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When I bought a Canon Powershot a couple years back, I wondered why people didn’t suddenly strike poses when I passed them in the street. I went through several theories: maybe it’s because I had more facial hair than Bigfoot; maybe they weren’t feeling well; maybe I should point the camera at them instead of…
The guys over at Zune Scene are reporting that Microsoft intends to allow customization to all Zune 80 devices purchased via Zune.net. Apparently, the buyer will be able to make several choices concerning color, custom text (a maximum of five lines) and even opt for an etched logo from a bank of 25 preset images.…
Normally, Xbox 360 faceplates fail to get my attention. But in the case of these furry faceplates and controller covers, they’re so strange that I almost think they’re cool. They come in either cow print or leopard print, so your Xbox can look like a Gateway computer box or a tacky, middle-aged housewife (sans excessive…
It’s about time for the mechanics inside digital cameras to get a technological overhaul, and a start-up named Artificial Muscle is aiming to do just that with some new actuators. The actuators are built around a material that alters its firmness when voltage is applied – otherwise known as, well, artificial muscle. At 8.5 and…
Having had Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Microsoft Cola and Wal-Mart’s own brand cola in our blood streams, all at mutually exclusive time points in our lives, we considered ourselves cola connoisseurs. How wrong we were. We were fools, for coladom has a new king and its name is Slim Shady Ubuntu cola! https://gizmodo.com/windows-vista-soft-drink-191357 We…
Zunerama community member, ed, claims to have already purchased a new Zune flash player, days before the expected official release. Apparently, the player was acquired from an Office Depot in St. Louis. (Again, if any of you could somehow manage to get one to us before the launch, we’ll cough up for them). Ed has…
Click to viewHere’s a video report from Reuters on the transforming dress that disguises a scared, vulnerable stalking target into a vending machine you’d find in any Tokyo side street. This is the first time I’ve seen this dress on video. And I like how the reporter calls it a modern day Ninja tactic, while…
A necklace with a pendant shaped like old Walkman of lore. Probably about the size of a shuffle. [Josh Spear via BBG]
The Good: The Hava Titanum HD has component HD support and Wi-Fi via USB dongle out of the box (a must for my Home Theater Setup, where the router is in another room). As a point of comparison, the Sling Pro requires a $50 attachment for HD support and can only communicate wirelessly via power…
An Apple Store employee just tipped us off on why he’s looking forward to the iPhone 1.1.2 patch. He IMs: “Please post something telling people to stop fing jailbreaking in store iPhones and iTouches. We spend a good 2 hours every night overtime redoing the damn things because people are like ‘uhh look at me,…
Larry David of cranky old man fame demonstrates the best way to deal with people with Bluetooth headsets that talk just a little bit too loud. LD’s spot-on with this annoyance, which is weird because it’s probably the only time other than hiring a prostitute to drive in the carpool lane that we’d actually emulate…
The super futuristic look of the VorteXX Chandelier has been described as being “reminiscent of a double helix with the appearance of an endless flowing shape – weightless, pulsating and gleaming” — which is enough to turn on anyone with a taste for contemporary interior design. The lamp is made from 60 individual moldings and…
What do you get when you combine our favorite AppleTV licker with our favorite robotic woman TV show? A parody video by G4’s Munn that features her making out with another lovely lady for a whole ten seconds. Are you ready for this jelly? The video’s slightly NSFW if you work with Martha Stewart. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-licked-by-olivia-munn-246707…
For those of you waiting for our awesome HP MediaSmart Server video, some bad news: the pre-production unit we got was a lemon. Not sure whether to blame HP or Microsoft. Oh well, we can blame both, at least for this weekend. Good thing we already reviewed the software and squeezed all the details out…
The British Ministry of Defence has eliminated missiles and other projectile weapons in favor of a more open, glass covered cockpit offensive. Why? Their new tactic is to fly as close to enemy aircraft as possible while wearing this prototype helmet to make the opposition shit themselves to death. Victims won’t be reincarnated as anything…
Because of its small size, the shuffle generally gets left out in the cold when it comes to docking with iPod accessories. Meanwhile, the big boys are docking with every cheap gadget and speaker accessory in sight. The folks at FastMac believe that it is high time the shuffle became a woman. Thanks to the…
The iPhone elite development claims that they have managed to jailbreak the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware. Keep in mind that this hack is completely unproven at this point, so you may want to wait for some other poor bastards to screw up before you try it. [Elite Download via Tuaw] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-1-1-2-firmware-what-you-need-to-know-320953
The Fujitsu Lifebook U810 is the mini tablet UMPC, and although its launch moment has come and gone, this is the first video I’ve seen demoing the machine’s cool keyboard lamp. Which Joel here describes as the “F’ing Future” or something. I’m surprised he doesn’t love the keyboard, but maybe that’s because Joel is Viking…
Click to viewWhile Radiohead basked in adulation for dipping its toe into the digital future with the pay-what-you-will In Rainbows pre-release, it wasn’t the first major act to toy with the internet model, and certainly wasn’t making a genuine move toward disruption. Had it truly boldly gone where a few have gone before, it potentially…
Apparently some of you didn’t quite understand how to enter our Nokia 810 Internet Tablet contest. When we said send in a picture of you browsing the Gizmodo site in the most inappropriate place possible, we meant take a picture that has 1) you in it, 2) something browsing Gizmodo, 3) in some place that…