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Following up on Zune hacks such as how to use the Zune as a portable hard drive, how to share songs multiple times, and how to bypass the Wi-Fi sharing DRM, there’s now a hack to sync your Zune with any PC. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-the-zune-as-a-hard-drive-217024 Technically, you could sync your Zune with any PC before, but gave…
We’re nearing the half-way point of our little experiment in activist bloggery, and we want to make sure you guys haven’t missed any of our Pulitzer-worthy work that’s gone up thus far. So without further ado, here’s a rundown of the tips and new items that we’ve posted to celebrate our boycott of the RIAA.…
We all knew Japan loves running Hentai games on Vista, so it’s no wonder that stores selling Microsoft’s newest OS are advertising to the same market. https://gizmodo.com/japan-watch-vista-handles-japanese-hentai-games-really-232623 Scope this ad, found in a shop in Akihabara, saying “Vista Aero function is not possible on XP”. Of course, Aero is a pun for “ero”, or “erotic”,…
Bam! Here’s just how fast one with nimble fingers can program Garmin’s c580 StreetPilot. I also thought the Gas, Movie and Traffic data functionality was nifty enough to warrant a video tour. I like it. Although it is a bit flawed.–Brian Lam Hands On Garmin’s Streetpilot C580 GPS: Instant Traffic, Movies, Gas Prices…with a Catch…
A german site, Xbox-Archiv, has a few interesting rumors from “good sources” inside Microsoft (German division?). These sources tell them that the Xbox 360 Core edition will be canned, the Premium will have a price drop to 299 Euros down from 399 Euros, and a new edition (Codenamed Zephyr) will come in at 399 Euros…
OpenOffice, every geek’s choice for getting work done without lining Bill Gates’ pants with more diamond-studded gold, wants to get on Dell’s computers, and they want it badly. John McCreesh, Marketing Project Lead for OpenOffice, has written an open letter to Michael Dell sucking up and laying out why it would be totally rad to…
If making Mario jump, Kirby suck, and Phoenix OBJECT! is starting to bore you, check out this RoboDS project. It’s an “open” robot platform for the Nintendo DS, which comes with a little robot kit, connectors, and a cart to connect it to your DS for programming. Once you have the whole thing purchased ($99…
Apple has really stocked up their Special Deals page with a ton of different iPods. Hit the jump to see a list of everything available, courtesy of Dealhack. The rumor hound in me wants to immediately question why Apple is clearing out so much of their old and new iPod stock and the penny-pinching whore…
This week at TreeHugger: We took at closer look at the diminutive enano computers, a desktop computer with a handheld size. Is phantom energy haunting your house? We have some quick tips to help rid your home of energy hogs that suck juice from the grid even when not in use. Google has gotten some…
Except for the fact that it looks like a shark fin, which has little to no relevance to the actual product. The Radio Shark 2 is an upgrade to Griffin’s almost three-year-old Radio Shark 1. The Shark 2 plugs into a Mac or PC via USB and can then time-shift and record live AM or…
Now that we’ve convinced you to spend all your money on thingamajigs and geegaws of every stripe, you’ll have to treat the little cash you have left with extreme care. Perhaps you’ll want to hide that moo-laa in a lettuce safe that looks exactly like a vegetable residing in your refrigerator, but since we’ve publicized…
I am going to put the sake of Gizmodo’s Apple fanboyism on the line by saying the Creative Zen Vision M is the most aesthetically pleasing MP3 players out there, except for the thickness. This player looks good, but unfortunately it feels like holding a brick. Creative has listened to my cries and thinned out…
Swapping your snow tires off for regular tires at the end of every winter, and vice-versa at the start of every winter, is one of those tasks, like going to the dentist, that’s an annoying inevitability every year. But that doesn’t have to be so! Celsius’s Qtires have retractable studs that come out when the…
Bellperre, some rich snoody-poopy company, has a new line of cellphones that are being marketed as 0-percent plastic. I know you are dying to find out what they will be made out of and if you haven’t seen the picture it is obvious that these phones will be entirely constructed out of materials such as…
Sony Ericsson has been making headlines these past few weeks and the latest SE leak exposes the company’s new Cyber-shot K850i. Despite the phone’s buff 5-megapixel lens, the 3G phone will have a slim .5-inch waist line along with mobile broadband via UMTS. No word on storage or expandability, though from the looks of it,…
The Tryane II is an example of fine craftsmanship by a guy who is aptly named Friend Wood. He spent 2000 hours building the car; a key part of that process involved gluing and stapling together strips of mahogany veneer, and then buffing it to a mirror-like finish. It’s gorgeous, and weighs just 900 pounds.…
For those gadget fiends out there who go through the rigorous decision-making process of selecting which portable media player to use is the i.Sound MovieTime Universal. This very odd-looking dock is compatible with all portable media players via an auxiliary input, but seems pretty specific for the iPod, Zune or PSP. It can operate by…
The 1935 Fleischer Brothers cartoon Dancing on the Moon gave audiences a peek at the wondrous age of space travel, still decades from becoming a reality. It is difficult to imagine the world of 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression, watching a cartoon like Dancing on the Moon with such optimism. I picture…
Hanover is gonna see the world’s first swiveling laptop screen when ECS debuts its new G Series laptops at CeBit in the next few days. It won’t be the first laptop we’ve seen with a height adjustable screen, but it will be the first to have a screen that can be tilted or swiveled around…
Are you a serious DDR player? I’m not talking chubby West Virginian serious, I’m talking does your life basically revolve around Dance Dance Revolution? Also, are you handy? If you answered “yes” to both these questions, I’ve got a project for you. https://gizmodo.com/west-virginia-to-kids-play-some-ddr-fatties-233539 Inventgeek has posted an absolutely massive guide to creating what looks to…