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Both Fox’s Live Free or Die Hard and Warner’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix come with digital copies of the flicks for your computer and portable media device. PC World’s reporting that Order’s DRM will be very similar to Die Hard‘s except that it transfers to “your PC hard drive first and…
This translucent plastic wheel packs all of your office necessities into one fun looking desktop design. These ‘necessities’ include: a stapler, pencil sharpener, staple remover, sticky note and paperclip holder, calculator, and a digital alarm clock. There is even a magnet on the back of each of the parts so you can attach them in…
The new firmware for Canon’s EOS 40D—version 1.0.5—fixes file format compatibility sniggles with Adobe software like Photoshop and Lightroom, some language issues and sets photo review to resume where it left off before shutting down. [Canon via Crave] https://gizmodo.com/canon-eos-40d-fires-6-5-frames-per-second-at-10-1mp-291133
When it comes to the millions of dollars involved in smuggling drugs, even coked out dealers can tackle a big, complicated project. Recently, Colombian marines seized a homemade fiberglass submarine big enough to hold 4 crew members and 12 metric tons of cocaine —making it one of the largest such crafts found. Since the sub…
Cesar at Zune Insider says a full batch of Zune 80s are ready to ship and will be in most stores within the next week (give or take a couple of days). Apparently, Microsoft anticipated a greater demand for flash Zunes, leading to the Zune 80 shortage. Be afraid, iPod cassic. Be very afraid. [Zune…
• The American Consumer Institute estimates that consumers overpay for printer ink by $6 billion a year, since there is no competition in the market of printer ink. [Cameratown via Gadget Lab] • Alltel will be releasing its version of the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 just in time for the holidays, with a price of $149…
The black friday ads for EB Games/GameStop have hit and they’re offering Virtua Tennis 3 on the PS3 and Naruto: Ninja Council 3 on the DS for $20 apiece, and World of Warcraft for $10. The rest of the deals are pretty unspectacular, but thats EB for ya. Oh yeah, select movie titles on Sony’s…
The Blackberry 9000-series phones are rumored to have touchscreen keyboards, and Unstrung is reporting a series of quotes from analyst Carmi Levy about it. Levy could have good sources, or he could be giving us the analyst reach-around, repeating rumors first written about on blogs. I don’t know. But if such a device does work,…
Eager to get in on the Black Friday madness, Amazon’s Camera and Photo department tipped us off to its special deals for Black Friday. For instance, we’ve never seen that Sanyo Xacti 720p HD camcorder (pictured above) for $399.99. Good deal., because it’s usually around $530. Follow the jump for camcorders, still cameras and accessories.…
The staff of Mac|Life has a neat thinkfeature imagining future packaging for Apple software. They’ve got three concepts, all of which are eye-catching, attractive and Apple-esque, but they don’t feel quite right. The first, by Mac|Life’s own art director, for instance, might be eco-friendly with recycled packaging, but it still uses more material than is…
When the world finally goes all to hell and the missiles start flying, a Geiger counter will be a handy tool for anyone who survives the blast. Be prepared by building your own Mr. Fission radar detector. The device works with a standard Geiger tube, a high voltage power supply, and a design based around…
The ground-breaking GPS vs. Radar case has been decided and, much to the chagrin of perpetual speeders like myself, the Sonoma County Superior Court has ruled that 17-year-old Shaun Malone was guilty of speeding. https://gizmodo.com/speeder-argues-that-his-gps-unit-proves-the-police-rada-315783 The court case represented the first time that anyone had contested a ticket based on the data obtained by a…
Click to viewWe just got some hangtime with Art.Lebedev’s non-vaporous Optimus keyboard at the Wired Store in SoHo, NYC, and it is as shiny, pretty and luxuriously pointless as billed. Enjoy the video, then check out our impressions and a gallery: https://gizmodo.com/art-lebedev-releases-pics-of-newly-named-optimus-maximu-244481 As you may know, each key is a mini OLED screen, one that…
iPhone developer Pumpkin plugged “rental” into a string search of the iPhone’s lockdown daemon file—which authorizes the iPhone for services—returning a curious set of hits: pumpkin:~ pumpkin$ strings /usr/local/share/iphone-filesystem/usr/libexec/lockdownd | grep -i rental trigger_rental_bag_verification: Could not retrieve FairPlayID trigger_rental_bag_verification: Could not initialize FairPlay context trigger_rental_bag_verification: Could not verify the rental bag response: %d load_rental_bag_request: Could…
Cowon will finally release their Q5 (Q5W for American markets) media player in US stores before the end of the month. The 40 GB model will cost $550 while the 60 GB will cost $600. [Electronista]
Apparently, the folks responsible for illuminating the Rockefeller Christmas tree this year have decided that the benefits of LED lighting can no longer be ignored. This year, the tree will be decked out with 30,000 LED lights as opposed to the traditional incandescent bulbs. https://gizmodo.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-led-christmas-lights-323951 The move is expected to reduce the display’s electricity consumption…
Congratulations to Emily Schlittenhart, winner of our Nokia 810 Internet Tablet contest. As you can see, browsing Giz while you’re supposed to be getting ready to get married is pretty inappropriate, topping the rest of the entries—but not by all that much!—to win a Nokia 810. We hope you enjoy browsing us on your Nokia…
Creative’s Singapore product page for the ZEN is showing that the media player is available with a 32GB capacity. Since there is no other reference of the 32GB version, this could simply be a typo on Creative’s part. [Creative via epiZENter]
As a Thanksgiving surprise, the theme to Halo will be available as free, downloadable content for Guitar Hero III. Can Master Chief shred with all that gear on? [Joystiq via Crave]
Its full name is Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate, and this second-gen version of Hitachi’s EMIEW office worker robot is a lot better looking than the original. At its launch today, however, things didn’t quite go to plan, and what was meant to be a showcase in up-to-the-minute robot fabulousness turned into a…