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Our favorite world-trapsing photographer Matthias B. sends us his latest news from the world of high-end photography: it looks like hasselblad, which makes these high-end cameras for masochists, fetishists, and pro photographers who don’t know better is discontinuing its panoramic camera due to new EU regulations – wether or not they’re keeping it in japan…
Another week, another contest. We are really getting generous, nowadays. This week we are giving away a 19-inch Sony LCD Wega HDTV. Like every contest there is a little bit of a catch. We want to see an authentic “HDTV dinner.” Raid that refrigerator and pantry to build us a faux HDTV or HDTV-related device…
Rumor and Speculation iPod Phone All But Confirmed? Nokia s Vanjoki Expects Total Domination Revolution Getting Name Change, June Release? https://gizmodo.com/ipod-phone-all-but-confirmed-162287 News Dell Buys Alienware Self-Stirring Cup LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Pre-Order Starts April 1 Dualit Digital Radio Humax 40 LCD TV With Built-In 40GB HD SK Telecom LG-SD910 Duo Slider Pioneer HTP-XGS1 Surround Sound System…
Dell’s Gretchen Miller has just confirmed to Gizmodo (and, to be fair, a room full of journalists) that the PC giant is indeed buying Alienware. Alienware will be operating as a separate entity from Dell—at least for now—and Dell will retain their XPS line of gaming hardware. With Alienware buy, Dell will sell AMD-based computers…
Anssi Vanjoki, head of Nokia’s multimedia division, recently did an interview with the Financial Times in which he expressed the belief that the ubiquity of multimedia cellphones would soon sound a death knell for music device and camcorder manufacturers, much as they have helped herald the end of the photo industry as we know it.…
Mariah Carey is so lazy she has an assistant to put a straw in her mouth so she can drink during press conferences, so it’s a good bet she’s probably lazy enough to have her assistant stir her coffee for her. We can’t tell you how to make enough money to be able to afford…
You fans of LEGO MINDSTORMS had better mark your calendars for April 1, as that’s the date the LEGO Shop and retailers like Amazon, Target, Fry’s and Wal-Mart will start taking pre-orders for the new MINDSTORMS NXT. Pre-ordering is the only way you can be sure to get a box of the highly-anticipated NXT, even…
Australian tech news site Smarthouse talked to an unnamed executive at Taiwanese cellphone company BenQ recently, who says Apple representatives have been working on manufacturing deals in Taiwan for an iPod phone over the past few months: “An iPod phone is definitely coming. BenQ will not be making it as we are in competition with…
British company Dualit are famous for making gorgeously-styled appliances, most notably their Vario line of toasters, and their new DAB digital radio is no exception to tradition. Pricey at £200 and only for use in the UK, its retro chrome good looks make that Sony radio we cooed over just the other day look like…
Two different ways to slide, why the hell not? It kind of reminds us of the latest shaving razor shenanigans. In a couple of years we will see the SK Telecom Ultra Slider Deluxe Fusion featuring five different sliding mechanisms. The screen slides out horizontally to unveil multimedia function keys and the entire face unit…
Pioneer looks to be jumping onto the Xbox 360 craze with this product. The HTP-XGS1 is a 600 watt, 5.1 surround sound system that is designed to work with the Xbox 360. This system even includes Multi Channel Acoustic Calibration (MCACC), which analyzes your rooms acoustics and adjusts the system accordingly for the best audio…
In a world filled with small cell phones it is good to see a big-ass phone. This phone is the size of a 20-foot room, and even requires boxing gloves. Large buttons are placed around the room and dialing is done by punching the buttons. Once the dialing is completed communication is done by standing…
The day and age of an old combination-dial style vault hidden behind crappy paintings is over with the advent of this biometric vault. This vault is protected by 140-gauge bullet-proof stainless steel and a biometric fingerprint scanning. The biometric sensor can store up to six different fingerprint scans. It also includes a secret compartment within…
“Printball” (Gaulon, 2005) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen As an exponential amount of digital objects begin to permeate our daily lives, the tendency for manufacturers to combine multiple functionalities into one “mega” device seems to be a popular methodology. Taking this credo as a starting point with his hardware inspired projects is French media artist, Benjamin…
Honestly, the Swiss army knife went out with boy scouts. With growing up comes different responsibilities. For example: people trade in whittling wood with stapling memos and TPS reports. This Swiss Business Tool will provide you all of the tools you’ll ever need. It includes a flat-clinch stapler, hole punch, staple remover, scissors, optical gauge…
There are two ways to describe the DeFIBulator: a portable lie detector, if you’re feeling sensational, or a portable tension detector, if you’re feeling honest. Developed in Singapore, it purports to measure varying degrees of vibration in someone’s voice to 65% accuracy. In case that number still doesn’t convince you this is meant to be…
Card Beeper is a credit card case that cries out in anguish when there is no card inside. Every 20 seconds, you’ll hear a beep if you’ve forgotten to get your card back from a merchant, or if you’ve been jacked by a pickpocket. There’s a money clip on the back, too, so your cash…
The SN-A250 is one hell of a sexy MP3 player. Upon first glance, then entire face is a black and has an integrated OLED screen. The buttons are placed along the side to keep it slim and smooth. The back of this MP3 player has a metallic finish. Unfortunately it goes no larger than 1GB.…
Here s Pit Stop, the portable urinal designed for truckers that’s tailor-made for guys and gals with promises to keep. The receiving end is designed to be mounted on the wall of a truck s sleeper cab, while the leakproof container at the other end of the five-foot transfer hose is self-sealing with a quick-disconnect…
Some of us here at Gizmodo are ten times more excited about the upcoming Nintendo Revolution than we ever were about the Macbook Pro, so the rumors currently swirling around GDC about how the Revolution might just get a name change and might just be out in June are threatening to make our heads explode.…