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Microsoft just rolled out the first publicly available release candidate for Service Pack 1 of Windows Vista, and we snapped it up, eager to see if it’s faster than the currently shipping version of Vista. To test its speed, we ran a series of benchmarks on exactly the same machine, first with the original version…
When it looks like it might get ugly outside, you hold hands. At least in the business world. And the flat panel market, especially LCDs, is looking pretty throat-cutty. Hence we’ve got two big back-to-back hookups: First, Toshiba and Sharp. Now, Canon and Panasonic are each swallowing 24.9 percent of Hitachi Displays, a subsidiary of…
We’re not sure where Impress.jp got their info that the Optimus Keyboard was delayed until late February ’08, because from all the info we’ve got from Art.Lebedev in the past few months (here and here) says that’s the targeted ship date. https://gizmodo.com/optimus-keyboard-goes-sub-500-and-sub-1000-but-gimpe-319147 The ship date used to be December all the way back in May,…
Asus already has a full stable of Windows Mobile phones, but this flip-open QWERTY-enabled candybar seems like one we can get behind. Not only does it have a screen underneath for typing (in addition to the outside screen), it’s powered by a 520MHz CPU, has Tri-band GSM, 3G, 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM, not to…
The Skinny: Opens your garage via fingerprint of up to 20 others. Survives in extreme temps from -30 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit and wet weather. Costs $130 bucks. The Catch: The preferred way to open a garage is still the good old janky wireless remote from inside your car. [Smarttouch via Gearlog]
From now until the end of the year, Gamefly has a huge deal on just about all their older games in order to clean out their warehouse for newer stock. You can get some pretty decent titles for $10-$20, including stuff like Shadowrun, Winning 11, NBA Street Homecourt, GRAW2 and Virtua Tennis 3. We’ve purchased…
This is real-time "avatar" software from Japan that takes video of a person and automagically gives them a new hairstyle, makeup or outfit. It’s really incredible how well it works in real time, and you can imagine this tech being used everywhere from hair salons to clothing stores to online gaming. I want to know…
Colorware, the company that spruces up iPods, iMacs, iPhones, Zunes and Xbox 360s are coming back with a series of new items starting with BlackBerries on New Year’s Eve. If you don’t already have a BlackBerry Curve, Pearl or 8800 series, you can pick one up pre-colored directly from them. If you already do have…
Christmas is over, which means we have another year before we start getting pressured into this “goodwill towards men” bullticky that’s shoved down our throats every December. Good! In order to celebrate our return to unrestrained hostility towards each other, let’s discuss video game consoles. Did you get a Wii for Christmas? Lame. I’m an…
Put the SmartNav hands-free mouse on top of your monitor, stick a tiny little reflective dot on your forehead, and you’re ready to do some hands-free mousing around your PC. Sure, you’ll need a foot pedal for the mouse clicking, which presents a problem for those disabled users who might have hoped to use such…
Does Nokia’s multimedia guru Anssi Vanjoki read Gizmodo? A few months back, when Nokia launched its Ovi mobile media portal, our own personal Jesus ridiculed its use of Windows Mobile content as not being able to keep up with iTunes. Well, right or wrong, Nokia got the message, and Vanjoki is now inviting Steve Jobs…
The FCC has just leaked details on the heretofore unannounced Motorola ROKR E8. The candybar phone has an illuminated touch keypad that disappears when not in use, making the thing look totally buttonless save the control wheel up top. It’s got haptic feedback of some kind, and it also has “a landscape display, micro-USB port,…
Who says dogs had to be left out of all the Christmas cheer? Enterprising musicians in Auckland, New Zealand, recorded a special synthesized version of “Silent Night” using frequencies that are so high that only dogs can hear them. The kicker? It was a huge hit. Apparently dogs all over New Zealand are tilting back…
It’s time for those after-Christmas sales, and here’s a great deal on a Maxtor L01Y300 300GB hard drive from Fry’s for $44, which we couldn’t find anywhere else for less than $75. The description for the today-only deal says it’s a 7200rpm retail hard drive kit with a 16MB buffer and an Ultra ATA 100…
A romantic young man made an iPhone ad for a purpose other than trying to get a small slice of internet fame: he made it to propose to his girlfriend. All together now: Awwwww! It’s actually a pretty well-done parody, with high production values and a lot of work clearly having gone into it. It’s…
Sad news in the rap community: As of December 31, OnStar will no longer support its own analog systems in older vehicles, in anticipation of the analog cellphone shutdown scheduled for Feb. 19, 2008. Most of us no longer have analog phones, not even those dual-band and tri-band ones capable of analog roaming. Still, certain…
Gooey substances such as syrup and olive oil spill all over the place with their containers’ drippy lips, but not if they’re dispensed from the no-drip two-lip pouring system from a Barcelona designer who calls himself Noro. It’s about time somebody designed one of these drip-free decanters for viscous and edible liquids, because we’ve seen…
This week at TreeHugger: We celebrate the festive holiday season with a peek at the year’s 10 wackiest ways to hack the planet. If you believe one Stanford scientist, one small modification could increase lithium ion battery storage by 10 times; that’s right: 40 hours of laptop battery life per charge. Lastly, we put hands…
That TV set of yours still sips power even when it’s turned off, to the point that phantom power use can add 10% to your electricity bill. In fact, the average US household consumes about 50 watts of standby power per hour. There’s a lot of talk about Energy Star ratings for electronic devices, but…