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The Prophetic Year 2000 (1968)

In his 1968 book Criswell Predicts “psychic” Jeron Criswell persuaded with impeccable logic. Because no prophets have mentioned any year after 2000 the world will most surely come to an end before that year. “A study of all prophets – Nostradomus, St. Odile, Mother Shipton, the Bible – indicates that we will cease to exist…

Tech News Matt Novak

Confirmed: Apple TV Has No Backdoors

Remember that rumor about Apple locking out hacked Apple TVs? Well, their official word is that no, they don’t do that. https://gizmodo.com/pirate-fighting-rumor-apple-locking-hacked-apple-tvs-247983 Apple’s just said they did not put a backdoor into the Apple TV and whatever you do with your box is your own business. Just don’t come around with a broken Apple TV…

Tech News Jason Chen

Polaroid ClickFree Lets Moms Back Up Photos

Polaroid‘s ClickFree backup drive is supposed to let regular people back up the data on their hard drives just by plugging it into the USB port and hitting go. They plan on releasing two versions, one standard (which backs up all data on your drive) and one photo oriented (which searches and only grabs the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Silicon Chip Mimics Brain Cells

The neuroscientists at the University of Southern California have created the first-ever silicon chip that can talk to live brain cells. The chip (which is about a millimeter square in size) functions as if it were an actual body part. The goal is to one day create a machine that could restore people’s memories, particularly…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

10 Must-Read Gizmodo Posts: April 5, 2007

MS Tags Along With DRM-Free—Zune users will be able to download their own DRM-free tunes; no word on when, though. First User Upgradeable Laptop—Everything from the CPU to the optical drive will be upgradeable in the Asus C90. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-hops-on-the-drm-free-bandwagon-250037 More Apple TVs?—If you check out the Apple TVs “Buy Me” page, you’ll notice some interesting…

Tech News Ben Longo

Wii Sports Cuff With Retractable Line

If you’re such a doofus that even the revised Wiimote safety harness isn’t enough to keep the controller from beaning your family, look at this: The Retractiable Wii Sports Cuff is a velcro wristband with a retractable line to attach the Wiimote to. The best part is that it’s only $5.99, which is about as…

Tech News Jason Chen

Wii to Get External USB Storage Device?

You Wii fans out there who are worried about filling up the paltry 512MB of internal memory on your Wii with virtual console games and are opposed to SD cards for some reason, don’t worry. While standard USB drives won’t work on the Wii, it looks like there’s an official Wii external storage device in…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This Week at Uncrate: We add to our Jack Bauer shrine with the Bauer Power T-Shirt, geek it up at the office with the 8-bit Tie, and let off some steam in the In-Home Sauna. We also relive our backyard glory days with Black Max Football & Baseball Gear, rock some geek bling with the…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Optimus Mini 3 SideShow Driver Alpha Version

Those of you with the Optimus Mini 3—a.k.a. pretty much the only thing they’ve ever produced—will be interested in this. Optimus has just released an early alpha version of the Windows SideShow driver. For those unfamiliar with Vista’s SideShow feature, hit that link, but basically it’s an interface to display Windows Vista Gadgets on an…

Tech News Jason Chen

Microsoft Claims its 120GB Xbox Drive is Worth $179

Nowadays external hard drives ain’t that expensive. You can easily find an external 120GB HDD for around $90. So what’s up with MS charging $179 for their Xbox HDD? If you compare what we are offering with a real plug-and-play drive, the closest thing would be to take a 120-gig self-powered external PC drive, and…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Zen Lite Bite Mouth Flashlight

If an ear-mounted flashlight is too far-fetched, you may want to pick up the Zen Lite Bite flashlight. Don’t deny yourself—everyone at some point has put a flashlight in the mouth to do some work, and this little gadget makes the whole mouth flashlight technique a little easier. $8. https://gizmodo.com/ear-mounted-led-flashlight-249787 Product Page [Via Uber-review]

Gadgets Travis Hudson

iPod Slows Enemy Bullet, Saves Life

Kevin Garrad of the 3rd Infantry Division is an iPod user for life—which incidentally got extended thanks to Apple’s little music player. He was on patrol in Iraq when he met an armed insurgent carrying an AK-47. Both opened fire, and the bullet heading toward Kevin hit his chest right where his iPod was, which…

