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Flying enthusiasts with $263,000 to spare can now build their own Spitfire aircraft from a pack. The Supermarine Aircraft Mark 26 kit, a 90 per cent scale model of the iconic WWII fighter plane,...

It has taken seven years to construct, and at a cost of almost $180 million, but the Great Canary Telescope - now the world's largest stargazer - is up and running. Situated on the Spanish island of...

Two nights ago, I enlisted your help in determining the contents of a mystery bottle sent to me by the Sony VAIO team. There were plenty of good guesses—Apple juice, Soylent Green, blanc de...

This ring is another fashionable addition to the fabbed-from-Apple-notebooks line of geek jewelry—if you're around six years old. On the other hand, even a six year old can afford it, since it...

As a member of the iPod generation, you're probably used to the feeling of tiny plastic speakers being jammed into your ear canals. MadCatz decided that some consumers might be tired of that vaguely...

The Making of David Pogue's iPhone music video, with Gizmodo shoutout. [NYTimes]

We show you a lot of videos of stuff breaking, and it's all cool but it's all ugly. Well, here's some breaking news that's as pretty as it is shattering. Take a look at these photos by master photog...

Firmware update for Canon Digital Rebel XTi adds support for the MTP USB protocol. [Canon via Crave]

We've got Justin of Justin.tv down at Barker Hanger streaming live coverage from E3 of all the games he's playing. For those of you who don't know, Barker Hanger is the place where all the developers...

In addition to having the fantastic Wii Party Station, Nyko also had a bunch of other accessories for all three consoles. First, a wireless Xbox 360 Guitar Hero guitar, which is still in the...

The iLive Flat Panel Docking System is a virtual surround sound bar that uses magnetically shielded 2 full mid/high range drivers and twin internal woofers. You can pretty much hook up whatever you...

galleryPost('', 8, 'Commodore PCs');Remember those Commodore gaming PCs with custom Art we saw in Europe, last March? They're finally coming stateside starting at $1700. While the price for the...

Using SimplifyMedia will allow you to add 30 of your friends' iTunes music libraries to your own and access them no matter where they are physically located. Right now the beta software is a free...

Thanks for all your entries in the Made in Eureka contests! Both the iPhone invention contest and the TiVo trivia contest had a lot of entries, and we're going to sort through them all and announce a...

This Incase Protective cover is the first piece of iPhone retail-bait I couldn't resist in the Apple store. The good: It's the sleekest of all cases in stock there, so it won't make your iPhone look...

We just got a hands on with Nyko's Wii Party Station and we can safely say that it's crazy. Crazy awesome. It's got pretty much everything you want to have when you're having a Wii house party, and...

Check out this transforming cellphone concept found over at Parkoz Hardware. It turns into a little bi-pedal bot, complete with twin miniguns. Definitely reminiscent of scenes from Michael Bay's...

This week at Uncrate: We take to the skies Maverick-style with Air Combat USA, hit the court in some Roger Federer Gear, and head to the theater in some Transformers T-Shirts. We keep track of our...

If you thought the plastic-looking Nintendo Wii Mario Kart wheel was a little too classy, Billet Mechanical has the wheel for you. First, it's not even a wheel. It's a Knight Rider-like half steering...

$100 off any Helio device and a 1GB Micro SD Memory card, as long as you pay monthly via Visa. [Helio]

Informal poll time. I've been getting a few reader complaints about iPhone earpieces being too quiet. Before jumping to conclusions, I figured I'd ask around. Since complaining is a duty of the...

HD DVD players are supposedly outselling Blu-ray 3:1 in Europe this year. They neglected to tally PS3s, conveniently. [Reuters]

Just like with the MotoRIZR Z6, Motorola is taking an old phone and placing the ROKR moniker on it, essentially turning it into a badged music phone. This time they're taking the Moto PEBL U9 and...

newVideoPlayer("avatarmachine_gawker.flv", 475, 376);Do you play so many videogames that you feel weird walking around without being able to see yourself from a third-person perspective? If so, you...

You know the reports of people saying their iPhones don't charge up all the way? Turns out that's actually a UI bug and not a bug with the iPhone's battery. The bug, demoed in the image above and...

Strap on the Darth Vader Back Buddy, and you'll have the most feared fallen Jedi mofo toting around your stuff. $20, and guaranteed to be 100% wheeze-free. [Entertainment Earth via Neatorama]

Ranging from E3 announcements to next-generation Samsung Blu-ray players, Tuesday's news was anything but boring. In order to help you catch up with anything you may have missed, here's a...

Following successful trials, British policemen are to be issued with head cameras while they are on the beat. The £3 million ($6.1 million) scheme, which led to an increase in the number of...

Logitech desktop speakers for $15 after shipping. [Mwave.com]

newVideoPlayer("lawn_mower_gawker.flv", 475, 376);We love the show American Inventor here at the Giz. Not because it pumps out inventions we'd actually want, but because it highlights how insane...

Staff Writer / Reviewer - infoSync World, New York, NY Senior Macintosh Support Technician - Quick Ceph Systems, San Diego, CA Software Programmer - Language Computer Corporation, Richardson, TX (DFW...

Capcom, the developer behind multiple treasured video game series such as Street Fighter and Resident Evil, is forecasting yet another substantial price cut for Sony's Playstation 3. Said Capcom...

Richard Baguley, chief cellular ninja over at WirelessInfo.com, just published a number that, when called, turns your iPhone into a mobile field testing station. Suddenly, up pops a new menu (as you...

Test your iPhone typing speed. [iPhone Typing Test]

This is the Digital Water Pavilion, dilion, designed by a bunch of MIT brainiacs for Expo Zaragoza in Spain next year. Its walls are curtains of water controlled by software which, in turn, controls valves...

You like crafts, don't you? Of course you do. Well, get ready for a fun and educational craft project, my friends. First, get some tampons. Got 'em? OK, now make a flute out of the applicators. Done?...

Is there such a thing as the Nintendo Wii design effect? If so, the PlusMinusZero Toaster may well be a perfect exemplar of Wii-ness. Consider the evidence... • It's small, white and...

newVideoPlayer("rib_gawker.flv", 475, 376);Here's the RipStik Caster Board. Or like my brother the ER traumatologist likes to call it: "BUSINESS!" For $200 $99 you will be able to carve that asphalt...

Indulge yourself in the blinkenlights of the '60s with this Multicolor LED Panel, harkening back to science fiction movies with computers consisting of panels of blinking lights, and maybe even...

newVideoPlayer("custom_ringtone_gawker.flv", 475, 376);This guy claims to have figured out how to make custom ringtones on his iPhone, although he conveniently doesn't give us any hints as to, you...