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USRobotics Shows Off Two Skype Phones

USRobotics has two candy-coated phones compatible with everyone’s favorite VoIP service, Skype, in the pipeline. The phones, the USR9602 and the USR9601A, both take complete advantage of Skype’s many services, including SkypeOut and Skype Caller ID. https://gizmodo.com/skype-is-free-in-us-and-canada-173786 The USR9602 (pictured here) is also known by the easier-to-digest name USB Internet Mini Phone. As you might…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Dell Recalls 4.1 Million Batteries, Stops Big Bada Boom(s)

So, Dell laptops like to get hot and explode sometimes, if you hadn’t heard. Well, they are finally doing something about it by recalling 4.1 million notebook batteries. This is the largest recall in Dell history. The faulty batteries have cells made by Sony and were sold from April 2004 until July 2006 in Latitude,…

Tech News Travis Hudson

M-Audio’s Session: Available Now In a Standalone Version

M-Audio’s Session software can be easily described as Garageband for the PC. Up until now, you could only get a copy of it by buying a Fast Trak USB device from M-Audio. But starting today, August 15th, Session is available as a standalone purchase for $49. https://gizmodo.com/m-audios-session-garageband-for-the-pc-179175 Session ships with 3.5GB of loops and instrument…

Tech News Jason Chen

Best of Gizmodo

•Blackberry 8100 vs RAZR: Blackberry Thinner! •Hand-Crank Radio Also Charges Cellphone •First Look: Belkin Surge Protectors, Good for Cable Management Fiends •QuickerTek 17-inch MacBook Pro WiFi Transceiver •DS-Xtreme Plug’n’Play DS Mod https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-8100-vs-razr-blackberry-thinner-194152

Tech News Charlie White

Other Bits & Bytes

•Intel To Pare Down Pentium D Processors In Favor Of The New Core 2 [TeachWeb] •Germany Now Has More Cellphones Than People [textually.org] •A Plane From London To New York Was Turned Around Because A Cellphone Was Found On Board. Yes, A Cellphone. [The Guardian] •More And More Americans Would Rather Spend Their Free Time…

Tech News Gizloco

Nokia Bluetooth Mouse Project

Here is a little mod that may be phoney baloney, so we’ll let you decide. Most phones now have a camera and can run Java, there is no reason that some software couldn’t be written to watch for movement in the camera, and translate that into mouse signals for the PC. Bluetooth could be used…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Pacific Design iPod Nano Uptown Clutch Wallet

As tired as we all are of iPod cases, this Pacific Design iPod Nano Uptown Clutch wallet seems pretty neat. It looks just like a standard ladies wallet with slots for credit cards and cash, but also has a pocket for the iPod Nano and a pocket for headphones. At only $29, the Uptown Clutch…

Tech News Jason Chen

Blackberry 8100 vs RAZR: Blackberry Thinner!

Boy Genius, cell phone insider extrodinaire, has posted images of the sleek, consumer Blackberry next to a RAZR. And the Blackberry makes the RAZR look like a hog. As always, last year’s thin is this year’s gadget brick. Boy Genius, wherever you are, we love your work. Call me on one of those new handsets…

Tech News Brian Lam

HTC’s 2006 Roadmap

Our favorite amateur softcore pornographer BengalBoy got his hands on HTC’s 2006 roadmap. HTC, in case you forgot, makes Windows Mobile 5-based smartphones for other manufacturers like QTek and Dopod to sell with their own branding. First up, HTC has changed their slogan to HTC Smart Mobility from their old HTC Engineering Mobility and HTC…

Tech News Jason Chen

Giz Hearts Jalopnik: Hands All Over the Jeep Compass

Our auto-erotic brother site Jalopnik just posted a review of the 2007 Jeep Compass, and they’ve gone ahead and taken a second look of the Jeep’s electronic guts, just for Giz. Look for more of these tech-heavy video collaborative reviews in the future. The Jeep Compass blends inexpensive with all-wheel drive to create something…different. While…

Tech News Brian Lam

Hand-Crank Radio Also Charges Cellphone

This could be the ultimate gadget for the outdoor type who still likes to stay connected. Hand-crank radios are already pretty popular, but this one adds a little more. It can also charge a cellphone battery. The radio includes five adapaters for a variety of cellphones and it even includes a small LED flashlight. The…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Chinese Robot Gallery

The Chinese are standing up and saying they to, like the Japanese, can make weird-ass robots that scare little children. Here’s a gallery of robots made in China, including a robot waiter, a 330lb rickshaw-pulling robot made by a farmer, a four fingered piano playing robot, and that beauty robot we saw last week. The…

Tech News Jason Chen

Limited Edition Sidekick III Coming In The Next Few Weeks?

