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OMNI 500 (1982)

The 1982 book The Omni Future Almanac contains a list of the top companies for the year 2000. Telecommunications services, energy, and genetic/biological engineering will probably be the significant growth areas over the coming years, and the “Fortune 500” of today will look quite different from the “OMNI 500” of tomorrow. Here is a look…

Tech News Matt Novak

TVersity Now Available on PS3, Wii

For those unfamiliar with TVersity, it’s the app you run on your PC that lets you transcode just about any format into a format your Xbox 360 can understand. Essentially, this means you can watch DivX, XviD, and other media files on your consoles on the fly. Good news, because now it’s available for the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Harman Kardon HS300 Brings 5.1 Integrated Home Theater in a Box

We covered a bit of the Harman Kardon HS500 and HS300 back in March, but the latter has gone on sale now in the US. To recap, the HS300 has a built-in DVD player with HDMI, DVD-Audio, MP3, WMA, JPEG, AM/FM Tuner, USB ports for music and photo viewing, and 5.1 audio. https://gizmodo.com/harman-kardon-hs500-theater-sound-for-around-a-grand-242873 Compared with…

Tech News Jason Chen

Quick News: Ubuntu, China, and More

It looks like Dell is going to give Linux another go. This time they have decided to make Ubuntu an option on certain upcoming models. AMD is flipping out again about a possible monopoly that may or may not exist between Japanese PC vendors and Intel. AMD claims that NEC, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Sony and Hitachi…

Tech News Ben Longo

The Idiot’s Cube

Rubik’s Cubes too hard to solve? Try out this Idiot’s Cube, and you’ll never feel inferior to Will Smith again. Plus, it’s a pretty inexpensive way to tell someone they’re too stupid to figure out a real puzzle. Just in time for Mother’s Day! Product Page [Cool Things]

Gadgets Jason Chen

Microsoft: User Account Control Is Awesome, Everyone Should Use It

The first thing I did after I installed Windows Vista was disable User Account Control—it’s pretty much the most annoying OS feature I’ve ever dealt with. Microsoft’s Chief Security Advisor in Australia, Peter Watson, however thinks that it’s “a great idea and strategically a direction that all operating systems and all technologies should be heading…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

RAZRs Turn Purple For Mother’s Day

If your mother’s one of the few in the country who still wants a RAZR, this limited-edition Mother’s Day one makes a decent gift. Get it before Prince stockpiles them all. Product Page [Motorola via Mobile Tech Review]

Tech News Jason Chen

New York Times Garden Expert Solves Those Puzzling Petunia Questions

Come on, Times. Not only are you guys one of the top newspapers in the world, but now you are taking over the portable gardening database gadget market with this thing. The Garden Expert is a database chock-full of information about gardening. The device scours decades’ worth of gardening factoids from Times gardening columns to…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

More on the Energizer Duo USB Charger

We covered the Energizer USB charger before, but we’ve got some new details on how it interacts with the software. https://gizmodo.com/old-fashioned-rechargeable-batteries-get-new-fashioned-251779 Energizer has two widgets, one for Macs and one for Windows, that let you monitor the charge as it’s happening—in real time. It’s like a mini-episode of 24 happening in your own machine, except…

Tech News Jason Chen

How to Be a Gizmodo Commenter in Thirty-Seven Easy Steps

1) Choose a post, click on it, and scroll to the bottom. 2) Click “New User? Here’s what to do”. 3) Fill in the comment, choose a username and password (the one you want to use for your eventual comment account), and hit submit. 4) Wait 24 hours. 5-37) Refresh the page to see if…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sprout Umbrella Design

Even though it doesn’t rain all that much here, we’re suckers for an awesome umbrella design. Whether it’s the lightsaber-grip umbrella,the lightsaber-shaft umbrella, or this Sprout umbrella, we’re all for umbrellas. https://gizmodo.com/lightsaber-umbrella-uses-the-force-to-stop-the-rain-250365 What’s special about this umbrella is the way it unlocks. You turn the knob to unlock the canopy, which then forces the knob…

