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The “business environment virtualization” software NEC is currently developing may masquerade as a way for companies to keep track of their competitors online (see pie charts, etc), but we here can see it for what it really is: a scheme to create an unlimited army of lifeless tech-blogging drones. With its “cruising of RSS and…
Ipevo’s new Trio Skype Speakerphone defnitely has an interesting look, but its charms are not confined to aesthetics alone. The Trio also has some impressive tech under the hood like hands-free conversation (private calls can be conducted with a simple toggle switch),16 bit DSP with echo cancellation and one-touch recording. That is all well and…
Just in case you were interested, the first unlocked Treo 750s are now available to US customers at Palm retail and online stores. The device will come complete with Windows Mobile 6 and its HSDPA wireless data compatibility. You can pick one up for $549. [Product Page via MobileBurn] https://gizmodo.com/treo-750-750v-gets-windows-mobile-6-update-294798
If you want a little preview of what it might be like to open up one of these 12.1 megapixel (FX format) Nikon D3 DSLRs this holiday season, now is your chance to soak it all in thanks to the folks at chromatic. The unboxing may be a little short on text, but the pictures…
Let’s face it, the ringtone on your home phone is dull and annoying. Fortunately, the Ringboxx can change all that by getting your home phone in on the custom ringtone party. Users can connect the device to a PC and download a tone from a collection of thousands of popular songs. It can even be…
If you have not yet chosen sides in the battle between the Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle, the fact that Amazon’s product will not be available again until after the holidays may be one reason to pick up the Reader. The fact that the device is $100 cheaper may be yet another. If that still…
OK, it goes like this: Get a Nintendo Wii. An assorted group of topless buxom bombshells. Five gallons of Johnson & Johnson Baby oil. Mix it all with a lot of Wii games and a few cameras for some multi-angle action. The result: extremely not-safe-for-work and surprisingly entertaining videos that ask you “What game are…
According to Forrester Research, while 53 percent of US adults are concerned about the environment, only 12 percent are willing (or can afford) to pay more for green products. We don’t have access to the full report—it costs $279, which we need to buy green gear, natch—but the excerpt notes (ironically?) that among major computer…
The guys over at DVICE decided that it would be a good idea to abuse the poor little Pleo robo-dinosaur companion by smacking him, holding him by the tail, and dropping him (among other tortures). In the end Pleo died from the injuries he sustained, only to be revived later by the same savages that…
It is high-time that your Star Wars figures, GI Joes and Barbies woke up from their fantasy worlds and realized that in the real world, there are limits to the power we can consume. The first step in their education would be to move into one of these Power Houses and learn what life would…
If we were a Chinese company that made knockoff phones, we probably wouldn’t make a knockoff of the HTC Touch. Not that the phone is bad—it’s somewhat usable—but putting Windows Mobile 5 on any phone when WM6 is the standard now is kind of a bad idea. However, we would follow in their footsteps and…
The Keyport, that undeniably cool yet retardedly expensive keychain thing that holds a half dozen of your keys together without jingling, is now shipping. If you’ve got $295 sitting around and nothing better to do with it, now’s your chance to keep your keys from making noise or scratching your iPod in your pocket ever…
The Department of Justice says that the $222,000 verdict—over $9,000 a song—Jammie Thomas got slapped with for file-sharing when she (somewhat feebly via her weak evidence) went up against the recording industry lawsuit machine is not unconstitutionally excessive. https://gizmodo.com/idiotic-jury-awards-riaa-222-000-for-24-pirated-songs-307357 As part of her appeal, she filed to have the damages ruled unconstitutional in their heft,…
Although the Fall Xbox 360 Update brings a lot (most notably spectacular DivX and XviD support), what it doesn’t bring is IPTV. A few sites picked up the rumor that IPTV came with this update, but needs provider support to work. However, we contacted Microsoft and they told us in no uncertain terms that there…
Toys “R” Us has the XBox 360 HD DVD player on sale for $129, quite a good deal when ou see that the normal price is $170ish on Google Products. It still comes with King Kong, like it did when the drive first came out, and still qualifies you for those five free movies with…
Apparently being a soldier of fortune was no longer lucrative because it looks like the former team of crack commandos we all know and love has taken to chauffeuring around partygoers (and appearing in Warcraft ads) to pay the bills. If you have a prom (or other social event) and no one else can help,…
After Santa the IM bot’s supposed obscenities came to light, Microsoft tried very hard to fix the fat bastard so he wouldn’t curse up a storm at children. Programmers weren’t completely satisfied with what came out the other end, so they threw up their hands in defeat and said, “screw it” to the whole thing…
Our busybody brother Consumerist is reporting that T-Mobile’s customer service is totally down and out for the time being thanks to some wrath-of-god flooding in the Pacific Northwest. Their soggy computers can’t pull up customer info, apparently. It’s been down since last night, though no word on when it’ll be back up. [Consumerist, Image via…
A couple of you have asked us how you can subscribe to a “best of” roundup of Gizmodo stories for the week, so we figured we’d share the answer with the rest of the class. There’s no weekly Giz round up yet, but you can point your RSS reader here and subscribe to our top…
Here’s a question that I didn’t know I was curious about until I heard it asked, at which point I became insanely interested: can a rocket launcher break through bulletproof glass? My answer came in video form, and it’s a big fat sometimes. With thinner bulletproof glass, it gets punched through like paper, as seen…
