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American Burger Company Putting User-Run iPod Jukeboxes in Restaurants

You know what is a disaster waiting to happen? Putting iPod speaker docks, or jukeboxes in restaurants and allowing the customers to bring their iPods to the restaurant. Yes, that kid down the street who loves speed death metal can ruin your dining experience by hogging the iPod jukebox. The American Burger Company has decided…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Gizmodo Moving Servers Tonight

Hi there. Giz is moving servers tonight starting at 3 a.m. We’ll be here, but comments and some links won’t work until about noon the next day.

Tech News Brian Lam

Dealzmodo: Free PS3 w/ 52-inch 1080p Aquos TV

If you’re in the market for a slick new HDTV and want a Blu-ray player/potentially-fun-gaming-system-if-they-ever-release-good-games-for-it, here’s a pretty hot deal for you. For $3,100 you can get a 52-inch Sharp Aquos 1080p LCD HDTV with a 2,000:1 native contrast ratio, 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 2 HDMI ports, and a 176-degree viewing angle, and the dudes…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Which Gizmodo Commenters Suck?

Lately, I’ve been getting tons of complaints about asshole commenters. I’m not talking about the ones that disagree with others in a gruff way. Freedom of speech, and all. I’m talking about people who obviously have mental problems and like to take it out on the rest of us who frequent Gizmodo. I’ve been lax…

Tech News Brian Lam

Illuminated Door Handle is More Complicated Than a Lock

This clever little door handle glows red when the room is occupied or green when it isn’t. Perfect for rooms you need privacy in, such as bathrooms and torture dungeons, it’s powered by wiring directly through the door, so it’s not something you’ll be able to hook up all too easily on a door not…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Lab Rat: HairMax Laser Comb Week 4—Scalp Looks the Same

Okay, so it’s been four full weeks since I started using the HairMax laser comb to, uh, buff up my hair. Since the last video, I haven’t noticed any difference, but next week is the big week. Week 5-6 is when the manual says I will notice a difference. I’ll let you guys be the…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Rumor: Apple To Add “Top Secret” Features To Leopard

According to the good folks at AppleInsider, Steve & Co. plan to throw a few “top secret” features into Leopard, which may be the real cause for the operating system’s four-month delay. In the report, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu is quoted as saying that Apple will be good enough to reveal those secrets…

Tech News Wilson Rothman & Jesus Diaz

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on 802.11n-ightmare Routers

Not an easy two weeks for the Poguester. First, he pulls an all-nighter putting together last week’s video. And this week, he spends four days trying to get the N routers from Belkin, Linksys and Netgear running at the claimed speeds. That 300Mbps rating? It must have been measured on the moon, he quips. https://gizmodo.com/nyt-pulp-bite-pogue-on-why-tivo-still-rocks-250155…

Tech News Brian Lam

Ricavision SideShow Remote: We Grope the First Vista Sideshow Remote Ever

Ricavision’s remote is the first to display Vista’s Sideshow interface on its big LCD. If you haven’t been keeping up, SideShow is a Vista feature that when paired with the right “gadget” gives you the ability to read email, listen to music, or browse through photos from an external screen, like the 2.5 inch QVGA…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Dealzmodo: Up to $500 Off Refurbished iMacs

The Apple special deals store has restocked their iMacs and are offering savings up to $500. There is $500 off a 20-inch iMac with a 2GHz Inel Duo Core processor, 512MB memory, 250GB hard drive, CD/DVD burner and more for $1199 after savings. They also have $150 off a 17-inch iMac ($1049 final price) and…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Clips: Replacing the Color Casing on the Sidekick ID

John Biggs, over at Crunchgear, is smarter than the average bear. He has always figured out how to replace the color bumpers and did something truly wacky (just watch and see). From his and our initial impressions, it seems that this phone is a definite option for the cheap texting fiend. –Travis Hudson Sidekick ID…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Wi-Fi Equipped iPods Coming This Year?

