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• n  a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• You've seen PTI's picks for the top 10 gadgets of 2008, including a stylish little e-mail checker called Peek; the sleekest, sturdiest and greenest MacBook yet; a must-have, idiot .
• A look at this year's hottest gadgets.
• Of all the gadgets on this list, this is the one that James Bond is most likely to carry.

• appliance
• contraption
• contrivance
• convenience
• gizmo
• gismo
• widget

News & Articles

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• Gadget-eating crazy ants causing millions in damages
  Depending on what state you live in, there could come a point when one of your electrical devices – maybe even a gadget – fail, only for the culprit to be pegged as “crazy ants”. Such has been the case for many in the Southern United States, where a species of insect known as Raspberry Read The Full Story
  June 12, 2013 - SlashGear
• USB Cufflinks — and Other Gadget Ideas for Father’s Day
  It’s not too late. From an iPhone-powered car to Batman cufflinks, Andrew Felix rounds up gift ideas for the gadget-obsessed Dad. Click inside to watch the video.
  June 12, 2013 - Wall Street Journal Blogs
• DHX Media Commissioned to Produce New Inspector Gadget Series and 7th Season of Johnny Test Series
  DHX Media Commissioned to Produce New Inspector Gadget Series and 7th Season of Johnny Test Series
  June 11, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ron Washington in The Associated Press
  I guess it was a gadget to get people out there,Rangers manager Ron Washington said Sunday. "Sometimes the fans are so loud in the ballpark you wish they would just calm down. Seriously."
• David Pogue in InformationWeek
  The iPad is so fast and light, the multitouch screen so bright and responsive, the software so easy to navigate, that it really does qualify as a new category of gadget,said Pogue.
• Nicholas Kristof in Center for Media and Democracy (blog)
  As New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote in a column entitled Death by Gadget "They want you to look at a gadget and think sleek, not blood."