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I suppose it was only a matter of time before a company decided to use the same E-Ink technology found in the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader on a watch. Now that someone has, the result is interesting but slightly underwhelming. At the push of a button, users can change the watch face design —unfortunately,…
If you are a collector, chances are that you wouldn’t mind having one of these replica gadgets from your favorite game, TV show, or movie show up under the tree (or in the driveway) this holiday. Unfortunately, getting your hands on one is easier said than done. Limited availability and obscene price tags are going…
MPK, a company that has made a name producing glow-in-the-dark paint, has developed self-luminous micro particles called Litrospheres. The new material is said to be inexpensive (35 cents to light up a 8 ½ x 11 piece of plastic that is 1/8″ thick), non-toxic, and capable of staying constantly lit for over 12 years thanks…
It’s rare that people are clumsy enough to take their phones close enough to a pool to drop it in, but accidentally slipping it into the toilet is another matter. If these people are iPhone owners, then they need the H2O Audio iFR Ruggedized Case, which wraps the phone in a water-resistant seal that protects…
Yes, you read it correctly: The street lights in the Indian town of Thiruneermalai are run on digested curry. As National Geographic describes it, the human waste from an area housing complex collects in a sump, where the methane gas produced by the “sludge” is used to operate a generator. This biogas produces 3,000 watts…
Amazon’s Kindle e-Book device gets its first third-party content provider support in the form of Fictionwise, which adds over 15k books to Amazon’s already extensive library. Unlike first-party books, you can’t directly download the books via the Kindle. You have to first download them onto your computer and sync via USB, or email them to…
• Vivid Video is suing PornoTube over copyright infringement. I never thought I’d say this, but I hate you, Vivid Video. [Ars Technica] • Facebook Beacon isn’t only invasive and potentially embarassing, it may also be illegal. [Boing Boing] • The BudCase stores your ear buds on your keychain. I need this, and for $15,…
Our PlayStation 3 contest ends tomorrow, which means you only have about a day left to take a picture of yourself being blue in a public place. Don’t know what that means? Click here to see how to enter. https://gizmodo.com/win-a-playstation-3-courtesy-of-gizmodo-329898
The NES emulator for the iPhone was hard enough to control with the touchscreen that we can’t imagine how frustrating it would be to try and play a PlayStation 1 game on the iPhone or iTouch. Luckily for us this is still a work in progress and these screens (bonus one after the jump) that…
The Samsung BD-P1400 could possibly be the cheapest way to get into the Blu-ray arena without buying something that can also play Metal Gear Solid: 4. Amazon’s got them in stock now for the low price of $269, which also probably qualifies you to get some free movies as part of the Blu-ray (and HD…
Here’s our vision of the next Nintendo DS, compiled from rumors, logic and (wet) dreams. It’s got a slimmer profile and a seamless shell thanks to a MacBook-style hinge. Inside: more power, larger screens—the top one being a 3.5-inch widescreen to play downloaded movies—a flash card slot for media and continuation of that amazing sleeker…
Not to inundate you with endless updates about the keyport key device, but we’ve got some news that you’ll be glad to hear. After the limited edition $300 run is done, there’s going to be a cheaper $50 edition of the Keyport slide some time in 2008. Hopefully the keyport people don’t take a page…
Can’t get enough Samsung BlackJack II coverage? Check out this unboxing by Sammy, the internal Samsung mascot. We can’t disclose who’s actually inside the costume, but we can say it’s someone familiar to Giz. Watch it. Watch it now!
This is so mind-blowingly ridiculous I’ll leave all of the smarminess to you guys to wipe up in the comments. In the case Atlantic vs. Howell—the couple’s being sued for sharing songs over KaZaA—the RIAA filed a supplemental brief. On page 15, they repeatedly call ripped MP3s “unauthorized copies,” basically arguing that ripping songs from…
If you’re looking for an entry-level 802.11n router to go with that new laptop, check out D-Link. They’ve lowered their “unit prices” to below $50, which is more than 35% lower than comparable routers from Linksys and Netgear. On the other hand, instead of lowering prices, Linksys has focused on dual-band 802.11n routers to pump…
Just like we said it would, the Xbox Live Marketplace has come to four parts of Europe: the UK, France, Germany and Ireland. It’s also in Canada.
Before everyone gets Godzilla bandwidth, the backbone pipes have gotta be able to fit Mothra and the rest of the crew in the system to prevent backups and bottlenecks. So AT&T’s plumped their backbone up with a new 40Gbps (OC-768) network on 50,000 of its wavelength miles, making it the first provider to carry traffic…
Santa apparently granted Sony’s Christmas wishes early: They’ve been moving over 200,000 PS3s a week in the U.S. since Black Friday. It’s no DS Lite saleswise, but pretty nice numbers nonetheless. [WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-ds-sets-new-record-wins-all-of-worlds-gold-327335
Industrial designer Brano Meres updated an old telephone handset dating from the Soviet era and brought it into the Noughties as a headset to use with his cellphones. As well as an on/off button, the Cold War-era monstrosity rocks a pair of LED indicator lights and a connector for charging the battery. There was one…
If ever a gadget is going to promote responsible drinking, then the Shot Caller is it. And let’s face it, when you’re playing drinking games with your buddies, it is all about being responsible and drinking up when you are told to drink up. Made for the Power Hour and Century Club drinking games, the…