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Future iPhones May Have Always On Display [Apple Patent]
Apple has patented a new display technology that will allow their iPhones to have always-on displays with almost no battery cost whatsoever. This doesn't mean the whole display would be lit at all...
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Everlast Wii Boxing Gloves Will Knock You Out [Wii]
Indeed, Nintendo and Everlast have tag-teamed in the retail ring to knock you out with these new boxing glove accessories. And while your down they plan to steal your wallet—because this is an...
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PS3 Tech Demo Runs Gran Turismo 5 in 2160p or 240 FPS [Gran Turismo]
What's the team a Polyphony Digital doing besides finishing their upcoming Gran Turismo 5 racing simulator? Making some crazy ass tech demos with four PlayStation 3s hooked together to share...
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Contest: Design The Gaming Laptop of the Future and Win a Toshiba X305 [Contests]
You know what is better than getting a brand new Toshiba Qosmio X305 gaming laptop this holiday? How about getting one for free? Yes, that definitely would be the way to go—but there is one...
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How Frozen Pizzas Are Made (Singuality and One Badass Sauce Gun) [Factory Tour]
The BBC has a fantastic, 3-minute clip touring a frozen pizza factory that manufactures 2 million pizzas a week. There's something about precision, large-scale automation, even when the technology...
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Guess How Many Wiimotes the Nyko Charge Station Quad Charges [Wiimote Chargers]
Nyko didn't like seeing fellow third party manufacturer Penguin create a 4x Wiimote charger first, so Nyko fired back with the Charge Station Quad for Wii. Priced at $50, the Nyko Quad includes four...
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Harsh Reality Behind the Gizmodo/Reader Symbiosis Revealed by Dilbert [Truth]
It's not often that a simple three-pane comic strip says something meaningful and true about your life, but I think it's safe to say that today's Dilbert strip essentially sums up what this here...
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Apple DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter Delayed to Dec. 23 [Apple]
While we liked the shiny unibody MacBooks, their new miniDisplay Port requires the use of a dual link DVI adapter to drive the 30" CinemaDisplay. Not only is the adapter $100; it's a custom cord that...
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NASA Adds Smell Detector To Space Station, Insert Fart Joke Here [Space]
Apart from remodeling their home, astronauts on board the International Space Station are installing a new piece of equipment that may save their lives one day. Or embarrass them. It can go either...
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T-Mobile G1 Now Shipping with 3.5mm Headphone Adapter [Android]
I know, it's just salt in the wound for those of you with G1s in the audience. But for all you procrastinators out there, today is your day. The G1, with its solitary mini USB port, hasn't been the...
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At Gizmodo Gallery: The Red One Camera [Gizmodo Gallery]
We'll have a lot more than the 1983 Apple Phone prototype at the upcoming Gizmodo Gallery. Perhaps you were interested in getting a good look at the famous Red One camera? That's good, because we...
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Samsung Manufacturing 256GB SSDs, Just Like They Promised [Ssds]
It was nearly six months ago when Samsung laid out their plan to manufacture an affordable, super-fast 256GB SSD by the end of the year. It sounded a little bit optimistic at the time, but as of...
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Staples' Black Friday Ad Leaked [Black Friday]
Another day another Black Friday leak, this one courtesy of Staples! So what exciting things does the world's largest office supply chain have in store for us? Quite a few decent deals, if you're not...
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Scalado Promises to Finally Kill Irritating Phone Camera Lag [Phone Cameras]
It's the worst thing about phone cameras (except for the image noise, poor low-light performance, desaturated colors and incessant motion blur): the picture delay. Scalado says they've managed to...
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Neuros Releases the Link, an Open Source, Web-Savvy Set-Top Box [Neuros]
Neuros, who built their reputation with weird, chunky (but wonderful) modular MP3 players, has long since moved exclusively to the home entertainment field. Their latest attempt at eroding the Apple...
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James Bond's Weird World of Inventions Chronicles 007 in 1966 [Retromodo]
The James Bond series has always had gushing reviews of their gadgety goodness, even before Jesus' take on Quantum of Solace. This January 1966 article, ?James Bond's Weird World of Inventions? look...
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Scotsman Trufill Beverage Dispenser Shoots Out 10 Pints in 10 Seconds [Alcohol]
You know what sucks? The line at sports venues when you're waiting for disgruntled employees behind a bar to pour out overpriced Bud Lights for thirty or so already drunken meatheads in front of you....
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Apple TV Firmware V.2.3 Update Gives Third-Party Remote Support, AirTunes Streaming [Apple TV]
For all you Apple TV users out there, Apple's now released firmware version 2.3. The patch, downloadable through the media hub's built in updater, now lets users stream music from AirTunes to any...
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Choke-able Chicken is a Bonafide Stress Reliever [Rubber Chicken]
Looking for a stress ball that's sure to anger the hordes of PETA? Here's one shaped like a chicken that crows in pain when you squeeze, hit or shake it. Let the chicken have it whenever work's got...
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BlackBerry Storm Review (Verdict: Not Quite a Perfect Storm) [Blackberry Storm Review]
It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at...
