Advancements in technology have made it all possible for people to enjoy products that were completely unheard of several years back. Among the high-tech products introduced in the market, it’s those shiny, sexy and small gadgets that normally catch our attention. Sometimes, these gadgets leave lasting impressions by their looks alone, that their purpose and [...]
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”MemorexBluRay.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/MemorexBluRay.jpg” width=”590″ height=”243″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pWe read an interesting titbit today about an upcoming new Blu-ray player from Memorex. /p pInteresting because only yesterday it seemed as if the Blue Ray Association (BDA) was a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/18/bluray_prices_destined_to_cont.html”digging its heels in/a and promising no price reductions for either the players or the media in the foreseeable future./p pbr / /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ecd50e/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/man_from_memorex_say_yes_budge.htmllink=Man From Memorex He Say Yes: Budget Blu-ray Player On The Way” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/man_from_memorex_say_yes_budge.htmllink=Man From Memorex He Say Yes: Budget Blu-ray Player On The Way” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345434126/f/9581/c/552/s/32298254/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345434126/f/9581/c/552/s/32298254/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”RepairVista.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/RepairVista.jpg” width=”400″ height=”366″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pVista has taken another kick in the teeth recently following a rather amusing faux-pas by Acer’s CEO, Gianfranco Lanci. /p pHe’s been quoted as saying that “Vista today is quite stable - it’s almost done” after suggesting that when the software was initially launched it wasn’t 100% ready./p pbr / /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ec90dd/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/acer_ceo_underlines_the_calami.htmllink=Acer CEO Underlines The Calamity That Is Windows Vista” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/acer_ceo_underlines_the_calami.htmllink=Acer CEO Underlines The Calamity That Is Windows Vista” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345424898/f/9581/c/552/s/32280797/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345424898/f/9581/c/552/s/32280797/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”iPhoneTheif.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/iPhoneTheif.jpg” width=”364″ height=”276″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pWe’re not quite sure how Apple decides which iPhone applications are worthy of being included on its store. /p pWe know a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/08/apple_says_no_to_fart_applicat.html”farting has been banned/a for “being of limited utility” yet the ultimately pointless a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/silly_iphone_app_of_the_day_so.html”sonic lighter/a has slipped through the net. /p pNew app Private-I is a form of security designed to encourage someone who has pinched your phone to run it with promises of untold wealth. br / /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ec7cab/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/apple_approves_another_pointle.htmllink=Apple Approves Another Pointless iPhone Application” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/apple_approves_another_pointle.htmllink=Apple Approves Another Pointless iPhone Application” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345422132/f/9581/c/552/s/32275627/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345422132/f/9581/c/552/s/32275627/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”ds cooking guide.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/ds%20cooking%20guide.jpg” width=”286″ height=”313″ class=”mt-image-right” style=”float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;” //spanChristmas is coming and there’s not a stocking big enough to hold all the gadgets and tech on my hugely optimistic wish list but, Nintendo is hoping for a spot with new DS Christmas bundles. /p pThe company is quick off the mark, announcing 5 festive bundles that aim to part you from your cash. This is what you can expect from October 27th onwards./pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ec62da/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/christmas_nintendo_ds_bundles.htmllink=Christmas Nintendo DS Bundles Revealed” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/christmas_nintendo_ds_bundles.htmllink=Christmas Nintendo DS Bundles Revealed” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345418498/f/9581/c/552/s/32269018/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345418498/f/9581/c/552/s/32269018/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”toshiba nb100.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/toshiba%20nb100.jpg” width=”500″ height=”499″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //spanbr clear=”all”br / Toshiba knows a thing or three about making great laptops which is why its entrance into the growing netbook arena has be hotly anticipated. /p pIt might be a little late to the party but the company has finally announced its first netbook, the NB100. Pushing the quality, rather than the cost angle, the NB100 can, according to Tosh, em”be used as either for primary or secondary computing purposes, with a strong feature-set and high build-quality build making it an impressively versatile product.”/em/p pPowered by the Intel Atom chip, it comes with either Linux Ubuntu 8.04 or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. It has an 8.9in widescreen TruBrite display [1024x600] which uses LED backlighting to conserve power. By the way, Tosh rates battery life at an unusually precise 3hrs 47 minutes. