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Chumby One Focuses More On Radio, Loses The Beanbag
7:44PM Danny Allen | Two-years after the first Chumby helped kick-start widgets in Wi-Fi gadgets, a new version looks likely for November. First spied on blurrycam in August, the Chumby One has a new hard shell, FM and Internet radio, and a faster processor. More »
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New Chumby Model Spotted, Looks Retro-Adorable
2:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Ryan Block, founder of gdgt (and possible alter ego of Mr. Blurrycam), spotted a new model of Chumby, the connected-widget desktop companion. He promises it’s a little more square and alarm-clock-like, as well as smaller, than the previous version. More »
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‘Powered By Chumby’ Gadgets To Be Dropped Off In Time For Santa
2:30AM Joanna Stern | We already knew that Chumby, maker of that adorable little Wi-Fi widget beanbag, was planning on porting its open-source platform to other gadgets, but we now have an ETA: this Christmas. More »
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4:42PM Nick Broughall | If you were holding out for Internode to release the 2009 model Chumby before you got yourself a Wi-Fi enabled desktop beanbag companion thing of your very own, then now’s your chance – they’ve just announced the 2009 version is on sale for $349. More »
Internode Releases 2009 Model Chumby
4:42PM Nick Broughall | If you were holding out for Internode to release the 2009 model Chumby before you got yourself a Wi-Fi enabled desktop beanbag companion thing of your very own, then now’s your chance – they’ve just announced the 2009 version is on sale for $349. More »
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Chumby Is Merging With TVs and Blu-ray Players
2:20AM Matt Buchanan | I’m not sure if Chumby’s widgets, minus the Chumby, are all that appealing—while everything with a power button has widgets nowadays, Chumby’s adorable, squishy form factor was why we liked it. More »
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Hacked Chumby Red Phone Needs To Be On President Obama’s Desk STAT
2:00AM Jack Loftus | If President-elect Obama really is the technology President, as many believe he will be, he’s going to need to replace that red phone hotline on his desk with a Chumby. Luckily, MAKE shows us how. More »
Design
Chumby Hack Brings Social Networking To Goldfish
11:42AM Sean Fallon | Goldfish must get lonely in those little bowls. I’m sure that’s why designer Bruno Fosi used guts from a Chumby to create a device that allows you to automate an aquarium and bring it online.
Announcements
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Got a Chumby? Been disappointed by the lack of a dedicated Giz AU widget? Well, be disappointed no longer – we’ve been working tirelessly over the past few days to get our widget up onto the Chumby servers, and even though it’s only V1, it’s still the best darned widget the Chumby has seen so far (if we do say so ourselves).
To get the Gizmodo AU widget on your Chumby, log onto Chumby.com and select the Australia category in the Manage widgets tab. And while you’re there, you should probably add all the other Allure Media sites as well, from Babble to Kotaku and Lifehacker to Defamer – they’re all pretty much guaranteed to keep you entertained throughout the day while you should be working, and that can’t be a bad thing.
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Get Your Gizmodo AU Chumby Widget Now
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Got a Chumby? Been disappointed by the lack of a dedicated Giz AU widget? Well, be disappointed no longer – we’ve been working tirelessly over the past few days to get our widget up onto the Chumby servers, and even though it’s only V1, it’s still the best darned widget the Chumby has seen so far (if we do say so ourselves).
To get the Gizmodo AU widget on your Chumby, log onto Chumby.com and select the Australia category in the Manage widgets tab. And while you’re there, you should probably add all the other Allure Media sites as well, from Babble to Kotaku and Lifehacker to Defamer – they’re all pretty much guaranteed to keep you entertained throughout the day while you should be working, and that can’t be a bad thing.
[Chumby on Giz] More »
Games
Quake on Chumby Is the Cuddliest Slaughterfest Ever
1:15AM Matt Buchanan | Sure, people port games to totally inappropriate platforms all the time, but rarely do they entail the cognitive dissonance of a full port of Quake to the huggable Wi-Fi beanbag Chumby. More »
Gadgets
3:28PM Nick Broughall | In the short time since Internode sent me a Chumby to review, the little hacky-sack-slash-internet-widget hybrid has become one of my favourite household gadgets. I use it to check the weather, get the latest news headlines, listen to internet radio, tell me the time and play the occasional game of Sudoku. With a slight upgrade to my home’s wireless network, it will definitely become my bedside alarm clock as well. But for all the great features the Chumby offers, it is held back by one simple flaw – a lack of Australian widgets for Australian users. More »
Review: Chumby. Verdict: Great, But Needs More Local Content
3:28PM Nick Broughall | In the short time since Internode sent me a Chumby to review, the little hacky-sack-slash-internet-widget hybrid has become one of my favourite household gadgets. I use it to check the weather, get the latest news headlines, listen to internet radio, tell me the time and play the occasional game of Sudoku. With a slight upgrade to my home’s wireless network, it will definitely become my bedside alarm clock as well. But for all the great features the Chumby offers, it is held back by one simple flaw – a lack of Australian widgets for Australian users. More » 
