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Powerbook Laser Etching Revisited

Our sister from a different motha, Gina over at Lifehacker, got her Powerbook etched with a celtic knot this past weekend at the MAKE headquarters as part of the FOO Camp. She was nice enough to make a video of the very boring process in action. The process is done using an Epilog laser cutter…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Samsung M610 Pics Surface: Thin Enough to be Prom Queen

Pics have surfaced of the Samsung M610 handset, along with a precious few details. It’s a slimmed-down replacement of Samsung’s A900 clamshell, and thin it is—at just 12mm deep it’s still able to pack lots of techno inside. Looks like it’s stoked for tunes with a pair of stereo speakers, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP (Advanced…

Gadgets Charlie White

Hornmassive, One Big-Ass Horn

You know those little air horns that people bring to concerts and other events? Yeah, the same ones that manage to deafen you for a short period of time and result in a beating to the operator of the horn. Those small horns have gotten quite the upgrade. The Hornmassive is exactly that, a massive…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Teeny, Tiny MicroSound iPod Speakers

As if the iPod needed any more well thought out accessories, the MicroSound enters the fray looking to fill the apparent void in the nano speaker market. MicroSound is the brainchild of Miglia, the same company that makes the TVMax DVR system for the Mac mini. Migilia calls the MicroSound “slim, ultra-light and ultra-modern,” which…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Core 2 Duo Macbooks in September? We Ask Steve Jobs

New Macbooks in September? I don’t know…people are still having heat problems with the current generation chips, and the new ones are supposedly much hotter. But enough about what we think. https://gizmodo.com/core-2-duo-coming-to-apple-macbooks-sept-16-197440 What happens when we ask Steve Jobs himself? He blasted us with deafening silence. How about when we spam the top tech journalists…

Tech News Brian Lam

Hybrids Bound for Formula One

Our beloved blood brothers at Jalopnik tell us that hybrid vehicles may be soon winding their way into Formula One racing, where overlords of that heady luxo-sport world are sniffing around the technology. Two big players who build such Formula One dream machines, N.Technology S.p.a. and Tatuus s.r.l., have teamed up to build the first…

Gadgets Charlie White

Sony Ships AWG170A, Claimed to Be World’s Fastest DVD Burner

Over in Europe, Sony has started shipping the AWG170A, what Sony and its partner NEC claim to be the world’s fastest DVD R burner. Able to burn discs at 16x (whether or not 16x media is widely available is apparently irrelevant), the AWG170A also burns DVD-RAM (12x), DVD R DL (8x), DVD+RW (8x), DVD-RW (6x)…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Sony Updates Bravia Line of HDTVs, Now with More Reality Mojo

Sony has goosed its line of Bravia LCDs once again, claiming the improved DRC-MF (Digital Reality Creation Multi Function) version 2.5 is even more like reality. From what we can gather trying to decipher the Japanese website, before-and-after pics on its website show how this Bravia Engine Pro image enhancement routine does a better job…

Tech News Charlie White

MacBook Pro a Lemon?

Is there something rotten in Cupertino? After hearing rumblings of problems with MacBook Pros, now David Ciccone of Mobility Today tells us about his nightmarish series of issues with the MacBook Pro he bought back in March of this year. The problems started soon after the purchase, where Ciccone noticed whining noises emanating from his…

Tech News Charlie White

NuVision 52LEDLP vs. Samsung HL-S5679W: A Pitched Battle Between Big High Def LED-Backlit TVs

The Nuvision 52LEDLP is the latest set from the relatively new, high end TV maker. While the rest of their lineup is comprised of LCDs, this is their first rear projection DLP, which they plan to announce formally at CEDIA in a few weeks. The set’s screen is 52-inches diagonally, with a native resolution of…

Gadgets Brian Lam

WiFi Scope Sees Radio Waves

This Wifi can-tenna pans and tilts, recording radio signals it detects in the air. Then, it paints its findings in the visual spectrum, through a projector. It’s an art project, but I’m sure there’s a way to use it to optimize your WiFi Feng Shui WIFI CAMERA PROTOTYPE [BoingBoing]

Tech News Brian Lam

Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS: Widescreen With a FM Transmitter

What’s the story with this leaked GPS? Well, I’ll tell you. Garmin is trying to keep pace with TomTom’s widescreen models by adding this 4.3-inch, 480 by 272 pixel touchscreen to their latest navigator. Their last generation of Nuvis had players had MP3 support, which sounded really shit coming out of the little speakers in…

