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2007 Weblog Awards: Two Days and Counting

With just two more days left of voting until the polls for the 2007 Weblog Awards close, we cheerfully request that you vote for us if you haven’t already. If we win any of the six awards for which we’re nominated, we promise to be humble and not brag about it too much: •Best American…

LG Makes Limited Edition 60-inch Wood Plasma

Apparently LG waxes nostalgic for the old times when a TV weighed 200 pounds. Either that, or some product manager with a wood fetish got his way since they’re releasing 1,000 units of a 60-inch plasma with a wood frame. It’s only going to be available starting March in South Korea, but may come to…

First Look: Zink Camera Has a Printer In Its Back

This rather large camera has a Zink based printer tucked inside. Can you say Polaroid awesomeness? I was a little taken aback by the 7mp’s size, but I’m an elitist. And that 2.4 inch screen and 3x zoom seem competent enough. Someone out there will love this thing to pieces when it hits the market…

What’s in Jack Bauer’s Gear Closet?

Boston Power’s Fat Batteries Pack in 15% More Charge

Another good find at DEMO 07 today. Check out the double format cells in that battery pack on the bottom. By filling in the otherwise lost space between the cleavage of two lithium ion cells, it gets another 15% more density and charge into a pack. HP is bringing these bad boys to market soon.…

Attack of the Hunter-Killer Grim Reaper Robots

What’s not to like about the sneaky and efficient drone, a robotic aircraft controlled from afar that can put the hurt on enemies while assuring that none of us good guys die in the process? The radio-controlled warplanes have come a long way since those first Predator surveillance drones, and now the more-powerful Reaper hunter-killer…

Gallery and Details: Seagate DAVE Bluetooth/WiFi Cellphone Drive

I just saw the Seagate DAVE in person. You know DAVE, that portable drive with USB/WiFi/Bluetooth that can hook up to cellphones as an external drive? It’s pretty nice looking, but more interestingly, smaller than I”d expect. It looks like a skipping stone. https://gizmodo.com/seagate-d-a-v-e-tiny-hard-drive-packs-20gb-bluetooth-232445 Here are the rest of the details: -10 or 20GB, -Bluetooth…

Dealzmodo: 512MB Micro SD $2.99 AR

If you got a new cellphone, camera or MP3 player for Christmas, you’re probably still on the prowl for a good deal on Micro SD cards. Here’s a pretty decent one from Frys.com. You pay $14.99 up front, they send you a rebate for $12, and you end up paying $2.99 + tax and shipping.…

First Hands On: The Zink Bluetooth Camphone Printer

The DEMO launch you can hold in your hand is the Zink cellphone photo printer. It uses dye embedded paper inside of a pocket-sized printer to do wallet sized prints. The competition? There isn’t any. https://gizmodo.com/zink-pocket-printer-iphone-companion-232549 The printer transfers by Bluetooth, images of up to (maybe beyond, 3MP), downscales them internally, and pushes out prints…

Matsushita Fire-Massage Chair Not Working out as Planned

Panasonic-owned company, Matsushita, is recalling thousands of massage chairs because they can ignite on fire. The incidents are supposedly extremely rare and only happened in demo chairs that are constantly being used. That’s too bad—it’s cold as hell here in the Midwest and I could use a good fire massage. Massage chairs recalled after fires…

Tomato U2 Multimedia Player is Not Quite Ripe

All right all you iPod worshipers, don’t start throwing tomatoes at the Tomato U20 digital media player just yet, because it actually looks pretty nice and has more features than the iPod nano. It’s available in 1GB, 2GB, and 4 GB capacities, and plays back audio and video in your choice of MP3, MP4, WMV…

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

•Canon Unveils HV20 High-Def Camcorder •Racing Grannies Going Nowhere Fast •70-Inch Sony Bravia XBR: 1080p For Only $33K •Technicolor iPod Shuffle Hands-On •Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve in the Wild https://gizmodo.com/canon-unveils-hv20-high-def-camcorder-232865 Comment of the Day: Last Minute HD Super Bowl Party Guide https://gizmodo.com/the-last-minute-hd-super-bowl-party-guide-232861 “Your cable company is required to allow access to HD locals, so if…

Microsoft Brings Origami to UMPCs Running Vista

It’s official—any of you out there running Vista on your UMPC (::crickets::) can now download the Origami Experience Pack direct from Microsoft. The pack is made up of three programs designed to make your UMPC easier to use. We’ve already shown you some of the screenshots in action and we have to admit, it does…

Next-Gen Media Giveaway Day 3: Third Chance to Win the LG BH100 Hybrid Player

It’s day three of our Next-Gen Media Giveaway. We are giving away the LG BH100 Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD DVD Player. Each day this week I will present a trivia question about the player. Get it right and get entered into the contest. Follow the link here if you missed any of the previous trivia questions. (Hint:…

Boring but Important Stuff

“Oh, you meant audible not ediable…”—kokei If you’re in Germany, don’t forget it’s Google Mail not Gmail. Google was denied access to the name Gmail in Germany thanks to Daniel Giersch, who created his own mail system “G-Mail”. And it looks to be an international day here at the Giz, a giant Russian telecom satellite…

BBC Offers On Demand TV Over the Internet

Looks like the BBC is looking to make a little history today possibly becoming the first traditional TV station to offer all of their programming on demand and over the Internet. That’s right, while we’re stuck watching YouTube highlights our friends across the pond will soon be running the BBC’s new iPlayer service, which lets…

The N-Gage is Back, Baby

Oh yeah, the video game playing taco phone is back, kind of. It is “highly likely” that the N-Gage software platform will be announced at the Game Developer’s Conference. It saddens me to say that the taco phone will not be relaunched, rather Nokia will be releasing the N-Gage software platform to likely work with…

Harmon Kardon Receivers Include ‘The Bridge’ to the 21st Century

Harmon Kardon brings its receivers into the 21st century with a group of four HDMI equipped and iPod-friendly systems. The higher-end AVR 347 ($999) and AVR 247 ($549) are packing 7.1 sound, while the lower priced at AVR 147 ($449) and AVR 146 ($349) crank out 5.1 sound and less power. Harman Kardon makes it…

Hot Jugz Portable Shower is Golden

Okay, enough of this teasing you with a babe shot here and there. We’re going to show you some really hot jugz, right here, and you won’t be sorry, either. They’ll soothe you, make you feel warm and fuzzy all over, and if you pump them just right, they’ll actually do some squirting. They’ll comfort…

Jon Stewart Mocks Bill Gates, Forfeiting Journalistic Integrity

Bill Gates, media darling that he is, awkwardly walked off the Daily Show set the other night before having his requisite fake chat with Stewart while cutting to commercial. Above, you can see Stewart use this faux pas as an opportunity to mock not only Bill G, but his Windows OS as well. OMG, JON…