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Okay, you caught us. We’ve been sleeping on the job, but only because we want to help you, dear reader, to get a better night’s sleep and ease out of bed the next day, no worse for the wear. Come along with us into the world of sleep-enhancing and wakeup gadgets, where there are snake-oil…
Admit it, the Wii Light Sword is truly a lightsaber sans Lucasfilm revenue share, a perfect accoutrement for Duel Mode in the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Power-up and power-down light effects make use of the 22 “ultra bright” LEDs buried inside the plastic casing, independently powered by three AA batteries. Not…
Black Friday’s savings on tech are legit. We proved it yesterday in our Ultimate Black Friday Guide, comparing savings to online comparison shopping. If you are looking for a big ticket purchase like a TV, you can easily save $300, and maybe as much as $500 depending on the model. So we want to know:…
This 360-degree ultra-high-definition military simulator allows you to drive a Humvee and fire real weapons with absolute precision, including machine guns and rocket launchers, anywhere you want. The 10-projector system achieves a perfectly seamless panorama thanks to Mersive’s Sol system; a calibration, warping and sub-pixel image blending technology that may jump from military sims to…
Part of the Sony Bravia S series, this fuchsia television may have an excellent picture with 4000:1 contrast ratio and great audio from Sony’s top of the line integrated virtual surround sound technology, but it’s fuchsia—you know—the slutty mom of pink. For those who are still interested, the 20″ fuchsia Bravia will set you back…
There’s little doubt that the Mac Classic is an iconic piece of computing history, but this SattaMac mod is truly, inarguably an icon. Even the most hardened PC users need to grit their teeth and admit, yes, the Mac Classic is an icon. Damn that modder! Damn him!! From what we can tell, the SattaMac…
Who doesn’t love an artistically offbeat way of telling time—and telling your friends exactly how cool you are? Zirc is the first new watch from Nooka since 2005. Its elongated rectangular frame is meant to be worn up the arm a bit, held by a metal mesh or colored band. Nooka replaced the old rectangular…
One of the most shocking things about the Dubai Air Show was the drones. Drones everywhere. Drones in every single booth, drones on the runway, drones in my coffee. Everyone wanted a drone, for surveillance, spying on their neighboring country, starting a war, helping soldiers or to take it out for drinks. The fact is…
If you’re looking to save some money without standing in line, AT&T’s offering a Black Friday deal all weekend. Featuring 50% off a slew of phones—sorry, as the headline said, no iPhone—customers only need sign a two-year agreement and wait for the mail-in rebate. It’s just like buying a phone on a normal weekend, except…
Sneaking a peek at a patent application by Nokia shows the company slipping into me-too territory, doodling an application to the U.S Patent Office that looks surprisingly like a T-Mobile Sidekick. Supposedly sidestepping any danger of patent infringement is one notable difference: an odd crank-like device on the side that must be turned to open…
Last time you saw the SCH-u900, it was fugly. Now, gussied up and ready for the holidays, the u900 makes its Verizon Wireless debut in red and black with a new nickname, the FlipShot. The 3.0-megapixel camphone replaces the now defunct a990 with a thinner body and a new rounded-edge look. It’s got what you’d…
This meter-high ladybug is a prototype robot cleaner but, if tests go well, could be the new face of washroom hygiene in Japan. As well as putting a nice shine to the bathroom floor with its scrubbing abilities, the light-up insect, which is being developed for NEXCO, has all sorts of other skills. Hidden beneath…
Responding to Vodafone’s whining and legal action about the iPhone in Germany, T-Mobile has published a press release that basically tells Vodafone to TFSU: T-Mobile thinks that Vodafone’s claims are without merit and only driven by self-interest. To avoid legal trouble, however, they are now offering an unlocked iPhone for $999, just like every manufacturer…
The Nintendo DS TV Tuner was released yesterday in Japan for about $60 and the people from Impress have got their hands on one. The device will let you watch digital terrestrial television on the DS top screen while giving all sorts of controls on the bottom part. The surprise: it includes the all-time-classic Game&Watch…
Eye-O Data calls their flash-based 16GB HDMC UZ16ZM a “Pocketable HDD,” but knowing that its 2 x 2.3 x 0.7-inch body is waterproof and can survive under a meter of water, we will call it “Dunkable HDD.” Just because we can and because I feel like doughnuts and coffee. Available for $241 in Japan, the…
We just got the advance word on the American Express holiday My WishList deals, running from November 27 to December 13. If you recall, Amex sells certain hot products for super cheap in very limited supplies, but you have to go to the site and try to buy it on a certain day (and yes,…
The September 4, 1965 Press Courier (Oxnard, CA) ran an article titled, “Physiologist sees mile run in 3:41 by year 2000.” The entire article appears below. In case you were wondering, the actual world record in 2000 was 3:43.13, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, according to Running Times magazine. How fast will man…
While the gaming press leaves you with impressions of the king of all rhythm games, Rock Band, I’m going to tackle the hardware, which the Best Buy in SF had plenty of as of this afternoon. Let me start out by saying that the gear looked smaller on the internet; I’m too old to have…
According to Informationweek and Computerworld, Segate has inked a deal with Staples that will bring data recovery services to all of the retail chain’s 1400 stores. The deal will allow users to reclaim their lost data from any type of digital media, regardless of brand or condition. After a free evaluation, the experts will determine…
According to iSuppli, Vizio, of Sam’s Club and other fine club merchant fame, holds on to its spot as no. 1 supplier of LCD TVs in the US for Q3 2007, with 13 percent of sets shipped. But that’s a .7 percent drop from last quarter, while every other major player saw a spike. https://gizmodo.com/in-q2-of-2007-vizio-outsold-samsung-in-the-lcd-market-291536…