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Poker Night Goes Avant Garde with Nils-Frederking’s Folding Table and Chair

A total rethinking of the traditional fold-up table and chair with, it appears, whole new ways to pinch your fingers in the process. Note: Failure to operate with black turtleneck and air of superiority could result in accident, injury or death. – Wilson Rothman Table Page [Nils-Frederking] Chair Page [Nils-Frederking]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Controller Lock Keeps Your Paused FFXII Game Safe From Evildoers

Of all the things that you need to keep locked up and secure, how far down the list is your console gaming controller? Is it even on the list? Yeah, it’s not on mine either. But hey, apparently some people are really concerned about their controllers getting used when they aren’t around, and that necessitated…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Homemade Darth Vader Belt Makes You Ultimate Star Wars Geek

So you got your Darth Vader phone, your Star Wars lightsaber, and if you’re lucky, maybe you got one of these figures. Now you can pair all of that with the ultimate Star Wars accessory, a Darth Vader belt. It’s a pretty hardcore project, so you may wanna put aside your social life while tackling…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Budget GeForce 8400 GS Coming in Two Weeks

Looking for some DirectX 10 action on the cheap? The guys at ExtremeTech are claiming Nvidia will release a sub-$100 GeForce 8400 card on the 19th of June. It’ll come in 256MB ($79) and 128MB ($50) flavors. The cards will be clocked at 450MHz with a 400MHz memory clock. They’ll have HDCP support, but no…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Cell Phone Gaming Prodigies No Longer Chopped Liver, Says Midnight Gaming Championship

Admit it, you’ve always been jealous of console gamers getting all the chicks, living the high life, while you, you’re stuck in line at the post office, utterly dominating Bejeweled, yet nobody cares. Well, here’s your chance. Midnight Gaming Championship is hosting the first “mainstream” (like not in your mom’s basement) cellphone game tournament. Contenders…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Sony’s Secret R&D Open House

Once a year in Tokyo, Sony invites some lucky people to check out the super-secret stuff their Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) have been cooking up. What’s the CSL? It’s the R&D division that explores future technologies with no specific product or division in mind, so they aren’t forced to only work on Blu-ray products or…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Future NASA Rover Will Scare Aliens with Rock-crushing Lasers

Good old NASA is giving their Mars Rover a hardcore makeover. The next-gen Rover (the Mars Science Laboratory) is gonna weigh in at 1,800 pounds and pack rock-crushing lasers. As a matter of fact, it’s gonna pack so much tech it’ll have to run on nuclear power rather than solar arrays (like previous Rovers). So…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Wood Keyboard and USB Gadgets Give Gizmodo Writer Excuse to Declare: “Gandalf Has a Giant Penis”

I don’t know if I like these wood-made peripherals by Marubeni Infotec or not. I mean, take this beautiful keyboard: I love the clean lines, the nice texture and the great clickity-clack sound it must make. On the other hand, my tree-hugging commie hippie side wonders if we really need the extremely resource-consuming technological industry…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Mobile Malls (1981)

The February, 1981 issue of The Futurist featured this illustration of a “mobile mall” of the future. Below are excerpts from the accompanying article. “It will be the age-old concept of the traveling merchant; but instead of camels or sailing vessels, the retailer of the future will transport his material via superhighway and erect his…

Tech News Matt Novak

NY Times: Smaller, Easier to Use Gadgets Are Made for Women

Typically, the most shoddy work journalists put out is the ubiquitous trendspotting piece. And today’s NY Times article, “To Appeal to Women, Too, Gadgets Go Beyond ‘Cute’ and ‘Pink,’ ” excels at digging itself so far into stereotypical, sexist bunk I don’t even know where to begin to pull it apart. https://gizmodo.com/media-watch-bogus-trendspotting-from-the-nyt-on-vista-233876 The fundamentally flawed…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Starfire (Part 4, 1994)

Part 4 of the Starfire video looks at the possibilities of media creation without shooting new scenes with new actors. See also:Starfire (Part 1, 1994)Starfire (Part 2, 1994)Starfire (Part 3, 1994)Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future (1993)Apple’s Knowledge Navigator (1987)Apple’s Grey Flannel Navigator (1988)

Tech News Matt Novak

Do You Wall or Table Mount Your Flat TV?

