Monday, January 11, 2010

News

Comment Well And You Could Win Stuff

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2:39PM January 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

On the back of last week’s attempt to try and promote a better Giz AU for everybody, today we’re launching the “Comment of the Week award”. Which means you can win stuff! More »


Mobile

HTC HD2 Coming Soon To NextG

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1:50PM January 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Not sure about specific details yet, but just received an invite to the launch of the HTC HD2 Winmo handset. Hosting the event are Peter Jamieson and Ross Fielding from Telstra, alongside HTC’s Anthony Petts, which kind of screams out that the phone will launch on Next G. More »


Gaming

Brisbane Gets Australia’s First Video Game Bar

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12:17PM January 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Like video games? Like drinking? Like pretending that blue cocktails restore vast amounts of MP? Then you should move to Brisbane to celebrate the opening of The Mana Bar next month, which is reportedly Australia’s first dedicated video games bar. More »


News

Win A JVC PICSIO HD Video Camera

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11:35AM January 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

It’s the new year, which means it’s time to start giving stuff away again. Huzzah! And this week, we’ve got three JVC PICSIO portable HD camcorders to give to three lucky Gizmodians. More »


Entertainment

Blu-ray MovieIQ Sync Lets You Play Along With Michael Jackson’s This Is It

11:00AM January 11, 2010 | Jack Loftus

This bit of Blu-Ray news was left suspiciously out of Sony’s CES keynotes and big reveals, which doesn’t bode well… but anyway. Now it’s out: The BD Live feature MovieIQ Sync debuted with Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Woo? More »


Computing

The Price Of Apple MacBook Pros Around The World

10:00AM January 11, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Brazil is one of my favourite countries. Cool people, great music, heavenly beaches and caipirinhas. But if you have to buy a Mac, you are screwed. And like this graphic shows, it’s the same in other places in the world. More »


Geek Out

Booth Babe Confessions

9:00AM January 11, 2010 | Rosa Golijan and Joel Johnson

Here’s your job: Stand for 10 hours in a noisy convention centre. (You might want to wear something revealing.) Try to get the attention of thousands of men – and a few women – who rush by. And don’t forget to smile. More »


Massive 4TB Buffalo TeraStation NAS Wears Massive Price Tag

8:45AM January 11, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Hey storage fiends? The 4TB WSS NAS monster from Buffalo just jumped the Pacific and made its way Stateside. The smokey smell is your credit card. More »


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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8:30AM January 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Pleo To Return In 2010 – Jurassic Park, As Alan Partridge Might Say Hurray?

Windows Mobile 7 Will Show Its Face In February Hopefully it didn’t hit every branch of the ugly tree while being created.

First Hands-On And Video: Dell Mini 5 Android Slate What do you reckon? Are you sold?

A-Team Trailer Hits, With Just Enough Ridiculously Awesome They’re making an A-Team movie? Why was I not informed?

Is It This Easy To Pull Nude Pics From Airport Scanners? [NSFW] Well, expect this argument to heat up a bit…

E-ink Is Dead, Pixel Qi’s Transflective LCD Just Killed It This looks awesome.

Invisibility Cloak Technology Back On Track Phew. I was worried there for a moment…

The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did At CES This Year Wasn’t That Mean To think it was two years ago they pulled their first CES prank. How time flies!

An Entire Country Frozen Glad I’m not in the UK at the moment…


RCA Airnergy Charges Gadgets With Nothing But Wi-Fi Signals

8:15AM January 11, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Forget PowerMats and wireless charging and the like, because the Airnergy Wi-Fi signal harvester is my new front runner for the future of gadget charging. More »