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Blockbuster’s Blu-ray Endorsement Having Major Impact on HD DVD Player Sales

Click to viewBlockbuster’s decision to support Blu-ray in all of its 1,450 stores is having a bigger impact than it seems. A tipster at an unnamed retailer tells us they’ve had more HD DVD player orders canceled over the last few days than they’ve seen over the entire life cycle. The kicker? All of them…

Tech News Jason Chen

Samsung Releasing 53 Phones This Week?

The talk of the town down in CommunicAsia in lovely Singapore is the rumor that Samsung is going to release 53 phones this week. Fifty-three. We’ll sift through the rubble and pick out the good ones for you. Samsung to launch 53 new phones ? [New Launches]

Gadgets Jason Chen

Closer Than We Think! Throw-Away Clothes (1959)

Apparently the ability to throw away your clothes is worthy of more attention than the commuter helicopters everyone’s flying around in the future. This strip ran in the October 25, 1959 Chicago Tribune. Do your clothes need to be cleaned or washed? Are you tired of the old patterns or colors? In the future, if…

Tech News Matt Novak

Apple Reveals iPhone Battery Testing Methods

When Apple’s iPhone made the jump to eight hours of life (Boom!) fans rejoiced, haters moaned and competitors wept. And shoddy journalists reported “It won’t meet claimed battery life!” (Duh.) Other journalists asked How? https://gizmodo.com/apple-gives-iphone-glass-face-and-extends-talk-time-to-269721 Now, Apple’s updated J-Phone spec page answers that question by detailing their rundown from fresh batt to dead phone. •Eight…

Tech News Brian Lam

Alienware Selling P2 Case Separately For $399

If you’ve always wanted those Aliens-shaped Alienware cases but never had a high-paying enough job for one, this P2 Chassis is a good compromise. You pay $399 for the shell, which comes with a 700-watt power supply, blue LEDs and the quality construction Alienware PCs are known for. Still, $399 is pretty steep for a…

Tech News Jason Chen

What Is the Greatest Gadget of Alllll Tiiiimmmmeeee?

Wired just set up a look back at some of the greatest gadgets the universe has ever known, and they’re accepting votes. There can be only one. That image to the right is the Zenith Space Command remote, designed in 1956, before IR, and before Zenith slipped quietly into the history books without so much…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Samsung Goes Nuts With Dense Drives, Size Matters

Chalk one up for Samsung in the hard disc derby, catching up to rivals Hitachi and Seagate with the Samsung F1 series hard drive with a vast 1TB of storage space. Just look at that beauty, boys. The big news is its simplicity, packing the world’s highest recording density on a 3.5-inch hard disk, using…

Tech News Charlie White

Squirrel Catapult is Awful, Yet We Can’t Look Away

We’ve shown you some kind-of-mean anti-squirrel apparatuses in the past, but this one takes it to the next level. Animal rights people, don’t bitch at us, we didn’t do it, we just laughed at it. A lot. https://gizmodo.com/twirl-a-squirrel-makes-your-selective-animal-charity-ea-243784 As you can see, there’s a rope that attaches to the colander and is slipped under the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Carpet Alarm Clock

Fumbling around for the alarm clock in the morning is second place only to getting elbowed in the ribs because we can’t find the alarm clock when it comes to things we don’t look forward to when we wake up. That’s why this alarm clock mat design by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg is so…

Tech News Jason Chen

AT&T Interviewee Line Extends Half a Block Thanks to iPhone Mania

Think Apple’s the one getting the upper hand in this iPhone/AT&T deal? AT&T’s sitting pretty too. Reader Evan sends in this picture of an interviewee line outside of the Midtown Manhattan AT&T store, all lining up for jobs leading up to the iPhone launch. Oh, but it’s not just for the iPhone. The store rep…

Tech News Jason Chen

Star Wars Super-Deformed Plushies Are Far, Far Away From Realism

Comic Images just released a new line of Star Wars plush dolls, but with really big and ugly noggins. Standing proud at 7 inches, the considerably sized plushies are a cheap $12.99, and so far Yoda and Vader are ready to ship—perfect for those of you who want to unwrap them right away and get…

