Slang for any hardware device. See gadget.
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- Crazy Machines 1.5 (exe)
- Create Your Own Zany & Rube Goldberg & Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-08-19
- A bad day for Garmin; Wall Street hammers stock
- A bad day for Garmin; Wall Street hammers stockNuvi phoneBack when it was first thought of, it was probably a good idea. Now, a gps gizmo that also calls people seems boring. The important part is the social networking. With travel down these days, car gps is not as important...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Gizmo5 (OS X) (dmg)
- Formerly known as the Gizmo Project, Gizmo5 is a free Internet phone for your computer that makes calling as easy as Instant Messaging. Using best-of-breed audio codecs such as GIPS and employing media relays around the world to route calls through the most efficient path, Gizmo Project will give you...
- Software downloads 2008-07-30
- Gizmo5 (exe)
- Formerly known as the Gizmo Project. Gizmo5 uses your Internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you're connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. You can talk clearly, for as long as you want, for free. With inexpensive...
- Software downloads 2008-07-29
- How to make Microsoft Silverlight enterprise fit
- A father and son team think they've found a way to make Microsoft Silverlight more enterprise friendly. Navot and Gai Peled who run Gizmo, Ltd., an Israeli startup, enabled their Visual WebGui environment to run any Silverlight...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Top 5 Father's Day gadget gifts for sons to give
- Father's Day is coming up, and for sons everywhere, that means a little indulgence in Dad's favorite activities. Here at ZDNet, that means gadgets, so here are five items Dad needs in his gizmo toybox. Click here to view the "Top 5 gadget gifts for sons to give" gallery...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Top 5 Father's Day gadget gifts for sons to give
- Father's Day is coming up, and for sons everywhere, that means a little indulgence in Dad's favorite activities. Here at ZDNet, that means gadgets, so here are five items Dad needs in his gizmo toybox. by Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2008-06-12
- Could Apple kill the Nintendo DS? I doubt it
- Brian Caulfield, writing for Forbes TechMeme coverage, believes that Apple could represent a threat to Nintendo's dominance in the gaming arena. I'm certain that no matter what Steve Jobs pulls out of his pocket at WWDC on Monday, Nintendo isn't going to be worried. Monday, however, Nintendo will likely face a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Nokia N95-3 (North American model) firmware update version 20.2.011 is now available
- I know that Ricky Cadden from the Symbian-Guru.com site has been waiting very anxiously for the Nokia N95-3 North American version to be upgraded to version 20.2.xxx and Nokia stated that the update would be coming in June. According to users on Howard Forums Nokia was able to release...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- OLPC outlines XO-2; Can it deliver?
- The One Laptop Per Child project has taken its lumps lately from its own software developers for going with Windows XP, but its next generation XO could be interesting. According to various reports from Laptop Magazine, Xconomy and Gizmodo, OLPC chief Nicholas Negroponte unveiled this e-book-ish device...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Powerset shows semantic search solution
- Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Blackberry users to get Windows Live services
- Blackberry users to get Windows Live servicesRim and MicrosoftThis is good news for BlackBerry users.that is really going to p*ss offcorporate support teams when they've been doing their best to lock out Hotmail from corporate desktops and PDAs etc. They are going to get inundated with calls from users requesting...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Top Five Digital Cameras to Get for Mom
- Still scrambling to figure out what to get your favorite mom for Sunday? A little help: Here are my top picks for the perfect Mother's Day gift (hint, hint). Best Budget Camera: Canon PowerShotA470 This 7.1-megapixel camera is a steal, especially if you snap it up...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- What you don't know can really hurt your business
- This fascimile chart shows how RockBlocks would enable a buyer to conmpare and evaluate various aspects of a product. And here's how RockBlocks intends to help the manufacturer and the retailer. Avoid the pain. A software company that was recently spun off, Boston-based...
- Blog posts 2008-04-13
- Google to Buy Skype?
- Google to Buy Skype?I for one woudl welcome thisI use Skype on a daily basis. And I have not been real happy with it as a product. If anybody could improve it, it would be Google.RE: Google to Buy Skype?Darn, just when I was getting ready to sign up for...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Has Vonage stopped selling WiFi phones? If so, why?
- Perusing through Vonage's own forum as opposed to the independently owned and run Vonage Forums, I've found a thread that raises the issue of whatever happened to the Vonage WiFi phone The thread has been started by someone named tophtml, asks the question about why it...
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Live: Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008
- Live: Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008I think your timezones are reversed8:30 AM EST would be 5:30 AM PSTWhile 11:30 AM PST would be 2:30 PM EST?Can you please figure out which is correct, because I might want to be tuned in.Apple's Webpage is pushing out Plug-insSomething about a Keynote...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Gizmodo's main rival Engadget silent about CES monitor prank
- Truthfully, many of us in the online "press," as well as in dead-tree media, probably spend a bit too much time analyzing ourselves. In the blogosphere, one of the more egregious examples of this is our examination of whether or not that unnamed...
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Why are so many user guides or manuals you get in the product box already out-of-date?
- At CES, I was talking with a publicist friend I have known for thiscloseto 20 years. In the context of a larger discussion, my friend Jim mentioned the disconnect between product manuals you find when you open the box of the gizmo you just bought, and the...
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- The best Kodak (yeah, Kodak) camera at CES
- The best Kodak (yeah, Kodak) camera at CESYou people always rag on KodakLook I know you and your so called tech experts bag Kodak and bow to Canon, Nikon, Fuji, and the other so called better cameras, but Kodak makes some good and in somecases better stuff for some great...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
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