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| Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal Kombat |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 1:22 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, 18 Year Old, Apparently, Bedroom Wall, Controller, Gamer, Gamers, Gizmodo, Guess, Hospitalized, Internet Story, Ipods, Joystick, Lesson To Be Learned, Mortal Kombat, Mother Nature, Rundown, Sao Paulo, Storms, Struck By Lightning |
| iPods to other gadgets. Via Gizmodo ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Mortal Kombat Fighter of the WiikUltimate Mortal Kombat 3 Headed To DS… Wait, What?Mortal Kombat: Armageddon to Lack Online ComponentTop Video Game Girls of All TimeThis Week in Europe: Game Releases |
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| Featured links for June 29th through July 1st |
| Published: July 2, 2007, 11:01 am |
| Tags: Daily Links, 43folders, Always On, Apple, Applestore, Clutter, Davidallen, Del Icio Us, Electronics, Emotions, Ethankaplan, Getting Things Done, Gizmodo, Home, Houses, Howtos, Iphone, Johngruber, Links, Living, Macbreakweekly, Meditation, Mindfulness, Sanfrancisco, Scottbourne |
| getting things done, gizmodo, home, houses, howtos, iphone, johngruber, links, living, macbreakweekly, meditation, mindfulness, sanfrancisco, scottbourne, simplicity, tumble Featured 43f Job: Ruby/Rails Developers at ThoughtWorks Post your job to the 43f Job Board today, and get 43% off with checkout coupon 43OFFTHRUJUL. Offer ends 7/31. |
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| Geek To Live: Manage your life via SMS |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Calendar, Cell Phones, Command Line, Feature, Geek To Live, Gizmodo, Messaging, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Reminders, Sms, Top |
| The command line's making a comeback, but the terminal window, keyword launcher and search box aren't the only textual command interfaces—your cell phone has joined the party. More and more modern webapps let you interact with your data via SMS, updating and retrieving your information in the cloud on the go. You don't need a fancy mobile |
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| Nintendo 64 Rumble Packs Make A Comeback In Prisons |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 1:14 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Ball Point Pen, Battery Power, Distant Future, Gizmodo, Great System, Maximum Security Prisons, N64, Pen Ink, Pinup Posters, Prisoners, Prison Pen Pal, Ruble, Rumble Pack, Survival Tools, Video Game Accessories, Wii Mote |
| colors or looks. Via Gizmodo ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Cooperative Gameplay Might Make a ComebackSony not Ready to Rumble Denies Confirmation of ControllerHow the Sixaxis Got Its Rumble Back.Sony Confuses Us Again, This Time With Force FeedbackDead Rising "One Million Gamer Pics" Packs on XBL |
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| Stuff We Like: The Credit Card Survival multi-tool |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 11:00 am |
| Tags: Gadgets, Gizmodo, Hardware, Stuff We Like, Top |
| The Credit Card Survival tool packs a can opener, knife, screwsdriver, ruler, wrench, saw, and more into a convenient credit card-sized package. You can't always take your Leatherman multi-tool with you wherever you go, but chances are you've always got your wallet on hand. The Credit Card Survival Tool will likely add some serious bulk to your |
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| Gizmodo Jobs: Wanted: Webmaster for The Week |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 2:58 pm |
| Tags: Gizmodo Jobs |
| yours today. Post a job on Gizmodo Jobs it goes on Lifehacker Jobs for free. |
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| Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Firefox features that don't require extensions |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Feature, Firefox, Gizmodo, Lifehacker Top 10, Productivity, Top, Web Browsers |
| During our Show Us Your Firefox series, we saw all the wonderful things you can do with Firefox using add-ons. However, like most things in the software world, the more extensions you install in Firefox, the slower and more bloated it becomes. Today, rather than pointing you toward a handful of extensions designed to boost your productivity, |
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| Featured Windows Download: Secure your laptop with Laptop Alarm |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 8:00 am |
| Tags: Downloads, Featured Windows Download, Gizmodo, Laptops, Privacy, Security, Theft, Top, Windows |
| Windows only: Next time you leave your laptop unattended, turn on freeware program Laptop Alarm. Laptop Alarm sets off an alarm to alert you any time someone tries to log off, shut down, or disconnect your power supply or USB mouse without entering your password. Laptop Alarm is similar to Mac-only alarm iAlertU but—let's be |
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| Gizmodo Test: iPhone NES Emulator Tested [Verdict: Yes, It Works, but Not Without Problems) |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 11:54 am |
| Tags: Apple, Emulation, Games, Gizmodo Test, Iphone, Nes, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Smartphones |
| We've tested the NES Emulator for the iPhone. It installs easily and works with all the games we have tried so far. Now, how good it is? The Good • It's a great start. Not perfect, that's for sure, but I am not surprised because this is just a first hacked version. • Emulator and games install just fine. The Bad • It's slower than |
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| Gizmodo Test: iPhone NES Emulator Tested |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 11:54 am |
| Tags: Apple, Emulation, Games, Gizmodo Test, Iphone, Iphone Dev Team, Nes, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Smartphones |
| We've tested the NES Emulator for the iPhone. It installs easily and works with all the games we have tried so far. Now, how good it is? The Good • It's a great start. Not perfect, that's for sure, but I am not surprised because this is just a first hacked version. • Emulator and games install just fine. The Bad • It's slower than |
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| How To: Repair a bad headphone connection |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 9:00 am |
| Tags: Diy, Gadgets, Gizmodo, Headphones, How To |
| Gotta jiggle that headphone connector to get full sound in both ears? You don't have to ditch your favorite 'phones for new ones. For about 5 bucks, do-it-yourselfer Chris Metcalf photo-documented how he replaced a faulty connector on his best earbuds with a big shiny new one from Radio Shack. How-To: Repairing Faulty Headphones |
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| IPhone Widow: The iPhone is Cool and All, But Can You Stick Your Dick in It? |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 5:45 pm |
| Tags: Do Penises Make You Crazy, Gizmodo, Iphone Widow, Top |
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| Stuff We Like: Rite in the Rain all-weather notebooks |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Gadgets, Gizmodo, Hipster Pda, Note Taking, Notebook, Stuff We Like, Water |
| If you're an outdoors kind of note taker who's suffered from a soggy notebook and smudged ink one time too many, the Rite in the Rain all-weather notebooks might be up your alley. The cover is Polydura and the pages are made with a substrate, giving the paper a wax-y feel. The effect: water beads off them, meaning no pulpy mess and no bummer |
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| Stress Management: New handheld measures your ability to work |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 11:15 am |
| Tags: Gadgets, Gizmodo, Science, Self Help, Stress Management, Workflow |
| Not sure you're in the right frame of mind to tackle that delicate meeting or finalize a complicated project? A new stress-testing handheld device developed for astronauts could be the solution. According to New Scientist: The device gives a person a three-minute test that involves pressing a button as quickly as possible after a light flashes. |
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| How To: Save Energy With An Always-On Computer |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 8:30 am |
| Tags: Energy Conservation, Energy Saver, Energy Savers, Gadgets, Gizmodo, How To, Router, Saving Money, Top |
| Reader Aaron keeps his computer on for easy remote access and for nightly scheduled tasks (like backups and defrags), but didn't want to waste the energy an always-on computer would. So he hacked together a network setup that uses power-saving settings and Wake on LAN technology to get both energy efficiency AND constant availability. He |
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