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Sony Vaio C Series Core 2 Duo Notebooks Are Colorful and Light

How about a Sony Core 2 Duo notebook in some fancy colors? That’s what you can get with these Sony Vaio notebooks whose screens hit that sweet spot between a large 15-inch screen and a slightly-too-small 12-incher—13.3 inches—just right for using on a plane but not bumping up against the back of that seat in…

Tech News Charlie White

Recy, the Recyclable Wood Roadster from Mercedes-Benz

This is the first entry into the LA Auto Show’s Design Challenge. The competition challenges manufacturers to design a environmental conscious car. None of this vegetable oil powered crap. This car is completely Recyclable because it is made out of wood, alloys, glass and metal. I’m still not sold. Even though it is partially made…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

HP Releases the HD100, First USB 2.0 HD-DVD Drive

When not busy spying on journalists, HP does pretty well for itself and the HD100 is the first USB 2.0-based external HD-DVD player. If you want to take advantage of the drive’s HD-DVD playback, you’ll need at least a single-core 3.2GHz Pentium or an AMD 64 X2 2.2GHz. (And companies wonder why consumers aren’t jumping…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Creative Zen V Plus Gets Bumped to 8GB

The last time we saw the Zen V Plus we decided that it was definitely a worthy alternative to the iPod Nano. Now that the Nano got a storage bump to 8GB, the Zen V quickly followed suit. https://gizmodo.com/creative-zen-v-plus-reviewed-verdict-ipod-nano-whats-182146 To recap, the Zen V has a built-in FM tuner, a 1.5-inch color OLED display, and…

Tech News Jason Chen

Ditch the Media Center with HP’s Wi-Fi Enabled HDTV

The SLC3760N is HP’s 37-inch LCD HDTV. This TV includes both wired and wireless internet connection. What’s the Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection for? Streaming content, obviously. Just install HP’s proprietary software on a PC, and you will be ready to go—it even supports DivX among other codecs. This TV should be available now for $2,199.…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Panasonic Words Gear e-book Reader

The 1024×600, 5.6-inch Words Gear book reader from Panasonic is going head-to-head against Sony’s just released Reader, for your on-the-go literary entertainment time. Unfortunately, it’s too soon to tell which one of these will win. https://gizmodo.com/sony-reader-pricing-and-availability-203331 The Words Gear has a six-hour battery life, an e-Sensor to control the device with a finger, and a…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Satellite Radio Going Over the Pond?

Yes, if WorldSpace and Ondas Media have anything to two with it. These two want to offer up some satellite radio services for our chaps across the pond, in Britain specifically. WorldSpace is a satellite radio network that never really took off in the States, but they are attempting to take a firm grasp of…

Tech News Travis Hudson

SMC Skype Phone White Saintly Twin of Belkin Phone

A reader sends in an unboxing of the SMC Skype phone, which he got his hands on early. J. Chen notes its really similar, maybe identical, to the black Skype handset we looked at a few weeks ago. One good, one evil—but seemingly the same operating system on each. Click through for the gallery of…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Dot-It Lights: Stick ‘Em Up

It’s getting to that point in the price/performance curve where battery-powered LED lighting fixtures are disposable and practical. A prime example is Sylvania Dot-it LEDs, stick-up lights that cost less than $10 and shine for over a hundred hours. Stick the power-sipping pocket-sized lights almost anywhere, and press the middle whenever you need a bit…

Gadgets Charlie White

Krazy Kaption Kontest: Wearable Power Assist Suit

Do your worst. Winner, as chosen by us, gets an autographed picture of Travis impersonating Joel. Wearable Power Assist Suit [Kanagawa via Geekologie]

Tech News Jason Chen

Zune Accessories Courtesy of Amazon

Although Microsoft hasn’t released any official photos of the Zune accessories, Amazon comes through and fills us in on what these peripherals will look like. There’s shots of the Travel Pack, including the pouch, AC adapter and USB connector, and shots of the Zune Home kit, which has the dock, a wireless remote, AV cables…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gizmodo Gallery: Aram Bartholl Sees in FPS Mode

