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Ice Cream Bar Speaker Might Sound As Scrumptious As It Looks

As certain as death and taxes, the speaker on your phone or media player probably sucks. And even if this adorable ice cream bar shaped speaker doesn’t impress audio engineers, it should improve the sound coming from your portable device. Remove the popsicle stick and you’ll find a USB port for recharging its lithium polymer…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The View from the New World Trade Center Is Simply Stunning

The gorgeous new One World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower) is still under construction but it’s looking more and more gorgeous everyday. What’s more gorgeous: the view of New York City when you’re on top of the new giant skyscraper. Wow. The pictures are taken from the 80th floor of 1 WTC…

Tech News Casey Chan

Caption This Exclusive Falling Skies Picture, and Win a Visit to the Set!

We’re eagerly awaiting a second season of Falling Skies, TNT’s post-apocalyptic TV show about humans struggling to survive after an alien invasion. The good news is, Falling Skies is filming more episodes right now — and we’ve got your first exclusive photo of season two! The other good news is, you could win a free…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack Is Your Swashbuckling Island Adventure Deal of the Day

All my life, I’ve dreamed of being a pirate. Sailing the high seas, pillaging, plundering, chugging rum, firing pistols, sword fighting, and making mutinous bastards walk the plank. Instead, I’m stuck in 2011 with computers, the internet, tasers, segways and trolls. All I can do is run around pretending to be Guybrush Threepwood, who is…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Paolo Bacigalupi’s next novel is already generating excitement, six months before it comes out

You know Paolo Bacigalupi’s arrived when his next novel is already getting raves and nobody’s even seen a galley yet. Over at Westword, Alan Prendergast talks about the excitement about Bacigalupi’s forthcoming The Drowned Cities, which takes place in the Ship Breaker world but isn’t a direct sequel. Chief among those banging the drum for…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The Notorious S.I.R.I. Is a Pretty Good Rapper

I thought I would be bored with silly Siri videos by now but nope! Not even close. I’m still laughing my ass off. This one shows a make believe feature in Siri that I wish was really real: Siri can rap any Notorious B.I.G. song. Cleverly made by Robert Boehnke for Music Hack Day 2011…

Tech News Casey Chan

We’re about to watch a supermassive black hole devour something for the very first time

A massive gas cloud is on a collision course with the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. As this awesome artist’s conception shows, it will be torn completely apart. This is our first chance to watch that happen. The image up top, courtesy of the European Southern Observatory, shows how the gas…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Tilt Your iPhone, Kick Some Elves, and a Boy and His Balloon

There’s something inherently evil about games that let you kick elves. Actually, games that let you kick anything. I mean what did an elf ever do to you? And yet, I can’t stop kicking elves. Especially if it’s free. While you’re re-examining your elf-kicking ways, enjoy a nice game of pinball on your iPhone, learn…

Commerce Roberto Baldwin

How I Drew Firefly‘s Mal Reynolds

You may have noticed yesterday that Nathan Fillion tweeted a very dapper portrait of himself as Mal Reynolds from Firefly. This artwork is by Dan Dos Santos, who immortalized the Browncoat for Dark Horse’s upcoming Serenity comic for Free Comic Book Day. Dan took io9 through the process of drawing the most charming captain in…

io9 Dan dos Santos

Watch Winding Entertainment Center Is a Monolith Of Excess

This is either the world’s most opulent watch winder, or the most over-accessorized media center. Either way, the Gigantis is targeted squarely at those who only care about showing off their lavish lifestyle. The all-in-one cabinet opens to reveal slots for automatically winding 59 more watches than I own, controlled by a central touchscreen interface…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Most Expensive Computer Bugs of 2011

Earlier this year a man lost a $57 million jackpot when a casino alleged a “software glitch” on the slot machine. Well, that’s nothing compared to the backlog of $9 billion in unprocessed payments that happened in Japan in March. Here are the top five worserest, most expensive computer glitches of 2011, according to SQS,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

California Is the Future of Cyber Crime Fighters

California: land of sunshine, Stanford, and start-ups, right? The state also apparently has the third-highest number of identity theft complaints per capita. But worry not Californians, an unprecedented new team of Blade Runner-like cyber investigators will protect you. State Attorney General Kamala Harris announced the largest “eCrime Unit” in the country. The statewide 20-person team…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Great Comics Artists Who Redefined Batman

