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When you wire this perverted Santa to your Christmas tree, you can turn out the lights with a simple blow on his “magic candle.” When you want to turn the lights back on again, a push of the button on the chimney will get the job done. Sure, a device like this could be practical…
If you are anything like me, the women in your life are impossible to shop for. However, if you are lucky enough have a lady in your life that enjoys gadgets, Geeksugar has put together a guide that will help you find the perfect gift for girlfriends, moms, and teen girls. They even have a…
You have been a slot racer fan since you were a kid —plus, you have always enjoyed the Mario Kart series. So why not put your passions together with this Mario Kart Slot Racing set? Additional info and photo of the track after the jump. Each set comes complete with 1:43 scale versions of Mario’s…
While the rumor has been floating around all week, the Wall Street Journal reports CompUSA has been sold to a liquidation firm, effectively putting the company out of business. The move is largely based on declining sales, with the company speculated to only do $1.5 billion in sales this year (compared to $4 billion last…
We’ve been keeping an eye on Dell’s discontinued CableCARD systems since they first introduced them on the XPS 410s because they were a relatively cheap way to get HD recording on a reasonably-priced desktop. Well, fantastic news! Chris Lanier says that Dell’s reintroduced the CableCARD option on their XPS 420s, which you can customize and…
Click to viewYou’ve probably seen the phrase “700MHz auction” bouncing around these pages quite a bit lately. Some of you know too much for your own good about this, but surely many readers are ashamed to admit you don’t know what it means. It’s okay, we get frazzled at times, too, so we thought we’d…
The USB Humping Dogs we all know and love have gotten a much needed upgrade. If you recall, previous versions looked as though they were indifferent towards all of the humping. I don’t know about you, but if that was my sole purpose in life, I would be pretty happy about it. Apparently the manufacturers…
If you’ve done your gadget homework and read this year’s Wired Test, you’d know they were pretty fond of this 47″ Olevia 747i LCD. Now that they’ve dug up this deal at Target that lowers the TV’s price to $1599 (regularly $2099), the Olevia looks like an even hotter commodity. [Target via Wired]
USB Hubs come in all shapes and sizes (including fruit cake), but this is the first time we’ve seen a USB hub with individual on/off switches. This isn’t only useful for switching off stuff without unplugging it and making a mess, it also helps save power when you’re on laptop battery mode. It’s a non-powered…
Today Palm issued a statement warning that revenue for the 2nd fiscal quarter would take a $30 million hit due to a product that “the company had previously expected to have certified within the quarter.” What this mystery product is exactly is not known, and so far Palm isn’t talking (no doubt cowering in shame).…
GE’s upcoming Cell Fusion series of phones uses Bluetooth technology to pair your cellphone to your home phone so that you don’t spend minutes looking for you tiny clamshell or slider while its ringing. GE has dubbed the first phone in the Cell Fusion series, the “No Jack” phone, and is geared toward “cord cutters,”…
Have an old beater car sitting in the driveway that doesn’t run and smells like ass? Grab a blowtorch, a hose and head to your nearest pet store. Apparently cars can make for some sweet looking aquariums —as you can see from the video of the car above which is currently on display in the…
Today Asus rolled out the world’s first EN8800GT graphics card with 1GB of Qimonda memory. The card is designed to provide optimum DirectX 10 gaming and multimedia playback performance even at the highest resolutions and quality settings. The unit also utilizes an integrated SmartDoctor feature, allowing users to overclock the Shader Clock for performance gains…
According to a recent SEC filing, Sling Media’s parent company, EchoStar, has formally changed its name to the DISH Network —a move that better aligns the company with its core satellite TV service. A spin-off company called EchoStar Holdings was also formed and, as part of the move, it will be taking over the Sling…
Click to viewWe love perfectly shiny stunning aircraft models, but these wrecked sci-fi models attract us even more. It may be the fascination with their decadence or that they remind us of ourselves after a Friday night out, who knows, but there’s something irresistible about seeing a huge gallery of AT-ATs frozen in time, destroyed…
If you’ve been around long enough, you’ll remember All Giz Wants—our series of fanciful and unlikely wishlist items that would totally make this the Best Holidays Ever if we got them. Here’s one I’ve been wishing for for the better part of a decade: an all-in-one set top box that does everything. Here’s what we…
Speakerphones are usually seen in board rooms, but GE’s Premiere DECT 6.0 Phone with Home Intercom brings it to your kitchen. While speakerphones aren’t new to home phones, they aren’t usually that effective and often produce distant-sounding calls that are filled with echoes. According to GE, the larger acoustic chamber found on its Home Intercom…
According to the developers at NullRiver, they’ll be porting their Connect360 software to the PS3, allowing you to stream music and video directly from your Mac to your Sony console. The recent update to the 360 version allowed streaming of DivX and XviD, something that The PlayStation 3 will be getting soon as well. After…
During the LG CES sneak peek, we saw the PC12 Table Top Audio System, a sleek, extra shiny system with a lot packed inside its compact body. There’s a “vacuum-loading” CD player, a hidden 30-pin iPod connector on top, and an HD Radio receiver buried within. A USB connection in the back lets you hook…
We normally avoid posting things coated in Swarovski crystals like Asians avoid SARS, but this particular crystalized Wii looks spectacular. The console has the Twilight Princess Link/Wolf engraved on one side, the TriForce logo engraved on the other and the actual TriForce (with Kanji labels) on the front. We’re not sure how much it costs,…
