You know, one of the most common typos I make when I try to go to Google is googlemotherfucker.com. Happens all the time. Luckily, Google actually owns that domain name, so I won't happen upon a bed of pop-up nastiness. Uptime monitoring service Pingdom has come up with a massive list of domain names Google owns after analysing the root zone file and some WHOIS snooping. Other domain treasures include gmailsucks, gmailblows, googlepoo, fuckengoogle, omgoogle and thesecretofburritos. There's a freaky porn-obsessed Google domain underbelly too. Check these out.

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On paper, the Samsung YP-S2 is just another shuffle-beater, a 1GB player for US$39. But in person, it's the most stylish of its class, in five colours, including those below and a white with faux marble grain. (Sadly Samsung didn't have that one on hand.) It charges via a removable USB dongle that plugs right into the 35mm headphone jack, saving space—just don't lose the extra piece. It's not fully see-through, like Sony's similar OLED-screen MP3 players, but it does have a glowing multicoloured LED that is supposed to indicate status. As you can see in the gallery, it's not totally fingerprint-proof, but US$39 doesn't guarantee perfection. [Samsung]

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Leaky signals from badly-installed AT&T U-Verse systems are squeezing up into the cable network and degrading broadband performance for others on some nodes, according to Comcast. About 40 cases of the problem have been reported since AT&T began supplying... Read More »

LaCie's Rugged line of portable hard drives isn't the first to cram 500GB into your pocket, but they're betting it's the most protected 500GB you'll ever hold, with a shock-resistant (and ugly) orange rubber bumper padding the internal shock protection. Buffalo's 500GB option is sleeker and has thwack-thwarting tech of its own, but the brickier Rugged probably has more brick-like durability, and it's US$30 cheaper, so assess your needs accordingly. [LaCie]

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In our Gizmodomobile (a sort of cross between the Batmobile, those cars from M.A.S.K. and every other awesometastic vehicle you've ever read about, dreamed about or just imagined), sometimes we need to disable all 238 installed GPS tracking devices to go off the grid (namely while we park for hours on end outside of Bill Gates' mansion). You know what would free up our hands for our thermal binoculars? This GPS Tracker Defense.

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The founder and chairman of OLPC has admitted that only using open-source software has not been good for the project. Just a day after the resignation of group president Walter Bender, Nicholas Negroponte admitted that the choice of the Sugar operating system has hit the XO laptop project in two places: usability; and popularity.

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In yet another demonstration of the never-ending hacking possibilities of the ASUS Eee PC laptop, three criminals in Brazil rigged an ATM with the little low cost computer to grab credit card information and personal information numbers to clone cards. Smart, except that one of them was a total moron.

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While both Intel and Samsung are promising big drops in SSD prices by the year's end for now they still cost plenty. Unless you want to take the DIY route, and use this nifty gizmo from Century which uses compact flash cards for storage. The new version now accepts CF 3x cards and can create drives between 2GB and a crazy (and impossible, for now) 2TB in size. So you could buy a pair of 32GB CF cards for around US$270, add in US$192.57 for the DIY drive and you'd have a 64GB SATA SSD for about US$460— less than half the cost of the 64GB MacBook Air's drive. Not bad, eh? Available from May 1st. [GeekStuff4U via Akihabaranews]

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ThinkGeek is shipping Art Lebedev's Optimus Maximus keyboard at last. Price is US$1,589.99. [ThinkGeek]

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Nokia's MD-8 battery-powered mini speakers are very cute indeed. In lacquered black with a red trim, the lipstick tube-shaped gizmo has a hinged end which flips open to reveal the two speakers. The pocket-sized stereo speakers also have an FM antenna, tangle-free cables, and will give you 40 hours of noise before you have to replace the battery. Out between now and July, there's no indication of price as yet. [New Launches]

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Microsoft's Live Mesh is designed to share data between all your computing devices using the net as a hub, and it's just gone private beta. So about 10,000 of you have the opportunity to join up to this "cloud computing" beta, and see how easy it is to port data between your mobile phone, PDA, work computer, home PC — basically any device that supports Windows.

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Maximum PC has reviewed AMD's tri-core 2.4GHz Phenom X3 8750 CPU. It performs like you'd expect—in between quad and dual cores. Fine, but it's US$195. You can pick up AMD's top quad core, the X4 9850 for only US$235, or Intel's Q6600 (which mercilessly beat down the X4 9850 in benchmarks) for US$224 now, or hell, US$200 in a few weeks. So just get a quad core. Maximum PC also hints that a Core 2 Duo might keep pace with the tri-cores, but they're keeping that under wraps for now, bastards. [Maximum PC]

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Don't want to flog a dead horse, but if you're one of the few people buying up HD DVDs on the cheap, EzyDVD is selling movies cheaper than you can buy them on DVD. It's an exclusive offer for people who already bought bargain HD DVDs from them, but I don't think it will matter. It's also limited to 24 hours before it goes public, so get in early.

