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I think I’m going to buy a roll of this RudeWrap Vicious Paper Cut Bloody Gift Wrap and use it to give all of my friends a Baby Doll Lamp, turning one hilarious joke into at least three, none of which are in good taste. Also appropriate for cuddy killer robots, Gloomy Bear mimobots and…
Hey home theater PC lovers! Those of you who are still waiting around for CableCARD-enabled machines in order to get high-def cable in your home theater setup don’t have to wait much longer, since these CC machines are finally shipping. If you wanted to get a sneak peek at what you’re going to get with…
I’ve been waiting for this good news from HP for awhile: their laptops are finally, officially, and definitely going to get LEDs inside of LCDs. https://gizmodo.com/led-backlit-apple-and-hp-laptops-in-q2-225648 Judging from family names, the two confirmed machines, the HP Compaq 2510p and 2710 tablet (not the laptop above), they likely aren’t high end beauties like those DV pavillions…
A reader claims he just participated in a survey for a wireless remote from—probably from Logitech—that looks like it’s in the final design stages. The tipster claims the keyboard is probably going to be branded either the “Slice”, “Keymote”, or “Digital Living Keyboard” under the DiNovo line. Of course, this is a survey and all…
Remember when getting a camera under $150 was essentially as good as throwing your money away, getting a pen and paper, and drawing a picture yourself? Well gramps, get with the times. You can get a pretty decent point and shoot for under a buck fiddy now, and Laptop Mag’s got a comparison of ten…
Remember GetMobio? That’s the mobile phone app that gives you a bunch of stuff like movie listings, maps, RSS readers, and various ways to help you have fun at night. Well, they’ve just added a Gas app that helps you get the cheapest gas in your surrounding area. https://gizmodo.com/getmobio-verdict-sure-as-long-as-you-live-somewhere-251390 Sure, you could just visit gasbuddy.com…
Set the TiVo! David Pogue’s new show Science Channel show, which he writes and stars in, starts tonight. 8 pm on the Science Channel! Every Fri for 6 weeks. Also on Discovery HD starting June 7. It’s going to be like a 30 (60?) minute version of the funny videos we link to on the…
I’m heading to Maker Faire this weekend, so any readers who are there should stop by and say hello on Saturday (that is if you can find me!) Otherwise, it seems like some Pokemon, some cleaning, some reviewing of gadgets, some Guild Wars, some Xbox 360, and some outdoors time. Ahh, the outdoors. How infrequently…
Just when we thought the Creative Zen Stone was the only thing they had up their sleeves, Creative’s gone and released a Zen Wav in Singapore (their home country). The device looks like a Nano competitor with a set of integrated speakers, 2GB storage, FM radio, voice recording, and a photo/video playback mode. https://gizmodo.com/quick-read-creative-zen-stone-review-and-gallery-verdi-260073 There’s…
We saw the 8600 back in April when it was posted on Carphone Warehouse, but now someone’s posted an “official” picture of it in the mobile review forums. https://gizmodo.com/new-nokia-8600-details-posted-on-carphone-warehouse-sit-252468 Along with the picture, which looks tons better than the render last time, there are more specs as well. The phone will have Series 40, a…
Most alarm clocks have only one way of waking you up—with an annoying buzz that goes on until you hit snooze. The Hybrid Alarm Clock concept has two. It can either go off like a traditional alarm clock or it can wake you up silently with a pulsating light (in case you don’t wanna wake…
See those shots right there. The guys at Techwarelabs claim they’re “spy shots” of Intel’s first quad-core notebook. They’re not the most flattering shots around, but if the pics don’t do it for you, maybe the specs will. According to TWL, the laptop will come with a 17-inch LCD and two Nvidia 8800 video cards.…
Looks-wise, the Type 02 isn’t the kind of robot you’d wanna bump into in a dark alley. Yet despite its black, Grim Reaper-like profile, the Type 02 isn’t a Terminator in disguise. No, this baby was created for the Tamanoi Vinegar Corporation to give presentations on, yep, vinegar. The robot stands 6 feet tall, and…
On my recent visits to see the latest TVs, I started to get the sneaking suspicion that the interfaces were getting more user friendly. I mean, that isn’t hard: TVs have notoriously bad interfaces, and unless you are Brian Lam or a member of the AVS Forum, you might have a hard time calibrating your…
It may be the end of the work week for most of us, but the elves at Dell are still churning out products. Their latest is a Latitude Convertible Tablet PC, the company’s first Tablet. Senior Vice President and General Manager of Dell’s Business Product Group, Jeff Clarke, is seen cradling the newborn in a…
Click to viewWe’re a month or so from iPhone, and phone nuts talk about the LG Prada as being one of its main competitors. Another one of those “iPhone-Killers” every phone company is pushing. But I just got an LG Prada, and based on my hands on time with that and my session with the…
This power strip has surge protection, noise filtering and a microprocessor capable of turning off all the peripheral devices when the main device is turned off. So, when you turn off your PC, it can shut down your speakers, printer and other extras, too. It is available for $35, which isn’t too bad for a…
For some reason Amazon has some pretty great deals on both old and new MacBooks. We can see giving instant discounts and $75 mail-in rebates on the old models (which lowers prices by up to $200+ on some) since the refresh just upped the specs, but new ones? That’s weird. https://gizmodo.com/new-apple-macbook-verdict-no-santa-rosa-260523 If you want a…
Ahh, Friday. Got to love them, and it is time for my weekly post relating to something or anything beer related (in preparation for the weekend, of course). This week we have a plasma beer mug. It has hollow walls for the plasma gases. The hollow gassed wall get bright and excited upon placing on…
An internship job listing over at Danger, Inc. spills the beans about what could be some future GPS integration into Danger’s devices—namely, the Sidekicks. Whether that means it’s going to be in Sidekick 4’s featureset or as a separate add-on for Sidekick 3’s, we’re still unsure. What we are sure of is that tons of…