Archive for December, 2008

Don’t Be That Guy With The New Year’s Noisemaker iPhone App Tonight

By Gizmodo at 31 December, 2008, 11:45 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/IMG_0025.PNG” /While everyone else is getting drunk, doing all kinds of exotic drugs and making out, you could ring in the new year with a breath-powered virtual new year’s horn for your iPhone. But don’t./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: iphone apps, apple, blower, horn, iphone, ipod touch, new year’s, new year’s eve countdown, nye –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500445444″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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The USB Thumb Drive Bracelet: Pure Class, Baby

By Gizmodo at 31 December, 2008, 10:45 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/brandogems.jpg” style=”display:block;” /OK, who gave Brando the rhinestones?/p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: fashion, bracelet, brando, crystals, flash memory, flash storage, gems, thumb drive, usb, usb thumb drive bracelet –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500444009″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Discover Card Biodegrades Your Debt Away

By Hong Kiat at 31 December, 2008, 10:15 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/Biodegradable-credit-card.jpg” style=”display:block;” /While most of us can’t avoid the convenience of credit cards (and their reusable nature is commendable), their plastics aren’t so good. Now Discover has launched the US’s first biodegradable credit card./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: credit cards, biodegradable discover, discover, discover card, green –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500444011″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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VuNow PoD Media Streamer Is Cheap and BitTorrent-Ready

By AutoBlog at 31 December, 2008, 9:45 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/vunow.jpg” /While even Blu-ray players are getting into the media streaming business, Verismo Networks has announced the $US100/$US150 VuNow PoD, promising everything from YouTube to BitTorrent in a clean Apple TVesque interface./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: media streaming, bittorrent, home theater, nas, verismo networks, vunow, vunow pod –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500444013″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Android Paid Apps Coming In Early Q1, 2009

By Hong Kiat at 31 December, 2008, 8:45 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/androidmark.jpg” /The lack of a payment system in Android’s marketplace has kept a href=”http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/ea_waiting_to_release_android_games_until_it_can_charge_for_them.html”at least one/a major player from participating in Google’s whimsical mobile phone adventure, but the company says paid apps are coming soon, soon, soon. /p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: android, android marketplace, android marketplace paid apps, cellphones, ea, ea games, google –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500444015″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Nextar Does Solar Gadgetry Right With Sun-Powered Handsfree Kit

By yanko at 31 December, 2008, 7:00 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/nextar.jpg” /Honestly, most of the solar gadgets we see aren’t terribly practical, and often rely on a primary, wired power source. Not the Nextar NXBT handsfree kitsmdash;these are the real thing./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: solar, bluetooth, ces, ces 2009, handsfree, nextar nxtb solar handsfree, nextar nxtb-001, nextar nxtb-002, solar handsfree –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500441475″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once

By AutoBlog at 31 December, 2008, 6:10 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/zunefail.jpg” style=”display:block;float:none;” /Right, so this is a weird one: we’re getting tons of reportsmdash;emtons/emmdash;about failing Zune 30s. Apparently, the players began freezing at about midnight last night, becoming totally unresponsive and practically useless. strongUpdate:/strong The easy official fix a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5121822/official-fix-for-the-zune-30-fail”here/a./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: all together now!, 30gb zune failure, 30gb zune freezing, microsoft, microsoft zune, ms, top, zune, zune 30, zune failure, zunes –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500441476″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Rumour: Apple Launching Giant iPod Touch Next Fall

By Engadget at 31 December, 2008, 3:11 pm

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/ipodtouchhd.jpg” style=”display:block;” /Citing “three independent sources close to Apple,” one who has “actually held the device,” a href=”http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/large-form-ipod-touch-to-launch-in-fall-09/”TechCrunch says Apple/a is planning to release a giant iPod touch device with a seven- or nine-inch screen next fall./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: rumor, apple, ipod touch, ipod touch hd, macbook nano, macbook touch –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/500439282″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Google Street View Captures Prototype Porsches

By admin at 31 December, 2008, 10:15 am

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/porsche.png” style=”display:block;float:none;” /First Google Street View captures a a href=”http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/google_street_view_captures_manwoman_peeing_in_the_street-2.html”person/a peeing on the street, and now they drive right by a bunch of Porsche prototypes in Colorado./p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: streetview, google maps, google street view, google street view porsches, maps, porsche, porsches, street view –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/499165349″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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T-Mobile G1 Getting Android’s Cupcake OS Update

By Engadget at 31 December, 2008, 9:44 am

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/android.png” style=”display:block;” /HTC’s confirmed to a href=”http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/cupcake-confirmed-for-t-mobile-g1/”Engadget/a that the “a href=”http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/cupcake_roadmap_hints_at_whatll_be_in_the_next_android_update-2.html”cupcake/a” OS Update will be available to the T-Mobile G1 some time in the future. No specification on iwhen/i the over-the-air update will hit, though. [a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/cupcake-confirmed-for-t-mobile-g1/"Engadget/a]/p !– Gawker Tags/Categories: android, g1, g1 update, google, t-mobile, t-mobile g1 android update –img src=”http://feeds.gizmodo.com.au/~r/GizmodoAustralia/~4/499165350″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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