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Free Vista Business Copies Arriving From Power Together Deal

Those of you who took Microsoft up on their “watch three webcasts and get a free copy of Windows Vista Business” offer should start checking your mailboxes because copies are starting to arrive. Yeah, Microsoft’s actually delivering on their free copies instead of renegging like they did on those free USB keys when too many…

Tech News Jason Chen

The Melted G4 Powerbook: Part 3

Once was a stretch. Twice was a coincidence. Three times? It’s an epidemic. Reader Angus apparently had the same (melted) problems as our other two readers. https://gizmodo.com/nancy-drew-and-the-case-of-the-melted-g4-keyboard-231501 Yes, his Powerbook Titanium G4 also melted the plastic keyboard and the screen. After much haggling, he got the keyboard and screen replaced, but not the laptop itself.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Moore’s Law Rescuscitated by New Intel Chip Tech

Intel and IBM have independently developed new ways to make transistors, keeping Moore’s Law going for at least two more generations of chips—down to 22 nm. Both methods involve new insulators made out of hafnium, which can be made thicker to reduce current leakage without reducing the electric charge. If you want to skip to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Ad Watch: Swiss Self-Cleaning Toilet

Watch as an attractive Swiss broad shows you why a self-cleaning toilet is a bad idea in a public place, but a great idea at home. Let’s see if we’ve got this straight. The Swiss get self-cleaning toilets and the Japanese get toilets that treat your ass like a Queen. What do we get? A…

Gadgets Jason Chen

CES Remainders: Lost, the Final Episode

While we were busy covering every gadget imaginable at CES this year, ABC was forcing the stars of the show Lost to do a spoof on their last episode. Then they showed the finished clip at Disney chief Bob Iger’s keynote to hundreds of appreciative nerds—complete with CES pandering. Take a look for yourself and…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sizemodo: LG Prada vs. iPhone

The LG Prada phone may look like the iPhone and it may behave like the iPhone—what with its black finish and touchscreen—but it’s not the iPhone. You can fool yourself all you want, but you’re just going to end up paying for this and the iPhone. Oh well, at least the LG’s a little smaller.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Hands-On: Sony PS3 Bluetooth Remote for EZ Blu-raying

Sony’s Bluetooth PS3 remote came in the mail and we just put it through its paces. Oh yes, clicking on every button. We were totally thorough! It’s in the wild, but having it in my hands, I’m surprised at how useful it is compared to the wireless SIXAXIS controller during movie watching. IMO, it’s worth…

Tech News Brian Lam

Rumor Smashed: Apple has NOT Released The 802.11n Update For Free

Remember how Apple was going to charge $1.99 for the 802.11n AirPort enabler in Intel macs? Well, Apple released an Airport Extreme firmware update for all Intel-based Macs yesterday, and already sites are claiming Apple’s gone and lowered $1.99 to $0.00. Not quite. An Apple contact confirmed for us that the update is not the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Wii-Mote Mod: Get Your Rave On

Come on Nintendo, this is the kind of stuff we need to see coming down the pipeline. Screw that classical music conductor shit. I want to start my own arm flaring Wii-rave. Does it still need some work? Sure, but the potential is all there. Here’s a link for a YouTube-less version Clip: Wii-mote Burns…

Gadgets Ben Longo

Hourglass Watch Concept Design

Instead of digital digits, or sweeping hands, this concept watch gives its face an hourglass form. And tells time using LCD pixels like so many trickling grains of sand. Hourglass Watch [Table of Malcontents]

Gadgets Brian Lam

Open X Package Openers Now Cheaper, Still Great

These awesome Open X package cutters we wrote about two years ago has a pretty steep price drop. No longer $10, it’s now $4.95, and even come with free shipping if you buy 6. Never rip the inside of your mouth opening a package like an idiot again. https://gizmodo.com/openx-plastic-package-cutter-101818 We’re not sure why you’d buy…

Gadgets Jason Chen

FirstSounds Deluxe Prenatal Heart Listener/Baby Eavesdropper

Find out once and for all if you baby is an evil genius plotting against you and planning to take over the world with the FirstSounds Deluxe Prenatal Heart Listener from Unisar. The company advertises it as a way for parents to hear the wonderful sounds that their babies make months before they are born.…

