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Tech News Travis Hudson

Beer Tap Backpack: What Not to Wear to an Intervention

Be the most popular player on your rec softball team next summer with this Beer Tap Backpack. Perfect for alcoholics, functional alcoholics, and college students, it loads up with beer and allows your friends and family to drink refreshingly warm and flat brew via the tap strapped to your back. It even has a mesh…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Nexto-Ultra ND2525 Photo Dump For Photogs

How would you like to back up 1GB of images from your camera’s flash card in just 50 seconds? Thanks to NextoDI’s Nexto-Ultra ND2525, you can do this without the use of a computer. The ND2525 grabs up to 40GB of images on a single charge, and stores pics on a >128GB, 2.5-inch hard drive.…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Anytone Super Portable Charger

Holding a ginormous 20,000 mAh, this Anytone portable charger could theoretically charge your cellphone a maximum of twenty times. Most phones have 1000 mAh batteries, and most laptops have around 4000 to 5000 mAh, which means this battery holds twenty times more juice than your phone and four times more than your laptop. However, thanks…

Gadgets Jason Chen

How to Add More Storage To Your Sony HDR-SR1 Camcorder

If there’s one thing we can say about Sony, it’s that they’re not entirely against people modding up their gear. That is, if you don’t count them forcing Lik-Sang out of business. So if you’ve been a bad boy present-peeker and know you’re getting one of these Sony HDR-SR1 hard drive camcorders for Xmas, you’ll…

Tech News Jason Chen

Picture of the Day: Pro Wii Propaganda

For those just waking up, Woot.com landed a bunch of 20GB PS3s for today’s Woot. (They sold out within minutes, so don’t even try). It is apparent which console is preferred by the Woot folks by checking out the “alternate views” of the PS3. Nice construction! Thanks, Joshua

Tech News Travis Hudson

Dealzmodo: $36 Roboreptile

Amazon has the WowWee Roboreptile available for $36 out the door. This reptile normally carries a $100+ pricetag, but they have marked it way down, just in time to not get here for Christmas. I’ve played with the Roboreptile before and I must say that they are pretty fun—especially with small animal that enjoy fighting…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Roll-up USB Powered Piano Keyboard

If you have ever really wanted to prove to your cubicle neighbors that you truly are the reincarnate of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, this $30 roll-up, rubber piano keyboard may be the best option. The keyboard also has more than 128 different instruments available (in case you also want to prove that you are also the…

Tech News Travis Hudson

uPlusPen is like a Tablet, Minus the Tablet

uPlusPen is the latest input device straight out of Korea. It is similar to a Wacom-style tablet, but there is no actual tablet. The pen can write on any surface and be transferred to the computer. This could be perfect for those on-the-go graphic designers who don’t want to lug a tablet everywhere, or for…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

USB-Compatible Voodoo Doll

It’s been a while since I busted out my wiccan bible and had a little go with witchcraft, but I recall voodoo dolls not requiring power, or USB connectivity for that matter. Upon stabbing this voodoo doll with a pin, knife, icepick, etc it will spout out “nastygrams” on the computer screen that it is…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Fabio an A/V Geek? Not Quite

We may have been entranced by Fabio’s golden locks and savage manhood, but the folks at Sci Fi didn’t fall for his suavity. In their interview of Geek Squad’s newest Ambassador, Fabio coughs up a pretty interesting gem on the way his A/V system is set up. https://gizmodo.com/fabio-on-technology-a-brief-interview-210458 One room is all Krell equipment —…

Tech News Jason Chen

Japanese Solar-Powered Cellphone

Japan cellphone giant, NTT DoCoMo, has developed this Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP-looking cellphone. This phone actually includes the solar cells on the external side of the clamshell—therefore not needing any other devices to use the sun’s rays to charge. On a side note: this would be great for those of us that constantly forget their…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Ben Heck Creates Atari 2600 Hand Held

That man, the myth, the legend, Ben Heck, is at it again. Now he managed to cram the Atari 2600 into a somewhat small, handheld, portable device. Heck went a little old-school with this mod. It may be a little bulky, buy how else can you enjoy some Pitfall anywhere in the world. He also…

Tech News Travis Hudson

PervModo: CVS Nightvision Edition

Want to peek on your step-sister in the dark but don’t have enough allowance money to buy real night-vision goggles? Build your own goofy-looking contraption with a CVS camcorder and some elbow grease. First, stick a USB connector on there. Then, take out the infrared filter so you can record infrared in the dark. The…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Giz Tip: Don’t Charge Your Phone Overnight

Lately my cell phone battery has been lasting maybe 30 minutes of talk time before dying, so I schlepped through Union Square last night to take it to Verizon and see wtf was up with it. The battery, predictably, was dead, so I was stuck dropping $40 on a new one to ride out the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Xbox 360 Warranty Extended To 365

Great news for Xbox 360 fans like us whose consoles are on the verge of crapping out! Microsoft’s extended their 90 day warranty on all new and used Xbox 360s to a full year. This goes retroactively for current Xbox 360s as well, so if you’ve had your console for less than a year, you’re…

Tech News Jason Chen

Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo Photo Contest: How Cute are Your Pets and Gadgets?

Got Pets? Got Gadgets? Get the two together and you could win $50 in our Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo contest: we are looking for the cutest pictures of Pugs with iPods, Cats with cell phones and Walruses playing with your Wii. Well, perhaps not the latter, but just to give you a taste, here’s an entry…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Alarm Clock: Just Like the Movies?

In a seemingly endless parade of alarm clock innovation, here’s the next attempt, one that looks like a clapboard used in Hollywood movie productions. It’s the kind of idea, though, that started out in the right direction but somehow lost its way. The clock’s Chinese Korean creators decided this was a “moving clock for your…

Gadgets Charlie White

eStarling Digital Picture Frame Hands-On (Verdict: Almost Picture-Perfect So Far)

The long-awaited eStarling digital picture frame is finally available, and now here’s the first hands-on review we’ve seen. The reviewer gives it a big thumbs-up, lauding its Wi-Fi connectivity and easy setup. He also likes the way you can set up an e-mail address that can receive pictures from anyone, but doesn’t much care for…

Gadgets Charlie White

Popalive’s LCD Remote Keeps Tabs on Your iPod

Despite its Fisher Price-sounding name, Alive-Style’s new Popalive remote looks pretty cool. It’s basically a wireless remote with an embedded 1.5-inch color screen that lets you view and navigate your iPod from afar. Dock your iPod with the Popalive Dock, connect it to your stereo or TV (the dock has audio and video outputs), and…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Happy Holidays, Sponsors

Beer Tap Backpack: What Not to Wear to an Intervention

Nexto-Ultra ND2525 Photo Dump For Photogs

Anytone Super Portable Charger

How to Add More Storage To Your Sony HDR-SR1 Camcorder

Picture of the Day: Pro Wii Propaganda

Dealzmodo: $36 Roboreptile

Roll-up USB Powered Piano Keyboard

uPlusPen is like a Tablet, Minus the Tablet

USB-Compatible Voodoo Doll

Fabio an A/V Geek? Not Quite

Japanese Solar-Powered Cellphone

Ben Heck Creates Atari 2600 Hand Held

PervModo: CVS Nightvision Edition

Giz Tip: Don’t Charge Your Phone Overnight

Xbox 360 Warranty Extended To 365

Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo Photo Contest: How Cute are Your Pets and Gadgets?

Alarm Clock: Just Like the Movies?

eStarling Digital Picture Frame Hands-On (Verdict: Almost Picture-Perfect So Far)

Popalive’s LCD Remote Keeps Tabs on Your iPod

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

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

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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