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Purple Chinese Space Potatoes: Yum?

Hungry and stupid? Sit down, my friend, as I have a dish that’s perfect for you: Chinese purple space potatoes! Grown from seeds that were mutated when exposed to cosmic radiation while up in a Chinese spacecraft, these wacky spuds can’t be any more dangerous than a bag of Doritos and a 2-litre bottle of…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Holographic Storage is Here, Costs a Lot

For those of you who were hoping holographic storage would be the solution to piles of Bittorrented DVD movies sitting on your desk, well, that day’s not here yet. Instead, holographic storage, which holds up to 300GB on a single disk, is an expensive proposition seeing as the disks cost $180 each and the drive…

Tech News Jason Chen

RFID “Powder” Developed; Time to Buy Lead Pants.

Oh… good. Hitachi has made RFID chips so small they’re calling them “powder,” as they measure 0.05mm x 0.05mm. That’s a bunch of them up there on the right next to a human hair. I can’t wait until I can have tiny tracking devices stitched into my clothes and sprinkled in my food and everything…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11n Gallery: It’s Like You Bought It

Want to see what the Apple AirPort Extreme looks like? UP CLOSE? Check out the gallery and you’ll feel like you spent $200 and purchased one yourself. Only now you have $200 you can spend on booze a late V-Day present consisting of flowers and booze booze ok booze. Airport Extreme [Gizmodo]

Tech News Jason Chen

Mini Motorby Billboards Put Your Fave Saying Up in Lights

Now isn’t this something right out of Minority Report? Last month, Mini placed interactive electronic billboards advertising its upcoming new Mini Cooper models at locations in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami, and they’re able to read RFID information off a key fob the company’s distributed to Mini owners. The owners themselves specify whatever…

Gadgets Charlie White

Test: Assaulting Zero Halliburton’s Aircraft Aluminum Laptop Case

I had a great time at CES, but my laptop came out of it looking like I’d slathered it in steak juice and thrown it to lions. Poor Macbook Pro. After the show, I’d started looking for a laptop case that would do a better job of protecting my gear, which led me to Zero…

Tech News Brian Lam

Crazy Lady Says Wiis Are Bad For Kids

Kelly McBride, concerned parent, overbearing mother, and all-around crazy lady, just made a commentary on NPR. McBride is apparently regretting purchasing a Wii for her kids, saying that she’s not satisfied they’re off the couch and actually moving about, but that they should be outside actually doing the things they simulate in the games. It’s…

Tech News Jason Chen

Fidelity DOF-1000F Digital Office Picture Frame: Pushes Powerpoint, MMM-KAY?

A 10-inch digital picture frame that does JPGs and Powerpoint slides? First off all, I think they have the demographic all wrong. This isn’t for the office. This is for workaholics who can prop it up on their nightstands, and fill its 256MB of mem with sales meeting presos along side photos of the wife…

Tech News Brian Lam

Boring but Important Stuff

“MOM?!”—Azdak The latest City Wi-Fi initiative looks to be a daunting one. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today called for Los Angeles to be blanketed with Wi-Fi by 2009. That’s going to be a speedy turnaround if they can pull it off. Two Dell employees are suing their employer due to an error in their clocking in…

Tech News Ben Longo

Today at Giz: Dear Pervs

From: Jason To: Pervs Hey pervs. You know what today is? Yeah, it’s the lonelinest day of the year for you, when stuff like the five sexiest Apple videos remind you that you’re still paying $19.99 a month to see those cam girls, news about rising cases of teen stalking with gadgets reminds you to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Nerf Nintendo Wii Sports Pack Good for Sports-Inspired Violence

If the Brando Wii Sports accesory pack was still a little too dangerous, you are in luck. Nerf, the company that has embedded violence into every child’s mind for the past 30 years, has announced their Wii Sports accessories pack at the 2007 Toy Fair. The best part about these accessories is that after you…

Tech News Travis Hudson

T-Mobile Gets Musical With Nokia 5300 XpressMusic

Although the phone won’t launch until February 28, T-Mobile’s starting up the sign-up process for the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic already. The phone marks T-Mobile’s effort to target the music-loving crowd, with dedicated music buttons, microSD card for storage, and free tracks from Yahoo! Music. There’s also a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth A2DP connectivity, and a sliding…

