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By Brian Lam
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Cellphones

Smart Battery Will Warn You Before Your Cellphone Explodes

A new “intelligent” lithium-ion battery is supposed to prevent explosions and fire accidents by sending constant updates on its own health. Developed by researchers at NTT DoCoMo, the battery uses a 8-bit microcomputer “brain” to monitor its condition and relay the information to the cellphone user. More »

7:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
142 views, 6 comments

closing time

Yahoo! Music Store Will Compensate Customers For DRM-ed Music

Yes, Yahoo! Music Store's shutting down their DRM servers, but Big Purple's said that it'll definitely still be taking care of its customers. According to a Yahoo spokesperson, anyone who bought DRM music from the store “will be compensated for whatever they paid.” No word on timetables or what form the compensation will take, but possible options include cash back or an un-DRMed MP3 version of the same track. [Information Week]

6:30 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
31 views, 1 comment

Tesla Roadster

Only 25 Tesla Roadsters Left On Sale For 2009

Tesla Motors has finally begun deliveries of its awesome 100-percent electric Tesla Roadster, but eco-conscious sports car fanatics willing to plunk down the $109,000 need to reserve one quick. The company said it only has 25 production slots left for the second quarter of 2009. Locking in a reservation will cost a refundable $5000. An additional $55,000 will give you a set production slot and delivery time frame. More »

6:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
1,361 views, 3 comments

Cufflinks

Working Scissor Cufflinks Are For Wealthy Cutters

These solid silver, rhodium-coated scissor cufflinks are cutting edge and all, and very shiny, but at $550 for the pair I think I'll just rummage around the kitchen drawer and bend a pair of my own, thank you very much. Oh, what's that? They open and close, just like real scissors? Sold! [A+R Store]

5:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
950 views, 11 comments

roboJAWS

Mythbusters Shark Week: Real Sharks Eat Robot Dog, Robot Shark Eats Real People

To find out if dogs are really homing snackycakes for bloodthirsty sharks, or if poking them in the eye with a pokey thing is actually a good idea, you could ask a dude in a lab coat, or like, watch Jaws. Unless you're the Mythbusters—then you build a robot dog, surround it with doggy blood, piss and shit and dump it in shark-infested waters. And a 16-foot ROBOT SHARK. With serrated metal teeth and the same pound-for-bone-crunching-pound bite as a great white. But! If you stab it in the eye, you can make it stop killing you (I guess that's one way to test the myth). You can catch a glimpse of this robo-Jaws in the vid below. More »

4:30 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By matt buchanan
2,989 views, 19 comments

Latest by elephantattack: yay mythbusters! more »

Sailing Simulator

SimSail Land Sailing Simulator Offers Full-Sized Boats For Landlubbing Wannabes

Philippe Kahn and his ambitious Pacific Cup sailing trip from San Francisco to Hawai'i got me all inspired this week to go sailing, but there's one problem: I suck at sailing. In fact, the last time I went sailing was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where I almost got smashed on the reef that protects the beach there. So you'll excuse my excitement today over the SimSail, a full sized "land yachting" simulator for two. It's not quite the same thing as sailing on the water, and it's certainly not even remotely close to what Kahn's up to these days, but for me, at least, it's a start. More »

4:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
885 views, 1 comment

Latest by BiZarRroBALlmeR: I'll sit quietly in anticipation of the WiiSail. I see ceiling fans repairs in my future. more »

closing time

Gateway Shutters Online Store, Exits Direct PC Sales Business Completely

Gateway will now no longer be selling its PCs through Gateway.com and has shut down all its direct PC sales to become a 100% retail channel PC company. The move is only somewhat surprising—its newish parent company Acer has always focused on offering its goods through resellers. But seeing how Gateway was one of the original success stories for the selling PCs directly to consumers model, the shuttering of its online store is a little like the death knell of an era. [Cnet]

3:30 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
847 views, 12 comments

Latest by God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more: @LittleJon: By that reasoning, I trust you will stop buying from Apple after they threatened to sue New York City for using a stylized apple as part of the city's Green NYC campaign. more »

Pizza Scissors

Cut Coupons, Serve Pies, Lose Respect With Pizza Scissors

Does the act of cutting up a pizza vex you to no end? Do you find yourself with numerous nicks and cuts on your palms because you constantly use the wrong end of a pizza cutter to slice pies? Lucky for you, there's pizza scissors. The manufacterer claims the $20 shears-and-spatula design won't damage plates or trays like a pizza wheel or knife would, but we think if that's the main reason you purchase one of these, you probably have bigger issues on your plate than a few dinged pieces of china. [SkyMall via Random Good Stuff]

3:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
2,437 views, 21 comments

Latest by sfokevin: I used to have a pair of cuff links like this but in silver... more »

Apple

Steve Jobs Says He Doesn't Have Cancer (And Why It's Not Your Business Anyway)

In declarations to NYT's Joe Nocera—one of the reporters who speculated on the health of Apple's CEO after WWDC—got a call from Steve Jobs himself. It wasn't pretty from the very beginning:

“This is Steve Jobs. You think I’m an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he’s above the law, and I think you’re a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong.”

What followed was Jobs setting the record straight and spilling the beans about his health.

