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Obvious Bias: Microsoft Says iPhone Should Support Office Docs

Microsoft’s Asia-Pacific chief, Chris Sorenson, threw some poo at the almighty iPhone today, saying business users are better off buying a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone over Apple’s forthcoming prodigy. “You cannot install applications…and there’s no support for Office documents. Even using it as a heavy messaging device will be a challenge.” Obvious bias aside, he…

Tech News Louis Ramirez and Brian Lam

USB Chess Set Lets You Beat Kasparov (But I Barely Know Him!)

This USB chess board combines the best mediocre of the digital world with the real world, letting you move real pieces when you play against a computer program. The bundled software surely isn’t as good as Chessmaster or any of the established chess programs, but does let you take screenshots of your current game (it…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Source: iPhone Either Getting Delayed or Will Have Thin Launch

Whispers on the street have it that Apple has run into some issues with the iPhone’s OS, preventing a solid supply of the much-ballyhooed phone to hit stores in time for the launch. A source from the manufacturer has this to say on the situation: “It does not look feasible that Apple will be able…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Hitachi Touts 85-Inch Plasma HDTV, Hedges Bets on LCDs

Hitachi carries the flag for plasma, adding an 85-incher (that may look somewhat like the one above) to its line and predicting the plasma display TV market is going to double by March 2011. But then Hitachi’s not dissing LCDs, either, saying the LCD TV market will grow even larger, from 28.5 million units shipped…

Tech News Charlie White

A Man Buys a Phone with a Magic SIM inside…

About a year ago, I had borrowed a phone to test, a Sony Ericsson M600, and slipped in an old press SIM I had lying around inside. These SIMs that come with press review phones, often have the benefit of being billed to the carrier, not the journalist, so they’re useful for testing. Time passes,…

Tech News Brian Lam

Seiko Spectrum Bracelet Watch Uses E-Ink, Looks Scary Cool

Check out this Seiko Spectrum bracelet watch, which uses flexible E-Ink display technology that wraps all the way around its circumference. It displays a time in two modes, and pictured above is its “mystery mode,” making you guess WTF time it is, but looking pretty nonetheless. The other mode on this high-contrast display is presumably…

Gadgets Charlie White

Low End Theory: Gadgets Are the New ChapStick

By Brendan I. Koerner Totally against my will, the missus dragged me along to Bed Bath & Beyond a couple of weekends ago. (Insert whip-cracking sound effects, wise guys.) It was every bit as horrific as I’d feared—I must lack whatever gene enables some folks to swoon over Casabella all-purpose gloves. Oh, and I had…

Gadgets Brendan I. Koerner

Tricentennial Report Ad (Oakland Tribune, 1976)

This ad requesting submissions for the Tricentennial Report begins with, “We have always been a nation more interested in the promise of the future than in the events of the past.” Curiously, the second sentence then plays Debbie Downer with, “Somehow, the events of the past few years have made us doubt ourselves and our…

Tech News Matt Novak

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Released Into the Wild

It’s a big day for us Ubuntu fanboys, because today’s the day the final version of Ubuntu 7.04, lovingly known as Feisty Fawn, goes live and is available for download. This version of the dope-easy Linux operating system’s biggest innovation is its Windows desktop migration tool, where the smart Feisty Fawn knows if you’re going…

Tech News Charlie White

Rumor: PS3 Price Cut in the Pipeline?

The PS3 is clearly much too expensive, so the faster Sony can drop its price the better. I’m sure there are countless people out there who were planning on picking a PS3 up before they saw that kick-in-the-pants price tag, so bringing it down to a more reasonable level is probably the only thing Sony…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Griffin Dock Adapter for iPod Shuffle: Whippersnapper Runs with the Big Dogs

Now the shuffle can get in on all the dock fun, with this Dock Adapter for iPod shuffle that lets you plug the little player into all those fancy-schmancy docks that will only work with an Apple dock connector. Now this doesn’t mean you’ll be able to control the transport functions as you can with…

Tech News Charlie White

Gallery: Samsung’s Speaker Sleeve for YP-K3

If you love your Samsung YP-K3 audio player but wish it a) had an external speaker, b) had longer battery life, and c) could be a little more protected from scratches and bumps, you may want to track down a YA-DS200. We’re not sure when it will be coming to the US, but if and…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman

Shitty Video Of New iPod iQuiz Game: You Shouldn’t Look, But You Will

It’s the iQuiz title rumored to be making its way here. If the headline wasn’t warning enough: Be prepared to turn your head sideways, and recognize that you will be subjected to cheesy French pop music playing softly in the background. Ye have been warned. iQuiz en vidéo [iGeneration via iLounge]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Antelope Audio Isochrone 10M, A Real Atomic Clock With Amazing Accuracy

Do we ever likes us some clocks around here, and this is the mother of all of ’em: the Antelope Audio Isochrome M10, an actual atomic clock that has that cancer-causing radiation shit right there on board. Don’t let that worry you, though, its rubidium atomic technology is all shielded so it won’t hurt you,…

Gadgets Charlie White

Morning Round-Up

Dear Louis, Charlie, Wilson and Co. I spent my morning grappling with robots. Tiring stuff. First of all I had to play soccer with Kombo and admire his nice new biceps. https://gizmodo.com/kondo-destroys-kondo-smashes-kondo-plays-soccer-253569 Then the HeartLander (no relation to Derek Zoolander) wanted to play doctors and nurses with me. I declined. https://gizmodo.com/heartlander-caterpillar-robot-that-prefers-pigs-hearts-253567 There’s all sorts of…

Tech News Ad Dugdale

Tag Heuer Monaco V4: Watch Changes Wheels and Pinions for Piston and Belt Transmissions

The Tag Heuer Monaco V4 is the ultimate time machine. And I don’t mean that in a “it would let you open portals in the time-space continuum to discover a new dimension with an army of buxom ultra-vixens that will obey all your commands and conquer the galaxy for you” way (my idea of the…

Gadgets Jesús Díaz

Toto Travel Washlet: Portable Butt Sprayer, For Wherever You Go

Japanese people are getting so accustomed to having their butts sprayed clean that they’re going to need to carry the paraphernalia to do so wherever they go. That’s where Japanese toilet butt-spray champ Toto steps in with its Travel Washlet, a porto-ass sprayer that cleans you right up without the need for wiping. This handheld…

Gadgets Charlie White

No Blu-ray for iMacs till 2008

Anyone who was hoping for a built-in Blu-ray drive in their next-gen iMac is gonna have to wait till mid 2008. That’s when Intel will replace their current Bearlake chipset with their Eaglelake chipset, which will officially support Blu-ray. Apple is infamous for waiting before they adopt new technologies, so in a sense this comes…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Samsung Expanding Their MP3 Line with GPS?

Looks like the boys at Samsung are the latest to jump into the GPS market with this little number that was recently discovered via the FCC. The device will come with Bluetooth (nothing out of the ordinary), but what we find interesting is the “YP” prefix given to the device’s model numbers (which range from…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

“Mad Dog” Murdoch to Teach a Generation How To Read The News

Tickled with the fact that there are over 100 million users of his MySpace networking site, but irked that members of the Ritalin generation only spend like two seconds on their pages each day, Rupert Murdoch (or at least, his company News Corp.) is planning to launch MySpace News. According to Reuters, the service will…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Obvious Bias: Microsoft Says iPhone Should Support Office Docs

USB Chess Set Lets You Beat Kasparov (But I Barely Know Him!)

Source: iPhone Either Getting Delayed or Will Have Thin Launch

Hitachi Touts 85-Inch Plasma HDTV, Hedges Bets on LCDs

A Man Buys a Phone with a Magic SIM inside…

Seiko Spectrum Bracelet Watch Uses E-Ink, Looks Scary Cool

Low End Theory: Gadgets Are the New ChapStick

Tricentennial Report Ad (Oakland Tribune, 1976)

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Released Into the Wild

Rumor: PS3 Price Cut in the Pipeline?

Griffin Dock Adapter for iPod Shuffle: Whippersnapper Runs with the Big Dogs

Gallery: Samsung’s Speaker Sleeve for YP-K3

Shitty Video Of New iPod iQuiz Game: You Shouldn’t Look, But You Will

Antelope Audio Isochrone 10M, A Real Atomic Clock With Amazing Accuracy

Morning Round-Up

Tag Heuer Monaco V4: Watch Changes Wheels and Pinions for Piston and Belt Transmissions

Toto Travel Washlet: Portable Butt Sprayer, For Wherever You Go

No Blu-ray for iMacs till 2008

Samsung Expanding Their MP3 Line with GPS?

“Mad Dog” Murdoch to Teach a Generation How To Read The News

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

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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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