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Does Bill Gates Always Say “No No No” When He Hears “OS X”?

Still on the Vista media blitz, Bill Gates dropped by CNN, only to be asked the question of questions: "Were you going after a specific look there, the Mac look?" Response: “No, no, no… We’re ahead on a lot… There’s whole areas where we’ve innovated like Media Center and tablet…” So to be clear, Vista…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Win our Microsoft Vista Swag Bag

The Windows Vista Launch Party may have been a bit of a snoozer, but at least they gave away nice Vista swag bags and now is your opportunity to win ours. We are giving away the Windows Vista Swag Bag from last night’s Vista launch party. https://gizmodo.com/vista-launch-party-schwag-bag-add-it-up-232387 It is pretty easy to win: Using picture(s)…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Technicolor iPod Shuffle Hands-On

Sure Apple’s Skittles-like iPod Shuffles look good in their product photos, but how well do they look in person? Not quite as neon bright, but actually pretty good. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipod-shuffle-in-color-like-1gb-mp3-playing-skitt-232447 iProng takes five iPod Shuffles and line them up like we did to our He-Man action figures when we were kids. And by kids, we mean…

Tech News Jason Chen

Doctor Who Tardis USB Hub

Unfortunately we’re neither British nor Doctor Who fans, so this USB Tardis Hub doesn’t really excite us as much as, say, a USB Battlestar Galactica hub or a USB Jack Bauer hub. But we’re sure some of our readers love the good Doctor and would love to plug in their gadgets to his four-port Tardis.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Digicam Design: The FlapCam

Here’s an interesting point-and-shoot camera design that companies should look into. The FlapCam is designed out of two pieces connected by a hinge, so when you’re shooting it looks like a relatively normal camera, but when you’re done you can flip it aorund the other way to protect the lens and the LCD screen. A…

Tech News Jason Chen

Nvidia’s Preface Adds Video and Music Support to SideShow

Looks like we can add another player to the list of SideShow supporters. Nvidia’s new Preface technology is meant to go hand-in-hand with MS’ SideShow by adding audio, video, and imaging capabilities to SideShow devices. So for example a Media Center remote with Preface/SideShow might look something like this with thumbnails of our photos, videos,…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Delude Yourself With the iPhone Skin For MotoRAZR

BlackBerries got it. So do Windows Mobile and Palm OS phones. Now you can make your piece of crap Motorola RAZR look like the iPhone. Except, of course, that putting lipstick on this pig still gets you a pig you’re ashamed to show off to your friends. https://gizmodo.com/skin-your-blackberry-like-the-iphone-230104 iPhone Theme for RAZR [MacSupport via MacNN…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony To Pay You $150 For CD Rootkit Scandal

Remember that Sony Rootkit DRM Scandal a little while back? The one that boned your computer with a rootkit when you put in a CD with Sony’s DRM on it? Well, Sony’s just agreed to pay out $150 to customers to “repair damage done” when they tried to remove the rootkit. https://gizmodo.com/sony-rootkit-worst-drm-ever-134717 Also, they need…

Tech News Jason Chen

VTraveller Skype Phones Are Good For Travellers, Bad For Everyone Else

If you’re always in range of a Wi-Fi access point, Skype may be the cheapest way to make calls this side of, well, anything. However, nobody but a road warrior with a laptop would really need a USB-powered screenless Skype phone. The VTraveller hooks into your laptop via USB and has voicemail, LEDs, and personalized…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Radar: Cellphone App For The Always Connected

If you’re one of those people that always need to tell people exactly what they’re doing, then Radar.net is just the thing for you. Essentially a social group made up of people you invite, Radar lets you email or MMS pictures to it which gets spread to everyone else in your network. So if you…

Tech News Jason Chen

Intel Core 2 Extreme Making a Beeline to Your Notebook

Mobile gamers, start saving your money. It looks like Intel’s Core 2 Extreme processors are about to make a leap inside your notebook. Part of the new Merom XE codename, the X7800 will clock in at 2.6GHz while its faster sibling, the X7900, will hit the ground running at 2.8GHz. Both will contain 4MB of…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve in the Wild

Boy Genius, the man boy who manages to pull some special strings to get his grubby hands on the latest and greatest phones, now has the Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve that we heard about yesterday. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-razr-maxx-ve-marketing-materials-leaked-still-232133 Sportin’ a much larger external display than it’s GSM cousin, the Verizon unit looks dramatically better. Some other changes…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Japan Watch: Vista Handles Japanese Hentai Games Really Well

