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The Star Wars merch guys have coupled up with Adidas to celebrate the movie’s 30th anniversary. And this is what they came up with: hideous shiny patent leather Superstars that kill with one look—rather like Darth, really. Nice insoles, though. If I were Darth and whichever poor sod I’d chosen to make my shoes came…
Updated with thrilling action video clip A man who’d apparently had it up to here with his cell-phone carrier got in an armored personnel carrier and rammed six cell phone towers. He was arrested on the way to a seventh. Since this went down in Sydney, Australia, you can rule out lousy AT&T reception on…
Here’s definitive proof that Apple made the iPhone the easiest cellphone to use in the planet. Watch a very cute child navigating her way round the jesusPhone with no difficulty whatsoever. No, it’s not Steve (although he’s kind of cute too). The video is after the jump. She’s got Photos (“New Bay-bee!”) and iTunes (“Cole-play!”)…
This is an MP3 player in the shape of boogaloo-lovin’ Decepticon Soundwave from Takara Tomy. At a cost of $105, it rang some rather familiar bells with us… https://gizmodo.com/future-fantasy-gadget-soundwave-mp3-player-18620 See Soundwave. Soundwave sad and old. Soundwave only have cassette in belly. See Gizmodo. Gizmodo likes shiny new things, but also loves the past. Gizmodo hears…
NLS has what it says is the first dual vertical LCD monitor. The RFT-2L19 is a 19-inch monitor originally made for the US Navy – and now used by the military to control UAVs – that will have all your friends nodding admiringly and saying, “Nice Rack!” when they see your server. Max resolution is…
Those wizards from the T-Zone PC DIY Shop in Japan have been showing off two of their latest PC mods. One has been built in a toaster, the other in a lunch box. The original idea was to have the liquid crystal display popping up from the toaster, but they were unable to manage it.…
London was the scene for yet another Star Wars convention this weekend. Opened by Mark Hamill and Ian McDiarmid, the ExCel Centre in Docklands was packed to the gills with people willing to pay 85 ($173) for Mark’s autograph. And Luke came face to face with his father once again… Both Hamill and Anthony Daniels,…
In addition to their mobile Extreme CPU, Intel has also announced its 3.0GHz Core 2 Extreme processor, the 65-nm QX6850 with four cores and dual 4MB Level 2 cache. The QX6850, touted as the fastest consumer processor now available, is the flagship of their new 1,333MHz Front Side Bus CPU family, which includes the Core…
Intel has just announced its new mobile top dog, the first Extreme CPU to go. The Core 2 Extreme X7800 runs at 2.6GHz and has a 800MHz front-side bus with 4MB L2 cache. The new X7800 offers Enhanced Deep Sleep (for better energy saving), Advanced Media Boost (for faster video, photo and music editing) and…
A few months ago we looked at the first part of fourteen-year-old Arthur Palm’s predictions for the year 2001. Arthur was writing for his school newspaper, the Milwaukee Excelsior, in the year 1901. According to the book Yesterday’s Future little Arthur was probably influenced by this image from the January 12, 1901 Collier’s Weekly. Today…
Every once in a while our RSS reader shows us something so vile that our eyes burn in their sockets…and then we just need to show you. The Sava-O is an innocent whistle trapped in the plastic prison of a scary, devil-spawn baby. When brave users blow into the device, the baby’s head pops up…
Australian scientists have developed a remote that sits by your TV and tracks hand gestures to operate your television, DVD player and up to 6 other devices (basically, as many as you can shake a fist at…heh). A recent prototype is said to work in all lighting situations (a huge accomplishment as anyone who has…
Canon plans a new $451 million factory to double production capacity. [reuters]
The Ferrari home gymnasium, titled ‘Unica’, is a muscle caviar—an onslaught to the senses and so elite you’ll be out of pocket if you so much as glare in its direction. Constructed from nothing but the finest Italian materials, it will set you back a cool $20,290. The ultra chic gymnasium is preloaded with 25…
There’s a party between my first and second toe, and everyone’s invited! These LED flip flops illuminate while you walk, balancing the subtle shades of red, blue and green for all to enjoy. At under $10 a pair, you can’t afford not to pick up a pair, unless you’re one of those hoity toity consumers…
Peter Löthberg, an optical Internet guru from Sweden has managed to hook up the daddy of all home Internet connections, running at a staggering 40Gb/s. To put that speed into perspective, it would take 0.14s to download a DVD and only 3s to get your mitts on a HD-DVD. Mr. Löthberg carried out the procedure…
Click to viewCORRECTION: The RiData SDHC card is a Class 2 card, not a Class 4 as we originally reported. Review by Gizmodo contributor Curtis Walker SDHC, or Secure Digital High Capacity, finally lets SD break the 2GB barrier and compete with Compact Flash for capacity. Only a handful of new devices are compatible with…
A new edition of FairUse4WM has been released, allowing for Zune Marketplace WMAs to be stripped of their DRM so you can have fair use rights your purchases—copying to other devices at will. Think of it as a Zune without the Zune…or better yet…iTunes DRM-free without the Mac vs. PC bickering. For XP and Vista.…
Trouble with the ladies? Well it’s not for your lack of trying, I’m quite certain. Women who aren’t interested in World of Warcraft can’t be worth your time anyway. Still, if the constant pang of rejection is starting to takes its toll and you need a hand, look no further, Google Eau de Toilette will…
On the LucasArts website promoting their new Star Wars game, publicity shots show images of an unseen controller with the Sony branding. In this redesign, the left analog stick has been swapped with the D-pad (in a similar fashion to the 360 and Gamecube controllers). So is it real? At E3, Kotaku received confirmation on…
