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HP hx6500 Mobile Messenger Gets FCC Nod

HP’s big-boned but appealing hx6500 Mobile Messenger has gotten the nod from the FCC, making it likely we’ll see the Windows Mobile device on a carrier before terribly long (rumors have it slated for Cingular). There’s not much that we didn’t know if the FCC brief, but they have tested the expected series of accessories,…

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Alaskan Town OKs Mini Nuke

Toshiba offered their new miniature nuclear reactor to the small Alaskan village of Galena back in 2003, and after much deliberation it looks like the project is finally moving forward. The city council has voted unanimously to allow construction of the reactor, which Toshiba calls the 4S (“Super-Safe, Small, and Simple”—see how reassuring that is?),…

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Xbox Power Cord Recall

While my first thought was “Man, these guys are really serious about disabling modded Xboxes,” this is actually the real deal: Microsoft is recalling 14.1 million power cords for their occasional tendency to set the carpet on fire. While the company claims that fewer than one in ten thousand consoles is at risk, reports have…

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Chi Mei UCP-100: The Next MPx220?

Chi Mei is showing off their new UCP-100. Why do you care? Well, Chi Mei is the company that manufactured the Motorola MPx220, and it looks like this might be its successor. Nearly identical at first glance, but with EDGE and Wi-Fi. Stuffing Wi-Fi into a clamshell form-factor running Windows Mobile makes my heart nearly…

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LISA Panic Button for Elderly (aka iPod shuffleboard)

Lusora hopes you have fallen, and you can’t get up. Their new LISA pendant offers “security to elderly people who want to live at home, and their family,” who obviously want nothing to do with them. The pendant itself contains accelerometers that can detect rapid acceleration (falling over, breakdancing) and use its integrated radio to…

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Wind Cheetah Tricycle

Nevermind that it’s a tricycle. Just glaze over that word entirely and look at this thing. It’s still a tricycle. But it’s the most advanced recumbent tricycle in the world, as well as the only one to set six (count ’em!) speed and endurance records. Even the Guggenheim Museum recognizes it’s awesome (although they let…

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Samsung SGH-i270

Microsoft’s new clamshell from Samsung got the OK from the FCC today, and now the first picture and specs are up for the internet’s consumption and dissection. What the i270 lacks in fancy looks it promises to make up in fancy features: current plans call for internal and external TFT displays and a one megapixel…

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Motorola ROKR to be iTunes Phone (Maybe)

So first we hear that the new Motorola E1060 is the new iTunes phone, and then we hear that it isn’t. Now the rumors are churning that the new iTunes phone may be more iPodesque than we had first imagined. Mobiledia is even saying they expect the new ROKR phone from Motorola to include a…

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT

Some folks got a bit of excitement last night when someone accidentally leaked information about Canon’s new Rebel XT, an 8-megapixel DSLR. The new sibling model to the original Digital Rebel is now smaller and faster than its cousin, able to shoot 3 frames per second in 14 frame bursts. The XT will be known…

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IMterview: Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine

I talked to Mark Frauenfelder, Editor-in-Chief of the new MAKE Magazine from O’Reilly, about some of the stuff to expect from this new quarterly ‘mook.’ I’ve been amped about the project since the beginning, so I’m glad to see them off and running. In its honor, I made a hyperlink, and put the imterview inside.…

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Gizmodo Chat: irc.gizmodo.com

IRC: it’s not just for BDSM cyber and warez kiddies anymore! It’s my pleasure to announce our support of that archaic, text-only communication protocol, Internet Relay Chat, via Gizmodo’s new irc.gizmodo.com server. I’m not quite sure what will come of this experiment, but something tells me a group of portable technology fans heavily into communication…

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2×4 Lamp

There’s something about clever, pretty things that always makes me feel dumb for not thinking of it first. Bruce Engle is making wall lamps by hollowing out 2×4’s a shoving a light in them. The thin wood turns the light a soft rosy color, not unlike when you were six and put body parts over…

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Nikon Coolpix 7900 in Three Colors

It looks like those new 7-megapixel Nikon Coolpix 7900s will be coming in three colors (silver/black/red), at least in Japan. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-cameras/nikon/index.php#nikons-5-new-coolpix-7900-7600-5900-5600-4600-033247 Une pluie de Nikon CoolPix 7900 / CoolPix 5900 [AkihabaraNews]

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Gizmodo Japan: Elecom Pleo Concept 1

It might have been a stretch to say that the Cube AV was, huh, “borrowing” its stylized looks from the Mac mini, but something has to be said about the Elecom Pleo Concept 1. It’s not a PC, but rather a jacked up CD burner that not only lets you burn CDs without being connected…

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Philips/Nike PSA010 Hard Disk Player

Coming out of the Philips/Nike camp this summer is the PSA010 hard disk MP3 player, intended for those of you wanting to do more than vigorously stroll while testing the limits of hard drive durability. Claiming to be the first hard disk able to cope with being bounced around on a runner’s hip, the player…

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Joey Umbilical Safety System

While it’s not quite as traumatic as the single-use circumcision tool we talked about last year, the Joey Umbilical Safety System looks just as useful. In many developing nations, umbilical cords are cut/gnawed the old-fashioned way, causing entertaining but potentially AIDSy blood splatters for everyone involved. The Joey covers the snip completely, and even keeps…

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Novint Technologies Falcon

Novint Technologies rolled up on the DEMO confrence this week with the Falcon, which they claim to be a video game controller. The Falcon actually began life doing information modeling for dental education and geological exploration, two fields that naturally lead you to first person shooters and fighting games. No word on how the thing…

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MountMap Pop-up Topographic Ski Map

Combining the thrill of pop-up books with the danger of handling tricky paper folds while perched on the edge of a snow-covered mountain, MountMaps offers topographical maps of ski resorts printed on waterproof, recyclable plastic. Well, two resorts, at least, but you get the idea. The maps fold out of a small case to show…

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Samsung Pushes TV Phones at Cannes

As 3GSM burns on in Cannes, a lot of companies are trying to push their product as the intersection of phones and television without much promise. But Samsung continues is showing off the interesting Anycall, featuring a small landscape screen that comes out of the left side to show clear—if postage stamp sized—live TV. Plus…

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HP hx6500 Mobile Messenger Gets FCC Nod

Alaskan Town OKs Mini Nuke

Xbox Power Cord Recall

Chi Mei UCP-100: The Next MPx220?

LISA Panic Button for Elderly (aka iPod shuffleboard)

Wind Cheetah Tricycle

Samsung SGH-i270

Motorola ROKR to be iTunes Phone (Maybe)

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT

More Good From Gawker

IMterview: Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine

Gizmodo Chat: irc.gizmodo.com

2×4 Lamp

Nikon Coolpix 7900 in Three Colors

Gizmodo Japan: Elecom Pleo Concept 1

Philips/Nike PSA010 Hard Disk Player

Joey Umbilical Safety System

Novint Technologies Falcon

MountMap Pop-up Topographic Ski Map

Samsung Pushes TV Phones at Cannes

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

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