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Here’s an exclusive video of the classic Star Wars arcade running on an oscilloscope thanks to a sound card and a specially patched version of MAME. We talked with James Brown—the author of this hack, not the Godfather of Soul—about how he did it and the possibilities for his hack. Among them: connect it to…
No matter how many gadgets we have, the most important gadget is a home…and we’re looking for one! Still waiting for the housing market to stop being so horrible though. Good thing we have our sponsors to help. Thanks Adobe, Ask.com, Atari, AT&T, Audi, Bank of America, Belvedere Vodka, Blu-Ray Disc Association, Canon, Casio, Current…
Fact: smoking will kill you. More important fact: smoking is cool. And since we’ve given up on ending your enviable addiction, you might as well take it to the next level with this 1947 Wrist Lighter. Not actually containing a time mechanism, users could use other situations to denote chronological importance, like “it sure is…
“The fastest Windows notebook we tested this year is a Mac,” writes PC World about the MacBook Pro after it scored an 88 on its WorldBench 6 Beta 2 benchmark. Only problem is, it looks like that same publication reviewed a Eurocom D900C Phantom-X laptop that achieved a better score on that same benchmark, a…
It’s a Woot-Off! Right now they’re selling this Sony receiver. Buy ’em up, I want to see what’s next. [woot] https://gizmodo.com/sony-str-da5200es-receiver-has-psp-ps3-menus-198945
Parrot “Billy” is the newest contender for Official Gizmodo Mascot 2007, were such contests to exist (which though they may, we’d never award a bird the honor since birdfights aren’t all that lucrative). Whenever his keeper leaves the room, the parrot mimics his cellphone ringer, sending the man into a mad dash for his phone…only…
Hey, TV writers! Yeah, you awesome folks on strike. I’m talking to you. Are you sick of not writing? And not getting paid as a result of not writing? It’s understandable. Well, we here at Gizmodo want to help you help us help you (help us). https://gizmodo.com/the-wga-strike-and-the-death-of-television-322068 If you write for a show and are…
Macrovision, the guys who made all your VHS tapes go squirrelly when you tried to tether two decks and copy away, announced today it would buy Gemstar-TV Guide, programming guide maker and inventor of cutting-edge VCR Plus technology, for $2.8 billion. Why? you ask, as that familiar Big Brother sensation returns to the nape of…
Gizmodo reader Ben Podbielski proposed to his girlfriend on Wednesday, using a pink Zune Original. Uploaded onto the player was a video set to a romantic ballad. As the ’80s music faded out there was an instruction to turn the Zune over: “Will you marry me?” was inscribed on the back. Says Ben: “I figured…
Fuji Xerox has just demonstrated what may be the Holy Grail of e-paper—probably not the “E-Ink” technology found inside the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, but something similar—a prototype display that a user and write on. Three layers of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals are used (red, green and blue), meaning the display has a gel-like base.…
Last year we showed you a wall-mountable fireplace that hangs where a flat-panel TV rightfully should. As the days get colder once again, we’ve got a fireplace you can actually set your new flat-panel on top of, if you don’t mind a little melted plastic. The Conmoto wood-burning—yep, wood-burning—fireplace was designed by Peter Maly so…
Three months ago, CradlePoint brought out a portable router that let you turn your EV-DO mobile into a wi-fi router, and now they’ve done it again for 3G phones. Connect your 3G mobile or USB modem to the PHS300 and you can share the connection with any Wi-Fi device. As well as the Li-Ion battery,…
Swedish audio firm Perfect8 has introduced a glass-and-gold center channel that it sees as the perfect accompaniment to its FORCE speakers. Perfect, that is, if you’ve got $40,000 to spare. Still, that’s a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of the 6’7″ speakers, which weigh 350 pounds each. You’ll find a gallery and…
“Prepare to trip balls” says sister site Jalopnik about Speed Racer, the Wachowski Brothers movie that comes out next year, and they’re not wrong. Judging by the trailer, we’re going to be going on an acid-colored trip on May 9, 2008—and the best thing is that Christina Ricci is coming along for the ride. Find…
Kenwood has brought out three slimline iPod-compatible audio players that can connect to your computer via USB. There’s a CD player that plays CDs and CD-R/RW also an AM/FM radio and it supports WMA as well as MP3s. Full specs of the CLK – 5i-S / W and CLK-7i-S are below. CLK-7i-S Silver CD/MD/USB 2x…
Jet Blue’s air-to-ground cellular network (provided by LiveTV on the same spectrum as those in-flight phones no one uses) is still experiencing too many dropped connections between cell nodes to support the bandwidth necessary for full-on surfing, the NY Times is reporting. Hence the Yahoo Mail/IM and Blackberries only restriction, and the lack of cost.…
The CBS series 21st Century aired a program titled, "The Mystery of Life" on February 26, 1967. The program looked at genetics and the future of humanity. In this clip, host Walter Cronkite interviews biologist James Bonner. Bonner advocates a "large-scale program of [breeding] better people," otherwise known as eugenics. Procreation by committee sounds like…
Hot Hardware has snagged one of the first graphics cards launched with full DisplayPort support. Before you write off DisplayPort as just another adapter to buy, consider its support for daisy-chaining: multi-head setups can be rigged up easily with the need for only one port on your box. Watch for the RX635 (along with the…
Had Fujio Masuoka not invented flash memory for Toshiba in the 80s, this would be a very different blog. Forget your massive SSDs, your infinite digicam memory cards, and yes, forget even your Virgin Mary beating-heart thumbdrives. Masuoka-san isn’t finished with us yet, though, and the next-level tech he has his sights on next could…
Peru is onboard for 40k of the machines. By my rough count, that brings the total to 267k OLPCs out of an original estimate of 150 million laptops sold by a year from now. As the WSJ puts it, it seems an impossible goal. But I’m rooting for the project, nonetheless. [Gearlog] https://gizmodo.com/why-and-how-olpc-got-reamed-negropontes-dreams-stolen-326540 The Math:…
