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The Gadget: The official Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth Headset, which takes its design cues from stuff Snake actually wears in the game, like his Solid Eye and that body suit made for sneaking. More »
Lightning Review: Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth Headset
The Gadget: The official Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth Headset, which takes its design cues from stuff Snake actually wears in the game, like his Solid Eye and that body suit made for sneaking. More »
cooling
Danamics CPU Cooler Chills Chips With Liquid Metal: Won't Terminate Them
Advanced CPU cooling may be mainly the domain of extreme overclockers or case-modders, but this new Damamics CPU cooler may tempt you anyway just for the thought of the tech involved. The upcoming LM-10 is the world's first commercial CPU cooler based on liquid metal. Yup: liquid metal. Liquid metal has thermodynamic properties that apparently improve temperature uniformity on the cooling surface, and allow for decreased temperatures versus other cooling solutions. But most cleverly, since it's a metal you can pump it electromagnetically—the cooler has a no-moving-parts silent pump that draws just 1W of power. Plus it sounds way more Terminator-esque than CPU cooling by plain old water. Update: while the price is still TBD, the manufacturer says it'll be available late this year. [Danamics via Slashdot]
futurama
Beast With a Billion Backs, New Futurama DVD, Out Today
Today is June 24 and, for Futurama fans, that can only mean one thing: the latest offering from Matt Groening and Co. is out today. Beast With A Billion Backs is a "depraved, yet sensuous" episode that, according to head writer and producer David X. Cohen, refers to as "disturbing." (Yay!) "There is certainly more of an adult theme in this film than the average Futurama episode" he adds. With David Cross voicing the Beast (everyone's favorite gymnophobic, Dr Tobias Fünke), Beast With a Billion Backs welcomes back a whole bunch of familiar faces—and voices, which include Professor Stephen Hawking. Trailer is below. More »
mgs4 watch
Metal Gear Solid 4 Watch Says It's Time For Snaaaaaaake!
Not only are we gigantic fans of the Metal Gear Solid series as a whole (we're guts deep in the latest saga right now), we're also big fans of being able to tell time. That's why this limited edition MGS4 watch, given to preorder sales at UK's Gamestation, is so damn fantastic. There are only 500 of these Hideo Kojima-endorsed watches in the entire country, which makes us sad. Preorder yours now if you're a Brit and you like the action stylings of Solid, Liquid, Naked, Solidus and Old Snake. [Gamestation via Kotaku]
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth Headset Reviewed (Sounds Like Crap)
No wonder Solid Snake is so grouchy in Metal Gear Solid 4. Sure, the MGS4 Bluetooth headset looks like the most badass one ever, but the sound quality is apparently horrible—like you've been kidnapped and gagged with Liquid Ocelot's underwear. How are you supposed to banter with Roy Campbell while ducking exclamation points if he can't understand you? I think this officially ruins our Friday. =( [Gadget Madness via PS3Fanboy via Kotaku]
1:30 PM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By matt buchanan
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32 comments
Latest by jackfrost132: This makes me a sad Snake. D: more »
headset
Wearing Bluetooth headsets is always a risky fashion statement, but it may be that the slenderness of Bluetrek's Metal headset reduces the fashion-geek effect. It looks even skinnier than Apple's offering, being a scant 0.16-inches deep, and weighing a mere 0.01-pounds. Nevertheless, the skinny earbud-like device will give you five hours talk and seven days of standby. It'll be available in Europe at first, from this month for around $60 for black and silver, $76 for silver steel color. [Headset gazette via Mobile burn]
Bluetrek's Metal Bluetooth Headset is World's Slimmest
Wearing Bluetooth headsets is always a risky fashion statement, but it may be that the slenderness of Bluetrek's Metal headset reduces the fashion-geek effect. It looks even skinnier than Apple's offering, being a scant 0.16-inches deep, and weighing a mere 0.01-pounds. Nevertheless, the skinny earbud-like device will give you five hours talk and seven days of standby. It'll be available in Europe at first, from this month for around $60 for black and silver, $76 for silver steel color. [Headset gazette via Mobile burn]
5:28 AM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Kit Eaton
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13 comments
Latest by OMG! Ponies!: @GOKOR: Congratulations. You win the quote of the day: I'VE GOT SUPERPOWER IN MY FISTS more »
robots
"Crowd Control" iRobot Fires Up to a Million Rounds a Minute
You remember that gun that electronically fires up to a million rounds a minute (theoretically) by Metal Storm? They're strapping them to iRobot's X700 to create a serious killing machine with the flexibility of firing anything from explosive rounds to "less-lethal" ones, making it suitable for urban assaults, "border patrol," "crowd control" or my personal favorite, defense against a zombie apocalypse. [Danger Room]
gaming
Details of North American MGS4 PS3 Bundle Come to Light
Get your wallets ready, fanboys: the details for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition PS3 have been announced. What do you get for your $600? Well, first and foremost you get a gunmetal 40GB PS3 with a new Dualshock 3 controller. You get the limited edition version of the game as well, and you also get a Blu-ray with two hours of bonus content about the making of the game. More »
10:50 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Adam Frucci
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49 comments
Latest by SomeoneUKno: Yikes. I was going to chip into this lovely conversation, but I think I would rather not get hit more »
metal gear solid 4
First Live Shots of Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth Headset
We've been dreaming of using the Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth headset for secret pantsing missions every since we laid eyes on it. Other than these new shots that will probably self-destruct soon, no new details we didn't already know: Bluetooth 2.0, eight-hour talk time, 160 standby, drops on June 12 with the game itself. Peek another shot below, or head to IGN for a few more. More »
9:20 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By matt buchanan
9,516 views,
43 comments
Latest by mlvds: @Clockw0rk: @Clockw0rk: @Clockw0rk: It will work on all bluetooth devices... more »
gadgets
Metal Gear Solid 4 Bluetooth Headset Takes Crown For Best Headset Ever
This is, without a doubt, the absolute best Bluetooth headset ever made by human hands. We have no idea whether the battery life is acceptable, whether the noise reduction is adequate, or whether it even fits well over our ear. What we do know is that it's a Metal Gear Solid 4 headset, which means it belongs to Snake. SNAKE! This alone makes it worth our $59.99. Look for a simultaneous release on June 12 with the MGS4 game on PS3. Again: best headset ever. [Kotaku]
2:55 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Jason Chen
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43 comments
Latest by oopl: They should've just bundled this with Metal Gear Solid 4 or the MGS4 PS3 Bundle. more »
ps3
Badass Steel Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Is US Bound (!)
