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Sony Ericsson sees an opening in the cellphone market, pushing hard on its Walkman phones with the W300i, a quad-band EDGE cellphone with dedicated music buttons and the ability to play 30 hours of music on a single charge. It’s compatible with Memory Stick Micro cards, and has a still camera onboard that’s unfortunately just…
Yesterday we showed you Fully Loaded, a chair whose back and seat were made entirely of shotgun shells by Brooklyn designer Alexander Reh, and today we follow up with another one of his constructive witticisms, this one a design concept called the No-No Knife Set. https://gizmodo.com/fully-loaded-shotgun-shell-chair-157273 The design includes four electrical-themed knives that plug into…
Do you care about software licensing? Do you have a first and last name and perhaps a mailing address? Well, go ahead and take some of Bill’s hard-earned dosh by requesting a Microsoft USB key containing handy FAQs, software licensing briefs, and additional information. You can then place many, many keygens, serialz, and cracks on…
I love me some Linux. I’m a Linux freakazoid. Seriously. So they make a Tux-shaped mini-PC. I love the design and I love little Tux, but as I read further, I was appalled. Shocked! Think of the children! TUX Case is made up of six coloured parts in PVC: pecker, right and left legs are…
Our eagle-eyed reporter at the PMAs posted a quick look at Nikon’s P3 and P4 point-and-shoots. The P3 is $449.50 and the P4 is $399.99. Overall, you’ve got some nice new features including a redesigned UI and Face-Priority Focus for taking portraits. Both cameras have 8-megapixel sensors and are quite shiny and tiny, with an…
The as-yet-unreleased Sanyo VPC-HD1 Xacti camcorder, a small-form-factor HDV shooter that records 720p MPEG-4 high-definition video onto an SD flash memory card, was negatively reviewed by Akihabara News. The reviewers liked the build quality and design of the groundbreaking $800 high-definition camcorder/5.1-megapixel still camera, but called its video quality disastrous. So what can we say?…
If you’ve been to a Home Depot lately, you know that chicks are into hardware, so it’s no surprise that Tickled Online is offering this pink toolbox, a comprehensive array of tools for the enterprising do-it-yourself lady. There are pink phones, pink everything else, why not pink tools? In addition to a two-toned pink hammer,…
Although we received reports last week that the Motorola Q could be waiting in the wings for a rollout this week, ber gizmo dug up sources saying that we may have to wait until April to see the advanced RAZR-like smartphone on the market. The story goes that the Q will be undergoing friendly user…
I’m seeing some serious fun here. Get really drunk, pop yourself in one of these big rubber balls, and roll down the nearest hill. The resulting vortex of vomit and gravity will remind you never to do Jaeger shots again. See, these things are part of some sort of new extreme sport created by Andrew…
While there were plenty of mega camera, printer and camcorder releases at PMA this week, there was only one monster release—MonsterPod, that is. What the heck is MonsterPod? Good question. We were skeptical too when we saw it stuck to a swinging tennis racket at a press preview off the show floor in Orlando this…
All other stories were dwarfed by Gizmodo s live coverage of the Apple event introducing the iPod Hi-Fi and the two Mac minis in Cupertino. We did have a few reservations about the shared memory of the mini s graphics chipset, quickly realizing that the littlest Mac is probably not suitable for the demands of…
Lawsuits schmasuits. Apple is helping solve the iPod scratching problem by charging you even more money for a mediocre (at least from appearance) accessory. This Apple branded leather case was one of the announcements today at Apple’s “Fun” Event. And this case is as far from “Fun” as possible. There are three different versions available…
Sometimes a simple yet elegant idea comes along that solves a pressing problem, and here’s a perfect example of that: 360 Electrical’s Plug and Turn, a two-plug wall outlet that can rotate in any direction and maintain power even while being rotated. Each receptacle has 18 click stops around the full 360 rotation, giving you…
Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario has said no to the addition of Wi-Fi networks throughout the campus because of the potential health risks that are associated with electromagnetic fields produced by Wi-Fi signals. The refusal was issued by Lakehead University President, Fred Gilbert. He directly noted a study done by the California Public Utilities…
Charlotte Friis Design Studio has developed a dining table that is radio controlled and battery-driven that ticks and tells time. The table symbolizes the importance of time, and reminds the family about the balance of work and family. The different number of nuts at the joints between the legs and the tabletop, indicate the different…
The Denon AVC-2920 with HDMI and 1080p support will suddenly make hooking up a full-quality 7.1 surround sound setup a piece of cake. The nice thing about HDMI cables is that they re as easy to plug in is a FireWire cable, and they carry audio and video at the same time. Now all of…
Canton has introduced its CD 200 series of loudspeakers that are used with flat-panel video displays. The line includes three models sold separately or as a part of packaged 5.1-channel system that includes subwoofers. The floor-standing CD 200 features aluminum housing and a low-depth cylindrical shape that serves to minimize standing wave formation within the…
Soccer fanatics will snap up this TrendNet hotspot detector, a $68 USB 2.0 adapter that not only sniffs out WiFi hotspots but connects you to them at the same time. Festooned with an arty-looking soccer motif, the TrendNet TEW-429UB has an LCD screen that shows you signal strength and type of encryption present, and its…
No, this isn’t Microsoft’s Bob. BOB stands for Battery Operated Barrier and it’s a set of vehicle containment devices that cause severe tire damage. This BOB consists of two products. First, there’s the barrier itself, a bright yellow arm that swings down over the road, and then there’s the TRAP. The trap is an instantly…
This week at TreeHugger: Hymotion introduced plug-in hybrid kits for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner models, giving them extra juice so they’ll use even less gas. Scientists at Oregon State University and local farmers are using microtechnology to home-brew their own biodiesel. Earthrace, a bid to use only renewable fuels to break the…