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If you’re in San Francisco right now, look outside for an aeronautical show that’s bidding the Airbus A380 farewell.
If you are anything like me, your cell phone takes a beating. If you’re not sitting on it, it’s getting scratched in your pocket, and if it’s not getting scratched you’re dropping it in the toilet. The SaY concept phone may not be able to withstand a good toilet dunking, but it’s rubberized exterior should…
Our tipster didn’t give us many details on this, but apparently the LG Shine—previously seen in flip-version on Verizon—is heading to AT&T. No real details here other than it’s coming (including whether it’s this black finish), but check out our previous Shine coverage to see if you’re interested. https://gizmodo.com/lg-vx8700-official-for-verizon-247580
Now that the Zune 2 features and services are all known, we should look ahead to what’s coming in Zune 3—at least, what we want to come in Zune 3. It’s not to say that we’re not satisfied with Wi-Fi syncing and Windows Media Center content support, it’s that, well, it’s capable of so much…
This here is some fancy wallpaper that’s heat sensitive, changing the pattern when the radiator comes on. It’s a pretty sweet idea, and it looks cool, although I wonder if it goes from all to nothing like in these pictures or if it just stays in a halfway-there middleground most of the time. If that’s…
If you’re expecting to be undistracted by the smooth, seamless lines of your PS3 as you faux jam on your Guitar Hero III controller to “Cult of Personality,” get ready for some eyesoreness. Since GH’s controller doesn’t work with the PS3’s built-in Bluetooth, there’s going to be some donglage hanging from the PS3’s USB ports,…
Although the ASUS Xonar U1 may look goofy, it promises quite a lot of features in its cone-shaped body. Among them are a high quality digital to analog converter, EAX and DirectSound hardware acceleration, 5.1-channel audio, a bundled array microphone, ambient noise suppression up to 20db, and a built-in headphone amp. No pricing or availability…
White is the new black is the new white, as Art.Lebedev anounces the Optimus Maximus is going to be blanco—not negro—at launch. Better or worse? [Optimus Project]
China’s Ocean Leader Development isn’t known for their cool MP3 players, but this PMP comes with a disappearing 1.8-inch TFT display, which means it only shows when necessary. Other than this, it’s a standard player with FM radio, built-in speaker, MP3/WMA/AMV support, e-Book functionality, and a circular control pad. We’re not saying we want this…
Click to view I found the skull-poundingly monotonous drum beat combined with a complete lack of voiceover and “oh my, you’re dumb, home viewer” finger-pointing a teensy bit annoying. But! It’s super easy to follow and it looks simple enough to build your own ghetto stun gun, so much so that I might whip my…
The all-in-one desktop model seems to be the consumer honey pot these days, what with both the iMac and the Gateway One (among others) satisfying user’s unification needs with one shiny, slick package. This Xtreme XN1, from notebook maker Xtreme, seems to follow along the same lines with a fairly decent spec sheet and a…
Apparently things aren’t so dandy over in Sprint-Nextel land, since they’re shopping around for a new CEO to turn around the sinking profit train they’re currently riding express on. [NYT]
Six Japanese government drones in the Agriculture Ministry were given a verbal wag of the finger for dumping hours of worktime into editing Wikipedia, with one guy racking up over 260 contributions to Gundam-related entries. Speaking for the ministry on the matter, an official commented that “the Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam.”…
I’m not sure how old this is, but puking hasn’t undergone many technological advancements in the last few years. This amusement park ride looks like perhaps the worst thing to possibly do on a stomach full of fried dough and cotton candy. These crazy Germans do 110 flips in a row and then have the…
LG takes this 5.1 home theater-in-a-box (HTIB) deeper into Chocolate territory with this Chocolate HT972TR Home Theater system, hoisting its four surround speakers into a vertical arrangement that mimics the company’s iconic cellphone line. Topping it off is a touchy-feely control unit for its CD/DVD player that’s almost a spittin’ image of one of LG’s…
I’m nostalgic for some things, but it’s about damn time they replaced that raggedy old New Year’s Ball in Times Square. It had 600 bulbs and looked like it came from the prop room of The Day The Earth Stood Still. The new and improved model boasts 9,576 LEDs, renders 16 million colors and displays…
Erin over at Computer Shopper has a video tour of the Asus C90s, a user-upgradeable laptop with desktop components that you can take apart yourself. What this means to you is that you’ll actually be able to extend the life of this gaming laptop without having to take it into the store and have others…
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Verizon just added the Samsung Gleam to its lineup, a shiny 3G clamshell with Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera, a microSD slot, and all the V Cast fixins you’re used to. It also has touch buttons on the front for controlling the tunes you loaded up on that microSD card. One unique feature it has is…
NEC demonstrated a new HDTV server at CEATEC this week, and this one’s “Multi Record Cast” tech is powerful enough to distribute two HDTV programs within the home while recording two others at the same time. Its Remote Screen Technology also enables control from the outside like a Slingbox, letting you program its PVR functions…
