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Our information gathering series plugs right on through the holiday season, but we are mixing things up a little. We want you guys to tell us which phone you think Santa uses, and why. It is obvious the big guy in red needs a constant, speedy communication line to Lapland; GPS is probably also a…
Earlier this month, we brought you news of an impending Playstation 1 emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch, called psx4iphone. Well, guess what? The first public release is now up and ready to be downloaded. It’s quite slow for most games, though. And the controls make it less than ideal for games other than…
In Japan a suit capable of being washed in the shower without ironing afterwards, has just gone on sale. Shower Clean only needs to be turned inside out and sprayed down with hot water to be sanitized, costs less than $500 and is targeted at college grads going through their first rounds of job hunting.…
About.com has a good feature about what to look for when determining if those after-Xmas deals are worth buying. Overstock clearance deals and soon-to-be clearance price slashing are considered the best and safest for consumers because the product is expected to work properly. Open box deals and display products receive a red flag, because they…
The Christianity 2.0 movement continues in South Florida, where the town of Bal Harbour received a GPS-equipped Baby Jesus statue to replace a previously stolen Baby Jesus staute. A Cincinnati lawyer donated the statue after hearing about the theft in early December. https://gizmodo.com/blue-led-cross-cross-2-0-307873 In addition, Mary and Joseph were equipped with GPS and the entire…
LAKE TAHOE, Nevada (Agencies) — Popular technology blog and cocktail bar guide Gizmodo has sued leading international newspaper The Onion for libel, following the latter recent article on Microsoft Corp.’s (MFST) Zune 2 MP3 player’s roaring success. In declarations to the Reno Gazzette Journal this morning, Gizmodo’s editor-in-chief Brian Lam categorically denied that he referred…
Last month we featured the awesome steampunk themed MP3 player, called the Ambience Enhancer, which gathered quite some interest. If you missed it, check the image above to see what all the fuss was about. Thankfully, the chaps at Instructables have procured a complete how to, but if you have the patience of an ADHD…
A student in New Zealand has been diagnosed with the first recorded occurrence of Text Messeager’s Thumb in the country. The 20-year old student is thought to have sent up to 100-text messages/day, which resulted in inflammation of the tendons in her thumb, causing grave discomfort. The condition, otherwise known as tenosynovitis, could have been…
A recently uncovered Apple patent details the possibility for automatic volume control in iPods, which we assume Apple hopes will safeguard them from legal action, whilst protecting the hearing of frequent users. The safety measure will determine how long the music player has been in use, and at what volume; if it considers these facts…
Christmas is about to roll, and the weekend team would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to all our regular readers. We hope you have a smashing Christmas, and to make sure you do, we’ve gone to a lot of effort. We went to the party shop and hired elf costumes, we practiced…
The FBI is planning to spend $1 billion on the world’s largest biometric database. The database will be used to create a big brother state, in which you will ultimately have little autonomy assist the FBI’s efforts in catching the bad guys. Apparently, compilation of digital images, including mug shots, fingerprints and palm patterns have…
Holy crap! We’ve just solved one of life’s great mysteries, and wanted to let you in on it. Keeping your feet warm when you cannot be bothered/are too much of a cheapskate to invest in a gadget based solution has always been a problem, but we’ve sussed it. Here’s how: get your feet up close…
The new gadgets for KITT version 2.0 have been revealed, including every single technology a man who does not exist would ever need: laser weapons system, nanotech cloaking, laser-guided missile defense, 3D heads-up display, military-grade GPS, holographic projection and even a Mini-KITT reconnaissance drone (!?!) among 21 new gizmos. Surprisingly, all this technological terror leaves…
The chaps at Ars Technica are reporting that Slackers stores, of Illinois and Missouri, are retailing their entire Wii stock on eBay, making a tidy $150 profit over the MSRP. According to an unnamed employee at Slackers, the stores are receiving a regular shipment of Wii consoles. Unfortunately, none of those are making it to…
Hey, this is a little random, but if you’re bored visiting relatives with no gadgets to fiddle with, here’s a tutorial for making a a bottle rocket out of matches and foil. Beats helping with the cooking. [Instructables 1 and 2 and Youtube]
Ding ding ding. You’re officially fucked! If you wanted to get your package by Christmas from Amazon and a number of other online retailers, it’s too late now no matter how much you spend. Time to face the crowds.
The Nokia Guide recently found on Nokia’s online Nseries US Portal, an inadvertent mention of a 8GB N95 NAM (North American Model). Also listed was an 8GB N82, but it was subsequently taken off the list, while this new N95 mention was left on. Could we be seeing a refresh to the Nokia line sometime…
Contrary to the spirit of Peace and Love on Earth this holiday, Blu-ray site was hacked to redirect visitors to the official HD DVD site, and a few weeks ago, the prestigious AVS Forum shut down the Blu and HD DVD section because of the jump in uncivilized discourse. We generally like higher brow comments…
It’s no secret Giz loves the GT-R. We consider it the unofficial car of Gizmodo, actually. So imagine our collective giddiness when we heard that the Japanese model has a feature that uses GPS to detect when it’s on a race track, prompting the Engine Control Unit to disable the speed limiter (which holds the…
One lucky iPhone user got to have a quick chat with ex-president, Bill Clinton. Not only did our man get Bill to sign his iPhone (see picture), he also learnt that Bill has an iPhone of his own, which was gifted to him by el Jobso himself. That’s right, Steve gave Bill an iPhone as…