Tech News Thumb Drive…Drive We know that most of you have an old unused thumb drive laying around just taking up space. Ok not much physical space, but you get the drift. Inveneo, a San Francisco based non-profit has the solution. They are asking for as many 16mb or larger thumb drives as they can get their hands. That … Continued
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Tech News Give It Up for the Giz! Gizmodo has been nominated for Best Technology Blog once again by The Weblog Awards, and might we just mention where you’d be able to vote for us if you were so inclined? Voting closes this Friday, December 15. C’mon readers, show us the love! Cast Your Ballot! [The Weblog Awards]
By Charlie White
Tech NewsGadgets Wireless Wii Sensor Bar Leave it to third party manufacturers to devise a Wii sensor bar that’s both wireless and cheap-looking. No doubt easy to manufacture—since you can replace your Wii sensor bar with candles—this solution will run you only $24.99 + shipping. Great for people with projectors or oddly-designed entertainment centers, the wireless bar frees you from having … Continued
By Jason Chen
Tech News Professor Egghead Tears Down the Wii This is them most boring Wii video I have ever seen. But it’s worth watching at least 10 seconds of it to hear what must be Professor Egghead and the Scooby kids explain the sourcing on the CPU, graphics, bluetooth and WiFi chips. And they unintentionally deliver the dig at the PS3 and the XBox. … Continued
By Brian Lam
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Tech NewsGadgets Vestax Portable Turntable Lets You Spin 45s from the Road I’ve always been a fan of vinyl, and while the thought of a portable record player sounds cool, something about this player tells me I shouldn’t keep my expectations too high. But for $169, the belt-driven Handy Trax Portable Black Limited Edition lets you play your scratchy vinyl collection (33, 45, and 78 RPM vinyls) … Continued
By Louis Ramirez
Tech News Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo •First Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Review •Apple Claims Ownership of Silhoutte Ads, Wants Sex Toy To Stop Using Them •Pen-One Fingerprint Pen Steals Your Identity •SpeedModo: ~1Mbit EVDO Downloads with Sony’s Sexxed Up Vaio TX Subnotebook •Baseball-playing Robot Refuses to Be Walked https://gizmodo.com/first-pioneer-elite-bdp-hd1-blu-ray-review-verdict-id-220996 Comment of the Day: LEGO Self-Parking Car https://gizmodo.com/lego-self-parking-car-221334 “That lego was almost … Continued
By Blongo3
Tech NewsGadgets CNet Editor Awards Lexus a Perfect 10; Apparently Hates the Sensation of Driving CNet reviews cars, too. And here, Auto Editor Wayne Cunningham gives the Lexus 460L the publication’s only perfect 10 rating. Just one question for you, buddy: Do you hate driving? I don’t want to argue details. We are actually very fond of the self-parking sedan’s endless list of innovations and toys, too. But being a … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft Boxtease: Microsoft 360 Backward Compatibility Update Something must be fishy with the Xbox 360 December backward compatibility update for Microsoft to update their list online and quickly take it off again. However, in that short period of time people got these old games working: * 31 NEW titles: New Games: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dead Or Alive Ultimate, Destroy All Humans!, … Continued
By Jason Chen
Tech NewsGadgets Mini Cube Hides 12GB of Storage Being the geek that I am, I always make it a point of traveling with a 1GB USB flash drive, but lately that 1GB of space hasn’t been cutting it. Enter A-Data’s Mini Cube. This 1-inch USB drive packs 12GB of storage space in a footprint that’s roughly the size of a postage stamp. It … Continued
By Louis Ramirez
Tech NewsGadgets Lego Self Parking Car Ok, so maybe that self parking Lexus we showed you guys was a bit too expensive. Thankfully some crazy LEGO addict has created a cheeper alternative using the Lego Mindstorms NXT kit and an ultrasonic sensor to create the same effect.– Ben Longo Self-Parking LEGO Car [TechEBlog] Lexus Self Parking Car Video and Review [Gizmodo] … Continued
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Tech News Skype Mobile 2.2 Out, Adds Smartphone Support Not only does the updated Skype 2.2 add support for Windows Mobile Smartphones, there’s updated today/home screens and even proxy support. We’ve been using Skype on Windows Mobile PPC devices for a while, and if you have a fast enough processor you should definitely give it a shot. Motorola Q, T-Mobile Dash, or Cingular BlackJack … Continued
By Jason Chen
Tech News Other Bits and Bytes •Ultrawideband is go in Europe [The Inquirer] •Dell Completes Implementation of Global Free Recycling [Dell Newsroom] •Nintendo Wii launch breaks UK record [The Register] •AMD and IBM promise more performance for 45 nm processors [TG Daily] •Congress Fails to Pass Net Neutrality Bill [PC World]
By Blongo3
Tech News Laptop Reviews Sanyo’s M1 Music Phone: Will NEVER Be Ready for its Glamour Shot Sprint’s new handset, the M1, looks hot enough from the front. With its almost-loud stereo speakers, 2MP cam, widescreen external LCD, and media controls, it has the feature-density of a smartphone in a clamshell form. But a passing glance from the side reveals it’s a butch 0.9-inch thick clamshell; so it’s more like a giant … Continued
By Brian Lam
Tech NewsGadgets Laptop Laser-Etching Coming To NYC, Your Town Want a cool laser-etched laptop like our own Gina Trapani? MAKE’s Phil Torrone’s and Limor Fried just started a laser-etching service in NYC, and for a price of $100 you can get your laptops lasered with any design you want. For $30, you can get your cellphone, iPod, or other gadget marked as well. https://lifehacker.com/laser-etching-a-powerbook-197202 … Continued
By Jason Chen
Tech News EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger This week at TreeHugger: We have become a race of people that have large amounts of energy stored in our pockets and on our laps, so it’s time to discuss the next step in power storage technology: the lithium polymer battery. An Australian National University researcher claims to have invented a technology that could cut … Continued
By Travis Hudson
Tech News PS3 Greymarket Watch: Don’t Buy Consoles at McDonalds You may never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley spaceport, but the virtual world of Craigslist runs a very close second. Example: A 27-year old San Jose man tries to buy a PlayStation 3 for $700 in the parking lot of a McDonalds. The buyer wanted to see what … Continued
By Jason Chen
Tech NewsGadgets Companion Light/Clock, For Those Strange Nights Next time you wake up in an unfamiliar place and wonder “where TF am I?”, just pick up this little clock and its soft glow is automatically triggered, reminding you that yes, you are in a strange hotel room in Timbuktu. This $60 alarm clock won’t tell you how you got there, but it will … Continued
By Charlie White
Tech NewsApple iTunes Sales Numbers Plummeting Despite talk of iTunes sales reaching so-and-so million back in the Apple Showtime event in September, actual numbers don’t point such a rosy picture. Forrester Research says monthly revenue has fallen 65% since January of ’06, and the average transaction size has dropped 17%. It’s not just Apple’s store that’s falling. The entire online download … Continued
By Jason Chen
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