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Because I am a poor, malnourished student, I have become one with the ramen noodles. Unfortunately I burn the hell out of my mouth because I am so eager to feed my mouth with scorching hot noodles. This ramen noodle cup timer is really just a basic timer. Dump the boiling water into the cup…
Casio has unveiled their ultra-slim XJ-S30 DLP projector. This projector (pictured on top, for size comparison) measures in at 1.25 inches. The other standout features include the option to receive data via Wi-Fi or directly from USB. It has a 2,000 lumens brightness rating and a measly resolution of 1024×768, which would be good for…
Remember American Express, Audi, Casio, Circuit City, DICE, Don Julio, Fox Soccer Channel, Future Weapons, Genji, HD-DVD, Intel, LG VX8600, Logitech, Mio, Nokia, P.C. Richard & Son, Parrot, Pioneer, Playstation, SV Supreme Vodka, Shure, Smarthome, Sprint, Texas Instruments and Zune to always wear your hair up on New Year’s Eve. I rung in 2004 by…
If your 42-inch plasma isn’t getting enough oohs and ahhs from your neighbors, maybe this will. The Zgiga TV 2 is a hyrbid TV/shelf unit that combines the latter with a multi-format Blu-ray/HD DVD player called the Zgiga Cube (in black). Designed by Ori Takemura, the Zgiga TV 2 just won this year’s red dot…
Some of my fondest memories as a kid included spending time at the horse track while my father gambled away all of my college savings. Man, those were the days—all of the second hand smoke I could handle, for free! This toy is for those less adventurous parent types that still want to expose their…
TranSystems has been making its small i-Blue GPS devices for a while, and now its i-Blue757 adds solar power to the mix, making it so you can be lost for weeks at a time and not run out of battery power. This will be great for backpackers and other wanderers. https://gizmodo.com/bluetooth-gps-unit-size-isnt-everything-149089 This isn’t the first…
Here’s one more device you can slide inside your notebook’s ExpressCard slot. D-Link’s DWL-643 Xtreme N adapter supercharges your throughput by hitting speeds that max out at 300Mbps when connected to an Xtreme N router. The card was designed to automatically detect and connect to any of D-Link’s wireless products and is also backwards compatible…
You know when you go to a casino, and you’re up up up up up?! And then you keep playing, until you’re so bust you can’t even afford a milkshake at some crappy Reno Diner? And then you make out with the 60-year old cougar waitress for her tip jar, just so you can afford…
Some hapless PowerPoint graphics artist at Samsung may be in trouble, perhaps accidentally (or on purpose?) slipping in a picture of a Sony PSP for Samsung’s big roll-out presentation for its latest 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives. Now speculation runs rampant across the blogosphere, anticipating the next Sony PSP, perhaps at CES 2007 in a couple…
Sure, you can tell which one of the pictures above is the digital Adrianne Curry, America’s Next Top Model and all-around smokin’ celebrity, but the digital version still manages to raise the gigahertz level a bit. She’s teamed up with graphics cardmeister NVIDIA to create “the world’s first real-time virtual 3-D celebrity.” NVIDIA says the…
Okay, so now we see why iTunes sales numbers allegedly plummeted 65% since January of this year: Forrester Research wasn’t counting Christmas Day, when everyone who just got an iTunes gift card or shiny new iPod decided to download their favorite songs and videos at precisely the same time. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-sales-numbers-plummeting-221283 Online market researcher Hitwise said…
Gaming isn’t his beat, but David Pogue takes a look at the Wii. His stance is aligned with most of the Wii-loving press. But his late take gives him the perspective to include a message to the Wiimote-tossing, sloth gaming Nerds, parallel to Gizmodo’s thoughts on the issue. Gutsy. https://gizmodo.com/get-a-grip-on-your-wiimotes-peasants-222245 Online, there are already gripes…
I actually almost bought my mother a digital photo frame for Christmas, but I was afraid something like this would happen. What the Duck Comic Strips
Wii owners listen up. The developers at Red Kawa are giving you (and a few PS3 owners) a reason to rejoice. They’ve created an app that lets you stream pictures, music, and videos from your Mac or PC straight to your Wii. The software is in alpha and only certain files are supported, but it…
According to a supposedly leaked Best Buy internal memo, each store has a mandatory 25-unit quota they need to save for 12/31. Anything excess units can be sold whenever, but the local circulars will advertise each Best Buy having 25 units in stock for people to buy on New Year’s Eve. We don’t have confirmation…
This week at Uncrate: We get ready for a future cataclysmic event with the Ice-Qube, prepare for the coming year with a subscription to the Beer of the Month Club, and keep the books we got over the holidays in order with the Mos Eisley Cantina Bookend Set. We also keep our skin in check…
Thhheee Wiiiibraaaatoorrrrr…*click* Sorry, the Wiibrator is a python app/script that interfaces the Wiimote and PS2’s Tracevibrator. You’ll remember the Rez vibrator from Game Girl Advance (NSFW) fame. By interfacing the two together, you can essentially map the actions of your hand to the vibrator in your crotch. Why you wouldn’t just take out the middlemen…
Ok, so maybe Santa didn’t bring you a PS3 or Wii this year. Well, y’know what? Screw him cause we’ve found three more gaming contests for you to check out before the year’s end. First up is Adult Swim who’s hosting a PS3 contest where the winner goes home with a PS3 and a guest…
The guys at AppleInsider have gotten a look at Sony’s new range of Cybershot cameras, expected to debut next month at CES. The new S-series cams aren’t exactly what we’d call lookers, but they should satisfy casual photographers as they’ll each come with a 7.2-megapixel CCD sensor and a 3x optical zoom. AppleInsider claims the…
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