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AlphaCool LCD Tattle Tales on Your PC

Like the annoying little sibling we once were (sorry, sis) the Alphacool LCD squeals on its bigger sibling (in this case your PC) telling you everything it’s doing. The Alphacool hooks up via USB and displays CPU load, system temperature, memory use, or anything else you want it to. You can even have it display…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Stupid iPod Cooling Hack

Trolling MacOSXHints, I found this idiotic hack to cool off an iPod during a mega-sync session. I have a 20 GB iPod that’s on its last legs. Whenever it syncs a lot of songs [it gets] super-hot. So I borrowed an idea from overclockers…took a cold pack that was in the fridge, wrapped it in…

Tech News Brian Lam

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin’

Venezuelan designer Carlos Agell looks ahead to 2054, designing a completely transmogrified VW Beetle with a shape-shifting liquid metal body. It’s hard to tell exactly how this works, but it looks like a big wheel with doors shaped like a VW logo. The designer/futurist specified a laser gyrostabilization system to keep the thing upright and…

Tech News Charlie White

Sony Ups Micro Vault Series to 8 GB

Sony has announced their latest USB flash drive, the Sony Microvault Midi. With the addition of the Midi (which has nothing to do with awesome MIDI music) Sony has increased the storage capacity up to 8 GB. Also included is the Expander2 compression software supposedly capable of storing up to three times more data. The…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Xbox Live Update Brings 1080p to the 360 this Week

This Halloween (that’s Tuesday for you anti-Halloweenies) will see the Fall update for the Xbox 360. This update will have the addition of 1080p support for both games and video content. Also in the update is support for WMV streaming from a Windows PC running WMP 11 or Windows Media Connect, which is a nice…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Nokia 330 Navigation Device to Ship This Year

We’ve been hearing rumblings about the Nokia 330 dedicated navigation device for a while now, but today the company makes it official, vowing to release it sometime before the end of the year in Europe. Its 3.5-inch touchscreen will give you voice guidance and visual directions using NavTeq map data, and it also includes a…

Gadgets Charlie White

ATI X1650 Challenges Nvidia 7600 to After-School Fight

The boys in red are at it again sicking their new Radeon X1650 XT card on Nvidia’s GeForce 7600 GT. Both cards are mid range graphics cards capable of getting you through all of today’s games (though not always at the highest settings) and the X1650 XT is ATI’s somewhat tardy reply to the dominating…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Gizmodo Comment Props

Still wondering about commenting accounts? All you have to do is fill out the comment and select a username and password. Submit and our commenting overlords will approve you—if you fit the criteria of a superb (see below for an example) commenter. Behave, or be executed like the poor fool below. We are going to…

Tech News Travis Hudson

iPod Shuffle v2.0 Finally Shipping

Remember that super-small iPod Shuffle v2.0 from the Showtime event well over a month ago? The good news is that this player is finally shipping. Way too long after it was announced, in my opinion. Nevertheless, it is still a nifty little MP3 player, and it is made by Apple, so we can’t hate on…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Dealzmodo: 30 Percent off Dell Inspiron Notebooks

Dell Home has a new, super fantabulous 30-percent off coupon code for Dell Inspiron Notebooks priced at $1299 or higher. This is savings of at least $390. The select Inspiron notebooks include the B130, E1405 Dual Core, E1505 Dual Core and the E1705 Dual Core. Use the coupon code 9D42R7W2D0?F0B at checkout for your savings.…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Samsung Intros MX10 Mini PC

While the young models accompanying this product aren’t quite as comely or overtly busty as those of its Trigem Little Lluon+ competitors we showed you last week, Samsung rolls out its response, the MX10 Mini PC. Its specs are similar, matching the Lluon’s Core 2 Duo processor, but doubling its RAM to 1GB and adding…

Gadgets Charlie White

Asus R2H Review, Sturdy but Malnourished

We’ve had our eye on the R2H for some time now, and the folks at Only UMPC got to manhandle one of the first units to hit the market. (As a quick refresh, the R2H is Asus’ take on an Ultra-mobile PC). The UMPC folks were initially impressed by the R2H’s looks and overall design,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

