Friday, September 18, 2009 - Page 2
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Gizmodo AU Welcomes Its Newest Member

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Exciting news, Gizmodeans. Our hapless editor and his lovely wife welcomed a bouncing baby boy this morning. No word on a name yet, but both mum and Baby Broughall are doing well. As for our ed…


Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

San Francisco airport to exploit environmental guilt…Motorola Cliq to see November 11th release?…More evidence of the $US200 Wii…Incredibly difficult Nintendo DS hack…


News

Last Chance To Play And Win Paul Blart: Mall Cop On Blu-ray!

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It’s Friday, which means the weekend’s upon us. This is your last chance to play our Paul Blart Pacman clone to win a copy of the film on Blu-ray. Do it now!


Gadgets

Before Your Next Crime Spree, Be Sure To Print Your Handcuff Key

Whether it’s “Officer, I was only going 150km/h” or “Honey, I can’t get ‘em off”, sometimes you just lack a handcuff key. Fortunately, you can print one—if you happen to have a 3D printer, that is.


Gadgets

Crazy Hard Drive Clock Was Probably Built By Nerd Ravers

Hard drive clock. Sure, sure, we’ve seen that before. But watch the video—this thing is just about the gaudiest clock I’ve ever seen. It’s got dancing neon colours, rapidly flickering lights and tosses in some creepy artwork too.


Geek Out

Sad, Sad Man’s Life Gets More Sad When Floppy Drive Is Stolen

I saved my first porn on disks using this thing to hide it from my parents! Please return it! Keep the wheel barrel! [Burbia via The Daily What]


News

A Note From Your Friendly Giz AU Editor

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Hi Gizmodians. Thank God it’s Friday – am I right? Anyway, I thought I should write you a little note to let you know what’s happening here on Giz over the next couple of weeks, because I’m not going to be around. Never fear though – I am coming back!


Online

Thief Nabbed After Forgetting To Log Off Facebook During Robbery

Joining our ever-increasing pantheon of stupid criminals, we have one 19-year-old Pennsylvania man who was nabbed after forgetting to log out of his Facebook account at the scene of the crime.


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Thursday Night

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Guess what? Nick’s about to become a dad! So you’ll be having breakfast with me today, whether you like it or not.

Bicycle Is A Bar, Pizzeria And Dance Club All-In-One Good luck lugging 400kg of ice, beer, pizza and music equipment with just your legs.

Epson’s PowerLite 705HD Projector Clocks 720p For Under $US750 It looks like projectors are finally coming down in price, but I’m still not going to pay that.

How Wired Covers Are Made: Creative Director Scott Dadich Proof that print is not quite dead yet.

Giz Explains: Microsoft, Standards And Damned Standards And now you know. Microsoft’s influence is far greater than you might have thought.

ITG xpPhone Runs Windows XP, Taking Pre-Orders We’ll be watching this one with greedy eyes.


News

Win! One Of 10 Pairs Of Panasonic HC55 Noise Cancelling Headphones

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Last chance! Our Panasonic HC55 Headphone comp ends today! If you haven’t already entered, you really should get your act together…