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Wacom
Wacom Dips Toe In Club Scene With Nextbeat Wireless DJ Controller
Wacom, the tablet and touchscreen company that's made a name for itself in graphic design circles, is about to enter the discotheque. More » -
Alarm Clocks
Wake Up Alarm Ends Your Slumber With a Well-Rounded Breakfast
Some French designers have created an alarm clock that changes the alarm clock dynamic in an interesting new way. Now, instead of slamming down on the snooze button, you'll get a handful of OJ. More » -
pointless
Stopper Postcard Measures Delivery Speed While Stressing Out Postal Workers
Just how long does it take that postcard to get from A to B? The Stopper postcard can tell you, all while adding yet another layer of stress onto the backs of today's postal workers. More » -
Smartphones
Smartphones (Or Whatever You Call Them) Trump Netbooks, Notebooks at SXSW
The tech and media savvy hipsters currently at SXSW could very well be a snapshot of things to come. The conference is chock full of smartphones, but there's nary a notebook (or netbook) in sight. More » -
Nokia
Nightmare Launch Apparently Over As Nokia 5800 NAM Is Back In Stores
The Nokia 5800 NAM's rocky launch appears to be coming to an end. The Nokia Blog is reporting that the bug-ridden mobile is officially back on the shelves at Nokia flagship stores. [Nokia Blog] -
Oled
Reasonably Sized Economy-Hindered OLED TVs Could Finally See Surge in 2011
We already covered how decent-sized OLED TVs are in a holding pattern due to their manufacturers reigning in spending due to the economy, but now experts at DisplaySearch know when it might end: 2011. More » -
Rumor
Kevin Rose On iPhone 3.0: Cut/Paste, Features Equal Palm Pre
Digg's Kevin Rose is again peddling his Apple rumors, this time in regards to the upcoming 3.0 preview scheduled for this Tuesday. He was dead on last time around—can he do it again? More » -
Grills
Intimidate Neighbors And Cook Their Food With Uber Manly Imperial Grill XL
It's a balmy 58 degrees in Boston today, and spring is just around the corner. Time to talk grills. What better place to start than the Imperial Grill, which is held together by pure testosterone? More » -
Gaming
XCM Cross Fire Adapter Brings Dual Shock, Identity Crises to Xbox 360
On the opposite end of the fanboy self-loathing scale created by the PS3 XCM Cross Battle adapter is the Cross Fire. It brings Dual Shock controllers to the Xbox 360 (with turbo!). More » -
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Don't stun me, bro
British Boy Embarks On "Electric Shock Free-For-All" With Bulgarian Stun Gun
If that headline didn't grab your attention, I don't know what will. A British 13-year-old smuggled a stun gun he bought on vacation into school, and proceeded to go a little zap-crazy. More » -
Kindle
Amazon Threatens Legal Action Against Those Increasing the Kindle's Usefulness
Amazon recently threatened the smackdown on a site offering instructions on how to trick the Kindle into reading other types of files. This isn't a question of copyright infringement, it's a question of control. More » -
BlackBerry
More Pictures of the BlackBerry Niagara 96xx: No More Blurrycam!
The BlackBerry "Niagara," or 9600 series, popped up on eBay for about a minute before it was pulled, but you can't hide pictures like these. Check out the gallery after the jump. More » -
Mars
Live Images From Google Mars Now Available
Google Mars is officially showing live updates from the surface of the angry planet. Google issued this mysterious statement today: "We are entering uncharted territory." More » -
Motorcycles
EV-o RR Electric Motorcycle Can Kick Your Gas Guzzler's Butt
In preparation for the zero-emissions grand prix, Evo Design Solutions has this fearsome electric superbike, fast enough and tough enough to challenge the old-school gas models. More » -
Biew biew
Badass Scientists Prepare Anti-Mosquito Laser
Sure, this project is the product of a great humanitarian impulse: wiping out malaria, which claims about a million lives a year. But you can tell the astrophysicists are having a blast with it, too. More » -
Facebook
Facebook Connect for iPhone Games Lets Everyone Know You're Not Really Working
A bunch of iPhone games, among them the destructively awesome Tap Tap Revenge 2, have received updates to include Facebook Connect functionality. What does that mean for you? Networking. Delicious networking. More » -
Happy Pi Day
3/14: The Nerdiest Date of the Year
Okay, math dorks, enjoy your day of circles and pie-related puns. Come book week, we liberal arts nerds will celebrate for SEVEN TIMES longer. How you like them numbers? [Pi Day] -
BlackBerry
Touchscreen, Trackball-Less BlackBerry Bold Leaked
That rumored BlackBerry Bold with a touchscreen was just a whisper before, but now we've got a shot of the packaging to prove its existence. Let's see what we know about this new hybrid. More » -
How To
How To: Create Stunningly Realistic High Dynamic Range Photographs
In the right hands, high dynamic range imaging can blend multiple exposures of the same scene to more closely reproduce what your eye can see. Here's how to do HDR the right way. More » -
Sprint
Sprint's Dan Hesse Is Not As Likable As He Thought
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's sorta-classy black-and-white ads have been canned. Could bespectacled Verizon guy or spiky-haired Alltel guy get the axe next? Please? More » -
Apple
Rumor: A Premium App Store for Even Pricier iPhone Apps?
Pocketgamer.biz, who we've never worked with before, says Apple may be working on a section of the App Store for more expensive (read: $20 and up) apps. More » - Friday - March 13, 2009
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Funky youtube
Here's the Most Amazing Mashup Music Video You Are Going to See This Month
Some guy got a bunch of random YouTube clips of people playing instruments, editing them together into one of those omfg-I-can't-believe-this-is-real video. At least, I can't believe it's real. More » -
Architecture
Lotto Turm: Play the Lottery with Naked Lifeguards and Classy Hookers
Constructing a building to be bigger and taller is overrated. But constructing a "building"—which is just 55 shipping crates stacked on top of each other—with a unique design is apparently all the rage these days. More » -
Furniture
Tank Chair Prefers Backyard Lounging to International Destruction
When you think Tank Chair, you might consider something more imposing than what's presented here. But then you realize it's inspiration does indeed come from the treads of a military tank. More » -
Video Cameras
RED Scarlet Test Footage Hits the 'Nets Looking Like a Gift From the Gods
I love that RED's upcoming Scarlet camera will cost around $2500 and can produce beautiful footage like this. Paired with a 100mm RED PRIME PRO lens here, the 2/3" Scarlet captures footage at 3K resolution. More » -
USB
Suicidal Robot Keychain Doubles as a USB Flash Drive
Forget suicide booths—this $25 Bender-esque robot can decapitate himself so that you can hide 4GB of your secret files in his body. [Gadget4all via Craziest Gadgets] More » -
windows 7
Windows 7 Release Candidate Changes Increase Productivity and Workflow
Did you know Microsoft trimmed down sound files so your computer can boot up faster in the Windows 7 release candidate? Here are a few changes we found amongst the over 70+ obvious UI changes. More » -
Roundups
Our Favorite Kotaku Posts of the Week
This week, Kotaku shows that the Batman game is going to have an expensive collector's edition, why fitness games are booming, and why arcades are dangerous. More » -
iPhone App
Have2P Will Save Your Underpants One Day
I'm not being sexist: Most of the women in my life have to pee 27.3 times every hour. Or something like that. I'm getting all of them Have2P for their iPhones. More »