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Before we get you hot and bothered about this decently spec’d camera, let me say that thing is Japan only. Here’s why you should be sad about that. The cigarette carton sized camera manages to fit a 7x zoom inside, the equivalent to a 28-200mm lens on a traditional film camera. The 7.1 megapixel camera…
Today Provantage> Buy.com has the Logitech Harmony 659 Remote Control for $47.07. Logitech’s Harmony remote-control line is one of the best out there and this base model would be able to manage any home entertainment center—complex or simple—with ease. Tipster Jason N also vouches for the company offering this deal, ProVantage, saying he has ordered…
An anonymous tipster told us that Apple would be issuing a recall of laptop batteries today. So maybe, Dell isn’t the only one with potentially explosive laptops. Keep your eyes peeled, and drop me a line if you hear anything official this morning.
More camera nonsense? I’m going crazy! I thought Canon had unveiled some high end cameras a while ago, but I was wrong. Those are nothing compared to the new Rebel that his the wire today. Here it is, in all of it’s glory, the Rebel XTi DSLR from Canon. It is a 10-megapixel camera featuring…
This is a cute little puppy that will likely have some sick and twisted things coming out of its mouth. The E-Puppy is capable of reading your e-mails. Yes, making those sick and twisted e-mails you receive even worse by making them audible. The fun doesn’t end there, it can also read web sites and…
More damn cameras already? Ugh. It’s going to be a long day, I know it. Nikon has unveiled five additions to their Coolpix line of lower-end point’n’shoot cameras. Lets get to it, yeehaw! • S10 (top left): this is a 6-megapixel, odd form factor camera with a 10x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD and movie/image editing…
Canon Japan has unveiled the addition of a couple new cammies to their already extensive line. First up is the A710 IS. The 710 is a 7.1-megapixel camera with a 6x optical zoom and support up to ISO800. It supports a variety of lens accessories. Also unveiled is the Canon PowerShot A640. This is a…
A few weeks ago, we heard whispers of new meeces by Logitech— meeces that claimed to reinvent the scrollwheel. We got our hands on one early, and we present you with the first unboxing, impressions, and details of the Logitech MX Revolution. But before we get to that, the wheel. The MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel…
•Canon EOS 400D Details Discovered •Pegasus T12 Laptop Runs All Day •ATI X1950 XTX: New King Of the 3D Hill? •Gamepark GP2X Available in U.S. •Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse Tracks Motion to 20Gs and Glows Crazy Blue •Comment of the Day:Microsoft Gaming Mouse [by_Worf] https://gizmodo.com/canon-eos-400d-details-discovered-196169
TiVo.com has a page up where you can register for Tivo Series 3 updates. The page has no other forthcoming info other than that the set is HD. And that it uses CableCARD tech so it can decrypt digital TV signals from satellite and cable boxes without additional set top boxes. In otherwords, stuff we…
•LCD Prices Poised to Rise [Yahoo!] •Mocbot worm fuels zombie surge [The Register] •Rambus rides the bucking bronco [Inquirer] • Cell phone recycling brings tech to developing world [CNN] •Penis pump mistaken for bomb at TSA airport screening [BoingBoing] •Apple and Creative settle lawsuit [Firing Squad] •Motorola Tatoo Razr phone; Piercings sold seperately [MobileWhack] •Play…
Psst. Check back a few minutes before Midnight, New York time. I got something for ya. UPDATE: I’ve gotten so many emails about this post. I know, you’re all antsy. You hate me, you beg for answers now, and I understand, you just want to know. But, please, calm down before you stroke out. Relax,…
Wenger went a little nuts putting all their 85 different functioning gadgets into this Swiss Army knife. Yeah. Just a little. The Most Incredible Knife [Outdoor Life]
These Iomega Silver Series hard drives come in both 80 and 120GB sizes, and feature USB 2.0 and Firewire connections to your computer. They can be used in both Windows and OS X, and weigh less than six ounces. They’re about $1.65 a gigabyte, and are mainly used to carry data with you on the…
If you like audiobooks but don’t like downloading them and getting them onto your iPod, you can try the PlayAway book. It’s about the size of an iPod Mini and comes with earbuds and a lanyard to wear around your neck, so everyone knows what you’re listening to. The “books” come preloaded with one of…
If you’ve got a Dell laptop and you’re going to be flying Qantas sometime soon, be aware of their new rules regarding your precious lappy. The airline still allows you to carry on your Dell in your standard carry-on, but if you want to use it, there’s only two options. One is to remove your…
An update to the earlier Zune mockup images. Here’s one that’s closer to the actual display, with the colorful background and newer battery-display icon. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-zune-interface-mockups-196176
John over at CrunchGear got his paws on a Maxtor Shared Storage II, which is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device with 1TB of hard drive space. Thanks to the Gigabit Ethernet interface and the 7200RPM, 16MB cache hard drive, transfers to and from the NAS are going to be quite speedy. As you can…
Hey all! I, JC of Gizmodo, am going to be on John C. Dvorak’s internet TV show Cranky Geeks 11 a.m. PDT tomorrow, Thursday, August 24. If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a bunch of writers and editors from PC Mag, CNET, and Ziff Davis being cranky with Dvorak. Fun times. We’re going…
No, the AL26 doesn’t actually look or fold up like a butterfly—there’s just a small purple butterfly on the top left. Quite disappointing, actually. Nonetheless, BenQ is targeting the phone toward women (really, that’s what they say) with its sliding body and 130×130 pixel resolution screen. It’s really just a slightly different version of the…