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If you have criminal persuasions in life, whatever they may be, might we suggest you relocate your place of residence to Austria? The reason for this; Austria happens to be the geographic location of the most awesome (to our knowledge) prison in the world. Check out The Leoben Justice Centre, Steiermark, in the gallery below.…
Don’t forget to enter out Xbox 360 + Xbox 360 HD DVD player contest. It’s easy. All you have to do is click on over to the contest post and follow the instructions. Super simple. https://gizmodo.com/contest-win-a-xbox-360-hd-dvd-player-311104
Apple officially announced that French wireless carrier Orange will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in France. Set to roll out on November 29, Apple CEO Steve Jobs crowed about how excited he was to partner with Orange, just in time for the holidays. So now French Apple fanboys won’t have to hack that…
Lumenlab thinks it’s come up with the solution for that computer/TV set conundrum playing itself out on home theaters across the globe with the Q42, a 42-inch 1080p flat panel with a PC hidden inside. At just 3 inches deep, the all-in-one unit’s PC has a terabyte of hard disk storage, 2GB of RAM and…
Click to viewThe FedEx man just made us happy by dropping off a Sidekick LX, which will be available to T-Mobile customers tomorrow, and will be “widely available” on October 24th at T-Mobile stores and at t-mobile.com. Here’s a look at its classy exterior, definitely more of a grown-ups Sidekick than any we’ve seen before.…
This week at TreeHugger: It doesn’t look like much now, but the technology behind the “UMD” for “University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,” could someday manufacture human body parts as easily as printing a few sheets of paper. Taking the best of both electric bikes and scooters, French company Citydoo has created a slick extra-electric bike, or…
We’ve shown you plenty of doorbells before, but here’s ReBell, the first one with a USB port that lets you load up whatever 30-second sound effect you’d like to be summoned by. Of course, if you follow the example of this video and load up Darth Vader’s entrance music, you’ll never get laid again, but…
Click to viewWe talked to Brian Croll, senior director, Mac OS X Product Marketing at Apple this morning about, yep, Leopard. We had quite a few questions, and Brian had answers for many of them. Here’s the information we managed to eke out, including Leopard’s demands on MacBook Pro battery life, the possibility of Widgets…
Here in Japan, if you want a hot cup of ramen noodles in soup, you don’t need to go to a restaurant or even to your kitchen. No, you just need about $2.50, a lack of respect for your taste buds, and to be near a vending machine. That’s right: you can get hot ramen…
Anybody who purchased a Mac on or after October 1 will get a Leopard upgrade—the software is free, though shipping and handling can cost $9.95. [Mac OS X Leopard Up-to-Date Program]
AT&T has decided to pull a Verizon and prorate termination fees for users if they decide to change their contracts. The company says the quit-fines will be reduced according to how long a customer has been with AT&T. Even more important to some users, they’ll be allowed to change their level of service without extending…
Genius Traveler 915BT Laser presentation mouse from Taiwan, about the same as all the others, $50 [PC Launches]
Today Nokia, the largest player in the mobile handset game, announced the addition of a touchscreen interface to their S60 OS. Comparisons to Apple’s multi-touch input system are inevitable, but Nokia is holding its own with a few promised extras. These include silencing the phone by flipping it on its face when an incoming call…
Japanese toy firm Gakken has brought out a light-up version of the Tokyo Tower for you to build. And if you don’t fancy having a 3’4″ red and white version of Godzilla’s favorite phallic object owning a piece of your floor, then you can always turn the waffle-shaped bricks into three other things: A hot-air…
Click to viewThe horse has spoken: The eagerly anticipated, occasionally delayed Mac OS 10.5 Leopard is finally shipping. It will be available in 10 days, on Friday, October 26th, at 6pm in Apple Stores and at authorized resellers. Leopard may be the most ambitious MacOS update since the switch to OS X, with new features…
We have no idea what this is about, but it looks dope. So dope, we are considering returning to religion. Amen. Anyone (really) know what this is about? If not, shoot up your witty observations after the jump anyway. [UrbanRetroLifeStyle]
Fanboys loosen your collars, the Apple Store is down and we couldn’t possibly imagine why (Leopard). Check back for updates.
Apple has answered the Greenpeace Foundation’s claims about the iPhone’s hazardous substances. An Apple spokesperson told Macworld that, “like all Apple products worldwide, iPhone complies with RoHS [Restriction of Hazardous Substances], the world’s toughest restrictions on toxic substances in electronics. As we have said, Apple will voluntarily eliminate the use of PVCs and BFRs by…
If you like pictures of stuff that look way more awesome than they are actually are, feast your eyes on Jerome Olivet’s new iPod shoulder bag, with the narcissistic title of Jeromeolivet 32. You could probably take iPod out of the product description and have a fully-fledged, regular shoulder bag, but as Olivet has included…
The new gigantastic Airbus A380 will not only include a toilet with a view, but now Singapore Airlines has announced their new “super-first-class” private suites will include full-sized double bed with a real mattress and—apparently—tacky rose petals. [Daily Mail] https://gizmodo.com/airbus-380-has-bathroom-window-insert-joke-here-297496