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Convert Your Toilet to a Dual Flush with a Retrofit Kit [DIY]

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:00:06 +0000

Dual flush toilets, despite the amount of water they save, used to be quite costly to obtain (around three hundred dollars). Nowadays, though, you can convert the… Continue reading

How To Treat Your Hard Drive Right [Hard Drive]

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:51:28 +0000

This week, Giz saw no less than two (two!) hard drive casualties befall our staff. So, in honor of Matt and Wilson's data, hit up Lifehacker's definitive guide for fixing, protecting, backing up and preserving that spinning data destroyer that lives inside your computer. Heed… Continue reading

Palm’s Execs Are Jumping Ship as Fast as Its Potential Buyers [Palm]

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:51:28 +0000

Today's casualty is Caitlin Spaan, veep for Palm's carrier marketing. It's a comparatively small loss compared to when their Senior VP of software bailed two weeks… Continue reading

Jetyo’s HDV-T900 solar-powered camcorder will capture only your brightest holiday memories

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:43:00 +0000

This traditionally-shaped camcorder may not be ergonomically friendly, but it is environmentally friendly -- ostensibly, anyway. It's the HDV-T900 from Jetyo, a 720p30 model that records to SDHC memory cards through what appears to be a fixed zoom lens (its specs promise only an 8x digital zoom). The thing that makes… Continue reading

Freetalk Everyman HD webcam up for pre-order at Skype store

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:02:00 +0000

For all the talk of HD webcams, we've seen precious little at the Skype shop -- until now. Freetalk's Everyman HD (Talk-7140) features on-board H.264 hardware encoding for up to 720p video at 22fps, with minimum system requirements of WIndows XP, 1GB RAM and a dual core 2GHz CPU. Apparently, Mac users (OS X 10.4 or better) can expect VGA quality

PS3 firmware 3.30 sneaks in remote play from PC, bitstream audio options

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:07:00 +0000

Additional trophy sorting and 3D gaming readiness should have been enough to satisfy and PS3 owner after the latest v3.30 system update (hey, at least it didn't take anything away this time) but there's a couple other surprises in store. If you're the kind of person who loves (or hates) their beeps and bloops, there's a toggle for… Continue reading

Sony Dash spotted on shelf at Best Buy a few days early

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:01:00 +0000

Now, what do you know about that? Our very own Chris Ziegler stopped into Best Buy (undoubtedly right after leaving CB2) and spotted something we didn't expect to see just yet... the Sony Dash. That's right, the Dash - which is available for pre-order but wasn't supposed to hit retail until April 29th -- is already on the shelf. Now, there was only… Continue reading

Dante’s Inferno ‘St. Lucia’ trial editor explained on video

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:00:00 +0000

So, you've learned how to stand a better chance at surviving the user-generated arenas in Dante's Inferno's upcoming DLC expansion, "Trials of St. Lucia." Aren't you curious as to how those titular trials get created? The video above has a pretty good primer on all the different options afforded to the game's more creative players, as well as a few tips on how to make your… Continue reading

DJ Hero getting challenging track pack next week

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Wanna know the most stylish, funkiest manner in which a person can simultaneously dislocate both of their wrists? We wager it's by playing the three mixes which will be added to DJ Hero on April 29 as part of the "Domination Pack." The three punishing tunes included in the DLC are:

Darude's "Sandstorm" mixed with Josh Wink's "Higher

Turn Your XBMC Media Center into a Video Game Console [How To]

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:01 +0000

We love XBMC media centers for watching movies and TV, but if you like video games, they can do so much more. With a simple plug-in, some configuration… Continue reading

This Week’s Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Winscape Turns Your HDTV into a Window (Mac)You know the movie version of the future where instead of real windows, we've got virtual ones that offer beautiful views of anything we want? Application Winscape pairs your Wiimote with a flat panel TV (or two) to do just that.
Dexpot Adds Aero Peek Virtual Desktops to the Windows 7 Taskbar (Windows)Virtual desktop application Dexpot was already one of your five

HP ships Swing motion controller hardware with Pavilion PCs in India

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:58:00 +0000

The vaguely kidney bean-shaped device above is actually, believe it or not, yet another motion controller. Details are scant, but apparently the HP Swing is being bundled with HP Pavilion desktop PCs in India (starting at 29,990 Rupees, or about 0). The thing will not be available separately, and as far as we know there are no plans to release it in the

SugarSync: 2 Petabytes and Counting – Welcome to the Personal Cloud

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:00:30 +0000

SugarSync is one of several companies competing these days to benefit from the disruptions in the market created by the new ways that people organize and share information from the any number of devices they use in their… Continue reading

Saturday Short Film: The Anachronism [Films]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:00:17 +0000

Katie and Sebastian are just two children who love to explore. They're fascinated by creatures, plants, and their respective taxonomies. They're charming and relatable! And then there's the giant mechanical squid… Continue reading

The Beatles: Rock Band value bundle for 360 just $51 on Amazon

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Back when The Beatles: Rock Band's Special Value Bundle was first announced, we had some reservations about how much of a "special value" it really was. However, a recent Amazon discount has made its description irrefutable: For just .08 (shipping included), you can grab the 360 version of the bundle, which includes a copy of the game and a set… Continue reading

Learn to Pair Beer with Food [Beer]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0000

There is a lot of talk about pairing wine with food, but beer shouldn't be left out—on nights when wine doesn't suit your fancy, consider food weblog The Kitchn's guide to finding the perfect beer for your… Continue reading

Microsoft Office on Windows Phone 7 Looks Fantastic [Microsoft]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:00:24 +0000

You can doubt Microsoft's phone strategy. You can grouse about features they've left out of Windows Phone 7. But don't for one second question their ability to put together an Office suite… Continue reading

Success or Failure, Examine What Went Wrong and Right [Mind Hacks]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:00:00 +0000

Looking at past mistakes, it's tempting (and helpful) to figure out what went wrong. Psychologist Ian Newby-Clark of Psychology Today writes that instead of just reflecting on what went wrong, we… Continue reading

The Engadget Show Live! With roboticist Dr. Dennis Hong, Ryan Block, Rick Karr, and more!

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:15:00 +0000

Keep your eyes tuned to this post -- because at 6:00 PM ET, we'll be starting The Engadget Show live, with roboticist Dr. Dennis Hong of the RoMeLa Lab at Virginia Tech, investigative correspondent Rick Karr, GDGT founder Ryan Block, our own Ross Miller and Paul Miller, plus music from Neil Voss and visuals from NO CARRIER and much, much, more! You… Continue reading

Construct a Crossbow out of Office Supplies [Fun]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:00:00 +0000

If you're looking to relive a little of the tom-foolery of your youth this weekend, it's tough to go wrong with adopting the occupation of every school-age boy: amateur weapon-smith… Continue reading

Don’t Even Think About Trying to Resign From This Tech Company [Faux Pas]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:04:10 +0000

Usually if an employee quits to pursue another exciting opportunity, it is a time of celebration. Not for Mahalo CEO… Continue reading

Photovisi offers Picasa-like collage creation, online

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:02:00 +0000

Filed under: Design, Fun

Photovisi is a simple online service which lets you select one of a myriad of templates, throw your images, and compile them into a digital collage. The results are very similar to those of the collage-making feature built into Picasa (Create > Picture Collage), but it's an online service.

You create your collage… Continue reading

Steve Wozniak On Apple Security, Employee Termination, and Gray Powell [Apple]

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:00:28 +0000

During last week's iPhone leak saga, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, reached out to us with a story: The… Continue reading

One more thing… two iPod touch prototypes with camera briefly show up on eBay