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Can’t figure out where to put those coffee mugs once you’re done with them? Plug them into the wall with this ball-and-socket design with three ceramic mugs and a wall-mounted rubberized holder for $49. This is an unusual conversation starter, with the mug’s protruding handle engaging in a curious lube-free intercourse with its holder, saving…
You probably own tons of high-tech golf accessories, but they probably haven’t improved your game much. This gadget may be the most useful. While other golf accessories try to help your game, Hammacher Schlemmer knows how bad your slice is and has some glasses that assist in finding lost golf balls. They work by blocking…
Powered by three LEDS rather than the traditional lamp, Mitisubishi’s PK10, they claim, is the world’s smallest projector. The Japanese electronics giant showed just what the PK10 PocketProjector can do when it was installed in a concept car of theirs. Whilst mounted, the projector was used to display various data on a transparent screen on…
What’s next for the maker of the RAZR, the SLVR and the ROKR? Apparently, the SCPL, pronounced “Scalpel”, to be launched in 2007. Ron Garriques, the head of Motorola’s cellphone division, says the phone will be even thinner than the other four-letter phones on the market, and have “five features” that differentiate them from others.…
The LX550 from LG is being renamed the FUSIC and launching in the US on the Sprint Network. https://gizmodo.com/ctia-lg550-handset-165219 To refresh, the phone has EVDO, bluetooth stereo, 1.3-megapixel camera, and microSD for storage. Users can access the Sprint Music Store with the FUSIC and stream music from “Sprint Radio, Music Choice, Rhapsody Radio, MTV Mobile,…
MVIX announced a wireless enclosure for a hard drive that will work as a video server using WiFi 802.11g. Under ideal conditions that might be barely fast enough to wirelessly stream HD across your network, where the company says it can handle MPEG 1, 2 and 4, DivX, XviD and WM9 at resolutions up to…
Remember that silly lawsuit that pitted the world against Apple because the iPod nano scratches too easily? Well it seems the lead plaintiff, Jason Tomczak, never wanted anything to do with the case. He actually said he wanted to clear his name from the suit and didn’t want his name to be used publicly. Well,…
What do you do when you want to show the latest Disney animation feature, Cars, on four 125-foot screens at a huge outdoor venue such as a speedway? That’s the scenario presented to organizers of a benefit for Speedway Children’s Charities that will be taking place at Lowe’s Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600 on…
We’ve seen more than enough World Cup crap lately. This doesn’t have much to do with soccer; it is just a really neat desk. https://gizmodo.com/usb-football-fan-166727 The desk has it all: an integrated PC, retractable 19-inch LCD screen, 320W sound system, TV tuner (for soccer games, duh), and best of all: a mini-fridge. All integrated into…
No biggie, but Sony Ericsson released some headphones for their red-hot Walkman phones. The HPM-82 has a remote control for track control and pause/play functions, a built-in microphone, and a special in-ear design for maximum audio love. It also comes in black or orange, so it’ll be perfect for Halloween. No U.S. availability announced, but…
How cheap is the S60? It’s only $199 and includes 21MB internal storage and runs on 2 AA batteries. While it’s not quite as impressive as similar Kodak or Sony low-ends, the Sanyo does have a 6-megapixel sensor and some sort of touch-sensitive button (I know, I know, but this one you don’t have to…
Well slap me around and call me Jenkins. It seems the great United Kingdom is reconsidering the ban that is placed upon the iTrip. For those unfamiliar, the iTrip is a low power FM transmitting iPod accessory made by Griffin. Get the full scoop after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/new-itrip-lcd-reviewed-verdict-a-would-do-busines-118761 The iTrip was banned because it violated…
Dell ratchets up its Precision Workstations a couple of notches by adding dual core Xeon processors to the mix. The leader of the pack is the Dell Precision Workstation 690, which can be stoked with a pair of dual core Intel Xeon 5080 processors at 3.73GHz and your choice of 32-bit or 64-bit Windows XP.…
Now that skype is free, we suspect lots of people will try it at least once to save on long distance and cellphone charges. Problem is, not everyone has a speakerphone, personal communicator, or skype-enabled wifi phone. https://gizmodo.com/skype-is-free-in-us-and-canada-173786 This Skype-enabled speakerphone from Taiwan has them all beat. Why? With its “high quality” microphone, you can…
LG looks to be trying to fill a void in the world of external DVD drives with the release of their GSA-5169D. Unlike other external DVD drives that support only a limited number of DVD formats, the GSA-5169D supports all standard, non-high definition DVD formats. With the GSA-5169D plugged into your USB 2.0 port, you’ll…
In the beginning days of image stabilization, you had to spend $15,000 for a Steadicam, and hire a specially-trained operator to run it. But now, Invensense has invented a camera phone image stabilization device with what it calls the world’s smallest dual axis gyroscope, boiling it down into a wafer-thin chip. The company says it’s…
Columnist Gary Krakow informs the world that Vista Beta 2 “was one of the worst operating system experiences that I’ve ever encountered.” While this bit of ungrammatical hyperbole is purely subjective, we’re slowly getting the feeling that the big V is going to blow a donkey. Writing for MSNBC, Krakow informs us that the beta…
This week at Lifehacker: One wire plus two computers equals 800 megabytes transfer rate. Here’s how to set up a fast FireWire network to move all your disk hogging files from one machine to another. Our in-house law geek reveals what will really happen if you get caught BitTorrenting those copyrighted movies. It’s not EVDO,…
Over 200 AirPort Express stations have suddenly burned out, enough to make us—and others—think there might be a bit of a problem. While most of the latest Airports are impervious to this problem, it seems that if your AirPort has any of these identifiers, then you can expect a visit from the smoky electronics fairy…
Let’s get one thing straight. We were about to write off SPOT. The technology, while very cool, has thus far been limited to a few geek watches and weather stations that the average Joe—the guy who might want to wear a watch rather than check the time on his cellphone—would consider picking one up. That…