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If you’ve ever fantasized about what 150 Mac Minis might look like, well, you really are a bigger dweeb than we’d thought and we’re so totally never going to go out on a date with you, so stop asking already! Jeez. Print this photo of your dream realized out and spend some quality time in…
The Netgear Skype WiFi phone SPH101 just popped up on Amazon, finally! You’ll still have to wait until June 30 to receive one, and it’s not cheap, either—even though the list price is $300, it’ll still cost you $249.99. The great thing is, you don’t need a PC to use it, you can call anyone…
Take a look at this pleasingly slim and small PC, the TWave Prime Super Mini, packing an Intel Core Duo T2300 processor running at 1.66 GHz. It’s kinda hard to tell how small it is by the picture, but its most striking dimension is that it’s just 1.5 inches tall. At 6.5 inches wide and…
Panasonic says its LF-MB121JD Blu-ray drive for PC will ship on June 10th. It will be able to crank out those Blu-ray disks at 2x, and is also pretty good at DVD and CD burning, too. The only bad news here is that you’ll feel really dumb around next year at this time if you…
Feature Low End Theory https://gizmodo.com/low-end-theory-168542 Rumors and Speculation Rumor: Apple to Intro 17-Inch MacBook? Apple Working on Origami UMPC? https://gizmodo.com/rumor-apple-to-intro-17-inch-macbook-168477 News USB Air Purifier and Ionizer Seagate Reveals 750GB Barracuda Hard Drive Apple’s Suit Against “John Does” Set To Be Heard Motorola Patents Electric Massage Cellphones Apple Drops PortalPlayer for Flash Based iPods Sony Launches…
If your coworker in the next cube has an odor somewhere between a puddle of urine in the subway and the Antichrist, click on the link as fast as humanly possible. This USB powered air purifier provides a breath soothing freshness that’s so desperately missing from corporate America today. At a price of $20, it’s…
Google’s not the only company accidentally revealing products via their documents these days. This morning the Seagate’s website inadvertently showed us all the upcoming 750GB Barracuda. The drive will use 7200 RPM spindles and come in both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA flavors. The sheet also specified that the drives would have a 16MB cache.…
A San Jose, California Court of Appeal is set to hear Apple’s suit against an as-yet unnamed “John Doe” for product leaks in 2004. Apple argues that unlike whistleblowers, who are bringing possible illegal activities to light, internet journalists are just feeding into the public’s thirst for rumors. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), feels that…
The vibrate function on current mobiles still make an uncomfortable amount noise, especially if placed on a table. Because of this, Motorola has developed a new system to silently massage the wearer when a call is incoming. The technology will send electric pulses into your soft, flabby exterior in order to stimulate your gooey interior.…
We know how you feel, PortalPlayer. Being dropped like Apple is just like how we were dropped by our college girlfriend two weeks before graduation. She, like Apple, wanted to “meet new people” and “explore other options”. Is it your fault that iPod sales have been down this quarter due to seasonal factors? Sure, your…
Thanks to the Konica-Minolta buy-out, Sony has all kinds of intellectual property to sort through. To that end, they’re announcing the Alpha series of D-SLR cameras which will be compatible with Alpha, Maxxum and Dynax gear. This new line essentially throws existing Konica-Minolta users a bone and there should be a number of cameras coming…
Chris Lewis, the regional vice president for Microsoft in Europe, the Middle East and Africa recently had some fighting words about Sony and their Blu-Ray media format. “Blu-ray right now reminds us of another technology from Sony: Betamax. A bit like VHS—we think that HD DVD is the format that consumers, film studios and publishers…
Sponsors are strong, no one can tell them they’re wrong: Dice, Honda Fit, Hersheys, Toshiba, MS MEDC, Intel, Kensington, Sprint, SmartHome, PPPCard.net, HSBC, Manual Power Sponsoring is a battlefield. https://gizmodo.com/preview/advertising-with-gizmodo-8027
Have you every felt the need to have a funnel cloud swirling around in your living room? Maybe the idea of a rushing vortex of air really steams your clams? If this is indeed the case, look no further than this machine that you can build from spare parts. Highly detailed instructions on how to…
Three-way boot, you pervs. You know those Linux junkies, they will do everything in their power to get a quick fix. Believe it or not, the onmac.net Linux junkies have utilized their arch nemesis, Windows, for a greater good. Specifically, they have devised a way to chain-load Linux onto the Intelotosh MacBook with a bootloader…
David over at OhGizmo did a detailed review of the WickedLasers Nexus, which one of our fair readers won not so long ago. The video’s pretty long, but it shows off all the coolness you can do with a $369 laser, including cutting tape, lighting matches, and damaging the corneas of stray cats. Product Page…
If you’re like me then you have files of digital pictures on your computer that you have been meaning to print out and frame. The only problem is that printing the pictures is the easy part, then there is frame shopping, wall mounting and leveling. Enter stage left, the Wave Magnetic Track. It is a…
If you want glorious picture out of your PC, get ready to shell out some bucks because this is it. The Dell 3007WFP has a higher resolution than HD and there is a good chance it may even be bigger than most of your TVs—at least in my place it would be the biggest. This…
JVC is finally getting on the nice design bandwagon with the UX-N1. This is basically a clock radio/CD player with an auxiliary input for MP3 players which is less than three inches high. It comes with a pair of speakers and there’s are no dials—just touch sensitive surfaces. There’s also a remote. Apparently the system…
Ah, Japan… your high-tech lifestyles are getting the best of you, eh? Well, you have a solution which will help keep all those anime obsessed girls slim and sexy: cover them in ridiculous “beauty gear” that went out with snake oil and radium water. I assure you that almost every one of these things at…