Creative is set to unveal its new Zii stemcell computing at the CES 2009! Have anyone of you heard of Zii or stemcell computing or knows anything about it? Besides the website (http://www.zii.com/) where you can register for updates, nothing much is known about this new Zii. My gut feeling is telling me its a new gadget from Creative but the stemcell computing part is ..Shop Now
Best of TGIF Lists 2008: The Best Friday Ever [Thank Giz It's Friday] | read this item
The weekly Thank Giz It's Friday lists are about unwinding and having fun. I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Here is the best of the bunch.
•10 Sex Toys That Are Confusing and Wrong (NSFW): A roundup of NSFW toys that are pointless, vulgar, confusing and (in some cases) scary.
NASA Offering Reward For Finding its 90 Lost Rubber Duckies [Science] | read this item
If you happen to spot a rubber duckie floating in the ocean, NASA would really appreciate it if you give them a call. They're missing about 90 of them and want them back.
The rubber duckies were tossed into a hole in Greenland's ice three months ago as a way to track how the polar icecap is melting. So far, however, they haven't seen signs ..Shop Now
One Year-Old Baby Will Kick Your Ass At Gaming, Melt Your Heart In the Process [Gaming] | read this item
Melodie is one year old, can name more game characters than most people, likes chocolate cookies, and is the cutest thing ever. If you ask me, she should become the next Kotaku editor. [GoNintendo]
The Best iPhone Apps of 2008 [Bestmodo 2008] | read this item
Only five months since Apple launched the App Store, and there are now over ten thousand apps. Don't worry, we did the hard part, trying them out and picking the year's best:
Reinbot: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Minifig [Lego] | read this item
What if Rudolph were reimagined as an evil, metallic minifig?
This picture is what.
If we had one complaint, it'd be that Rudolph's tumorous nose is not filled with a startlingly bright red LED. Because if it were, when minifig Prancer decided to be a jerk during reindeer games, minifig Rudolph could blind him with crimson before slicing his Achilles tendon. Looks like there's ..Shop Now
iPhone to Run Windows and Get Copy and Paste (It's Not What You Think) [IPhone] | read this item
Windows will run soon on the iPhone using Citrix Receiver, a remote screen software that connects to a PC and gives you the illusion you are running Microsoft's operating systems, including copy and paste functionality.
Why is this useful? It will give you the ability to run full Windows apps in your iPhone over the network. According to Citrix, you will have full Windows capability, ..Shop Now
Armadillo Breadbox: Neat Enough to Post a Breadbox on Giz [Kitchen] | read this item
I was a generation or two too late for breadboxes, and looking at this particular breadbox, I realize that's just a shame.
The Armadillo Breadbox, a real, purchasable product ($90), will store your bread in a segmented, brushed aluminum shell. Then, when you are hungry for some carbs, just fold back the sneeze/bullet shield and eat the delicate product of flour, yeast and baking that's ..Shop Now
The Official Wii Lens Cleaning Kit Is Here [Nintendo] | read this item
Formerly a Japan-exclusive, the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit has Godzilla-crawled its way across the Pacific Ocean floor to the US.
Honestly, any DVD player cleaning kit would probably work just as well, but if you like all of your boxes to match before they're thrown away, the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit is available in the US for $10. Whether you go generic or official, do ..Shop Now
Fakemodo: Undeniable Evidence of iPhone Nano 3G ZOMG! [Fakemodo] | read this item
Here you have it. Un-de-ni-a-ble proof that the iPhone nano 3G exists. Boom. Because, if there's a knock-off, there must be a real one out there, right? Somewhere! Anywhere? Come on! Think about it, people!
Yesterday, a reader jumped on the tips line saying:
OMG! I FOUND THE NEW IPHONE NANO! CHECK IT OUT MAN! THIS IS THE REAL THING! I BOUGHT THE ORIGINAL ..Shop Now
How the Dual Display Works In the IBM ThinkPad W700ds, Part II [Laptops] | read this item
We've already seen a clip with the Lenovo W700ds laptop popping out its secondary monitor. But here's much better clip that really gives you a real idea of how it works.
The things we noted: the second display does slide out fairly smoothly and it takes just a few seconds for the monitors to readjust to the dual format. But from what we can tell, ..Shop Now
Analysts knew it would be bad, but not this bad. Retail sales this year are down 5.5% in November and 8% in December overall, but electronics specifically fell by an astounding 27%.
Consumer electronics are always hit harder than average in tight times, but massive drop confirms what my various visits at barely-busy big box retailers led me to suspect. But what else can we ..Shop Now
Apple Patent Shows Nifty Keyboard Gestures for the iPhone [IPhone] | read this item
While many non-imminent Apple patents can edge into the realm of wishful thinking, this one is pretty doable: useful little gestures for the iPhone, which are received over the phone's onscreen keyboard.
According to the patent application, simple input commands like delete and space would be controlled with simple back and forward-swipe motions. While remapping something that is already readily available through a screen key ..Shop Now
Purported Rogers Phone Roadmap Makes Me Want To Move To Canada (Not Really) [Rumor] | read this item
Who says Canada sucks for gadget lovers? This leaked Rogers/Fido roadmap says they'll get just about everything next year, including a 3G Blackberry Pearl Flip and a Storm with (ohgod) Wi-Fi.
The full handset list, as transcribed by BGR, is here:
* Blackberry 82XX Pearl Flip (3G version of 8220 Pearl Flip but with GPS, WiFi, and video calling) * Blackberry 9520 Storm (North ..Shop Now
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