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thank giz it's friday

10 Stress Busting Gadgets That Help You Unwind From a Long Week at Work

Feeling a little stressed out? Good thing it's Friday—the weekend should offer ample opportunity to unwind. Unfortunately, some of you may be have so much going on that a couple of days off may not do the job. Not to worry, there are plenty of gadgets out there that can help you recover from the stress that a long week at work, a pile of unpaid bills, constant nagging about your "drinking problem" and a mysterious rash can cause. More »

Feature

4:00 PM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Sean Fallon
34,518 views, 29 comments

Latest by FinalValgas: @jayhawk11: I thought so. more »

Want Want Want

Hover Boards, Holy Grails and TIE Fighters Fill Hollywood Prop Auction's Geek Memorabilia Motherlode

For sci-fi and comic book movie fans, it doesn't get much better than right now. This week has brought both Dark Knight and the Watchmen trailer, and later this month, the Profiles in History auction house in Hollywood is opening up the prop vaults from just about every classic film over the last, oh, fifty years and isn't stopping until everything is gone, gone, gone! Marty's hover board? Check. Capt. Kirk's phaser from Search For Spock? Yep. The actual holy grail from The Last Crusade? Oh yeah! No shitty replicas here—all are the actual props used on screen, and they can be yours. But those are just the beginning. More »

Feature

3:00 PM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By John Mahoney
14,801 views, 58 comments

Latest by CrashingOut: Whoa, I think someone somewhere is going to bid highly, get sniped, and then go home and cry because they didn't get the Baron's hat. I guarantee you someone will put themselves in that position @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: come more »

review

The Dark Knight Review: Even Gadgets Can't Stop The Joker's Madness

The Dark Knight does not disappoint. Sure, there are gadgets galore in this one—you've seen a few of them in the trailer, like the Batpod and the new Batsuit—but you're going to be focusing your eyes on two things: The Joker and Harvey Dent. This film is dark, it's gritty, it's arguably more realistic than even the first movie. In short, it's everything you'd expect the sequel to be. And more. More »

Feature

2:06 PM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Jason Chen
22,098 views, 104 comments

Latest by Useless1998: About the only thing I saw was the giant Canon logo, but that was attached to a building. more »

ps3

How Sony's Cheapness Is Biting The PS3 In The Ass

Sony's mantra of not writing checks for exclusives—or much of anything—seems to be biting them in the ass a couple times this week. There are at least four cases where the PlayStation 3 has suffered because of Sony's lack of willingness to open up the purse strings. We knew two of these before—backward compatibility and the DualShock 3—but we only found out about the other two during the roundtable session with Sony's Jack Tretton yesterday. More »

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3:40 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Jason Chen
29,019 views, 149 comments

Latest by n/a: @VSorceress: Yes, but it's a scaled resolution, from 640p, in fact, neither of the consoles can make real 1080p games. Think that to get that 1080p massive resolution you need more than 512 mb of video ram, almost 1GB. PS3 more »

giz explains

Giz Explains: Intel's Centrino 2

Intel's Centrino 2 notebook platform officially launched yesterday, and brought an armada of new laptops with it. Centrino (2) is actually just a brand name for a mobile platform, which is really a fancy way saying a combination of Intel parts: a processor, chipset and wireless module. The latest and greatest is Montevina, which is not only energy efficient, but more powerful than the previous set, Santa Rosa. It also makes wireless N standard, puts WiMax in its future, and has graphics that can switch between integrated and discrete for battery/performance needs. In short, this year's crop of notebooks will blow last year's away. More »

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11:00 AM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By matt buchanan
10,501 views, 44 comments

Latest by basicxman: great, and right when I'm trying to catch up with 3 years of computer hardware more »

Wii MotionPlus

The Nintendo Wii's New Real Price

The Wii's $249 base price always allowed it to be known as both the cheapest console and the best deal in town for next-gen gaming. Even at a price of $60 a pop for the WiiMote and Nunchuk, the cumulative price of the system and four controllers would still be under the cumulative price for the Xbox 360 and PS3. This all changes with the Wii MotionPlus. More »

Feature

9:00 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Jason Chen
24,726 views, 109 comments

Latest by GloStix: @KristenBal: Stop trying to make to 360 look bad by adding on extra costs. Not everybody uses the chargers, I fine with my ordinary rechargeable batteries.. more »

Wii MotionPlus Review

Wii MotionPlus Hands-On (Verdict: Melancholy Bliss)

The Nintendo Wii broke my heart. It wooed me with cute, clever marketing and the promise of unbelievable technology. But it was a scam, a hoax, a hoodwink. The Wii's main revolutionary component, the Wiimote, did not work nearly as well as a many of us expected (like when swinging a golf club in WiiSports or a sword in Red Steel). And that was a real blow, because there was no one more excited about the system than me.