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Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month [Zune Pass]
Microsoft's $15 Zune Pass subscription service—a pretty sweet deal already—has just porked up their offer by giving you 10 free songs that you can keep every month. We've talked about...
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Park Bench-Sized Ghetto Blaster Plays Music Via Bluetooth [Boom Bench]
At last you can avoid the hassle of taking your Lasonic Ghetto Blaster every single time you go to the park: Now the park will have boom boxes the size of a park bench, with more than 500 watts of...
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Catching Up: Goodbye PC Magazine [Off Topic]
Hey Brian,
Did you hear that PC Magazine is ending its magazine edition and focusing solely on the online space? Sad to hear. I was one of those kids that grew up having a subscription to PC Mag in...
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Thanko Wrist Strap Keeps Heat Flowing to Your Fingers [Thanko]
Don't you hate it when you spend a while on the computer in a frigid room and your fingers start to get ice cold? You can't take the time to warm your hands back up because your boss is breathing...
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Let Me Google That For You Teaches You How To Google [Google]
Let Me Google That For You is a tutorial search engine for those whose assistance is constantly needed by the technologically impaired or those clueless friends you have who are just too lazy to...
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Nominate Us For the Weblog Awards! [Announcements]
Like Gizmodo? Go and nominate us for the 2008 weblog awards. Our suggestion is to stick us in any category you think we belong, such as Best Technology Blog, Best Blog, Best Online Community (if you...
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Meraki's Solar Powered Wi-Fi Repeater Finally Shipping in December [Solar Wi-fi]
We first wrote about Meraki and their solar-powered Wi-Fi repeater back in mid '07, but they're finally getting ready to ship these next month. According to Cleantechnica, it's going to be $749 if...
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Houdini Pro Emergency Rescue Tool Busts You Out Of a Wrecked Or Drowning Car [Emergency Car Kit]
The Houdini and Houdini Pro are two emergency car tools that improve your chances of not dying when faced with a crashed or sinking car. It's much like the seatbelt cutters and window shatterers that...
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Amazing Mechanical Elephant Is Not Afraid of USB Mice [Robots]
Steampunk may be tired, but this mechanical elephant has left us speechless with its design and detail. It's just stunning, from tail to trunk. Built over the course of three and a half months by...
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Kanguru's e-Flash Drive Can Handle USB and eSATA [Storage]
In recent years, that vast majority of thumbdrive "innovations" have been...well...non-technical. However, Kanguru has actually done something useful by integrating an eSATA plug with a standard USB...
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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]
These Gadget Deals of the Day round-ups remind me more and more of Tom Waits' genius Step Right Up*. Everyone's a winner, bargains galore! $500 off! $500 off this 1080p fancy 42-inch Philips LCD TV....
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Consumer Reports Survey Details America's Black Friday Spending Plans [Black Friday]
While you are busy letting us know your Black Friday plans for this year over in our Question of the Day, do feel free to cheat off the paper of the 1,000 or so folks Consumer Reports called up and...
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Finally, Lasers That Heal Wounds Rather Than Creating Them [Science]
Generally, when you think of a hot laser being pointed at your body, you'd expect it to create a hole rather than seal one up. And most of the time, you'd be right. But Abraham Katzir, a physicist at...
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Question of the Day: Do You Plan to Gadget Shop on Black Friday? [Question Of The Day]
To combat the economic crisis, many tech-retailers will have added incentive this year to offer deep discounts on their Black Friday merchandise. And, since most of us will probably be sticking to a...
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Employees Not Getting Paid for Boot-Up Times, Sue Their Employers [Work Sucks]
For office drones at big companies such as AT&T, United Health Group and Cigna, booting up their computers at the start of the day and waiting for them to shut down takes some decent time. Like 20...
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Casio EX-FH20 Budget Super Slow-Mo Camera Lightning Review [Reviews]
The Gadget: The Casio EX-FH20 camera, bargain brother to the popular EX-F1. It features 1000 fps slow-mo video, a 40 fps burst mode for still shooting and a 9.1-megapixel sensor, as well as good ol'...
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Roofus Robot Eats Snow For Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner [Robots]
Roofus is a robot that can do the job of 25 men cleaning up snow. Which is great, because who wants to have a job in this economy? I mean, do you have caterpillar tracks, two electric motors, one...
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Call for Ridiculous Packaging Photos for Hall of Shame [Packaging]
We've covered a few before, but since you guys keep uncovering examples of companies supplying you with gizmos in ridiculously voluminous packaging, we're building a new Hall of Shame to give these...
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Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Review [Review]
The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is a bit confused. It packs an Intel Atom processor, which makes it a netbook. But it also has a 12-inch screen, which exceeds our definition of what a netbook can be. On...
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Dealzmodo: 15 Cheap Blu-ray Players as Low as $200 [Dealzmodo]
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There's no question that Blu-ray is still not as...
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RebateStatus.com Files For Chapter 11, Your Rebate May Be Affected [Rebates]
One of the nation's largest rebate processing firms, CPG (RebateStatus.com) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What does that mean for you? Well, if you happened to mail-in a rebate form...
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