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Remember to take a multitool with you next time you shred the slopes. But be careful--a bulky piece of metal in your pocket will hurt when you fall on it. For something less painful, try Signal Snowboard's Leatherman lin...

With everyone liking to think of themselves as amateur chefs these days, there's no shame in having dinner guests participate in the meal preparation. And thanks to its folding design that lets it expand into a long gril...

You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines fo...

New Windows Phone users will be left out in the cold after January 30th asnewly connected Google accounts will no longer work through Exchange ActiveSync. Something we've known since last December, which caught Microsoft...

You're not going to find anymore gun-related deals on Groupon, at least temporarily. The company says the entire fire arms category is under review: More

Aside from the sweltering daytime heat and the freezing night-time temperatures, the biggest problem for folks living in desert regions is finding sources of water. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and...

Check out this amazing Lego construction by Baron von Brunk: a 5-foot model of a Nintendo Entertainment System controller made with Lego bricks. One that actually works just like the real thing. More

A few days ahead of the music industry's annual soiree in California, Moog Music has outed its latest analog offering. The North Carolina-based outfit has pulled the wraps off of the Sub Phatty: a 25 full-size key, 31 kn...

Can't wait until you're good and drunk to be an obnoxious dick? When you use the Cap Zappa to crack open a bottle its spring-loaded mechanism can then be used to launch the cap up to 16 feet letting you easily anger and ...

While UAVs have joined spy satellites as an indispensable part of America's military operations--especially in delivering timely, accurate intel to troops on the ground--they are not the end-all-be-all perfect solution, ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing has traditionally operated on a narrow ledge between perceptions of legality and illegality. The legitimacy of underlying file-transfer technology is never in dispute, though media compani...

Apparently Seamless is claiming that they can tell the flu is worse this year because more folks are ordering orange juice this year. Makes sense: orange juice is full of sunshine and vitamin C. But you don't need a deli...

It's been but a mere few days since ASUS quietly introduced that Jelly Bean-loaded, 7-inch Memo Pad, though if a recent video shown off on YouTube is to be believed, the company's got yet another, larger Memo Pad up its ...

Television-based web browsing, Facebook-integrated refrigerators, iPad-enabled potties--this multifunctionality craze is getting out of hand, often at the cost of a device's performance. Samsung's latest LED bulb however...

If you had planned to S-Beam your media around on Samsung's Galaxy S III mini, only to be disappointed by the lack of Near Field Communication on our UK review model, then we've got some good news for all twelve of you. ...

Welcome to the 2012 Engadget Awards! This year we've got 15 categories up for grabs, with 30 total awards to be decided. All finalists for Engadget Awards are reader-nominated, and the editors of Engadget will then selec...

I'm from Portland and I hate Portlandia. But this clip from the latest episode is by far the most accurate thing Brownstein and Armisen have ever come up with and it has nothing to do with Portland. More

California just passed a law that says drivers are free to text and email while they drive, as long as they're doing it by voice. Sounds safer, right? Not exactly, according to quite a bit of research. More

We're starting to wonder where introducing lasers doesn't make everything better. Case in point: Swann's just-shipping Bolt HD action camera. While the 1080p video, microSD storage and 135-degree lens will be familiar fr...

Gizmodo reader Gavin Heffernan just finished this really beautiful day and night time lapse of Death Valley's dunes. "Though we almost froze, we got some amazing stars, geminid meteors, star trails, planets, and even a U...

Moog synthesizers are legendary for their pure bubbling sound. Moog has been teasing its new Sub Phatty for a few weeks, and now it's finally official. Meet the new obscene sound of the bassline. More

A new swallowable pill has been trialled with 50 firefighters in Australia, aimed at monitoring body temperatures and other vital readings when working under extreme conditions. Using Equivital's EQ02 LifeMonitor capsule...