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PSP Fanboy reports that the PSP 3.90 firmware update is now available, bringing Skype support to PSP-2000 models and expanded Playstation Network support to all models. [PSP Fanboy] https://gizmodo.com/skype-in-your-psp-official-here-are-the-details-341296
Today Sony researchers in Tokyo unveiled a digital SLR component that’s actually drool-worthy: a CMOS sensor the size of 35mm film that registers 24.81 effective megapixels—close to 26 million total. It’s also built for speed with an all-pixel scan time of 6 frames per second, in 12-bit color. The question is, who will use it…
You can’t buy cellphones from KDDI unless you live in Japan. You can’t even import em and use em here. But clicking around their website and exploring their spring line up of handsets feels like a museum. From the future. I’ve explored random Japanese handsets before and still enjoy looking at them, no matter if…
Yes, the Life Alert slogan is cliche, but how can you avoid it when talking about a “smart carpet” that can assist the elderly when they fall? The carpet is the brainchild of researchers at the University of Missouri, and it has the capability to electronically monitor a senior’s location and sound an alert in…
Snow Fences are currently being tested across the western US in an attempt to make driving safer for commuters during harsh weather conditions. As the graphic illustrates, the fence helps block snow and wind from reaching the highway. The result is less drifting, improved visibility, and a better financial situation for the DOT. Apparently, installing…
Using Ergo Pet Feeders and INSTEON home control technology, creepy pet lovers can feed their precious animals and watch them eat from anywhere in the world. Now that is what I call a vacation! If you can access your PC from a remote location (with remote desktop or a similar application), you can schedule feedings…
After a messy breakup in November, Sprint Nextel is looking to get the Clearwire WiMax partnership back on track—and they are courting other major companies to sweeten the deal. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-and-clearwire-nix-wimax-partnership-320744 According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, Sprint is also talking with Intel, Google, and Best Buy to help get the WiMax project off…
If your iPhone’s displaying SMS messages out of order on firmware version 1.1.3, it’s because your phone has a different time/date setting from your cellular provider. To fix it, just switch your phone to auto-sync from the network. [Apple]
PMA starts soon, and some PR people I know didn’t even get more than 1 day off between this one and that other Vegas show in January. That’s what I call hell. I’m glad Matt Buchanan is taking the hit and going for us. I think he just bumped into Pogue in the airport. The…
The magic behind Ace Bayou’s new recliner lies in its ability to wirelessly receive audio from devices like MP3 players, home theater systems and gaming consoles—and it uses the space inside the chair to amplify the sound. Other features include a built-in 2.1 sound system with two forward-facing speakers and a subwoofer, a fire retardant…
It’s a sad day for Gizmodo as long time editor and writer extraordinaire Charlie White leaves us for greener pastures and juicier teats. Always the consummate worker, Chazz was able to turn out quality posts day after day after day, each loaded with the insight and humor that could only come from being in the…
Guitar Hero players know that working that whammy bar is a good way to rack up star power during extended white notes, but it can be tough to switch from strumming to whammying during a solo. This guitar mod, which takes a little bit of circuitry know-how, allows you to auto-whammy—making the bar just a…
Although a few of the specialty gadgets we love are one-off items that can only be purchased directly from the manufacturer, most of them are things you can pick up in one big trip to the big box store. Or online. Or wherever you do your shopping. So which is it? Where do you spend…
The latest DirecTV 11 satellite just built by Boeing could potentially increase the total capacity of their programming network to 150 national HD channels and 1,500 local channels. So get ready to fire up those HDTVs—the satellite is expected to launch in March. [Boeing]
Seasonal Affective Disorder, or winter depression, or "where the hell is the Sun," can be treated by gadgets that mimic the sunlight you’re otherwise not getting. The special name for these gadgets is "lamps," or "lights" if you’re going strictly scientific. The crazy dames over at Shiny Shiny reviewed two of them and decided (I…
In the proud tradition of putting diamonds or gold on otherwise-uninspiring devices and giving them a ridiculous price tag to get publicity, Japanese company PC Zeus is offering a couple of rich-idiot aimed computers. The first is a PC with a diamond-encrusted platinum case. It sells for $750,400. Too much? Well, there’s also a gold…
I thought I got all the coolest LEGO sets in history, but a reader pointed out what’s probably the most shocking, darkest non-secret in its 50 years: a minifig wearing black tanga briefs. And when I say “briefs,” I mean brief. All I can ask is why? Why Mr. Kirk? Why all this painful detail?…
We got our hands-on with the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard back at CES, but now you can get your own on eBay. What? Apparently some guy received one of the earlier shipments of the keyboard (the one with unfinished software support) and is now hocking it. It’s unclear which model this one is (we think…
Those who bought Airs while Jobs was still on stage two weeks ago should be receiving ship notices any minute now. SSD versions not yet arriving. [Macrumors]
Shaking a phone to read text messages is as intuitive as swiping your finger across the screen to unlock it, but once you’re trained it becomes second nature. In this case, ShakeSMS is an app for Nokia phones that lets you jostle your phone to view an incoming SMS. Jigger it again to go back…