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Now that they’ve finished spilling the beans on the upcoming TomTom One XL, the FCC is leaking details on the TomTom Go 715, an all-in-one GPS with a trick up its sleeve—the ability to make and receive phone calls/text messages via a SIM card slot. Like its predecessor, the Go 710, the 715 will also…
Anti-RIAA rhetoric has officially made it to the mainstream. Fans of the funnypages probably noticed that FoxTrot’s humor was both topical and nerdy this week, which makes it one bad pun away from the newspaper comic trifecta. But hey, we love seeing the RIAA getting taken down a peg in front of people who don’t…
We lusted after the Philips Ambisound HTS8100 DVD- and amplifier-packing speaker system at CES in January, marveling at its slide-open CD/DVD panel (see the video of it in action here) and kick-ass sound that we heard with our own ears. Now we get the news that it’s an actual product, and will ship in Q2…
As first reported on Gizmodo, the Optimus 103 is a joke, or so we thought. After more than a year of speculation, mockups and rumors the Optimus keyboard will actually be a reality when it debuts at CeBIT in the coming weeks. CeBIT is a consumer electronics tradeshow held in Germany. The Art.Lebedev guys are…
Well, I’ve had a good run, but it seems that my days as a blogger are numbered. Like the manufacturers that came before me and the masseuses that will come after, my work will soon be done by a robot. After all, robots don’t get distracted by YouTube/porn, report old products as new, or hold…
A college ministry in Missouri has jumped on the HD bandwagon, but not in the way you are thinking. Here, I’ll let them explain… Driven by students and powered by the Spirit, HD turns the channel of the ordinary life into God’s best! Defining answers will adjust a world of grain and grey to one…
We’re getting bored with iPod docks, but not with this MC4 Music Cocoon from Roth Audio. Look at that blend of the old and new with real operating tubes along with a universal dock for your iPod. The MC3 gives you 13 watts per channel of that smooth, clean tube sound that you can’t get…
Remember when you thought you were being all responsible by saving $100 and getting an Xbox 360 Core system instead of the full setup? Boy, you felt so smart until you got home, hooked it up, and realized that you had nowhere to save your games or download Xbox Live Arcade games and demos. D’oh!…
Looking for a non-gargantuan, but still beautiful HDTV? Look no further. For a limited time, Buy.com has the Sharp AQUOS LC-37GP1U 37-inch 1080p LCD for $1,430, not including shipping. Shipping tacks on a hefty $136, but this is still a pretty good deal given that this HDTV generally pushes the $2,000 mark. In addition to…
Place this ICP Solar Sunsei SolarCharger SE-135 on your car’s dashboard, and trickle charge your car’s battery whenever the sun’s out. It’s supposed to increase your car battery’s life, and is not intended to charge it up from scratch. Designed for any 12-volt battery, you can either lay it on your car’s dashboard or use…
Brian here. Just saying hello. It’s Monday. Suppose you’re at your desk, thinking about how your boss is a jerk for making you work Sunday. Or, if you’re a boss, thinking about that numbskull Tommy in the Engineering department. He has got to go. Well, I’ve got something you might be interested. Gizmodo’s new Job…
The iSoundSpa is another iPod speaker dock, but this one is a tad different because it includes six soothing nature sounds that can also be played back in addition to the iPod. The sounds are an ocean, rain, night, waterfall, brook and sunrise. Call me a bit clueless, but since when did “night” and “sunrise”…
Apparently being able to navigate through city streets and public transportation isn’t enough — now seeing eye dogs are being trained to use ATMs for their disabled masters. Wait a minute, what the hell? Dogs using ATM machines? What if they eat the money? And what about touchscreen ATMs, do those react well to paws?…
Microsoft may be denying it, but a handful of Zune owners are still insisting that their player’s screens are cracking on their own for no apparent reason. One of the owners went as far as taking stills and video of his damaged Zune. Apparently the crack is only visible when the Zune is turned on.…
Check out this homemade bowling alley, a clever setup consisting of lengths of very strong string, a few pieces of wood, and of course, bowling pins and a heavy ball. Those of us living here in the frozen tundra who are intimately acquainted with the sport of tenpins have a hint for this creative basement…
Now that you’ve gotten used to not buying albums released by RIAA labels, it’s time to do something a bit more proactive. Why not take the $17 you were planning on spending on that Toby Keith record and donate it to the Electronic Frontier Foundation? The EFF is a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting digital…
When Olympus gave us a sneak preview of its latest DSLRs in its E series, the E-410 and E-510, we wondered what happened to the flagship of the line, the E-1. Olympus isn’t giving any specifics, but today revealed a few teasing tidbits of information, saying the successor to the E-1 “will make its debut…
Word on the Net has it that the LG Prada masterpiece will make its official debut in less than 3 weeks on the 22nd of March. The phone, which is one of the iPhone’s top competitors, is expected to go for around $60 with a contract. No word yet on whether it’ll come to the…
NVIDIA just cranked up its highest-end Quadro graphics cards a notch or two, rolling out three products, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600 (pictured above), and NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS Model IV that the company says represents the biggest leap in performance for its graphics cards yet. One giant leap indeed, because these…
The BlackBerry 8800 has barely gotten its feet out the door yet already there’s news of a new BlackBerry prototype codenamed Daytona. Unlike the business-oriented 8800, the 8300 will be multimedia friendly and sport a 2-megapixel lens with flash (zoom will be controlled via the handheld’s pearl “button”). Also onboard you’ll find Wi-Fi and built-in…
