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The Takaratomy Kotoridayori Humming Bird proves that solar power is not just for calculators and the hopeful/naive who believe it’s not too late to stop global warming anymore. Solar technology has found a greater purpose in this world than determining the order of operations or allowing our children to “live” and “eat”. Solar power allows…
The Everex Stepnote VA4101M, offered by Wal-mart, is the world’s first Vista-loaded laptop priced under $500 (if you consider the drab Aeroless Vista Basic to be true Vista). Sporting a 15.4″ screen, 1.46Ghz Celeron M processor, 512MB RAM and a 60G HD, this is a fine machine for the price, as long as you take…
Watch it, then hit the jump for my response. Oh no! A bomb has been embedded in our webpage!! WHAT HAVE THE CARTOON HACKERTERRORISTS DONE NOW?? Comment before it’s too late! Meanwhile, I will heroically jump on my laptop to save you all. Thanks Brian! Video Page [redban]
OK, it’s officially the future. Where are the cool cars? And I don’t care what the salesman told you, that Camry’s 5-star side crash rating is not “Back to the Future II” technology. And why did you go with baby blue? Luckily, Peugeot is promoting innovation by holding an Xbox360-sponsored contest with completely open design…
Whether you are ashamed for spending your child’s tuition on your bedroom television, or ashamed of using said television to watch Friends reruns along with your still-Tivoed episodes of Joey, we’re guessing you are on the right track. And you could use the Uberbed Lift to hide your self-loathing (when not in use). The MK1…
“Happy birthday honey!” “What the fuck is this?” “It’s an iPhone, cake.” “Is this some kind of joke?” “Umm…not funny haha, but…” “You know how hard this has been for me.” “I know, that why I made-” “To be teased with the ultimate phone and then have to wait until summer.” “…it’s chocolate.” “I hate…
Looks like iTunes and Vista not wanting to play together goes deeper than we thought. Straight from iTunes tech support: https://gizmodo.com/fix-for-itunes-on-vista-now-available-233499 Apple recommends, however, that customers wait to upgrade Windows until after the next release of iTunes which will be available in the next few weeks. You gotta love Apple telling you to hold off…
You can watercool a hot rig, or you can go for the biggest fan/heatsink CPU combo I’ve ever seen. The copper block transfers heat to the aluminum fins via 6 heatpipes. The aluminum radiator is cooled by dual 12 CM fans that have the added effect of chilling out the motherboard and anything else in…
We’ve already learned many lessons in the Great Quest For New Apple Earbuds, but for those not purchasing a new Shuffle or planning on dropping $30 on “staying hip”, what do you do? Spend $50 on the iPod radio remote. iLounge has confirmed that radio remotes, too, are officially packaged with the updated earbuds. In…
Strange, that’s the version Best Buy tried to get me to pick up the other day. The Manifold Faces Of Vista [Penny Arcade]
Want even more reason why Virgin America should be approved by the Department of Transportation? Take a look at this video that focuses on the seat-back entertainment on each seat. The screens are 9-inch and touchscreen, which are powered by an actual individual PC running Linux. These are all interconnected via Ethernet, which grab streaming…
Do you remember the year 1983, when Return of the Jedi was in theaters, The Police were still together, and Travis was still inside his parents’ genitalia? Well Gearlog does, because they got their hands on an original 1983 Microsoft Mouse. The green buttoned mouse was bundled with Microsoft Word, and came with the Life…
Philips drops another handset in their Xenium 9@9 cellphone line for those people who never remember to charge their phones. Instead of a candybar form factor, however, this Xenium 9×9 is a clamshell with a brushed metal finish and a 262K OLED display, but still has the ability to last up to 30 days on…
Nothing is more annoying than plopping down in a coffee shop with your laptop and trying to connect to the WiFi only to be told that you need to pay some ridiculous amount like $9.99 to use it for 24 hours. I’m buying your overpriced coffee, the least you could do is let me use…
These cufflinks have antique watch intestines as their guts. The cogs don’t wind anything, and its uncertain if they are functional at all. Regardless, Red Envelope, the premium gift store, is known for shiny gifts that have zero gadget-worth whatsoever, so we salute them for stocking such a geektastic gift. Watch Movement Cufflinks [via uncrate]
We’ve been hearing rumors on a possible problem with the Zune havings its screen cracked due to an expanding battery from leaving it charging all night. We haven’t run into this problem ourselves, and Microsoft’s official statement is that they haven’t seen any evidence that the screen is being cracked from the battery. The most…
It’s rare you find a cheap smartphone and it’s even rarer you find one shaped as a clamshell, but that’s pretty much what Verizon has managed to do with the PN-820. It’s nothing to swoon over looks-wise, but it runs Windows Mobile 5, has EV-DO support, and its storage is expandable via a microSD slot.…
Hey, moneybags! I’ve got a shower for ya. It’s actually a sauna and shower combo, complete with luxuries like a digital remote, foot massager, aromatherapy, and music and phone ports. You’ll be so busy in there you’ll forget to do basic things such as wash your hair. And really, at a reasonable price like $6,872…
Okay, last chance to vote up the Giz for six Weblog Awards before the deadline hits at 10pm Eastern Time tonight. We were nominated for Bloggies in the following categories: •Best American Weblog •Best Computers or Technology Weblog •Most Humorous Weblog •Best Writing of a Weblog •Best-Designed Weblog •Weblog of the Year We’d certainly appreciate…
You’d you think that since we love robots so much, we’d be moved at this GM car-manufacturing robot killing himself. Nope. Nothing but laughs here. Super Bowl Ad Watch: GM Forces Robot To Kill Self [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/super-bowl-ad-watch-gm-forces-robot-to-kill-self-233617