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The USB Blender Alarm Clock was designed as the ultimate throwback gadget. Celebrating the the disco revolution by playing your favorite 70’s jingles, co-workers will marvel at your sense of history. But the really acute among them will recognize that since USB gadgets are sort of the alarm clock gadgets (80s) of the new millennium,…
We already knew that the iPhone was making Apple money by the barrelload, but we didn’t know exactly how much. Well, uh, you’d better sit down. According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Apple receives a whopping $18 per month from AT&T for each iPhone customer. That adds up to $432 for each two-year contract,…
Check out this hands-on video of the Pantech Duo C810, now available via AT&T just as we told you it would be. The dual-slidin’ WinMo 6 phone looks a bit smaller than we thought it was (and smaller than the similar Helio Ocean), but still seems clunky and a bit thick for our tastes. But…
What would happen if comic-obsessed Internet nerds remade Back to the Future? This steampunk flux capacitor would replace the normal one, and it would be in the back of a carriage pulled by a steam engine made of brass with leather accents rather than a DeLorean. Also, instead of “Great Scott!,” Doc’s catchphrase would be…
The Motorboard 2000XR is to scooters what sex is to reproduction: the awesome bit that will make you accidentally do something you secretly do not want to, in this case, that would be commuting. The machine packs in twin motors with a two-hour charge time, tops out at 15 mph and weighs a portable 16.5…
These shots originated over at Gadgetzone.nl, where they wonder aloud whether this is or isn’t an upcoming iPhone Nano. Their source “implores” them that it really is the iPhone Nano and it originates inside Apple, but unless Apple’s security broke down horribly between when the regular iPhone was in development and now, it’s pretty unlikely.…
If you read our story about Roper’s coveted SwitchBack PC hitting the commercial market, you might’ve wanted a closer look at the goods. We got one to play around with, and it’s definitely a little bundle of bulletproof joy. It weighs in at just 3lbs 2oz all by itself; when you pop on the standard…
Roper Mobile announced that it was buying Black Diamond Advanced Technology, creator of the SwitchBack super-rugged UMPC. The machine debuted last fall, wooing fans with its hot-swappable batteries, all-weather reflective screen and full waterproofing to three meters underwater. But until now no one could actually buy one. Though not many knew it, SwitchBack was also…
This ad from the March 9, 1931 Simpson’s Leader-Times (Kittanning, PA) is in no way subtle. The consequences of using recorded music at theatre performances rather than live musicians are, “Monotony in the theatre – corruption of taste – destruction of art.” Yikes. Here is a struggle of intense interest to all music lovers. If…
The long-rumored T-Mobile Shadow (aka Juno) officially launches now. It hits stores Wednesday for $200 with voice-plan or $150 with $20-per-month unlimited data plan. (Both require two year contracts.) With it, T-Mobile and HTC have done the impossible: they have made Windows Mobile look good. Great even. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-htc-shadow-spy-shots-309999 Like other WM6 devices including Sprint’s recently…
See how T-Mobile’s new smartyphone shapes up next to your current favorites in the gallery above. [T-Mobile]
I was just sitting here thinking that what I really need is a flash drive that looks like a chicken foot and damned if one doesn’t show up. Whazatt has a suitably weird flash drive sporting 1GB of flash storage inside and taking the form of a chicken foot that could have come right off…
Our Apple OS X Leopard coverage is in high fever. (Here’s an Antidote, if you’re a Windows fan.) For the rest of you, here’s a roundup of all our coverage so far: — Our Unabridged Apple OS X Leopard Test Notes (24 Hours and Counting…) — First NSFW use of iChat’s customizable video backdrops —…
I like my notebook, but I loathe using a trackpad for my mouse. I also find typical portable notebook mice lack enough sensitivity for my tastes. Razer’s latest notebook mouse, the Pro|Click Mobile aims to remedy both of these pet peeves. The $49.99 Pro|Click Mobile has a 1200 dpi resolution making it very accurate to…
That Apple OS X Leopard blue screen of death that shows up on install for some users? It’s been isolated to have been caused by APE enhancement software, and Apple’s got a fix. That didn’t take long to solve at all. [Apple]
I’m not sure why every product made for the iPod has to start with a small “i”. Anyway, Hercules has a new outdoor speaker for your iPod coming soon called the i-XPS 120. The cool part is that this particular speaker is designed for the outdoors and is waterproof. So waterproof, in fact, that the…
The summer may be dwindling, but are you going to let the elements dictate when you can take your tunes outdoors? No, you are not. Sharper Image’s Wireless Outdoor Monophonic One-Speaker System—besides having a ridiculously long name—is here to help. The stylish speaker will allow you to pump your beats, via the included 2.4GHz transmitter,…
You think that Steve Wozniak (sexy hunk on left) has already filled as much of your techie heart as humanly possible, and then he starts dating Kathy Griffin and you kind of don’t know how that makes you feel because you were never much of a fan, and then he blesses iPhone unlockers everywhere with…
Hitachi has just rolled out a worryingly small RFID chip, measuring an impressively tiny 0.15 mm x 0.15 mm x 0.0075 mm. The chip packs in a 128-bit ROM, which is able to store a 38-digit number. Hitachi previously held the title for world’s smallest RFID, but the now second place tag was comparatively large…
Boffins at Arizona University have developed a new process that will allow the production of low cost, energy efficient, high capacity memory. High capacity refers to the ability to construct an economically viable terabyte thumb drive. The new technique relies upon making changes to copper particles at the molecular level. The end result is a…