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Buddy Beacon, the friend-finding service so beloved by Helio users, is to widen its circle of friends, as of today. As well as being available on multiple carriers (which means that you and your mates don’t need to share the same mobile provider) version 2.0 includes applications for Facebook and iPhone, which will allow users…
While controlling a deadly robot sounds enticing to anyone, the military wants to make sure that they are achieving maximum kill. And adding a HARV (Head-Aimed Remote Viewer) to these robots is massively effective. Essentially a robot version of your own neck and head sitting on a robot, the system provides a “look around” first…
LG has produced two 3G handsets, the KM560 and the KP330, that support all three WCDMA bands and GSM bands, too. The cellphones are compatible in 220 countries, meaning that global roaming just got that bit easier. Both the KM560 and KP330 will be available in the second half of 2008 in selected countries, before…
Click to viewEver since our Apple TV 1.0 review decided that Apple’s thrust into the living room wasn’t pantsworthy, we’ve been waiting for them to step up and make a revision that was. Apple TV 2.0 is their answer. (Let’s stop calling it Take 2, please!) It’s everything Apple TV should have been when it…
We’ve already seen a video of BenQ’s imaginatively named “mobile internet device” (you can call it MID) in action, but more details have been emerging about the touchscreen device, with its customized UI, in Barcelona this week—including the intriguing news that you can shake it, rather like an Etch-A-Sketch, to minimize open windows. More deets,…
So, you like surfing, but your apartment and car are not big enough for a full-sized board. What’s the solution, I hear you ask. Sure, you could take up a new sport, or you could get yourself a Collapsible Surfboard. Designed by Nicholas Notara, who wanted to achieve portability without compromising functionality, the frame is…
As well as showing high-tech cellphones at MWC 2008, Nokia also demoed their green tech concept, the “Remade.” The clamshell phone has an outer shell made from recycled aluminum cans, a chassis made of plastic from drink bottles and rubber parts made from old car tires. Even its screen and circuit board use techniques like…
Every now and again a product comes along that makes us question how we ever managed without it. Well, the Wiimote Nerf Blaster has us asking ourselves the same question. Details are light at the moment, but the most amazing technology combination since the touchscreen/phone will include a fully functioning Nerf blaster, as well as…
Designed to clamp onto your garden umbrella pole, the E-light is an LED lamp and MP3-speaker combo for outdoor music and moody light action. It’s got a standard headhone jack to connect up your audio player, and its AA batteries will run both the six LEDs and stereo speakers for around six hours. Sounds like…
Even though T-Mobile has been onboard with the Open Handset Alliance since the start, they’re just now confirming they’re launching an Android phone—by the end of this year. Thankfully, T-Mo’s 3G network is getting flipped on this summer, plenty of time before Android drops—granted, only in four major metro areas. But hey, it’s a start.…
Those of you who aren’t quite sure whether the free software upgrade is worth your while (it is) or if it’s time for you to invest in an Apple TV (stick around for the review) should take a look at Apple’s Guided Tour of the new UI. It’s not as thorough a video as a…
Cineversum has unveiled a trio of awesome looking HD projectors that feature full 1,920 x 1,080 HD resolution, 900 ANSI lumens brightness, a 30,000:1 contrast ratio, and two HDMI 1.3 inputs (and that is only the base model). An upgrade to the BlackWing Three Pro will score you a new Master Three video processor, 4…
It took longer than expected, but it appears that RIM has finally figured out what went wrong with yesterday’s three hour BlackBerry outage. The company is blaming an upgrade failure that was intended to increase capacity. Naturally, RIM was quick to apologize and noted that no email messages were lost during the outage. The question…
Has it really been that long since we’ve had a Weird Combo of the Day? Well, it’s back, and we’ve got an especially weird Weird Combo of the Day for you today. Do you remember Monica, the woman that’s in all the press photos and web videos for Microsoft’s Surface table? Turns out she’s a…
I may be a little biased because I enjoy painting, but this TV easel concept from designer Axel Bjurström is a hell of a lot nicer than one of the kits you can pick up from your local Target. The best part is that the design mimics the traditional painter’s easel in both form and…
A tipster just filled us in on this Sprint PHS300 Personal Hotspot USB device, made by Cradlepoint, that’s essentialy going to be an EV-DO to Wi-Fi hotspot in your pocket. According to our tipster, it’ll be available on March 1. Just plug in your Sprint EV-DO card to the USB port (the ones that work…
Basically, ijailbreak 0.5.1 is a Mac version of the ZiPhone utility posted earlier today. As with the Windows version, it is untested so use at your own risk. Hit the link to download. [ijailbreak] https://gizmodo.com/unlock-iphone-1-1-3-with-ziphone-for-windows-355343
Rumors about the impending doom of the 80GB PS3 have been going on for a while now, and it appears that Gamestop will not be recieving any more 80GB shipments from here on out. This news comes only weeks after rumors that Best Buy will also be dumping the higher-end model. The bottom line: if…
The new “air-line” concept from student designer Daniel Fitzgerald and Dyson offers an eco-friendly and space-saving solution to drying your clothes thanks to a design that functions using the movement of air along with solar heat. In other words, it is a solar-powered clothesline. The one big technological development comes in the form of intelligent…
Joel at BBG writes in five precise words what it means that the Senate has just granted retroactive immunity to telcos (AT&T, Verizon and others) for participating in the government’s warrantless wiretapping program that spied on American citizens: “We Lost. The Telcos Won.” https://gizmodo.com/senate-set-to-give-retroactive-immunity-to-at-t-and-oth-334874 Worse, they even knocked down two proposed amendments that would have…
