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Popcap’s just put out a free web-based version of their Bejeweled game for the iPhone. [Popcap via Gamedaily]
Bungie’s just put out an update and given us real pictures of the Halo 3 Toys Covenant guns. The plasma rifle looks somewhat similar to the “real” thing (the gun in the game), but the plasma pistol looks really bleh. Real Covenant aliens wouldn’t be caught dead with a turquoise gun. However, it will have…
Contrary to what was reported last week on Uberpulse, Cisco is not fading out the Linksys brand. https://gizmodo.com/cisco-killing-off-linksys-brand-all-your-router-are-be-282921 The Orange County Register reports (and we confirmed with Cisco) that the Linksys brand is staying put, and will not be phased out in favor of consumer-branded Cisco equipment. This is important because Linksys is such a…
The default Guitar Hero controllers are alright, but this guy’s made a custom GH guitar himself—out of stuff he had lying around the house. He took the circuit board from a PS1 controller, a strap, miscellaneous household junk, and fashioned a Guitar Hero-esque guitar out of it. We would have recommended that he start with…
Fake Steve Jobs has personally tested the OhMiBod iPod vibrator, and gives it his highest endorsement. [The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs]
The people in charge of CES are embedding an RFID tag in everyone’s badges next year, meaning they’ll definitely know when attendee #8302773 spends a little too much time at the blackjack table and not quite enough time at the Sony booth. [Engadget]
As of a couple days ago, the Xbox 360 has officially passed up the Wii as the most searched for console (in internet searches) since early November of last year. This wasn’t due to the Wii interest dropping lately (it’s been more or less constant since January 2007), but more because of a gradually growing…
If you thought the Circuit LED sex positions was ridiculous, how about some Terminator intercourse? The above pic is just a sample. Hit the jump for all the delicious Arnold on Arnold skeleton sex pictures. SFW Circuit Sex Positions All credit goes to Flickr Set cszar [via Sexoteric via Fleshbot]
Arcades are dying out here in the States, but they sure wouldn’t if they were more like this Japanese Initial D cabinet. Instead of just a booth or a mockup cockpit to sit in, you get to actually drive in the tofu car from the Initial D series. Not only do you get to drive…
If you’re thinking about dropping more than $1000 on a fancy new receiver just because it has four HDMI inputs, wait a doggone minute. This IOGear Automatic HDMI Switch has four HDMI ports going in and one going to your TV, and it’s pretty smart, too, automatically figuring out which component is on and then…
You never miss a message when someone calls, texts or emails you, as those methods all have systems in place to let you know what you missed as soon as you’re available again. But what about when someone comes to your place? There’s no voicemail for your front door. Well, at least there wasn’t. Japan’s…
It takes a lot to get us excited about a laptop, but we’re pumped about this Fujitsu LifeBook N6460. We’ve been hearing about this laptop for a while now, but now it’s finally shipping to all points in the United States. Besides that whopper 17-inch screen, it’s rocking an optional Blu-ray drive inside. Its other…
Click to viewFans of boy wizards, pet owls and precocious English girls won’t be too keen on the Harry Potter Enlightenment Project, a group of British scallywags who have produced a spoilsport T-Shirt that will make children cry and their parents call you every name under the sun. Jump to see Cho (Katie Leung) revealing…
Is your cigarette smoking habit making your desk area smell like death? Is your family complaining about getting annoying things like cancer and emphysema from your secondhand smoke? You could quit smoking, but you’ve never been a quitter. No, you’ve always been one to solve your problems with gimmicky gadgets. The USB ashtray filters smoke…
We had an absolute mammoth weekend. If you missed it we are really saddened. So very sad in fact, that being the lovely guys we are, we’re going to give you a list of handy links to sum up the very juiciest bits. Hit the jump to see what went on. • Rumored pictures of…
The Clique Hue HD webcam is not only gussied up in six lovely colors, it can snag HD-like 1280×1024 video at 10fps, or 1024×768 at 30fps. If you want to take it with you, you can detach it from its base and plug it directly into your laptop’s USB port. It’s also got a one-touch…
Why waste $4 every morning on a venti coffee from Starbucks? That sort of thing adds up, you know. You really should be making your coffee at home. I’d like to say that installing this Siemens in-wall coffee maker in your kitchen would be an example of some financial responsibility, but it clearly isn’t. But…
A temporary bridge made of 281 cardboard tubes has been erected over a river in Southern France. Weighing 7.5 tonnes, it can hold up to 20 people at a time. It is just half a mile from the Pont du Gard, an old Roman stone bridge, and was designed by Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect…
Blu-ray’s comparisons with Betamax have proven unfounded, at least in the case of pornography. Because Sony is not only allowing pornography on Blu-ray, but they have begun offering resources and technical support to Japan’s adult film industry. https://gizmodo.com/no-porn-on-blu-ray-not-quite-229041 The pornography industry in Japan is complicated, including restrictions on manufacturing pornographic discs that are outside of…
Most cellphone charms seem to have no point whatsoever. This Japanese self-destruct button charm, however, does. Perfect for when you’re having One Of Those Days, press the button and you will hear a countdown, and a red LED light will flash, followed by a Boom! (insert Steve Jobs joke here if you can be bothered,…
