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After outselling HD DVD 10 to 1, one of the UK’s major retailers has decided to go all Blu-ray and eliminate the sadly ill-fated format from their stores this March. With HD DVD’s lousy sales and Blu-ray numbers increasing about 40% every month, Woolworths say it’s over. According to them: “Sales figures clearly show that…
CamcorderInfo got its hands on the HV30 camcorder; Canon’s updated version of last year’s prizewinning HV20 and offers up an in-depth review. The upside: the HV30 is a great camcorder that builds on the previous generation. The downside: its list of upgrades is small, and it keeps some quirky features. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/camcorderinfo-picks-canon-hv20-as-best-camcorder-of-200-316955 The strong point…
Hitachi has just debuted its W61H cellphone, which packs a 2.7-Inch E-Ink display on its reverse side. The display, which has been dubbed the Silhouette Screen, will be able to show off one of 95 pre-set graphics, but beyond the aesthetics the E-Ink offering has, it seems to have little other utility. (No caller data,…
DigiTimes, which cites internal Microsoft data, claims that HTC has declined from the previous #1 Windows Mobile non-touchscreen smartphone maker spot with over 50% of the market (from July ’06 to June ’07) to just under 30% of the market. Stepping up to take over HTC’s spot are Motorola and Samsung, whose respective Q and…
The fantastic Vaio Type T may have lost its thin crown to another laptop, but Sony has rejigged its slimline notebook, giving it a faster CPU, an ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo U7600 running at 1.2GHz and a fancy-pants artsy finish. No word on pricing or availability yet. [Akihabara News] https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-t-10th-anniversary-with-led-backlighting-and-261186
To end the celebration of the 50 years of the LEGO brick, here are the best sets in history. Handpicked from Lugnet—the biggest LEGO database—based on their popularity, these 229 sets belong to the most iconic lines—LEGOLAND Space, Town, Castle and Pirates—plus three of the most popular ones—LEGO TECHNIC, Star Wars and Racers. From the…
Nikon obviously couldn’t let PMA pass without its own fresh volley into the cutthroat consumer-level DSLR market: Enter the D60. It’s a D40X refresh, not a whole new cam built from scratch—it still has the same 10.2-megapixel image processor and body, but Nikon has added some spicy new potatoes to the meat to keep it…
Point and shoot cameras tend to blur together, so instead of listing them all separately, like their own God’s gift to amateur photographers, here are the four S (for “style”) series CoolPix cameras Nikon is introducing tonight, and their raisons d’être, plus a gallery of them striking various poses a bit lower down. • CoolPix…
For every super sexy, super slim, multicolored point-and-shoot, there’s a meat-and-potatoes model aimed at classrooms and people on tighter budgets. Nikon’s $130 CoolPix L18 comes in blue or red and has some nice enhancements like in-camera redeye removal. The retro-styled CoolPix P60 costs $100 more, because it has a 5X optical zoom lens and an…
Here’s a short cut to some big stories on Giz: • Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Lego brick! • In case you missed it, our MacBook Air review went up last week on top of all our Air stories. • Camera maniacs will want to see all our PMA 2008 coverage. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-review-348753
If you’ve got an already jailbroken 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 iPhone, you can now upgrade directly via Installer.app—no connecting to Mac or PC required. The only caveat is that the process takes 45 minutes as it downloads the entire upgrade via Wi-Fi, so hook your phone up to an AC adapter before you start. Again, find…
Chris, Adrian and I went to Tahoe to snowboard and test some winter gadgets for an upcoming story. When it comes to the great outdoors and winter gear, little pieces of electronics have nothing on old fashioned tech like solid AWD, dedicated winter tires and gore tex outerwear. Driving up, we ran into a bit…
If you prefer MSI boards over brands like Asus (although I certainly do not fall into that category), you will be happy to know that MSI is planning on throwing its hat into the increasingly crowded ultra-low cost laptop ring. MSI is hard at work on the new device and they are betting on Intel’s…
The first leak of Samsung’s supposed flagship Windows Mobile phone was leaked a few weeks ago in black and white, but this time we’ve got a picture in color of what the touchscreen device is going to look like. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-i900-touchscreen-phone-with-gesture-control-345770 Besides being shiny and slightly squished in the horizontal, the phone will have GPS, FM…
If you have a Sidekick LX, the folks at Colorware can propel it to new levels of fabulosity by painting it in your own unique color scheme for around $129. [Colorware]
Scientists in Australia are developing a radio-controlled contraceptive implant that would control the flow of a man’s sperm at the flick of a switch. The valve would be “push-fit” inside the vas deferens (duct that carries sperm from the testicles to the penis) and could be opened or closed remotely depending on the baby making…
A question from last month asked whether our readers were HDTV ready or still languishing in the SDTV ghetto. I have often heard that major sporting events prompt higher sales of HDTVs, so our question to you is, will you get a new HDTV to watch my beloved Giants get obliterated in the Super Bowl?…
Who doesn’t want a free HDTV? Nobody! That’s why we’re giving away a free HDTV (up to $1000 value) and a free Windows Media Center Extender so you can watch your TV shows, videos and listen to music no matter where you are in the house. Sound good? Well, you’re going to have to show…
Click to viewThat sweet $70 price chop Steve announced for the Apple TV had to come from somewhere (a question smartly raised by CW) and we know the only thing Apple guards more than closely than its secrets is its bottom line. So, we went to teardown masters iSuppli for a fresh estimate to see…
Squeezing a stress ball may have been enough for the 1990s, but it’s the 2000s now and we need to take it up a notch. Enter the Optimal Office Mouse, which not only has a spot for you to stick your thumb on to gauge stress, there’s even a software package that lets you perform…