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Brother just announced two high-end models in the “multi functional household use machine” series called the “MyMio.” Both the MFC-840CLN (17.2x 14.5x 6.4 inches, 13.6 lb) and the MFC-820CN (14.6x 13.6x 6.4 inches, 13 lb) function as printer, color copier, photo media capturer, scanner, fax, PC fax and more. They feature a 2.5 inch color…
Check out this stud—easily the best dressed blogger out there. And now you can be like him and save some bling while you are at it. This is JB sporting his Scottevest Sev 4.0. Scottevest is celebrating their 5th anniversary by offering a 50% off sale that lasts until this Sunday. Buy, buy, buy! https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-scottevest-126012…
Hidden among a book about female bottoms and the Mr. T in Your Pocket keychain on the website BoysStuff are these chocolate thongs. Milk chocolate, in case you were wondering. And once again, I must give the sound, feminine advice that although they look like fun in a box, many women may not feel the…
Ebara Jitsugyo Co (EJK) out of Japan will be releasing this contactless thermometer. The worst part of getting sick as a child was getting my temperature taken—maybe my family was too Midwestern, but they stuck that thing where the sun doesn t shine. Boy, was it embarrassing when they took my temperature during my sixteenth…
A forum jockey over at Xboxhacker has developed a way to play burned ripped backup DVDs on his Xbox one without the use of a hardmod or softmod. This hack does all of the work by hacking the DVD firmware. Basically, all you have to do to get the xbox 1 to ‘authenticate’ a disc…
It is time for our weekly buyout/merger rumor. Today the New York Post is reporting that Google is looking to align with Napster, possibly buy them completely outright. With Google’s recent foray into the downloadable video service it is only a matter of time before they push something in the audio world. Representatives from Google…
Coming to a bar district near you, the Pee Tree. This was designed by Joa Herrenknecht for use in public spaces. It is big, bright and ceramic, just pee on the tree itself and lets the urine run down, or pee directly into the receptacle around the base of the tree. The urine is then…
Turtle Beach makes PC surround sound a snap with its Audio Advantage Roadie USB Audio Adapter. Just a regular little USB sound card that snaps into your USB port, it’ll hook you up with instant 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound connectivity, as well as all kinds of outputs to connect your computer or laptop to…
Just a small heads-up to let you know that if you have a Skype phone, you’ll soon be able to buy any of Warner Music Group’s songs to use as ringtones. Labels include Atlantic, Asylum and Rhino so get ready for your fave Bjork and Black Sabbath songs to ring in your ears. It’s always…
Looks like the iPod has claimed another victim in the European arm of iRiver. According to sources, the continent’s PR team have all been given the boot and the marketing department is being moved to Korea. That’s a hell of a hint, I’d say. The company, which puts out digital audio players and was one…
Never really heard much about the French cellphone company Sagem, but it looks like its my400L GSM phone was just approved by the FCC to arrive here in the US. A candybar phone with Bluetooth and a camera placed on the left instead of centered (not sure how many MP), it includes a mirror for…
QWERTY keyboards are for email, not music. Laptop musicians and DJs should look instead to the Faderfox Micromodul line of boutique German MIDI controllers, designed specially for DJ apps and live music software Ableton Live. They’ll even fit right over top of your laptop keyboard— unless you planned on hitting AIM during your all-night set.…
This is getting pretty deep down the chain, but we have some reports on what the DS Lite is like. All of this is coming from a friend of a friend that works at the peripheral company, Hori. Hori is only manufacturing basic stuff, like screen covers, but they did get a demo unit. Here…
Our brawny brethren at Gawker Media’s sports blog Deadspin are going to the Super Bowl—without tickets. We’re as unsure as Deadspin’s A.J. Daulerio as to how he’ll manage to finagle a way into the big game, but that’s half the adventure. (The other half is making it out of Detroit without the desire to burn…
Wild and just a little unsettling, this GypsyMIDI from Sonalog is a motion capture MIDI controller—giving you hours and hours of really weird fun. Actually, it’s made mainly for animation companies for high-end motion capture, but if you go to the website and check out these videos, you may want to drop the cash for…
HP will be teaming up with ViaMichelin to introduce a new plug-and-drive satellite navigation system. This system will use the iPAQ rx1950, cradle and ViaMichelin’s GPS software. It has an integrated Wi-Fi adapter, runs Windows Mobile 5.0, SD slot expansion, 3.5-inch screen and full-on media player. This is a hell of an idea, especially for…
A big thanks goes out to all the kind readers who nominated us for a 2006 Bloggie in the category of “Best Computers or Technology Blog.” Now we just need one more thing from you: vote us the winner! The voting ends tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern, so please, do it for the children. There…
Leave it to Hammacher Schlemmer to come up with a ridiculous product with a ridiculous price tag. For just $17,000, you too can hover just a few inches in the air and up to 15 mph with this insane Levitating Hover Scooter. Runs for about an hour on a tank of gas and can only…
A company called Unicon Systems is now working on a nifty little WiFi portable media player called the MBridge. Using 802.11b, this PMP will run on Linux and touts freedom for all technology. So not only does it play media, but you can also use it for data transfer, chatting with instant messengers and even…
Ronaldinho, Lampard, Trezeguet and Ra l are but some of the names that will be on the lips of the world s soccer fans—along with pints of bubbly, intoxicating Carlsberg Beer—once the World Cup kicks off this June in Germany. Toshiba, a major sponsor of the tornament, is giving fans a chance to score some…