We’ve got different priorities than the Japanese. The first things we do when we get Vista are installing it on a Mac, figuring out how SideShow works, and scoping out the Windows Experience. What do the Japanese do? They make sure they can run multiple instances of different hentai games. https://gizmodo.com/vista-on-intel-mac-with-parallels-not-quite-there-232596 So yeah, if you’re…

Tech News Jason Chen

How To Optimize PDFs For Sony’s Reader

Folks who actually paid close to half a grand for the Sony Reader probably won’t mind too much about having to buy eBooks to read on it. But it’s not like they enjoy spending more money. For those people, Make’s got a guide to optimizing PDFs for Sony Reader’s format. https://gizmodo.com/sony-reader-gizmodos-hands-all-over-203185 Using this, you can…

Gadgets Jason Chen

iPod Nano Signed by ‘The Office’ Cast Being Auctioned for Charity

Not the entire “The Office” cast, but some of them. This iPod nano was signed by Leslie David Barker (Stanley Hudson), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), Kate Flannery (Meredith), Angela Kinsey (Angela) and Phyllis Smith (Phyllis). Unfortunately, it lacks of the signatures of other notable characters like Steve Carell (Michael Scott) and Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), but…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

•AppleTV Interface Video Walk-thru •Zink Pocket Printer: iPhone Companion? •Rocket Fishing Rod: If You’re Too Lazy to Fish Properly •Philips Xenium 9@9 Cellphones Let You Talk Forever and a Day •Apple iPod shuffle in Color, Like 1GB MP3 Playing Skittles https://gizmodo.com/appletv-interface-video-walk-thru-232568 Comment of the Day: Human Slingshot: Natural Selection at Work or Just Plain Fun?…

Tech News Blongo3

Upgrade to Vista, Lose Your XP Key?

Microsoft has set a lot of restrictions on Vista, but if this latest one holds true, it could mean the difference between upgrading or not for some people. Apparently if you buy an upgrade version of Windows Vista for your XP machine, Windows Vista will invalidate your XP key (so you won’t be able to…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Boring but Important Stuff

“Dude, I just totally pwned this n00b on WoW. What’s that? Oh, yeah, I’m totally wearing our Bluetooth killer. Free advertising in the office before we go public.”—mbodey So I’ve got some friends that refuse to join sites like MySpace or Facebook, mainly because they’re afraid of how it could affect their future careers in…

Tech News Ben Longo

How to Read a Vista-less Gizmodo

Okay, I know the Vista release was today and all, and I also know there are a lot of you out there who absolutely despise Microsoft and is sick of hearing about it. Well, there is a way to eliminate all of the Vista coverage from our beautiful Web page. Simply go to: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:vi…

Tech News Travis Hudson

PS3 Racing Wheels Do Support Force Feedback – Yay?

The PS3 supports force feedback steering wheels, contrary to what we said a few weeks ago. Some dude played Need for Speed: Carbon and—get this—the wheel vibrated! Thank God we cleared that up. https://gizmodo.com/even-ps3-racing-wheels-dont-have-force-feedback-226469 PS3 Steering Wheel Force Feedback Works! [PS3Blog.net]

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Does Bill Gates Always Say “No No No” When He Hears “OS X”?

Win our Microsoft Vista Swag Bag

Technicolor iPod Shuffle Hands-On

Doctor Who Tardis USB Hub

Digicam Design: The FlapCam

Nvidia’s Preface Adds Video and Music Support to SideShow

Delude Yourself With the iPhone Skin For MotoRAZR

Sony To Pay You $150 For CD Rootkit Scandal

VTraveller Skype Phones Are Good For Travellers, Bad For Everyone Else

Radar: Cellphone App For The Always Connected

Intel Core 2 Extreme Making a Beeline to Your Notebook

Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve in the Wild

Japan Watch: Vista Handles Japanese Hentai Games Really Well

How To Optimize PDFs For Sony’s Reader

iPod Nano Signed by ‘The Office’ Cast Being Auctioned for Charity

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

Upgrade to Vista, Lose Your XP Key?

Boring but Important Stuff

How to Read a Vista-less Gizmodo

PS3 Racing Wheels Do Support Force Feedback – Yay?

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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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