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•NetTansor: The Wi-Fi Robot that Does Your Voyeuristic Bidding •Samsung Slims Down TV to a Ghastly 12mm, Anorexia Doctors Called •You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Senko ScreenMirror Is For You •Cingular 3125 Clamshell Smartphone Reviewed •HTC Artemis GPS Smartphone Reviewed (Verdict: Scrolls Like Butter) https://gizmodo.com/nettansor-the-wi-fi-robot-that-does-your-voyeuristic-b-208718
Sony finally confirmed all the accessories that will be available for the PS3 in the US, and even fessed up to how much you will have to fork over for them. Here’s how it all adds up: PS3 With All The Trappings Price Total Comments PS3 60GB HDD $599.00 $599.00 HDMI Cable $49.99 $648.99 You…
Our news of an exclusive sneak-peek PS3 party in NYC on November 1 got most people all hot and bothered. But it also attracted a few naysayers who complained that you can already get hands-on time with Sony’s souped-up machine at Best Buy—so what’s the big deal about this party? Here’s what: The Play Beyond…
•Adobe picks up video software maker [CNet] •Sony issues earnings warning due to battery recall and games loss [Krunker] •eBay: Holding Firm on Earnings Report [Business Week] •Study: More than 90 minutes of loud music harmful [iLounge] •Time Warner Cable Will Play Solo [Business Week]
Few know that that P in Walter P. Mossberg’s name stands for “Pokemon”. He was the OG pocket monster battler for the WSJ back in the day. When choosing between the new, improved IE 7-point-oh, and the likewise fuh-fuh-fresh Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3, he choose one to be his winner: Firefox, for having everything…
The PlayStation 3 may have a great/awful Gamepad, and pretty decent online functionality, but can it run Linux? Yes. Yes it can. Yellow Dog linux just announced that its Linux V5.0 works with the PS3, which includes FireFox, Open Office, and whatever you feel like installing. https://gizmodo.com/groping-the-ps3-gamepad-it-sucks-it-rocks-208856 Thanks to the PS3’s 20GB/60GB hard drive, you’re…
If you’re not familiar with HTC, it’s a company that makes various smartphones both under their own name and for service providers to brand as their own. Their latest, the PDA/phone Artemis, continues their tradition of great phones in a PDA body. https://gizmodo.com/cingular-3125-clamshell-smartphone-reviewed-verdict-s-208827 The most notable feature: a built-in GPS with the Sirf-Star III chipset…
What happens when you combine an episode of Top Gear, the BattleField 2 PC game, and a few guys who have way too much time on their hands? A machinima that’s worthy of being aired on the actual Top Gear. Congrats to the guys at Sir. Community forums for a job well done. No One…
Apparently Microsoft has so much confidence in the Zune, they’re already selling these on Overstock.com, king of hawking stuff that nobody wants. We mean really, the player isn’t even out yet and you’re already selling these packs for $10 less than MSRP? Though we gotta say, a few things are priced higher than they were…
While we were stuck waiting for our never-approaching train (that’s the NY subway system for ya), East Japan Railway today rolled out the world’s first fuel cell hybrid train. The train, which zooms along at up to 60mph for 30 to 60 miles, carries two 65-kilowatt fuel cells along with six hydrogen tanks and a…
We’re waiting for the day SEDs go full force, but in the meantime Canon and Toshiba have taken the wraps off a 55-inch SED panel. The display has an insanely high 100,000:1 contrast ratio that dwarfs the contrast ratio found in today’s plasmas and LCDs. SEDs as we’ve said before, combine the best of CRTs…
Brit-band Keane is set to release their new Single Nothing In My Way on a thumb drive. Neat, because they incorporate new technology to add videos, screensavers, and other tracks into the offering. Everybody’s Changing, so if you’re the record industry, it’s nice that Your Open Eyes are seeing that digital distribution Can’t Stop Now.…
We’re all for homages and sharing ideas, but this Sears ad looks a bit too much like the old Apple Switch ads in timing, editing, and style. It makes us ashamed that we bought our Xbox 360s at Sears early this year when demand was high and supply was low. We’re still paying for it…
This week at Uncrate: We step up to Tumi’s new LXT Collection, admire Pendleton’s Plaid Vans Slip-Ons, and find our way around the big city with the help of Pioneer’s AVIC-D2 GPS/AV System. We also imagine the sucking possibilities of the Dyson Root 6, check out Beck’s new album, and go on a Big Adventure…
Chen, Chen, Chen. I think you’re right to love the DS Lite. I play it more than my Xbox. But you’re just wrong about loving the black one more than the white one. White is the superior color, because: https://gizmodo.com/ds-lite-onyx-gallery-31-days-left-to-buy-your-wii-con-208835 1. It will actually match the white Wii case. 2. Won’t show fingerprints. 3. Won’t…
No offense, Mobiledia, I love you guys, but this review is ridiculously long. Seriously, 3,500 words about a smartphone is a bit too much, don’cha think? After spending the better part of this week actually reading the review I found out what you think of this phone. Let me sum up the 3,500 words for…
Senko’s ScreenMirror is a shiny, reflective surface that you attach to your iPod or cellphone to turn it into a mirror. When the backlight is off, your phone’s screen becomes a high-quality mirror, showing that sun damage really does happen to young people. When the backlight is on, well, you go about your business like…
The Internet was buzzing today with rumors of a forthcoming 100GB HDD upgrade for the Xbox 360. While it created some nice material for other blogs to write about, this does little for the Giz (if the upgrade even makes it State-side). Instead, it’s obvious that this was an attempt by Microsoft to steal Sony’s…
Is the PS3 Controller Garbage? [Internal] https://gizmodo.com/is-the-ps3-controller-garbage-207998
The Meizu Miniplayer is like the Obi-Won Kenobi of MP3 players—the only hope to go up against the Empire-like iPod. Now that the Nano has gone a Darth Vader-ish black, the white of the Meizu Miniplayer reminds us that good functionality and great design will win over great design alone. So how does this Miniplayer…