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Why pointless? Because ninjas totally own pirates. End of story. The AA 4-packs run $3 (plus shipping), which is a great deal for the ninja batteries since they’ll assassinate rival portable electronics and power your Walkman for approximately 100 years. [Think Geek via Shiny Shiny]
After the he said/she said BS between Apple and NBC over the last few days, we’re kind of glad to see some kind of resolution: NBC’s taking its business to Amazon Unbox, which will give NBC “greater flexibility in the pricing and packaging of video downloads.” For the time being though, shows still seem to…
The main IFA building kind of looks like BattleStar Galactica. Inside, the whole thing just looks like a B-movie set, making you think that you are in a groovy sci-fi flick from the ’70s. Full of teutonic cylons too, obviously conspiring to kill us all. Or sell us useless things. I can go either way…
” Smoking Lamp” (HeHe, 2005) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen In the diverse discipline of design for public and private spaces, artists are constantly creating new ways of envisioning our relationship to the objects we interact with daily. Exploring this connection is Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen (collectively known as “HeHe”) whose work provides glimpses of…
The Zune’s officially getting a price drop down to $199 starting tomorrow. That means if you bought your Zune in the past week, take it back tomorrow for a pricematch. [Zune Insider]
The not-new-but-still-enjoyable video above is pegged to a fresh quote from a Microsoft exec, via Reuters: “It wouldn’t be unreasonable to think at some point there might some integrated thing,” Mindy Mount, chief financial officer of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, told investors at Citigroup’s global technology conference. That was in response to asking about…
My really cheap buddy, who specializes in cheap things, being cheap, and saving money by being cheap, confirms that this is a pretty good deal on a 32-inch HDTV. It’s an Emprex—which may not scream quality to you—but is actually decent if all you want is HD without paying too much. Shipping’s extra. [Outpost –…
Despite looking like some sort of a PS3 VoIP phone, Messiah’s Darklite PS3 remote merely controls movie watching on your PS3. The remote, styled like a slider cellphone, features simple navigation controls on top, and slides up to reveal advanced controls underneath. A USB dongle plugs into the PS3, acting as a charger and IR…
Check out Nate True’s iPhone dock 2.06 app that was rewritten to be accessible in any app, making it good for switching between programs. Swipe your finger from the bottom right of the screen toward the center to pull up the starburst menu. This is the best way to make more icon space for your…
File this in the realm of totally false (Logitech said “this is definitely made up”), but here’s some fan art of a possible Logitech G25 keyboard. It has their EDGE-line stylings, but combines Optimus style changeable display keys with a scrolling circle pad on the left. Yeah, we could see ourselves using something like this,…
Just when you thought you’ve graduated from college and escaped the desk + chair combination furniture, here comes the Thanko Chair-Desk. It’s a standard rolling office chair, yes, but it also has an attachment with a desk-surface for writing/computing. Very useful for Japan’s 200 sqft. apartments, but definitely useful for a workplace that no desks…
We got to see in person the Samsung’s SP-A800B DLP projector. This beast is enormous and beautiful in person. The finish was sleek and glossy, as you can see in the pictures, and the output matched the looks. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-sp-a800b-1080p-dlp-projector-perfect-for-death-294995 Samsung had put up the obligatory home cinema setup. We went in and braved the movie…
More US Open/gadget combo posts. Here’s a new HP ad by Serena Williams. Fact: I recently discovered that these commercials were made on HP workstations at the Goodby Silverstein agency in SF, not Macs as I’d assumed all ad agencies do. This comes by way of an HP exec, but only the people at Goodby…
We just got word that the controversial Palm Foleo has been canceled “in its current configuration.” I know, I know, you’re terribly upset, all five of you who defended the offbeat mobile companion when it was introduced last May. In a message on the official Palm blog, Palm CEO Ed Colligan wrote: https://gizmodo.com/palm-foleo-a-laptop-for-your-smartphone-264550 In the…
Hey guys, I’ve got the best plan to both keep our cars and reduce our reliance on oil. Know what it is? It’s so awesome. Ok, here it is. You take a van, right? And then you hollow out the back, and stick a horse inside. Dude, isn’t it great? A horse-powered-car! Duuuuude, just picture…
The new iPod, we know its coming. I’m kind of bummed out I know about it already. The last few months, Apple leaks have been so thorough, they’re eating away at the Apple Event Reality Distortion Field. But maybe the days are done where I can show up to a Keynote and make an o-face…
Here’s a video by Mercedes-Benz detailing how their new Search & Send system works with Yahoo Local (It also functions similarly with Google Maps). Although we’re not too sure what they’re smoking over there in Germany, because in one of the other videos they claim the old way of getting directions into your car was…
We’re not sure how unorganized blind people were able to keep track of their CDs before (other than sticking them into a computer and playing them back), but this Braille CD-R from Mitsubishi is a fantastic idea. They have two layers of high viscosity ink that creates 0.1mm Braille bumps in order to easily identify…
With the US Open in full swing here in NYC, tennis fever is sweeping the globe. Combining tennis fever and the quickly waning Transformers fever, Sony Ericsson came up with this badass commercial featuring a transforming ball launcher. It’s too bad they’re advertising a phone rather than the robot, as the robot really puts the…
It’s fantastic news for Toyota and Lexus owners, as the car company has just released an iPod adapter kit to directly link the player with your car’s audio system. The kit fits into all current Toyotas and Lexuses and connects inside the glove box so you can control the iPod with your head unit (or…