The Windows Web Browser Choice Screen Works

According to the latest data from Opera, the Windows Web Browser Choice Screen—a browser download and activation pop-up mandated by the European Union in all versions of Microsoft's operating system—is working. They say it's "dramatic uptake on downloads." More »

Old Websites Sure Are Embarrassing

The Wayback Machine offers an incredible catalog of what the web once was. But unlike that beloved Polaroid of your dad donning tweed and an afro, anyone can access the skeletons in your digital closet, anytime. Here's our peek wayback.

Leaked BlackBerry OS 6.0 Screenshots Show Widgets Aplenty

This is it. This is the moment us BlackBerry users have been waiting for. After countless Android, Symbian and Windows Phone 7 OS leaks, our time has come. This could be the turning point—BlackBerry OS 6.0. More »

HP Slate Priced At $540 With June Launch Date According To Leaks

Well, they've succeeded in coming in at under $630, but even so the €400 ($542) price rumored for the Slate is still too much when it's coming up against the $499 iPad. More »
#robots

Sony Aibo's Pre-Death CAT Scans and X-Rays Emerge

Four years after the Aibo puppy was discontinued, some CAT scans and X-rays have emerged showing two of the models' inner parts. The CT scans don't appear to show any abnormalities, but then I'm no doctor. Or roboticist. More »

If Everyone Watches This Google Japan Street View Video...

...World peace would likely reign—or at the very least, privacy watchdog hissers would slink back to their fluoro strip-lit offices. More »

Invisibility Cloak Project Becomes More Realistic

Invisibility cloak project is back on! It's from a different team of scientists that were using silver-plated nanoparticles in water though, with these latest Harry Potter enthusiasts using photonic metamaterials to change light rays. More »
#concepts

Laptop Concept Folds Into Briefcase For Ultra Portability

Cut out the laptop bag middleman with a laptop that transforms into a briefcase. Ok, so there's no room to stash the power cord, but this concept is like a grown-up Fisher Price laptop I had as a kid. More »

Google Rumored To Shut Down Chinese Arm In April

We've already explored some of the repercussions that could come if Google exits China, but that's looking all the more likely now that an actual date has been pointed at by one of their Chinese employees. More »

How Grenades Work

Oh, man. Not only does this infographic show how modern time-delay grenades work, it actually walks you through a bit of the history of the handheld explosive. All while setting a new standard for stick figure abuse! More »
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Google Street View, Meet Your Avian Nemesis

Now leading the privacy crusade against Google: birds! Spotted in the English beachside town of Brighton, where even the gulls are nervous about the Big G. [Google Maps]

A Blind Soldier's Sight Restored Through His Tongue

Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg lost his sight to a rocket-propelled grenade in 2007. Now, thanks to a fascinating technology, he can read words and make out shapes using his tongue. It's truly incredible. More »
#memoryforever

Nasal Spray Chills and Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest

Consciousness lost, breathing stopped, pulse gone. Someone just slipped into cardiac arrest. In order to preserve the precious memories and thoughts at risk right now, we're gonna have to squirt some perfluorocarbon coolant up a nose and chill a brain. More »

Which Batteries Actually Benefit From Being in a Freezer?

Some batteries benefit from being stored at freezing or near-freezing temperatures, but not all. It turns out that while chilled NiMH and Nicad batteries will last longer, there's barely any difference when it comes to their alkaline counterparts. More »
#blockquote

The Entertainment Industry's Biggest Problem: "Piracy" Is Too Sexy a Word

It's tough being a record label or a movie studio these days. People are stealing your content, all because they want to be Jack Sparrow. No, seriously: that's actually what the industry thinks. More »

Making Water Run Uphill, With Lasers

Researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered how to make liquid overcome gravity and flow upward along a silicon surface. The essential ingredient, as always: lasers. More »
#rant

Hey, Put Down Your Goddamn Camera

There's something to be said for watching a concert with your own eyes, not mediated by the lens of a camera or the fuzzy screen of a cellphone, compulsively trying to capture it forever. More »
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A Calm Beach Day In Nuclear Hell

Hey, may I have another caipirinha? Or another nuclear bomb? They often have the same effect. [Thanks David Keyes!]

Scared To Forget? Scared To Remember? You've Got - Memory Panic!

