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Canon to Cease Film Camera Production

Following on the heels of Nikon, Canon will no longer develop compact and SLR film cameras. While the old models will remain in stores and they will continue to sell and support them, there won’t be a new 35mm Rebel in our futures. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-nixes-film-camera-production-148434 They’re hemming and hawing a bit, saying they’ll assess the market…

Tech News John Biggs

Halogen Lighting Interferes With Nintendo Wiimote

If you have a house full of halogen lights, you might be out of luck if you’re planning to get a Nintendo Wii gaming system when it’s launched this October. The much-vaunted Wii controller, or as it’s affectionately called, the Wiimote, develops aiming problems when those halogen lights are shining on its signal path, according…

Tech News Charlie White

RadarGolf System for Rich Duffers

Now that golf season is upon us, it’s time for your Gizmodo duffers to venture out on the links, where we spend most of their time hot-rodding around in carts and searching for golf balls. No more, because now we have the RadarGolf System ($250), one of the few useful implementations of radio frequency technology.…

Gadgets Charlie White

Palm Treo 700p Trade-In Offer

If you’re on the fence about buying a Palm Treo 700p, here’s a deal for you: Palm is offering a $150 trade-in at its online Treo store, where if you buy a Treo700p smartphone and send them your old Treo 650, the company will mail you a check for $150. https://gizmodo.com/palm-treo-700p-released-173671 To get the rebate…

Tech News Charlie White

iPod Sport on the Way?

Here’s another patent application from Apple that has become public, this one filed on November 24, 2004, outlining a “music synchronization arrangement” for a “computing device” that goes beyond the Nike+iPod Sport Kit. It’s designed to let the iPod pick out music that plays at the same tempo that your feet hit the ground when…

Tech News Charlie White

Buy One $100 Laptop, Give Two to Kids

PledgeBank, the site that allows its users to vow to do something and then encourages others to do the same, is where Mike Liveright set up his particular pledge: he will purchase three of the MIT Media Lab’s $100 OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) laptops at $300, giving two of them away. He’ll do this…

Tech News Charlie White

Maxian T600 PMP With Divx, Xvid Support

Want a widescreen portable media player but can’t wait for the iPod touchscreen? How about the Maxian T600 PMP, which has a 4″ screen with 480×272 resolution backed up by a 30 GB hard disk. If that’s not enough, the supported formats are: AVI, MPG, ASF, MPEG-1,MPEG-2, DivX3.1/4.xx/5.xx, Xvid, ISO MPEG-4 SP, WMV9, H.264(DMB), MP3,…

Tech News Jason Chen

The Thermal Paste In MacBook Pros Not Causing Heating Issues?

Although reapplying the thermal grease in a MacBook Pro has been successful in curing the overhearing problems for some users, James Davidson of MacDevCenter found out it wasn’t actually the paste that was causing the heat problems. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-cool-your-macbook-pro-down-and-void-your-warran-170687 When James tried the process to reapply the paste, he found it only lowered temperatures by 2…

Tech News Jason Chen

Creative Releases Three Headphones

Three headsets for three different uses from Creative today. First, the Fatal1ty professional headset. Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, who in our opinion looks a whole lot like our Joel, lent his name to Creative for their high end gaming model. The cans come with in-line volume control so you can adjust the volume or mute the…

Tech News Jason Chen

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Hands-On Reviews Abacus SPOT Watch Hands-On We Review the Samsung Helix (Verdict: We Like It) https://gizmodo.com/abacus-spot-watch-hands-on-176001 News Koss Pro4AAA Titanium Headphones Free Electronic Gaming Monthly Subscription Mac Pro Trademark Filed By Apple Add Touchscreen To Existing LCDs with USB Touchscreen Polaroid MGX-0550 GPS Navigation And DVD Player Toshiba Launching 2GB miniSD Card For Cellphones iPod…

Tech News Charlie White

Koss Pro4AAA Titanium Headphones

Designed for a “broadcast professional” the Koss Pro4AAA headphones have a titanium coating on “2 mil mylar diaphrams for a frequency response of 10-25,000 Hz.” This means they sound good. These are closed ear headphones, which means they block sound from the outside. They’re not completely sound blocking, like The Plug, but they should be…

