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March 2008

Airo Massaging Backpack Soothes Sore Muscles, Doubles as a Turtle Costume [Relaxation]

Monday, 31 March 2008 9:47 P GMT-06

Last year we came across the Rotoflexion massaging backpack, but alas it was only a concept device. However, someone out there was enterprising enough to turn the idea into reality with the Airo—a backpack that can apply massage, vibration, and

Sony HDR-SR12 Gets Reviewed (Verdict: It's a Winner) [Camcorders]

Monday, 31 March 2008 9:47 P GMT-06

According to Camcorder Info, Sony's HDR-SR12 is continuing to push the AVCHD format forward as a viable successor to HDV. It is, by far, the best Sony HDD camcorder on the market—and with 120GB under the hood, it is unmatched in the AVCHD categ

Happy Palm Centro Day [Smartphones]

Monday, 31 March 2008 9:47 P GMT-06

I've just decided to mark today Palm Centro Day for three reasons: • Fulfilling Brian Lam's prediction, Palm just announced that it only took six months to sell 1 million of the suckers, in 10 countries no less. (Helps when there's a GSM version

Up Close and Personal With the AT&T Motorola Z9 [Cellphones]

Monday, 31 March 2008 9:47 P GMT-06

A lucky Laptop Mag writer recently got a close up view of the upcoming Motorola Z9 at CTIA and came away notably impressed by the 2.4-inch screen, smooth sliding action and tactile feedback of the keypad. Features like AT&T Navigator support, Crysta

Question of the Day: Do You Use a Bluetooth Headset? [Question Of The Day]

Monday, 31 March 2008 9:47 P GMT-06

With numerous states looking to regulate talking on your cellphone while driving, using a Bluetooth headset is one of your best alternatives. However, there are still plenty of tools out there who wander around with two free hands talking on these th

Dealzmodo: Gamefly's Trade-In Program is Actually Pretty Good [Deals]

Monday, 31 March 2008 9:47 P GMT-06

I was just invited to the beta of the GameFly Trade-In Program because I've been a customer for a while, and the whole thing seems like a brilliant idea. You can apply credit toward your monthly payments only (used games would have been nice), and th

Garmin Comes to Samsung, Mobile Gets a Nuvi and Google Local Search Upgrade [Cellphones]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

Two bits of news have come out of the Garmin camp today—the first of which involves Samsung phones getting their own navigation software based on the Garmin Mobile(TM) XT platform. The software will be available on smartphones like the i780 in

Casio's Incredibly Sturdy G'zOne Cellphone One Gets Abused [Cellphones]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

Casio's G'zOnes are nothing if not sturdy, which is why people who favor ruggedness over any other feature are picking these up. Just how unbreakable are these things? Incredibly. Our buddy Danny from Wired took these outside so both a football team

Kyocera Inkjet Printhead Spits Out 1000 Pages a Minute [Gatling Printer]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

I can't say that I have ever been impressed by a printer, but the device they are cooking up at Kyocera could be a first. Their new KJ4 series printhead can churn out up to 200 meters per minute at 600 x 480 dpi, or 150 meters per minute at 600×600 d

Radioactive Tritium Makes Keychain Light Glow For 10 Years [Keychain]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

Besides being somewhat dim, most keychain lights have batteries that only last a couple months before needing to be replaced—which often never happens since nobody has watch batteries lying around. But what if you could have this Mini Tritium K

HP's 3-Megapixel Elite Auto Focus Webcam Looks Like a Fancy Stapler [Gadgets]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

HP's Elite Auto Focus Webcam not only boasts one of the highest megapixel video counts we've seen (3-megapixels), but it's also got a 12-megapixel still image sensor for regular pics. It comes with the stapler-like stand, but you can also clip it ont

Apple Sued for iMac Display Deception, Steve Jobs Suspected Closet Megatron [Apple]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

The hyenas are grouping again to grab some chops off Apple with yet-another-class-action suit. This one claims that the iMac's 20-inch display has been marketed as having the same features as the iMac 24-inch. Looking at Apple's site, their case seem

