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In Britain, or as we say in America, Land of the Funny Talkers, robbery rose by 5% over a period of three months this year. Though the headline read something like, “iPods Alone Are Completely Responsible for Crime,” here is what the chief constable had to say: “[Robbery increases have] a lot to do with…
LG just announced their KB6100 mobile phone that not only allows you to watch TV via Korea’s T-DMB network (wireless digital broadcast), and can also record the shows you want to watch later in PVR fashion. These shows can either be played back during boring weddings/funerals or transferred to your computer via USB for later…
Are you stressed? Are you stressed that you might be stressed? Thank God we have the Stress-o-Meter. How it works: the possibly stressed tentatively places their fingers in the groves. Tentatively we said! You could be really stressed here. Plus, it’s important you don’t stress over the result, lest you get a “false positive”. The…
N & F Label will sell you a glass CD for $830. Touted as completely transparent (unlike plastic), the sound quality can transmit near perfectly because of less cloudy interference for the laser. And glass is also far less likely to bend or warp in heat than its plastic bretheren. But we’re calling bullshit. First,…
Researchers from Syracuse have found that mixing nanocrystals of cellulose with plastics creates a substance that strengthens plastic “by a factor of 3,000”. And it’s environmentally friendly with the cellulose parts biodegrading within 90 days. Why wood? Aside from the vast possibilities of new sexual innuendo, wood has more cellulose than other plants, so scientists…
The Boy Scouts of America LA Council have joined with the MPAA, offering 52,000 scouts the opportunity to earn an activity patch for learning the dangers of copyright infringement. This from the AP article: “Scouts also must choose one activity from a list that includes visiting a movie studio to see how many people can…
Here’s a Toyota commercial from Japan that captures the human element behind the small technologies we often take for granted, like headlights and windshield wipers. It’s clever, funny, poignant and most definitely worth its minute or so of runtime. Some people have talked about its homoerotic overtones – I sense more of a zombie influence…
Apple needs to release something big and fast if they want to keep up with the new PMPs that are coming out. This new LG sports a 2.4 inch display, is cased in some serious aluminum, stores 4GB of media, and uses a touch-screen interface. Video playback is only 3 hours on a charge, but…
In2Games has just announced a series of gaming peripherals even more amazing than the Wiimote – called the Fusion. The Fusion units work much like the Wiimote, sensing motion and depth. But because the Fusion uses sound waves (sonar?) for tracking movement, there are no issues with the remote losing line of site with the…
Finally LG has come up with a good idea for a high-end refrigerator. They made it look nice. The Refrigerator features a floral pattern by famous Korean painter Seung-rim Ha that is accented in Swarovski crystal. We could do without the bling handles that look like a rhinestone cellphone gone even wronger, but LG still…
Who knew that cameras existed without a black, metallic or black surface? Do the laws of physics even allow man to photograph with devices that lack a chipped, silver finish? But we want to know what you think about weird-looking gadgets. Ok, we lied. Your psychiatrist told us about the bed wetting problem and thought…
We love LED dot matrix accessories, but more in the studying from afar kind of way. Our geekdom speaks for itself when new acquaintances notice our general disheveled appearance, strange odor that hints of decay and compete misunderstanding of social behavioral norms. https://gizmodo.com/dot-matrix-watch-for-the-geekily-chic-166787 But these $30 customizable leather dot matrix cuffs might be subtle enough…
Our own Charlie White usually requires 4 GPS units running simultaneously to navigate around town, but I think we can fit a fifth into his car before the wheels pop off. https://gizmodo.com/gps-gang-bang-garmin-mio-cobra-and-honda-207919 Maxfield announced their Max Track GPS navigation system, which is their first foray into nav sat. It features standards like an SD slot,…
•MANGROOMER Back Hair Shaver •Motorola ROKR E6 Passes FCC, Linux Fanboys Throw Awkward High Fives •Shape Up Adviser Reminds You That You’re Fat •Stereo Squealer Pig Speakers: Cuteness to the Max! •LG Smothers New Projector in Chocolate Hotness https://gizmodo.com/mangroomer-back-hair-shaver-209222 Comment of the Day: Mangroomer “I feel like you should either leave your back hair intact…
•Google Wi-Fi Plan Hits San Fran Politics [Broadband Reports] •Judge denies request to knock Spamhaus offline [Ars Technica] •YouTube deletes 30,000 files on request by Japan [MacWorld] •Fox And Universal Say Goodbye To Halo Movie [Slashdot] •Harvard, IBM To Deploy Academia’s Largest Blue Gene Supercomputer [TechWeb]
If you thought Asians weren’t hairy, well, for the most part you’d be right. But in my case, you’d be as wrong as many times as I have hairs on my body—which is a lot. Luckily for me (and anyone around me) there’s the MANGROOMER, a DIY electric shaver that reaches your back and rids…
We’ve already given you a fair share of some KRZR K1 porn, but the folks at Mobile Burn have put Moto’s seductive temptress through the ringer. The catwalk-worthy phone got praised for her glossy curves and excellent sound qualilty. Also noteworthy is the phone’s battery life, which MB quotes as lasting 8 days on standby…
You may recognize Liebermann, or L-computing, from their fake multi-screen setups and crazily over-specced laptops over the years. This time, they’ve just issued a press release on BusinessWire (anyone can, pretty much) describing their newest Intel Quad-Core-based laptops. This “upcoming” laptop will have a PCI-Xpress bus, hot-switchable keyboard languages, PuRAM Solid State storage, 24-hour battery…
You all thought they were crunked outta business, but here’s eStarling, looking us right in the face with their 7-inch WiFi picture frames. ThinkGeek has a limited edition run of the frames going onsale now. You can email the frame photos, as it’ll check a POP account. Or you can have it subscribe to an…
No official announcement from Samsung on what this firmware update for the BD-P1000, but everyone’s been complaining about the softness in the picture quality and the DTS stuttering. Good news: the update fixes the stuttering. We don’t have a BD-P1000 in house, but leave a comment let us know what else the firmware update fixes…
