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Sonic Boom Loud Alarm Clock Wakes Hibernators

The Sonic Boom Extra Loud Alarm Clock can wake even the heaviest sleepers. It is pretty simple: an extremely loud beeping alarm clock and a small device that attached to the underside of your bed and will vibrate you awake, also. It does allow for some volume control on the alarm, but nevertheless, this thing…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Blackberry with Rotating Keyboard in the Works?

The folks at Unwired View have been digging through the patent files again, this time unearthing some details on a RIM patent calling for a future Blackberry with a “rotatable keyboard” that can be used to fire out those quick e-mail messages. Another patent describes a phone similar to Nokia’s butterfly-style E70. I’ve never been…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Parallels Gets Release Candidate 2, New Features

Our favorite Windows on Mac virtualization software just got a second Release Candidate, adding loads of pretty awesome features make your Windows actually run like Windows. https://gizmodo.com/vista-on-intel-mac-with-parallels-not-quite-there-232596 Among them are full USB 2.0 support, which means you can use your Zune on your Mac with abandon, iSight support, so you can video-chat it up in…

Tech News Jason Chen

Inventor of Crappy Electric Slide: Stop Dancing Like Crap

Richard Silver, inventor of the totally awesome-except-not Electric Slide, has been filing DMCA requests left and right against YouTube and other outlets to make them pull down videos of people performing the dance—if you can call it that. Not only does he claim a copyright on the moves, *snicker* but he says that Any video…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Help Find Jim Gray! Join In the Search

When Google Earth Microsoft eScience Group scientist Jim Gray didn’t return from an oceangoing trip, Coast Guard cutters and helicopters searched for him night and day, but gave up the search last Thursday (Feb. 1). Someone at Amazon wondered why the power of the web couldn’t be brought to bear on this critical problem. Sparing…

Commerce Charlie White

Xbox 360 with Integrated LCD Available Now (Not from Microsoft)

Console modder extraordinaires, Divineo, have an Xbox 360 with an integrated LCD for sale now. It has a 5.8-inch LCD screen for direct viewing on the actual 360 console. Slap a generator on the back and you have one big ass portable gaming system. The Swedish Divineo site has a limited number of these available…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Viacom Bullies YouTube Into Removing 100,000 Videos

This weekend Viacom decided to throw some weight around, sending 100,000 DMCA notices to YouTube, telling them to take down any clip that came up when any of their shows were searched for. That not only means that clips from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be harder to come by now, but…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Camera/Camcorder for Kids Assumes Your Spawn is Dumb

DXG really wants to get into your daughters heart. I mean, who else like pink gadgets besides 12-year-old girls and airhead 23-year-old girls? And since the 23-year-olds are all pinked out with their fruity RAZRs, that leaves the younger market wide open for plundering. The DXG-506V is so cuuuuute! It’s all pink and stuff! It…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Dealzmodo: 50-inch Philips Plasma, $1,500 AR

The Super Bowl parties may be over, but it still isn’t too late to pick up a ginormous HDTV, just for the hell of it. Buy.com has the Philips 50PF7321D 50-inch widescreen plasma HDTV for $1,500 after all is said and done. It normally carries a $2,500 price tag, but Buy.com is offering up $800…

Tech News Travis Hudson

What the Zune Phone Needs To Beat the iPhone

Now that we’re pretty sure the Zune Phone is coming, what do we want to see in it? Well, even though Microsoft’s been leaving a lot of features out of first-generation products—especially when compared to Apple’s feature-rich phone—here’s a list of stuff that we think the Zune Phone needs to have to beat the iPhone.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Intros Three Low-Priced Earphones With Retractable Cables

Sony rolled out three cheap headsets today, all with retractable cables and available in multiple colors. Top of the line is the MRD-Q68LW ($30), bringing the best specs of this lowly bunch with a range that Sony claims spans 16Hz to 24kHz. Fat chance. The lower-priced ($20, pictured above) model is the MDR-Q38LW, which Sony…

Tech News Charlie White

Next Sony Ericsson Cellphone To Look Exactly Like Nokia N93?