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ec497a/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/toshiba_joins_netbook_party_wi.htmllink=Toshiba Joins Netbook Party With The ‘Quality’ NB100″ target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/toshiba_joins_netbook_party_wi.htmllink=Toshiba Joins Netbook Party With The ‘Quality’ NB100″ target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345414922/f/9581/c/552/s/32262522/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345414922/f/9581/c/552/s/32262522/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”star wars flashers.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/star%20wars%20flashers.jpg” width=”380″ height=”380″ class=”mt-image-left” style=”float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;” //spanIs your Force on the blink? Can’t you sense people desperately trying to contact you? Having trouble catching those vital calls or texts because it’s just too damn noisy? /p pThen what you need is little spinning heads from Star Wars with lights attached. Huh? Meet the Star Wars Phone Flashers, small key ring thingies inside of which is the head of Darth Vader or a Stormtrooper. Said heads spin and lights flash whenever a call or text comes in so that even while you’re in the middle of assaulting the Death Star, you can talk to Mom. /p pThe indignity of it all. You can see how far… /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ec1882/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/star_wars_phone_flashers_show.htmllink=Star Wars Phone Flashers Show Just How Far The Empire Has Fallen” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/star_wars_phone_flashers_show.htmllink=Star Wars Phone Flashers Show Just How Far The Empire Has Fallen” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345410998/f/9581/c/552/s/32249986/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345410998/f/9581/c/552/s/32249986/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pobject width=”425″ height=”344″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/kkZdkHylJ3wcolor1=0xb1b1b1color2=0xcfcfcfhl=enfs=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/kkZdkHylJ3wcolor1=0xb1b1b1color2=0xcfcfcfhl=enfs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″/embed/object/p pAfter the a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/18/microsoft_fires_bill_jerry.html”two surreal/a Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld ads [well, the second one] for Microsoft and Vista I thought things were actually starting to look up. Until now, that is. /p pAbove is the new MS ad in the Windows image overhaul campaign: ‘I’m a PC’. No Bill, no Jerry, no fun at all, just a bunch of regular folk saying ‘I’m a PC’, the inference being that people from all walks of life use PCs - even celebs, shark divers, fishmongers, teachers, rappers and writers. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ebfcd4/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/im_a_pc_microsoft_advert_pleas.htmllink=’I'm A PC’ Microsoft Advert: Please Bring Back Bill Jerry” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/im_a_pc_microsoft_advert_pleas.htmllink=’I'm A PC’ Microsoft Advert: Please Bring Back Bill Jerry” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345407060/f/9581/c/552/s/32242900/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345407060/f/9581/c/552/s/32242900/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”iphone bic lighter.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/iphone%20bic%20lighter.jpg” width=”220″ height=”414″ class=”mt-image-right” style=”float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;” //spanSeeing as Apple is so concerned about only ‘worthy’ applications being developed and offered through its App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, we present the Sonic Lighter by Smule. /p pYep, it looks like it says, a lighter on the iPhone. Maybe we can combine this with the a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/08/apple_says_no_to_fart_applicat.html”banned Fart App/a and get this party off to an explosive start. You can drag your finger through the flame and distrort it when the vertical flaming gets boring./p pStill, if you’re one of those who brings Bic Lighters to concerts and waves them around, Sonic Lighter could make you stand out because, while it might seem totally pointless, it has the ability to light up other iPhones nearby. Check out the video after the jump to see how. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1ebd4c0/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/silly_iphone_app_of_the_day_so.htmllink=Silly iPhone App Of The Day: Sonic Lighter” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/19/silly_iphone_app_of_the_day_so.htmllink=Silly iPhone App Of The Day: Sonic Lighter” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345401317/f/9581/c/552/s/32232640/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345401317/f/9581/c/552/s/32232640/a2.img” border=”0″//a
pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”teensgames.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/teensgames.jpg” width=”588″ height=”313″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pEveryone loves computer games, especially kids. /p pThis shouldn’t really come as a shock, but following a recent study by Pew Research in the US we were surprised by exactly how many people play./p pA staggering 99% of boys and 94% of girls in their teens allegedly play games on at least a semi-regular basis, covering 65% of households across the country. Half of the respondents confirmed that they had played in the last 24 hours and the most popular genres seem to be racing and puzzle games./p pbr / /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1eacba2/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/18/gaming_study_just_1_of_teens_i.htmllink=Gaming Study: Just 1% Of Teens In The US DON’T Play Games” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/18/gaming_study_just_1_of_teens_i.htmllink=Gaming Study: Just 1% Of Teens In The US DON’T Play Games” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345366345/f/9581/c/552/s/32164770/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19345366345/f/9581/c/552/s/32164770/a2.img” border=”0″//a