint’s GSM…
If you have a burning desire to surf the internets on your TV with Apple TV and its crappy little remote, Safari HD has you covered. It’s actually a native Apple TV browser coded with the WebKit rendering engine, and it supports Flash plus anything else Safari can handle. After downloading the installer, you’ve gotta…
I wouldn’t—well, I would just once, like to see what it’s like to dive with The Hives singing along while I fin down to a reef —because I like to live out my Darth Vader fantasies, but this MP3 player could just persuade me otherwise. What is remarkable about this iRiver iFP-380T, with its waterproof…
Your desk is littered with Cheetos crumbs, fingernail clippings, short ‘n’ curlies and any number of other undesirable pieces of personal detritus. You could take the time to clean up your work space every now and then, but why bother? The new Vacuum Mouse from Thanko will allow you to keep things relatively clean with…
We just saw the EyeClops lineup for 2008, and it seems your days of magnifying everything in sight just got more fun (not to mention, much grosser). The next-gen EyeClops looks like last year’s model but comes with three different zoom lenses, so you can see what your zits look like in 100x, 200x, or…
Stuffed animals are creepy enough as is — there are few better ways to make people uncomfortable in your home than having a dead animal propped up next to the sofa — but this just takes it to the next level. The “Fixed – Fawn” by New Zealand artist Lisa Black crams gears and mechanics…
While we’re all about powered exoskeletons to accelerate soldiers’ badassery, Japan builds them for stuff like carpentry. Apparently the suckiest aspect of the job is fitting in ceiling boards, which requires a lot of raw power in an unnatural body position, since it’s all done over-the-head. Nagoya University’s robot suit basically makes their arms like…
The one feature point-and-shoots still have over DSLRs is the ability to shoot video clips. DSLRs are optimized in the other direction—the mirror setup, specialized auto-focus systems, etc. Hiroshi Terada’s patent for a movie mode on DSLRs has one big innovation—a semi-transparent mirror—and then pulls a PS2-on-PS3 emulation trick, cramming in the components necessary to…
Brit PC maker Elonex is developing the Elonex, a PC meant to run in the same range as the OLPC. It’ll have Wi-Fi, a flash HDD, a Linux OS, a rugged case, wireless music server and weigh less than 2.2 pounds. The price? About £99. Of course, they’re doing it for the kids and not…
We know that iRiver has been working on its all-singing, all-dancing multimedia player-dock-thingie the Unit2 for over a year. The Apple-esque interface, its voice over IP internet telephone (yes, a telephone) and the removable 16:9 touchscreen make it look quite amazing. And expensive. We don’t know the price yet, though. Seeing the unit and the…
I was honestly shocked to see this at Toy Fair. I mean, it’s about toys. Yet they have this model prancing around in a skin-tight outfit that leaves little to the imagination. You so deserved that. One nice thing I can say about Toy Fair is that there’s no booth babe exploitation, unless you count…
Here’s a video of a new band that uses iPhones and a Nintendo DS to play their music. Unluckily, they call themselves iBand. Luckily, they are not as bad as the name. And in any case, they show the great possibilities for having fun creating music with these devices. Giz fan Seb, one of the…
With the HD DVD ship sinking faster than the Titanic, the rats are quickly abandoning the ship: according to rumors, Microsoft may be releasing a Blu-ray-based Xbox 360 soon. We don’t know if the rumor is real, although it seems reasonable to expect it. The only real question is when. Their Microsoft insiders are saying…
The D3, that enormous full-frame camera from Nikon, has had its first in-depth review. PhotographyBLOG’s Gavin Stoker gave the $5,000 machine five out of five for features and image quality, while design, ease-of-use and VFM got 4.5 out of 5. Choice quotes after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-d3-and-d300-impressions-beefy-and-beautiful-292552 I haven’t been so impressed with a set of…
Hasbro’s FX whip, part of the flotilla of Indiana Jones merchandise that is sailing into port this year, should be hung on the wall of every office in the land. This is what makes corporal punishment in the workplace such a pleasure. The $19.99 toy plays the theme tune —this is, sadly, the one crappy…
It may look like a stealth bomber, but Kenwood’s new AS-IP300 iPod dock just connects to your iPod and fires your music out at 2W per channel. It’s also got a 3D sound option, remote control, and can take mains power or AA batteries for portability for about eight hours of playback. Measuring 15 x…