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Bill Gates Autographed Vista Editions On Sale At Best Buy

It’s true. Best Buy has autographed versions of Billy G’s Limited Edition Vista Ultimate editions for $259; advertised in your local flyer for Vista’s launch on Tuesday. It’s only the upgrade edition (darn), and you’re paying $10 over the regular price. Better get yours soon, folks, as it’s most likely the last Windows he’s going…

Tech News Jason Chen

NYC Apple Store Scrapped: Area Too “Middle America”

Not quite feeling the “middle-America” vibe on 34 St. in midtown Manhattan, Apple has pulled out of space it leased for a new Apple Shrine Store. The four-story digs would have covered 30,000 square feet at $5.5 million a year. I can’t say I blame them—that area is kind of “bleh” and doesn’t really fit…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Hollywood on Movie Piracy: Blame Canada!

Twentieth Century Fox has determined that up to 50 percent of pirated movies that hit the intertubes come from Canada—particularly Montreal. If those dirty Canucks don’t clean up their act, well, they’ll just have to wait longer to see movies. Ha! While we’re at it, let’s pin cracking Blu-Ray and HD-DVD DRM on Canada too.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iRiver X20 Widescreen Video Player Manhandled

CNet Asia has a pre-release sample of the iRiver X20, a widescreen portable media player that holds up the tradition of fine iRiver products. The screen on this baby is 2.2-inches and sharp as a rusty tack in your foot. The scrollwheel, however, is a little small. But the microSD card (why not just SD?),…

Tech News Jason Chen

Mustek PF-T150 Digital Photo Frame is All That … and An Awesome Touchscreen

This photo frame from Mustek has a big, bad, glorious 15-inch touchscreen. Awesome, right? Put your pants back on because it gets better—this picture frame has a 1280 x 1024 resolution, two 3W speakers, wireless remote, 512MB of internal memory, USB, rechargeable batteries and some very feature-filled software. The software can schedule playback times, includes…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Apple AirPort Extreme Won’t Be Extreme in Some Parts of World

While we here in the States enjoy our AirPort Extreme’s newfound speeds, our friends across the pond will be left out in the cold. The UK, Japan, and certain parts of Europe prohibit the use of wide-channel operations so unlike us, AirPort Extreme users won’t be able to use the 5GHz frequency that gives the…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

PCPAL 3-in-1 Mouse/ Remote/Laser Pointer

The folks at Vavolo claim to have the ultimate mouse/presentation device in their PCPAL 3-in-1 mouse, but we’re not too sure. First off, this device is touted as a combination mouse, remote control, keyboard and laser presenter but last time we counted that added up to four features. Also, their excessive use of exclamation points…

Tech News Dana Bushman

Commenting Tip of the Day

Hey kiddos, it’s easy to sign up to comment on our fabulous posts. All you have to do is fill out your witty, clever and spell-checked comment then select a username and password. Your comment won’t appear at first because we have to approve you as a worthy commenter. Be nice, though. We regularly execute…

Tech News Jason Chen

Free Vista Business Copies Arriving From Power Together Deal

The Melted G4 Powerbook: Part 3

Moore’s Law Rescuscitated by New Intel Chip Tech

Ad Watch: Swiss Self-Cleaning Toilet

CES Remainders: Lost, the Final Episode

Sizemodo: LG Prada vs. iPhone

Hands-On: Sony PS3 Bluetooth Remote for EZ Blu-raying

Rumor Smashed: Apple has NOT Released The 802.11n Update For Free

Wii-Mote Mod: Get Your Rave On

Hourglass Watch Concept Design

Open X Package Openers Now Cheaper, Still Great

FirstSounds Deluxe Prenatal Heart Listener/Baby Eavesdropper

Bill Gates Autographed Vista Editions On Sale At Best Buy

NYC Apple Store Scrapped: Area Too “Middle America”

Hollywood on Movie Piracy: Blame Canada!

iRiver X20 Widescreen Video Player Manhandled

Mustek PF-T150 Digital Photo Frame is All That … and An Awesome Touchscreen

Apple AirPort Extreme Won’t Be Extreme in Some Parts of World

PCPAL 3-in-1 Mouse/ Remote/Laser Pointer

Commenting Tip of the Day

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