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Tech News Charlie White

Cool Feet Laptop Stilts

I personally use a stolen McDonalds tray to keep those potentially exploding laptop batteries breathing and off my crotch, but these’ll do. If your notebook’s bottom is smooth, like an Apple (not one of those gnarly ThinkPad booties) you can suction cup them on, and compute with maximum clearance and ventilation between you and your…

Tech News Brian Lam

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Tech News Jason Chen

Leica V-Lux Digicam Has 12x Zoom, Can’t Swap Lenses

Here’s another Leica, the V-Lux. But don’t let its looks fool you into calling it a full blooded SLR. It’s actually monogomously attached to its very capable 35 to 400mm lens. Leica swears the 12x lens and 10-megapixel sensor give it the same image quality of any of its higher end cameras, within a nice,…

Tech News Brian Lam

Apple Updates U2 iPod, Bono Give Thumbs Up

Honestly, what does Bono not give a thumbs up to? The U2 iPod received some enhanced treatment after Apple’s Showtime event. The U2 iPod didn’t just get a price drop and firmware update. The Bonolicious iPod also has a “new, brighter screen.” It still has the black casing, red scroll wheel and U2 band members’…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Leica Digilux 3 SLR Interchanges Lenses

Interchangeability comes to the Leica Digilux line with the Digilux 3, the latest small-body SLR from the company that never seems to change its retro look. Equipped with the newly designed Leica D Vario-Elmarit F/2.8-3.5/14-50 lens, which can be swapped for other sizes (a Digilux first.) The camera is complemented by image stabilizing lenses that…

Tech News Brett Bull

iKey 320kbps Digital Audio Recorder Records Straight to MP3 at 320kbps

The iKey Plus, an upgrade of the iKey, seems great for people who want to take a stab at digital recording, be they bootleggers at a concert or disgruntled employees looking for evidence in their sexual harassment suit against their company. The device can record to any USB drive, and stores files in MP3 or…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Alyssa Milano Busty Mouse Pad

If Korean models weren’t quite to your liking, how about an Alyssa Milano’s breasty mouse pad? These $19.95 mouse pads work the same way the old ones did, with their chesticles acting as gel wrist-rests for your oh-so-tired hand. https://gizmodo.com/busty-racing-girl-mousepad-194082 There are a variety of girls, including Asian, Russian (Anna Kournikova), and fake (Anime girls).…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Plantraco’s Carbon Butterfly Remote Control Plane

At 3.6 grams, this Carbon Butterfly is the lightest RC plane in the world. And because it’s made out of Carbon Fiber, it’s got the strength of steel but the flexibility of a 14-year-old gymnast. It has a range of 400 feet, and is directed by a 4xAA RC remote control. It’s a little pricey…

Gadgets Jason Chen

NYC Come Out and Play Street Festival Tomorrow

The Come Out and Play festival starts tomorrow. If you’re in NYC, I highly recommend checking out the real-action games—not to be confused with your perverted Live Action RPGing—played throughout city blocks and parks, using cellphones, GPS, and digital cameras. Some of the most interesting sounding games include Manhattan MEGAputt, a round of mini golf…

Tech News Brian Lam

Visualize Cellphone and MP3 Player Sizes With Sizeasy

Our friend Adam from Lifehacker is really obsessed with size for some reason, often googling for “length”, “width”, and “visualization” terms—we assume that’s how he found Sizeasy. The site lets you plug in the dimensions of the cellphone or MP3 player you’ve had your eye on to compare to every day objects like a matchbook,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Steve Jobs’ Keynote Bloopers Video Compilation

APC Magazine compiled a video of bloopers from Jobs’ presentations. If you’re a Mac fanboy, it’s like seeing your dad get hit in the balls. If you’re a Mac hater, it’s like seeing your dad get hit in the balls, but with you doing the throwing. “It’s pretty awesome when it works”: Steve Jobs’ Apple…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Ericsson P990 Finally Available, Indiana Jones 4 and Duke Nukem Forever Still En Route

The SE P990 that we saw back when That 70s Show was called That Show About Current Events With People In Fashionable Clothing is finally available on Amazon. You can pick one up for $699 if you really want it, but the sucktastic UI and the lousy ergonomics may be too much for any human…

