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Best Buy has dropped the Xbox 360 HD DVD price yet again, down from the not-yet-a-week old price of $179 to $150. The five free movie deal is still intact as well, as long as you order before September 30. However, the player looks like it’s sold out now with no store pickup available. [Best … Continued
Today we have Lyndon B. Johnson’s predictions for the future of space exploration, as printed in the book 2063 A.D.. Perhaps the outstanding feature of a prediction about the next century in space is that our imagination today is too limited to visualize the vast possibilities. In other words, more will be accomplished in space … Continued
Just a quick heads up, there was some big Apple news that got mesmerized in the headlights last night: • There’s an Apple town hall meeting on Tuesday, and the topic of discussion will be Macs. • There is an update 1.01 now available for the iPhone, fixing Safari vulnerabilities and a few other things. … Continued
There are only three battles left in our iPod Dock Bracket, and we will have a final verdict by the end of the week. Yes, we’re amazed, too! For our first semifinals battle, our kings of cheap battle it out for the Cheapo Dock title. In one corner we have the AudioStation Express. In the … Continued
In addition to all those saints and Jesuses you have on your dashboard protecting you from god-knows-what, now you can add Yoda, Darth Vader and C-3PO, blurting out an assortment of thirty Star Wars sayings with every bump and jostle. Take the jump for a video showing these characters nagging the driver, along with a … Continued
Brando’s making a cottage industry out of USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE adapters, with this one, and then this one that costs 40 bucks, and now the company’s offering yet another one that costs $29 and appears to do just about the same thing. https://gizmodo.com/brando-sata-eide-to-usb-2-0-cable-168149 This one also lets you plug in two drives at the … Continued
FuRo and Leading Edge Design, the guys who came up with the Halluc II robot have been showing off the little Linux beastie’s moves, using their Hull cockpit. Boasting a 150-cm hemispherical screen which displays video from the camera embedded at the front of the robot, the cockpit has another little trick up its sleeve. … Continued
According to a SCE’s New Zealand Boss, the PS3 will be getting a digital tuner add-on and DVR functionality during the first quarter of next year, coinciding with the launch of Freeview (UK terrestrial broadcast) in New Zealand. While not yet priced or shown to us in pretty pictures, when combined with PSHome’s promise to … Continued
You’ve seen that Hotdoll sex doll for dogs, and now here’s the sex doll (or at least, part of one) for foot fetishists, appropriately named the Pussy Foot. Viewed from above, it’s a mild-mannered pair of lovely lady feet with toenails painted a pleasing rose color. Underneath there’s a rose-colored you-know-what. Take the jump for … Continued
The Department of Defense is pursuing a brain-implantable “biochip” that will measure/relay a soldier’s vitals on the battlefield (and off). We don’t know much from a technical standpoint about the chips, other than they are about the size of a grain of rice and will have the ability to, at minimum, measure oxygen levels in … Continued
In Summer 2008, Copehill Down in the UK countryside will be full of various military robots. The UK Ministry of Defence has organized a Grand Challenge, in which 14 teams will be competing with various types of robots that are designed to support ground troops. The designs vary from single robots to swarms of small … Continued
Scientists, perpetually attempting to get mankind killed, have transformed plant viruses into a storage medium. By attaching viruses to quantum dots (semiconducting material) and sandwiching them between electrodes, the hybrid viruses acted as storage units. Add enough viruses, and you have some seriously high density storage. Sounds good, but why do we need the virus … Continued
Canon jumped into the hard disk camcorder market today with its HG10, the company’s first high-definition hard drive camcorder and the world’s smallest, weighing 19.92 ounces with the battery inside. That 40GB hard disk gives you 5.5 hours of AVCHD recording at its highest quality setting, compressing the video at 15Mbps. If our sneak preview … Continued
Logitech’s G15 keyboard has been updated to include an LCD screen so gamers can keep an eye on any vital information that they may need while they play. Price, press release and another pic are after the jump. Logitech G15 Keyboard The Ultimate Keyboard for Serious PC Gamers Announcement Date: August 1, 2007 Shipping: October … Continued
As we reported a couple of months back, Logitech is following up its G5 gaming mouse with the G9. Ah, a much nicer picture, don’t you think? There’s another one, alongside the press release detailing the G9’s full specs and price after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-g9-gaming-mouse-leaked-280807 Logitech G9 Laser Mouse Tune for the way you play … Continued
Customs officers in Britain have seized 150 pairs of motorized roller blades, amid safety fears. The skates, known as Gasoline Skating Shoes, are fitted with a 25cc motor and have a top speed of 20mph. Since the skates are classed as a motorized vehicle, users would need a driving license, insurance and L-plates, were they … Continued
Panasonic just announced their new HDC-SD7 in Japan. Those tricksters are now saying that this is the world’s smallest HD camcorder, and not yesterday’s record-holder. This one has a vertical format but is it really the smallest of both? https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-hdc-sd5-is-worlds-smallest-3ccd-1080i-camcord-283717 The SD7 weighs less, at 0.63 pounds vs 0.75 pounds for the SD5. On size, … Continued