Website XboxFamily.com dropped a rumor this week that peripheral maker Gyration is developing a motion-sensitive add-on for the existing Xbox 360 controller. Microsoft has yet to utter a word regarding this rumor, but could the Big N have finally ruffled Microsoft’s feathers? [XboxFamily via Next-Gen via Kotaku]

Original post by Adrian Covert

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

The lull before the craptacular gadget storm that is CES continues this week, but nothing will ever stop our inbox from filling up with hastily-designed and poorly-implemented gadgets. That’s right, it’s another edition of our newest running series, Crapgadget, in which tedium is lightly battered and fried to a crisp, delicious rage. Enjoy the crap out of this, okay? We nearly gouged our eyes out in the making.
Read – Strawberry Donut USB flash drive: Direct quote from the website: “everything you desire in the ear of customized flash storage solutions.” Yep, anyone who pays $50 for this thing is definitely getting something in the ear.Read – Tiny USB cube speaker: How else to annoy everyone around you, while still remaining unable to hear anything? [Via Technabob]Read – Venus JXD305 PMP: Take one part iPhone, two parts HTC, and one part miniSD-only storage and stir — voila, not [...]

Original post by Nilay Patel