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It’s that time again guys. Yep, booth babe round-up. This is what was on offer in Leipzig last week at the Games convention—painted ladies, chicks on bikes, masked swordswomen—and Gene Simmons. [ActionTrip via i4U] https://gizmodo.com/cebit-2007-laydeez-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly-245834 l
Samsung’s latest UMPC, unveiled at its 4G Forum in Seoul, looks quite a sexy proposition. The successor to the SPH-P9000, it connects to wireless internet and VoIP via Mobile WiMax. See more UMPC after the jump. There’s a folding QWERTY keyboard, a 30GB HDD and a five-inch touch screen, and it runs on Windows XP.[Aving…
Three hackers named Dubbi, Ofir and Eli claim to have unlocked the iPhone independently in Israel. If confirmed, this would be the fifth time that someone has unlocked the iPhone with a different method. The three also say they hacked the iPhone’s user interface. Meanwhile, Gizmodo asked AT&T about the unlocking efforts. [UPDATED 6:23AM: iPhone…
The Stunning Ring may look harmless, and cheap, but is actually hiding a powerful pepper spray. It uses the strongest formula of pepper spray available—400 times stronger than a jalepeno pepper. Release the safety catch, press the trigger and you get a 12-inch spray that will cause temporary visual impairment, coughing, choking, sneezing, severe burning…
Hello, I’m a laydee. And this is my gentleman caller. We’re throwing crazy shapes on this splodge-shaped pouffe, and in a minute, we’re going to leave you a reminder that we were here, doing strange things to each other on black vinyl. I know what you were expecting, you lewd people, you. Well, it’s nothing…
The new Daewoo DPC-8099PD-I portable DVD/iPod player sports an 8-inch LCD and integrated speakers. You can either dock your iPod, or play DVDs, VCDs and CDs on the device, including any CD-R/RWs. There’s also a USB port and card reader, so any thumb drives or SD/MMC cards will work just fine too. That’s a lot…
The best thing about Casio’s latest Exilim, the Hi-Zoom EX-V8, is the new 16:9 video format, which pumps the recording resolution to 848 x 480 pixels, using the H.264 Advanced Video Codec. Like the previous models, these can send videos directly to YouTube, but now in panoramic format. Specs after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/new-casio-exilim-cameras-have-youtube-capture-mode-and-276677 8.1 million…
The Trackstick II is a small GPS device that logs your position at intervals of 5 seconds to 15 minutes, recording until it’s 1MB memory fills up. You can then plug it in to a USB port to see your route on Google Earth. This sounds like fun, until you realize that all you can…
I lied. Logitech’s newest ClearChat wired headsets are not the sexiest of accoutrements, though they may prove useful in a frantic booty-call situation. The ClearChat Comfort ($40) features plush padded earcups and in-line volume control, plus a noise-canceling microphone. The step-up ClearChat Pro ($50) has a few extra features. On the Pro, SoundSwitch lets you…
Monster Cable’s Noel Lee is about to play his next card: His move is to stratify his assorted cable offerings into five distinct categories, starting in the $30 range. Each category will be designated by a “speed rating,” and will deliver “demonstrable difference in high-def image quality.” But as many of you know, Gizmodo research…
Looking like something Doc would own in Back to the Future, Richard Mille’s Planetarium-Tellurium clock is a beautifully intricate device, able to provide extremely accurate details about the workings of our Solar System. The clock provides not only the exact positions of the Earth, Venus, Mercury, the Sun and the Moon (who needs the other…
Want to make friends with sex offenders but aren’t quite sure where they live? Let Vision 20/20 help you. The free web-based program gives users the ability to find the location of any sex offenders living in their area — including the crimes and the intensely creepy mugshots for each. The program is easy to…
Looking like something created in a joint venture between Nickelodeon and a mysterious Alien Race, the mi VDO FX DV Cam, made by B2Stuf allows would-be LonelyGirls to take pictures, record video and edit their films on-the-go. The cam includes a 1.5″ color screen, a 4x digital zoom, a built-in speaker, an SD slot that…
If there’s one thing the world sorely needs it’s some sort of place where robots can go to chat, find love, and make plans to destroy Humanity. Luckily, South Korea is well-aware of their plight and has announced plans to build “Robot Land” — a city entirely created for the robotics industry. The city will…
Samsung has officially acknowledged the Bluetooth-enabled YP-T10 and the YP-P2, though no pricing was discussed. Even more mysteriously, Samsung didn’t announce the equally rumored YP-S5 at the same time. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-yp-s5-and-yp-t10-work-double-as-cellphone-bluet-290413
The owner of phone reseller CertiCell has apparently traded iPhone unlocker George Hotz three locked 8GB iPhones and one Nissan 350Z to get Hotz’s unlocked iPhone unit. This trade teaches us the virtue of patience and how hacking an iPhone can get you ridiculous amounts of stuff. [Jtag]
PinStack.com has posted new pictures of the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 2, as well as some new spec information that will make your eyes bleed in profound joy. According to Pinstack, the new Pearl 2 will have a slew of improvements — from a better email layout and display to improved voice control software. It’ll also…
In CEO-orgasming news, Pano Logic announced their network-based Pano Device, which, using a main host, virtualizes a copy of Windows XP and Vista without the need for an actual PC. Coming equipped with an Ethernet jack for the network connection, along with three USB ports, a VGA port for the display and audio I/O jacks…
A guy claims that he’s figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometers to do wacky stuff and games such as the ones shown in the video. Real? Or fancy video editing? We’ll find out soon, since he promised to post the source in his blog. [Medallia]
According to an internal employee email, the year-and-a-half old ad campaign from AT&T that claims they’re the network with the fewest dropped calls is reportedly over. This decision comes from JD Power giving T-Mobile the fewest dropped calls award in most markets, as well as Consumer Reports rating AT&T at the bottom of their lists…