What Is The Most Futuristic State In The United States?

I've just returned from Texas, a state that blends old-school American values and high tech industries into a strange hybrid culture of digital cowboys. Is Texas the most futuristic state? [io9]

A Barrel Full Of Free Donkey Kong Country 2 Music

Two and a half years ago, the enormously talented community at OverClocked Remix set about creating the ultimate Donkey Kong Country 2 remix album. Featuring 1.25GB of amazing free music, the end result is definitely Serious Monkey Business. [Kotaku]

Would You Watch A The Thing Prequel Even If Most of It Was In A Foreign Language?

New tidbits about The Thing prequel, starting filming, have surfaced, and they're making us a bit nervous. Can this reimagining live up to Carpenter's work? Will it hold up to the snowy alien greatness, even in a foreign language? [io9]

Need For Speed World Closed Beta

Do you feel the need to speed constantly with a whole bunch of other people? Black Box Studios has kicked off the closed beta test for Need for Speed World, adding thousands of testers over the next few months. [Kotaku]

Sony: Bright Light, Wii Similarities Won't Deep-Six PlayStation Move

Sony's new PlayStation Move controller made headlines last week as it added Wii-like controls to the PlayStation 3. But a key difference in the tech, one lauded by Sony, could hurt the device. So could a lack of innovative software. [Kotaku]

Astro A30 Headset Works on PCs, Consoles and Phones

The Astro A40 headset is an expensive set of cans designed for professional gamers. It's not really for you and me. The A30 takes what made pro nerds love it and brings it down to our level. More »

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It's time to talk about video games. Amongst yourselves. [Kotaku]

Volunteer and Participate in Yuri's Night!

Every year the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, plays host to a Yuri's Night festival, which celebrates the journey of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. This year's event, April 9-10, still needs volunteers! [io9]
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Jesus Christ Is the King of the App Store

We know that ebooks represent the most numerous application type in the Apple Store, even topping videogames. The reason: There are lots of duplicate apps of the same book, and one Very Big Book is King of the Dupes. More »
#roundups

EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, could zeppelins take over the skies from airplanes? How come we don't have "NoMix" toilets in the US? More energy-dense batteries thanks to lithium-sulfur? And more! More »

God of War III Review: Olympic Glory

Bombastic, titanic, brutally imaginative and even occasionally subtle, God of War III is the latest, best reason for a gamer to save money and skip action movies. The better thrills are on a disc on my PlayStation 3. [Kotaku]

Walking in Salman Rushdie's Digital Footsteps

The Salman Rushdie archive on display at Emory, with its handwritten journals and 18GB scattered across four Apple computers, is unlike any other—you can log in to a computer, search his folders, scan his Stickies, run his apps. More »

PayPal iPhone App Transfers Money By Bumping Against Another iPhone

If any iPhone owners reading this haven't yet got the PayPal app, it's definitely worth downloading now they've licensed Bump Technologies' ability to transfer data between iPhones by simply touching them together. Bumping to transfer money actually sounds fun. More »

First Set Pics Of Tron Legacy's Cyber-Nightclub! Plus Predators And Green Hornet Hints!

Tron Legacy set pics reveal Jeff Bridges in a decadent cyber-world nightclub. Adrien Brody talks Predators and Michel Gondry talks Green Hornet. Crucial Doctor Who dialog is revealed! A Priest sneak peek! Plus Spider-Man, Teen Wolf, Lost, Caprica and Chuck. [io9]

Yakuza 4 Makes Porn Star Nervous, Pure Popstar Sexy

For Japanese gangster game Yakuza 4, SEGA held an open casting call for wanna-bes to appear in the game. Among those selected was adult video actress Rio, star of films Squirting Young Wife and Let's Have Sex at School. [Kotaku]
#tmobile

T-Mobile HSPA+ Speed Test: 3G Gets Pumped Up to 21Mbps

Streaming HD video. Uploading gigantic files. Surfing the web comfortably. These aren't things you'd normally expect on 3G. But T-Mobile's beefed up HSPA+ network, which I tested recently in the first city to launch, handled these tasks beautifully. Simultaneously. More »

The Nexus One Is a Total Flop

74 days after the iPhone was introduced at $600 a pop (six hundred dollars), one million were sold. The Droid, at $200: 1.05 million. The Nexus One? An estimated 135,000 units. By any measure, that's a total sales flop. More »

Stay Classy, Phallic Nintendo Ads

I'm sorry, but when you send the question "What would you like 93% bigger" to my email in a generic red graphic, one thing comes to mind. And it's not the DSi XL. (Also, 93% bigger would just be gross.)
#fashion

Teva Illum Sandals Glow Like the Sun

Teva's Illum sandals—$60 this May—sneak LED headlights* into the strap so you can make your way safely into the night. *Effectiveness of the Illum's LED may have been exaggerated by Photoshop and lack of restraint. [boingboing via OhGizmo!]

Wind-Up Carl Sagan Is Made of Star Stuff, Just Like You

"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love." - Carl Sagan [Etsy (sold out) via boingboing]

Send to Google Docs Uploads Files and Web Screenshots to GDocs

Chrome: Google Docs' open 1 GB storage space can be a handy, centralized space for stuff you find on the web. The Send to Google Docs Chrome extension makes web capturing very fast with instant page-to-PDF and file uploading. [Lifehacker]

Rumor: Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Has Freezing Issues

In the West, role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII is a multi-platform game, getting a release on the Xbox 360 and the PS3. While the PS3 version might look better, individuals are claiming that there are freezing issues. [Kotaku]

Mass Effect? More Like Ass Effect

When Mass Effect cosplay meets Russian booth babes, subtlety goes right out the window. As seen on Break. [Kotaku]
#ebookreaders

Spring Design's Alex Ebook Wi-Fi Reader Ships April 14; 3G Version In the Works

Spring Design's Alex, the $399 not-necessarily-a-Nook dual-screened Android ebook reader, is available for pre-order now, ships April 14, and will be in Borders and Books-A-Million stores this June. A 3G version's on the way, too, but don't hold your breath. More »

Rumor: Samsung Preparing A Tablet For Later This Year

Samsung's definitely working on a tablet, claims their Australian marketing manager, and we'll be seeing it "in the second half of the year." Providing the Australian in question is in the loop, and not just speaking through a XXXX haze. More »

How Jeff Bridges Prepared For Tron

The original Tron was released in 1982. That was the golden age of arcade gaming. Arcade games and arcade culture were central to the film. And to the making of it, too. [Kotaku]
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