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Despite being kicked out of public places, ripped off by the man at the checkout, bombarded with annoying “truth” ads about the horrible death that awaits you, and generally being treated like outcasts by society —you continue to reside in that little country called “Flavor.” And you have decided that no commercial or politician in…
According to insiders and Microsoft partners, a “Milestone 1 code drop” has been released of the next-gen Windows OS. This, along with an updated roadmap leaked to TGDaily, points to a release window of 2nd Half 2009. Among the new features seen in the really, really early M1 release are combining multiple graphics cards from…
If you want to get a nice close-up view of bugs, the innards of gadgets or boogers, this EyeClops Portable Microscope could do the trick for you. Rather than forcing you to stick your eye up to an eyepiece, it’s got an LCD screen on board. It also comes with a thumb drive for storing…
Before winning the majority of Hollywood studio support, those partial to the Blu-ray format have primarily relied on a few points to make their case: more storage and rocketing sales at the ratio of 2:1 to HD DVD. Those are bullshit arguments. As consumers, we should have only been looking at what each format delivered…
DirecTV’s rolling out its cellphone-enabled mobile DVR scheduling for its HR20-700 units. This means that you can hop on your cellphone and queue up American Idol (just about the only new show on right now) to watch when you get home. Other DirecTV models will follow in February. Hit the jump for a list of…
Stay in the yard, Cat. But stay away from the pool. My kids would be sad. [Product Page via Geekologie]
When we’re driving cross country, navigating the backroads of America with our trusty GPS unit, we always think, “boy, I wish this thing had fewer gas stations and more titty bars.” Hurrah for NUDAR, the site that hopes to catalogue every single nude, topless, pastie, bikini bar, nude beach and nudist resort in the continental…
Sure, there are really slick tablets out there meant for artists and graphic designers, but writing on a tablet is still not the same as writing on paper. That’s why devices like this unfortunately-named WowPen keep popping up; they want to give people the ability to turn their pen-and-paper drawings into digital masterpieces. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-cintiq-12wx-lcd-pen-tablet-video-review-verdict-338021 Unfortunately,…
Toshiba’s new G450 USB HSDPA is designed to primarily function as a USB HSDPA modem for data on-the-go, but in a surprise combo double-attack move it also doubles as a handy cellphone. With its unconventional keypad and 96 x 36 pixel OLED display you’re unlikely to want to use it as your main phone, but…
The Mekaniskt is a robotic Tetris, an arm that can suck pieces, moving and rotating them to make the perfectly fit in place using Nintendo NES-like controls. The only problem: the lines don’t disappear. This problem begs for some kind of ACME disintegration ray to be installed at the bottom (or like some readers say,…
That free Xbox Live Arcade game Microsoft promised in compensation for the extended service downtime? It’s going to be Undertow, a game that popped last November. We feel for the poor developers who worked on this game, seeing as it’s being given away as a consolation prize. [Gamerscoreblog] https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-says-im-sorry-for-xbox-live-outages-with-fr-340421
If you Verizon customers were peeking enviously over the fence at the HTC Touch on Sprint, you won’t have to peek much longer. According to a Howard Forums user (who apparently took this shot at the UT Starcom booth at CES), the HTC Touch will be headed to Verizon as the XV6900 soon. It’ll be…
It starts with a case: This week, after one company preemptively announced a sexy MacBook Air sleeve before the Jobsnote, others have followed suit. Not only is there a real Manila folder case in the works, but others, from WaterField to Belkin, are launching their own lineups. Here are Belkin’s first hasty MBA-friendly bags. (They’re…
ORLANDO, FL. (Agencies) – Following disagreements with the Galactic Empire President and Emperor over the arrest of Santa Claus last year, Darth Vader resigned today from his post of Imperial CEO effective immediately. Citing personal reasons, Lord Vader’s spokeswomen Lucy Lamarr pointed out that the Dark Lord will now join a rock band. “And by…
This sweet fish-tank setup features a gigantic water bridge that connects two tanks, allowing the fishy inhabitants to travel between the two habitats at their leisure. It was housed in the former Evanston, IL, coffee shop the Liquid Potion Lounge, and it was amazing. Sure, it’s highly unlikely that the fish even realized that the…
Just in case you missed anything, here is all of the news from Macworld 2008: MacBook Air Full Coverage: • Details on the New MacBook Air • Hands on With the New MacBook Air • Hands on with the Apple Multitouch Gesture Pad • Adding a 64GB SSD To the MacBook Air? $1300 Extra, Please…
I can’t lie—as funny as every parody of the easy target the Macbook Air will be, I want one. Sure the computer’s sealed tighter than Jessica Alba’s underwear when the director pitches her a nude scene, but such technological chastity brings about a laptop that’s sexy without being pornographic and graceful/delicate without cracking in your…
After a mammoth building session, Lego master Mark Kelso has just recently put the last brick on his model of the Invisible Hand, General Grevious’ ship from Star Wars Episode III. Yes, that photo of him and his model is to scale—it’s frickin’ massive. It took an equally massive 9 months to build too: The…
While this image of a gigantic waterfall cascading down from beneath the Brooklyn Bridge looks like some wacky photoshop, it’s actually something that’s being installed this summer. A new art project will have four waterfall sculptures installed in New York City from mid-July to mid-October, spewing water from heights of 90 to 120 feet, or…
Computer viruses no longer come from the US or Europe; the hottest hotbeds of hackerdom may be in China and Russia now, but even that will shift. Soon, the most dangerous internet criminals might hail from Mexico, India and Africa, says a new study. Shouldn’t somebody call Nick Negroponte? Security specialists at F-Secure have drawn…