Sony Ericsson’s next cellphone will resemble the design and shape of the Nokia N93 (left). How do we know? An “insider” told someone else and we read about it second-hand. (Sony Ericsson filed a patent in 2003 that depicts a cellphone concept (right) that looks awfully like the N93. So when should we expect a…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

It’s Official: N-Gage Software Returns In September

As we suspected last week, Nokia has confirmed on its official blog the second coming of the N-Gage mobile gaming platform, and now the company says we’ll be seeing the first games for the N-Gage v2 platform arriving this September. https://gizmodo.com/the-n-gage-is-back-baby-232890 Of course, the games and their N-Gage v2 software platform will be embedded in…

Tech News Charlie White

Micro Compact Home: Trailer Park Living With That Euro Design Flair

You think your house is small? Get a load of this 8.5-foot cube, the Micro Compact Home (m-ch). Even though its interior is a bit cramped, its architects tried to overcome that claustrophobic feeling with luxo-sport Euro design and plenty of windows. It’s a lot cheaper than a regular house, too, selling for between $32,500…

Gadgets Charlie White

Binder with Built-In Speakers Makes School Even More Annoying

This binder with built-in speakers is set to drive any teacher that encounters it completely insane. I mean, you just know kids are going to use it to disrupt classes and generally be obnoxious. Nothing is funnier than interrupting math class with some tinny pop punk! Right guys?! What ever happened to plain old Trapper…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Sex Ed Blogger Violet Blue to Start TWaT, the All-Girl Tech Podcast?

When sex/tech blogger and educator Violet Blue was listed on the Forbes list of web celebs, she didn’t expect to be publicly shit-talked by another finalist, who dismissed her as “some porn person.” That person was Leo Laporte, known for his polarized and biting rants on everything from Zune to Gizmodo amidst iPhone rumors. The…

Tech News Brian Lam

Wii OS: The Wii’s Interface On Your PC

Can’t get Vista running on your box? Ditch it and install Wii OS instead. A talented group of coders have replicated the Wii’s look and feel from within Windows XP. It seems to primarily be used as a launcher for emulators and so forth, but don’t let that stop your imagination from wilding out. No…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Transportable Kitchen Lets You Cook From Anywhere

This Transportable Kitchenette allows people always on the go to take their kitchens with them. Well, sort of. It’s not like this thing is that portable, but I guess it’s a lot more portable than my kitchen, which is kind of permanently attached to the rest of my apartment. It just needs one outlet to…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

O Domestic Breathing Machine: No O Face, But Fresh Air Aplenty

O is not just the best Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas or an orgasmic exclamation—now it’s a design concept for a domestic breathing machine that automatically generates oxygen. It contains a vat full of Spirulina Platensis (known to the rest of us as green slime), a microorganism that’s capable of cranking out oodles…

Gadgets Charlie White

Apple Inc and Apple Corp Finally Hug it Out

Ok, so maybe there was no Super Bowl ad announcing a new iPod, but Apple Inc and The Beatles’ Apple Corp do have some news to share this morning. Both companies have finally put an end to their bickering over the Apple trademark. Under the agreement, Jobs’ Apple “will own all of the trademarks related…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Sonic Boom Loud Alarm Clock Wakes Hibernators

Blackberry with Rotating Keyboard in the Works?

Parallels Gets Release Candidate 2, New Features

Inventor of Crappy Electric Slide: Stop Dancing Like Crap

Help Find Jim Gray! Join In the Search

Xbox 360 with Integrated LCD Available Now (Not from Microsoft)

Viacom Bullies YouTube Into Removing 100,000 Videos

Camera/Camcorder for Kids Assumes Your Spawn is Dumb

Dealzmodo: 50-inch Philips Plasma, $1,500 AR

What the Zune Phone Needs To Beat the iPhone

Sony Intros Three Low-Priced Earphones With Retractable Cables

Next Sony Ericsson Cellphone To Look Exactly Like Nokia N93?

It’s Official: N-Gage Software Returns In September

Micro Compact Home: Trailer Park Living With That Euro Design Flair

Binder with Built-In Speakers Makes School Even More Annoying

Sex Ed Blogger Violet Blue to Start TWaT, the All-Girl Tech Podcast?

Wii OS: The Wii’s Interface On Your PC

Transportable Kitchen Lets You Cook From Anywhere

O Domestic Breathing Machine: No O Face, But Fresh Air Aplenty

Apple Inc and Apple Corp Finally Hug it Out

Anker’s 100W Power Bank Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year on Amazon, Packing 25,000mAh and 3 Ports

Beats Solo 4 at 40% Off Is Now Apple’s Lowest-Cost Headphone Pick During Amazon’s Spring Sale

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

Fitbit Versa 4 Drops to a Record Low as Google Makes Another Push into Fitness Smartwatches Following the Pixel Watch

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

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

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