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The race toward affordable solid-state notebook drives is about to goose itself into hyperdrive, but PQI is coy about the pricing of its SSD Turbo+ line of solid-state storage, starring its latest 256GB solid-state notebook drive. What’s so great about that? It’s a speedy Serial ATA (SATA) drive, and it’s in a 2.5-inch form factor,…
Sometimes you can’t annoy the other patrons at the coffee shop with a puny iPod speaker. The PodXtreme Sound Box is a small add-on speaker for the iPod that is capable of generating a “powerful sound” and “powerfull bass boost” even though the device is half the size of your actual iPod. It runs on…
This week at TreeHugger: Working from home, as we bloggers tend to do, sure is great if you like working in your underwear, but how does it stack up against office work when it comes to carbon emissions? Because two electric car stories are better than one: Tesla Motors’ Roadster gets a half million bucks…
Today, much of the tech press is interested in speculating on the iPhone’s data plan. Here’s something new to add to the conversation. Last week, when a Cingular business sales rep told me that the date for release was June 11th, she also told me that the data plan would be $30 bucks. I have…
If you are looking for a budget LCD TV or computer display, look no further. Olevia, a brand known for being cheap and of pretty good quality, has some pretty good deals on displays, courtesy of Fry’s. • Olevia 327V 27″ LCD HD-Ready TV, $297 • Olevia 337H 37″ HD Monitor LCD, $547 Note that…
We love David Pogue here at Gizmodo. The NY Times tech guru is a playful geek whose love and passion for all things gadgety shines through with every over-the-top video he makes. He is not, however, the coolest guy in the world. Look, no disrespect, but you’re no Justin Timberlake, David. https://gizmodo.com/pogue-on-email-for-dumb-phones-263962 That’s where you…
Our female-fearing cousins over at Kotaku are familiar with cakes made in the shape of their favorite things (games), but we don’t often get the pleasure of eating our own gadgets. That’s why this Helio Ocean cake made by a geeksugar reader is so sweet (heh). The cake itself looks gigantic, and features none of…
Can’t afford one of those fancy widescreen Handycams? Aiptek just announced its GO-HD, a budget ($299) HD camcorder capable of recording in 720p. The flash-only cam records to high-capacity SD cards, but cuts a few corners to hit the $299 price mark. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-hd-camcorders-rock-the-high-def-one-solid-state-255221 For starters the LCD is a bit small at 2.4-inches and it’s…
Apparently the one million Zunes sold celebration we told you about yesterday was just a tiny little bit preemptive, thanks to a slightly bigger mistake by the Chronicle. The error? Mis-transcribing an interview with Robbie Bach. Instead of claiming one million Zunes sold, Bach actually claimed: https://gizmodo.com/one-million-zunes-sold-99-million-to-go-263928 Bach: When we finish our fiscal year in…
Looking for a quick way to connect a secondary display to your PC? LG’s new L206WU can be hooked up via DVI, VGA or USB. Like the Samsung LCD we saw earlier, this display can let you daisy-chain up to six units all via USB and without the need for a monster graphics card. Spec-wise,…
Budget GPS units are popping up everywhere, and the latest one to enter the arena is Acer’s V200. It’s packing a 3.5-inch screen and 64MB of onboard memory (along with a memory card slot for expansion). There’s no official word on when/if they’ll come to the States (we’ll update when we find out), but they’re…
Plasmariser holds a flat panel TV inside, rising up on command like on the Tonight Show. Now you can roll that TV from room to room, protecting its delicate screen from scratches on the way. Then when you want to watch it, simply plug it in and push a button and it magically rises out…
Remember the XG Station we spotted back at CES? Well, Asus is releasing a desktop version that’ll connect to one of Nvidia’s 8600 GT cards. The breakout box will let you overclock your video card without having to rely on any software. It fits into a 5.25-inch drive bay in your PC and also keeps…
Ah, Palm’s rumored groundbreaking gadget, dubbed by fanboys as “Hawk”, after Palm-founder Jeff Hawkins. We knew the time, and the place, and maybe even had a hint at the device being a UMPC-ish thing. But had no proof. Until this little press release hit the wires. https://gizmodo.com/big-fat-juicy-rumor-palm-hawk-umpc-next-week-263127 SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 29, 2007 – Jeff Hawkins,…
Here’s a PC with a 1-inch-thick case by Trident, and it’s so quiet and well-hidden that the company calls it “invisible.” You don’t see it? It’s right there, attached to the back of that monitor pictured above. It has the industry-standard VESA mounting holes on either side, so you install it in between a mounting…
Too-busy-to-read (or slackass) bibliophiles are in for a surprise if they grab Al Gore’s latest account of his hunt for Manbearpig from the iTunes Store. Apple has confirmed that The Assault on Reason, as well as a number of other new books released on the iTunes Store will not play on iPods, though they will…
You’ll want to take this with a grain of salt, but the folks at Notebook Italia seem to have images of Lenovo’s upcoming ThinkPad Reserve Edition. The notebook looks like the company’s Yoga concept (which we covered a while back). It’s clad in leather and features a detachable keyboard and what looks like the slimmest…
Okay, you Giz readers who are members of the Woodstock Generation, this Vitality Pill Cap lets you know when it’s time to pop that next pill, helping those of us with drug-addled brains cope with the timing of our $20-a-dose prescription drug habits. It’s loaded with whiz-bang connectivity, glowing and communicating in ways that can…
You’d think we Gizmodians would’ve learned our roulette lesson from our most recent money-losing foray into Las Vegas, but no. We want more, and we want to play the game right here at the desk with this Roulette Paperweight. Nope, there’s no fancy digital roulette table to place our chips upon, and this little wheel…
In the States, “pimping out” your vehicle generally involves adding oversized subwoofers, gaudy rims and stupid- looking ground effects kits and spoilers. It’s a masculine, masturbatory affair that I never quite understood the appeal of. In Japan, they like to pimp out vans. It’s no less masturbatory, but it’s certainly not as masculine. Check out…