Snipers ocassionally get sent on missions that can last for days, and taking their eyes off the target for even a few milliseconds to get hydrated could be disastrous. This cup holder attachment aims to solve that problem. When I’m hidden away, waiting for a high-value target to come out of his hideout so I can put a bullet in his head from 300 yards, I always want a place to put my Fresca. [via Gizmodo ]

Want to come with us to surf camp? Here’s how Read the whole story on Gizmodo Related posts:Confessions of a Space Camp Alum [Space] In the summer of 1986, I Read More Related posts: Confessions of a Space Camp Alum [Space] In the summer of 1986, I spent a week… Video tour of Burnout Paradise’s Big Surf Island Criterion hasn’t given up on Burnout Paradise even after…

Want to come with us to surf camp? Here’s how. All you have to do is follow simple directions. 1) Change your commenter name into a surfer name. “64BitDude” would become “64FootWaveDude” or… Read More Tags: Contests, Surf Camp, Surfer, Win A Trip

Snipers ocassionally get sent on missions that can last for days, and taking their eyes off the target for even a few milliseconds to get hydrated could be disastrous. This cup holder attachment aims to solve that problem. When I’m hidden away, waiting for a high-value target to come out of his hideout so I can put a bullet in his head from 300 yards, I always want a place to put my Fresca. [via Gizmodo ]

The Asus Eee PC T91 convertible netbook officially went on sale in the US today. To mark the occasion, quite a few US publications posted their reviews today. In fact, we counted nine reviews altogether, so for those mulling the decision to lay down $499.99 on this 8.9-inch net tablet, there’s plenty of material to start your research. The Eee PC T91 is one of the most anticipated netbooks to date. It is the first Asus touchscreen netbook and comes with a swivel mechanism so that it can be used as a tablet device.

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Hell froze. Microsoft is openly acknowledging Apple’s consumer electronics threat and going for the jugular Read the whole story on Gizmodo Related posts:Microsoft confirms retail stores coming this fall Well, Read More Related posts: Microsoft confirms retail stores coming this fall Well, this is going to be fun! Microsoft, which… Apple’s 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job [Apple] Not to turn this into a secondary job board…

My pals at Gizmodo are conducting a fun week-long exercise in nostalgia in the form of Gizmodo ‘79 , a series of features about technology that’s thirty years old, and how it compares to tech circa 2009. One of the stories is Sean Fallon’s “ Why You Can’t Complain About the Price of Today’s Gadgets ,” which compares the price of gizmos from 1979 with current ones, taking inflation into account. Boy, do we ever have it good today. I was a gadget hound and a PC user in 1979, but I was also fifteen years old and broke.

Verizon gets into everything, don’t they?. The last being their own TV Widgets offering called Widget Bazaar. This is a supplemental service for Verizon FIOS users and you will start with 40 widgets that include the obvious social ones  like Twitter and Facebook or even online media content from blip.tv, veoh and dailymotion. There are several limitations: 1.-Only one user profile can be used (multi-profile support to come) 2.-No Widget Platform planned at the moment, Verizon will provide whatever widgets they think you should get.

Anyone who knows tech knows certain names—Gates, Jobs, Woz, Kamen, Stringer—but before they became legends, they were busy doing, well, some curious stuff. Here’s a glance at their lives circa 1979: Steve Jobs Now : Just returning to daily work at Apple after a prolonged health scare, he’s still one of the most powerful—and recognizable—names in the industry. Then : This was the year Steve started work on the Lisa, but also the year he became kind of a square.