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Our Japanese is somewhere between nonexistent and “you’re speaking Korean dumbass,” so we can’t tell what these labels on the block pieces say. However, there’s not much explanation needed to know that these Tetris Plush pillows are awesome in a way that only a supernova in the background can illustrate. All our favorite pieces are…
If the source at Boy Genius is correct, the hopes and dreams of countless CrackBerry addicts will be dashed when the new BlackBerry 9000 (which may or may not be known as the 9100) hits shelves without its precious 3G capability. Instead, users will be limited to 2.5G EDGE and support for 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi networks.…
Girl, tonight we’re gonna make love. You know how I know? Because it’s Thursday. Wednesday night’s the night that I usually go and sort out 5,195 LEGO pieces, but Thursday night… is the night that we are making love. When everything is just right. You are not too tired from your afterwork part-time Gadgets &…
Hey, if you’ve got Xfire, I’m taking part in their “Gamers’ Holiday” panel that’s going to start in about 10 minutes (6 p.m. EST). It’s moderated by Zonk from Slashdot, and some of the people talking include one of NOTCOT’s founders, Jean Aw, and Razer prez Robert Krakoff. They’re also giving away free stuff like…
Remember how Harmonix wanted to release a patch to let you use Guitar Hero III guitars on Rock Band for the PS3, but then Activision blocked it and Harmonix told everyone about it, and then Activision said Harmonix just didn’t wanna play ball, where it pretty much seemed like Activision meant Harmonix didn’t want to…
Guitar Hero, the game that lets you pretend to rock with a plastic guitar, has just been ported onto Verizon and Verizon cellphones, which don’t look anything like a guitar. For $11.99 (or $4.49 a month) you can get access to 15 songs, four in-game guitars and three venues, which isn’t all that bad when…
A lifelong dream of ours has been to be able to see through stuff, but using a camera based on the way lobsters see isn’t quite what we pictured. The Lobster-Eye X-ray Inspection Device by Physical Optics Corporation works by beaming X-rays through walls and inspecting the reflection. These are low-power X-rays so they’re hopefully…
When will people learn? You don’t mess with Unix admins! Not because they wield a lot of power or anything, but because they’re generally the type of socially maladjusted people who are liable to flip out and do something rash when provoked. You don’t spend that much time in a server room and come out…
AT&T, the supermassive telecom and largest wireless carrier in the US, is affectionately known by Giz readers as the Death Star. Why? Its reach is Empire-worthy and well, just look at that damn logo. 2007 was an appropriately big year that started off with a double-barrelled blast: AT&T snagged exclusive rights to the iPhone in…
• Warner Bros. set up a hotline to replace HD DVDs found in Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire Blu-ray packages. I love Harry Potter news. [HD Digest] • British drivers caught using their cellphones may be sent to jail for two years and face an extremely scary sounding “unlimited fine” under new laws published today.…
Our Road to CES Series continues with parties, one of the things attendees and exhibitors actually look forward to after a long day of pretending you don’t want to punch people in the face. This year’s no exception, with cocktail parties, invite-only parties, and crazy “Build Your Own PC” parties for people who are lucky…
The Nokia N-Gage gaming system has already returned in software form on current series phones, but this patent for a handheld-like device seems to show that Nokia wants to make another serious thrust into mobile gaming. As the picture shows, it looks more like a PSP than it does a phone (it’s even got extendable…
Handmade Christmas gifts are the best, and this hand-carved wooden Sidekick 3 will definitely make this guy’s girlfriend happy. Happy, that is, until she reads his forum post on Something Awful that says he didn’t make the thing slide because “she’s not THAT special.” Oh you!
The patent for this device labels it as an “iPod Boombox,” but we’re going to guess that it’s the next iteration of the Apple Hi-Fi speaker system. It looks almost identical to the current one—but then again there are only so many ways you can draw a rectancular box—and features a dock on the top…
If you don’t get enough nagging at home, now you can record your wife’s voice on the YourPND website, and in just a few minutes, for $10 you can download files that you can transfer to your TomTom GPS navigation system, giving you the pleasure of having her yelling at you for getting lost wherever…
Cheer up, everyone! The holidays are upon us, and what better way to celebrate than creating a random greeting on this Holiday-O-Matic virtual greeting machine, and then annoying all your closest friends by emailing that message to them? It’s convenient, mechanized and completely soulless for your holiday pleasure. Nevertheless, we simply adore its artwork and…
Here’s a video Lam streamed to me live, direct from his Nokia N95 phone in Tahoe using the qik system. Not only could I see and hear what he was doing in real time, I could even type to him and have the words show up on his phone. It only works on Nokia phones…
The official Xbox 360 racing wheel is getting another price drop, this time down to $99. Hopefully these are free of defects, but either way, it’s our favorite wheel for the 360. [Xbox] https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-racing-wheel-gets-price-drop-129-263653
Those poor Africans. When they want to use their credit cards to go on a spending spree at Bloomingdale’s, they just can’t do it because there aren’t enough phone lines to handle all those credit card transactions. That’s where this Siemens BiasharaPhone MTT 1581 might bring African countries, specifically Kenya, into the 21st century. It…
The porn industry, having steered clear of Blu-ray and successfully put out titles on HD DVD for the past year, has decided to give the competing HD format a shot. Digital Playground has plans to release Pirates, an adaptation of Treasure Island as I understand it, on BR as its first foray into the format.…
