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This is the final segment of our interview with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, where we discuss why Creative Commons advocates aren’t (or are?) communists, and why Microsoft feels their DRM offers the best of both worlds. Gizmodo: When you talked to CNet (I believe that was yesterday), you sort of ticked off some of the…
I’m certainly a big fan of Apple’s iTunes software, but I have almost completely stopped buying music from iTunes. I’m in the minority—with 230 million iTunes downloads since the stores have opened, it’s clear most people just don’t care about the crippling effects of DRM. So to the news that the version of iTunes (4.7.1)…
Strange things are afoot in PSP land, as Amazon UK has listed the portable gaming device for March 18th, but at a price of £179—almost $340. This is strange mostly because Sony had promised to keep the price point under $200 in all markets. Meanwhile, Kotaku has found a video of some Japanese teens beating…
Apparently, Matt Myers wasn’t the only one to notice the similarity in size between the Mac mini and a DIN car stereo. Brother-in-A-arms Jalopnik noticed that a New York-based company is already working out plans to use the new Mac mini as an in-car computer—an idea that is far from new, but rarely as tailor-made…
Okay, not really gadgety, per say, but it directly affects me: there’s talk of putting low-cost Wi-Fi or WiMAX mesh networks to cover all five New York burroughs under a cloud of low-cost internet. Of all the strange things things in New York, one of the strangest has been its lack of proper broadband coverage…
Nikon has finally announced pricing and availability for their new D2X digital SLR camera: the 12.4 megapixel monster will hit the streets February 25th for a suggested street price (now in money, instead of bales of marijuana or the well-intentioned, but economically misguided currency ‘heads of Alfredo Garcia) of $5k. The D2X is Official [DigitalSLR]
Half way between the iPod and the Zen Micro is this prototype media player from Korean manufacturer IUBI, called the PMP2010. And it does look nice, with the scroll wheel functions lighting up LED-backlit icons as you move your finger over, not to mention MPEG4 video support and sizes up to 80GB. Who knows if…
Thank you, Thanko, for another fine product—this time it’s a USB-powered nail polish tool. Sure, you can pop a battery in there, too, but clearly this is meant for the mobile nail technician, who makes a killing roving from cubicle to cubicle, buffing out the half moons of hard-working programmers. Nothing helps you work through…
Part of what makes watching mid-90s anime so cool was seeing how they drew their computer technology and hoping that, just maybe, they used some exotic storage medium in Japan instead of floppy disks (although oddly, seeing the regular PC hardware piled up in racks was part of what made Serial Experiments LAIN so compelling).…
Sanyo was showing off this prototype phone at CES that has a built-in TV tuner. The clamshell screen can be flipped over so television can be watched while it’s closed, as well. Don’t ask me why, but something clicked inside my brain when I saw this prototype—broadcast TV on a phone could be really great.…
Griffin Technology is riding this iPod horse hard. In addition to new, somewhat low-end products like the Airport Express Stand and SmartDeck, they’ve also released this new BlueTrip transmitter, which broadcasts audio from any full-size iPod via Bluetooth. Essentially, this turns the iPod into a remote control with all your music selections on board. It’s…
Despite a multitude of things to recommend them, I’ve just never gotten into PocketPCs. Mostly it was the sort of kludgey first generation of software (something that really isn’t an issue these days), but partially it was the fact that despite higher relative processor speeds compared to Palm and Psion devices, they really didn’t seem…
In an age where USB flash drives and iPods are being banned in many corporate environments for fear that sensitive data will be stolen, I wonder how successful a product like the Realm Systems Mobile Personal Server (MPS) will be. It’s basically a computer hijack device, saving your computer state—down to your cursor position—no matter…
Do you want to know what it’s like to be a gadget writer on the day of MacWorld? Watch this 5MB Quicktime and you’ll have a bit of an idea. Also, it helps if you are really, really high. (Thanks, bkammel!) Bizarro iPod Movie [Gizmodo] Update: Olly Defunktion says this vid was created by these…
The Junior City Official PC from Sotec and Bandai is far too cute for its intended audience—children rarely learn to fully appreciate the preciousness of cute bears hiking to sunshine school until they are in college and trying to pass their Econ finals by wearing pervy, professor-jamming pajamas to class. But if your rugrat lives…
Watch Report reviews the nTren MP3 watch, one of the first of its kind that look worth owning (ignoring the $300 price for the 512MB version). A couple of really smart features make it stand out, like an analog face that uses a separate battery from the MP3 playing part, as well as the inability…
You know, one time I made this joke about pilots blowing up orphanages for sport. Some people got mad—understandably—because they didn’t realize I, too, hate children with a passion so firey that I often squeeze cupcake right through my fingers when I see them gayly skipping past, on their way to exploit my future. So…
You know what they say about Apple: they do what’s already been done, but better. Using the LED Arbiter, though, it’s clear the original bests the usurper. (Thanks, adampsyche!)
A twenty-something hacker 0wned most of T-Mobile’s internal customer records last year, giving him access to such inconsequential information as Secret Service documents and Social Security numbers. But worst of all—what takes this from an understandable mistake on the part of a benevolent multi-national corporation to a matter of national concern—are reports that the hacker…
Samsung has developed a new six-axis sensor that allows their new cell phone to detect motion, allowing users to write the numbers they are dialing or the characters they are typing in the air. The SCH-S310 will hit the market in March, they say, where it will be sure to embarrass a fair number of…