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Lightning Review: Lego Egg Timer

The Gadget: Lego Egg Timer.
The Price: $7.99
The Verdict: It's cute. It's makes a wonderful tic-tock noise. It helps you do roasted lamb and chicken and Beef Wellington and cakes. It's Lego. Really, it can't get any better than that. I only wish it could do more than one hour. More »

8:00 PM on Fri Jul 4 2008
By jesusdiaz
5,371 views, 16 comments

MOTOROKR E8 Review

Lightning Review: Motorola ROKR E8 Music Phone

The Gadget: The Moto E8 ROKR is a candybar music phone that makes use of a touch-sensitive, haptic feedback panel on the bottom half of the phone. It's nearly buttonless, save for a few on the side. More »

1:00 PM on Fri Jul 4 2008
By Adrian Covert
8,633 views, 17 comments

Latest by bailey_ca: @jammyman34: The fact that I've used debranded, unlocked Moto phones before. Fresh out of the box, Moto software is like a delicious combination of monkeys and typewriters: A thousand Motorola engineers, typing on a thousand cell phone keypads will eventually more »

ultimate tivo box

Fantasy Gadget: The Ultimate Next Generation Connected TiVo Box

TiVo has been setting the bar for timeshifting television (what you want, when you want it) for the better part of a decade. Its latest models, the TiVo Series 3 and TiVo HD, further refine and extend functionality to high definition TV and downloadable movies. But the future might not be so bright for TiVo, as other players such as Microsoft' Vista Media Center, Apple's Apple TV, Netflix's Roku player, and upstarts like the Vudu aim to drink their milkshake. What's a company to do? Innovate. Use the internet. Connect users together. Go beyond broadcast TV. Here's what we think TiVo needs to prioritize in their next box in order to dominate the living room for the next decade. More »

Feature

12:00 PM on Fri Jul 4 2008
By Jason Chen
5,864 views, 22 comments

Latest by The Magnificen7: @MrBlahBlah: Really? Because when I hear that, I think of the scene in the actual movie that I went to see, instead of LOLing at SNL (which I haven't done since I first saw Kristin Wiig's hilarious character that tries more »

thank giz it's america

10 Gadgety Reasons Why I Love America

With an unpopular war going on, an unpopular president in the White House and an economy in crisis, sometimes we struggle to remember what makes this country great. July 4th should be a time to reflect on the positives—a day to celebrate our independence and recapture our patriotic spirit. For some of us, that may be easier said than done. However, I am confident that the following gadgets will serve as a reminder, to all nerds, why we live in the best country in the world. And if you are still not convinced, just remember—you could be living in Canada. More »

Feature

4:12 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Sean Fallon
16,576 views, 165 comments

Latest by nutbastard: @mpar: It's completely obvious in more than one way that this article is in reference to the USA. To make a point that "America" is a continent that includes other nations blah blah blah is simply obnoxious, adds nothing to the more »

dell dock

Review: Dell's Vista Dock Pretty But Lifeless

I'm OCD about my desktop. I keep exactly six icons on it, tucked in the upper left hand corner. So Dell's OS X wannabe dock—actually made by Stardock and licensed to Dell, but let's not pretend it's not an Apple reaction—sounds like a great way to keep my desktop immaculate. Who originated the dock or why it came to be aren't really that important. The fact is, lots of people who never would've used a dock are now going to when Dell ships these out. And that would be awesome, if the dock weren't so dumb. More »

Feature

4:00 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By matt buchanan
15,401 views, 76 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Matt, if you really are into docks, I think there are better, more useful free options out there. And I swear to God I hope this is your only disappointment. I have an M1330, and after a month on hell with Vista more »

More to Life than In-Game XMB

10 Things We Still Want in PlayStation 3 Firmware (i.e. NOT In-Game XMB)

Sony's latest PlayStation 3 firmware update 2.4 brought what the fanboys have been crying about since the console's inception—in-game access to the console's Cross Media Bar (XMB). But I'll tell you something, in-game XMB is fine and dandy, yes, but there were more pressing issues that Sony should have fixed first. In fact, I count 10 of 'em (because a list of nine would get me fired). More »

Feature

11:00 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
18,804 views, 108 comments

