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While flash memory players aren t really our bag, this Lexar seems to do a basic job of things. It is a simple and basic MP3 player that generally would be marketed to the more casual MP3 listener. The initial shocker is that this MP3 player is only $49 for the version not including a…
After more than a month of hype and pre-release teasing, Creative’s brand new portable media player, the Zen Vision, is finally out for public consumption. This is good, because we were getting a little tired of being yanked around, wondering if we would ever get any of that sweet and shiny Zen loving. Now that…
HD-DVD is taking another jab at Blu-Ray with the announcement of Toshiba using HD-DVD drives in the Xbox 360. Unfortunately though, the initial release Xbox 360 s will have just standard DVD drives and the HD-DVD will be pushed into the system when they are ready. Will this hurt Microsoft s initial sale numbers? Only…
The entire concept of self-chilling and heating beverage containers seems cool at first, but by no means is this a fad that will revolutionize the drinking world. Prices will be high and there is something about having an 8th grade science chemical reaction going on underneath the beverage that will be consumed. Regardless I.C. Can…
I just couldn’t resist. This is really just a story about how nurses need to remember where they put their trouser snakes, but it’s such a fascinating topic and is kind of gadgety if you consider rubber tubing a gadget. See, a lot of infections occur when patients sit around too long with a mainline…
Sorry for not posting this earlier. It got stuffed somewhere in my Safari tabs and never resurfaced. The Yamaha Tenori-On is designed for playing odd sounds and displaying pretty lights. It’s kind of like playing the “Pass Out Game,” but with more technology. You touch those little rubber nubbins and they light up like water…
Ok. This is it. I will never write about HTC again. Maybe someone else will here at Gizmodo, but I, John, will never utter another word about them. They anger me. These are the two models, the Wizard or the Universal or whatever the hell they’re called. Consider this the field guide to identifying the…
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The GP32 is apparently some sort of Korean gaming machine that sounds more like a kinky pirate box than anything with any teeth. Our cousin at Kotaku says it… plays movies and music, shows pictures and eBooks and supports exclusive games as well as MAME, SNES, Genesis and PC titles through the use of an…
Speaking of Grandma, today’s Deal of the Day would go great on that cherry end table with the old lamp on it that still has the dusty plastic slipcover over it. This is a Denture Motel, which suggests that this was created during the Roach Motel phase of pest removal marketing, thereby raising a number…
The essay contest over at midnight tonight. We ve received some excellent essays—you guys are SO smart and talented—but there’s still a chance to win. We’ll post the best 5 essays on Gizmodo next monday and allow you to vote on your favorite. A recap of the rules: This is an essay contest. Each essay…
Now, if you expect me to say something intelligent or useful about this item, think again. It’s a fishbowl. What do you say about fishbowls? The only feature that sets this particular one apart, is the fact that, as you can plainly see in the picture, you can hang it on the wall and get…
When life gets me down, I always like snuggle my Furgle CD holder. I give it a big hug, pull my DVD of Pocahontas from deep within its warm guts, and have a nice night… just the two of us. By no means is the Furgle supposed to replace that emptiness in your life, but…
Screen Innovation has a new projection screen works in well-lit areas. Their new Mirage Screen allows a high contrast projection to be seen in bright rooms. The screen uses a high-contrast filter that allow the projected video to be played on the screen while the screen is also absorbing light from other areas. Don t…
Holy Cats!… a Titanium wallet! You know what they say about luxury items: “Never mind needing… what about wanting?” Of course, by “they”, I mean me, and by “say”, I mean make up… What I’m trying to convolutedly get at, is that I can’t figure, for the life of me, why anyone would need a…
Let me tell you something. Kids were created by the big man upstairs as research tools to test our level of tolerance to auditory torture. Most of us don’t fare very well, and will go to great lengths to keep baby’s wails at a minimum, especially when driving long distances. One solution consists in spending…
Nothing makes me feel better than sitting with the family watching hours upon hours of home VHS footage of me making my first poopy. Oh those were the days, pooping when I wanted—heck, where I wanted. The VHS tape labeled “poop” will forever have its place in my heart, representing my childhood fecal freedom. JVC,…
Dear friends. Thank you all for sending me links to Repliee Q1—now with legs!—but, as i4u points out, she’s almost 6 years old. This actroid has been greeting folks in Japan and kidnapping virgins for a little while now. The BBC clearly picked up this because their tech writer probably got a call from his…
D&M Holdings Inc. will be selling the intellectual property and technical staff of Rio to Sigmatel. Sigmatel is the manufacturer of a variety of technology products including flash memory and processors. To some, this sounds like a step backwards, back into the deep, dark pit of flash-based MP3 players. However, right now it seems Sigmatel…
Before you start thinking of me as the dude that only writes about things that are pretty, and only marginally useful (like chairs and juicers), I want you to consider this fugly little thing. See now, function sometimes counts for something in my world, even if in the end, form suffers a little. The “Hold-It”…