Fact: Writing up Sony's camcorder line at CES is the worst part of my year, every year. Luckily, Sony provided this handy chart of their 18 camcorders so you could decipher it all. My refusal to break ....... Read more 13 hours ago
Samsung MBP200 Pico Projector Has a Mini Screen Stand [Projectors]
The Samsung MBP200 has a limited 480x320 res, but has a built-in media player, LCD screen and includes a tiny stand that can turn a piece of paper into a screen. A baby screen! The LCD is 2.2 inches ....... Read more 13 hours ago
Wibe7.tv: Visually Oriented Search for YouTube
Searching by terms is great. But some things are just easier to find when you can actually look at them - especially if you tend to be more visually oriented. Book dust jackets, album covers, and prod ....... Read more 1 day ago
Eye-Fi SD Cards Offering Direct to YouTube Uploading [Ces 2009]
If you are unfamiliar, Eye-Fi SD cards can add Wi-Fi to any camera (and they work pretty well to boot). Now the company is announcing automatic uploading direct to YouTube. Eye-Fi is previewing the ne ....... Read more 20 hours ago
Netgear ITV2000 Internet TV Player Lets You Watch BBC News Whenever You Feel Like It [Ces 2009]
Netgear's ITV2000 Internet TV Player is half the size of the Roku Netflix Player and pulls from 90+ live streams (foreign news!), plus search clips from sites like NBC, ESPN and YouTube. The Skinny: I ....... Read more 20 hours ago
The making of a triode
One of our most viewed and discussed postings of '08 was Claude Paillard's stunning triode video where he makes a vacuum tube triode from scratch. While poking around the Web, looking for other vi ....... Read more 1 day ago
Ready for digital TV?
In our house, we haven't had cable tv for about 6 years. When we moved in, there was an antenna on the roof and coax cable to a bunch of locations where tvs could go. In the basement is a signal a ....... Read more 2 days ago
Jing Goes Pro: One of Our Favorite Screencasting Tools Just Got Better
Jing, one of our favorite free screenshot and screencasting tools, just received a major update. Besides adding a new look and feel, TechSmith, Jing's parent company, also announced a new Pro version ....... Read more 1 day ago
Pentax has got two new Optio pocket cameras for us, each with a clear purpose in mind. The name of the game for the P70? Slim lines and HD video. The E70? Dollars and cents. The P70 looks remarkably p ....... Read more 2 days ago
A few weeks back, Vuzix teased us with an image of their upcoming Wrap 920AV virtual reality sunglasses, and today they have followed up the details. So what is "see-thru" quantum optics anyway? The ....... Read more 2 days ago
Liquid Image Scuba Series HD320 Diving video Mask Is Just Dumb [Diving Camera]
When I go on my diving vacation at the end of this month, I won't be bringing this video mask. Why anyone would like to attach dumb headlights to vital diving gear is beyond me. While Liquid Image Scu ....... Read more 2 days ago
What iPhone Apps are Hot in Japan?
Have you ever wondered what iPhone apps are hot in Japan? If you're attending this year's MacWorld conference in San Francisco, you'll have a chance to find out. There, Nobuyuki Hayashi, a Japanese Ma ....... Read more 2 days ago
Roku Netflix Box Gets Amazon video on Demand [Amazon]
Roku's Netflix box is currently a one-trick pony, but it's getting Amazon's video on Demand later this year, meaning you can soon buy or rent and instantly stream movies and TV shows from Amazon's ser ....... Read more 2 days ago
Kodak Z980 Megazoom Camera Shoots HD video; Refreshed Zx1 Mini-Camcorder Is Cheaper, Weatherproof [Cameras]
Kodak's recent digital offerings have been decidedly entry-level products. The new Zx1 camcorder and Z980 Megazoom point-and-shoot keep to Kodak's short tradition of low prices, but look like they mig ....... Read more 3 days ago
Roxio Toast 10 Titanium Burns Media, Streams to iPhone, Transfers video Files to Your Tivo [Burnination]
Roxio Toast 10 Titanium is the latest refresh to the do-it-all, disc burning and file converting app. Now it streams media to your iPhone over 3G, and sends video files to your Tivo. Most, if not all, ....... Read more 3 days ago
TV, video Games and Bad Parenting Creating Generation of Dumb, Addicted Two-Year-Olds [Wtf]
We love HDTV and video games something fierce, but this news out of the U.K. is pretty rotten. Apparently, parents are allowing tots to watch so much TV that they're forgetting their own names. It sou ....... Read more 3 days ago
Gizmodo's Most Popular Hits of 2008 [Zeitgeist]
What a year, roller coaster from beginning to end, and tons of amazing stories. In case you missed any, here they are: The most popular stories for 2008, plus the monthly top 10s. Top 10 Most Popular ....... Read more 7 days ago
The Best Lego Stories of 2008 [Lego]
Bricks! Minifigs! Spaceships! Star Wars! Airplanes! Robots! Sex! Secret Vaults! Our exclusive trip to the Lego mothership! More than six million read the best Lego stories of 2008. Check the Top 10 an ....... Read more 7 days ago
Cisco's Streaming Media Boxes and HD Telepresence Gear for Average Joe [Cisco]
Cisco doesn't want to just cater to your IT guy anymore—they're jumping into the consumer space at CES with three new streamy products: a video streamer, a streaming audio system, and Telepresen ....... Read more 9 days ago
Samsung's 2009 HDTV Lineup Leaked [Samsung]
We're not gonna have to wait until CES to see what TVs Samsung's got up its sleeves for 2009, since AVForums has revealed everything in store: Standard new features across the entire line include a bu ....... Read more 9 days ago