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Today, Altec Lansing was at the Sirius line show in New York, showing off a new attractive creation. It’s a speaker dock, the $149 SR4021, that fits all dockable Sirius radios, including the Stiletto, Sportster (shown), Starmate and Stratus lines. Its mandatory subwoofer contains most of the audio electronics; you can hide it somewhere or…
The trusted name in changing a busted tire so you won’t have to, AAA is releasing AAA Mobile, a software suite for mobile phones that allows turn-by-turn GPS directions on a pay-for-use basis. The cost will be $9.99 a month, and will work on the phones listed after the jump. The benefits of using AAA…
Roth Audio, the British company responsible for this iPod tube dock has come up with a shiny, piano-black home entertainment system that is all things to everyone. It’s got an iPod dock on the top, a socket for another MP3 player on the back, a CD/DVD player on the front, and a downward-firing subwoofer on…
So I really think this Fuel Mizer Gadget is cool. When you’re really being heavy with the gas and brake, it blinks yellow, then red, and beeps, detecting your acceleration and deceleration using what I presume is a built-in accelerometer. It’s supposed to coax drivers into driving more gracefully to preserve fuel. But alternatively, those…
In the midst of all this guff about the Sirius Satellite Radio-receiving Stiletto 10, 100 and the new Stiletto 2, speakermeister Polk Audio decided to announce its miDock portfolio, a speaker dock especially made for the portable receivers. It runs on either AC power or AA batteries, and the company says it folds flat, making…
Yes, this picture is real. It’s of a $1.5 million yacht falling off its sling while being loaded into a cargo ship for delivery in Dubai. If you didn’t notice, yes, there’s a dude going “oh shit” on the back of the boat as it goes down, to give you a sense of the size…
I’m not ready to swap out my 80GB iPod, but the new Stiletto 2 is the best looking, best designed portable satellite-radio player I’ve yet seen. We’ve already given you a rundown of the specs, but probably the coolest new attribute is its MicroSD card slot. There’s no limit (yet) as to the capacity you…
These photos from a retirement home Wii home run derby are pretty amazing. Just look at that ump! Doesn’t he realize that there’s already an ump in the game, and that he has no real say? He really looks like he means business, though, so I still wouldn’t argue with him. Boy, with that kind…
If you’re in the mood for combining the currently-in-favor iPod with the darling of the ’80s, the boombox, check out this currently unannounced DBA iPod speaker dock. It’s styled after the ghetto blasters of yore, but has a room for your iPod. Not many other details other than the tape player-esque buttons on the front…
This image appears in the 1979 book Future Cities: Homes and Living into the 21st Century and describes the 3D copier of the future. See also: Sea City 2000 (1979) Future Cities: Homes and Living into the 21st Century (1979)
How much smaller is the new Stiletto 2 from Sirius? See for yourself, because I just shot it alongside its predecessor. Notice that the older unit has the chunky extended battery. That’s because it takes the extended battery on the old Stiletto to get the same battery life that the new one gets right out…
Today, Symantec and Intel announced Project Hood, which would result into security systems built natively into processors. No other info was given. [Reuters]
Unlike the bullshit button or the Staples’ Easy Button, this Solid Alliance USB Stress Button actually does something. When hooked up, pressing the button alternates between Explosion, Punch-out, and Worksheet mode. Explosion counts down and makes an explosion on your screen, Punch-out punches a face on screen, and Worksheet brings up a fake Excel doc…
Most fraidy-cats still need a light on when they go to sleep—to keep that monster living under the bed at bay—and if you’re one of those unfortunate souls you might like (nay, need) this Hourglass Nightlight by Sun Young Lee that saves energy by only staying lit as long as you need it. Turn it…
Just to remind you how thin the thread is upon which we hang every day, consider that one faulty network interface card stranded 17,000 people for nine hours last weekend at Los Angeles International Airport. According to government officials in charge of the infrastructure at the airport, a network card inside one computer experienced “a…
Complete NeXTcube system on eBay: $780 w/ S&H (and climbing). Owning a rare* artifact of Steve Jobs’ failures: priceless. Sounds like a Dealzmodo to us. [eBay via CrunchGear] *The system, not his failures.
The former head of allofmp3.com was acquitted in a Russian court, avoiding both fat fines and jailtime. Of course, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (repping EMI, NBC and Time Warner in the case) is planning to appeal. [CNN] https://gizmodo.com/allofmp3-com-owner-facing-jail-time-over-laws-that-didn-282435
Is Wednesday feeling slow? Maybe you have to jump into your time-traveling rubber pants and read our fabulous stories from yesterday: • iPhone Completely Freed From AT&T Galactic Empire With Turbo SIM • Falcon Flashlight Wanking Device Is Just Wrong, Yet Strangely Attractive • Wood Stool Accommodates Your Balls, Probably Hurts Your Scrotum https://gizmodo.com/iphone-100-unlocked-using-turbo-sim-card-289148 •…
There’s nothing like soaking up some free solar energy, but the biggest barrier to entry has been the expensive devices you’ll need, such as solar panels and water heaters. Now you can make your own solar water heater for less than five dollars, and the Instructables site says it’s not all that difficult to do.…
Put more than two pounds of potatoes or any other soon-to-be fried foods in this Tefal Actifry, add a tablespoon of your favorite grease, and it goes to town, spinning those babies around like a washing machine while heating them up with a lot of hot air. The result? Crispy fried foods with only 3%…