Batman’s appearance is intended to provoke superstitious cowardice among the criminal element of Gotham City — but it’s also become a part of our culture. The bat-ears, cowl and dark silhouette are instantly recognizable. And when you think “superhero,” Bruce Wayne’s cape and cowl are among the most likely images to come to mind. But…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Future Riot Shields Will Suffocate Protestors with Low Frequency Speakers

It’s not the first crowd control tool to use sound waves, but Raytheon’s patent for a new type of riot shield that produces low frequency sound waves to disrupt the respiratory tract and hinder breathing, sounds a little scary. Crowd control tools like the LRAD Sound Cannon emit bursts of loud and annoying sounds that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Olympus Motorized Zoom Lens Makes Your Shaky Video Suck Less

Despite its pending legal problems, Olympus makes some of the best Micro Four Thirds shooters out there. This brand new lens has a motorized zoom for video shooters and middle ground specs that combine a wide f3.5 aperture with 4.2x zoom. Micro Four Thirds cameras are little, which is great, but it also means they’re…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Why was Tintin creator Hergé accused of being a Nazi Collaborator?

Why do the Tintin stories have such enduring appeal? Tintinologist Michael Farr recently sat down with The Browser’s Alec Ash to talk about what makes them special, how their creator, Hergé, came to write them, and why he was accused of being a Nazi collaborator. What is a Tintinologist and why does it deserve its…

Movies Alec Ash - The Browser

Behold: the best place on Earth to search for meteorites

At first glance, the image up top resembles a vast, gleaming oceanscape with a snow-capped island looming in the distance. But if you look closely (click here for a much better view), you’ll see that the rippling surface in the foreground is not liquid water, but ice; and that the three dark figures are actually…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Bearded Dragons Are Better Gamers Than Your Stupid Cat

Oh look at you with your finger trying to play a game on your smartphone. Bearded dragons play games with their tongue and they will destroy your high score. We’ve seen dogs, kittens, and sorta of stupid babies playing games on a touch screen. None of them actually accomplish anything. Today’s kinda-cute animal with a…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

T-Mobile Will Get Nokia’s First US Windows Phone (No Not That One)

Nokia’s fiiiinally making its way across the pond with its line of Windows Phones, and T-Mobile’s first up, getting the Lumia 710 on January 11. We’re mighty envious of Nokia’s gorgeous Lumia 800, but we’ve been waiting so long that its econoclass little brother is a sort of welcome sight, too. The Lumia 710, which…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This Holiday Choir Is Made Of 64 iPhones—and It’s Pretty Good

This is pretty stupid but kind of funny too: Deck the Halls sung by 64 iPhones. It’s kind of amazing that they got them singing in sync. But you know what’s even better? They are donating $0.05 per view to charity. I say: let’s pass this around and break their bank account.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Ice Cream Bar Speaker Might Sound As Scrumptious As It Looks

The View from the New World Trade Center Is Simply Stunning

Caption This Exclusive Falling Skies Picture, and Win a Visit to the Set!

Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack Is Your Swashbuckling Island Adventure Deal of the Day

Paolo Bacigalupi’s next novel is already generating excitement, six months before it comes out

The Notorious S.I.R.I. Is a Pretty Good Rapper

We’re about to watch a supermassive black hole devour something for the very first time

Tilt Your iPhone, Kick Some Elves, and a Boy and His Balloon

How I Drew Firefly‘s Mal Reynolds

Watch Winding Entertainment Center Is a Monolith Of Excess

The Most Expensive Computer Bugs of 2011

California Is the Future of Cyber Crime Fighters

Great Comics Artists Who Redefined Batman

Future Riot Shields Will Suffocate Protestors with Low Frequency Speakers

Olympus Motorized Zoom Lens Makes Your Shaky Video Suck Less

Why was Tintin creator Hergé accused of being a Nazi Collaborator?

Behold: the best place on Earth to search for meteorites

Bearded Dragons Are Better Gamers Than Your Stupid Cat

T-Mobile Will Get Nokia’s First US Windows Phone (No Not That One)

This Holiday Choir Is Made Of 64 iPhones—and It’s Pretty Good

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