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We told you about the forthcoming PistolCam, mounted on a police officer’s gun barrel and about to be adopted by a few cop shops across the violence-prone U.S., and here’s a video showing you how it works. We grabbed a few clips and edited together this highlight reel of news-quacking anchors/anchorettes explaining the workings of…
It was only a matter of time before pictures of the Google Phone hit the pipes. Maybe they’re real. Or maybe the third tier Chinese company e28 is riding the buzz with some irresistible blog bait leaks. Either way, if this is what hardware running Google’s secret OS sauce looks like, it’s probably doomed. Update:…
Along with Verizon, Google seems to be talking with Sprint Nextel about plans to debut the Google Phone or Google Phone Operating System (GPOS—we coined that just now) on their respective services. Like Apple, in order for Google to get their OS in front of customers, it needs to find a carrier to cooperate with…
Halloween is all about dressing up, and if you’re not so into dressing yourself up, there’s no way you won’t enjoy dressing up Microsoft honcho and complete madman Steve Ballmer. This shouldn’t be as fun as it is, it really shouldn’t. I made Ballmer look like a ballerina! Ah-haw-haw-haw! [Joy of Tech]
Kmart loves the Toshiba HD-A2 player’s $200 price, so they’re going exclusive with it, meaning no set top Blu-ray players. Makes sense, considering Kmart’s market. Of course, this isn’t really exclusive while the PS3 is on shelves with it’s Blu-ray capability. So don’t read into this too much. The format war isn’t close to being…
Can the masses be wooed by Linux? Second-tier PC maker Everex teamed up with a startup called gOS to build the gPC TC2502, a $199 VIA-powered Ubuntu 7.10 Linux system with an Enlightenment E17 interface. Although they assure us that the “g” doesn’t stand for Google, the PC’s productivity will be almost solely derived from…
This one of the more misleading alarm clocks we’ve seen lately. The Dr. Light Alarm Clock lamp looks like its mother was an iPod and its father was some kind of Jetsons-imitating telephone. That doesn’t mean this alarm clock/lighting instrument is without merit; it has LEDs lined up on its front to simulate dawn and…
At the Sega Joypolis, a 3-story arcade and amusement park at Tokyo Decks Beach (the same place as Muscle Park), they have a gigantic setup of the Initial D racing game. What makes this arcade driving setup different and much, much better than any other? The fact that you ride in real cars while you…
In honor of the autumnal season and one of our favorite pastimes, here’s a roundup of the Top 10 Sexiest Halloween Costumes in the entire world. After all, Halloween is a holiday for goblins, geeks, goons, weirdos, trolls and merrymakers of all stripes, so we knew the Giz readership wouldn’t mind if we posted a…
First you get a taste of what the two sexy new Sidekicks, the LX and Slide, look like side by side. (Can someone please tell me why the logos are all oriented for “portrait” when there’s never been a more “landscape” phone? I need an explanation.) That, my friends, is but the appetizer. Your main…
Who says people get to have all the Halloween fun? Dress up your dog in this iPhone Halloween costume and he’ll be the envy of all the other mutts. On the other hand, wearing this getup couldn’t be much fun for the poor guy. Nevertheless, this is a brilliantly executed costume, even better than that…
Happy Halloween, all you scary, scary readers. Today may be the official Halloween, but we’ve been celebrating the holiday for at least a few days now. Here are all of our best stories that you should be sure link in your mass holiday email to look cool: Papercraft Skull with Moving Jaw Make Blood Without…
While there isn’t a lot to say that we haven’t already said, it’s nice to finally get the thing in the box and have a look. As Blam mentioned last week, it’s sturdy and slim, with a nice bright screen—though not the biggest. It’s definitely the most comfortable Sidekick for the pants… pocket. (I won’t…
Before you click the Play button above, we’d like to apologize for the obnoxious noise this USB Ferris Wheel Phone Stand makes. Turn your sound down, trust us. Place your cellphone in the slot next to this USB- or battery-powered mini-Ferris wheel, and whenever a phone call comes in, it automagically springs into action, taking…
In addition to being one of our favorite holidays, today is the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Besides squeezing a ripe pair of tittles, what better way to celebrate than picking up a pink Western Digital Passport drive with 250GB of storage on board? We’ve been testing one of these USB drives, and…
Our favorite iPhone iClone, the Meizu M8, has gotten a face lift and new price. But interestingly enough, the M8’s design (aside from growing 1/10 of an inch) has been altered to look less like the iPhone, ditching the shiny, metallic edges and rear for an iPod Touchesque charcoal shading. In fact, it looks almost…
The LimoTrack is an old troop carrier that’s been converted into a limousine for assholes by a portly ex-solider in Britain. It’s loaded up with a smoke machine, fancy lighting, a bumpin’ sound system, and a machine gun for taking down airplanes. Oh, and it can travel on both solid ground and in water. There’s…
Guinness World Records has acknowledged Folding@home as the world’s most powerful distributed computing project. On September 16, 2007, months after the program was first distributed to PS3s, Folding@home hit 1 petaflop—setting the record. But just a week later (September 23), PS3 users alone reached the petraflop mark. While Kaz Hirai revealed some of these numbers…
It’s official: you can now buy a 320GB drive from WD for your laptop, and for just $200. The WD Scorpio SATA drive spins at 5400rpm and has a 8MB cache. The press release says it’s “extraordinarily quiet while running at cool operating temperatures.” I hope that doesn’t mean it’s extremely loud while running at…
We’ve certainly seen some ludicrous hot tubs with gigantic TVs attached before, but this “Extreme Spa” seems to be gunning for nuance rather than hitting you over the head with a gigantic screen. It’s got a modest 17-inch LCD screen installed which is connected to a Sony sound system, Boss controls, and a DVD player.…