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• A new law in New Jersey willl ban internet sex offenders from the web. But then who will read Gizmodo? [The Register] • AOL will discontinue development of the Netscape browser early next year. RIP Netscape, you were the original IE alternative. [TechCrunch] • Once upon a time, Google went by the name BackRub. Yuck. [Valleywag] • A line of Hello Kitty clothing for men will go on sale in Japan next month. If you’re looking for me, I’ll be scraping my eyes out with rusty nails. [AP]
Unlike yesterday’s unquestionably, uh, questionable 64GB and 128GB USB Micro Vaults, this solid-state disk is as real as the subject of any press release. It’s a 32GB drive that slides right into that mostly unused little ExpressCard 34 slot on your newish laptop, and could very well make you oh-so-happy by holding, oh, say, your entire OS. How about a speedy flash-based boot up? The US rep says it works with Vista and supports Windows ReadyBoost. He also says that as a low-power drive, it could boost your battery life. The release that you can see below is an announcement for production and not for retail, but we have connected with the company, and in spite of the funky shot above, this appears to be a go.
So, you wasted some hard-earned money on bought an Amazon Kindle. Good for you! Now that you have one, it’s time to exploit the crap out of it. I’m talking, of course, about easter eggs, otherwise known as functionality that should be available to everybody in the first place. Yes, there’s Google Maps access with triangulation locating! Minesweeper! A picture viewer! And more!
Derrik Wang wants to make sure you never break open your piggy bank just because you’re trying to scrounge up some beer money by making his piggy bank nauseatingly authentic. Not only do pig guts spill out when you break open the bank, the insides are rendered with blood as well, making sure you will only ever retrieve the money when it’s completely necessary—when you’re in the mood for pork. [Yanko Design]
Info is sketchy thus far, but Nikon lovers will be interested to know that the next lower-end digital SLR from the company might be called the D60, and reportedly will make its debut in Spring, 2008.
Most of that assertion about the upcoming DSLR seems to be derived from reading the tea leaves of a Nikon website saying orders for the positively-reviewed D40x (pictured above) have been halted, raising speculation that this is the model that might be replaced by the D60. Either that or Photography Bay is just making things up.
Beyond that, we’d like to know what features might be included in this alleged D60. We’re rooting for a Live View viewscreen, for one thing. [Photography Bay]
We seldom find a use for wearing a Bluetooth headset on our ear when we’re not making calls, but this Wendy’s employee has found one of the only three valid exceptions. It all started when a potential robber went up and asked the two employees at local Wendy’s to open up a safe when one of the employee’s phones went off.
The robber shouted at the employee not to answer the phone, not knowing that the Bluetooth headset was voice-activated and turned on when shouted at. The person on the other end of the line was able to hear the shouting and call the police, who eventually got the guy to release his hostage (but not before ramming his gun own into his forehead until he bled). Long story short, Bluetooth headsets saved the day. [Dispatch]
If you’re too lazy to walk a few steps but still want your dog to get a workout, this Fit Fur Life $US1400 dog treadmill lets you get some vicarious exercise, courtesy of Fido’s four feet. We’re not quite understanding why this is so expensive (other than its maker calling it “the best dog treadmill in the world”), because we’ve seen a couple of these treadmills before for much less. We’re just wondering, unless your dog is one of those really smart, well-trained and obedient types, how on earth are you going to get him to walk on this thing, especially when you scare the bejeezus out of him by “controlling the terrain?” [Neatorama, via Born Rich]
The cheap and the unlucky who didn’t get anything from Apple for Xmas this year (that’d be us) will be happy to know that MacMall is holding a sale on just about all their stock from now until the end of the year. You can pick up some MacBooks for 7% off, iMacs for up to 13% off, MacBook Pros for up to 26% off, and iPods for a scant 7% off. It’s not much, but saving money is better than not saving money. Who’s with me!? [MacMall - Thanks Michael!]
A small part of this magic teaspoon’s handle is made of Nitinol, a special metal that can remember its shape. That little fact lets you play some crazy tricks, because when you heat it up, it bends to that shape that you bent it into before. So if you put this in your tea, for example, it suddenly and mysteriously starts bending. Run cool water on it, and it moves right back where it was before. This might be great for some of those Uri Geller spoon bending tricks, except this one does all the bending on its own. You better be pretty serious about this, though, because it costs $US50.38. [Grand Illusions, via Red Ferret]
We’ve been lucky enough to live most of our lives in areas that have central heating, so we don’t quite have the experience of having an ugly radiator sitting in our rooms. For those of you who have, this harp radiator is just the thing to make your place that much more classy while at the same time providing a net zero musical gain over having a real radiator. Wait, we take that back—you can beat on this with a hammer and play it like some sort of upright xylophone. A xylophone that has a remote control and color-changing LED, that is. [Carisa via Trendir via dvice]