[EzyDVD]

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Apple's bought itself a chip company, P.A. Semi that could make chips for future iPods and iPhones. The company was founded by Dan Dobberpuhl, lead designer of Alpha chips, who last year announced a 64-bit dual core processor that is said to be about 300% more efficient than the nearest competition, using only 5 to 13 watts at 2GHz.

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Rugged and waterproof cameras are great, but they've got a lot of improving to do in general design before they'll be good in the outdoor. I mean, someone just keep me from losing these things.

AU:Not sure what the problem is - I took three waterproof cameras with me to Fiji and never had any dramas. I found that I was more careful because of the fact that you use them in different situations, like swimming. Maybe it's a US thing...

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Tomato violence only marks the beginning of my love affair with the Casio's Exilim EX-F1, aka the Hiro Nakamura supercam. It's crazy addictive. Last weekend I went looking for fast-moving objects to capture in slow-mo, and in my backyard I came up with a freakin' menagerie of unexpectedly interesting little beasties.

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Although no scientific research has actually been done, recent statistics that I just made up state that 98% of Gizmodo readers are excited about the upcoming Iron Man movie.

That's why we've gone and spoken to our friends at Paramount Pictures to grab us 5 Iron Man prize packs to giveaway. What's in the prize pack, you ask? Well, there's a double pass to see the film when it opens in cinemas nationwide on May 1, plus there's an Iron Man webcam, worth $60.

Now, we know you want to win. And competition's going to be fierce, so I'm going to demand some creativity here. Simple creativity, but creativity nonetheless. To enter, you'll need to compose an Iron Man Haiku. Five syllables, seven syllables, then five syllables about the man in a red and gold Iron suit. Doesn't sound too hard, does it?

The entries will be judged by Robert Downey Junior's favourite Gizmodo AU editor (I have that on good authority) next Wednesday, so get cracking. And if you want to see what an Iron Man webcam looks like:

Thanks to all the people that pointed out my typo. I hadn't had my coffee when I wrote it. Fixed now though.

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Even though this is UK and Ireland only, NDrive's G800 GPS is notable because it's the first GPS system we've heard of that uses real photography for navigation. How did the company get aerial views of everywhere in the UK? We have no idea. It also comes with videos, photos, e-books, music, games, FM transmitter, a 4.3-inch screen and Bluetooth. If you live in the rest of Europe, excluding the Southeast portion, you can purchase maps for your country. Something tells us the aerial photo views aren't for the entire country, because that would be ridiculous and take up so much space on the drive, but we can't find any specs on their website that indicate otherwise. [NDrive via Smart Devices Direct via Red Ferret]

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Nyko's Kama wireless Wii Nunchuk (no, not the adapter) is going on sale now, online, before the official retail launch in May. If you buy now, you'll have a chance to get one of the limited edition grey, black, pink or gold units that sync wirelessly to your Wiimote adaptor. The limited edition won't be available in stores, hence the limited part, so if you want a coloured one you'll have to act fast. [Nyko]

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Now this, this is pretty cool. This interactive hologram is controlled with gestures, allowing you to adjust what you see by pointing and moving your arm. It looks to be a pretty early prototype with rather rudimentary functions, but damn does it have awesome implications. I'd love to have something like this set up in my living room, using it as a gigantic "touchscreen" to sort through my media library with fancy 3D menus. I love living in the future. [Fresh Creation and Catchyoo]

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The Gadget: Sony Ericsson's K850i is part of Sony's CyberShot line of phones which boast high quality cameras in a mobile phone package. In addition to its 5 MP camera and unusual design, the phone has 3 touch sensitive buttons just below the screen. Is this powerful enough to throw your point and shoot aside?

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Connect 360's been out for a good long while, allowing you to stream music, movies and photos from your Mac to your Xbox 360. Why would you go with Rivet, an app that does just about the same thing but only costs $1 less? Mostly for its folder organisation, which allows you to browse your files as it exists on your Mac, instead of in one gigantic list you need to scroll through. Other than this, there's not a whole lot of huge difference between the two programs, but sometimes $1 is the difference between not having some Pocky and having some Pocky. [Cynical Peak]

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Finding a way to make portable speakers truly portable has proven difficult for manufacturers over the years. This new Speaker Book represents Targus' stab at a solution. The unique design features flat, foldable NXT speakers that can connect to just about anything using via a standard 3.5-millimeter cable. It can also be powered up via USB, or four AAA batteries. Unfortunately those of us in the states won't be able to test it out anytime soon—the Speaker Book is slated for a UK only release early this summer. [i4u via Crave]

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