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Apple’s posted a 30-day iWork ’08 trial for you to fiddle with if you’re not sure whether or not it’s worth your $79 yet. [Apple]
Some enterprising Japanese company has taken those Japanese mousepads with anime boobies on them and blown them up. Now pillow sized, the mousepad/pillows provide your hands with something to do while relaxing. It’s probably a very nice neck and head rest as well. [AkibaOS via Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/this-summer-brings/dork-pillows-with-humps-287064.php
Still haven’t entered in our Flash Gordon Gamepod chair contest? You still have time to answer a bunch of trivia questions and get an entertainment chair of your very own. https://gizmodo.com/flash-gordon-contest-win-a-super-comfortable-gamepod-h-285878
Want to protect your copyrights online? NetEnforcers is offering itself for hire, acting as your personal attack dogs for anyone who wants to swipe your stuff online without your permission. Businesses such as Monster Cable appoint NetEnforcer as their personal bully, and then whenever someone uses that company’s images or sells their products without permission,…
Those aluminum and glass iMacs revealed yesterday actually have DirectX 10 capable graphics cards from ATI, which means that your Boot Camp Windows gaming will be able to kinda handle Crysis. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/new-imacs-are-directx-10-ready-287105.php
If any of you have any questions about the new iMacs, the new keyboards or the iLife and iWork software suites, let us know and we’ll ask Apple for you. Either email the questions to us in tips@giz, or post a comment below. We’ll get back with the answers later today.
Yesterday passed in a blur with a big Apple logo stamped all over it thanks to Steve’s Summer Camp show-n-tell: new iThis, shiny iThat, updated iThingies a go-go. But we had lots of other cool things: https://gizmodo.com/live-at-apple-town-hall-summer-07-event-10am-pdt-tuesd-286612 • Gigantastic amazing flying yacht, probably made made in Mon Calamari. • Playing Halo 2 with Wiimote doesn’t…
I know that underneath their tarted-up plastic shells, they’re just regular USB drives, but I dig the whole mimobot concept anyway because I have a soft spot for overpriced art toys. While the guts haven’t changed since the last update (1, 2, or 4GB sizes, for $50, $70 and $110, respectively), mimoco just dropped 15…
It’s the dog days of summer, folks, so we’re going to need to do whatever we can to stay cool. This Strapya Message Fan makes sure you can get blown whenever you want, and lets you express yourself, too. Enter your favorite message into the fan, and there it is, showing up like magic through…
We told you about it yesterday, and here it is today, TiVo Desktop version 2.5.275381, ready for download. Just as we thought, TiVoToGo isn’t supported on the Series3 or TiVo HD yet, but there are a few new features. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-desktop-2-5-update-coming-doesnt-fix-everything-286802 Check out this installation window, telling you about the new features such as Windows Vista…
Click to viewWe finally got our gear and tried the forged SIM card method to completely unlock the iPhone. It works, but beware, because it depends on what kind of SIM card you use with your current unholy phone. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-unlocked-for-96-with-forged-sim-tested-in-euro-286251 SIM cards come in different flavors. If your SIM is a V1 (old one), you…
You’d expect a $53,700 backpack laser to be some DARPA super weapon that’s stuck in a perpetual “five years away” as more and more cable specials are produced on the matter. But actually, the backpack laser already exists and it’s reserved for the men and women risking their lives to restore old buildings. Clean Laser…
This week at TreeHugger:The Delft University of Technology has built a solar-powered mouse, testing whether super-functional, well-designed renewable energy products can encourage users to go green; it seems to us that your hand covers the mouse most of the day and at night the lights are out—perhaps it’s best for casual computer users. In our…
Precious little information is available about the upcoming Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR, successor to the Canon EOS 30D and probably destined to be a favorite among prosumers everywhere. Unless this is a fake, some dope at Best Buy might have accidentally leaked a little tidbit of information that indicates the camera’s pricing to be…
It was only a matter of time before Japan’s color craziness spread from its cellphones to other gadgets. This Poketo DAP player from Japanese company Palama may be basic and cheap, but when has basic and cheap ever stopped people from buying gadgets? It’s MP3- and WMA-compatible, has 512MB of memory, and—er—that’s it. No display,…
Sceptre X20WG-1080P 20.1″ widescreen monitor, $164 shipped. [Newegg]
‘Albert’s Helmet-Mounted Pistol’ is a patent back from 1953, when life was simple and people just wanted new hats that could blow away their adversaries. Intended to free the user’s hands (hopefully for more guns), the pistol was supposed to be fired by blowing into a tube—like blowing bubbles in milk through a straw, but…
Sony’s GV-HD700 will be available next month for $1300. [Camcorder Info] https://gizmodo.com/sony-on-the-move-with-worlds-first-hd-walkman-for-pros-282647
Here’s a chew toy commemorating alleged dogfighting impresario and pit bull torturer Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback accused of various animal atrocities. Vick is in heap of trouble after he was caught allegedly running a kennel full of fighting pit bulls. When the fighting dogs didn’t quite measure up, Vick and his cohorts are…
Cellphones are impolite, whiny little bitches lurking in your pocket, lying in wait to interrupt you no matter what you’re doing. That’s why researchers at Intel Labs Seattle are trying to teach them some manners, creating software that turns the dumbass machines into politenessPhones that can avoid interrupting your real-world conversations with their obnoxious ring…