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Essentially, this is a wireless, Bluetooth version of the wired Monster Gecko PistolMouse. By removing the Bluetooth guts of a Targus mouse, BT has been able to meld the shooting magic of pistol mice with the wireless magic of Bluetooth, creating, if you will, a fusion of magic. I love technology. Bluetooth Pistol Mouse [Flikr]
Friend-of-Gizmodo Scott reviewed his heavy-duty Chase Durer Chronograph, a big, beefy quartz thing that I actually saw on the wrist of Greg Kihn last night. He was one of the contestants of Beat Me Baby One More Time or whatever it’s called. But I digress. This is a quartz chrono with PVD coated body and…
CNET News.com gets freaked out when we link to their stories and use their pictures, so thank god iRobot has a picture of their new Roomba Scheduler on their site already. The Schedular is pretty similar to the Discovery, except it includes a timer function that can be set to activate the robot on a…
Weighing less th@n the Shuffle, the v@mp c@ndi h@s @ very @nnoying n@me but is pretty interesting nonetheless. M@de by NHJ, this w@fer-thin MP3 pl@yer c@n hold up to 1GB @nd even h@s @ little l@ny@rd thing. I need to stop writing @bout this bec@use @ll these ‘@’ symbols @re h@rd to write, plus I…
New ATM-like prescription machines are being rolled out in California and Virginia, where new changes in states’ laws allow medicines to be dispensed without a pharmacist. This new machine, called the ‘ScriptCenter,’ has been installed at a Longs Drug in Del Mar, California, and coughs up as much Furosemide and Metformin as your pharmacist has…
This wee USB 2.0-compatible Skype dealie is kind of a cop-out, but it’s interesting enough to look at. It’s essentially a mini sound card that offers 16-bit audio and a phone buffer. Priced at $49, I can’t see what this does that a nice sound card/headset combo will do, but maybe I’m just not seeing…
This is a bit off topic, but it’s a fascinating study of what happens when Phishers get a book on Javascript. First off, I don’t specifically understand what’s going on here. Ping me if you’d like to get the link and do some forensics. Essentially, you go to the typical locked-down Apache site with lots…
Inside of all of us, there is a tiny, tie-dye-wearing Assembler demo coder waiting to shine. Don’t let him out—he’ll only make a couple of cool 65k demos before deciding what he really wants to be is a four-track MOD DJ, spreading the healing power that a danceable remix of the Airwolf theme provides. Instead,…
Asono has released a tweaked version of their ‘Mica’ wearable MP3 player. Called the ‘Play,’ the unit is almost exactly the same as the Mica—it still looks like a little handbag—but the LCD screen on the bottom of the Mica has been replaced with two, iPod shuffle-like lights at the bottom in the Play. Navigation…
Over a ball-breaking glass of Fantome Brise-Bonbons at Blind Tiger last night, I made a stunning revelation: I’m totally entranced by this Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes experiment. It has everything I could ever want from a news story: Potential brainwashing, aliens, ninjas (well, Tom was a samurai once, which is like a ninja with…
Dear readers, we have been wrong. The older folk among us—baby-boomers, cracked former students of the Naval Arts, and other geriatrics—have been underrepresented in our coverage, as evidenced as our hate mail today. Well, old-timers, this one’s for you: The Ipod is out and it’s as hot as Rita Hayworth. All those kids outside on…
The Technical Research Centre in Finland has developed a technology to assist all of the health nuts in the world. It is a camera phone that scans barcodes at grocery stores and gives all of the nutritional information. This device also gives a purchase history and estimates how much exercise it will take to burn…
Om’s reporting that someone else is reporting that someone else told him the iTunes phone from Motorola is “ready to ship.” We’ll believe it when we see it, but Moto did confirm a July launch with us last month. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-confirms-itunes-mobile-software-launch-for-jul-102830 iTunes phone ready to ship? [GigaOm]
Finally. Motion has rethought its previous trade dress—let’s make it look as chintzy as possible and easily breakable—and gotten with the program. Although case color doesn’t mean things are going to be better at old Motion, we do hope they’ve learned a bit over the umpteen years they’ve held onto the same gimpy chassis. Generally,…
Shouldn’t be much of a surprise, but the leakiest PR group in hard drives, Hitachi, has confirmed that they’re newest 6GB Microdrive will be used inside one of Palms PDAs—almost certainly a successor to, or upgraded version of the LifeDrive. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pdas/palm/index.php#palmone-lifedrive-reviewed-verdict-palm-catches-up-some-103943 Also, note! CanalPDA is translating some of their news items into English. That’s a…
Every time a pin drops, an angel gets its wings. That’s all I’ve got. I actually don’t hate it, really, and it’ll be good for Sprint to ditch the red and white (also Verizon’s colors) to go with something a bit more shocking. Now they just need to co-brand a phone with DeWalt with swappable…
Forget turntables, CDs, or even iPods: many DJs and laptop musicians now hook into computers for more power over beat mangling. That’s why we’ve eagerly awaited the Ecler NUO4 DJ Mixer, announced today. Using included software, you can assign the knobs, cross-fader, or anything else to control your computer software, via MIDI or USB connections.…
I’m going to give you two possible methods for keeping your panties fresh and odor free. Please choose one: 1. Purchase Green-Shield Underwear, which uses nanotechnology to create a negative ionic field near your junk to repel bacteria while increasing circulation and leaching toxins from the body. This underwear also absorbs “far-infrared rays” and cause…
Uh oh. I didn’t know this was possible: Verizon has released a phone I want. The Samsung SCH-i730 is a WIndows Mobile device that has not only an EV-DO radio (I love me some EV-DO) but also Wi-Fi, which many thought Verizon would remove for fear they might not squeeze every last testicle dollar from…
Guardrobo D1 activate anti-theft device! Guardrobo D1 put out fire! Guardrobo D1 GO! Every couple of days we get a product that just touches our whimsy spot and makes us smile. Guardrobo D1 is a programmable guard robot (Guard+Robot. Get it?) designed to patrol stores and offices in Japan. This pint-sized fellow will relay back…