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Walt Disney Explaining the Carousel of Progress to General Electric (1964)

Disney produced attractions for many companies during the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair. One of these attractions was the Carousel of Progress for the General Electric Pavilion showing, "how life has changed through electrical energy." Below is a clip from a short promotional film Disney produced. The film was not intended for the public but…

Tech News Matt Novak

Apples and Oranges Hands-On: Apple TV vs. TiVo Series3 HD

Click to viewMaybe you’ve had a snootful of Apple TV, but here’s a comparison with a twist: We’re going to compare Apples and oranges, pitting Apple TV against the TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder. From the outset, realize that the Apple TV is not a personal video recorder, and can hardly compete against the…

Tech News Charlie White

Sprint’s Samsung Upstage is Two-Face Without the Horrible Disfigurement

Just as we told you last night, the Samsung Ultra Music phone has been rebranded the “Upstage” and is taking its dual-sided music/calling to Sprint. The phone itself (see our grope and gallery of it from CES) has two faces, one with music controls and a larger screen and the back (front?) with a dialpad…

Gadgets Jason Chen

TwoView Enclosure Makes Traveling with Dual Displays a Cinch

Having a dual-monitor setup at home is great, but for traveling you can’t top TwoView’s Dual Flip-up Flat Panel LCD unit, which houses two LCD screens and a keyboard inside a suitcase-sized aluminum shell. Once flipped open, out come two 15-, 17-, or 19-inch displays along with a built-in keyboard. The screens support resolutions of…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Today at Giz

Those crazy kids, Lam and Chen, flew on down to Sin City: Orlando, Florida, to cover CTIA ’07. But they don’t mind, they’re always looking for reasons to go away on long trips together. So don’t forget to check out our non-stop coverage all week. Remember that triple slider from Helio we told you about?…

Tech News Ben Longo

Gadget-Charging Lamp Doesn’t Actually Do Any Charging

While a lamp that charges your gadgets might sound like it has some high-tech guts to it, in actuality this is basically a lamp with a hole for you to run chargers into. Sure, it looks clean and classy holding that ugly pink RAZR, but it’s not a dock or anything. It merely has the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Build Your Own Car and Save

Mitsuoka Motors of Japan hopes you don’t mind putting in a little bit of elbow grease when you buy one of their cars, as you’re gonna have to go ahead and build it yourself. Their mini-cars are about eight feet long and have a top speed of 31 mph, making them more like go-karts than…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Details Surface About the $1 Million Laptop

We’re finding out more about that mysterious $1 million laptop we told you about last week. It turns out you actually get fairly up-to-date tech for your million dollars, including a 17-inch LED backlit screen, a 128-gig hard disk and a slot-loading Blu-ray drive. Still, that’s not quite a million dollars’ worth of tech. Things…

Tech News Charlie White

XM’s Touchscreen Patent Puts the Buttons on Your Fingers

XM Satellite Radio is taking a different approach to the touch-screen/gadget craze. They have a patent on a gadget whose functions are mapped out to your fingers instead of its screen. Wanna switch stations, use your middle finger. Wanna access the menu, use your index finger. The technology would rely on your fingerprints to work…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Live from CTIA 2007: Giz at the Magic Kingdom of Cellphones

Jason and I just touched down in Orlando, Florida, ready to cover the Disneyland of cellphone tradeshows, CTIA. It’s warm, sunny, but also muggy and buggy. I think I ate a ladybug on cab ride over to the convention center. Protein. We don’t know what news’ll hit tomorrow, when the show starts, but If the…

Tech News Brian Lam

All Nike Shoes to Become Nike+ Compatible

AP Nike President and Chief Executive Mark Parker recently said that all Nike running shoes will become compatible with the Nike+iPod sensor by the end of the year. There were no other details offered, but I would suspect that over the year Nike will slowly phase out the old kicks in favor of new ones…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Transport Sleeping Pod Not for the Claustrophobic

Hole up in this egg-shaped Transport fiberglass pod, and next thing you know you’ll be transcending into the ethereal abyss. Or, you can save yourself $10K by just getting up too early, and that’ll make you feel pretty goddamned ethereal right there. This eye-shaped sleeping and zone-out cocoon surrounds you with blinking LEDs that pulsate…

Tech News Charlie White

Apple Wants You to Buy Lots of iPods

Has Apple finally sold an iPod to every single person that wants one? The appearance of this sign at an Apple Store would say yes. Now instead of finding new customers, Apple will be working off their existing customer base trying to get you to buy iPods of all shapes, colors, and sizes. I won’t…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Nokia N95 Coming Stateside