So after trying out Wii MotionPlus today, an add-on that brings the Wiimote "more comprehensive tracking" and 1:1 response, I was left with mixed feelings. On one hand, Nintendo finally delivered everything I ever wanted in the Wiimote. On the other, it was two years late, and as Jason pointed out, not making the system any cheaper.

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9:00 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Mark Wilson
28,593 views, 107 comments

Latest by tidybowl: so what I hear people saying is that it doesn't matter that the original Wii remote was revolutionary and a total change from previous button mashing controllers - they shouldn't have released it because it wasn't 100% perfect in it's more »

iPhone 3G Battery Life

Round Up: Nine iPhone 3G Battery Life Test Results

The black art of battery life testing takes time—that's why every launch day review had some version of "we'll get back to you"—as well they should. Now, after a weekend of testing, some hard data on battery numbers are starting to trickle in. But the iPhone is such a complex device that your results will likely vary from the numbers above. More »

Feature

4:42 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By John Mahoney
36,512 views, 41 comments

Latest by stryder100: I ordered an iPhone the other day. Finally caved in. I'm sure everyone was waiting with bated breath to see if I would. I ordered it on Tuesday and I was told it'd take 10-21 days. more »

photoshop contest

115 More Pieces of Amazing Iranian Technology Created with Photoshop

Last week, you saw how Iran tried to make its recent missile tests look more impressive by adding an extra missile using Photoshop. Naturally, I put out the challenge of helping our buddies in Iran out by creating even more amazing technological accomplishments using everybody's favorite image editor. The results? Overwhelming. One of the biggest responses to a Photoshop contest so far, this is one you're going to want to check out. After the jump, see your top three winners and then the absolutely huge Gallery of Champions. More »

Feature

1:30 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Adam Frucci
93,240 views, 54 comments

Latest by The Monarch: Why isn't the strikeout tag working? more »

iphone 3g battery

How To Maximize Your iPhone 3G's Questionably Adequate Battery Life

The new iPhone's brighter screen, GPS and 3G connectivity are nice, but you know what's nicer? Not running out of batteries halfway through the friggin' day. iPhone 3G battery life may or may not be shorter; even the geek gods at Ars don't have a definite answer. But chances are with the new apps and faster internet, you're using it a lot more often. Here's how to live with the iPhone's battery life while using it a whole lot. More »

Feature

8:10 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Brian Lam
34,126 views, 61 comments

Latest by n/a: Here's what I did to improve my iPhone 3G battery life: Tuesday night, I ran the battery down completely till it shuts the pone off. Charged it for a couple of hours and then played Texas Hold'em Poker for more »

iphone 3g review

iPhone 3G Review

There are simple reasons why the new iPhone 3G is better than the last.

Apple has eliminated so many annoying little hang-ups that you might run into when using the old one. The GPS pinpoints to meters instead of blocks. The 3G connection slashes web loading times by minutes to seconds. The more rounded case feels great in the hand. And most importantly the new software polishes the OS and opens the phone up to nearly unlimited capabilities through the countless programs that are already being written by the brilliant legions of faithful developers. It's kind of cool.

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Feature

By Brian Lam
179,815 views, 224 comments

Latest by n/a: Is Apples Nike IPhone 3G here yet, that is a quad bandwith phone that has atleast a 8.1 Megapixel camera on it or more; and a wifi/ wireless modem capable of working on a T-1 and DSL networks and have more »

thank giz it's friday

10 Ways to Escape From the iPhone Madness

Whew! There is a little too much iPhone stuff going on out there. It's getting a bit overwhelming—even for someone who actually owns one. Not to worry though. If you are tired of all the hype or you are a frustrated Apple hater, welcome to the anti-iPhone oasis. Here you can sit back, relax and learn how to block out the fanboy jibba jabba and achieve your iPhone-free Zen. More »

