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Dell is offering up $350 off Core 2 Duo Dimension PCs (excluding the XPS) that are priced more than $999. Just apply the coupon code $4?HW9L1NB4VTT at checkout for the savings. The deal is valid for through next Thursday, May 31, or until the coupon is used 4,000 times. This isn’t a bad way to…
There are thieves out there everywhere ready to Thomas Crown Affair (yeah it’s a verb) your collection of priceless works of art. The Art Guard attaches directly to the wall, and the wire on the backside of the artwork is placed into the Art Guard. It is clipped in and the Art Guard is armed.…
Hey, I’ll be stopping by Kara Swisher and Mossy’s All Things D conference in a week, and I was wondering who else is going? You know, journalists, and other mortals beside, uh, Steve Jobs, George Lucas, Bill Gates, and Jeff Hawkins. Let’s meet up. It’s going to be a big day for the tech world,…
We’re no strangers to charging stations, having reviewed a couple before, but these Gomadic charging stations seem to be a little different. Instead of hiding a power strip inside the station, as we saw in the Kangaroom units, Gomadic has only one AC connection to the wall. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-kangarooms-cable-organizers-253387 How do they do it? Well, the…
Today Sony showed off some 2.5-inch OLED screens that are capable of being slightly bent. It is made out of a glass substrate and is only .3mm thick. Supposedly the display has been created for lightweight, bigger and “softer” electronics, but all I see is problems with this. Sure it could be integrated into phones…
These lamps from designers Emi Fujita and Shane Kohatsu are shaped like sunflowers, sort of, and collect solar power so they can light up your garden at night. The best part about these outdoor lights is that they don’t have to be outdoors. You can attach these to the wall, as shown above, and they’ll…
Click to viewLord have mercy, Intel has just created a laptop that’s as pretty as a supermodel, and thinner, too. Codenamed the Intel Mobile Metro Notebook, this prototype was designed by Intel along with Ziba Design, and it’s a mere .7 inches thick and weighs just 2.25 pounds. It’s no dumb blonde, either, packed with…
Hey you, yeah you, the one sitting at your computer not doing the productive things you should be doing. We are giving away some Shure SE310 earphones. Follow the link here to find out what you need to do to win. https://gizmodo.com/shure-thing-v3-0-win-a-pair-of-se310-earphones-262250 Shure Thing v3.0: Win a Pair of SE310 Earphones [Gizmodo]
Traffic cops in Manchester will soon be carrying webcams. This will help both sides of the parking predicament. The police will be able to use the video as proof against people challenging their tickets, and the people receiving tickets will have video proof to send home to mom. Let’s just hope they don’t bring this…
There’s been little innovation in the car iPod dock space lately, so that’s why DLO’s TransDock Deluxe caught us by surprise. Sure, its individual components—a steering wheel mounted remote, an FM tuner, an iPod mount, an AV-out port, an Aux-in port and a USB charging port—can be found elsewhere, but this is the first time…
We’re not big boaters around here—we can kinda swim, but don’t know how to breathe correctly—but the key buoy would still be super useful for us. Why? Because even though we don’t go in boats, where this keychain has the most benefit by keeping your key on the surface of the water, we still manage…
There isn’t much to say about the TheraSpa Sound Therapy Eyeshades. Either you want a fruity-looking padded eyemask that hooks up to an MP3 player to lull you to sleep with the soothing sounds of death metal or you don’t. Oh, it also comes with five pre-recorded sound programs, like Babbling Brook and Chirping Song…
We went rummaging through Griffin’s New York HQ yesterday and got some one-on-one time with the sexy new Evolve wireless speaker dock. Here’s how it works. You dock your iPod on the Evolve base station and then you can carry the cube-shaped speakers anywhere you want. The speakers last for 10 hours per charge and…
Breaking from the boombox-esque mold of many iPod sound systems, the Audio Pro Porto is one of the most refreshingly portable setups we’ve seen in a while, and looks like it would be right at home on the beach next to a bucket of Coronas. It also comes with an FM radio, two 3.5mm stereo…
Movie studios and film companies are reportedly supporting a licensing agreement that’s in the final stages of completion, and it might just let you legally copy HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs. This could be a crack in the armor, a compromise for the mess that is digital rights management (DRM). What, did hell freeze over?…
Kasper at Appleinsider is telling us that his sources have informed him that the Mac mini will Die. …sources, for whom AppleInsider holds the utmost respect, are now pointing towards the mini’s impending demise. Then he immediately hedges his bet as far as timing. Whether Apple will squeeze another revision from the mini, and how…
By Brendan I. Koerner Twenty-one months after your humble narrator first opined on the admirable resilience of faux Discmen, the Reaper has come for Low End Theory: as of today, this column will (in the not-so-immortal words of Charles Manson) cease to exist. Its biodegraded carcass shall nourish the gazelles, who in turn nourish the…
Today we have part 2 of Apple’s 1988 paleo-futuristic concept video, Grey Flannel Navigator. Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion. See also:Apple’s Grey Flannel Navigator (Part 1, 1988)Apple’s Knowledge Navigator (1987)Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future (1993)
Nokia’s known for breaking out of the box from time to time, and their latest patent proves that. It describes a UMPC-like handheld with two touchscreens and a detachable keyboard. The keyboard can be slid on top of one of the screens should you need to text or browse the Web. Removing the keyboard would…
We see a lot of pointless gadgets around here, but sometimes a product comes along that blows us away with its utter lack of utility. The Disc Pod Dispenser is basically a Pez dispenser for discs. Load it up, push a button, and one pops out. Is twisting the plastic case off of a spindle…