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Flip Style Flash Drive Pivot Imation USB Flash Drive

Japanese Minnesota-based storage outfit Imation is coming out with a USB flash drive that has more in common with the familiar Swiss Army Knife than the typical flash drive (well, to an extent). Part of the Flash Drive Pivot series, the flash drive will be available in sizes ranging from 256MB to 4GB. All drives…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Yamaha RX-V2700 and RX-V1700 HDMI Receivers

Yamaha introduced its RX-V1700 (130 watts per channel) and the RX-V2700 (140 watts per channel ) 7.1 channel A/V receivers, both able to pass through and switch 1080p video via HDMI, as well as up-convert any composite, S-Video or component video signal to 1080i. Nothing new there so far, where there are plenty of receivers…

Tech News Charlie White

Nikon D80 DSLR Hits the Streets, Web Goes Wild

It’s a big day for Nikon fans, where the Nikon D80 digital SLR camera is finally taken out of the misty darkness and rolled out into the white-hot lights. The successor to the Nikon D70 and D70s, it brings a 10.2-megapixel CCD to the party, along with more powerful image processing, a bigger viewfinder that’s…

Tech News Charlie White

Best of Gizmodo

•Logitech Wireless DJ: Hands All Over the Music Streaming System (Verdict: Poor Man’s Sonos) •Ridiculous Sony AIBO Accessories •Urban Mover USurfer UM70 Electric Skateboard •Zeta Game Pad For Smartphones •MyTobii P10 Eye-Tracking PC https://gizmodo.com/logitech-wireless-dj-hands-all-over-the-music-streamin-192908

Tech News Charlie White

Other Bits and Bytes

•Asus, Gigabyte Joining Forces To Build Motherboards, Rid The World Of Evil [Inquirer] •New Version of Yahoo Messenger For Mac [Yahoo] •Google and MySpace Joining Up [i4u] •Futurama’s Leela Case Mod [Neatorama] •Sony’s Latest PSP Homebrew Killer [Kotaku] •Solar WiFi to shine in developing countries [Ars Technica] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/homebrew/sonys-latest-psp-homebrew-killer-192801.php

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony mylo Update: Hot Images, New Name, Sony Site Live

Remember the Sony mylo we posted pictures, stats, and a video on last night? Well Sony’s official store page is up, along with a dedicated mini-site. The Sony “roboticized” model name is COM-1/W and COM-1/B (respectively, the white and black models.) The Links to all, with more pretty images, after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/sony-mylo-media-player-with-wifi-skype-browser-and-192676 First Post:…

Tech News Brian Lam

Dealzmodo Displays: 15-inch Wall-Mountable NEC LCD For $49

This 15-inch LCD is wall-mountable to save you previous space on your already cramped desk. Though it’s not like you have a choice, as the reason these monitors are so cheap is that they don’t come with a stand! Bloopsies. Still, if your workstation is next to a wall, $49 will get you a cheap,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Hermione 2.1 Speaker Set Hits Korea This Month

The Alien forehead-looking speaker set dubbed the “Hermione” launches this month in Korea. Britz International’s speaker delivers 2.1-channels of sound from your PC, with the .1 coming from the rounded HR Giger-inspired sub. No word yet on pricing, but we should know more as the launch date nears. Hermione may be worth an import for…

Tech News Jason Chen

Harding Steel Car Lift: Automobile Elevator For The Home

Remember that Robotic Garage that went haywire? Well now you can have your own, ready to disobey your every command. Harding Steel’s 110-volt residential garage lift needs only 9-feet of vertical clearance, hauls 12,000 pounds, and comes in different sizes for rides ranging from Civics to Cadillacs. https://gizmodo.com/new-jersey-robotic-garage-goes-insane-refuses-to-give-192876 Harding Steel Car Lift [via OhGizmo!]

Tech News Brian Lam

A Moment of (Apple) Silence: Gizmodo Bans Apple Posts for 18-Hours

No more Apple news! As of this posting, Gizmodo will enforce a self-imposed 18-hour ban on All Things Apple. We’re overloaded. You’re overloaded. This is the best thing for Everyone. WWDC was tiring for all of us—but easier because of our friends. Thanks to all of you who had fingers go raw hitting refresh over…

Tech News Brian Lam

OS X Leopard And Vista Side By Side Comparison

Our nerdy, yet sexy—in that librarian-glasses-wearing sort of way—sister Lifehacker did a side-by-side comparison of the announced features in OS X Leopard and a recent Windows Vista beta. Their conclusion? It’s close, but Leopard pulls ahead with stronger built-in apps (for example, iCal wins over Windows Calendar) and by sheer number of included programs. Hop…