Originally thought to be another one of those obscene Japan-only gamer perks, the limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 gun-metal grey PS3 is going to be infiltrating the US after all. But it might easier to procure an actual Metal Gear than one of these babies—the official Playstation blog warns that the package is going to be a "VERY, VERY Limited Edition bundle!" [Playstation Blog via Kotaku]
7:18 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By matt buchanan
11,570 views,
28 comments
Latest by kaikai34: i think it looks sweet. if i didn't have one already, i'd get it. more »
blu-ray
Blu-ray Cannot Contain Metal Gear Solid 4's Awesomeness
The one technical advantage Blu-ray held over HD DVD is that Blu-ray discs hold more stuff, 50GB on a dual-layer disc. But that's still not enough for Metal Gear Solid 4 in all its glory, according to creator Hideo Kojima:Kojima: For us, we're not still not satisfied with the quality we can do. You know, there's not capacity space.More »
gaming
80GB PlayStation 3 Not Exactly Discontinued, Just Bundled With Metal Gear Solid 4
The fact that stores everywhere, including Sony's own SonyStyle, were dropping the 80GB seemed to point to a conclusion that the 80GB was on its way out. Not exactly. As we found out today, the 80GB version is going to be back on June 12, but it's going to be packed with a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 and a DualShock 3 controller. All this for the same price of $499. Yes ma'am. [Kotaku]
killing pen
Made in Italy by Parafernalia, the $31 Falter 2D is a flat piece of metal that converts, in just four easy steps, into a pen but also a ruler, and a envelope opener, and a device to kill people a la Calo killing Don Licio Lucchesi in the Godfather III. How-to after the jump.
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Falter 2D DIY Metal Pen Draws, Measures, Opens Envelopes, Kills People
Made in Italy by Parafernalia, the $31 Falter 2D is a flat piece of metal that converts, in just four easy steps, into a pen but also a ruler, and a envelope opener, and a device to kill people a la Calo killing Don Licio Lucchesi in the Godfather III. How-to after the jump.
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4:00 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Jesus Diaz
8,515 views,
17 comments
Latest by Dom: @SexCpotatoes: Take some responsibility for the environment and make it reusable. Haven't you heard a thing Al has said? We all have more »
amazing
Korean Engineers Develop Miraculous 20,000-Year Photograph
Tucked into a dark and tiny corner of the PMA showfloor is a revolution made by a small Korean company called Wooyoun: metal photographs that last for 20,000 years. These images depicting the Democratic US presidential frontrunners (and no Republicans) were chemically etched in a patented, print-like process—probably with stuff that gives improperly masked technicians some horribly debilitating ailment. They'll last up to 1,000 years under the hot unforgiving sun. Hear that? Screw biodegradability. Put another way, that Hillary card you see in the gallery will outlast her reign by at least 15,000 years.
clips
Make a Metal Detector For Like 5 Bucks and 2 Minutes
We'll admit it: we'll lack the ambition to perform most of the hacks you read about on Giz. But taping a calculator to an AM radio to make a metal detector? That's right up our alley. And by "right up our alley" we mean probably still too much effort...but not by much.
4:10 PM on Sat Nov 24 2007
By Mark Wilson
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32 comments
Latest by Cerixus: I'd be more interested in using this as a warning device next time I visit Silent Hill. more »
toys
Are you wearing a protective exoskeletal suit that's independently mobile or are you happy to see these Metal Gear Solid 4 1/6 size figures? Because if you ask us, there's nothing more bad ass than going to work and finding Old Snake and/or non-pussy Raiden staring you in the face while you sip your first cup of coffee. Nothing except actually being Snake. Too bad these are about $180 each, but totally worth it for Sony to bundle these with every copy of the game since it's the one thing that's going to save their lagging PlayStation 3 sales. [Snake via Raiden via Toys R Evil]
Metal Gear Solid 4 Figures Make Me Solid
Are you wearing a protective exoskeletal suit that's independently mobile or are you happy to see these Metal Gear Solid 4 1/6 size figures? Because if you ask us, there's nothing more bad ass than going to work and finding Old Snake and/or non-pussy Raiden staring you in the face while you sip your first cup of coffee. Nothing except actually being Snake. Too bad these are about $180 each, but totally worth it for Sony to bundle these with every copy of the game since it's the one thing that's going to save their lagging PlayStation 3 sales. [Snake via Raiden via Toys R Evil]