Latest by fudged71: screengrabs would be nice! also, what about video capture? that would be a very cool feature, that could be used across all games and dialog. more »

review

Lightning Review: Linksys WRT610N Dual N-Band Wireless Router

The Gadget: Linksys' Dual-N Band Wireless Router just became official, giving users simultaneous 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands so 802.11N users and 802.11G users can coexist without N users having to use the crowded 2.4GHz space. Also, since it's dual N-band, two N users can connect (one to each frequency) without interfering with the other. It's styled in Linksys' new form factor, which helps emphasize that Linksys is more for consumers (especially compared to their parent company Cisco). More »

12:00 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Jason Chen
10,021 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: @bolix: yes that's right, also devices on your g stream can't take advantage of the 5ghz frequency. more »

turbine

Democratic Ecology: Philippe Starck's Cheap Designer Wind Turbine For Your Home

Famous designer Philippe Starck recently revealed he felt a certain shame that all the things he'd designed were not essential for living. This turbine, which he designed with the help of generator company Pramac, can theoretically provide a single home with 20-60% of all the electricity it needs. The name, which needs work, or at least the prefix "turbo" in front of it, is "Democratic Ecology." If the performance is indeed true, at $633, it's actually a steal and I'd order one right now. [inhabitat via Boingboing]

4:30 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Brian Lam
4,827 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: Oh, I also agree that $633 could only pay for the actual 'blade'. The rest of it will cost tens of thousands of dollars. The designer in the article is a total tool. He says he made this because he feels bad more »

laptops

What Doesn't Break a Toughbook Makes It Stronger: How They Test the Hell Out of Them

Deep in the northwest corner of Kobe, Japan, there's a factory hidden away among green rice paddies, and sleepy farming villages of tiled roofs. If you were to travel here, to Takatsukadai—the middle of nowhere—you'd find Panasonic's Toughbook plant quietly making notebooks with the world's lowest failure rate. Well, not so quietly, actually. They employ a regimen of over 500 different tests, smashing, dropping and soaking Toughbooks, with over a thousand sacrifices each year. This is where I learned how the old computer plant manages to pull it off, miraculously, almost all under one roof. More »

Feature

4:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Tim Hornyak
5,405 views, 46 comments

Latest by n/a: Legally, they cannot say they test the hell out of them (Anyone that's been in a DC Subway station should get that reference..) " Notebooks also go on racks at the Kobe factory, and are given massages. Using Panasonic-branded handheld massagers (what more »

where to buy an iPhone

Where Should You Buy an iPhone, Apple or AT&T? (Answered)

When the iPhone 3G hits July 11th, it will be available at both AT&T and Apple stores. So beyond a little extra pretentiousness at the Apple stores, is there anything different between them? What if you need to start a new plan? What if you need to transfer a number? Can Apple handle the complicated stuff?

Actually, AT&T has told us that there will be no limiting difference between the two stores, except one thing. If you are a business or enterprise customer, then you should buy your iPhone from AT&T. Here are the full details on business scenarios:

More »

3:10 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Mark Wilson
38,375 views, 58 comments

giz explains

Giz Explains: IPTV, or Cable From the Phone Company

If you still rock the bunny ears we salute you. But odds are, you probably get TV one of two ways: Cable or satellite. There's a newer way: IP, that is Internet Protocol, TV—in this case, the TV delivered over the internet by your phone company. Verizon and AT&T push FiOS TV and U-Verse, respectively, in select regions of the country where their fiber networks have been built out. (Update: As has been pointed out, FiOS TV isn't actually IPTV, my bad.) In a lot of ways, it's the TV of the future—in part because most of you can't get it yet. Beyond that, the technology that delivers it to your home, as well as who is doing the delivering, opens up some pretty sweet new interactive possibilities. And even for regular old boob tubing, the way it's architected means its good for HD buffs. More »

Feature

2:30 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By matt buchanan
6,570 views, 46 comments

Latest by n/a: yes. Because the world needs more ways to watch American Idol to satisfy its median IQ of 75. I can envision NO better use for that bandwidth. The internet was starting to bore me, anyway. ... F'n retards. more »

review

Lightning Review: Rock Band Drum Covers Dampen Your Furious Beatings

The Gadget: Stitched drum covers for Rock Band from "Premium Rock Band Drum Covers", which give you five different levels of padding for sound dampening. They come in four-color style, all-black, and four-color with a white sidewall for the Wii. More »

