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Google Android G1 phone selling better than expected

1027 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 23:22:42 by motang | 223 comments

HTC has increased its shipment expectations of the G1 phone, which is a sure sign that the device is selling at a much faster pace than anticipated.

Cellphone Gun Delivers Hot, Sneaky Death, Can't Send Txtmsgs

616 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 20:03:55 by Surferess | 65 comments

Italian police officers recently seized a tiny gun that's disguised as a cellphone. It can hold four bullets and is powerful enough to kill somebody. It looks pretty good, phone-wise, if pretty outdated. It's stuff like this that makes me having to pour my water out at airport security seem even more idiotic.

ZzzPhone Is Second Google Android Cellphone Ever

507 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 21:09:51 by diggits12 | 92 comments

According to CrunchGear's John Biggs, the second-ever Android cellphone doesn't come from Motorola, Nokia or Sony Ericsson. The Zzzphone is a full-QWERTY keyboard Chinese slider which apparently runs the Android operating system,

Black Friday! The Best Deals to Increase Your Size ;D

858 votes | submitted 2008-11-24 05:29:56 by loyalKNG | 128 comments

Black Friday is now just around the corner! (This Friday, November 28, 2008), and we have some of the best deals to increase your "size"!From smallest to largest, first comes the Seagate S305004FDA1E1RK 500GB FreeAgent External USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive, from Walmart!� For only $69 compared to the original $112.88, this gives you a nice little

Hacking down on video game energy use

396 votes | submitted 2008-11-23 20:55:11 by Griny | 63 comments

The Nintendo Wii tops the list as most energy-efficient game console in a study which recommends console industry adopt easy-to-use power-management features.

17 Christmas Gift Ideas for Geeky Kids

690 votes | submitted 2008-11-23 08:06:05 by DigSomeMore | 69 comments

Don't know what to get the kids in your life for Christmas this year? Well it turns out that little people get the biggest thrill out of getting geeky gifts - particularly gifts you do stuff with. So, if you're stuck on what to get your niece, nephew, friend, or even your own little person, take a look at our gift suggestions below.

Lifestreaming in Obamaland - CNET News

362 votes | submitted 2008-11-22 18:44:16 by Griny | 40 comments

The technologies that helped Obama reach the White House are going to make the president-elect's life more transparent and scrutinized than any previous White House occupant.

Bargin Hunt on iPhone by Taking Pictures of Products

574 votes | submitted 2008-11-22 03:00:02 by FirstDigg | 62 comments

SnapTell's premise is simple: take a photo of the cover of any CD, DVD, book, or video game, and the application will automatically identify the product and find ratings and pricing information online. Especially useful since the iPhone has a hard time scanning barcodes, and upon initial testing looks to identify most common and obscure objects.

Samsung Starts Mass Production of 256GB SSDs

1064 votes | submitted 2008-11-20 22:44:40 by Burento | 131 comments

Samsung Electronics has started mass production of 256G-byte solid-state drives, which could make their way into laptops in a few months, the company announced Thursday.

Factory Tour Video: How Frozen Pizzas Are Made

701 votes | submitted 2008-11-20 20:26:23 by linkserf | 100 comments

The BBC has a fantastic, 3-minute clip touring a frozen pizza factory that manufactures 2 million pizzas a week. There's something about precision, large-scale automation, even when the technology isn't necessary cutting edge, that's even more telling of our technological place in the world than sleek touchscreen phones and GPS navigators.

Engadget reviews the BlackBerry Storm!

1664 votes | submitted 2008-11-20 05:42:28 by reckless1280 | 255 comments

The Storm, a widescreen, touchscreen device boasts many of the same features as the iPhone, but adds innovations like a clickable display, and comes packed with RIM's legendary email and messaging services. Mainlined into the biggest and best network in the States, the Storm is an almost deafening blast to the competition at first glance.

World’s thinnest speakers? Nanotechnology & carbon nanotubes

612 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 21:50:50 by Peachi | 58 comments

Nanotechnology has made a flexible, stretchable, transparent material thinner than paper that can be used as a speaker. The material can be put into clothing, wallpaper or onto windows. The material was developed by Chinese scientists and is made up of carbon nanotube films and could be used to produce the world’s thinnest speakers

Hi-Tech Laundry Texts When Clothes Are Ready

431 votes | submitted 2008-11-19 00:51:07 by AFelsinger | 71 comments

At the University of Virginia, students can look online to see if washers and dryers are available. The machines can even send messages to the students' phones when the laundry is ready. The only problem ... they can't teach students how to wash their clothes.

Escape Clock Lets You Escape Your Wake-Up Call

289 votes | submitted 2008-11-17 23:07:51 by Spielbergo | 26 comments

This is the Escape Clock, from Argentine designer Santiago Cantera. Details about this concept alarm clock are so sparse that some other writers have simply started making up features.

TiVo Delivers Domino's...Is there anything TiVo can't do?

399 votes | submitted 2008-11-17 16:13:32 by pitchblack16 | 80 comments

Late last night, broadband-connected TiVo Series2/3/HD owners may have stumbled upon the new Domino’s widget. While we first caught wind of this in regards to the Austrailian TiVo service, US TiVo subscribers are first to tap into Domino’s online ordering system - requesting pizza from the comfort of their couch.

10 Gadgets That Have No Business Using a Jet Engine

810 votes | submitted 2008-11-17 22:06:33 by msaleem | 59 comments

A jet engine attached to anything is sure-fire entertainment—as the following ten gadgets will demonstrate.

Lego Safe is ultra secure [w/ video]

2930 votes | submitted 2008-11-18 03:10:21 by TalSiach | 335 comments

You might think that a Lego safe would be easy to open. Maybe just remove a few bricks and you’re in. But that’s not the case with this thing, the cutting edge of Lego safe technology. The safe weighs 14 pounds and has a motion detecting alarm so it can’t be moved without creating a huge ruckus.