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Throwing darts has never been this fun. Not only do you get the satisfaction of hitting a bull’s-eye if your aim is true, but as soon as you score, this supremely confident blond encourages you, crying out in ecstasy the inexplicable phrase, “Young girl, bull’s-eyes! Wonderful!” Even though it is a bit misogynistic for our…
To hell with all this newfangled modern-looking stuff like that iMac—let’s go back to the heyday of the Soviet Union, circa 1961 when the Reds were making these Rekord TV sets. Enterprising case modders took out the guts of one of those old idiot boxes and inserted a completely current Athlon-packing Windows PC inside. We’re…
Roughly 1,800 external drives manufactured by Seagate were infected with a Trojan horse virus that sent personal information back to China, according to the Taipei Times. The disk drives, sold at retail in Taiwan, were presumably messed with when they were in the possession of one of Seagate’s Chinese subcontractors. The situation has been locked…
This week at TreeHugger: We finally catch a glimpse of the elusive (finally real) Vectrix 100% electric motorcycle at Oracle OpenWorld. Check out our quick how-to for multi-function printers, to get yourself a one-stop shop for fax, email, scanning, printing and more. We pull the curtain back on the Eco Media Player; an iPod killer,…
It’s no shock that China Mobile is doing the courtship dance with Apple: the company is the world’s largest phone carrier and as of yet, Apple has no announced Chinese carrier partner. China Mobile’s CEO, Wang Jianzhou, also stated supreme obviousness when he told reporters, “Our customers like this kind of fashionable product.” What makes…
We thought the only difference between the different pricepoints of Asus Eee PCs would be the storage and a few tiny features, like the $299 version lacking the $399 version’s webcam. But Asus’s upcoming 8GB model will not only feature an extra 512MB of RAM, but a screen size of nearly 3″ over its counterparts—10″…
To all of the Giz readers who own first gen Zunes, your Zune 2.0 is available for download now. For a less cryptic version of exactly what we mean, hit up our hands-on with Microsoft’s free upgraded Zuneware. For everyone else who doesn’t care, we are so, so sorry for distracting you from what looks…
The “Constraint City” vest is a weird project by Austrian artist Gordan Savicic that’s a sadistic type of Wi-Fi detector. It’s a vest, and as you get closer to Wi-Fi hotspots, it gets tighter and tighter, causing discomfort and pain. The idea, according to Savicic, is to create “schizo-geographic pain map” of the wireless signals…
GroundSurf is a three-wheeled skateboard with an unusual twist: You can control it with a Bluetooth cellphone. It’s driven by an electric motor between the two front wheels, and you can either remotely control its speed with your Bluetooth cellphone or lean forward to accelerate, backward to slow down or brake. But its designers, Paris-based…
This is what happens when you mix boredom with heavy machinery: the digger swing. Sure, it’s terribly dangerous, but it does look fun. At least it looks safer than the industrial robot arm ride. [Spulch] https://gizmodo.com/crazy-industrial-robot-on-ebay-lets-gallagher-your-own-239715
Good news, downloadable porn DivX fans! DivX has announced today that they are currently testing the PlayStation 3 before adding their final certified stamp of approval to the device. While we’d seen rumors last week, now it’s confirmed that DivX is coming to the PlayStation 3. https://gizmodo.com/hint-of-coming-xvid-and-divx-support-slipped-into-ps3-f-320751 Details are scant, but interested PS3 owners will…
Not only is this Zero House by architect Scott Specht completely green, automatic and self-sufficient, but it looks so badass it could’ve come out of the movie Clockwork Orange. That extra wide roof holds a slew of high-efficiency solar panels that let you say goodbye to electric bills, powering the whole house and storing up…
So is Korea actually a country from the future, or what? We’re asking because Samsung is now rolling out its second generation of phones, mobile devices and USB modems that support WiMax. Heck, the whole country has a WiMax network at their disposal, while here in the States we keep hearing about how Sprint wants…
The contents of the Xbox 360’s fall update have been revealed to the world. Great! So do we get IPTV now? Uhh, no. Maybe the new Zunes are doing something cool with the console? Not that we’ve heard. How about downloading old games? Yes! https://gizmodo.com/the-real-deal-on-xbox-360-iptv-with-pics-and-video-227911 When the update hits December 4th, current Xbox 360 owners…
The taillight is made of old vacuum parts. The side cowling covers are made from a porch light, cut in half. The entire project is a Frankenstein’s scooter, the monster’s trademark stitches replaced with welds, his green skin replaced with stainless steel. And when the project is finally done, the maker will surely take one…
I know how worried you’ve been that wealthy people have only been able to buy EDGE-capable Nokia 8800s. Well, mercifully, Nokia has finally introduced two 3G edition 8800s, at least in Europe (though they’ll certainly be unlocked). The 8800 Arte will ship soon for $1,470, and the 8800 Sapphire Arte, with embedded sapphire, will ship…
As enthralled as I’m not with the Japanese mobile market, I’m kinda geek-jonesin’ for the smoking red and black flavor of the NEC 905i. The headline-grabber is its 5MP camera with face detection, which can lock onto three grills simultaneously for optimal vogueing—a feature usually reserved for bigger, badder shooters. https://gizmodo.com/pcs-might-be-losing-ground-in-japan-but-not-because-th-319151 The W-CDMA and GSM-packing…
Font talk isn’t exactly stimulating (unless you’re scary weird), but it’s worth giving the fonts Ascender’s developed for Android’s system UI a close look since you’ll be looking closely at them in Android’s app menus, web browser and other texty situations. Overall, they seem pretty clean with a nice smoothness to them, and if they’re…
Succeeding the 3007WFP, Dell’s latest 30-inch deskbuster LCD, the 3008WFP, packs the much-ballyhooed DisplayPort input with its visual-cortex-pleasing 2560×1600 resolution support and 10.8Gbps data rate. (Samsung was actually first out of the gate with its DisplayPort-sporting 30-incher back in July.) https://gizmodo.com/dell-3007wfp-30-inch-lcd-reviewed-verdict-just-how-i-168621 The 3008WFP’s more pedestrian inputs are a pair of DVI ports, HDMI, component vid,…
The petite Venture Mini Bluetooth car hub is a combination FM transmitter, speakerphone, A2DP streamer and 12V charger. It can pair with up to four devices simultaneously and features in/out audio ports to connect your DAP. There’s also a standard USB port for charging. For an improved speakerphone experience, there’s a noise isolating mic. Its…