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Archos 704 vs. 604: In Video

The successor to the 604 Wi-Fi, the 80GB Archos 704 Wi-Fi has been caught on film. Sure, we saw some pictures about a week ago, but let’s admit it, we only cared because we had nothing better. It was like an appetizer—the delicate balance of mozzarella to its deep fried bread crumb counterpart was rocking…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Sharp HN-IR1: Cameraphone on TV

The Sharp HN-IR1 offers cell users another place to put their candid shots of the ladies’ locker room—on our their televisions. Supporting resolutions up to 1920 x 1080, this palm-sized adapter can display your pics in full HD and downscale if necessary. But there’s a catch. It only works with IrSS. That’s the high speed…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

LEGO Table: Playful Yet Powerful

The CEO desk (actual name) may not actually be constructed of Legos, but they certainly inspired the design. Creators Staffan Holm and Johannes Tjernberg had this to say about the piece, explaining that the furniture is indeed suitable for those in high power, making more money than me positions: We created the desk bound by…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Donald Duck’s “Modern Inventions” (1937)

Disney’s 1937 animated short film, “Modern Inventions,” opens with Donald Duck entering a Museum of Modern Marvels. Emphasizing automation and robots, the short has a lot in common with the Fleischer Brother’s, “All’s Fair at the Fair,” which we looked at earlier in the week. The museum is full of wonderfully ridiculous inventions from the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Kinetic Mobile Phone Patents Convert Coffee to Battery Power via You

Similar to these cellphone concepts, this kinetic phone patent allows cellphones to be charged by movement. Sure, kinetic recharging is great for watches, where power consumption is low, but cellphones? Sounds iffy. https://gizmodo.com/new-phone-concepts-juice-themselves-up-224174 We’re not sure that a day’s worth of jostling around in your pants will get you more than a few minutes of…

Tech News Jason Chen

3G iPhone May Come January 2008 Says Some Swedes

Feel free to place this alongside other unfounded Apple rumors, but the latest talk says that a possible 3G iPhone will be available as soon as January 2008. A Swedish firm reports that their contact at Apple gave them assurances that there will be a European 1st gen iPhone by September, and a followup 3G…

Tech News Jason Chen

Boring but Important Stuff

“Any attempt to use the full exoskeleton resulted in a violent uncontrolled motion”—dieseltravis via Wikipedia Looks like there’s another crazy patent troll in the MP3 world again. Texas MP3 Technology is claiming that they invented the MP3 player. The best part is that they applied for the patent the day before the lawsuit was filed.…

Tech News Ben Longo

Brain Training Toiler Paper

In the same vein as the Sudoku toilet paper rolls, these Brain Training toilet paper rolls give you something to do when you’re pushing the brown envelope. Of course, you could just concentrate on the task at hand and be done sooner, but we’re not your mother. Personally we think these rolls make more sense…

Gadgets Jason Chen

iPodWeek – The Best of iLounge

This week at iLounge: Win an iPhone… or an Apple TV! Yes, that’s right — we’re giving away some crazy prizes in our latest contest. In Wallpaper Yourself an iPhone, Apple TV, or iPods, you have the chance to win one of Apple’s latest and greatest consumer electronics products — or two iPods — if…

Tech News Travis Hudson

European PS3 Has Gimped Backward Compatibility

Oh Sony, it’s not that we don’t like you, but if you keep shooting yourself in the foot, the thigh, the other foot, the ass, your hand, and your ear, it makes it difficult to defend you. What’d the monolithic Japanese company do this time? They’ve swapped out the hardware-based backward compatibility on the PlayStation…

Tech News Jason Chen

Shutdown Day: Alternate Laptop Uses

In order to promote their upcoming Shutdown Day, those crazy kids put together this video of alternative uses for your laptop. I wouldn’t recommend doing any of these things to a computer you plan to use again, but that sledding thing looks like a pretty fun way to use a dead lappie –Adam Frucci Thanks…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Pietroguerra FLeX 4.2: The Folding Media Center PC

