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“Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn’t touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror—of an intense…
Water- and shock-proof, the G’zOne is a hiker’s dream. This phone includes an electronic compass, clock, stop watch, and an external screen. Available in three delightful colors, the G’zOne isn’t available here and never will be. Cry, Mr. Flannel-Shirt-EMS-Cargo-Pants-Man, cry and kayak your way down to that cool little rock climbing spot. Cry. New Casio…
Sharp has been making quite a few nice little Linux-based PDAs while fighting the good fight against the great Palm/MS juggernaut. Unfortunately, a lot of these Zaurii aren’t very accessible here in the States, so buy yourself a ticket and head on over to Tokyo. Looking like an old-time Sony Clie, the Zaurus only lacks…
Remember the NRA credo: When they outlaw porn, only porn-lovers are outlaws. Not a horribly huge deal, but Australia—the Hobbits of the English-Speaking World—have outlawed mobile porn. Essentially, it’s part of a bill designed to protect children from indecent material. Everything is all fine and good until you get a few paragraphs down: The third…
Folks at the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan are building a clock made out of “wooden plastic,” a composite material made by drying and dicing waste wood and re-pressing it into a harder, denser material. There is apparently little difference in strength when compared to standard plastics but I suspect that the makers are…
Avid reader Aaron sent us his DIY instructions for making your own super cracker keyboard which informs us “is teh rox0R.” While the horrible spelling (“rox0R?”) of his missive suggests he may have put some of his keys back incorrectly, we invite you to visit his site and find out how you, too, can come…
Unmediated found a personal homescreen thingy from the XBox 360 which appears to allow for rankings and other personalized content within the milieu of the XBox platform. I’m particularly interested in the potential achievements available to the average player. Does “Not Getting any on the Toilet Seat” count? How about “Eat Weight in Doritos?” XBox…
UPDATE – Joel is apparently on his roof making a big E.T. transmitter out of a Speak ‘n’ Spell, an umbrella, and a bottle of Jack. Verizon DSL (Motto: You Should Get Outside More. Get Away From Your Computer. Go Get Some Color.) is still having some issues in Joel’s neck of the woods but…
If you can’t get in through the front door, go around back. Intel has embedded DRM into their new Pentium D/945 chipset combo. Described simply as a few features that improve on Microsoft’s Janus system—which we’re assuming are a few encryption tools and some other innocuous stuff—this doesn’t sound quite like the locked down hardware…
These custom minis, sold by New York based J&R Computers, add a bit of color to our favorite aluminum MP3 players. J&R offers cease and desist friendly Ferrari Red and Lamborghini Yellow as well as gloss white and gloss black. The price premium for a 4GB model is steep though—about $50 over the standard $199…
We here at Gizmodo believe that the children are the future and that we should teach them well and let them lead the way. Therefore, we’ve deigned to review the Franklin Princeton Review Pocket Prep for the New SAT-2400 handheld, a small device that offers tips, practice tests, and “educational games” for the post-pubescent scholar.…
The Canon Digital IXUS 30, a 3-megapixel cam in a land of 5-megapixel shooters, is sort of a throwback, perfect for folks who want a camera and don’t want to worry much about numbers and settings. I appears that the folks who reviewed it have a very sharp eye for detail. Case in point: It’s…
A few folks are reporting the planned release of 2- and 4GB Shuffles for those who want a lot of music but can’t read so they don’t need helpful MP3 ID tag information. 256MB or 512MB I could understand—it’s nice to be surprised. But once you get into the 4GB range, you’ve got a problem.…
Because with only six months between now and the Xbox 360 release, plus a year for the Playstation 3, it would be much easier to get wrapped up in the multi-level marketing scheme than to get a job, sir.
The Xtracycle is an adaptor that fits onto most any bike and turns it into a mean hauling machine. By changing the center of gravity, the Xtracycle has been used to haul all kinds of junk, including, oddly enough, other bicycles. This thing, priced at about $200, can hold up to 200 pounds of stuff.…
The Age of Aquarconvergance is upon here. This LG cell has an MP3 player, QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera, FM tuner/transmitter, bluetooth, GPS, and herpes. But it won’t kiss you when it has a cold sore. No word on pricing or US availability, but we can expect a lot of these in the next few…
Spring is upon us and there’s nothing like the smell of fresh grass clippings misted with the blood and brain matter of the neighbor’s cat. These lawn mowing robots, which do not know the difference between a stick and a wee kitty sunning herself near the rose bush, are entirely autonomous and cost about $1500.…
An interesting design choice—a 12-incher you can touch. It’s not a tablet, it’s just a laptop with a super bright, touchable XGA display and little else going for it. Tablets, in general, seem to have fallen off the world’s radar. I think the value is there especially for vertical applications Connect-the-Dots and Word Jumbles, two…
CNET Asia tries out the Creative Zen Neeeeeeon, the 5GB hard disk-based player probably most notable for its Stik-On customization bits (which doesn’t say much for all its other features). It’s not that it’s awful, exactly, but it has a tiny display and sort of a weird interface system, making Edvarcl Heng question if it’s…
Slate’s always enjoyable Explainer dissects Stenotype machines, those anachronistic typewriters used by official court reporters to record the proceedings. Who knew each stenographer had their own secret shorthand? How does it work? Court stenographers can type entire words all at once by striking multiple keys at the same time. The left hand spells out the…