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Lenovo is working on a green, low power, small footprint PC. I doubt the solar part in the above comic, distributed by Text100, Lenovo’s PR firm setting up meetings about the new machine, is more than a method of explaining its low power usage. More news of this is supposed to come in the next…
Harold Ilano was tired of playing Final Fantasies Seven through Nine on his PS1, so what did he do? He took the thing apart, salvaged its innards, and made a robot insect out of it. Not only does it have light sensors in order to follow light sources, it looks freaks out Mrs. Harold Ilano,…
Next week’s Target ad shows both a $199 price cut in the Microsoft Zune player—something we’ve covered before—and a brand new Blue Zune. We haven’t seen this anywhere yet, but it looks like it’s blue with light blue doubleshotting, and will be the same $199 that all the other Zunes are priced at. If Target’s…
Toshiba’s TDP-EX20U projector, which only needs to be three feet away from a wall or screen to project a 60-inch image, just got WiFi. [Gadgetress]
It looks like a Pennsylvanian has found a way to allow saltwater to burn when it’s being exposed to the proper frequencies. Can you say new fuel source? No? How about “We don’t know if this works or not.” Yea, me too. [Wired]
Not only does this aluminum/steel laptop stand from Thanko look both solid and functional, it’s got something Thanko’s known for—USB Power. Inside the stand are two fans that blow room-temperature air into your hot laptop, which means you’re keeping the laptop away from your tender gonads and helping your computer stay cool at the same…
One of the main draws of getting T-Mobile internet, even though it’s EDGE compared with the other three provider’s 3G, was its low price. Now that price is getting even lower, with the Total Internet plan going down to $19 from $29, which is the plan you use with your smartphones like the T-Mobile Wing…
Cheap Apple fanboys, now is your chance to strike. iPhones in the 4GB “leper” edition are going for $299, or, what they should have sold for in June. Get ’em while they’re in stock. Or just suck it up and go for the 8GB like any self-respecting gadget obsessive. [Apple]
These leaked Treo 500 ad shots from Alles Windows Mobile confirm the two-color rumor we posted about earlier. The two colors are grey/charcoal black and white, but the white one has its keyboard censored out for some reason. These are the best shots we’ve gotten so far, so drink them in, Treo fans. [AllesWindowsMobile] https://gizmodo.com/new-palm-gandolf-photo-surfaces-redubbed-the-palm-treo-298355
Yeah, you’re not reading this so you can hear me give the iPod another pat on the back. You know that the new model has Cover Flow, video capabilities and a bigger screen, making it the most functional nano ever made. I want to talk about the design. And man, were we wrong when we…
I’m glad I never have to watch that Windows 386 video again, but this MS-DOS 5 promo video is just as bad. If not worse. Okay, it’s probably worse. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/the-most-ridiculous-windows-video-ever-234831
GirlTech, a company clearly run by mean little boys, brings us the Digi Makeover. Basically it’s like a cheap PDA, but instead of keeping track of appointments, it shows you how to be less ugly. All you have to do is snap a quick head shot with the included camera, and poof, you’re ready to…
If buying a $332,000 Aston Martin DBS is in your budget for this year, why not spend a little more and get a $35,000 Jaeger LeCoultre wristwatch. It’s not just a watch that looks great, it can actually lock, unlock and possibly activate the alarm (maybe) from a distance. Even though Bond has dabbled in…
Sony pumps out PSP firmware 3.70, with custom themes, remote play button assignment, sequential playback in movies, and listening to music while browsing photos. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/arms-race/psp-firmware-370-emerges-from-mother-sony-298454.php
iFixit tore apart the 3G iPod nano and the iPod classic, and in addition to finding the usual array of LCDs and hard drives, they discovered that the screens are now backed by a metal plate. One can only assume this is to make the screens less prone to breaking, and considering how crack-happy earlier…
The Vista feature you pretty much forgot about is back: ControlThink’s got a new remote control platform for Windows Media Center and other devices called ThinkRemote that leverages Vista’s oft-touted-but-rarely used SideShow. That’s right, you can get SideShow information and gadgets anywhere in your house since the platform uses the Z-Wave flavor of wireless for…
This Closer Than We Think! strip ran in the October 15, 1961 Chicago Tribune. The government may soon build an automatic highway, on which drivers can look the other way while electronic controls pilot their cars. One type of robot road has already been demonstrated by General Motors and RCA. Guidance strips and loops in…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is selling his 2005 Nissan 350Z Anniversary Edition for charity. The asking price? A whopping $100,000 (Kelley Blue Book private party value: $28,695). It’s funny enough in itself that the Woz thinks anyone would be willing to pay $71,000 extra just to sit in the same driver’s seat as himself (well,…
In an interview given to Gearlog, Apple VP of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak confirmed that the iPhone and iPod Touch run the same software, and said that Apple is not bothered by the flood of native, third party software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Joswiak defined the Apple stance as neutral, and while…
Click to view[Depreciated since iTunes 7.4.2] Purchasable iPhone Ringtones are officially here. However, with the discovery of free iPhone ringtones from inside iTunes 7.4 (and the rediscovery of them in iTunes 7.4.1), most of you won’t want to pay $0.99 for the privilege of using a 30-second version of a song you’ve already purchased. Here…