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Unsatisfied with the selection on Xbox 360’s Marketplace for movies? CinemaNow, the PC movie download and rental store, has updated their Media Manager software to allow rented or purchased movies to be viewed on the Xbox 360. Over 7,000 of them. Now when you buy or rent one a flick, your Vista or XP machine…
If there is one complaint I have about every boomerang competition I go to, it’s that there simply aren’t enough hot dogs. Apparently boomerang enthusiast Paul Sprague and I don’t frequent the same contests, because when he goes boomeranging (yep, that’s a word), he brings along his self-designed BoomChef solar-powered grill, built intentionally for grilling…
Remote Buddy now works with the iPhone, turning it into a super-powered Mac remote. [TUAW]
The Hurdle Light’s simple design allows for the lamp to function either as an illuminating bar or a more traditional lamp. A built-in sensor lets the Hurdle know when it’s acting as one or the other, and only keeps the appropriate portions lit. It earned a Special Mention in the 2007 Lightouch Design Competition in…
Remember our unconfirmed Tivo Series 3 Lite pics from last week? Maybe they’re real, maybe they’re not, but someone in the Tivo Community forums is claiming to know TiVo Series Lite 3 specs. They’re almost unbelievably similar to the powerful Series 3’s specs, but I know you can’t resist even fake Tivo specs, so here…
Ryan Block interviews CEO of Steorn to find out why the magic machine didn’t work. [Engadget]
Who better to teach your kids than the Dark Lord of the Sith? This Star Wars Darth Vader Laptop is geared toward young, malleable minds (and, secretly, the rest of us) and employs a lightsaber-shaped pointing device to select from 50 different games. Children can expect to have their memory, typing abilities, and coordination tested,…
The Shanling MC-30 Music Center is proof that not all iPod docks have to look the same. It comes packed with not only iPod support, but a Hi-Fi CD player, an AM/FM tuner, and a tube power amplifier. The single-ended tube amplifier allows for 3 watts of power per channel to whatever speakers you have…
Apparently you all really want an iPhone. Who knew? Thanks for all the hundreds and hundreds of entries that you sent in and we had to sort through. Really. Thanks for that. Now, onto the winner. Congratulations to Jordan Brough, winner of a brand new iPhone. His invention was the Tongue Jacket that lets anything…
We saw this Wi-Fi equipped BlackBerry make its way through the labyrinthine corridors of the FCC a few weeks ago, but now RIM’s making it official. The BlackBerry 8820 is coming, and it’s going to have GPS, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, microSD/microSDHC, and quad-band GSM. Wi-Fi fans, this is your BlackBerry. And if T-Mobile is looking for…
Although not officially announced at E3, Saitek’s latest Cyborg Rumble gamepad for the PC takes the best of the Xbox 360 controller and enhances it with some FPS-friendly features. First off, there’s a precision control toggle, which when activated, turns down the sensitivity on the sticks so you can go in for a headshot easier.…
Sony is writing off the leaked Sixaxis Kotaku] http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/rumor/lucasarts-leaks-new-sixaxis-278584.php”
We’ve had our hands on these super-green Linux-and-Via powered babies for a little while, but now it’s your turn. Even though the beta program is expected to run until September, Zonbu is confident that the hardware on 1.0 is locked. That’s why today, the company started selling the little box, but will cover the first…
We have a well-documented steampunk fetish here at Gizmodo, which is why we totally popped some tents when we saw these amazing steampunk robots by sculptor and animator Stephane Halleux. They’re beautiful in their detail, although unfortunately, unlike real robots, these guys don’t move. I could see these fetching some pretty high prices as pieces…
You know that feeling of “that’s it?” you had when you heard about Sony upgrading the PS3 from 60GB to 80GB and charging $599 for it? Sony’s David Reeves had the exact same feeling. And he had the jalapeños to say it out loud. On the record. That’s some spicy jalapeños. Reeves says: You know,…
Here’s a seemingly stupid idea: a basket on a handle that is meant to hold a Wiimote. (Complete with mechanical triggers for A and B buttons.) But the extension cleanly increases the Wiimote’s velocity with every movement. Watch as the skinny kid in the video takes a giant swing in Wii Sports baseball. Could be…
The last two pages of the official souvenir program for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair contained this ad from Frederick & Nelson, prominently illustrating the monorail. See also: Seattle World’s Fair Official Souvenir Program (1962) Closer Than We Think! Monoline Express (1961) Amphibian Monorail (Popular Science, 1934) Century 21: Space Needle Designs (1962) Monorails at…
The HTC Kaiser, unboxed here, is supposedly heading to AT&T soon under the 8925 model. This 8925 will replace the current 8525, which has been the go-to Windows Mobile phone since it was released last year. So what’s new? Lots of stuff, including a 3-megapixel camera, 128MB RAM, a fold-up design, a GPS (?), a…
One-upping just about everyone else in the Wiimote storage game, Thanko’s unit charges and holds two Wiimotes simultaneously. Not only that, there’s nunchuck storage in the back, and Wii game disc storage in the middle (six discs only). It also wouldn’t be a Thanko product if it didn’t draw power from USB, and luckily this…
Mary Garrett Bay, Chairman (yes, it read “Chairman”) of the New York City League of Women Voters wrote a short piece in the February 12, 1923 Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut) about the women of 2022. The life of even the average woman will be broader and better. Woman’s drudgery in the household will be eliminated,…