Tech News Jason Chen

Free Electronic Gaming Monthly Subscription

Wife won’t let you take your new VAIO to the porcelain gallery to read Kotaku while you do your business? How about a free subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly sponsored by World Cyber Games instead? True, there’s an essential lack of Crecente and Ashcraft, but you gotta doo what you gotta doo. Offer lasts through…

Tech News Jason Chen

Mac Pro Trademark Filed By Apple

With the MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Mini all converted to Intel processors, the only item left for Apple in its computer line is the Power Mac desktops. Now, Apple’s filed for the “Mac Pro” trademark, which means there’s 99.999% certainty that the high-end machines are going to sport this monicker. The machines are…

Tech News Jason Chen

Add Touchscreen To Existing LCDs with USB Touchscreen

Want a touchscreen, but don’t want to give up your Dell LCD? Compromise, with this USB touchscreen. Plug the screen into your USB port, mount the screen onto your existing 15 or 17″ LCD, and your monitor is now touchable. The USB touchscreen is velcro-based and compatible with Windows 98SE through XP. You can either…

Tech News Jason Chen

Polaroid MGX-0550 GPS Navigation And DVD Player

This thing’s probably not legal in the UK, or many states in the US, like California, but Polaroid has combined a GPS Nav system with a DVD Player. The navigation itself isn’t anything out of the ordinary. It uses the Sirf Star III GPS Processor and has a touchscreen interface. But, the 5.6″ screen allows…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Toshiba Launching 2GB miniSD Card For Cellphones

Toshiba is joining the 2GB party a little late, seeing as 2GB minSD cards are already out and being used in Nokia E61s, but people don’t fault Apple for being late when they get things right. https://gizmodo.com/2gb-minisd-symbian-os-9-s60-3rd-edition-device-go-167158 Toshiba says their new 2GB miniSD cards can hold up to 35 hours of music, lots and lots…

Tech News Jason Chen

iPod Sport Kit Done Already By Microsoft

Sorry Apple, looks like this time you’re the one copying Microsoft. Your iPod Sport Kit? Microsoft Research did it already. https://gizmodo.com/nike-apple-ipod-sport-kit-175734 The MPTrain is a personal trainer using both hardware and software to do pretty much the same thing your Sport Kit does. The cellphone interface keeps track of your speed, distance, workout time, heart-rate,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dell To Open Dallas Store With No Inventory

What would you do if you went to a flower store that didn’t let you take any flowers home with you, but made you order the flowers online? Why would you even go to the store in the first place? This is exactly what Dell is doing. The plans are to open up a retail…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sunlinq Foldable Solar Charger

Another solar-powered charger, this time charging devices instead of batteries. The Sunlinq folding solar-power panel stashes easily into your bag or purse, ready to whip out when you need some juice for your iPod to make your family picnic that much more bearable. https://gizmodo.com/solar-powered-battery-charger-175127 Lots of connectors are available to connect to different cellphone models…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Targus Notebook Cases For Him And Her

For the girls who want to carry around their laptops but don’t want to look like they are, there’s the Prism Messenger. There’s a pocket for a cellphone, a PDA, business cards, and of course, a laptop. Available for $69. And for guys and girls, there’s the Leather Messenger that can hold laptops with up…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Canon to Cease Film Camera Production

Halogen Lighting Interferes With Nintendo Wiimote

RadarGolf System for Rich Duffers

Palm Treo 700p Trade-In Offer

iPod Sport on the Way?

Buy One $100 Laptop, Give Two to Kids

Maxian T600 PMP With Divx, Xvid Support

The Thermal Paste In MacBook Pros Not Causing Heating Issues?

Creative Releases Three Headphones

Gizmodo Today

Koss Pro4AAA Titanium Headphones

Free Electronic Gaming Monthly Subscription

Mac Pro Trademark Filed By Apple

Add Touchscreen To Existing LCDs with USB Touchscreen

Polaroid MGX-0550 GPS Navigation And DVD Player

Toshiba Launching 2GB miniSD Card For Cellphones

iPod Sport Kit Done Already By Microsoft

Dell To Open Dallas Store With No Inventory

Sunlinq Foldable Solar Charger

Targus Notebook Cases For Him And Her

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

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