Mobile

Murderer Caught Because of His ‘No Mobile Phone Left Behind’ Policy

During the investigation of a burglary at a home in Pinhole California, officers heard a mobile phone ring. On the other end a man asks “Hey, did you find my phone?”


June 2, 2009
Entertainment

Darth Jackson Makes Me Want to Go Back to Bed

newVideoPlayer("/darthjackson_gizmodo.flv", 426, 260,""); At the end, Susan Boyle didn’t win Britain’s Got Talent! contest. Well, at least Danny Choo’s heir Darth Jackson and his Imperial Stormtrooper zombies didn’t win either—much to Addy’s consternation, though. Enjoy the Monday morning stupidity. [Star Wars Blog]


May 21, 2009

Brilliant Girl Jumps In Front of a Pickup Truck to Save iPod

Here’s an example of great priorities: a 16-year-old girl dove in front of a pickup truck to retrieve her dropped iPod.


May 14, 2009
Gadgets

Metal SGP Gadget Trim: Is This Really How To Treat a Gadget You Love?

SGP is selling these metallic stickers which go on and around the LCDs, panels and other parts of gadgets. Some look okay, like the HTC phone above. Some are far worse.


May 13, 2009

Japanese Marriage Bra Gently Nudges Men Toward Nuptials, With Boobs

Triumph international, the same guys who came up with the eminently practical Chopstick Bra, have channeled their proudly insincere energies into fake-solving Japan’s declining marriage rate. Behold… The Marriage Hunting Bra.


Mobile

$US37,000 Solid Platinum iPhone Makes Me Want to Smack Someone

OK, I don’t care if it is plated or solid: Enough with the precious metal iPhone case replacements already. Unless… unless you are the kind of guy who actually uses this line (NSFW):


May 12, 2009

Microsoft’s Latest Dumb Ad: iPods Cost $US30,000 to Fill Up

The Laptop Hunters price assault on Macs has shifted to iPod and iTunes: It’d cost $US30,000 to fill an iPod, but Zunepass fills up a Zune for cheap. This is a retarded ad.


May 7, 2009
Gadgets

Why Medical Checkpoints Will Never Save Us From Apocalypse

This—border entry and exit checkpoints with thermoscan controls—is how your airport will look in a few years. If you are lucky. Swine Flu or not, this is our future. Or maybe it’ll be even worse:


April 28, 2009
Geek Out

Man Makes 141 Rotations Hanging From a Power Drill, Sets Stupid World Record

Here is the trick to setting world records—aim low and think of the stupidest record possible. Case in point—the record for most rotations while hanging from a power drill.


April 17, 2009

Parking Space That Doubles as a Playground Swing: A Deadly Space Saver

You know that space saving concepts have gone too far when someone proposes that a collapsible swing be integrated into a parking space.