A Boeing 777 jet and an A1 Grand Prix racer clashed at the Auckland International Airport in New Zealand to see which was the faster machine. The Boeing got a headstart down the runway for the first race, and defeated the A1 handily. When the starting points were equal, however,…
PS3 Production Cost Down 50%, Sony Finally Breaking Even Uninspired bragging point, but at least Blu-ray appears to be SkullCandy Double Agent Headphones Have Built-in SD Slot, Bypass the MP3 Player and Gizmodo’s Very, Very NSFW Porn Convention Adventure The real reason Gizmodo’s in Vegas. The REAL Bill Gates Retirment…
The reception bars on your mobile represent EC/I0 values, which is the scientific measurement that signifies how much of a mobile’s available reception is actually usable. Well, according to the chaps at Ask Metafilter, the bars that are actually present on your mobile are a watered down representation of the…
We did not spot this ebook concept from iRiver at CES, but their website is showing it off nonetheless. To say details are light would be true. So, details are light, but what the concept ebook does promise is a colour display and handwriting recognition.
We have brought you news about Tesla’s great electric supercar development previously, but it seems the group is making moves to cease operation. According to the Tesla’s Founders Blog, the company is silently dropping its key employees, one at a time.
While much of the internet may be up in arms over Richard Blakeley’s recent
While the PlayStation 3 cost Sony somewhere around $800 when it was launched in Nov. 2006, Sony has told Business Week that the PS3 now costs about $450 to produce—or right around the cost of their console 40GB console (and frankly, the 80GB version can’t be costing Sony much more)….
This 62-in-1 USB hub can read just about any memory card you can throw at it, and maybe some that don’t even exist. Seriously, I had no idea that there were even this many formats out there. It also features an internal 3.5″ connect bay, USB, Firewire and SATA slots,…
Jackets that incorporate MP3 players are nothing new, but my guess is that only the
What better way to retain your masculinity whilst preparing some fruity, girly, mixed drink than to put it in a specially designed blender that can be attached to a standard cordless drill? Perfect for use on a boat, on a construction site, or during any other manly activity. People will…
According to the manufacturer’s website, the Manfrotto 797 Modo Pocket Camera Mount is billed as “the worlds smallest tripod,” which is a bit disconcerting seeing how it only has two legs. Nonetheless, it appears to be a cool little device. The hinged design allows you to adjust camera angles, and…
Dog or cat hair problems? The Pet Furminator somehow gets to the undercoat where hair is matted, leaving the shiny topcoat untouched. Looks like a great way to solve that problem of furballs and hairs sticking to everything in your abode, including you. Or, you could solve the problem by…
When I came across this custom Master Chief transformer, I have to admit that my heat skipped a beat. If yours did too, you are a huge geek and we love you for it. And the best part is you can actually own this bad boy if you are up…
The words Tata Nano have nothing to do with tiny music players, but the car going by that name’s price and size are still nearly small enough to dance on the head of a pin. Introduced in India for $US2500, another feature of the car worthy of the word “nano”…
We’re all way beyond figuring out how to do this, but certainly some of our readers can do much, much better. Send your most creative iPhone window shot to Tips and the best one gets on the Giz front page next week. Extra consideration given for craziness, originality and the…
Maybe we missed the the adult entertainment expo to keep all our bases covered. Anyway, here are the full specs:
A digital video recorder with built-in micro camera and high quality recorder disguised as a belt buckle that could make Chuck Norris proud? My life is now complete. Thanks to Ajoka and their full-colour, sound-enabled Buckle DVR now you too can be an spy, a private dick and a Geek…
Here is a comforting thought for you. Apparently the FBI has routinely failed to pay telecom companies for providing phone and internet lines that they had been using for wiretaps and other super-secret surveillance. This has resulted in at least one company cutting a foreign intelligence wiretap until the bill…
Nobody wants to flick on a light in their kitchen to see a bunch of cockroaches scurrying about. And depending on where you live, its not like a rinky-dink little roach motel will get the job done. Those suckers can be huge. Sure you could use a baseball bat or…
Wandering around the CES show floor, you have to laugh when the elaborate multi-million dollar structures designed to convince you of a company’s credibility are called “booths.” Of all we saw here this week, step through the most exquisite, best-designed and overall most awe-inspiring of them all in this top…
The whole team is working their collective butts off here at CES ’08, and we do it all for you guys, but every now and then it would be nice to have someone tell us they really, really love us. We went in search for some affection; unfortunately, we asked
Less than a week after it came out Sony BMG all four major labels. Check the press release below, we’re grabbing more details right now.
Last year at CES, we rounded up schwag every day to show you what crap people were handing out. This year, we didn’t do it. We’re also not doing some schwag giveaway. Why? Because schwag sucks, and we don’t want to give free publicity to companies just because they had…
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We’ve heard from reputable sources at CES 2008 that people are returning HD DVD players they bought at low prices over the holidays because of all the crap that’s gone down in the HD DVD camp this
What’s better than a digital photo frame that takes in SD, MS, MMC and XD cards to plaster your loved ones on an 8-inch LCD? One that also includes a photo printer on board. The back of this PhotoBox has a 300x300dpi printer, which shoots out snaps at a rate…
This TIE Fighter, and the X-Wing after the jump, is what happens when you put together Star Wars, LEGO and steampunk in the title of a contest. That and a collective geekgasm. Truth is, as fun as the
Things Ring Mouse. Impressions: Even on one knee, the Ring Mouse is both surprisingly comfortable and convenient (it’s more than a novelty, for sure). The trackball is extremely sensitive, but we’d love to see a buttonless TouchPad version of the device. The Verdict: Let’s just say what happens in Vegas,…
Back in Panasonic’s secret demo room at CES 2008, they’re showing off a stress test where they slam a metal ball into a plasma with one joule of energy, and see if the screen will smash up. (Guess what? They’ve also run the test on LCDs.) Videography by Curtis Walker