PQI Creates World’s First Click-Style Retractable USB Flash Drive

The PQI U350 is a flash drive that has the world’s first retractable USB connector. Wait, no, that can’t be right because SanDisk has been doing it for years. Oh, it is the world’s first click-style retractable USB connector flash drive. Damn, PQI, you guys really wanted to earn a world’s first title. https://gizmodo.com/sandisk-cruzer-titanium-reviewed-verdict-freakin-swee-195583 The…

Tech News Travis Hudson

PS3 Twice as Power-Hungry as XBox 360

Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 3, due on US shores on November 17, sucks up 380 watts of power, a far cry from the PS2 which sips a mere 45 watts. That means the PS3 uses more than twice the 160 watts consumed by the Xbox 360. The PS3’s 380 watts will cost you around $40 a…

Tech News Charlie White

Treo 680 Spotted at Fry’s, Palm Fans Wet Their Pants

Hop aboard the hype express, ladies and germs, for sharp eyes have spotted the upcoming Treo 680 at Fry’s Electronics (of all places). No other news to report, other than that Palm must hate the media since nobody in the fourth estate has received one yet. Current rumors point to the device’s release date as…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Futuba Robot Hooked on Speed

Although they may freak us out from time to time, we’re generally not afraid of robots. But show us a bot that moves faster than we can think and we may change our minds (even if he’s only 10-inches tall). The Futuba has 11 high-torque motors that make it look like he’s on speed. It…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Surge Protector + Desk = Family Communication Center

If you are anything like us Gizmodoites—you probably have chargers scattered all over your dwelling to accompany the various gadgets you own. Sligh is trying to solve the charging problem (since when was it a problem?) plaguing many of us with the Family Communication Center, or FCC. The FCC is really just an over glorified…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Z-Agnon Video Cube: Six Screens, One Small Package

God bless the Japanese for coming up with totally weird gadgetry, the latest example of which is this Z-Agon Video Cube, erm, thing. The cube is made up of six 2.5-inch screens that display all types of video content. So, rather than settle for a PMP with one lousy screen, be a man and upgrade…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Extreme SuperYacht of the Future: Ready to Build Today

If you’ve got it, might as well flaunt it, so how about cruising around in this 485-foot extreme super yacht with transatlantic range at sustained speeds of 40 knots? This tri-hull concept has four engines totaling 33,000hp, pushing individual water jets that get it sprinting up to 50 knots. It’s not the fastest yacht in…

Gadgets Charlie White

Power Aware Cord: Glowing Guilt

Maybe if you could actually see how much energy you’re using, you wouldn’t leave that PC running all night. That’s the idea behind the Static Energy+Design Network’s Power Aware Cord, a power strip whose connecting cable glows and pulses. Its electroluminescent wires embedded inside get brighter when more power flows through, pulsing and scintillating with…

Gadgets Charlie White

AlphaCool LCD Tattle Tales on Your PC

Stupid iPod Cooling Hack

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin’

Sony Ups Micro Vault Series to 8 GB

Xbox Live Update Brings 1080p to the 360 this Week

Nokia 330 Navigation Device to Ship This Year

ATI X1650 Challenges Nvidia 7600 to After-School Fight

Gizmodo Comment Props

iPod Shuffle v2.0 Finally Shipping

Dealzmodo: 30 Percent off Dell Inspiron Notebooks

Samsung Intros MX10 Mini PC

Asus R2H Review, Sturdy but Malnourished

PQI Creates World’s First Click-Style Retractable USB Flash Drive

PS3 Twice as Power-Hungry as XBox 360

Treo 680 Spotted at Fry’s, Palm Fans Wet Their Pants

Futuba Robot Hooked on Speed

Surge Protector + Desk = Family Communication Center

Z-Agnon Video Cube: Six Screens, One Small Package

Extreme SuperYacht of the Future: Ready to Build Today

Power Aware Cord: Glowing Guilt

HBO’s Boss Has Yet to Be Approached About Partnering on ‘Doctor Who’

AI Agent Runs the ‘I’m Being Censored’ Playbook After Getting Banned from Wikipedia

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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