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Apple’s latest patent for laptops shows a collapsible port scheme that lets you hide and show connectivity ports when necessary. These ports—USB, Ethernet, Firewire—take up most of the room on the sides of laptops now, and if Apple ever gets around to releasing an ultra-portable notebook, being able to hide ports will be super useful.…
Dell has started their XPS Motherboard Exchange Program. [Dell]
This Vestal Grenade Watch will unquestionably get lots of giggles from all who see it, giving you that insouciant suicide-bomber look without having to undergo messy explosions and painful martyrdom. It’s sturdy, too, standing up to even the most demanding terrorist activities with its stainless steel housing, 30m water resistance, mineral face, leather cuff, and…
A company called Boynq (not to be confused with Benq) is releasing some interesting-looking iPod docks. If unfamiliar, an iPod dock is a stationary speaker that you can place your iPod in to allow it to play music in a room without headphones. Apparently they’re all the rage. Anyways, the first, seen above, is the…
Michael Leung, some designer, made this USB “Mass Storage Stone,” which holds 4GB of flash memory inside a rock. It started as a prototype in 2005, and it’s “in development” now to become a real product. Whether that will actually happen is anyone’s guess, but who wouldn’t want to carry around storage that you can…
Our Dell Zune Dealzmodo where you could get a Black Zune for $104 seems to be totally canceled. Dell reneged on the deal because they attributed the price drop to an “internal system error,” and canceled all outstanding orders of the Zune player. So if you didn’t get in, don’t worry about it. And if…
These $77 PicoBotz kits are the perfect thing to let the budding engineer (your kids) get their hands on some robotics. The “robot” has 180 programmable commands and operates in three modes, obstacle avoidance, sound repositioning mode, and line tracing mode. It also runs on two AA batteries, just like the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica.…
This Axonix MediaMax HD Entertainment Server is now HD DVD and Blu-ray friendly, loading up those disks and playing them in glorious 1080p in whatever room you’d like. The amazing thing is, the Axonix site says you can simultaneously play up to 30 movies (probably DVD quality) in different locations with the same server. The…
When I first saw LCD TVs in stores and at exhibitions years ago, I was like, WTF? Why would anyone buy these? They were blurry as hell—couldn’t everyone see that? Over time, the blur problem has subsided thanks to improved refresh rates of 8ms and less. But motion blur is not only caused by refresh…
Here’s how the Helio Fin, the thinnest clamshell in the US, stacks up against other equally thin phones. As you can see, it’s pretty much the same thickness as the iPhone, which is amazing since the Fin actually flips open. It’s slightly thinner than the HTC Touch, and is dwarfed by the bulge-tastic Helio Ocean.…
In Japan, space tends to be scarce. People live in tiny apartments, especially in the big cities, so every inch of space is valuable. That’s why something like this Toshiba TW-3000VE washing machine/air condition exists. Sure, it’ll clean your clothes, but it’ll also keep your closet-sized apartment nice and cool. It’s a brilliant idea, I…
Noah unboxed this baby this morning, but I’m looking forward to tearing the back out of my Fin’s box right now. BTW I haven’t showered, yet, so don’t mind the bedhead. Hit the jump for the live video. UPDATE: Archive video of the hour-long grope is live.
A few of us here at the Giz spent quite a bit of time on the football field in our youth, and after one too many ditzy posts are wishing we would’ve worn a football helmet like this one when we were out there busting some asses on the gridiron. This high-tech helmet has sensors…
If you’ve ever wondered what’s inside that SUV that’s always following the presidential limousine, here’s your answer. There’s a big frickin’ machine gun hidden away in there and ready to pop out at a second’s notice. This BFG is ironically called a “M134 Minigun” (or it could be a XM214 Microgun, we’re not sure), firing…
Let’s do a little search on Google Images and see what subject people take a picture of the very first thing they unbox that brand-new digital camera. All you need to do is search DSC00001, and most of the results will be the first picture taken. (NSFW) Sure, DSC00001.jpg is not necessarily the first picture;…
Live Helio Fin Unboxing and Grope by B.Lam in ~20 minutes using Justin.tv’s lifecam. What music would you like in the background, nerds? (Here’s our first gallery, from earlier this morning, btw.) [Justin.tv/Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/helio-fin-unboxing-meet-the-thinnest-clamshell-in-the-290152
A cell phone that lets lay-deez know if they’re running a higher-than-normal chance of getting pregnant is the latest idea from Samsung. The Korean electronics giant has filed a patent with the US Patent & Trademark Office for a “portable device for user’s basal body temperature (BBT) and method for operating the device.” An ultrasonic…
The Pitch Jim, a typical office drone, has apparently switched to Verizon Wireless so he can download AC/DC tunes for his LG Chocolate. (Sorry, I don’t know the HTML code for a lightning bolt, so live with the slash.) This not-so-amazing (and, for that matter, not-so-believable) revelation is over and done with by the commercial’s…
Verizon Wireless just announced the availability of the Sierra Wireless AirCard 595U EVDO Rev. A USB Modem for $179 after $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract. (Service is $60 per month.) Our own Charlie White has already tested the Sprint edition of the 595U, and calls it “freedom on a stick.”
Yes, this is exactly what it looks like: a stupid mechanical contraption designed to increase the number of fatal accidents in the workplace. It’s also a wheelbarrow drag racer powered by two chainsaws and a participant on the Silverline Drag Racing competition, a contest for modified power tools and, apparently, unused props from the Texas…