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Look what just crashed through the wall: a Car Bar, and it looks just like a good old ’57 Chevy. Not fancy enough for you? There’s also a Rolls-Royce Car Bar, and accompanying that could be these hands that serve as coat hooks or flower vases, completing the illusion of off-the-wall weirdness. If you want…
Sony keeps chipping away at the PS3, and they’ll carve a great multimedia system out of it…even if they need 100 years. The new firmware 1.9 update just hit in Japan and we’re digging some of the new features. Here are the complete changes, and the notes on what were most excited about. • Ability…
Although we said AMD would make the Q4 2007 ship dates of Phenom chips, the ’07 shipments are not going to be “substantial,” says AMD’s honcho. Better luck in 2008! [Reg Hardware] https://gizmodo.com/amd-quad-core-phenom-gaming-system-in-the-flesh-and-bl-280245
Buffalo is taking the gloves off the solid state market, releasing a portable drive (just 57x89x14mm) that’s up to a very palatable 56GB in size. Resistant to shock and ready to tumble, Buffalo’s newest iteration puts solid state into slap-fight range of smaller portable drives. Of course, at $828 the pleasure will run you almost…
Logitech just rolled out its VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse, especially designed for notebooks but still using that hyperfast scroll wheel that Blam liked so much in its big brother, the MX Revolution. Its most remarkable feature is its improbably small USB receiver, the tiniest yet conceived. How small is it? Insert the receiver into…
Someone just got his hands on his fav 3D program and produced this concept for a modern Roller Paper Printer, which allows you to print at any length if you still have a copy of Broderbund’s Print Shop around. You can see how it is supposed to work after the jump but suddenly I don’t…
This is the +336+ Mirror. More than just a concept (maaan) it is an idea-made-flesh for those 20 people in the world stupid enough—and rich enough—to shell out $10,000 for a looking glass that can display text messages sent from a cellphone. So either this is the least mobile mobile phone (albeit one without the…
The just released Wii-Blaster, a lock & load rifle prop, made me breathe a little faster wanting to play Call of Duty with it—until I remembered my Wii sensor bar was busted and I’d been too lazy to get a replacement. I think it’s sexier than the Wii Zapper, but then I’ve always been a…
Blog Whizbyte is claiming that Microsoft elves have told them that the next generation Zune will probably hit stores this holiday season. Clickity-click for all the alleged Ho! Ho! Ho!. We have seen the rumors floating around, but we haven’t announced specific dates or details for the next generation of the Zune devices or service.…
Right after the first Hello World app, the New York Times is now reporting that security firm Independent Security Evaluators has discovered the first flaw in iPhone’s security, taking “complete control” over all data and call capabilities by using a simple webpage, apparently just loading it and without any user intervention whatsoever. Video demonstration after…
Some people may think that their child’s privacy is too precious, but other’s don’t give a damn. Here’s Chad the dad and Trey the bay-bay giving an iPhone master class. He’s good. See how he flicks through his dad’s photos with insouciant ease after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-so-simple-even-a-two-year-old-can-use-it-278661 Let’s have Trey on next year’s Keynote at…
Our iPhone hands-on is massive, but our verdict is short: Wait a little while. https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-review-276116
If you’re like me, chances are you have a lot of facial hair and sleep in the foetus position. Combine the latter with an unhealthy desire to economise space, and there you have the Foetus Space Economising Bed. Granted, you won’t want to take your date back to your flat, but at least you can…
The United Arab Emirates has just stolen the crown from Taiwan in the tallest building stakes. The Burj Dubai, still under construction, reached 141 stories on Saturday 21/07/07. The structure stands an impressive 512.1m (1,680ft) tall. The Taipei 101, in Taiwan, was the previous titleholder standing at 508m high and resided above the rest of…
Netflix lowers their pricing to match Blockbuster’s offerings. [dvddosier]
Amp’d Mobile, after recently filing Chapter 11, has announced that they will be shutting down on July 24th at 12:01am. The announcement was made, ironically, through a text message to subscribers. For those who have prepaid for minutes or have outstanding credit, please note: https://gizmodo.com/ampd-mobile-files-for-chapter-11-265436 What happens to my Pay As You Go minutes? If…
Most alter egos show a darker side—something hidden from the public because they just couldn’t handle it. But the $15 Alter Ego Lamps take a step backward in raw introspection, representing the inherent cuteness in ugliness (tophat guy) and evil (devil guy). Or maybe it’s just that, under our sweaty, pit-stained t-shirts, the writers of…
Last week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment signed an agreement with rental company Rentrak to offer revenue sharing on Blu-ray titles. Some are calling this an aggressive move by Sony, bordering on on anti-competitive. But as far as I can tell, it’s a fair play that’s probably pretty smart. Rentrak is a go-between company for independent…
The boffins at the Georgia Institute of Technology are working on a realistic solution for high-speed wireless data transfer. The technology, dubbed multi-gigabit wireless, has reached a blazing 15Gbps at 1m. The vision is in creating Personal Area Networks (PAN), and relies upon utilizing unlicensed, 60GHz RF frequencies. The transfer speeds are only limited by…
We were just talking about the incredible i-Limb hand the other day—a bionic hand controlled by nerve impulses—and here is one of its first videos in motion. We love when the dreams of science fiction becomes the reality of science fact…especially when it doesn’t involve robots exterminating the human race. [medgadget]