The cellphone orgyfest known as CTIA hasn’t even started yet, and the big news is already surfacing. The Nokia N95 recently launched internationally, but now there is word that Nokia will be bringing the N95 stateside within the coming months. Unfortunately (or fortunately) Nokia will be selling the funky dual-slider direct on their website, unlocked.…

Tech News Travis Hudson

RIAA Sues 10-year-old Girl with a Disabled Mom; Puppy Next

The RIAA, a company that apparently thrives on getting bad press, is suing a 10-year-old girl for alleged copyright infringement made when she was 7. Oh, and did we mention that her mom’s only income comes from Social Security disability assistance? Because it does. Tune in next week, when the RIAA is expected to demand…

Tech News Adam Frucci

EV-DO Rev B to Debut This Year at 9Mbps Speeds

EV-DO fans can expect a juicy speed boost later this year when Qualcomm releases EV-DO Rev B, an update to the just launched Rev A. The new version of mobile broadband will use a spiced up chipset that’ll allow for download speeds of up to 9.3Mbps (topping Rev A’s 800kbps download speeds). https://gizmodo.com/verizon-ups-its-ev-do-network-to-rev-a-233170 So what…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

HTC Shift is the UMPC for UMPC Haters

It surprises even ourselves when we say that HTC’s Shift should be the UMPC device that makes us—who were mild on UMPCs before—a fan of the platform. Instead of using a split keyboard or a *shudder* on-screen circle pad, the Shift makes like the Advantage with its sliding and flipping screen. With the input problem…

Tech News Jason Chen

HTC Advantage Heads to the US This Summer

The HTC Advantage—or what you’ve been seeing as the Athena or the Ameo—is finally going to hit US shores. Most of its features will be the same as before: 5-inch VGA, 8GB hard disk, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, QWERTY, Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA, Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, miniSD, and a detachable QWERTY keyboard. https://gizmodo.com/htc-athena-on-t-mobile-netherlands-as-the-ameo-230890 Fortunately for…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dealzmodo: Save $40 on the Microsoft Zune

Buy.com has the Microsoft Zune for $210 out the digital door and the price includes free shipping. It is available in black only, and is that same portable media player that we have told you all about in the past. The Zune normally carries a $250 price tag. Product Page [Via Bargainist]

Tech News Travis Hudson

Front Door Storage, Convenience for the Forgetful

What’s the key to never losing your keys? One way is to always keep them in the same place, preferably somewhere near your door. This polished aluminum storage design concept by Lee Stanlier makes that easy, and not only includes plastic hooks for keys but a ledge for your cellphone, parking spaces for coats and…

Gadgets Charlie White

Walt Disney Explaining the Carousel of Progress to General Electric (1964)

Apples and Oranges Hands-On: Apple TV vs. TiVo Series3 HD

Sprint’s Samsung Upstage is Two-Face Without the Horrible Disfigurement

TwoView Enclosure Makes Traveling with Dual Displays a Cinch

Today at Giz

Gadget-Charging Lamp Doesn’t Actually Do Any Charging

Build Your Own Car and Save

Details Surface About the $1 Million Laptop

XM’s Touchscreen Patent Puts the Buttons on Your Fingers

Live from CTIA 2007: Giz at the Magic Kingdom of Cellphones

All Nike Shoes to Become Nike+ Compatible

Transport Sleeping Pod Not for the Claustrophobic

Apple Wants You to Buy Lots of iPods

Nokia N95 Coming Stateside

RIAA Sues 10-year-old Girl with a Disabled Mom; Puppy Next

EV-DO Rev B to Debut This Year at 9Mbps Speeds

HTC Shift is the UMPC for UMPC Haters

HTC Advantage Heads to the US This Summer

Dealzmodo: Save $40 on the Microsoft Zune

Front Door Storage, Convenience for the Forgetful

Roborock F25 GT Cordless Vacuum and Mop Hits Its Lowest Price in Spring Sale, 20,000Pa Cleaning Power Without the Premium Price Tag

New Details Add a Bizarre Twist to NASA’s First ISS Medical Evacuation

ASUS TUF 27” HDR Gaming Monitor Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing for a Limited Run in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

‘Speed Racer’ Is Getting a Glorious New Remaster

Dreame Pocket Pro Hair Dryer Is Now Over 3x Cheaper Than Dyson’s Deal in Amazon’s Prime-Exclusive Spring Sale

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts

JBL Clears Out a 5.0-Channel Compact All-in-One Soundbar at a Record Low Beyond Its Portable Speaker Deals

Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch, Proceeds to Blast Modern ‘Trek’

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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