It’s freezing outside, and with cold weather comes dry air and therefore dry skin. Look it up! Protect that baby’s-ass soft skin of yours with a humidifier at night. Your skin is your largest organ, after all. Look that up, too. You don’t need to buy a giant humidifier and take up valuable bedroom space. … Continued

In our ongoing series where we show you bizarre juxtapositions of items from all over the world, the next Weird Combo of the Day fits in well: What better way to get people to buy a bottle of sparkling wine from this Swedish store than to include a package of colorful Q-Tips and a few … Continued

One of the iPhone’s cool tricks is how its screen can automatically rotate from portrait to landscape mode depending on how you hold it. But now it appears that the technology behind that tech wizardry belongs to the boys at Sony Ericsson. Back in Aug 2006, they were issued a patent on a technology that … Continued

You’re a person of action, someone who has no time to pick your phone up off of the passenger seat while you’re driving. No, you need it strapped to your chest at all times so you can answer before the first couple bars of your We Built This City on Rock and Roll ringtone. Action! … Continued

To be a respectable gamer, you’re going to have to dedicate some time to the art, and maybe even most of your life will be consumed if you want to play at a world-class level. But what if you want to also be married to a comely significant other at the same time? It is … Continued

The folks at iRobot (yeah, the same guys that make the Roomba) are ready to send their new PackBot 510 out to battle. The PackBot is a bomb-disposing robot used out in the field where it’s too dangerous for soldiers to maneuver. The new PackBot 510 is 30% faster and stronger than its predecessor. It’s … Continued

Unsubstantiated rumors (what else?) from a French Web site point to Asus launching the 3G P3xx, a Windows Mobile 6-based smartphone due in the third quarter. The 2.8-inch LCD screen (which is 0.6 inches bigger than the BlackJack’s) isn’t touch-sensitive, so that automatically puts it at a disadvantage. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-looking-to-outsmart-q-with-a-little-blackjack-214308 Otherwise, it’s pretty much what you … Continued

Everybody’s favorite hipster magazine, Vice, has launched an online TV network that aims to take the young, fashionable, and urban demographic away from the living room and on to the internet. Well, even more onto the internet. The new network features surprisingly high quality video streams, seeing we assumed the dudes putting it together would … Continued

Here’s some serious clockatude, reminding us of the Internets because it’s literally a series of tubes, and it’s not a big truck. The Canna Clock by ChronArte consists of a dozen glass tubes with 5.25 gallons of water, filling up as time passes and marked at 10-minute increments. For instance, the clock you see here … Continued

So it looks like Dell is backpedaling a little bit today—denying earlier rumors of a secret portable gaming console. They recently told the folks at Reg Hardware that they have “no plans to launch a Gaming handheld at this time.” Wishful thinkers could interpret that as “it probably won’t come out till late Q3,” but … Continued

Samsung plans to trick you into buying its new Bordeaux line of LCD HDTVs by appealing to your vanity. The 32 and 40-inch LCD TVs don’t look all that different from last year’s LCDs, but when the bezel is coated in shiny black plastic with blue hints it’s very hard to say no. As for … Continued

We’re still months away from the official launch, but the iPhone is already drawing various comparisons to other mobile phones. In this video we see the iPhone’s interface being compared to Windows Mobile. For the most part, both phones can perform the same tasks. The Windows phone actually beats it out with a few extra … Continued

Small inventions like the Hook Box can make a big difference in your quality of life. Mount these ceramic hooks to the wall, and immediately have a place to hang your coat with a small storage bin just above, a suitable waystation for things you’ll need to grab or get rid of when you depart … Continued

This has got to be the dumbest ban I’ve ever heard of. State Sen. Carl-“look both ways before crossing the street”-Kruger wants to implement a ban on iPod and cell phone use while crossing streets in major NY cities. So if the bill goes through, you’ll be fined $100 for yapping on your mobile (or … Continued

While some seasoned anglers say it’s cheating, this FishCam gives you an edge on those slimy little bastards, feeding the video from a tiny camera attached to your fishing line to a little topside monitor. Hey, now you can get video proof of the One That Got Away, or you can make sure he doesn’t … Continued

The Sea Phantom is a concept from long-time boat designer David Borman, whose James Bond-like vessel is designed to deliver helicopter speed at a powerboat price. Although the five-passenger prototype he’s created so far doesn’t go 150mph yet, that’s the idea of this ominous-looking ghost ship that uses NASA’s lifting body airfoil design. This prototype … Continued

Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD player, the HD-XA2, doesn’t suck, something you couldn’t say about its first generation player. HD Guru just scored the player’s first review and walks us through why Toshiba actually did a good job with the HD-XA2. Faster load times, top notch upconversion and 1080p output are the biggest draws here. … Continued

You can soon expect to pick up a free song of your choice from iTunes with every concert ticket you buy at Ticketmaster. No gimmicks, no catches. Buy a concert ticket, get any track you want, gratis. The other side of the promotion extends a program where last year, for example, pre-orders of Stadium Arcadium … Continued

Here’s a brilliant video by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, who schools us on Web 2.0 from start to finish. Or is this just the beginning? Powerful point from Michael: We’re teaching the machine, and the machine is us. Time to rethink the world. The network is the machine; … Continued

Amazon’s got a nifty little FAQ up about the TiVo and Amazon Unboxed love fest. Here’s what they’re starting us off with, but since we’re starved for information on the subject, it’s better than nothing. What do you want to know about this holy union? When will I be able to use the Amazon Unbox … Continued