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My buddy Mark lives in Kuwait and just sent me this: My friend just returned from Iraq and gave me this lighter. He bought it from a vendor at Al Rashid Hotel in the Green Zone. When you flip open the F-16 lid, the bombs blink downward and explode above an inscription that reads “Anxiety…
Trusted Reviews has a USB flash memory drive comparison review, putting up 9 different models against each other in read/write speed tests. At the risk of ruining their punchline, the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium pretty much dominates in the testing, which was made even more interesting by the abominable write speeds the SanDisk Cruzer Mini had…
This new Revo DAB digital radio is a £200 in-car system that can also be used on a home system by purchasing an optional dock. In fact, it operates a lot like I wish some of our satellite radio units did, with a rechargeable battery that makes it easy to lug it around anywhere, even…
Creative asked us to pull the images for this story because they are planning to launch this product very soon. Because they weren’t threatening assholes about it, we thought we’d cut them some slack. We will, of course, have all the details of the Creative Zen Micro as soon as they are released.
Remember that CEATEC JAPAN 2004 Day 5 coverage I was talking about yesterday? Well, sorry, but it looks like that has fallen through. Japanese news sites have all flaked out on me. If there was anything important announced today, rest assured that you’ll see it here on Gizmodo early this coming week. Still, I think…
Monday October 4th, 2004 PalmOne Tungsten T5 Announced Gizmodo Buzz Index: Mobile Messengers Best Buy Launches In-House Brand ‘Insignia’ i-Station PMP-1000 Hotels Handing Out iPods Gawker Media Bulks Up Sony DVP-F35P DVD Player https://gizmodo.com/palmone-tungsten-t5-announced-22602 Tuesday October 5th, 2004 iAudio M5, G3, 5 Nokia: Series 60 on Intel Chips Curitel P1 Treo 650 Will Work Seamlessly…
Friday was certainly the low point of CEATEC JAPAN this year, but expect the convention to be in full swing for its final day tomorrow. Yet it will have been today, because our coverage is a day behind. Whoops. Stupid time difference. Today’s coverage includes a DVD/MiniDV/hard drive recorder from JVC, more from the Visible…
I saw this in my Amazon Gold Box and I thought it was sort of brilliant, even if the ratings for it are sort of craptastic. The $125 Warmrails Kensington Towel Warmer and Drying Rack plugs into a standard outlet and heats towel for maximum winter pleasure. The fact that it’s basically half off the…
“Plug and Play” picks five things that—together—provide a complete all-in-one package. All you have to do is order it, set it up, and go. We already made the hard choices. Not everyone has the desire to create a pro-quality recording studio at home, but those of us who do know how challenging it can be…
So PodCasting—the ability to time-shift internet radio and the like and listen to it on your iPod whenever—is pretty cool, I guess, but its name is a little confusing, implying that it only works with iPods (probably because the first popular variant uses a program called ‘iPodder’). Thing is, you can use iPodder along with…
Product Highlights • Microsoft unveils new version of MSN TV [USAToday] • New HP Printers with Built-In Wi-Fi [BIOS] • Nintendo DS launch titles officially revealed [Gamespot] • Laser-Engraved PowerBook Lids [CultOfMac] • Griffin Ships PodPod [MacWorld] • Vodafone takes on Sendo X smartphone [PhoneMag] Business • Dell recalls a million faulty AC adaptors [TheInquirer]…
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I don’t normally go for expensive, nostalgic sneaker reissues, but I’m considering dropping the $125 on these Reebok Classic Pump Bringbacks. I fully admit that it’s mostly because I didn’t get a pair like I wanted the first time around—every time I asked for Jordans or Pumps Mom brought home, like, Pro-Wings or something. If…
Okay, I need your help. Sanrio is auctioning an AirStream RV bedecked with as much Hello Kitty finery as you could possibly imagine, including a pink faux-fur bed, couches, and all sorts of electronics like a TV and DVD player. Now they want $150,000 for it, so I figure if you all chip in we…
Mobile Gadget News confirms that AT&T Wireless will be getting the Siemens SX66 (AKA the HTC Blue Angel/MDA III/XDA IIs), a very nice Pocket PC Phone Edition quad-band handset with built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and slider keyboard. It’s a little too big for my personal tastes, but there’s no denying it’s a little powerhouse, so it’s…
Creative has announced an interesting PCMCIA card option for laptop users who want to bump their audio up a notch. The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook adds 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound via an SPDIF optical output, as well as 24-bit/192kHz support for high-end audio. For some reason, though, it can’t use the SPDIF…
For the first time since I went on that church ski trip and stole a bunch of wine from the hotel restaurant and huddled in a freezing bus getting hammered, I have a reason to go to Minneapolis. The Walker Art Center is sponsoring a most excellent program called “Radio Re-Volt” which teaches participants how…
Is it just me or is this BenQ P50 really, really hot? It’s got the integrated thumboard that is sort of the phone equivalent of fishnet stockings for me, as well as what appears to be a pretty high resolution screen (240 by 320, actually) and a small form factor. I think GodMode’s take on…
HowardForums denizen Mark “BengalBoy” Morrow is getting together a group of people to participate in a “beta test” of a new tiny Bluetooth BlueSpoon headset from NextLink, albeit one where you have to buy beta hardware with no guarantee it will totally work. We’ll be waiting until they hit actually production—hopefully they’ll fit those ugly…
iAnywhere Solutions (I love starting sentences with lowercase letters, it feels so editorially liberating; e e gonzo journalism, yo) announced this morning that it will be providing AvantGo content to users of Sony Ericsson’s P910 smartphone (for those that have gotten their hands on one, that is). Just sync it up and (Avant)Go enjoy your…