Jean Nouvel's Faucets Have Touchsensing PlayStationish Buttons [Bath Time]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("jeannouvel_gizmodo.flv", 494, 315,""); Like many other architects, 2008 Pritzker winner Jean Nouvel also designs home objects, like these bathroom faucets and shower with touch sensor technology on four buttons which look taken from a

CERN to Morons: Large Hadron Collider Won't Destroy Earth. Morons. [Lhc]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

Contrary to the somewhat feverish claims laid out in an recent lawsuit, when our favorite particle-smashing, Force-finding Large Hadron Collider is switched on soon it will not result in the destruction of life as we know it. Such claims are "complet

PSP Slim's Dual Analog Mod Allows Katamari Ecstasy [Gaming]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

Sony's decision to only place one analog stick on the PSP as opposed to the two on just about all their other PlayStation controllers has led to some control scheme oddities. For one, FPS shooters are all but impossible because you can't use the D-Pa

Nike+ SportBand Coming Next Week [Gadgets]

Monday, 31 March 2008 5:47 P GMT-06

We found this official teaser for the Nike+ SportBand on the Nike site, leading us to believe (you know, if Nike isn't lying) that the kit is coming next week. It's great for people who don't really need iPods when running but still want the ability

You Might Want to Wait on that DTV Converter Voucher [Advice]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

As you're probably aware, with analog TV signals being killed off next year, you'll need a converter for old and crappy TVs. The government is offering up DTV converter vouchers worth $40 towards the devices, which you can get now. You should be runn

Comcast Compressing HDTV Signals to Fit Three Shows into Two Shows' Bandwidth [Home Entertainment]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

Comcast has begun compressing HDTV shows in order to deliver more HD channels to you while using the same amount of bandwidth. They didn't use to do this before, but now, when compared to Verizon FiOS, the channels are grainy and blocky and full of a

Sending Too Many SMS Messages Means You Have a Mental Disorder [Weird News]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

The same doctor that was pushing for internet addiction to be classified as an official mental disorder has now published an article in the latest American Journal of Psychiatry stating that sending a large amount of SMS messages will qualify as well

Another Motorola Insider Points Fingers to Incompetent Execs [Meteorola]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

Here's a follow-up to Numair Faraz's "Damn You All" letter to Meteorola's Greg Brown, with the perspective of one of Moto's ex-European Product Line Managers. Reading the alleged account of the whole Dilbertian mess is quite dramatic and sad: I too

Cord-o-Clip: The Clothesline Goes Version 2.0 [Clothesline]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

The thing those two happy chappies are demonstrating is yet another high-tech clothes-drying device: the Cord-o-Clip. What makes this gadget whizzy? Well, you know when you go out to hang clothes on your line, and you're juggling with the laundry and

PlayStation 3 Homebrew is Coming Soon, PlayStation 3 Piracy Slightly Delayed [Gaming]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

It's taken an unusually long time for the PlayStation 3 to be hacked, but dragula96 seems to have gotten to the first stage: Hello World. He hasn't specified how he's done the hack, but he does confirm that it's working on 40 and 60GB model and that

Sony Unveils PSN Redesign [Playstation 3]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

Sony Entertainment Europe has just revealed the new redesign of the PSN Store, due to hit European PS3s sometime this April. In preparation for the launch of the new store, there won't be any new updates for the next two weeks. Current items will sti

Send Google Maps and MapQuest Addresses to Your Garmin [GPS]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

In a move not unlike the "Send2Car" feature on the Dash Express GPS navigator, Garmin has worked it so that people using Google Maps and MapQuest will easily be able to send the address they're looking at to their navigator, to avoid typing it in all

Tiny Bluetooth Microphone Goes in a Hole Drilled in Your Teeth [Dentistry]

Monday, 31 March 2008 1:47 P GMT-06

How dedicated are you to using a Bluetooth microphone with your phone? Are you dedicated enough to drill a small hole in your teeth to install a tiny mic? Well, if so, here's one for you. Hit the jump for a picture of it in-mouth and a word of warnin