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This strange system coerces the iPod mini into a predatory and disgusting sexual relationship. The PodFreq enters from behind and then spreads virulent music far and wide over the FM band. The PodFreq appears to be “helping” the iPod connect to car radios and home stereos but instead it latches on and calls non-stop and…
Welcome, friends, to the decade of the living room PC. This I believe—Devices like the PLIX EMC 3200HD are finally going to start hitting the wall unit and pounding out tunes and media. I do not, however, believe Microsoft has a lock on the media center world, as evidenced by Sonos and a few other…
• “I am an IEEE-certified electrical engineer.” • “I would be happy to wait.” • “I have completed all your tests as you requested, including rewiring my house.” • “My secondary phase-coupling array shows a positive electricon flow across my end-to-end wiring.” • “Have a nice day.” • “I am sorry I used the term…
This release is all Japanated, but it appears we’ve got ourselves a trio of MD players supporting ATRAC/ATRAC3 (gurble gurble WHAT?) and that come in three beautiful colors. The cradle also acts as a stereo speaker set and no pricing is available. So there you have it folks—three new MD players that support a relatively…
• “Phone lines over 14 feet will, over time, fry your modem.” • “Your phone lines are like a car. Every once in a while, they need service.” • “We cannot send a service technician to your house.” • “I’d be happy to help you today.” • “It is impossible to speak to my supervisor.…
This device, which sounds like something out of G.I. Joe, sends a pulse of microwave radiation that can set off or disable roadside IEDs. I’m surprised that something like this hasn’t been perfected for ground use—there are some rumors of air-based devices but nothing concrete. According to an Air Force Research Library rep, the device……
Rumors of this have been floating around for a bit but this looks like an interesting departure for the Finnish giant. This thing is essentially an instant-on Internet browser with some tablet functionality including handwriting recognition and Bluetooth/WiFi connectivity. Running a version of Debian, the 770 is designed to be more of a web-browsing tool…
I believe that this short video on the creation of a cybernetic, wiggling sausage is grounds for striking the heart of Old Europe with a couple of WMDs up the old keister. Their ability to make sausages say “Ich bin ein wurst” is definitely a threat to our national security and must be stopped. Cybernetic…
Reader Scott sent us a link to these amped-up and tricked-out Danger hiptop2s. There’s the girly model, shown here, and a more urban male model with gratuitous tattoo art. It’s perfect for staring at after a long night in the Cafes. Product Page [HiHipTop]
I’ve been following this thing for a while and I can hereby state that the Sonos Music System appears to be the Holy Grail of home audio music devices. Thanks to some cool UI, smooth looks, and some nice sound output, Sonos is home media done right. This review points out a very important point—unlike…
It’s not earth-shattering, but MAKE blog posted this cute USB key mod where someone stuffed a Sony MicroVault into an old cassette tape. What I’d really like to see is someone stick an iPod Shuffle into one of those a cassette tape adaptors so I can listen to tunes in my parent’s old Impala. UPDATE…
Mea culpa. Alert reader Sing sent us an image from the Tokyo subway featuring the world’s most favorite shroom. Listen, don’t knock it. We have the Olsen Twins, they have a mushroom. East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. https://gizmodo.com/shrooming-mp3-player-104597
Infinium Labs, creators of the amazing Phantom gaming console, currently needs $11.5 million to start building their incredible subscription-based super PC home gaming wow-machine. I propose we start up a Paypal contribution site. If 11.5 million of us all drop in $1, the owners of Infinium Labs will be able to buy themselves a Boca…
Shhh. Don’t scare it. Here we see the M-Bird in its natural South Korean habitat. It is known for shedding it’s bright plumage in the winter but with spring upon us it has once again regained its beautiful red coloration. Notice the FM and voice recording functionality and the odd, vestigial dial at the top…
This odd-looking 5 megapixel cam seems to have an internal zoom mechanism and a clean, featureless face. Launching June 1, the #1 includes a huge 2.5-inch TFT screen and a feature called Safety Flash which may or may not have something to do with that “Safety Dance” song. Just visit the site for the excellently…
Are we all suckers? Have we been duped? Do people who have been covering the industry know more than we do? Possibly. A scathing post by Leander Kahney has put us all in our places. Apparently IBM is “kicking ass” and Intel is going downhill. Now who are you going to believe? The stuffed shirts…
I’ve always been confused by Versace and their meatball Goomba Italy-by-way-of-bad-gangster-movie-opulance aesthetic. However, they have produced a specially modded 7270 which appears, at first glance, to be a gun moll’s tampon case and is really a fully functional cell phone priced at $1025. However, they did make the phone for a good cause—the Life Ball…
It would be one thing if the seller of this ‘vintage gynecological chair’ had just kept it by the books—”Hello, I’m selling grandma’s twat throne. Local pickup only.”—but instead he or she has to get all grody, describing this Tac-O-Lounger with gems like: This chair was built for speed and there are still a lot…
Since I wrote my book on hackers and scammers, I’ve been toying with financial scammers (“DEAR SIR MANY GODS BLESSINGS”) and watching the responses. I just had an interesting, and very scary exchange with a Nigerian scammer who sent me 2 working (?) credit card numbers after ordering 6 Dell Laptops (?) from me (?).…
It’s hard to break into the rarified stratosphere of high-end custom home entertainment gear but once you’re there you realize that everybody else is a bunch of suckers. While the peons still try to hook their iPod Photos up to their CRT TVs, you and J. Lo are sitting in your custom home theatre with…