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Grocery Bag Grips Practically Give You Octopus Arms

One Grip Bag Holders, which give you a firm handle on grocery bags you can loop into its carabiner design, are a special invention to me. Here’s why: Contrary to popular advice, I live to go grocery shopping when I’m super hungry. Pulling armfuls of food off the shelves into my waiting cart never feels…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Nokia N95 Hardware Gallery Tour: 15 Shots of the Superphone’s Hard Candy Shell

Imagine you just bought yourself a shiny $750 N95. First thing after unboxing it, you’d take a nice good look at the hardware, every side, from nave to chop, front to back, top to bottom. Likewise, we’ll start our hands on of the N95 with a guided tour of the phone’s beefy hardware. It’s a…

Tech News Brian Lam

Video: Sega’s Robot Chicken Storms Japan

Every since Kotaku informed me of Sega’s next generation robot chicken, I’d been hunting for a vid. (Who said they left the hardware biz?) The fuzzy wuzzy bots are modeled after a 4 day old chicks, because that’s when they’re the cutest. And that’s before they’ve turned their peeping noises into early morning crowing, and…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Nokia N95 Superphone: US Launch Today?

Really? Saturday? Yes today — or at least very soon — the N95 superphone could be launching as early as tonight. The signs: Last week, Nokia started handing out European variants of the N95 Superphone to US journalists. Today, we have tips from readers claiming that that Nokia is going to be launching the model…

Tech News Brian Lam

Officially a Rumor: Xbox 360 to Get MSN Messenger Chat, Jedi Sleep Download Mode

Friends at Kotaku and Engadget are claiming this unconfirmed video is of the XBox 360 Spring Update. There’s lots of detail here…unconfirmed detail…but the most important unconfirmed tweaks are: •Unconfirmed integration with MSN messenger by way of friends list and on screen chat pop ups •An unconfirmed live download mode that puts the console into…

Tech News Brian Lam

Good Morning (or Afternoon)

Hello there. Mark’s on some holy weekend quest of some sort, so I’m writing today, while Matt Buchanan, NYU wonderboy, and your own Travis Hudson are taking care of tomorrow. If I wasn’t here, I’d likely be watching Lisa kick my ass in Guitar Hero 2 on XBox. Growing up in Tokyo, she’s kind of…

Tech News Brian Lam

Review: Hitachi Hybrid Camcorder

Since Hitachi’s press conference at CES, we’ve been anxious to get some time with the company’s Hybrid DVD/HDD camcorder. It’s the world’s first camcorder to record both to a hard drive (8GB) and DVD-R (30min), and from what we understand “world’s firsts” are very important things. https://gizmodo.com/hitachi-press-conference-blow-by-blow-226946 After spending a few hours playing with the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Mini Remote Controlled R2D2

There are a lot of R2D2s out there are likely outside of the realm of reality/budget for most of us. R2 projectors, garbage cans, and mailboxes. Thinkgeek’s outdone themselves with this cheap, mini R/C R2D2, that spins as it reverses, drives forward, flashes his Red LED, and and whistles accordingly. The remote control is in…

Gadgets Brian Lam

SF American Inventor Auditions: Weird

Two weeks ago, I went down to the San Francisco auditions for American Inventors with Sarah Meyers of team partycrash fame, where we were not so warmly greeted by the staff there. I understand that…kind of. They want to save all the inventions for the show, and anyhow, the American Inventor contract stated that anyone…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Drobo: The Storage Robot That Keeps Your HDDs in Check

With a name like Drobo, you can’t expect this robot to spit fire or scare little kids. Instead this $699 bot guards your hard drives from sudden death by automatically sensing when things go awry with one of your HDDs. Should it detect any data corruption, Drobo springs into action repairing any foul play. The…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

10 Must Read Gizmodo Posts: April 6, 2007

Disturbing Auto Show Trend—Guys like Scion & Mini are giving us ways to connect our iPods to our cars, but nowhere to safely store them. https://gizmodo.com/a-disturbing-trend-at-the-ny-auto-show-250178 Powering Your Nanotech—It’s one thing to create a device that’s 1/100 the size of a pin head, but it’s an entirely different game to power it. https://gizmodo.com/nanogenerator-magically-cranks-out-watts-from-the-envir-250229 Infiniti Gets…

