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Gizmodo Feed- Shred Like a Geek: Recycled Circuit Board Guitar Picks [Guitar Pics] These recycled circuit board guitar picks aren't cheap, as far as picks go, but if you're serious about your alt-rock IT garage band's image they may be a necessity. Just don't go tossing them willy-nilly to your screaming fan. Because at $7 to $8 per pick, that just wouldn't be wise. Unless your fan is a family member. Then you coul […]
- Headless Luke Wilson Continues the Great AT&T/Verizon Ad War of 2009 [AT&T Versus Verizon] To be bigger but slower, or speedy yet spotty? This is the ridiculous question indirectly posed to us today by AT&T spokesman Luke Wilson. Here's my question: When do these commercials go away? I mean, wasn't the original Verizon ad that started this off about the size of the 3G network? Now AT&T is countering with speed, which is great and […]
- Trolley Scooter Luggage Shaves Minutes Off Terminal Lap Times [Luggage] Not since the treasure bath have two amazing things coalesced so perfectly to form something even more amazing. I present the Trolley Scooter. Air travel just got competitive. The piece is a collaboration between Samsonite and Micro Mobility, and will certainly improve your Terminal A travel time thanks to the three wheels housed below. Not feeling a race or […]
- Mind-Bending Quentin Tarantino Commercial May— May —Be Selling Speakers [Quentin Tarantino] Say I told you I have a commercial with Quentin Tarantino selling Softbank products as Uncle Tara-chan while a talking dog opines and a woman answers a dog phone. Would you believe me? This is Japan. Of course you would. With these two ads, Tarantino joins a long line of U.S. celebrities who have flown across the Pacific to do zany Japanese commercials. If y […]
- Unconfirmed: Amazon's Secret Underground Play in the Retail Space [Amazon] Is Amazon prepping the U.K. for a British retail chain invasion? Possibly, says a report in the Times today. Indeed, says the source, as part of a move that goes against the shrinking retail space, Amazon would open a number of branded retail stores there, and soon. It's not entirely crazy. As we reported earlier this year, Amazon has already jumped hea […]
- WallDock iPhone Charger Boosts Battery On the Down Low [IPhone Chargers] Word to the wise: The WallDock iPhone charger sits low, but allows for access to the touchscreen. When typing with your feet, avoid sticking an errant toe into the socket. Better yet, get a charger that sits on your desk. Of course, this might make a bit more sense plugged into a countertop socket, but at $25 you better be sure. I'm content with the USB […]
- Apple's Phil Schiller and I Have Something In Common [Apple] Sadly, it's not bank accounts. It's Shazam. The iPhone app that listens to tunes and tells you what they are. Schiller and I list it as our favorite. Emboldened, I feel as though I could deliver an Apple keynote tomorrow. Of course I couldn't, not really, not with my penchant for socially awkward faux pas anyway, but nevertheless it was neat t […]
- Rejoice! Cellphones Are Safe Again (Until They Aren't) [Cellphones] The Scandinavians have arrived, data in tow, and those communication devices we press to our ears hundreds of times per week are safe again. I say safe "again" because I honestly don't know where we stand in the back and forth debate between cellphone manufacturers, Chicken Littles and these-are-bad-for-you studies from legitimate scientists. […]
- Amazon's Bezos Compares Nook eBook Sharing to Sophie's Choice [Ebooks] Meow! Amazon's Jeff Bezos is on the warpath against Barnes & Noble's Nook, specifically its eBook lending feature. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, he pulled no punches with some masterful hyperbole: Updated. "The current thing being talked about is extremely limited. You can lend to one friend. One time. You can't pi […]
- A Quick Look at the Creative Zii Trinity Pumping Out Wall-E In Smooth HD [Smartphones] Creative's Zii Trinity handset, which we profiled with a quick video just a few days ago, was spotted again this weekend playing Wall-E in glorious HD, using nothing but its diminutive, generic little frame. Short, but impressive. The playback is smooth, the sound apt. Iron out some of the interface quirks we spotted last week in that video and we' […]
- Shred Like a Geek: Recycled Circuit Board Guitar Picks [Guitar Pics]
