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  1. Plastic Motor Powered Directly By Light, No Solar Middleman Necessary details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    Professor Tomiki Ikeda, along with his research team at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a plastic motor that runs on direct light. Unlike solar power,...

  2. Dell E (aka Mini-Inspiron) Specs Uncovered, Actually Called Inspiron Mini? details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    Zumo thinks they got a peak at the specs for Dell's first cheap mini-laptop on a recent trip to Dell's Texas facilities. They say that it'll be called the Inspiron Mini,...

  3. iPhone App Devs Still Gagged by Non-Disclosure Agreement, Mad as F'n Hell About It details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    As we covered in our case for still needing the iPhone app black market, developers are gagged by a non-disclosure agreement that keeps them from talking about actually...

  4. The Neutered USB Humping Dog On Sale Now details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    The Crunching Dog—a sadly neutered version of the humping dog—is finally on sale. All it takes is $9.99 for you to get a cheap plastic dog to show you that you're...

  5. DelFly Micro Dragonfly Is Smallest Creepy Autonomous Spybot Yet details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    We told you the tiny DelFly II robotic dragonfly spy cam was just the beginning, and we were right. The same Dutch roboticist is now unveiling the DelFly Micro—with a...

  6. BlackBerry Media Sync Released, iTunes and RIM Now 2Getha 4Eva details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    With a large enough expansion cards BlackBerries have always been decent media players, but transferring tunes is sort of a pain in the ass. Released today, Media Sync...

  7. More PSP 3000 Spy Shots details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    A tipster mailed in these additional PSP spy shots to go along with the ones we saw yesterday. Assuming this is real, it shows a black PSP with the new PlayStation...

  8. Fake Steve Starts Real Dan Lyons Blog details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    The Fake Steve Jobs blog may be gone (for now) but Dan Lyons has started a blog with a somewhat similar style, expanded topic matter, interesting angles on tech and a...

  9. It Took Comcast 20 Calls and 3 Visits Over 5 Weeks to Determine That No Cable Was Run to This Guy's House details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    I know—Comcast bashing is getting way too easy these days. But its hard to resist when you find out that it took 20 calls and 3 personal visits over five weeks for the...

  10. iPhone Apps We Love: Pageonce Is Our Cheap Personal Assistant details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    Lifehacker covered the web version of PageOnce already, but think of it is as a web portal that displays all your various utility, credit card and shopping accounts in...

  11. Awesome Adults Build Giant Indoor Water Slide For Kids details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    A part of the American Dream is to be able to retire comfortably in your favorite area, say on a lake, with a large home. But not everyone dreams the same, some people...

  12. Aptera Electric Trikemobile Finds a Friend (and $2.75m) in Google details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    Pre-orders for the awesome Aptera electric car opened up last year, but the company has been relatively quiet about their progress as of late. Google's philanthropic arm...

  13. Bad Robot Limited Edition Figurine details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    Anyone who's watched to the end of an episode of Lost knows the Bad Robot mascot. You know the little bastard who taunts you with his eyes, saying, "I know exactly how...

  14. Mobile Safari vs. Opera Mobile vs. Skyfire: Who's the Fastest? details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 7 hours ago

    Three of the best mobile browsers that act like grown up ones are Mobile Safari, Skyfire and Opera Mobile 9.5. Even though the latter two (both for Windows Mobile) are...

  15. Philippe Kahn Sailing Across the Great Blue Pacific Again [Fullpower] details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 9 hours ago by Brian Lam

    Philippe Kahn, founder of Borland, camera phone pioneer and guy who helped make that Fullpower MotionX-Poker iPhone game is making yet another run at the Pacific Cup,...

  16. Facebook Connect for iPhone Will Links Apps to Your Facebook Account [Facebook] details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 9 hours ago by matt buchanan

    At Facebook's annual f8 conference this afternoon it was revealed that iPhone app developers will be able to integrate apps with Facebook Connect—in other words, apps...

  17. Samsung's i8510 Boasts Almost Everything, Plus An 8 Megapixel Camera [Samsung] details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 10 hours ago by Matt Hickey

    Samsung has a new slider on the market in Europe and we're hoping it finds its way over here. The i8510 is a S60-powered GSM phone with very fast 3G speeds and Wi-Fi, as...

  18. I Survived a Japanese Game Show: Shooting Balls, Breaking Faces [Japanese TV Show Not Really] details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 10 hours ago by John Herrman

    This week's over-the-top I Survived... challenges didn't have as much gadgety goodness as usual, but were strangely satisfying nonetheless. First, Velcro-clad contestants...

  19. Aurora Feint iPhone App Delisted For Lousy Security Practices [IPhone Apps] details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 11 hours ago by Jason Chen

    Remember that Aurora Feint Puzzle/RPG game that we told you we liked? Turns out we don't like it anymore. In fact, we're actually pretty damn scared of this app, seeing...

  20. GPS Gaming Technology Lets You Race Against F1 Pros In Realtime [Interactive Tv] details »
    gizmodo.com Posted 11 hours ago by Adrian Covert

    iOpener's GPS technology is made so you can take real-time data from an F1 race and use it to race against those same drivers in a video game. By placing combination of...