Gadgets Brian Lam

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•Bosch Power Box iPod Dock: Proof That Size Does Matter-Charlie White •World Exclusive Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Reviewed (Verdict: Wowz0r!)-Travis Hudson •Bosch Power Box iPod Dock Brings The Overkill -Jason Chen •Bosch Power Box iPod Dock For (Wannabe) Tough Guys-Nicholas Deleon •Bosch Power Box PB10-CD iPod Boombox for Toughguys, Reviewed-Brian Lam https://gizmodo.com/bosch-power-box-ipod-dock-proof-that-size-does-matter-197485 •Comment of…

Tech News Charlie White

Yawn…More Palm Treo 700wx Leaks (Spec Sheet)

I stopped eating cupcakes for this? Sprint’s Windows Mobile 5.0 version of the Palm Treo 700 smartphone, dubbed the 700wx, has been covered in great detail, even though Sprint is whistling along, twiddling their thumbs, pretending it never happened. The latest piece of info is this official Palm spec sheet, shared with us by GadgetsOnTheGo.net.…

Tech News Brian Lam

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•Nanowires to Stimulate Nerve Signals [Medgadget] •Universal to Offer Music for Free; Take that iTunes! [Slashdot] •Boeing’s Zero-Emission Plane Set To Take Off; Gassy Pilots Protest. [Treehugger] •Singapore will have nationwide WiFi by 2007 [Boing Boing] •World’s First Luxurious Underwater Sea Resort; Sealab 2021 braces for competition. [BornRich] •Google CEO joins Apple Board [CNN Money]

Tech News Jason Chen

T-Mobile Hacker Gets One Year of House Arrest, $10,000 Fine

Remember the twenty-something hacker who got into T-Mobile’s servers, then got lots of pictures of celebrities off the Sidekick databases? He’s been sentenced to one year’s house arrest and a $10,000 restitution to T-Mobile. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-customer-data-hacked-celebrity-pix-roam-free-29540 All this hubbub and no nude pictures of Ashton Kutcher porking Demi Moore? I say he pays US $10,000 for…

Tech News Jason Chen

Armet Gurkha Armored Vehicle Kicks Hummvee Ass

The ultra rich have sportscars to spend hundreds on thousands of dollars on, if not millions. What do the SUV crowd do when they win the lottery? Buy a Gurka by Armet. Cousin site Jalopnik, who we have constant toy-envy of, says it best: https://gizmodo.com/ferrari-p4-5-gizmolicious-and-one-of-kind-191011 The squat and hedgehog-lookin’ 19,000 lb beast-of-an-armored-vehicle ain’t just built…

Tech News Brian Lam

Sony Ericsson W43S Clamshell Glows

Sony Ericsson’s Japan-only W43S is a bit of a showboat. The phone has a 2.7 inch (240 432) screen, a 2 MegaPixel camera, and can play MP3s for 24 hours straight on one charge. But the phone also has 16 different skins that work with the 12 LEDs under it’s lid, to put on quite a…

Tech News Brian Lam

Sigma SD14 Foveon Camera Picture Leaked?

To us, this picture from the xitek forums looks like the SIGMA teased here earlier today. https://gizmodo.com/sigma-teases-next-foveon-camera-the-sd14-dslr-197312 If you’re not familiar with Sigma, it’s the company that developed the Foveon X3, whose newest iteration is now called the Full Color Capture Direct Image Sensor. First introduced in its SD9 digital SLR in 2002, the groundbreaking…

Tech News Jason Chen

Ricoh Caplio 500SE Camera Shrugs Off Dust, Likes WiFi and Bluetooth

Ricoh’s announced these wireless capable digital cameras over in Japan, and we can only hope to see them stateside soon. The 8.13 Megapixel camera can send photos by Bluetooth 2.0, while the W model connects by both Bluetooth and B/G WiFi. On the front, there’s a 3x zoom lens that we have no other info…

Tech News Brian Lam

Powerbook Laser Etching Revisited

Samsung M610 Pics Surface: Thin Enough to be Prom Queen

Hornmassive, One Big-Ass Horn

Teeny, Tiny MicroSound iPod Speakers

Core 2 Duo Macbooks in September? We Ask Steve Jobs

Hybrids Bound for Formula One

Sony Ships AWG170A, Claimed to Be World’s Fastest DVD Burner

Sony Updates Bravia Line of HDTVs, Now with More Reality Mojo

MacBook Pro a Lemon?

NuVision 52LEDLP vs. Samsung HL-S5679W: A Pitched Battle Between Big High Def LED-Backlit TVs

WiFi Scope Sees Radio Waves

Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS: Widescreen With a FM Transmitter

Best of Gizmodo

Yawn…More Palm Treo 700wx Leaks (Spec Sheet)

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T-Mobile Hacker Gets One Year of House Arrest, $10,000 Fine

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Sigma SD14 Foveon Camera Picture Leaked?

Ricoh Caplio 500SE Camera Shrugs Off Dust, Likes WiFi and Bluetooth

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