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Gizmodo tip: If you are driving 40 tons worth of cow intestine around in your truck, just turn on the radio. There’s no need to fiddle with your MP3 player, find yourself distracted and spill your 40 tons of cow intestine in the road. Trust us, it happens. Bonus tip: This rule also applies for…
Apparently there is something wrong with my laptop, because I never get this response. Good thing it’s still under warranty. Thanks Gosh!
Trying to get some details on the actual ship date of the Apple TV, I played the dumb consumer and went to the Soho Apple Store, where I asked a couple of different employees about “that new Apple TiVo.” After each person politely explained to me that it wasn’t “a TiVo,” I asked them when…
Driving is just too easy on its own—man requires more challenge to be fulfilled by his otherwise thankless trips to the convenience store. Innowell’s Uren A1 is a vehicle-focused UMPC perfect for such excursions with death/injury. Featuring an AMD LX800 processor, the A1 is a fully-capable Windows XP machine. Its 7″ touchscreen display is supported…
Yesterday we posted a Weird Combo of the Day that offered a $15 iTunes card free with the purchase of a Zune. Later, we even had a “tip” from a CompUSA “employee” with a “screenshot” of an internal “memo” referencing the “incident” about the “deal” and yes I like “quotes”. https://gizmodo.com/weird-combo-of-the-day-itunes-card-free-with-zune-235036 Zune Insider followed up…
This new Apple store proposal is part of a $200 million redevelopment in Melbourne, Australia. It features a glass atrium ceiling, and will be adjacent to a hotel and shopping complex connected by a clear, circular-panel walkway. Over the last 100 years, this site has been redeveloped twice, most recently housing the Fun Factory, a…
After 300 million Rubik’s Cubes have sold worldwide, it’s apparently time for a revolution (translation: new product that won’t be as big a deal). While manufacturers added obligatory lights, sound and voice effects to the Cube, they’ve tweaked altered obliterated gameplay in the process. How so? I don’t think the cube actually spins anymore. Instead,…
With recent tragedies surrounding our space an pornography programs, one major death has been passed over by the media. We are speaking of the late, not-necessarily-beloved Clippy who was brutally murdered out of Office 2007. Here is what Jensen Harris, Office Group Program Manager, had to say about the recent death. One of the tenets…
In a surely James Bondish scene complete with lasers and campy theme songs, someone grabbed some shots of the Apache successor, the Verizon XV6800. No big changes here cosmetically, other than what is certain to be a slightly slimmed waistline. Otherwise you get some EV-DO Rev A, improved camera, and other very normal stuff. We’re…
The Hang & Play coat hangers are just a Felipe Morales concept, but surely these are not at a “could never be reproduced except by a mystical robot from the future that could absolutely never exist because it would destroy, by laser, the great grandmother of its creator when it traveled back in time therefore…
IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to a recent influx in the wolf population, little piggies in our community have been under strict curfew to avoid bloody dismemberment after dark. But now, wolves have adapted to “blow down” houses in the areas north and southeast of the Denny’s Unlimited Bacon Breakfast Buffet–just off Route 49–that drives…
We’re gonna go out on a limb and call bullshit. Wait, let’s go with “rumor”. Yeah…that’ll work. Helio’s iPhone Prototype [flickr]
As part of a statewide snow sculpture competition, some Michigan Technological University students have added balance to the millennia of snow angel production–through the evils of rock. While source audio is played from a standard laptop, it’s powered by 9 Behringer EP2500’s, and 1 Crown XLS602, which to us normal, snowman-making guys is over 20,000…
Those of you expecting to cozy up in front of your TV with a bucket of popcorn and your iTunes library at the end of this month will have to wait a little longer. Think Secret is reporting that the AppleTV ship date has been bumped from Feb. 20 to the beginning of March. No…
I don’t know why I keep giving IGN’s queen of the ivy league, Gerry Block, exposure. I should be doing the opposite, shielding loyal readers from his hijinx and dearth of wholesome personality. But here he is, using his $160,000 dollar Columbia education to scoop a Wireless Wii sensor bar by Nyko. GBlock, your parents…
While David Pogue, the brain behind the Grey Lady’s tech coverage, is on his geek cruise in the Carribean, he’s had some “close up” time with a Nikon DSLR and a 18-200mm, vibration reducing lens. That’s enough focal range to cover a Macworld Keynote from the thirtieth row back, and also get wide angle closeups…
Hey boss, remember those Samsung NV3 Oriental Lacquer cameras you wanted? Here’s what they look like. Nice, eh? Too bad they’re going to be about £200 ($393) for the silver and £230 ($452) for the OPL. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-nv3-gets-orientally-lacquered-234763 If you want the regular one, you can grab it for about $200 online. Samsung adds silver and…
Whether or not LG’s Prada phone will run Windows Mobile 6 or not, you can’t deny that it’s a pretty damn sexy phone. Heck, the same could be said for the LG Shine as well. Here’s a high quality gallery of the LG Shine and Prada phones. https://gizmodo.com/future-lg-phones-to-run-windows-mobile-6-prada-include-235356
Valentine’s Day is just a few days away so if you don’t have plans for your significant other, Tulip Ego has your back with their special Love Edition laptop. The notebook is clad in leather and its silver heart pendant can be engraved with any message you like, but other than that, pricing and features…
This Blackout Buddy is like the Belkin Battery Backup Flashlight, except without the battery backup. It spends most of its life plugged into the wall, soaking up juice for when the power goes out. When that day comes, you’ll get a flashlight that lasts 12-16 hours and an AM/FM radio that lasts 4-8 hours. https://gizmodo.com/belkin-battery-backup-brings-bonus-bulb-229477…