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Here’s the Star NX788, a cellphone with dual SIM card slots and matching dual dial keys. Brian says that the best feature, however, is the secret compartment that can hold a Bluetooth headset and charge it at the same time—hopefully only when the cellphone is connected to a power source. I say that the best…
Not only does the upcoming Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update bring parental timers and downloadable original Xbox games, it’s going to allow you to peep in on your buddies’ friends list as well. As long as your friends set their list visibility to “Everyone” or “Friends only” (and not “Blocked”), you can see who your…
Feeling the whirlwind of GPL diehards buzzing around the internet beating at its face, Asus has released more of the Eee’s source code—specifically the missing Asus_ACPI module, which manages its hardware interfaces. GPL 1, Asus still 1? [Asus via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/asus-supposedly-infringes-linux-license-terms-326155
During the past week, many readers have asked us to compare the physical traits of the second-gen Sony Reader and the all-new Amazon Kindle. (If you feel a bit behind, catch up by reading our full Amazon Kindle review and verdict from last Friday.) The Sony Reader is much smaller, and weighs three ounces less…
Alcoholic on the go? Nothing’s worse than getting stuck in the rain without a nip or two to help keep you warm. Well, if you had this sneaky Malacca Flask Umbrella from Swaine Adeney Brigg, you’d never go without. Simply unscrew the bottom of the handle to reveal a glass flask that you can fill…
The WSJ basically pulverizes the OLPC project in an exquisitely detailed piece laying out its trials and tribulations. Its thesis is that the idea—cheap laptops for everyone—is so damn good that everyone else built their own uber-cheap laptops, thrusting OLPC into cutthroat competition. Result? Countries and school systems are buying cheap computers, just not the…
Do you sleep soundly at night knowing that the lock on your front door is uncopyable because it has holes in it rather than notches? Ha! Your key is worthless. Check out this video in which a simple Popsicle stick is modified in no time at all to open a lock. It just requires some…
Nokia N95 owners may be happy with their 9 hour battery life on EDGE or their slightly shorter battery life on 3G, but the new firmware update allows them to do more than squint at tiny camwithher videos. With version 20.0.015, you’ll get the Nokia Music Store Client, my Nokia SMS tips, a new Welcome…
Click to viewIn honor of Futurama’s bombastic return to the world of tomorrow (Available for just $17.99!), we present to you the gadgets we love and fear from the entire Futurama history. Our list from the cryogenic stasis machine of the first episode to the cryogenic stasis machine featured in the movie (psst, it’s the…
With the 20 percent cashback deal at Paypal retailers mentioned in Mark’s sweet Cyber Monday guide, you can pick up a 16GB iPod touch from Newegg for just $344 shipped, or the 8GB model for $244. We’re using it on some new speakers. [Newegg, Newegg via CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/10-cyber-monday-deals-worth-checking-out-326145
We’ve seen an entire NES crammed into a controller before, but that was a normal sized controller. What’s more impressive, something big crammed into something small or something small turned into something gigantic? Probably the former, but an enterprising modder has gone ahead and created this huge NES controller with a built-in NES, allowing two…
We have received obligatorily blurry cameraphone shots of an unidentified wireless object by Belkin. According to the guy/girl/chipmunk ninja who sent it, this black box is some kind of High Definition video transmission thingie: Found this new device, taken straight from within Belkin Skunk works (booyah!). Don’t know much about it, but it’s a wireless…
When Canadian researcher Dr. Kunio Komiyama first rolled out his solar toothbrush, its light-gathering titanium dioxide rod must not have released enough plaque-busting electrons. Now the good doctor has announced the updated Soladey-J3X, which he says “packs twice the chemical punch compared to the original.” https://gizmodo.com/solar-powered-toothbrush-28046 To use it, you’ll need to brush your teeth…
Click to viewThanks for everyone who entered our Apple Tablet “Contest,” showing us just how good some of you are at Photoshop and/or taking Apple’s existing designs and improving on it. We wouldn’t be surprised if one of these actually turned out quite close to what Apple’s picturing for their own machines. The big winner…
AT&T may be recalling certain Samsung Blackjacks due to poor reception and dropped calls caused by faulty antennas. No official word has been given yet, but users of AT&T’s support forums are buzzing with the news. [BGR]
After years of production and planning, coming on January 13, 2008 is the TV version of the venerable Terminator series, entitled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Depending on your point of view, it’s either going to bring a fresh new Terminator into your home every week or completely ruin the entire franchise. Nevertheless, on the…
A NES cartridge is being sold on eBay for $12,000. These limited-edition gray cartridges were given to the 90 semi-finalists of the 1990 Nintendo World Championship, a contest that pitted children in a feast of carnage, Mario worshiping and Tetris psychedelia that apparently was inspired by an equally psychedelic movie: The Wizard, with Fred Savage.…
Here’s the perfect way to slow down those doggone kids driving their noisy pocket rockets, invading the neighborhood at high speed without regard to the peace and personal safety of the local inhabitants. This Deutsch-speaking dude has created an unusually powerful gadget that will teach those whippersnappers a lesson. Profoundly satisfying. If only these expertly…
Watching football is clearly the best way to get scores to the games you’re interested in, but if you’re unable to view the games due to being busy or having them blacked out in your area, this fancy new Ambient Football Scorecast should keep you all up to date. It displays football scores in real…
If you want an easy way to record your skiing adventures, this O’Neill H4 Campack hooks up to its own helmet-mounted camera, letting you control its portable media player/recorder with a huge record button on the shoulder strap. The player nestled inside has enough battery power for recording four hours of your winter sports hijinks.…