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Another last chance for holiday season procrastinators: Amazon has slashed the price of the Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD700, the ultra-compact High Definition 720p digital MPEG-4 camcorder with a 5x optical zoom: now it’s just $299.99. You will be cutting it close however, because these sleek cameras will not be in stock until the 19th: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/camcorder/189+grams-xacti-dmx+hd700-is-worlds-smallest-720p-camcorder-[updated]-303720.php Availability:…
When traveling between various countries, especially in Europe, it’s easy for calls to become expensive and to rip through prepaid SIM cards like no tomorrow. MAXRoam is a new international pay as you go SIM card that seems like it could be an excellent way for travelers to save a few dollars on calls—up to…
Reason #1092 why Japan is way cooler than us: with the new PSP 3.80 update, Sony is offering DVR to every PSP that uses their optional 1seg (wireless digital video) tuner—think of as a completely wireless Archos. And the best part? While the PSP doesn’t have the horsepower to record shows while you play games…
YouTube and Helio aren’t strangers in the least, but compared with the iPhone’s gorgeous implementation, Helio’s first version was found to be a little lacking. No more. The latest release, available today, bumps Helio up onto the same tier as Apple’s offering. Here’s what we think. https://gizmodo.com/helio-fights-apple-with-official-youtube-over-3g-and-t-271109 The video quality is definitely good, but not…
We already told you about Boeing’s airborne laser system, which can knock missiles, en route to a target, right out of the sky. Boeing has recently announced trials for a similar offensive system. The offensive part means the end result will be a laser gunship that will be able to destroy ground targets. Lasers? Airships?…
Today, TV programming from Canada and the US—plus the NHL, eh—will be available north of the border on iTunes. You lucky ducks (looneys?) get such CBC and CTV smash hits as Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie along with US programming from the likes of Comedy Central, including the strangely inappropriate South Park.…
Until now, Mog, the music blog network, has been missing one key ingredient: mainstream music. Music lovers could talk about music, share files of more obscure acts, and even share YouTube videos of popular songs. But today, Mog teamed with Rhapsody to deliver all those millions of tracks inside the web browser legally. (You will…
Antti Hakala is a Finn who loves to hack things together, share music and, apparently, be hated by the neighbours. That’s why he created this military-looking version of a Lasonic Ghetto Blaster from scratch, using scrapped components for total cost of $373. While it’s not as cool as the classic one or as powerful as…
It’s long and a bit ponderous, but it’s worth it when you get to the end of sister site Jalopnik’s video of a guy struggling into a ten-foot tall Optimus Prime costume. Firstly, you get to see the bossman of the Autobots getting his gear on. A couple of minutes later, he’s ready to move—and…
W00t, that expression of joy invented by gamers way back when Sonic and Tails were special friends, has been given the accolade of word of the year by Webster’s dictionary. The word, which beat the verb “to facebook” has an uncertain providence: while some people think it is an acronym for “We own the other…
Looks like Vista Service Pack 1 is on its way to meet its target release date: the Release Candidate—which should be really close to final— is now available with tons of bug fixes and improvements for all of you brave people willing to risk your systems installing it. [Microsoft] https://gizmodo.com/windows-vista-service-pack-1-sp1-looking-good-so-far-308213
It’s no Vista Service Pack 1, but Microsoft’s got some bug fixes, improvements, and a new feature that automatically scans Wikipedia and plagiarizes pastes in relevant info for your midterm paper. Get yours now wherever internetterwebs are sold. [Microsoft]
The September 27, 1932 Ruston Daily Leader (Ruston, Louisiana) ran a cautionary editorial about an inventor who was supposedly shot by his own robot. From the late 1920s until the late 1930s you can find countless news articles of the wondrous feats robots were supposed to have performed. The uneasy feelings we had about automation…
Placing multiple outlets along the entire length of an extension cord seems like a good idea, but like the folks at Yanko Design, I wonder whether the concept would actually be feasible. Conventional wisdom suggests that there would be a problem distributing power to all of the gadgets that are plugged in—but that’s probably why…
We’ve been digital portable MP3 players since they only hold about one album (or read MP3s off burned CDs), but we’re flying high with our Zunes and iPods now. So here’s a question for you: how many PMPs do you own? List them all in the comments and say which ones you currently use. We’re…
Never one to take a PR opportunity lying down, Greenpeace is fashioning the hooplah over its goose-eggs for Nintendo on its green company survey into even more media fodder. (And we’re covering it!) Its latest gamer attention-grabber is Clash of the Consoles, a site that ranks the big three on their greenness with hokey, popcorn-y…
Not content to let Sony ride high on the good news the PS3’s finally moving along at a pretty brisk pace, Nintendo came out with its own crowing announcement: Having sold more 6 million DSes this year through Nov. 30 in the US, it’s the top-selling system of the year, landing in greasy, undeserving hands…
The benefits of combining USB storage with a business card are obvious. For one thing, it will get you noticed and make your card less dispensable. Second, it is a convenient and logical means to deliver important information to prospective employers and clients. Unfortunately, no one has truly succeeded in this endeavor (and simply printing…
Apparently a second coming of the Dreamcast was a little too much for Sega to handle, but getting into the mind-controlled toy business is right up their alley. According to a recent announcement, Sega will be teaming up with NeuroSky —a company that specializes in bio-sensor and signal processing systems, to develop toys that “take…
As if you needed yet another household object to hide a spy cam in, here’s a book camera. It hides a pinhole camera and microphone and can record video for you to check out from afar. The only problem? It’ll cost you over $1,300, which is more than some therapy to get you over your…