If you love the convenience of thumb drive but need something a little roomier, check out Pocketec’s upcoming Nano drive. This hard drive-based unit measures about 1-inch squared, and has all of 12GB of storage on board. You can get that much with flash drives, but you’d have to cough up hundreds of bucks. Of … Continued

The Ann phone is a wireless phone being offered by Korea Telecom that can double as a standard universal remote. On the fly Ann can switch from being a wireless phone to a remove and control your TV, DVD player or DVR. There are two different models available, oddly named Cutie and Sweetie. Korea only. … Continued

The RIAA is gonna hafta do some paying out for once, as they’ve been ordered to pay the legal fees of Debbie Foster, a woman they sued for music piracy. After having the case dismissed (with prejudice, no less) last July, the judge went ahead and ordered the RIAA to pay her “reasonable” attorneys fees. … Continued

One thing that has yet to be tech’d out, until now, is the mousetrap. Sure, you can use the age old wooden trap that snaps the mouse in half, but that is a little too inhumane. This project captures a mouse by having a solenoid (electromagnet) drop a bucket over the mouse. The bucket is … Continued

Our own Jason Chen, master blogger and lover of gadgets to such an extent that he can’t seem to keep them out of his pants, is coaxed away from his Xbox 360 long enough to tell his story to blogger babes at GeekSugar. In the entertaining interview, part of the “Geeks We Love” series, Chen … Continued

Don’t forget a caption, and to send any pictures that you find to [email protected] Judging by the fact that you’re at Gizmodo, it’s safe to assume that if you wanted a Gmail invite you would have one by now. But on the off chance that you didn’t or you know someone who wants to, Gmail … Continued

Silly hackers! You cannot destroy the internet! It’s a pretty basic premise, that because the internet is a distributed network it’s pretty insusceptible to being taken down wholesale by a small band of pockmarked, greasy nerds, but that’s just what they tried to do. Attacking a series of root servers with boatloads of denial-of-service attacks, … Continued

Like those death clocks, this Lifetimer countdown clock can be programmed to display how many minutes, seconds, and days you have left until you die. However, this Lifetimer clock can also be set to count down to 11 different other things, like how many days left until vacation, Christmas, your birthday, when you go to … Continued

Thermaltake, the king of keeping things cool, has added this fanless laptop cooling pad to their line of cooling accessories. This 22-ounce pad uses a little bit of chemistry to keep the laptop cool by absorbing heat and distributing it across the pad. It is available in black and white and support laptops up to … Continued

Last time we checked in on Nvidia, they had yet to release final (i.e. not beta) Vista drivers for their GeForce 8000 series cards. Well, it seems like the Vista gaming community is mad and tired of waiting. They’ve launched a website threatening to file a class action lawsuit against Nvidia if they don’t get … Continued

The infamous Boy Genius got his hands on a shiny black Blackberry 8800, and he shows us tons of pictures of the device along with numerous screenshots. He likes the look and feel of the handset, saying its keyboard is just as good as its 8700 predecessor. He’s also digging the screen, “Oh man, the … Continued

We are giving away a Nintendo Wii. The contest will pit your brains against our trivia. For each correct trivia question answered, you get an entry into the drawing for a Nintendo Wii. If you missed the previous questions go check them out here and here. A winner will be selected at the end of … Continued

Vocabulary lesson: B&M stands for brick and mortar, or in-store only. According to the frugalites over at Slickdeals, Target has the iPod Hi-Fi stereo/iPod dock for $87 in-store only, which is 75-percent off the retail price of $350. Apparently, Target is clearing out the devices in-store to only sell them online. After dissecting the thread … Continued

Diabetics get stuck (haw!) carrying around needles to stab themselves with every day, which can’t be all that fun. This Huma-Pen is designed to make the whole process a bit less painful — at least figuratively speaking. It’s digital, doling out the correct dosage of insulin every time to prevent human error. It also records … Continued

For the times where you can’t get to a Wi-Fi point for Skype and you can’t remember that 15 digit calling card code, there’s Jajah. Jajah lets you make relatively cheap long distance calls right from your browser-enabled smartphone. How does it work? Well, just visit jajah.com from either your PC or your smartphone’s browser, … Continued

If you’ve ever had liquids or gels leaking into your suitcase, you might be interested in PKOH NYC’s Silicone Travel Bottles. Just the right size to sneak under that Homeland Security size limit for deadly liquids, these bulb-shaped containers seal up with a leakproof O-ring. We’re liking their wide mouths, just right for a couple … Continued

Here’s a camping bubble that’s reminding us of the bubble boy, but this one is made specifically for BMWs, hooking on to the back of a Beemer and keeping its tony occupants away from those nasty elements. The BMW Air Camper inflatable tent is said to be big enough for two adventurous campers. Check out … Continued

Here’s another tool for you to use after the Apocalypse: the Snail Mini Dynamo LED Anti-Mosquito Flashlight. That’s a long name for a short list of features, including a handcranked flashlight and alleged anti-mosquito capabilities. Couldn’t you just claim that anything has anti-mosquito qualities, and then when users don’t get bitten, they’ll believe mosquitoes are … Continued

This week at Lifehacker: Getting good with Google Reader “Google Reader is one helluva feed reader, but unless you’ve spent a little time digging into the documentation, you probably aren’t taking full advantage of what it has to offer.” Whip your MP3 library into shape, Part III: Metadata “It’s not hard to fix or update … Continued

We’re always on the lookout for the perfect keyboard and are also curiously drawn to aluminum, and Onkyo is more than happy to accommodate our fetishes. The company unveiled two new entries to its Wavio line, including a wireless desktop with a mouse, and also a wired USB keyboard both crafted in solid aluminum. Both … Continued