You following this Monster Cable debate we’ve been having? They showed us some tested differences between their cables and the cheap stuff. https://gizmodo.com/the-truth-about-monster-cable-266616 One issue I have with the test is that they used 10-meter long HDMI cables. Of course that’s going to dramatically increase the differences between high-end and low-end cables. And of course,…

Tech News Brian Lam

Hands On With Sony’s Bravia Internet Video Link (Plus Gallery)

Sony’s $300 Bravia Internet Video Link hits stores this July. It’s one of the most elegant systems yet available that delivers Internet video to the TV. Your first question: What Internet video might that be? Yes, yes, it’s a very good question. Before we get into that, though, let’s see how it works. The module…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Parallels 3 Goes Live

Remember when we gave you deets on the new Parallels 3.0 last week? Good news: it’s done and released already. So if you’ve been waiting for it with sweaty anticipation, clean yourself up and go grab a copy. Tally ho, dual OS cowboys! https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-more-details-on-parallels-desktop-3-0-265326 Product Page [via Gizmodo Australia]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Some Intel Santa Rosa Chips To Have Separate HD Decoder

Multitaskers rejoice, Intel is going to start using seperate decoders for HD DVD and Blu-ray playback in certain versions of their Santa Rosa chips. Now your pewny graphics card won’t have put up with your love of High-Def on its own. That means no more computer slow down when you’re watching Planet Earth on Blu-ray…

Tech News Ben Longo

Dealzmodo: DivX Pro Free Today

Own a Mac? Get a copy of DivX Pro free, today only. Don’t own a Mac? What the hell, grab a copy anyway. You never know when you’ll get one/sell it to someone for $5. Update: Not just free for Macs! Windows version here. Thanks hebrewbacon. Product Page [DivX via Macenstein]

Tech News Jason Chen

Rumor Smashed: MacBook Pro CCFL and LED Displays Have No Discernible Difference

According to sources very familiar with Apple displays and MacBook development, there is no discernible difference between CCFL MacBook Pro displays and the new LED MacBook Pro displays. All the eyeball tests so far have been either faulty or just plain wrong. Think about it for a sec. If Apple’s displays were even 5% brighter…

Tech News Jason Chen

Rumor: Apple Bombarding Market With 3 Million iPhones At Launch, Plus More Ridiculous Numbers

Businessweek claims two sources told them Apple will have 3 million iPhones ready for the launch on June 29. This is an absurdly high number. For comparison, Nintendo’s Wii had 1 Million units. The PS3? 400,000. Xbox 360? Around 300,000. So Apple’s going to have about twice as much as all of them put together?…

Tech News Jason Chen

Attention Monster Haters: The Giz HDMI Cable Battlemodo Has Begun

Some of you might recall my recent article about Monster Cable. If you read it through, you’d remember it as the piece that outlined Monster’s more credible scientific claims, culminating in my sober recommendation to buy a cheap HDMI cable first, then work your way up. (I got the impression that not all commenters actually…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Thanko’s Silent Keyboard Only Makes 6db

We seriously don’t know how you IBM keyboard lovers get any work done when it sounds like Optimus Prime pleasuring himself with a jackhammer. Us? We like things quiet. Quiet like this Thanko Silent Keyboard. It only makes 6db, compared with the 30db a “regular” keyboard makes. Although we’ll still stick to Microsoft’s Wireless Entertainment…

Tech News Jason Chen

Poker Night Goes Avant Garde with Nils-Frederking’s Folding Table and Chair

Controller Lock Keeps Your Paused FFXII Game Safe From Evildoers

Homemade Darth Vader Belt Makes You Ultimate Star Wars Geek

Budget GeForce 8400 GS Coming in Two Weeks

Cell Phone Gaming Prodigies No Longer Chopped Liver, Says Midnight Gaming Championship

Sony’s Secret R&D Open House

Future NASA Rover Will Scare Aliens with Rock-crushing Lasers

Wood Keyboard and USB Gadgets Give Gizmodo Writer Excuse to Declare: “Gandalf Has a Giant Penis”

Mobile Malls (1981)

NY Times: Smaller, Easier to Use Gadgets Are Made for Women

Starfire (Part 4, 1994)

Do You Wall or Table Mount Your Flat TV?

Hands On With Sony’s Bravia Internet Video Link (Plus Gallery)

Parallels 3 Goes Live

Some Intel Santa Rosa Chips To Have Separate HD Decoder

Dealzmodo: DivX Pro Free Today

Rumor Smashed: MacBook Pro CCFL and LED Displays Have No Discernible Difference

Rumor: Apple Bombarding Market With 3 Million iPhones At Launch, Plus More Ridiculous Numbers

Attention Monster Haters: The Giz HDMI Cable Battlemodo Has Begun

Thanko’s Silent Keyboard Only Makes 6db

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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