Tech News Jason Chen

Ring Ring Ring Ring, LG SV80 Banana Phone

I like the shape of this phone, the LG SV80, and how it contours to the face. I initially would avoid making the banana comment until I see the LG press picture that has a child actually comparing the phone to a banana. I guess LG wants to milk the age-old banana phone song for…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded For a Price

Now that you know everything there is to know about Apple TV, here’s a service where you can pay someone to upgrade it for you. Sure, you may be comfortable swapping out the disk, but your mom or uncle—who the Apple TV is targeted to anyway—may not. https://gizmodo.com/round-up-reference-the-best-apple-tv-posts-from-giz-an-246487 To upgrade the 40GB disk to 60GB…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dealzmodo: 320GB Seagate External HDD, $100

I usually shy away from TigerDirect deals because their mail-in-rebates are pretty hit-and-miss, but this deal is straight up, no rebates. The 320GB Seagate drive has an 8MB buffer memory, and up to 480MB/s transfer speed. It also connects via USB 2.0. Product Page [Via Dealhack]

Tech News Travis Hudson

Rumor: Colored Remotes Coming June 29? Maybe? Please?

Good news for the non-colorblind. Go Nintendo’s just gotten a tip that colored Wiimote controllers for the Wii will be hitting Europe June 29. If this is true—and taking into account that Europe almost always gets things later than everywhere else—it’s a possibility that the US and Japan will get colored Wiimotes before the end…

Tech News Jason Chen

Giznotes: April 5, 2007

Did you have trouble with your GPS last December? Just blame it on the sun and its solar flares. They created 10x more radio noise then previously recorded. Sick of how impersonal Google Maps can be? Check out the new My Maps feature. Now you can add your own pictures and stories to your Google…

Tech News Ben Longo

Jajah VoIP Lets You Call on Your PSP

We’ve written about Jajah here before. It’s essentially a VoIP calling solution you initiate by plugging in two phone numbers into a web page. If both numbers are Jajah subscribers, the call is free. If not, you pay a small (but slightly higher than Skype or calling card) fee. https://gizmodo.com/jajah-mobile-web-makes-cheap-international-calls-from-y-234696 Now Jajah’s taken their mobile…

Tech News Jason Chen

Coolness Roundup on Sirius: BlackBerry 8800 Rocks

The BlackBerry 8800 kicks major ass with its internal GPS and smooth-operating design, and the Gurus of Cool talk it over. Join Gizmodo’s Charlie White along with Stephen Schleicher of Sci Fi Tech on Sirius Stars 102 tonight at 12:30 a.m. Pacific, and hear their straightforward views on the latest Pearl smartphone and much more.…

Tech News Charlie White

Top 10 Boob Gadgets

American Inventor Spot likes boobies as much as we do. They’ve compiled a list of the top 10 boobie gadgets that you or your wife can buy. We’ve covered some of them here before, like the boob remote, mousepad and the breast-shaped shampoo dispenser, but keeping up with these things is a full-time job. That’s…

Gadgets Jason Chen

The Prophetic Year 2000 (1968)

Confirmed: Apple TV Has No Backdoors

Polaroid ClickFree Lets Moms Back Up Photos

Silicon Chip Mimics Brain Cells

10 Must-Read Gizmodo Posts: April 5, 2007

Wii Sports Cuff With Retractable Line

Wii to Get External USB Storage Device?

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Optimus Mini 3 SideShow Driver Alpha Version

Microsoft Claims its 120GB Xbox Drive is Worth $179

Zen Lite Bite Mouth Flashlight

iPod Slows Enemy Bullet, Saves Life

Ring Ring Ring Ring, LG SV80 Banana Phone

Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded For a Price

Dealzmodo: 320GB Seagate External HDD, $100

Rumor: Colored Remotes Coming June 29? Maybe? Please?

Giznotes: April 5, 2007

Jajah VoIP Lets You Call on Your PSP

Coolness Roundup on Sirius: BlackBerry 8800 Rocks

Top 10 Boob Gadgets

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

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Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

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The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

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