Got no space in your living room for that bulky Media Center PC? This Italian-made computer not only comes in a slick component-style chassis, but it can also be folded up to fit in pretty much any spot. It’s one of the better-looking systems I’ve seen and it even has a decent spec list as…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

CompUSA Closing 100 Stores Nationwide, Unemployable Smartasses Everywhere Are Devastated

Ben over at the Consumerist has a tip that CompUSA, our favorite computer retailer if this were the mid 90s, is closing down 100 stores. That doesn’t sound like a huge number, for a nationwide chain, but considering they only have 229 stores, it means they’re in some big trouble. We can sort of anecdotally…

Gadgets Jason Chen

NYTimes’ David Pogue Goes Retro: Prefers MiniDV to DVD/HDD Camcorders

David Pogue, master gadget head of the NY Times writes his latest piece on Hitachi’s revolutionary DZH500A and DZHS300A DVD/HDD/FlashMem Camcorders. His take on the units are fascinating by feature, flawed in execution, and that the instructions suck. But much of the piece finds David wishing he could rewind us back to the days when…

Tech News Brian Lam

Bathroom Egg Scale Wins Eggnoble Award

What better way to remind yourself that you’re big boned than to get a bathroom scale that looks like it’s made out of eggs. This, like the 20 second workout girl, lets our wives know what we really think. https://gizmodo.com/twenty-second-workout-girl-238878 Actually, if you replaced these faux eggs with real eggs, you could probably stand on…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Commenting Tip of the Day: Act like a Human Being!

It’s easy to sign up to comment on our fabulous posts. All you have to do is fill out your witty, clever and spell-checked comment then select a username and password. Your comment won’t appear at first because we have to approve you as a worthy commenter. Be nice, though. We regularly execute commenters. Cate…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Robosapiens Invade McDonalds Happy Meals

Our favorite robot toys have gone mainstream, as WowWee and McDonalds are teaming up to put tlittle miniature versions of the toys into Happy Meals. The mini robos consist of regular Walking Robosapien, Roboraptor, Talking Robosapien, Running Roboreptile, Walking Robopet, Chomping Roboraptor, Standup Robosapien, diabetes and obesity. Oh wait, sorry, those last two come with…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Citizen W700 VIRT Caller ID Bluetooth Watch Updated

Citizen has dabbled in Bluetooth watches before, rolling out the VIRT W700 last June that connects to your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone and displays caller ID and vibrates when a call arrives. Now the company has updated its design, improving that ominous black look of its predecessor to this more “casual” appearance. https://gizmodo.com/citizen-bluetooth-watch-179371 But the product…

Gadgets Charlie White

More Space Colony Art (1970s)

The NASA Ames Research Center has more 1970s space colony artwork, some of which was featured last week in the post about Donald Davis.

Tech News Matt Novak

Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: Boycott the RIAA in March

Alright, we’ve been following the RIAA’s increasingly frequent affronts to privacy and free speech lately, and it’s about time we stopped merely bitching and moaning and did something about it. The RIAA has the power to shift public policy and to alter the direction of technology and the Internet for one reason and one reason…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Archos 704 vs. 604: In Video

Sharp HN-IR1: Cameraphone on TV

LEGO Table: Playful Yet Powerful

Donald Duck’s “Modern Inventions” (1937)

Kinetic Mobile Phone Patents Convert Coffee to Battery Power via You

3G iPhone May Come January 2008 Says Some Swedes

Boring but Important Stuff

Brain Training Toiler Paper

iPodWeek – The Best of iLounge

European PS3 Has Gimped Backward Compatibility

Shutdown Day: Alternate Laptop Uses

Pietroguerra FLeX 4.2: The Folding Media Center PC

CompUSA Closing 100 Stores Nationwide, Unemployable Smartasses Everywhere Are Devastated

NYTimes’ David Pogue Goes Retro: Prefers MiniDV to DVD/HDD Camcorders

Bathroom Egg Scale Wins Eggnoble Award

Commenting Tip of the Day: Act like a Human Being!

Robosapiens Invade McDonalds Happy Meals

Citizen W700 VIRT Caller ID Bluetooth Watch Updated

More Space Colony Art (1970s)

Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: Boycott the RIAA in March

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