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Just a heads-up to all of our Puritan Gizmodo readers: 58-year-old Chicago native Jeanette Strowder confessed to shooting and killing her boyfriend, Jesse Martin, after finding his stash of porn stored on CDs. We initially assumed that the CDs must have contained some really freaky content to warrant the response, or at least some juicy…
Flip the lid on this pack of Marlboro Lights, press the black button and all mobile phones in a 60-foot radius will go dead. Given how hard I am finding it to give up the weed, however, I would prefer a phone that stopped me from smoking. The price of silence? $950. [Red Ferret via…
This video shows crazy RC airplane pilot Juan Sánchez doing some of the most amazing stunts we have ever seen. Watch as he suspends his gigantic aircraft model in the air, making it float vertically over the runway as he walks around it. He was showing his amazing skills at the latest Air Festival for…
The Samsung 940UX, also known as the world’s first USB LCD display, is now shipping in the US for $379. [electronista]
Neimen Marcus has begun sale of the Triton 1000 Submarine. In an acrylic bubble dome design straight out of The Jetsons, buyers will have a 360-degree view of the ocean floor (for depths up to 1000 feet). A gemstone set joystick control maneuvers pilots as they pretend to be Jacques Cousteau or Sean Connery (depending…
So in today’s news of the strange, Fake Steve Jobs, also known as the real Forbes editor Daniel Lyons, is planning a San Francisco book tour…wait for it…as the mock turtleneck-wearing alter ego. To promote his new fictional book oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs no one but the book’s real author—Fake Steve Jobs—would…
Sony has reached an all time high of 550,000 PSP sales in Japan for the month of September, due to the new Slim model. It’s no Nintendo DS, but not bad at all. [reuters via kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/big-in-japan/psp-slim-inches-close-to-600000-sold-306922.php
Click to viewSubmission time is over and now it is time to vote for the best computer rig from the readers of Gizmodo. We got 73 valid submissions in the gallery after the jump (no, you typing nude in bed is not a rig, Addy), but to make things easier we have made a short…
This Lamborghini made of wire was shown off at the Art Car Parade in Manchester last month. The two guys behind it, sculptor Benedict Radcliffe and pedal car designer Ben Wilson, even managed to get the attention of a British cop &mdash probably the first time a Lambo has been ticketed for going too slowly.…
Taiwanese design company Nova has come up with a waterproof speaker system for iPod that looks like a tube of shower gel. Designed to be either freestanding or hung up from that hook in the shower cubicle that up until now didn’t have a purpose, it “suggests a playful life attitude,” according to the blurb…
The AT&T Tilt (8925) is official. This ship was leakier than a sunken pirate ship, the successor to the 8525 is finally here. The important specs: Windows Mobile 6, Mobile Office, 2.8-inch screen, GPS w/ TeleNav, Push to Talk, standard IM program, slide-out and fold-up keyboard, glorious HTC-style QWERTY keys, Wi-Fi, 3-megapixel camera, Push Email,…
From: Josh Jennings [email protected] Subject: Hey great zune coverage Date: October 3, 2007 7:14:34 PM PDT To: Brian Lam [email protected] ‘cept for one thing…you proved to be nothing but an apple biased asshole! it’s the likes of you that I would love to see their hands broken so they could never “blog” again…if thats what…
Today is the 50th anniversary of Russia’s Sputnik satellite. Sputnik translates into “Traveling companion of the earth”, was “23 inches in diameter and 184 pounds, with four feathery antennas swept back like a windblown comb-over from its high-gloss sphere.” Some credit the unexpected launch of Sputnik with kicking off the space race. Steven Winn’s piece…
If you read today’s Wall Street Journal you may have seen a piece by Lee Gomes, which mentions the Paleo-Future blog. Another way to follow evolving social attitudes about computers is through the “concept videos” made by computer companies. Analogous to Detroit’s concept cars, these videos are designed to show a company’s visionary idea about…
Looks like Boy Genius got his hands on a photo that could be the much-anticipated Blackberry 9000. The black and white photo only shows the front, which appears to be influenced by the iPhone with the screen dominating the front (touchscreen, perhaps?). But Boy Genius came through with a few rumored specs that include 3G…
Click to viewWe just visited this ridiculously expensive penthouse at the top of New York’s Central Park, looking down on pretty much everything. Intel decked it out with some serious computing horsepower, and the result has us buzzing. (It’s either the computers or the Lex Luthor-like putting green.) That’s right, if you had $8.5 million,…
Newsweek’s resident gaming guru, N’Gai Croal, was unhappy with the button layout of the Wiimote for Metroid Prime 3—specifically the placement of the + and – buttons—so he came up with the idea of circling them around the A button, in jellybean Gamecube style, to make for twitchier thumb controls optimized for FPS. I like…
Texas Instruments announced that Foxconn, sweatshoppy manufacturer of the iPhone, iPod nano, Macbook Pros, Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones has agreed to use cellphone-appropriate Pico Projectors in future products. We wouldn’t say this means an iPhone with a projector inside is coming, since it’s not clear Foxconn does any design, but it does let the…
If you weren’t aware, the first jury trial for copyright infringement via file-sharing, Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas, is currently underway, with the RIAA and multiple labels seeking $1.2 million in damages against Thomas. The labels’ first witness, Jennifer Pariser, head of litigation for Sony BMG, offered testimony that pretty much encapsulates everything…
Duracell’s Mobile Charger not only has a USB port so you can power your iPods and Zunes, but there’s even a slot to put AA/AAA batteries into so you can charge them via wall or car outlet. Those AA batteries work the same way in reverse as well—you use them to charge any USB gadgets…