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From time to time we get sob stories here at the Giz, where unfortunate souls are so enthralled with our gadget coverage that they just want that stuff sooooooo bad. Bad enough to beg us to post some publicity for their personal begging websites. Well now, here’s Payittome, a “wish fulfillment” website set up specifically…
After all of Microsoft’s big talk about IPTV at last year’s CES, it will be dark horse Sony PS3 that rolls out an IPTV service first. Because according to The Korea Times, Korea’s big telecom operator KT will provide its HD Mega TV service to PS3s starting this November (better late than never). Since Mega…
After starting manufacturing last May and unveiling it in July, Boeing is now saying there is going to be a six-month delay in Dreamliner’s initial deliveries. Sorry airlines and anonymous billionares, you will have to wait. [Boeing] https://gizmodo.com/boeing-787-lego-like-building-begins-kicks-airbus-nuts-262412
Sprint clearly didn’t want Verizon enV users to have all the messaging fun: the LG Rumor looks about the same size as the latter-day enV, with a slideout QWERTY keypad. Features include 1.3 megapixel camera, (new?) Sprint POP3 e-mail client, Bluetooth, a MicroSD card slot and GPS with Sprint Navigation. The catch, if there is…
We were pretty excited about this Toyota concept “car” called the i-Real, Toyota’s successor to the way too sci-fi to be real i-Unit. Just hear the pitch: it’s a car the wraps around your body, allowing you to zip through life with little encumbrance from mortal legs. Meanwhile, when going at high speeds, it will…
Clarion’s new car stereos are definitely aimed at Eighties aerobics teachers with permed highlight — the type that wore Reebok Jazz trainers and carried their gear in a Head sports bag. With an FM/AM tuner and CD player, the DUB275MP connects to your music player via the USB port, and will also let you connect…
Designer Seung-Jin Lee has decided that it would be a good idea to put LEDs embedded in tubes to make them float on water. The objective is to control them with a computer and make beautiful shows for concerts and the like. Fine by us, as soon as he connects it to a NES emulator…
Clearly designed after a five-hour hot shower trying to recover from a night of tapas and drinking spanish wine, this windscreen wiper mirror will eliminate the steam from the glass and make it clear enough to see the effects of your hangover. Retro style, absurd, almost surrealist and absolutely irresistible. Too bad it’s just a…
So, it’s official, we’re bored by Star Wars gear (yeah yeah, hate mail to [email protected].) Chen is championing Star Trek (yaaaaaaawn) and with there being a lack of BG stuff — you know what I mean: Commander Adama dolls with realistic commando-parts; Cylon toasters, Starbuck frack-wear; Gaius science kits; Raider croissants; Number Six Real Dolls…
The GM OnStar Ant vehicle uses a Nanorb wheel system, “independent robots that can arrange themselves in any configuration” along with artificial muscles called “electro-active polymer actuators” to change the position of its body panels. It’s probably made of adamantium too and it can transform itself faster than you can say “Optimus Prime” into any…
Toshiba has recalled the AC adapters sold with its SD-P1600 portable DVD player between Jan 2005 and April 2006. The power units are, apparently, a “burn hazard.”
Click to viewiPhoneSIMFree, the company that released the first GUI iPhone SIM unlock, has just provided an updated version of their SimFree unlocker for iPhone 1.1.1 phones. According to them, they can apply their unlock thanks to the iPhone Dev Team’s 1.1.1 Jailbreak. Their new software will work with virgin, never-unlocked iPhones with firmware 1.1.1…
Not only is the newest addition to Sony Ericsson‘s Cyber-shot line a sleek black 2-megapixel number, there’s 3g HSDPA, 4GB Memory Stick Micro support (256MB included), tri-band GSM, FM radio, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/Microsoft DRM support, Bluetooth Stereo A2DP, and MPEG4/WMV/H.264/H.263 video all in a shell with a talk time of 9 hours. The K630i is definitely not…
All those rumors about the new Wii SKU popping up in retail inventory systems has turned out to be nothing more than a new Wii system that comes with the Wiimote jacket. We’ve no clue why the system was called the “Wii Play ‘n Learn” internally, but perhaps it to imply that you should learn…
BlackBerry maker RIM announced a partnership with Eatoni Ergonomics Inc to develop a new text keyboard technology. A signed agreement grants RIM license to use Eatoni’s keyboard hardware and software tech. [Reuters]
The Cayago Magnum is the latest in Seabob’s line of underwater propulsion devices, and one look at the statistics will tell you that riding this bad boy will either kill you or give you the ride of your life. Perhaps that is why they are pitching it to rugged military professionals and not pasty nerds.…
Earlier today we let you know that AT&T would be changing their Terms of Service following some bad publicity regarding their limits of freedom of speech…that we swear we had nothing to do with. Now the company has just followed up with a finalized draft of the new TOS, and it looks like the rainbows…
It can be a pain on the ass entering in Wi-Fi WEP, WPA and WPA2 passwords even on QWERTY phones, so Nokia is making things easy on their E and N-series phone users by teaming up with Devicescape. The latter’s software lets you enter in connectivity information on your computer, which then gets housed on…
Minutes ago, version 1.1.1 of the iPhone’s software was jailbreak’d or Jailbroken, or whatever. Apps and other hacks will start flowing again. I’m happy, but not as happy as when I thought Apple was cool with the Apps. And I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about hacking my iPhone again. I’m worried…
Tall or short, the Ahrend 750 Office Furniture System will give you the fit you need thanks to a built-in electronic height adjustment feature. Users can raise or lower the desk with a simple push of a button. Plus, an LCD display makes re-adjusting the desk to your preferred height a snap. It’s kind of…