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Just when we thought we’d stop writing about things that are coated in Swarovsky crystals, they had to go and slap their shiny mess all over a toilet. It costs $75,000, which means you could easily coat a regular toilet in 750 $100 bills and have it come out looking better than this. Actually, you could…
The PocketFinder is a GPS with the size and shape of an Oreo cookie. Sadly it doesn’t come with a sweet white filling, but it will log the position of outdoor explorers, kids, dogs, cats, ill people and Gizmodo writers at all times using a cellphone connection. There are other similar devices in the market…
TiVo already stomped EchoStar out in court a year and a half ago in a patent dispute over TiVo’s “multimedia time warping system.” Refresher: EchoStar cobbled together its own DVR setup, TiVo sued and won. EchoStar appeals to the US patent office for a review of TiVo’s patent. Today: The PTO finds TiVo’s patent to…
As much we like to joke about the new music economy stripping rappers of their fourth Bentley and downgrading their 60-inch plasmas to 42-inchers, Warner Music actually did take a hard beating this past quarter, losing almost $7 million in profit versus last year’s—more than half, for a take of $5 million. While profits were…
Photographer Holger Pooten is well known in Europe for his work with Nike, but as you can see here, he knows how to shoot gadgets, too. Here he’s frozen an exploded view of a fax machine, right in front of our eyes. Take a look at how he eviscerates a robot cat, and then does…
Gizmos.es has a hot tip on the name for Motorola’s upcoming multimedia phones: the Moto ZiNE. They’ve confirmed two Motorola ZiNE phones for 2008, one of which is an upgrade of the Motorola Z10 with touchscreen, keyboard, Wi-Fi and GPS. The other phone will have an 8-megapixel camera and optical zoom, and will be a…
Just how far will the absurdity of Star Wars product licensing go? You know we’re getting near that repugnant singularity of infinite distortion when we encounter these Star Wars-themed rubber duckies. There’s Luke Pondwalker, Princess Layer, and look over there—it’s Pondtrooper. Sheesh. Running on a non-replaceable 45-hour battery, all are ready to swim around and…
Click to viewDual emotions of surprise and confusion hit our faces when we heard that Sony’s redesigned PSP-2000 had shipped 1 million units in Japan in just about two months. Wasn’t the DS the portable gaming machine everyone preferred, especially in Japan? Then there’s the fact that DS sales (in Japan) might actually be slowly…
Shown at the Mobius Conference in Amsterdam, the next version of Windows Mobile will be “an update rather than an upgrade.” This means that it’s not Windows Mobile 7/Photon, which would be a huge leap in functionality, but more along the lines of the transition of WM5 to WM6. Most of the stuff The Unwired…
This week at Uncrate: We take El Duderino into zombie territory with the Dawn of the Dude T-Shirt, enjoy the art of Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds, and add some nature to our office with the igrobot. We also raise some hell with Madballs, go retro with the Casio G-shock DW5025B-7V Watch, and enjoy some “damn…
The South Korean man who was reportedly killed by an exploding cellphone battery, well, wasn’t. Apparently the damage to his lungs, heart, spine and ribs was too extensive to be caused by one measly cellphone. Still, he did have a melted phone in his breast pocket and they aren’t quite sure how exactly he got…
The Pitch A cleverly conceived journey through the history of sonic media (though, regrettably, the creators don’t include the phonograph cylinder). Cassettes, 8-track cartridges and CDs are lined up like so many dominoes, all tumbling with a mighty clack. The surprise comes toward the end, when a crashing jukebox sets off an iPod chain reaction.…
If the thought of blindness doesn’t scare you, this Eye Power thingamajig supposedly uses ultrasonic waves to somehow jostle your nearsighted eyeball into compliance. Its makers claim a ten-minute session can cure those bleary deadlights of yours, so you can toss away those specs and contacts, forever eagle-eyed and triumphant over your once-stubborn progressive myopia.…
Samsung’s BD-UP5000 hybrid HD DVD and Blu-ray player—so far, the best one around—with BD 1.1 hardware support, now has a price and date of the Amazon variety: Jan. 15, 2008 for only $800, $250 off the MSRP. Because it’s Amazon’s word, not Samsung’s, don’t take the date as diamond solid, but feel free to get…
If you like that Zune Originals engraving that was formerly only available on the 4GB and 8GB models, now you can enjoy that same subtle and intricate artwork from 18 artists on the 80GB model. Accompany your choice of artwork with your favorite phrase, or choose text by itself or artwork alone. The flash-based configuration…
While CrunchGear says they’ve got no specs to go with this picture of the “first official pic” of Helio’s upcoming Mysto, its looks match up quite nicely with past mumblings that the Mysto is in fact Samsung’s U600 slider. If it is, expect it to be tricked out a bit since the GSM model now…
True, this black hole phone bag probably appeals more to pasty tinfoil types than badasses who can kill you with a phone book, but it’d be nice when you’re hiding from your crazy hacker girlfriend ’cause you just want to play Halo with your friends. Slip your phone in the bag and it disappears from…
We’ve been hearing rumblings about its imminent release for a few weeks, and now it’s here: The Cowon Q5W is shipping in the US, and the company’s released new details about this Wi-Fi-enabled portable media player with its 5-inch 800×400 touchscreen. https://gizmodo.com/cowon-q5-media-player-to-hit-stores-by-the-end-of-novem-325642 Most impressive are the codecs this .79-inch-thick baby will handle, including the pirates’…
Winter is almost here, and you know what that means? Shocking yourself with thousands of volts of electricity just by being you. But this Static Electricity Eliminator is here to help. Since there’s enough power in those snapping shocks to zap your laptop into oblivion, this $9.99 keyfob discharges that electro-detritus with no harm, no…
Say goodbye to the RIAA, for its days are numbered. EMI, one of the “big four” record labels that feeds $132.3 million every year to trade groups such as the RIAA and IFPI, has decided that its money could be better spent elsewhere. It’s reportedly considering cutting its funding towards the trade groups significantly, which…