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Military personnel already use unmanned drones for spying on areas from above, but Wired’s Danger Room reports that soon they’ll also be using them for a less exciting but just as important task: wireless networking. AeroVironment, a company that makes unmanned aerial vehicles, has been working on making router drones, planes that can fly around…
Mimoco’s got these Limited Edition Master Chief USB Drives in 1, 2 and 4GB sizes. They’re preloaded with artwork from the upcoming Halo novel and an episode of “This Spartan Life”, they’re pricey at $109 for the larger model, but given the Halo feeding frenzy, they would still sell out of the limited run if…
That Ekon fingerprint reader we tested on Windows now has a Mac version of the software that works with Keychain, locking/unlocking your computer, faster user switching and logging on. [UPek via OhgIzmo] https://gizmodo.com/upek-eikon-fingerprint-reader-hands-on-it-works-with-f-264945
Western Digital follows up last Thursday’s My Book announcement with 1TB My Book Studio edition for Macs with Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0 and eSATA. [Western Digital] https://gizmodo.com/western-digital-releases-new-slimmer-1tb-my-books-301865
Get your child started early on his hobby with the Crayola EZ Grip Camera, a camera that has grips on either side for EZ gripping. Much better than a normal camera, this EZ cam comes with proprietary software with a “write a story” template to create storyboards out of pics your kids shoot, printable frames,…
Sony goes for the low end with its VAIO NR Series, and even though the company says these are the cheapest laptops it’s ever rolled out, they’re still graced with a unique textured finish that we haven’t seen on a notebook before. Sony’s not skimping on screen size, with a 15.4-inch display, but the company’s…
A Todd McFarlane/Microsoft collaboration to work on Halo 3 controllers should be a winning combo…but it’s not. Sure, the Spawn creator drew up some awesome images of Master Chief, soldier-filled Warthogs, and evil Covenant aliens. Yes, Brian thinks they’re good. However, plastering a glossy reprint all over a controller isn’t cool, it’s gaudy and cheap…
Windows Vista SP1 Beta available to private testers [Windows Vista Team Blog]
You’re looking at the RoFo INFOGADG Headgear sitting atop the head of a man who’s not afraid to cover his dignity in silver facepaint and post it on the internet. The RoFo Headgear is essentially a silly hat that can hold 5 pints of beer, or whatever other beverage you deem worthy of toting around…
Brian already told you the official ending, but here’s the alternative one: Master Chief is a lesbian and she has hot shiny action with Samus on lube-tastic slow-motion. You have to press a secret code to get it, but here’s the proof. Like Adam says: “Suicide girls are like 15% hot 85% scary.” This one…
This week at TreeHugger: The ultimate in cutting edge technology: a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle, converted to run on electric power — wonder what Herbie would think of that? DIE Moto, the diesel-engined super-motorbike, broke the land-speed record for a compression-ignition engine two-wheeler, zipping along at 130 mph. Lastly, when you think “super-efficient appliances,” you think…
The instant I saw the Mustek SoccerCam, I wished I could press the shell closed and kick the thing across a room. While it is a perfectly functional 2-megapixel camera that costs just $40, I wished it were more, a shock-proof video camera that could record all the dizzying action in play, like the bowling-ball…
Click to viewLEGO artist Nathan Sawaya stays right on top of the news with his blocky replicas, and following up his Halo 3 Master Chief creation we showed you yesterday is his next LEGO model, an iPhone. Since he calls himself a “brick artist,” could he be reacting to the prospect of the iPhone turning…
While Verizon is out aggressively trying to sell the country on their FiOS fiber optic web connection packages, which range from $40 per month for 5Mbps to 30Mbps for $180 (extra for TV and phone service!), Hong Kong residents can now enjoy their own fiber optic connections from Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited… which happen…
Canon sells seven different Digital Elphs, 9 different A-series cameras and 15 different all-in-one printers. Samsung’s US website lists 31 LCD TVs—plus another nine plasmas. Garmin currently promotes 32 different models of in-car portable GPS navigator. I’m sick of writing up 14 products from one company that all sound the same, and I’m sick of…
Cheap MP3 players are getting so small you could lose them in your pocket, but here’s one that’s a little easier to handle, the $42 USB Flash Card MP3 Player from Brando that doubles as a mass storage device. It weighs less than an ounce, holds two gigs of your favorite music, and hey, it…
Microsoft announced pricing for Office 2008 for Mac, which has been delayed until, well, January of 2008, naturally. It’ll ship on January 15th. And of course, Microsoft is not making it easy with just one version of Office, announcing pricing for three different iterations. At leasts there’s not nine. First up is the standard version,…
Not the best use for an iPhone SDK but, for some reason, we find this funny. Beware, installing Adobe Photoshop in your iPhone will void your warranty, aspazzarently. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/no-iphone-sdk-means-no-killer-iphone-apps-267899
Sales of next-gen high-def disc players won’t kick into high gear for another 18 months, says a fresh report from Forrester Research, not until they reach the $200 price point. The study didn’t say whose players, though. What was once an easy call—Blu-ray by Christmas 2007—has gotten murkier, and in the most recent rounds, HD…
Amazon’s MP3 store is now in public beta, so you can all have a fiddle around with the DRM-free service &mdash like I just did. First observations: https://gizmodo.com/amazons-drm-free-mp3-store-likely-to-launch-mid-septemb-295555 There are two million tunes available, from 180,000 artists, including tracks from EMI and Universal. Over half of the songs are priced at 89 cents, including the…