I'm terrified of forgetting things, especially after reading about early-onset Alzheimer's. But sometimes I just wish I had that memory-eraser from Men In Black, to forget bad dates and crappy movies. Will we ever have total control of our memories? [io9]
#watch

Cabestan Sol Invictus Watch Has Two Solar Panels

Imagine having this on your wrist. The questions people would ask. The minutes you'd spend staring at it, trying to work out the time. Wondering why you spent $560,000 on it, instead of buying a house. More »

SlingPlayer App for Android Coming This Summer, Will Stream Over Wi-Fi and 3G

Android users will finally have an app to stream media from their SlingBoxes to their smartphones this summer. The app will allow for streaming over both Wi-Fi and 3G. There's no pricing information yet. [Android Community via Engadget]

Keep Close Track of Your Friends' Exercising Habits With RunKeeper Live

Lifehacker's favorite exercise tool RunKeeper has added a feature that's as creepy as it is useful. You can now opt to have your location and activity level broadcast live on your RunKeeper profile by using the iPhone app. More »
#analysis

Why Google Should Buy Palm

With terrible sales and no sign of turnaround, Palm's options are whittling down to one: buyout. Ex-Appler Phil Kearney sees a buyer in Google, which, in its looming megawar with Apple, might need Palm as much as Palm needs it. More »
#memoryforever

This May Be The Only Existing Video of Mark Twain

There's little action, no sound, and the footage is grainy. But this brief clip may be the only existing video of writer Mark Twain and his daughters Clara and Jean. It was captured in 1909 by inventor Thomas Edison. More »

Street View Captures Superhero Pub Outing Off the Coast Of Scotland

Now that Street View has covered 95 per cent of British roads, expect to see a lot more random snapshots of those eccentric Brits—like these, which show a comic book meet-up on a very remote island off Scotland. More »

Dell Gets Honest with its $150 Harmony Remote Programming Service

It's a real stretch to say it's worth paying someone $150 to program your fancy remote control for you; in fact, you'd say whoever is pitching it is trying to upsell you. And they'd agree. [Dell via Consumerist]

Watch a Supersonic Jet Hover With Breathtaking Stillness

It looks like a special effect, but it's not. What you're watching is an F-35B supersonic stealth jet spend 30 seconds suspended 150ft in the air, for the very first time. More »

What Palm's Sorry Sales Really Mean

Palm's results for last quarter are out, and they're grim. Not as grim as Palm had warned, but still: yikes. What does this mean to you, loyal Palmsters? It means your beloved company—and its phones—might get gobbled up. More »

Niko The Nokia N900-Powered Lego Mindstorms Robot Receives Commands From Twitter

Twitter's good for a lot of non-passive-aggressive activities, like controlling Lego Mindstorm robots. This time it's not a HTC Hero pulling the shots though—it's one of those ultra-hackable Nokia N900 phones. More »
#rumor

Apple Product Codename K59: The 27-Inch LED Cinema Display, At Last

The inevitable destination of the eye-searing display in the 27-inch iMac has always been a standalone monitor, a bigger brother to the quite lonely 24-inch LED Cinema Display. It's codenamed K59, and supposedly coming in June. [AppleInsider]

All Giz Wants: A Google Set Top Box That Doesn't Suck

Google's upcoming set top box has great pedigree: It's Android-based OS, Sony and Intel are building the guts and design and Logitech doing what Logitech does best (input devices). So please, please, please don't screw this up. More »

One Step Closer To The Mathematical Formula For Fun

No, in this post you will not find the algorithm of entertainment, the theorem of thrills or the postulate of pleasure. But you will find details on how one unlikely game may, accidentally, calculate fun. [Kotaku]
#memoryforever

Raiding Eternity

"Lots of times the families will go down to Kinko's," the funeral director tells me. "They can do a memorial folder thing down there." Do you help them get photos off Flickr, off Facebook? "We don't really help with that." More »

A Look Inside AT&T's Cell Towers on Wheels

AT&T managed to keep its network from crashing and burning at SxSW this year by wheeling in three COWs, or cell towers on wheels. Rocketboom went inside one to check it out. [Rocketboom]

The Pentagon's Artificial Intelligence Camera Will Narrate What It Sees

The mad geniuses at DARPA have their next project lined up: a camera that can guide itself and report back from the field. That kind of visual intelligence has been an exclusively human trait, until now. More »
#dealzmodo

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today's deals are sure winners with a pack of bundled apps for Mac users, the PSP 3000 goes on sale, and if all the savings have tuckered you out, grab a free swing of some Myoplex protein shake. More »

Reminder: Send In Your Photos of Ugly Americans from St. Pat's

You saw them: Dudes in Erin Go Bragh berets slipping in green sick and Sexy Leprechauns flashing their bloomers and otherwise atop a shamrock float. Share your photos of the ugliest messes you encountered on St. Pat's and you could win big! More »
#entertainme

Review: Life Proves That Reality Beats CG Every Time

There are many moments in Life, the followup to Planet Earth, that just have to be fake. They look so perfect, so surreal and so crazy that there's no way that they aren't made with computers. But they're all real. More »
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