Feature

4:30 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Sean Fallon
14,447 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: i am one of them who doesnt give a f* about if its a 1,2, or 3 g iphone. I need a phone not a voice recorder, notepad, organiser, motion enabled game stuff in my pocket. I need just 2-3 more »

iphone 2.0 review

iPhone 2.0 Software Review: Forget 3G, It's Code That Counts

The iPhone 3G may be here, but what we're really excited about is the iPhone 2.0 software update. Only some people really need faster browsing and slightly better location services, but everyone can use the new features in the OS. Now that we've gotten chance to go through all that updated functionality—as well as a good chunk of apps, MobileMe and Exchange—we've only got one question left. Is iPhone 2.0 so good that you don't even need to upgrade to an iPhone 3G? It depends. But if I was forced to choose between an iPhone 3G barren of apps and the slower original with them, I'd go for the apps. More »

Feature

7:54 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Jason Chen
83,383 views, 70 comments

Latest by cdawson2000: I'm torn! Think I'm just going keep my 2G iPhone, upgrade and buy it a new case and treat my earbuds to a Budcase. That will hold me over till Christmas (I hope!) more »

Fullpower MotionX-Poker

iPhone Dice Game Simulates Real Dice Rolling Using Sensors and Physics

This Dice game is by far the coolest game I've seen, and it's got amazing tech inside which takes advantage of the iPhone's sensors like no other app. Here's how it works: You shake the iPhone and it rolls the dice inside, which you use to play poker. But instead of using some dumb random number generator, it captures your hand's motion and rolls simulated collisions between the virtual dice. This game is great but its just a sampling of the tech from Fullpower, the company Philippe Kahn, creator of the camera phone in 1997, has been developing in stealth for 5 years until today. Yes, this is the tip of a giant iceberg full of gadgets exactly aware of what we're doing with them at all times. More »

Feature

12:02 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Brian Lam
17,436 views, 64 comments

Latest by 92BuickLeSabre: @th3gh05t: Now I just have to remember to play every day for 2 weeks.... I've got over 4 Million Coins now, but I still can't get a stupid set of five 4s! (I have to admit I haven't done all the more »

apple

First iTunes Remote App for iPhone Hands-On

One of the first apps I downloaded while doing the App Store video walkthrough today was the new iPhone Remote for iTunes. There's only one word to describe it: perfectomfgthisissocool. As you can see in the video, it just works, giving you full control of all the music, video, podcasts, and movies stored on your computer or AppleTV. The applications show you the art, your personal playlists (including the smart ones), all in real time. Updated: second part of the video is up, plus some more impressions. Verdict: download it now. More »

Feature

10:04 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
75,898 views, 84 comments

Latest by halos: In case connecting to remote is still an issue with anyone I'm posting a solution that worked for me on my XP machine. (I found it on iLounge): "I had issues getting this working as well. Here are steps to get more »

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First iPhone App Store Walkthrough (Verdict: Works Perfectly)

The iPhone App Store is now available on both the iPhone 2.0 and iTunes. Watch this space for updates and videos as we walk through it, liveblog style. Updated after the jump with videos detailing all the store sections, downloading and uninstall. Verdict so far: works perfectly. More »

Feature

5:47 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
80,331 views 38 comments

giz explains

Giz Explains: CableCARD and the Future of Cable TV

The big bad cable industry is under assault. The internet is stealing viewers who can check out their favorite shows on Hulu while fiber and IPTV deliver speed and features they can't quite match. Yet. A new cable internet standard rolling out this year will let them catch up speedwise. To battle the dizzying array of possibilities IPTV offers, the cable industry has its own white knight: Tru2way, a new kind of CableCARD that will deliver real interactive features to cable subscribers, and kill the loathed cable box in the process. More »

Feature

7:00 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By matt buchanan
7,780 views, 35 comments

Latest by Somadis: This is clever marketing more »

apple

Gizmodo's iPhone 3G Review Matrix

How do you read three lengthy reviews at the same time, really really fast? You jump to our review matrix of the iPhone 3G, first judged exclusively by the Three Amigos of Appledom: Ed Baig of USA Today, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and David Pogue of the New York Times. More »

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9:00 AM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Wilson Rothman
20,704 views, 72 comments

Latest by n/a: I would let them track me..... even if it uses some battery Unless I only got 3 hours of talk time. in a smart world they would use the gps to enhance the tower and WiFi GPS triangulation. Of course in a more »

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