Tech News Kevin Hall

Gizmodo Seeking KICK ASS Web Developer

We have a job opening for someone who wants to help us KICK ASS with KICK ASS web development. Specifically, a magician who is right for the job of Lead XHTML/CSS/Javascript Developer. Gawker Media is looking for a Lead Front end Web Developer with considerable skills writing cross-browser compatible, lean, and semantic XHTML. You: Thrive…

Tech News Brian Lam

Dry Erase Fridge Makes Food Preservation Fun Again

I love the simple developments in basic products that come out of nowhere and just make sense. Like this fridge, for example. It’s got a white board surface on it, allowing you and your spawn to doodle and write all over it, putting shopping lists, notes or little expressions of your inner artist all over…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Samsung Spins Out Twin Burners For Desktops and Laptops: With Gallery

Two burners from Samsung today, one of which claims to be the world’s fastest burner at 20x. The SH-S203 is a Serial ATA burner that supports DVD+R/-R, DVD+R and every other CD/DVD format (including DVD-RAM). The most notable feature, obviously, is its 20x DVD+R and DVD-R burning, but DVD-RAMs burn at 12x, DVD+R DL burn…

Gadgets Jason Chen

AT&T Unveils Video Sharing Service, Presumably to Help Spy on Us

Videocalling has already been available in Europe and Asia for some time now using high-speed 3G networks, which is why many phones we don’t get over here have cameras both on the front and back of the device. We’ve been waiting a while for the same service to make it over here, and finally AT&T…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Best Car Gadget Ever

Here’s an oldie but goodie: A couple of hell-raising drug runners had what they thought was a failsafe way to eject drugs if they got stopped by the cops. They got a 3-foot-tall hobby rocket, put their cache of methamphetamine inside its body, and then wired up its rocket engine to the car’s cigarette lighter…

Gadgets Charlie White

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week at TreeHugger: About 50% of the power that a computer draws from the wall is wasted, turned to heat and sound, but it doesn’t have to be that way. We spend a day (or three) in the life of a solar photovoltaic panel installer, and if that weren’t enough sun-loving, we take a…

Tech News Jason Chen

Video of Batman’s Motorcycle: The Batpod

Chris Nolan’s hyping up the next Batman movie by lending the Batpod to the tech whizzles over at The Today Show. You saw it in pictures, now see it in video. Is it me or is Merideth Viera kinda hot when viewed at 320×230 resolution? She can pull our groins any time. https://gizmodo.com/batmans-motorcycle-revealed-269852 The Today…

Tech News Jason Chen

Rumor: Nintendo Working on iPhone Games

An eyebrow-raising rumor has it that Nintendo and Apple have teamed up to bring games to the iPhone, with $29 Nintendo games coming to the touchscreen device within a few months of launch. The games are said to use a touchscreen d-pad for control, although what kinds of games the big N will make aren’t…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Panasonic Producing New 45nm Video Processors

Panasonic just rolled out a new 45nm video processor chip, replacing the older 65nm version used in its previous products. What’s this mean to you? A few impressive things, actually. The new chip boasts far less energy consumption (nearly half of its predecessor), better 1080p compression/decompression support, and the ability to process two 1080p screens…

Tech News Kevin Hall

Blockbuster’s Blu-ray Endorsement Having Major Impact on HD DVD Player Sales

Samsung Releasing 53 Phones This Week?

Closer Than We Think! Throw-Away Clothes (1959)

Apple Reveals iPhone Battery Testing Methods

Alienware Selling P2 Case Separately For $399

What Is the Greatest Gadget of Alllll Tiiiimmmmeeee?

Samsung Goes Nuts With Dense Drives, Size Matters

Squirrel Catapult is Awful, Yet We Can’t Look Away

Carpet Alarm Clock

AT&T Interviewee Line Extends Half a Block Thanks to iPhone Mania

Star Wars Super-Deformed Plushies Are Far, Far Away From Realism

Gizmodo Seeking KICK ASS Web Developer

Dry Erase Fridge Makes Food Preservation Fun Again

Samsung Spins Out Twin Burners For Desktops and Laptops: With Gallery

AT&T Unveils Video Sharing Service, Presumably to Help Spy on Us

Best Car Gadget Ever

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Video of Batman’s Motorcycle: The Batpod

Rumor: Nintendo Working on iPhone Games

Panasonic Producing New 45nm Video Processors

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

JBL Boombox 3 Speaker at 40% Off Is Now Even Cheaper Than Renewed Units on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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