Tech News Jason Chen

Duck Shoot Office Toy With Frickin’ Lasers

Manager on your ass again about those TPS reports? Instead of venting on your poor copy machine, take out your anger on ducks with this Duck Shooting Gallery desk game. The laser gun fires electromagnetic waves, aka lasers, at the moving targets. If you hit one, the duck goes down, and a miniature Asian man…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Thompson GE 2830 Cordless DECT Skype Phone

DECT seems to be all the rage these days whenever someone wants to make a cordless handset or headset, and Thompson isn’t one to miss out on the boat. Like the other DECT Skype phones, this has a base station that links to your PC and the standard Skype software, which then communicates audio to…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Motorola Testing Phone Vending Machines

Like the iPod and Sony vending machines before it, Motorola’s vending machine will sell accessories and even phones, dispensing them with the convenience zero human interaction. The machines will be called INSTANTMOTO—spelling it in ALL CAPS is required before use—and is already set up in SFO and Chicago’s downtown Macy’s store. To purchase stuff, you…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Travis on Maxim: Apple’s iPod Revisions, Stiletto

Every Thursday you can hear me on the Covino & Rich Show on SIRIUS 108, Maxim Radio at 1:30pm. The show runs from 10am to 2pm with replays at 10pm, all eastern. Today I gave the guys a roundup about all of Apple’s new iPod junk from their Showtime event a couple weeks ago. Check…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Pressman’s iGAMEz Plays Name That Tune With Your MP3 Player

Mimicking the “Music Quiz” game on iPods, the iGAMEz from Pressman lets you play “Name that Tune” on any MP3 player. First everyone plugs in their players to the unit, then the host picks a song, and the first person to guess it right gets a point. The catalog isn’t quite clear on how it…

Gadgets Jason Chen

New Slingbox Details: Tuner, Pro, and A/V

Some guys at the Sling Community forum trolled the FCC, and pulled these details on the new Sling devices that turned up last week. https://gizmodo.com/slingbox-updated-adds-normal-a-v-connectivity-new-sty-200675 I’ve tried to edit that forum post for brevity, and sanity, and see there’s a Slingbox streamer with coax, named “tuner”, an “A/V” model with composite/s-video inputs, and a “Pro”…

Tech News Brian Lam

Denon AVR-5805MkII THX Ultra2 Receiver: A Streaming, PlaysForSure, 22-Channel Big Rig

Alright, now that these goddamn things are going double decker, don’t you think we should give them size designations like “Queen”, “King” and “Godzirra”? Denon’s 22-channeled receiver is meant to use its 10 discreet, 170-watt THX certified amps to power multiple zones (rooms, just call them rooms, you marketing weirdos.) It also has 5 HDMI…

Tech News Brian Lam

Best of Gizmodo

Cool Feet Laptop Stilts

Other Bits and Bytes

Leica V-Lux Digicam Has 12x Zoom, Can’t Swap Lenses

Apple Updates U2 iPod, Bono Give Thumbs Up

Leica Digilux 3 SLR Interchanges Lenses

iKey 320kbps Digital Audio Recorder Records Straight to MP3 at 320kbps

Alyssa Milano Busty Mouse Pad

Plantraco’s Carbon Butterfly Remote Control Plane

NYC Come Out and Play Street Festival Tomorrow

Visualize Cellphone and MP3 Player Sizes With Sizeasy

Steve Jobs’ Keynote Bloopers Video Compilation

Sony Ericsson P990 Finally Available, Indiana Jones 4 and Duke Nukem Forever Still En Route

Duck Shoot Office Toy With Frickin’ Lasers

Thompson GE 2830 Cordless DECT Skype Phone

Motorola Testing Phone Vending Machines

Travis on Maxim: Apple’s iPod Revisions, Stiletto

Pressman’s iGAMEz Plays Name That Tune With Your MP3 Player

New Slingbox Details: Tuner, Pro, and A/V

Denon AVR-5805MkII THX Ultra2 Receiver: A Streaming, PlaysForSure, 22-Channel Big Rig

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

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