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Sony's finally upgrading my beloved Sony XBR3 LCD, so gorgeous, it was chosen as the display of choice by Playstation for the PS3 launch, and even Apple for their Apple TV demos. The new LCDs are...

To satisfy the interior decorator in all of us, Sony has continued its drive for "personalization" of TVs. That means interchangeable color faceplates available for two of the new lines, the 50" to...

Even though Sony's big push is LCD, the flagship of the show was actually not a flat panel at all, but the 70" rear-projection SXRD model KDS-Z70XBR5. It's a freakin' amazing 40% slimmer than last...

Sony lifted the curtain on its new line of Bravia TVs Wednesday night introducing 5 new slimmer SXRDs alongside 9 new LCDs. On the microdispay side, the new TVs shed some fat (they're 40% thinner...

Bonus: All the new Macbook Pro HDDs, in every size, are now perpendicular drives. Only a few drives in the custom order builds were perpendicular in the old Macbook Pro. What's that mean? Better...

This Slingatron is the greatest thing we can think of to free up Superman's time for other things, like courting Lois or getting drunk and being a dick. Instead of spending $10,000 per pound r pound to send...

The webble is a rolling, rocking, soft foot rest that meant for people to fumble with while at their desks. I think of it as a low end, intermediate step before the desk-mounted treadmills appear....

If you've ever wondered what goes into the making of a fake eye for people who have lost one, check out the linked video of ocularist Kim Erickson practicing his craft. Fair warning: While SFW, there...

Researchers in Sweden have come up with a new kind of paper that's able to play sounds. The paper uses a mix of technologies (including e-ink) to embed digital information in each sheet. So when you...

We too were groaning when the Multimedia Card Association approved yet another memory card standard dubbed the miCARD. But after seeing Pretec's S-Diamond up close, we can kind of see why it's...

Hey guys: I just got back from meeting with Noel Lee from Monster Cable, along with a posse of affiliated ladies and gentlemen, and their heavy equipment. I was there to talk to them about the fact...

Unlike those Luddite crybabies over at the MLB, the NHL is embracing technology and partnering up with Sling. And they're giving it the go-ahead for NHL content to be used with Sling's upcoming...

Peripheral maker Mad Catz made a profit of $6.4 million. If that's true, then peripheral manufacturing is the market to get into. Since I have never touched a MadCatz product that didn't suck, and...

Here's what looks like a press shot of the Thinkpad Reserve. It looks different from the earlier shots we saw. I could tell you where I got this photo, but I'd have to beat you to death with a...

PhoneArena has a tip that T-Mobile is about to get two new phones from Samsung: the T729 and T419. The T729 is a slider reminiscent of the MotoRIZR, but has a t has a SureType hybrid keyboard and BlackBerry...

It's about time we made another induction into our Commenter Hall of Fame. The first was strider—who after receiving the award, decided he was at the pinnacle of posterdom and started getting a...

Fantastic news for nerds who keep up with file systems. Sun's just accidentally spilled the beans that OS 10.5, aka OS X Leopard, is going to be using ZFS as its default file system. ZFS replaces...

Olympus has something big in the pipeline, and it's teasing the hell out of it on its website. It's the log-awaited successor to the Olympus E1, and we saw it under glass at PMA where its codename...

Adding to the three iPhone ads we've already seen, this new Apple ad brags about how great the browser is. Is it really that great? The world will see come June 29. Still, we have to commend them...

I showed this to Pash over at Lifehacker before, but I thought I'd share this with you all as well. If you order a lot of stuff (and you should, since you read Giz), you'll love this Delivery Status...

The folks at FIC are giving UMPCs a different spin. Their new handheld comes with a detachable module that can hold components like a GPS system, cellphone, and, er, a calculator (like the sample in...

Oh, look, a regular phone that's very expensive because it's got some car company's logo on it. This time it's a Hummer, one of the more deplorable car brands out there, and it's got the great...

You don't need an elaborate and expensive system like X10, Insteon, or Lutron remote switches to control the world, not when you have one of these $19.95 Remote Control Outlets with its accompanying...

Straining to prove it's "with it" to keep the youngsters slurping down high-fructose corn syrup loaded soda, Coca-Cola's launching a mobile social network for teens. The Sprite-branded,...

I don't know about you, but I don't think I can ever sleep or get an erection after watching this robotic piggy bank do its thing. Seriously, eating your coins is one thing, but designing the face...

The guys at Stuff UK got their hands on Sony's new VAIO TZ and from the looks of it, they might never let go. The 11.1-inch ultraportable has a 9-hour battery life, an LED backlit screen and packs...

A proven inside source of mine points me toward his posting on a forum describing his hands-on with the iPhone. Here's are his non-fanboy impressions along with some new details: •"It does...

Gumshoe Richard Blakeley heard through the grapevine that something was afoot at the Cube Apple Store in Midtown Manhattan, so he headed up there to see what was going on. What he found was a big...

Plundr is the first Nintendo DS game that uses your location to affect how the game plays. Figuring out where you are using Wi-Fi positioning, the game gives you different "islands" to go to based on...

On top of not selling so well, even when Apple does manage to unload an Apple TV, apparently they're not doing so at the slam-bang profit margins they're accustomed to. Masters of component/cost...

When we first heard about Chargepod's six-way charging system with its custom adapters and all-in-one body, we were skeptical. Is it really worth the price premium to combine all our gadget charging...

Contrary to popular—belief thanks to other blogs dumping on the Zune whenever they post about it—there's actually interest in Microsoft's player. And thus, there's actually people getting...

X-Keys are a strip of shortcut buttons that you stick on your monitor and assign macros to using software, allowing you to quickly do tasks you do frequently with the push of a single button. It's...

Most light pulls brighten up your room. Hanging Harry, on the other hand, darkens it up. The suicidal light pull comes with a limp, lifeless body and 6.5 feet of string/rope. It'll appeal to your...

Asus opened up the doors to the woodshop to make three gorgeous laptops for the Computex Taipei 2007 show. Although company reps say they don't have any specific plans to actually sell these PCs,...

Apparently, being really good at gaming on your Xbox 360 might prepare you for more than a lonely life in your basement yelling at 13-year-olds while wearing a headset. According to this photo,...

This motorized screen mount can tilt and swivel that flat panel display so that every seat in your living room can be the sweet spot. It fits displays from 37 to 63 inches, and give you 7 degrees of...

We aren't lying when we say the HTC Touch, HTC's newest finger-touching phone, is the smallest and thinnest Windows Mobile Professional phone we've seen. The obvious reason being that HTC's taken out...

If you can't wait around long enough for Intel's new mobile gaming chips, check out MSI's GX-600. The Core 2 Duo-based laptop has a "turbo" button, that when pushed automatically overclocks the...

For some really weird reason, I've been invited to half a dozen press meetings scheduled to occur next Monday. Which is insane. You guys know what Monday is for geeks and tech writers, right? Next...