Tech News Jason Chen

Ceratec’s Ambilight-ish Speakers Provide Ambiance

These CeraLight Xeno speakers from Ceratec may sound good, but their main draw is the way you can adjust their color or brightness just from your remote. Couple this with a Philips Ambilight—or maybe even your own homemade ghetto ambilight, and you’ve got yourself a party. A really nerdy party. https://gizmodo.com/make-your-own-ghetto-ambilight-239791 Product Page [Ceratec via…

Tech News Jason Chen

Touchy Novint Falcon Finally Coming in June

We’ve been following Novint’s Falcon controller since its birth, and now the folks at Novint tell us their pasty white baby is ready to make its debut. The Falcon will be out June 18th for $239. In a nutshell, the 3D controller lets you play games via a handshake-like grip that offers a more realistic…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week at TreeHugger: The rest of the ‘net has been abuzz, wondering “Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?” We try to straighten it out. Spinal Tap has noticed that it’s “Warmer than Hell,” and that fighting global warming is more complicated than just taking off your jacket. Apple’s iPods are everywhere, but among…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Flip Video Lowers Bar For YouTube Videos Even More

If you had a hard enough time wading through the millions of horrible home videos to get to the good ones on YouTube now, wait until old people start putting stuff up there. Pure Digital’s Flip Video camcorder is designed to be easy to use for non-techies, complete with built-in USB adapter and software to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Communities May Be Weatherized (Edwardsville Intelligencer, 1952)

The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois) ran an article on December 15, 1952 outlining a vision of weather-controlled communities of the future. “Weather-conditioned” communities in the future are perfectly feasible, according to a professor of architecture. Ambrose M. Richardson of the University of Illinois announced that his graduate architecture students already are working on a model…

Tech News Matt Novak

OWC’s 1TB External Drive For Data Hoarders

Good news, media pirates/porn addicts: you can now get an external drive that can hold a whopping 1TB of your illegal/illicit materials. OWC is releasing its Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” 1.0TB External Drive Solution for $600, and it’s loaded up with connectivity options. You can plug it in via FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Dealzmodo: Refurbished Wiimote, $25

Still looking to pick up the addition Wiimotes so you can kick your friends’ asses at Wii Tennis? Overstock.com has refurbished Wiimotes for $25, which is $15 off the regular price. If you are like me and still haven’t found a Wii anywhere, this could be a good time to pick up a remote ahead…

Tech News Travis Hudson

WWDC07 Details: We’ll Be There

Apple just released some more official details on WWDC, including the time (10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a,m)., the date (June 11), and the topic (a feature-complete version of Leopard). Attendees and developers will get a beta to take home in order to test, and will ship—this is in their own words—this October. We’ll be there…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gizmodo PSA Contest: Don’t Forget to Vote

There is only one day left to vote for the winner of the Gizmodo PSA Contest. A very nice Canon HV20 is on the line. The poll closes Wednesday at noon Eastern. Thanks again to everyone who entered. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-psa-contest-vote-for-the-winner-256403 Vote Here!

Tech News Travis Hudson

OMNI 500 (1982)

TVersity Now Available on PS3, Wii

Harman Kardon HS300 Brings 5.1 Integrated Home Theater in a Box

Quick News: Ubuntu, China, and More

The Idiot’s Cube

Microsoft: User Account Control Is Awesome, Everyone Should Use It

RAZRs Turn Purple For Mother’s Day

New York Times Garden Expert Solves Those Puzzling Petunia Questions

More on the Energizer Duo USB Charger

How to Be a Gizmodo Commenter in Thirty-Seven Easy Steps

Sprout Umbrella Design

Ceratec’s Ambilight-ish Speakers Provide Ambiance

Touchy Novint Falcon Finally Coming in June

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Flip Video Lowers Bar For YouTube Videos Even More

Communities May Be Weatherized (Edwardsville Intelligencer, 1952)

OWC’s 1TB External Drive For Data Hoarders

Dealzmodo: Refurbished Wiimote, $25

WWDC07 Details: We’ll Be There

Gizmodo PSA Contest: Don’t Forget to Vote

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