Scareware launched from tech blogSource: BBC News
Visitors to technology blog Gizmodo are being warned that they could have picked up more than tips about the latest must-have gadget.
Pole Dance Doll - Worst doll ever. Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
This doll doesn't burp or wet its pants. It doesn't walk or talk, or sing or breast-feed. No. This baby doll whirls and twirls around a pole.
Feel Better, SteveSource: Gizmodo
Publishing rumors about Steve Jobs' health is one of the most distasteful things I've done in a long time. Let me just get this off my chest.
Do not read on if you have a problem with foul language.
Whoa.

Two of my recent articles have contained a strong rejection of information presented by Gizmodo regarding the health of Steve Jobs, based on a report by an anonymous source.
Paraphrasing:

Last week, I published an article in an effort to call out Jesus Diaz on his use of an anonymous source as the basis for an article about the "dire" health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Attempts to contact Diaz went unanswered.
In 24/7 Web world, some writers blog till they dropSource: The Seattle Times
They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.
How To Discover Secret Gadgets Through the FCCSource: Gizmodo
Long the well of gadget blog content, the FCC website is chock-full of unannounced gear ripe for the plucking. Finding these gadgets is a simple process, but for many, knowing where to begin is a difficult task.
Gizmodo officially banned from CESSource: CNET News.com
In reaction to "Gizmodogate," the gadget blog's prank of shutting down flat-screen displays on the show floor and during demos at CES (see Bloggers behaving badly), the conference's organizer, the Consumer Electronics Association, sent me this statement:
Over the Line at C.E.S.Source: The New York Times
So the stunt wasn't clever or funny; it was obnoxious and mean, and I'm embarrassed for the Gizmodo folks.

Tech toys' MSRPs get slashed as often as Sidney Crosby's hockey stick. It's mainly a function of the increasing speed at which today's new technology becomes yesterday's news. But not all gadgets have the shelf-life of a Christmas fruit cake.
iPhone's hazardous chemicalsSource: Greenpeace News
Scientific tests, arranged by Greenpeace, reveal that Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals. The tests uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers.
Apple TV Hack Allows External USB Storage - GizmodoSource: Gizmodo
At last someone has developed a patch to expand the Apple TV's storage through its USB 2.0 port, using the internal hard drive to boot and one fat external 2TB drive to stockpile as many TV series, photos and porn movies as you want.

Google has its eye on us with its fleet of camera vehicles shooting pictures for its Streetview mapping service, so we decided to turn the tables and put our eyes on Google.
-From Gizmodo
Xbox 360 has a failure rate of 30% say retailersSource: Gizmodo
We always knew the Xbox 360 failure rate was high, but the only time Microsoft's put any sort of solid numbers on the thing it was always somewhere around 5%. Retailers, on the other hand, have just reported a failure rate of somewhere over 30%. That's pretty ridonkulous.
Thou Shalt Not Digg Thyself Source: The New York Times
In the race to draw more readers of the Web, individual sites seek any edge they can find, from sketchy marketing tactics to partnerships with larger sites to the dark arts of search engine optimization.
Top 25 most popular BlogsSource: ebizmba.com
We at eBizMBA have decided that in order to get a more accurate picture we needed to combine data from multiple sources.
Behold the Annoy-o-TronSource: The New York Times
BEHOLD the Annoy-o-tron. The easy-to-hide magnetized device promises to drive a co-worker insane.