The Nine Lives of the Superstar Who Wanted to Jump the Grand Canyon Our tribute to the crazy cool of the stuntman of stuntmen, Evel Knievel. Batmobile Lost its Wheel … And It Fetched No Cash on eBay Ah well…At least Clooney can always rest assured that Batman and Robin…
The Rubbot Male Sex Gadget is in Beta, Looks Slightly Dangerous Umm…hmmm…. The State of HD DVD Where we’re at in the format war. New Old Enterprise Is Not the Real McCoy, Still Gives Star Trek Fans Stiffies [UPDATED] Gabriel answers a few of questions about his Star Trek artwork…
DIY Breast-Shaped Stress Reliever Not exactly SFW though… Almost-Perfect Lego Costume Allows Man to Get Drunk Anonymously Errr…but how do you grip the beer, let alone a shot glass?
Stephen Conroy Add to My Profile | More Videos Stephen Conroy is so hip and with it. Our newly appointed Communications Minister has his own myspace page that provides all the important details like his football teams (Chelsea and Collingwood FCs), zodiac sign (Capricorn) and marital status (married with children)….
While checking out the details on the new Sidewinder mouse, we spotted Microsoft throwing a general party around their hardware line up. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their hardware business, Microsoft is doing 25% cashback deals when you send off for redemption. So that SideWinder might be retailing for…
The Case for Two TVs in One Living Room Considerations for your couch potato-dom setup. New York Judge Who Jailed Everyone in Court for a Ringing Phone Is Removed From the Bench Aimed too high. Should have just jailed the idiot who didn’t switch his phone off.
This is the last in our series, and delves into a little more geeky detail. The Honda ASIMO team let me do a quick 360 degree tour of ASIMO up close, so I poked the camera around him so you can have a closer look than you’ve ever had before….
The last of our batch o’ Plantronics headsets, the 365 is all about teh gamerz. Two things strike me pretty – the auto fit headband which sits very comfortably, and the deep cans. For good audio, particularly spatial gaming audio, it’s all about the deep cans. Semi-open backs are also…
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Posters, Trailer Are Mildly Sexy Completely SFW propaganda featuring the new Terminator babe, for those with a fembot fetish. Koenigsegg CCXR Biofuel Car Breaks 1000HP The hottest wheels for rich treehuggers the socially conscious.
On Friday we got to spend a little ‘quality time’ with the awesomely awesome Honda ASIMO. We’re going to run a few clips this week showing just how awesome the little guy is. Here’s a clip of the rockstar entrance ASIMO makes at the start of each show. The audio…
The mothership mentioned this year’s
The ads are popping up all over (even here) with the news that iiNet has really, truly, rooly launched naked ADSL services. Starting from $49.95, you can now get ADSL2+ from iiNet and you don’t have to pay the line rental tax to do so. The intro plan gives 2GB+2GB,…
It’s expensive, but it’s not built for those who worry about price tag when they’re buying their workstation monitors. The new Samsung XL20 is a designer LCD with LED backlighting that pushes colour gamut up to 114% of the NTSC spectrum. Sadly, this is the figure they’ve shared with the…
Welcome to a spanking new week of Movember Gizmodobro goodness! Windows XP edition. Kite sailing katana yacht catches steady winds from on highSexy like a Bond film vehicle. US control over core Internet systems called into questionDid you know the US government holds veto power over ICANN?
I’m paranoid, extremely vain and hence under the impression that everyone is out to stalk me, so my Facebook profile is highly privatised. FBChicks is a site that may appeal to those who are more into the ‘social’ aspects of ‘social networking’ and follows in the grand tradition of class…
Okay, for the younger folk, Communication Breakdown is the name of a Zeppelin track. Yeah, the jokes are never as good when you have to explain them… Anyway, Zeppelin will be rocking up the 3 Mobile network, with full-length audio downloads available over the air from Saturday. They’ll even be…
Want naked DSL now, now, NOW? Okay, you can’t order it today, but you can apply to Internode to be a part of their trial. You’ll have to wear your own costs to disconnect, etc, from any current services, but Internode has put their trial participant price at $40 per…
Tough couple of days around these parts, with a mix of personal and technical issues holding up the AU end of postage. Thanks for not getting too rowdy in your complaints — here’s the best of last night as a reward! Fastest Windows Vista notebook? A MacBook ProFanboys, time for…
Nokia has partnered with Azure Wireless, a Wi-Fi hotspot provider, to deliver free Wi-Fi access for their Nseries handsets until end of January 2008. There is coverage in all state and territory capitals, as well as other major centres in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. I was dubious at first but…
A big, big kudos to Apple on their adjustment of local Leopard pricing in line with the new strength of the Aussie dollar. Earlier reports had put the price at A$229, with the US price of $129 (pre-tax, of course) looking an awful lot cheaper. At current exchange rates US…
ASIMO landed in Melbourne yesterday to begin his national tour, hitting Melbourne, Bendigo, Adelaide, Newcastle, Sydney, and Brisbane between now and early December. First appearances will be at Chadstone Shopping Mall from 17th to the 21st, with shows at 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm and 5.30pm. If you own a Honda car…
The possible Australian ban of plasmas and LCDs for poor power consumption has caused quite the stir (sidenote: there was quite the heated discussion of this story, and the fallacies of this report, on an Aussie IT journalist email list yesterday). The mothership mentioned things overnight, and this story from…
