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Television Microwave Makes More Sense Than Rock Lobsters

By combining two random words, you can either get a semi-successful pop song or an appliance that kind of makes sense. This Holland Electric microwave features a TV on the front, which means you can either entertain yourself or make sure your food’s not burning—but not both. A great idea if you never listened to…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Helio’s Next Device: The Oz Smartphone

Now that everyone’s familiar with the Helio Heat, we can look forward to the next phone out of Helio. Our tipsters tell us that it’s going to be called the Oz, of prison sex fame. https://gizmodo.com/helio-heat-gallery-and-grope-smallest-ever-yet-fully-240842 What phone is it? It’s the dual-sliding Pantech we showed you before. No word on when it’s going to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Panasonic Goes Nuts, Releases $400 Wi-Fi Skype Phone

Speaking of Skype phones, the only notable feature on this Panasonic KX-WP1050 Wi-Fi Skype phone would be the price. Instead of buying one Netgear and one Belkin Skype phone for the same price, you’re only getting one of Philips. What justifies the exorbitant price? The “executive” carrying case? Not exactly. https://gizmodo.com/amex-touch-sensitive-skype-phone-makes-you-feel-cool-241640 See, the phone actually…

Tech News Jason Chen

Google Phone to Resemble a BlackBerry, Will Run on Multiple Carriers

The first time we saw the Google phone (codenamed Switch) we weren’t sure what to make of it. Two months later the Internet is buzzing again with claims that the “GPhone” will be BlackBerry-like and available on multiple carriers, rather than just one. There’s still no pricing or better images to show off, but one…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

How To Fix a Non-booting iPod With a Folded Up Business Card

There’ve been many how-tos in fixing your broken iPod over the years, many of which recommend you to just reset and restore the iPod in hopes that it was a software corruption. If that doesn’t fix it, Matt over at Crunchgear has a solution that’s almost as easy. All you need is to open up…

Tech News Jason Chen

User-Powered Gym Saves Money (For the Gym)

Imagine a gym that ran its lights and TVs off the energy that was generated by all the treadmills and stairmasters being used. That’s exactly what some guy in Hong Kong did, hamsterizing his gym to power a few TVs and 60-watt light bulbs with workout-power. This is just a gimmick to get more customers,…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Shoephone has Made Its Triumphant Return

The shoe phone, made popular by Maxwell Smart of Get Smart or the Sport’s Illustrated promotion, is back and being sold for the ultra-low price of $49. Place normally it looks like a shoe with a cable coming out the back, pick up the shoe and it suddenly becomes a fully functional phone! Now if…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

AdWatch: The Best and Weirdest European PS3 Ad So Far

By best, we mean the most entertaining, not the best at selling the PlayStation 3 itself. After all, even if you watch this ad over and over, you probably wouldn’t be able to understand WTF this has to do with you buying a Sony gaming console. Go and check out what our friends at This…

Tech News Jason Chen

Man Sues Microsoft for Failing to Keep His Porn Stash Secure

A Connecticut man who was jailed on illegal gun possession is now suing Microsoft, HP, and Circuit City claiming all three companies failed to keep his computer safe from the Feds, who uncovered his porn collection after seizing and cracking into his password-protected PC. Michael Alan Crooker is seeking $200,000 in compensatory and punitive damages,…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Samsung F700 Video Tease: Look, But Don’t Touch

Last time I saw Samsung’s F700 touch-screen slider, it was locked in glass, taunting me with its shiny black case and curvy profile. This time around the guys at PhoneArena managed to cop a feel, but didn’t turn the phone on or flip it over. Most likely it was a prototype, but still, I can’t…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

The Massively Multiplayer Online Lego Game!

