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Those looking to add a native Skype to AppleTV, you know, if your computer in the same room isn’t working well enough, the unofficial client (read: hack) is out now. If it supported video, the idea sounds pretty damn neat. But we’re not so sure that this 0.1 version does. [Brandon Holland] Thanks Phil!
Word was in that copies of SSBB were causing Nintendo Wii consoles to readout a list of system errors. Nintendo has responded saying the game disc is not faulty, in fact, the likely cause is a dirty disc lens caused by smoke and general dust build-up. The SSBB disc is the first game to ship…
Remember the days of wallpaper illusions? Good. Because digitizing your child isn’t the next Macbook feature. Steve Jobs hasn’t lost control of his chief designer. The world is doomed (yet). [Optical Illusions] https://gizmodo.com/transparent-desktop-screens-37204
The Maxablaster is a 38-million-candlepower flashlight that was made at home by (mad?) optics engineer Ralf Ottow. Replacing a commercial flashlight’s bulb with a plasma-powered mercury arc bulb, the Maxablaster creates a highly focused beam of light with a high UV content not so different from a star. So UV-filtering glass was added to block…
The 8GB Zune seems to have received a no-fuss $20 price cut. The reduction has not taken effect across the board, but we’ve managed to track the $179.99 8GB Zune to Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City and Buy.com, all without any official word. Buy.com are only currently offering the black 8GB Zune at the knocked…
More Windows Mobile 6.1 news! This time a patched and spliced together “6.1” release for the Sprint Mogul by the people on PPCGeeks and XDA-Deelopers has been released, so if you want to get in on the 6.1 action before it’s officially available, here it is. [PPCGeeks via Boy Genius] https://gizmodo.com/more-windows-mobile-6-1-details-leaked-in-screenshots-351723
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The MacBook Air’s $1300 upgrade to a slightly faster processor and SSD, has just been benchmarked by a MacRumors reader at the only place they could get their hands on it, an Apple Store. By running Xbench on the 1.8GHz SSD model and compiling the results with the same test ran on the 1.6GHz model,…
Taking into account that WoW has over 100.4 gizillion subscribers at last count, we surmise that a drink based on mana potions in the game should sell incredibly well. It’s hard to tell how this thing will taste without actually drinking and subsequently puking it up, but it’s supposed to give you 5-8 hours of…
How many of you have second phones? When I’m in Tahoe, I generally carry a Nokia N95 which has buttons I can press through gloves, a good camera and video recorder, and solid battery life. This weekend, I think I’m going to use the 4GB iPhone I’ve kept 100% legit with the most recent firmware.…
Remember Intelius, the company that was making a giant directory of unlisted cellphone numbers that you could search (and pay money for)? They’re changing the project after the huge negative response from consumers and the media. Hit the jump for their own reasons why they made the directory in the first place and why they’re…
While getting a laptop with an SSD inside is still ridiculously expensive, it won’t be that way for long. That’s because the price of flash memory is plummeting, with it dropping 75% in the last 5 months alone. In fact, 1GB chipsets are selling for as low as $2.23, with 4GB chipsets going for as…
It seems that computer users are divided up into one of several keyboard camps. The most vocal camp is the really loud and clacky IBM Model M crew who manage to find every single post about keyboards and say “JUST GET A MODEL M OMG!!!”. Then there are the laptop style scissor-key camp who enjoy…
Megapixels, ISO, live view, DSLRs and point-and-shoots, oh my! It was cold, wintry and brutal in Vegas—I actually needed a coat, plus I think I caught a cold. Relive the best (and worst) of my glories, plus a sweet video treat. DSLRs First Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi Hands On: Your XTi Is Now Junk…
Our current complaint with our printer is that it takes up too much space around the office, both in the horizontal and the vertical, that we need one individual shelf just to accommodate the thing. Enter the Hanging Printer. It’s a standard printer, yes, but hangs off the side of your desk in order to…
Click to viewCan a gadget defeat a superhero? Here’s a question our sister site io9 posed: can a lightsaber cut through Superman? We put both our nerdy gadget knowledge and our nerdy superhero knowledge to the test and came up with reasons why it could and reasons why it couldn’t. https://gizmodo.com/can-a-jedi-lightsaber-cut-through-superman-351441 Yes • If the…
Hey commenters: Despite what we may say to one another, I know deep down we are one big happy family. So after sifting through the daily dose of “Will it blend?”s, “DO (NOT) WANT”s, insane rants, conspiracy theories, and this well-crafted missive, I found something that was both funny and out of the ordinary, and…
The Portugeuse forum Pocketpt.net has a few more exclusive shots of Windows Mobile 6.1 that you haven’t already seen before. The shots focus once again on the “Standard” version, which is the non-touchscreen variety, but show off the Deepfish-like browsing that lets you zoom and scroll around on a page. There’s also the ability to…
At first glance we thought this BlingNation Blinger was a handheld ATM device that would let you purchase stuff directly from a salesperson (like in Apple stores), but on closer examination it’s actually quite weirder. It’s actually a handheld ATM in that it’s an actual ATM, which means that you can do everything that you…
Some iPod classic owners who installed the recently released 1.1 firmware are reporting that their iPods are sending electrical pulses through the headphone jack and docking port, even when the units are turned off. The pulses, estimated to be 500mv worth of DC, may be enough to damage equipment that is plugged in. Elsewhere, audiophiles…