1:40 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Jason Chen
8,204 views, 27 comments

Latest by seamonkey420: man, those are freaking fugly.. i opted for the official ones and they seem to work just fine and look a ton better! more »

water guns

Gizmodo's Ultimate Water Gun Battlemodo Royale

There are few things more enjoyable on a hot summer's day than an epic water gun battle with some friends. In the end, everybody wins, because everybody gets soaked and cools down. But you don't want to be caught with a crappy gun; then you'll just be the guy that everyone else gangs up on. We here at Gizmodo don't want that to happen to our beloved readers, which is why we took on the horrible, difficult task of playing with testing five of this season's hottest water guns under $20 to find out which one is going to give you the most splash for your cash. More »

Feature

12:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Adam Frucci
18,260 views, 75 comments

Latest by not2techy: I haven't had a water gun fight in ages, but a few years back, my parking space was being guarded by a territorial stray cat (she had just had kittens, and my assigned parking space was in her territory). So more »

apple

iPhone 2.0 Video Walkthrough and iTunes 7.7 Confidential Screenshots

I have tried the iTunes 7.7 confidential pre-release—which will be required to install the new iPhone OS—and the latest iPhone OS 2.0 release: 5A345. After a few days of heavy use, I can tell you that both versions are rock-solid. As you can see in the video, the App Store is there—although it's not active yet—along with the new Push data feature, the content restrictions, and the BCC field in Mail, among the rest of the new features. iTunes doesn't change much, but there are a couple of interesting additions, like the "iPhone and iPod touch remotes" option, as you will see in the gallery. More »

Feature

9:00 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By jesusdiaz
28,217 views, 51 comments

Latest by TuxRug: The video also reveals a nasty bug. Running the calculator in the new firmware puts a huge-ass crack down the screen! more »

sony

Sony Goal: 90% of ALL Our Products Networked By 2010

Wow. Stan Glasgow, at dinner last night with a few journalists, told us that Sony plans to network 90% of all of their products, thousands of models, by 2010. It's a matter of getting content on and between devices. He said that the goal was to have it happen automatically or with a click of a button. More »

Feature

7:55 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Brian Lam
3,078 views, 21 comments

Latest by rimplestultskin: why has big brother found his way into all these new convenience features? more »

tattoos

Guy Uses Laser-Etch Machine to Tattoo Himself (Verdict: Flaming Nutcase)

See that robot there? It's burned by a laser-etch machine. On genyoowine human skin. Ohoho yes: that sent an icky feeling up your spine didn't it? If it didn't, then it should have. Try looking through the gallery, and then watch the video of a skin-etch in action, and that should do the trick... More »

7:50 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Kit Eaton
29,868 views, 118 comments

Latest by gotsmart: In 30 years, the headline will read, "GUY DEVELOPS ROBOT-SHAPED CARCINOMA AFTER LASER-TATTOOING HIMSELF AS A TEENAGER." more »

ps3

PlayStation 3 2.40 Firmware Now Live (Trophies, In-Game XMB)

Go download that 2.40 firmware update now for your PS3! It's got trophies, in-game XMB as well as a Google Search Bar. The trophies (achievements from Xbox 360) will be great for hardcore gamers, and the in-game XMB, which allows you to access various settings and send messages to your friends while inside games, makes for a very convenient gaming experience. We've got a video walkthrough as well as photos here. Seriously, go get it now or else you're going to have to spend 15 minutes doing it later when you actually want to play something online.

1:11 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Jason Chen
4,104 views, 25 comments

Latest by Harkonian: Could someone tell me which game that "New Star Found" trophy is from? more »

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Lightning Review: Kangaroom Bamboo Laptop Stand and Charging Station

The Gadget: Kangaroom's laptop stand and charging station, which offers a ventilated laptop stand as well as two phone/iPod holders so you can have a place to charge your gear without cluttering up your desk. It's even tilted, since many laptop users enjoy typing at an angle. More »

10:00 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Jason Chen
6,951 views, 37 comments

Latest by Chowday: How would that sit on your lap? Wouldn't your legs just go through the hole in the back? more »

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