This is a bit Kotaku-y, but hell, we think 99.99% of Gizmodo readers love legos, so we’re bringing this to you anyway. Apparently, NetDevil is going to develop a massively multiplayer online game based on Legos. Imagine Second Life, but instead of being shitty, scammy, and filled with graphics from 1998 it’s actually fun! You…

Gadgets Jason Chen

AMEX Touch Sensitive Skype Phone Makes You Feel Cool

Want the useless trendiness of an LG Chocolate‘s touchkeys but with the cheap calling of a Skype phone? Then AMEX is your company. Their Skype phone, which is actually wireless, offers a touch sensitive dial pad and a slender curved body. We’re willing to bet that this isn’t a Wi-Fi only Skype phone, but one…

Tech News Jason Chen

Guy Kawasaki’s Questions on the iPhone

If you look up “Apple whore” in your dictionary, you’ll either find a picture of Snow White or Guy Kawasaki, depending on how old that dictionary is. But thanks to the limited amount of information parsed out by Apple on the iPhone, even said whores have questions. Guy has eight. Among them, two of them…

Tech News Jason Chen

Wal-Mart Agrees to Sell HD Radio

Wal-Mart has reached an agreement and will begin selling HD Radio players today at many stores nationwide. A $170 JVC car-radio will be the first available, but it is interesting to see Wal-Mart to plunge on this technology all together. As Orbitcast points out the fact that HD Radio is free could appeal to the…

Tech News Travis Hudson

K-Touch Security Phone Lets You Brick it When Stolen

The K-Touch Tianyu B832 is light on features in the traditional sense, but has one ability that’s important when you truly need it. The phone lets you program five numbers into the notification list, so that when it detects that the SIM has been swapped out, it’ll send text messages to those five numbers. If…

Privacy & Security Jason Chen

Today at Giz: Dates & Prices

Ok guys & gals, how was the weekend? It better have been good, because now it’s back to the grind. Never fear, though—we’ve got a bunch of details on some coveted gear. First up we have a possible/probable release date for the LG Prada, *cough* March 22 *cough*. Also, remember the Philips Ambisound, that awesome…

Tech News Ben Longo

Sony NW-A800 Review: Not the Killer Walkman We Wanted

As much as I’d like to see Sony come out with a killer Walkman, it ain’t happening any time soon. Sure, the A800 plays video and lets you create playlists on the fly, but it doesn’t have any features that make you wanna rush out and buy it. To me, it’s just another fish in…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Yamaha AVX-LC30 TV Rack Comes Loaded with Dolby

Evesham has done it, and now Yamaha is doing it as well, but quite a bit better, in my opinion. The AVX-LC30 TV Rack is a TV stand that includes an integrated Dolby system. The TV stand supports TVs up to 42-inches and includes six-channel, 35W speakers and a large, faux-wood subwoofer. What makes this…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Auto-Turning Pasta Fork for the Stupid and Lazy

Tired of twisting that fork to wrap the pasta around it? The Pasta Fork solves that problem for you. You just put your fingers at the top, push down and its corkscrew design makes the pasta twirl around its tines automagically. If you have sticky fingers, it might not work too well, so you might…

Gadgets Charlie White

WurlyBird: Bad Parenting at High Speeds

If your idea of good parenting is installing a dangerous device in your living room to spin your spawn all over the place at high speeds, good news: I have just such a device for you. The WurlyBird is a playground-like apparatus that’s meant to go inside rather than out. Plop a couple of squirming…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Television Microwave Makes More Sense Than Rock Lobsters

Helio’s Next Device: The Oz Smartphone

Panasonic Goes Nuts, Releases $400 Wi-Fi Skype Phone

Google Phone to Resemble a BlackBerry, Will Run on Multiple Carriers

How To Fix a Non-booting iPod With a Folded Up Business Card

User-Powered Gym Saves Money (For the Gym)

Shoephone has Made Its Triumphant Return

AdWatch: The Best and Weirdest European PS3 Ad So Far

Man Sues Microsoft for Failing to Keep His Porn Stash Secure

Samsung F700 Video Tease: Look, But Don’t Touch

The Massively Multiplayer Online Lego Game!

AMEX Touch Sensitive Skype Phone Makes You Feel Cool

Guy Kawasaki’s Questions on the iPhone

Wal-Mart Agrees to Sell HD Radio

K-Touch Security Phone Lets You Brick it When Stolen

Today at Giz: Dates & Prices

Sony NW-A800 Review: Not the Killer Walkman We Wanted

Yamaha AVX-LC30 TV Rack Comes Loaded with Dolby

Auto-Turning Pasta Fork for the Stupid and Lazy

WurlyBird: Bad Parenting at High Speeds

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