Reader Abe was digging around the sidekick.com site, the same site T-Mobile used to launch the T-Mobile Sidekick 3, and found some hidden easter eggs. After finding all five eggs, the site displayed a message to come back on August 11th for “hidden treats”. Since August 11th came and went without any announcements, Abe emailed…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gold Motorola RAZR V3i: Fashion Toy, Unlocked, $600

The editors at Mobileburn got their bloggy little mitts on a Dolce & Gabbana Gold Moto RAZR V3i. They’ve a whole pornographic gallery of them molesting it, the dirty perverts. The phone is like the non-bling V3i, meaning it’s like an old RAZR, with a 1.2 megapixel camera. BenLo, Gizmodo’s new intern, proved his worth…

Tech News Brian Lam

HTC Artemis GPS-Enabled PDA Phone

The HTC Artemis is HTC’s first cellphone with on-board GPS, saving you the hassle of having to attach an external GPS unit for driving directions. No slide-out QWERTY on this one, but it does have a 2-megapixel camera, WiFi, microSD, TI OMAP 850 200MHz CPu, Bluetooth, FM Radio, and 64MB of on-board storage. Although not…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox 360 HD DVD For $200?

Digitimes of Taiwan seems pretty darn sure that the Xbox 360 HD DVD is going to be released for $200. They also seem pretty sure it’s going to be available by Christmas, but that’s something everyone pretty much figured already. External drives have more flexibility than built-in models, the companies pointed out, while adding that…

Tech News Jason Chen

Aigo F029 Watch All-in-One Media Player

This is the F029 watch from Aigo. It is a little different from the average MP3 playing watch out there because it has a full color OLED screen. It plays MP3 and WMA and it can even play MPEG-4 video on the 160×128 pixel screen. Included will be 512MB or 1GB of memory and, oh…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Automatic Aquarium Feeder: Lazy++

There aren’t many other pets out there that are as low maintenance as fish. But believe it or not, thousands upon thousands of fish are flushed yearly because of malnourishment. The technical term for us in the medical field is “Lazy Man Syndrome.” The automatic fish feeder will make sure your little fishies live a…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Busty Racing Girl Mousepad

Why mouse on anime boobs when you can use real girl’s boobs? Five different versions available, all with Korean racing girls. And no, we still don’t know where you can buy them. Racing Girl Mousepad [Mygear.co.kr via Funposel via Slashgear]

Gadgets Jason Chen

Show Us Your ‘Pod Giveaway: Skeet Skeet Wins!

In a hard fought battle Jordan S. has won our Show Us Your ‘Pod Giveaway narrowly beating out Eric’s Halloween iPod costume. Thanks to everyone who submitted entries and big thanks to Belkin for sponsoring this contest and providing the iPod accessory package. Get the story behind Jordan’s skeet adventure after the jump. Hmm, how…

Tech News Travis Hudson

USRobotics Shows Off Two Skype Phones

Dell Recalls 4.1 Million Batteries, Stops Big Bada Boom(s)

M-Audio’s Session: Available Now In a Standalone Version

Best of Gizmodo

Other Bits & Bytes

Nokia Bluetooth Mouse Project

Pacific Design iPod Nano Uptown Clutch Wallet

Blackberry 8100 vs RAZR: Blackberry Thinner!

HTC’s 2006 Roadmap

Giz Hearts Jalopnik: Hands All Over the Jeep Compass

Hand-Crank Radio Also Charges Cellphone

Chinese Robot Gallery

Limited Edition Sidekick III Coming In The Next Few Weeks?

Gold Motorola RAZR V3i: Fashion Toy, Unlocked, $600

HTC Artemis GPS-Enabled PDA Phone

Xbox 360 HD DVD For $200?

Aigo F029 Watch All-in-One Media Player

Automatic Aquarium Feeder: Lazy++

Busty Racing Girl Mousepad

Show Us Your ‘Pod Giveaway: Skeet Skeet Wins!

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

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