Tech News Jason Chen

MIT Student Creates Real Life Batman Utility Belt

Nathan Ball, an MIT graduate student, has created a battery-powered rope ascender, which is just a fancy name for Batman’s utility belt. Ball and his team were challenged to create a 25-pound package capable of lifting 250 pounds 50 feet into the air in five seconds or less and after nearly two and a half…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Humping Dog in the Flesh, Boxed and Ready for Valentine’s Day Lovin’

There’s no new information here or anything like that. It’s just the Humping Dog in its retail box, and well, we’ll take any excuse we can to post about it. Since it was at the Toy Tokyo booth, it looks like those of you in New York, at least, can get your laptop (or anything…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Retro Frankenfight: Short Circuit Vs. TRON

We like technology because it’s “cool”. But you know what? If it weren’t for the brave tech-loving men and women of Hollywood, technology wouldn’t be something you spoke of in public. Imagine a world where white earbuds weren’t reason for a rough mugging, but a brutal wedgie instead. That’s why this week’s Franken is between…

Tech News Mark Wilson

ExeMode CDR-300 Performs CD-to-SD Card Alchemy, Quick ‘n’ Easy

The ExeMode CDR-300 mini stereo system is a cheap boombox from Japanese company KFE with a single redeeming quality: you put in a CD and it turns its cuts into MP3 or WMA files, slamming them down onto an SD card or USB key. Unfortunately, for some reason the ExeMode can’t handle SD cards that…

Tech News Charlie White

Steering Wheel Mounted Cellphone Holder

Although keeping your cellphone close to reach when you’re driving is a good idea—one that Jack Bauer himself would approve of—keeping it this close to your wheel is probably bad. How close? How’s on the wheel itself sound? A good idea on paper—when you’re drunk—since you’d be talking directly into the phone when it’s on…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Nokia CK-15W Bluetooth Display Car Kit

Another product from Nokia announced at 3GSM is the CK-15W Bluetooth display car kit. This device can sync up with your Nokia or other-branded phone and allow for full control of the phone functionality on the 2.2-inch color display. Make calls, receive calls, see contact list info and more on the small, full-color screen. The…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Nintendo Wii Everybody Votes Channel on Video

We told you about the Nintendo Wii feature that was added today called the Everybody Votes Channel. Now here’s some video of the channel in action. So far, 62% of the respondents in our own poll asking if the Nintendo Wii Everybody Votes Channel is a great idea answered "who gives a shit?" Now here’s…

Tech News Charlie White

Toyota Teases With Upcoming Hybrid Concept

Toyota, you’re such a tease. Unveiling the second of two of your latest hybrid vehicle prototypes at the Geneva Motor Show this month, and all you’re showing us is this quarter shot of its ass end. So far, this Prius successor is called the Hybrid X, and it’s said to have ideas that are so…

Gadgets Charlie White

Purple Chinese Space Potatoes: Yum?

Holographic Storage is Here, Costs a Lot

RFID “Powder” Developed; Time to Buy Lead Pants.

Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11n Gallery: It’s Like You Bought It

Mini Motorby Billboards Put Your Fave Saying Up in Lights

Test: Assaulting Zero Halliburton’s Aircraft Aluminum Laptop Case

Crazy Lady Says Wiis Are Bad For Kids

Fidelity DOF-1000F Digital Office Picture Frame: Pushes Powerpoint, MMM-KAY?

Boring but Important Stuff

Today at Giz: Dear Pervs

Nerf Nintendo Wii Sports Pack Good for Sports-Inspired Violence

T-Mobile Gets Musical With Nokia 5300 XpressMusic

MIT Student Creates Real Life Batman Utility Belt

Humping Dog in the Flesh, Boxed and Ready for Valentine’s Day Lovin’

Retro Frankenfight: Short Circuit Vs. TRON

ExeMode CDR-300 Performs CD-to-SD Card Alchemy, Quick ‘n’ Easy

Steering Wheel Mounted Cellphone Holder

Nokia CK-15W Bluetooth Display Car Kit

Nintendo Wii Everybody Votes Channel on Video

Toyota Teases With Upcoming Hybrid Concept

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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