The urge to watch TV probably ranks among the greatest urges in the whole of humanity. What better way to indulge than to watch TV on your laptop, no matter where you are in the world? The V-Gear MobiTV Global is a USB TV adapter that sets itself apart from the rest of the crowd … Continued
A group of Chinese hardware pirates have created a group of factories, a sales force, and even a line of products all under the NEC moniker. Not only did their representatives carry NEC business cards, they: n the name of NEC, the pirates copied NEC products, and went as far as developing their own range … Continued
No, that’s not a typo. This UMPC comes from a company in deepest France called It’s Label. This UMPC runs the VIA C7M NaNo with Windows Tablet PC edition and 7-inch touchscreen with 40GB hard drive, Bluetooth, and WiFi. Nothing to write home about, but it should cost about $1200 and features a smug sense … Continued
Having spent many a day back in grad school agonizing over our burned fingers because we were too dumb to learn how to hold the soldering tool properly, we thought ColdHeat’s quick to heat, quick to cool Soldering Tool was a great idea when it came out, even if it was two years too late … Continued
When Steve Jobs says: “The new products in the pipeline are the best I’ve ever seen in my life,” he means it. And think of some of the products he has seen in his life: sliced bread, the steam locomotive, and penicillin. J_bs then told investors to potentially expect an Apple DVR as well as … Continued
The XM3120 is a portable XM RoadyXT and XPress cradle with antenna and remote. Pretty sexy styling and it will coast about $100. Not much information, but we do know: The system contains specially engineered drivers to deliver a full spectrum of pure, distinct sound, as well as bass enhancement technology that pumps out quality … Continued
This looks a bit too black box for our taste, but let’s give it a chance. It seems to be a mini-PC with RGB, S-Video, and Stereo Audio out as well as an Ethernet jack. It can supply IPTV, Video-on-Demand, and gaming as well as wireless keyboards smartcards. This paragraph: Imagine a computer so small … Continued
Taking a page from the Gateway and Apple playbooks, Nokia will open two U.S. stores in Chicago and New York where they will sell all the hotness that the carriers don’t know how to market. The Chicago store will open June 21. Nokia has stores in Asia, Australia, and Europe but hasn’t quite cracked the … Continued
While we kept singing that “White Rabbit” song as we browsed this site, this seems like a good idea for Gizmodo-fans and their close friends and relatives. Essentially, White Rabbit can find and purchase anything from Japan you’d likle. These things have been around for years, but these guys kind of know what’s up: Whether … Continued
ColorWare’s finally gotten around to adding the MacBook Pro to their line-up of color customizable machines. Only the 15″ for now, $2449 for the 1.83 GHz model and $2949 for the 2 GHz. Each one can be painted in your choice of 24 standard colors and ships in two to three weeks after you order. … Continued
Interesting grassroots effort to get IE off of every computer in the known universe. These scripts essentially turn IE into a giant advertisement for Firefox and offers you a $1 referral fee for every person you convince to switch. Idealistic yet unrealistic? Sure, but think of how much fun you’ll have pissing off the IE … Continued
The $499 V610 is Kodak’s latest addition to their dual-lens line and offers 10X zoom—with a twist. Unfortunately, the zoom isn’t smooth and jumps between 114-130mm which, as the reviewer writes, is annoying. The V610 is ultra-thin and slick and has a number of interesting pre-sets. It has to 6MP CCD sensors but can only … Continued
We played with one of these last year and they made a good running companion. Essentially, it’s a screenless MP3 player inside a pair of light headphones. Well, they’ve upgraded this little fellow with an FM tuner and 1GB of flash memory. Potentially good for running on the treadmill and listening to the TV piped … Continued
We here at Gizmodo know the pain of not having an inch of counter space available for the preparation of a libation of consequence at, say, 5am just before heading out the door to our life-guarding job at the nunnery. Therefore we encourage you and yours to consider purchasing this portable bar which folds and … Continued
“Flight Over Sahara” is MotioGames first web-based webcam game that allows you to fly around the desert by moving around in a little window and making shooting noises with your mouth… or other orifice. Cool little bit of programming. Since our iSight is out of the country right now, we couldn’t play this game and … Continued
Microsoft’s patent for sending IMs on the same screen you’re watching TV on may either be way off the mark or a gold mine. Having already integrated MSN chat into their Windows XP MCE and Xbox 360 Media Extender, Microsoft is now making sure nobody else (aka Apple’s eventual media center) can follow without ponying … Continued
Christopher over at Playlist Mag has devised a method of booting those fancy new Intel Macs from an iPod. Power PC-based macs could be booted off Firewire compatible iPods with no problem, but apparently Intel-based macs would tell you it isn’t a valid target. Christopher’s solution involves cloning a working startup volume onto the iPod, … Continued
The Disney Mobile phone service, which is finally launching this summer, is already expanding into foreign markets. Partnered with O2 PLC, the Walt Disney service will provide their distinct method of Disney-ification to the UK as well. https://gizmodo.com/ctia-disney-announces-disney-mobile-phone-service-165324 This is well and good, except the handsets will not have Walt Disney characters on it and … Continued
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