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This is kind of a dubious find but it’s interesting enough, so here you go. The XBox360 Dev Kit recognizes the PSP as an external flash reader and can download images and other junk from the MemoryStick. Does this mean you’ll be able to port Lumines to the 360? Probably not, at least not until…
It’s not every day that you get an earful of counterfeit identification tips when browsing for a copy of Super Robot Taisen Wars, but it’s a great feeling when you do. Astute reader Russ sent us one of his auctions complete with multiple images relating to real and fake GBA games, including a exegesis on…
The mind-control ninjas at NTT Telecom—Motto: We’re as Bell Labs Used to Be—have figured out how to control young ladies in extremely bulky clothing. Upon receiving a series of shocks delivered straight to the vestibular system, the area that controls balance, the human body reacts as if it were being pushed to one side or…
Sony Ericsson just released a new Walkman phone called the Sony Ericsson W550, which is basically the same Tri-band/GPRS model as the W600a, except it s for Europe, Africa, and Asia. And as for the W600a, it s now being branded as the W600i for global distribution as a Quad-Band/EDGE phone. Quick reminder on the…
Some Gizmodo problems today so I’m just getting up to speed. I’m also having the Safari “spinning-beachball” problem which is driving me out of my tree. I know. Clean out the cache, wash out my ears, Safari Enhancer – blah blah blah.
Lost in translation, or intentionally provocative? There’s got to be a good story behind the name “Homo Sausage.” If you’re wondering, like I did, if “homo” has the same meaning in Japanese… it does. -JM Homo Sausage: full image Maruzen Fish & Ham Sausages Video of Homo Sausage in action [Maruzen Fun Club]
DavesiPaq found a sexy rebate form informing the world that the hw6515 will hit the streets, possibly next week, at a $50 rebate. More as we get it. iPAQ hw6515 coming to Cingular with $50 Rebate [DavesiPaq]
It is good to see that Razer is finally migrating out of ball-mice and into the new age of optical and laser, but this thing is crazy. Two freaking thousand dpi laser, adjustable weight and even 32kb of memory. Yes, memory in the mouse! The memory is used to store user profiles inside of the…
The intarweb needs a new search engine like it needs another goatse mirror. While Mars flag is coming to an already crowded party, it shows up fashionably late and in style. It’s killer feature: visual indexing. Enter a family-friendly search phrase like “college coeds,” then watch in horror *cough* delight, as your search results display…
Lazy, warezing, PSP hacking people of the world, this product is for you. It is a Memory Stick Duo video recording device. Rather than dealing with the hassle of video conversion and file formats and codecs just stream the video directly to your Memory Stick Duo. Four quality options are available. They range from 150…
Samsung has taken the modern concept for the cell phone and stripped all communication functions out of it and it actually doesn t seem like that bad of an idea. The YP-T8 is a digital video and audio player with an integrated 2 megapixel camera [Intern Travis got carried away. He just wants to believe.…
I don’t know, dudes and dudettes. I said it would never happen and I was wrong. It appears Palm is now playing with Satan himself. https://gizmodo.com/treo-700-to-run-windows-prolly-not-113175 Here’s a link round-up. God bless ’em. Anonymous Treo Video Shot and Photos [DavesiPaq] So who wants a Treo 670 with Windows? [Digibuzz] A Treo 670 Running Windows Mobile…
Extremetech takes a really close look at something that looks like bondage gear. The Mystify Claw is not quite a mouse, not even a keyboard. It acts as a docking station for your left hand with ten programmable buttons at your fingertips. Each button can be assigned its own function—customized for different programs if you…
Locomocean has decided to do the smart business move and take advantage of the American obsession over the iPod with their new iDuck. What makes this duck different from other rubber ducks and more is simply the color. It’s still a plastic duck. They didn t stop short at the color though. The duck also…
Just a couple of small electronics manufacturers are topping the recently released “best brands” survey. 2,339 adults were asked for the top three name brands they know. Sony took the top honors for the sixth year in a row and Dell came in second place. The past three years Dell and Coca-Cola have been in…
Hatress has three new mp3 players all having the exact same specs, but different designs. WTF is correct. They have 20GB of storage space, supports different formats, direct MP3 encoding, voice recording, FM radio, and a pretty good battery life. The kicker about these three MP3 players is that they all lack any kind of…
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Five bucks says the plan to add something called Output Content Protection Management to Windows Vista is going to fail. The plan is simple—create an army of PCs and monitors that are compliant with High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (HDCP). This copy protection allows premium, red-hot content to appear on an HDCP compliant monitor in all…
3G: the most revolutionary telecommunications technology EVAR. At least according to the phone companies spending all this money to deploy it. But the real power of 3G, as evidenced by a Samsung demo of TD-SCDMA, the Chinese-developed 3G standard? Video calls with somebody 5 feet away. Yes! — CL Samsung and the TD-SCDMA [Akihabara News]
This is a deal simply because the seller is quite honest about his feelings towards his phone. A brief excerpt: * The earpeice is a bit intermittant so you don’t know if you’ve connected or not, very annoying. *Sometimes it blasts your lughole with your million decibel ringtone while your on the phone. OW! *Using…