“1st Person Shooter” (Bartholl, 2006) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen In the hyper-realist console and arcade gaming space, the closer a game gets to emulating reality, the better chance the game has of succeeding in an already over-crowded market place. Taking this hybrid of realism and screen-based entertainment to an extreme is Berlin based media artist…

Tech News Coinop

Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2 Headphones Don’t Cost a Fortune (For a Change)

While Ultimate Ears may be known for creating some pretty decent headphones, their high price often scares away many potential buyers. Enter the metro.fi 2, a pair of headphones with the distinctly Ultimate Ears looks, but for—get this!—a fraction of the price. Approximately $80 will nab you the headphones, which incorporate much of the same…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

iPodweek – The Best of iLounge

This week at iLounge: Three huge, next-generation accessories have all arrived for testing over the last few days, led off by Ultimate Ears’ triple.fi 10 Pros – the first triple-driver (read: three speakers per ear) earphone to sell for only $400, which is $100 less than Shure’s recently- released, excellent E500PTH earphones. Logitech also debuted…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Invisible Boomerang Reconnaissance Robot

The defense industry is taking a page from the Batman School of War and making products with more of a boomerang shape. In this case, the Phantom Sentinel, an unmanned aerial vehicle that’s not only shaped like a boomerang, but “is in constant motion” and “has a uniquely minimal cross section allowing it to ‘slice’…

Tech News Jason Chen

Tiny Town Fast Food

We’re still trying to figure out why they did this, but here it is, the tiniest fast food meal we’ve ever seen. That burger is only an inch wide. All the ingredients were handmade down to the micro-fries and their teensy bag, and even the itty-bitty soda, and it all reportedly “tasted awesome.” You’ll walk…

Gadgets Charlie White

How To Make Working Wolverine Claws Without Surgery

So you want to look like Hugh Jackman? A guy named Nate sure did, and he documented his entire process so nerds around the world can follow in his footsteps. We won’t repeat the entirety of the instructions here, but suffice it to say it includes aluminum bars, pieces of wood, a belt sander, alcohol,…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Baby Bath Thermometer and Wireless Monitor

This baby gadget consists of two pieces, a thermometer and a baby monitor. The former goes into the bath-water and alerts you if the temperature goes below 68 or above 104 degrees Fahrenheit, and the later wirelessly broadcasts the baby’s goo’s and gaa’s to your receiver. The receiver is battery powered, and the baby monitor…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Slingbox Pro, A/V, and Tuner Reviewed (Verdicts: Ya, OK, Meh)

CNet’s John Falcone lines up the three new Slingbox video streamers, and puts em to work. He gives the $250 Pro model an 8.3. He likes its ability to stream high definition over the internet to PCs and Windows Mobile devices at 720p/1080i resolutions. Not to mention any video coming in through standard composite, S-vid,…

Tech News Brian Lam

BenQ-Siemens Black Box Concept Phone

Unlike previously mentioned, BenQ is still making phones in Asia, just no longer in the German market. This is one of the concept phones being worked on—the Black Box. No keypads, no buttons, just a big ass touchscreen. From the initial pictures it looks like the interface changes on the fly. I’m digging the black…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Sony Vaio C Series Core 2 Duo Notebooks Are Colorful and Light

Recy, the Recyclable Wood Roadster from Mercedes-Benz

HP Releases the HD100, First USB 2.0 HD-DVD Drive

Creative Zen V Plus Gets Bumped to 8GB

Ditch the Media Center with HP’s Wi-Fi Enabled HDTV

Panasonic Words Gear e-book Reader

Satellite Radio Going Over the Pond?

SMC Skype Phone White Saintly Twin of Belkin Phone

Dot-It Lights: Stick ‘Em Up

Krazy Kaption Kontest: Wearable Power Assist Suit

Zune Accessories Courtesy of Amazon

Gizmodo Gallery: Aram Bartholl Sees in FPS Mode

Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2 Headphones Don’t Cost a Fortune (For a Change)

iPodweek – The Best of iLounge

Invisible Boomerang Reconnaissance Robot

Tiny Town Fast Food

How To Make Working Wolverine Claws Without Surgery

Baby Bath Thermometer and Wireless Monitor

Slingbox Pro, A/V, and Tuner Reviewed (Verdicts: Ya, OK, Meh)

BenQ-Siemens Black Box Concept Phone

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

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

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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