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Gizmodo Feed- Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400 [Crunchpad] Last we looked in on Michael Arrington's ballyhooed Crunchpad, the little guy wasn't doing so well. Wrong! Well, wrong according to Michael Arrington, anyway. Nevertheless there are assurances today that the tablet is on track and still very much alive. That's more than we could say in early November, when we reported that the Crunchpad's […]
- Careful, You'll Poke an Eye Out with That Thing [Eyeball Removal] How might one repair a cyborg's eye in the future? Why, with this handy eyeball removing tool. How does one forget what's seen in this image? Macallan 12 years, neat, that's how. [Bloomers and Bows via Boing Boing Gadgets]
- Super Expensive, Incredibly Limited Edition Leica M7 Hermes Could See Monday Release [Cameras] If the rumors swirling this weekend are to be believed, the Leica M7 Hermes—a limited edition film camera with a run of only 100 units—will arrive on Monday for a lofty $14,000. Rumors surrounding the launch of this expensive little retro looker have been with us since about November 10, when the expertly named Leica Rumors site broke word that t […]
- The Enhanced Human, SkyMall Style [Gadgets] I am ashamed of two things. 1) That in our quest for the cyborg life, we were beaten to the punch by SkyMall, and 2) that none of the following products are fake. Let's just get this first one out of the way: Not only does the Head Spa Massager look like someone in the 1970s designed it in a future-Sparta fashion, but it's a massage helmet. You loo […]
- The Best Windows 7 Song You’ll Hear Today [Windows 7] It's official: Windows 7 mania has reached a fever pitch. First a burger dedicated to the OS, now fifth-grader Will Smith gives us this adorable performance of "Windows Rising," set to the tune of CCR's "Bad Moon Rising." According to the source, Will wants to program for Microsoft when he gets older. Let me tell you something, […]
- How Cellphones Are Changing Our Brains [This Cyborg Life] We've spent a lot of time this week discussing how we can use technology to change our bodies. But according to new research, one of the gadgets we rely on daily is already having a measurable effect on our brains. Researchers at Örebro University in Sweden found that cellphone usage increases the brain's production of transthyretin, a protein foun […]
- Do Lego Constructions Have a Soul? [Lego] "When you take apart a Lego house and mix the pieces into the bin, where does the house go?" Thank you for another sleepless night. [XKCD]
- Why U.S. Wireless Pricing Sucks [Cell Phones] The New York Times ran a story today that helps explain why the American cellular industry is so screwy. In short: It's our fault. There are two main problems: We like bills to be consistent, and we're risk-averse consumers. To the first point, Sprint tried to offer a plan in 2004 where 300 minutes cost $35, and $2.50 for each additional 50 minutes […]
- Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation [Windows 7] Lo! Yet another Windows 7 activation hack appears. This one's a little more creative in that it doesn't require an OEM key at all, and instead bypasses the verification DLL completely. The new hack nullifies sppcompai.dll, and even deactivates all the reminder popups that would otherwise ask you to activate indefinitely. But don't expect the p […]
- Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels... [Mars] ...And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit is stuck in sand and senile, but that doesn't mean he's down and out. NASA is ready to free Spirit from the sand and put him back to work. At least, that's the plan. Really they're not expecting much from their efforts. Even though NASA has spent half a year planning how to get […]
- Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400 [Crunchpad]