Rumor has it that Apple is planning to release a Wi-Fi–enabled iPod by the end of the year. Component manufacturers in the far east claim that Apple has orders in for Wi-Fi modules for the music player, which would set up the iPod to compete directly with the Zune in the not-exactly-crowded Wi-Fi-enabled DAP market.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future (Part 4, 1993)

As in part 1 of Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future, part 4 gives us a look at a curious technology that not only translates what someone is saying over the picturephone, but also matches the movement of their mouth to the language being translated. See also:Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future (Part 1, 1993)Connections:…

Tech News Matt Novak

I Love Sponsors

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Tech News Travis Hudson

Pink Zune Now Shipping

Hey, wait a minute. We thought the first pink Zunes were shipping in May! Nope, you can order one of the girly-pink players at Amazon right now, but there are only 100,000 of them, so you’d better get ’em while the getting’s good. Of course, not all 100,000 of them will be sold by Amazon,…

Tech News Charlie White

Radiosophy Brings HD Radio Prices Down with Budget Boombox

The last time we checked in on HD Radio, we weren’t too impressed with the hardware or the pricing. Well, the guys at Radiosophy are trying to fix the latter with their new budget $119 HD100. The radio will have all the standard features of other models, like station presets, auto-scan, and an aux input,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Green House Rotates to Keep The Sunshine Pouring In

This sweet environmentally friendly house spins to face the sun, helping it stay nice and warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It does this by using triple-glazed glass on one side of the house to keep it warm in the winter, and by super-insulating the other side to keep the house cool…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Hubert H. Humphrey’s Year 2000 (1967)

Yesterday we looked at Hubert H. Humphrey’s vision of 1967-1987. Today we have the second part to the Vice President’s piece in the February, 1967 issue of The Futurist. Far-Out Developments by A.D. 2000 For the year 2000, however, we can foresee some really far-out developments: The virtual elimination of bacterial and viral diseases. The…

Tech News Matt Novak

Will It Return? Blended Camcorder, Completely Destroyed, Taken to Best Buy for Refund

What happens if you take a camcorder and completely destroy it in a blender, then try to return its blended-up remains to Best Buy? Well, there is a 14-day return policy, isn’t there? In a spinoff of its “Will It Blend?” series that promotes Blendtec blenders, one of the show’s brave souls attempted just that.…

Gadgets Charlie White

PDA with Detachable Cellphone Gets Patent 15 Years Too Late

So apparently a patent has just been filed for a PDA with a detachable cellphone. It works like this: The phone sits in a recess behind the PDA. When they’re docked, you can transfer contacts from one to the other. When detached, the mobile works like a standard cellie, relying on its own battery. An…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

American Burger Company Putting User-Run iPod Jukeboxes in Restaurants

Gizmodo Moving Servers Tonight

Dealzmodo: Free PS3 w/ 52-inch 1080p Aquos TV

Which Gizmodo Commenters Suck?

Illuminated Door Handle is More Complicated Than a Lock

Lab Rat: HairMax Laser Comb Week 4—Scalp Looks the Same

Rumor: Apple To Add “Top Secret” Features To Leopard

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on 802.11n-ightmare Routers

Ricavision SideShow Remote: We Grope the First Vista Sideshow Remote Ever

Dealzmodo: Up to $500 Off Refurbished iMacs

Clips: Replacing the Color Casing on the Sidekick ID

Wi-Fi Equipped iPods Coming This Year?

Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future (Part 4, 1993)

I Love Sponsors

Pink Zune Now Shipping

Radiosophy Brings HD Radio Prices Down with Budget Boombox

Green House Rotates to Keep The Sunshine Pouring In

Hubert H. Humphrey’s Year 2000 (1967)

Will It Return? Blended Camcorder, Completely Destroyed, Taken to Best Buy for Refund

PDA with Detachable Cellphone Gets Patent 15 Years Too Late

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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

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