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1:35 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jesus Diaz
16,783 views, 149 comments

Rumor

Smudgy Pictures of Nokia's Tube Show New, Bland Interface

A bunch of new photos and specs for Nokia's Tube, a.k.a. The 5800 XpressMusic, have been leaked to the Internet. The alleged iPhone killer will apparently come with a 16:9 16 million color TFT LCD display with 640 X 360 pixel resolution, haptic feedback, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Dual LED flash, a built-in GPS and 140MB RAM. Also, lots of grease and fingerprints, it seems. More »

1:30 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
4,032 views, 15 comments

MSI Wind

MSI Wind With 6-Cell Battery Now Available

MSI is jumping the gun with its 6-cell version of the Wind laptop. Originally slated for a September release, the MSI Wind is currently available at Mwave.com. Those battery shortages that threatened to keep the model off shelves until September never materialized. The $570 asking price is $70 more than what MSI had originally promised, but my Gizmodo brethren tell me that even with the hike, the pricing is pretty much in line with others in this space (although it is a bit more than what you can find the comparable Eee PC 1000H going for today). [Lilliputing]

1:00 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
1,420 views, 11 comments

Latest by mmr: Well, I bought one. I really wish they had it in White though :( I'm going to turn it into a hackintosh. more »

Tenori-On

Tenori-On Inspired PacklSound1 iPhone App Coming Soon, But Not Soon Enough

The Tenori-On is the zany Yamaha touch-based musical sequencer that caught our eye earlier this year, but this cool PacklSound1 iPhone app could very well be the portable version that puts us over the edge. It's a simpler version of the original $1,200 Tenori-On box, but that didn't stop the designer from laying down a quick, catchy beat. Seeing it in action, makes me want it right now: More »

12:07 PM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
4,503 views, 24 comments

Latest by TheSonOfKrypton: Nice....So when that UFO visits my bedroom window, I can use my iPhone and this program to communicate with it. Tell those sluts to stop abducting me and anal probing me. more »

Hot Stuff

MIT Thermoelectric Device Could Revolutionize Home Heating

With gas prices approaching "damn, I'm going to have to start walking more" levels here in the States, everyone's doing their part to increase efficiency and reduce energy consumption, and that includes the genius farm MIT. The institute already produces 80% of its own energy, courtesy of its on campus "cogeneration plant," but a few students have found a way to make the system even more self-sufficient using a new thermoelectric prototype. The great thing is the device has the potential for applications beyond the walls of MIT, and already the students are examining ways to apply it to the home heating industry in general. More »

11:00 AM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
5,182 views, 18 comments

Latest by GiltProto: For a thermoelectric device to work you don't just make it hot. You also need to expose it to something cold. It's the flow of heat through one of these devices from hot region to cold region that generates the more »

death ray

Update: Oops, the MEDUSA Mind Control Ray Gun Will Actually Kill You

The MEDUSA crowd control ray gun we reported on earlier this month sounded like some pretty amazing—and downright scary—technology. Using the microwave auditory effect, the beam, in theory, would have put sounds and voice-like noises in your head, thereby driving you away from the area. Crowd control via voices in your head. Sounds cool. However, it turns out that the beam would actually kill you before any of that happy stuff started taking place, most likely by frying or cooking your brain inside your skull. Can you imagine if this thing made it out into the field? Awkward! More »

10:00 AM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jack Loftus
6,508 views, 38 comments

Latest by Noobs-R-Us: -snif- You smell bacon? more »

Tr2n

Tron 2 Trailer Video Makes Pants Wet Worldwide

It's a tiny bootleg video, but I don't care. You can see that the 3D looks amazing, the new lightcycles are stunning (and move like real bikes), the world and the whole mood is Batman-like dark. And Jeff Bridges... well, he is Jeff Bridges. What can I say, he looks like a badass version of the Dude. "It's just a game!" he shouts. No, it's not. It's Tr2n. At last. Note: excuse the excitement, but I saw the original in the movie theater, and 200 times after that. With War Games, it's what got me into technology when I was a kid, and ultimately here in Giz. The only thing that has me worried is that the characters are in the computer world are fully 3D. The good news: George Lucas is not involved in this one, but rumor is that Pixar may be. [Filmstalker]

8:24 AM on Sat Jul 26 2008
By Jesus Diaz
78,340 views, 100 comments

Latest by ryan_marsh: + Watch video more »

South Korea

Korean Scientists Closer To Fusion?

Korean scientists are one step further in reaching sustainable fusion reactors. In an experiment for the National Fusion Research Institute, scientists were able to achieve a form of supercharged plasma for 249 milliseconds, almost two and a half times longer than they had anticipated. It's a new form of plasma that can be used to generate electricity in a manner similar to conventional nuclear plants but with far less radioactive waste. We think that's cool. So do bears. [Korea Times]

10:00 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Matt Hickey
10,698 views, 81 comments

Latest by gattsuru: why oh why do giz write 'similar to conventional nuclear plants' when in fact normal plants are fission (splitting up atoms) and fusion is the exact opposite! they are meant to be a technology blog x For the same reason people more »

iPhone Apps

Pandora For iPhone Updated With Stereo

The Pandora app for iPhone got an upgrade today and now streams music to your earbuds in stereo over Wi-Fi. A few other things are updated as well, including auto-complete and station resume if you pause. If you're a user, you can download the 1.1 update now. [Pandora Blog, via iPhoneBuzz]

9:00 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Matt Hickey
6,194 views, 29 comments

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