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Yes, you can build your own personal video recorder (PVR) and here’s a step-by-step do-it-yourself article that shows you how it can done without breaking the bank. Sal Cangeloso took a small form-factor Mini-ITX case and even though it had just a one-gigahertz processor with 512MB of RAM on its motherboard, was able to turn…
Russian is not one of the languages we speak at Gizmodo and so we can’t confirm whether the Mago Luxury Smartphone you see above has ever gone into production or if it ever will (we’re guessing not), but damn, it sure is pretty, innit? Not that specs really matter in this case, but here are…
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While a lot of these photos look like the old “broken bike in a puddle” chestnut popular with college kids in Photography 101, it’s interesting to see products in such advanced stages of entropy. Remember, we’ve got a hot contest running, as well, involving food, HDTVs, and DISH. https://gizmodo.com/dish-network-hdtv-dinner-giveaway-161962 Winners [Consumerist]
If there was ever a task that definitely needed an efficiency boost, it is house TP’ing. This air-powered cannon can launch toiletpaper rolls upwards of 150 feet. It’s time to finally show those pesky teachers why you are the man, Fonzie. The building plans for this project will run you $10.61. Product Page [Via Red…
We’re not sure we actually know anyone who would use Chillichilly’s Pocket Ashtray, but life in cities would be just that little bit better if smokers paid more attention to where they toss their nasty cigarette butts. No hatin’, just telling it like it is. Firefly, Pocket Ashtray, lil’ red riding hood [MoCo Loco]
We know, we know, we can’t believe Sony’s working on new MiniDisc products either. We’re not even sure what we think is cuter: the fact that Sony’s still making them, or that they’ve apparently realized that ATRAC is not going to be king after all no matter how hard they try and so the new…
Everybody’s talking about Slingbox Mobile, but do they have video of it? No! We don’t, either, but MobilityToday does and they were kind enough to hound us all morning about it. Thanks to Slingbox Mobile, you’ll never have to miss your favorite program again. You’ll also never have to pretend to have friends anymore, because…
We missed these in our CeBIT adventures and I’m going to say I’m kind of glad. The WaveOn MCH-501U is a surround-sound speakers system with optical in and six internal speakers. Details are as slim as garter snake, but let’s chalk this up to “overkill, mkay” and move on. 6 speakers in one headphone?? [AVing]
This device… no, I just can’t do it. Let’s just stare at this picture and weep for the children. Photo Page [Sydney Morning Herald]
I’ve never seen anyone using Lightscribe to label their CDs thus far, but that doesn’t mean people don’t do it. In an obvious, if interesting test, reader David shows us that you can greatly improve the contrast on Lightscribe disks by burning them a few times. At 5-10 minutes per burn, you better have a…
Have no fear, bat-a-rang haters. The monstrosity of a controller that Sony has been displaying since E3 2005 will be getting the can and a new model will be on display at this year’s E3 in May. We speculated the redesign when we saw the bat-a-rang controller missing from the Sony booth at CES and…
This 19-inch monitor features an integrated motion sensor that will detect when a person sits in front of the monitor and power it on. I always thought having the monitor in standby mode was sufficient. Any electrical warriors out there know if having the monitor off completely rather than standby mode makes a significant difference?…
The horror! Microsoft’s Major Nelson took this candid shot of the PS3 dev-kit running on XP. Somewhere, Tux is screaming. And screaming. Apparently, the dev-kit was supposed to be Linux-only and was also supposed to come with a pet dolphin and make you see beautiful sunrises. However, this frightening development truly changes the entire game.…
Looks like Acer has tipped its hand and will be producing HD-DVD laptops this year, fast on Toshiba’s long tail. No details on the final implementation—and, most importantly, no details on if Acer will also support Blu-Ray—but we should get a few bets together on the winning format. I’m currently inching towards BR, but HD-DVD…
In the grand scheme of things, the average gamer—and I don’t mean folks who are reading this right now—can’t tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. Thank God, because according to Microsoft’s Scott Henson, director of game technology, pure 1080p content is very, very hard to produce and any hardware manufacturer who is claiming to…
The battle between ATI and nVidia just stepped up a notch with the introduction of the ATI FireGL V7350 GPU. The V7350 s claim to fame is that it is the first GPU to boast a full 1GB of memory. Meant for workstations, the card features ATI s Avivo video and display technology, which increases…
Cheap Headphones Final Four By Brendan I. Koerner In my forthcoming book Great Moments in Low-End History, to be published in 2019 by whoever’s willing to pay me, the debut of JetBlue Airways is ranked way near the top. This has nothing to do with the airline’s low, low fares, nor its brilliant, cost-cutting insistence…
Turning away from the steady stream of annoying alarm clocks we’ve seen lately, the Lifemax Under Pillow Vibration Alarm Clock attempts to keep from bothering those around you by vibrating you awake rather than making obnoxious noises or requiring you to perform mundane tasks. However, if you’ve ever been startled by your vibrating cellphone, you’ll…
Carbon Nanotube (CNT) technology is making lots of things possible that were never dreamed of before, for instance, this bike frame on the BMC SLC01 Pro Machine that weighs 2.1 lb., or about as much as five cellphones. How is it made? Said its makers: Tiny tiny tiny (you can t even see em) tubes…