Tech News Ben Longo

Remote Controlled Ship…Pirate Ship

This remote controlled Pirate Ship isn’t branded Pirates of the Caribbean. But it should be. Come on, it wouldn’t take much. It already has a Jolly Roger flag. Just stick a G.I.Joe action figure painted up like Keith Richards at the helm. And you could even make Ken and Barbie walk the retractable plant, right…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Corrections: Maybach HP Notebook and iPods with Purple Hearts

You know this and we know this: Blogs post information so quickly that sometimes it isn’t all true. When that happens, we’ve always updated posts. Sometimes that’s enough. Sometimes, we’ll run the updates in a correction post. Here are a few stories that need to be cleaned up. First, the HP special edition Maybach laptop…

Tech News Brian Lam

FastMac Upgrades Your Mac with Blu-ray Drive

Wanna give your Mac a high-def kick in the nads? FastMac’s new Blu-ray optical drive lets you load up your spankin’ new iMac or MacBook Pro with a slot-loading Blu-ray drive that’ll give you 1x BD-RW speeds and support for 50GB Blu-ray discs. Unfortunately, because it’s a slot-loading drive, there’s no Mac Pro support (although…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

LG Combination Microwaves Pleases the Convergence Fiends

How about a little coffee or bagel with your Hot Pocket? LG has combination microwaves that include either a six-cup coffee maker or a bagel toaster actually attached to the microwave. The units are all stainless steel and go for $150 or so. So is it designed with the small apartment in mind? If so,…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Slate on iTunes’ New Better Bitrates: 256 Not Much Better Than 128 kbps

In light of the EMI/iTunes announcement, Slate’s Explainer, which I am a huge fan of, explores the theoretical audible differences between 256 kbps AAC files and the 128 kbps versions. Christopher Beams says that 256 kbps files, though packed with twice as much data, do not sound twice as sharp as 128 kbps versions. Agreed:…

Tech News Brian Lam

DIY Wireless Bluetooth Banana Phone Headset

How many more days will this godforsaken song be stuck in my head because of another actual banana phone? It is driving me insane! Today, Instructables has a tutorial in which you, the banana phone junkie, can build your very own Bluetooth banana phone headset. The project consists of embedding an already owned Bluetooth headset…

Tech News Travis Hudson

iPodWeek – The Best of iLounge

This week at iLounge: With the dust just beginning to settle after the release of Apple TV, one thing that’s obvious is that no one seems to be fully satisfied with its out-of-the-box functionality. Whether you’re struggling to make HDTV-ready, Apple-compliant videos, hoping for a bigger hard drive, or need to add support for more…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Asus’ XG Station Cracked Open, Easily Upgradeable

Asus gained lots of brownie points back in January when they demoed their XG Station. (The unit was essentially an external video card for your lappie). Well, now they’re getting even more props ’cause thanks to the guys at 4Gamer, who got the chance to crack one open, we now know that the unit is…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

ATI R600 Trounces Nvidia G8x with HDCP/HDMI Link

The new ATI R600 graphics card has a leg up on the Nvidia G8x: a built-in sound card that can send audio directly out over a HDCP/HDMI link. The Nvidia, due to a lack of onboard sound, can’t do full HD surround sound on Vista. https://gizmodo.com/ati-radeon-rv6xx-video-cards-to-include-hd-audio-244709 The G8x requires an external cable to connect the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Grocery Bag Grips Practically Give You Octopus Arms

Nokia N95 Hardware Gallery Tour: 15 Shots of the Superphone’s Hard Candy Shell

Video: Sega’s Robot Chicken Storms Japan

Nokia N95 Superphone: US Launch Today?

Officially a Rumor: Xbox 360 to Get MSN Messenger Chat, Jedi Sleep Download Mode

Good Morning (or Afternoon)

Review: Hitachi Hybrid Camcorder

Mini Remote Controlled R2D2

SF American Inventor Auditions: Weird

Drobo: The Storage Robot That Keeps Your HDDs in Check

10 Must Read Gizmodo Posts: April 6, 2007

Remote Controlled Ship…Pirate Ship

Corrections: Maybach HP Notebook and iPods with Purple Hearts

FastMac Upgrades Your Mac with Blu-ray Drive

LG Combination Microwaves Pleases the Convergence Fiends

Slate on iTunes’ New Better Bitrates: 256 Not Much Better Than 128 kbps

DIY Wireless Bluetooth Banana Phone Headset

iPodWeek – The Best of iLounge

Asus’ XG Station Cracked Open, Easily Upgradeable

ATI R600 Trounces Nvidia G8x with HDCP/HDMI Link

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘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

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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