Tech News Jason Chen

Teens With iPods Full Of Sexy Songs Have Sex Sooner

A study by Rand Corp. concluded that teens who listen to sexy music on their iPods started having sex sooner than kids with other types of music. The types of songs classified as “sexual” were all over the map—hip-hop, rap, pop and rock—but all contained sexual content in the lyrics. Among heavy listeners, 51 percent…

Tech News Jason Chen

Today’s Dealzmodo: $30 2GB USB Flash Drive

Welcome to a new feature called Today’s Dealzmodo. We’re all gadget fiends, but we’re also frugal gadget fiends. So from here on in, we’ll be posting hot dealz we can find. Of course the Internort is a big place, so if you can find a hotter deal on TVs, PCs — whatever you can find…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Logitech Wireless DJ: Hands All Over the Music Streaming System (Verdict: Poor Man’s Sonos)

I had some cozy time in a hotel bedroom with a preproduction Logitech Wireless DJ. This music streaming system uses Extended Data Rate Bluetooth to let your PC, the fancy remote and the receiver talk. Yes, Bluetooth, even if the spec sheet doesn’t admit it. That’s because this system is practically dummy proof, and aimed…

Tech News Brian Lam

NYC MTA Launches Podcast, Huh?

Sure, we’ve heard of some pretty whacky podcasts out there, but this one may take the cake. Reader Nick sent us this photo of a promotional poster for TransitTrax, the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority podcast. According to the picture the podcast provides service advisories, MetroCard promos, safety tips, etiquette tips, news and construction…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Elecom PCMCIA Card Reader With SDHC

Instead of lugging around a separate card reader with your laptop, why not buy this Elecom MR-PCA12 PCMCIA card reader that slides directly into your laptop. The card supports SDHC, SD, MMC, smart media, memory stick, memory stick pro, xD, miniSD, microSD, microSD, RS-MMC, RS-MMC 4.0, memory stick duo, and memory stick pro duo—though some…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Imation Sudoku Flash Drive

Sudo who? Oh, it is that crazy numbers game that is taking my beloved newspapers by storm. Imation is feeding into the craze—and profiting off it—with this flash drive that comes preloaded with a Sudoku game. It operates at USB 2.0 speeds, includes Sudoku and two other games and comes in capacities from 256 MB…

Tech News Travis Hudson

The World’s Most Realistic Vector Art

These examples of celeb-inspired vector art really pushes the edge of was Adobe Illustrator can do. Made to imitate actual photographs, these vector art pictures really look, well, like photographs. The implications? Pretty soon we can all make our own posable, and nude, Angelina Jolie models. The World’s Most Photoealistic Vector Art [basang panaginip]

Gadgets Jason Chen

Show Us Your ‘Pod Update

This is just a reminder that our Show Us Your Pod Giveaway is still going on with the deadline fast approaching. Gizmodo, with a little help from Belkin, is giving away an iPod accessory package. Hit up the linkage here to find out what you need to do to win and what is up for…

Tech News Travis Hudson

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week at TreeHugger: The folks at Tesla (makers of the zippy new electric roadster) are just getting started; confirming that there are new models in the works. As far as we’re concerned, they can’t get here fast enough, but until then, we’re glad to see that scooters are more popular than ever; they might…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Flip Style Flash Drive Pivot Imation USB Flash Drive

Yamaha RX-V2700 and RX-V1700 HDMI Receivers

Nikon D80 DSLR Hits the Streets, Web Goes Wild

Best of Gizmodo

Other Bits and Bytes

Sony mylo Update: Hot Images, New Name, Sony Site Live

Dealzmodo Displays: 15-inch Wall-Mountable NEC LCD For $49

Hermione 2.1 Speaker Set Hits Korea This Month

Harding Steel Car Lift: Automobile Elevator For The Home

A Moment of (Apple) Silence: Gizmodo Bans Apple Posts for 18-Hours

OS X Leopard And Vista Side By Side Comparison

Teens With iPods Full Of Sexy Songs Have Sex Sooner

Today’s Dealzmodo: $30 2GB USB Flash Drive

Logitech Wireless DJ: Hands All Over the Music Streaming System (Verdict: Poor Man’s Sonos)

NYC MTA Launches Podcast, Huh?

Elecom PCMCIA Card Reader With SDHC

Imation Sudoku Flash Drive

The World’s Most Realistic Vector Art

Show Us Your ‘Pod Update

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

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