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iPhone Bug Allows People to Peek Into Your Photos Without a Password

There’s a bug in Apple’s iOS 5 that would allow anyone to look into your photos without using a password—users would only have to click on the camera button on your iPhone to access all the images. Consultant Ade Barkah has discovered that Apple sets the security of the images stored in your phone based…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 4 '12

What lies outside Michael Biehn’s post-apocalyptic basement in The Divide?

We’ve called Xavier Gens’s The Divide the most disturbing end-of-the-world movie we’ve ever seen — and even now when we think about it, we feel like taking a shower. Check out this exclusive clip from the post apocalyptic hellhole, otherwise known as Michael Biehn’s basement. Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette and a few other end-of-the-world survivors…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 4 '12

PayPal Smashed Some Lady’s Antique Violin, and Can Smash Yours Too

Buying and selling stuff online can be stressful, since you’re always guarding against getting ripped off. Luckily, intermediaries like PayPal are in place to mediate disputes. Which apparently means having your antique violin smashed open to see if it’s fake, then not compensating you in any way. A reader named Erica wrote in to Regretsy…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 4 '12

How turtles sense Earth’s drifting magnetic field

Turtles are one of many species that use their sense of Earth’s magnetic field to navigate great distances. But the magnetic field is constantly drifting, and that can cause major confusion in such a long-lived species. Here’s their ingenious solution. Species like the loggerhead turtle show incredibly fine-tuned understanding of the Earth’s magnetic field. Born…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 4 '12

File Sharing Is Now an Official Religion In Sweden

Rejoice, brothers! File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden. For real. It took two years, but it’s done: it’s called the Missionary Church of Kopimism and has Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as its sacred symbols. Founded in 2010 by philosophy student Isak Gerson, the 3,000-member Missionary Church of Kopimism was created to avoid legal…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 4 '12

Pioneer’s Audiophile-Grade N50 Player Streams All Your Music Files Over AirPlay and DLNA

Once upon a time you would have bought a turntable, cassette deck, or CD player for your audiophile music setup. Wires and physical media? So archaic. That’s why Pioneer now has the N50 AirPlay and DLNA compatible networked audio player, which should make your high quality audio files sound great. The N50 has dual transformers…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 4 '12

How the Army Trains Soldiers For an IED Attack

Not all of the US military’s simulators are designed for pilots. At the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center combatants can now experience what it’s like when an improvised explosive device goes off, and how to deal with the aftermath. Instead of a fighter plane, soldiers sit in an armored Humvee surrounded with high definition…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 4 '12

Can you identify the media used to create this art piece?

Back in November, we challenged you to guess the medium used to create these eye-catching images. Finnish artist Erno-Erik Raitanan had produced the series by cultivating bacteria samples on color negative film. At first glance, the image up top bears a striking resemblance to some of Raitanan’s “Bacteriograms,” but photographer Cliff Briggie created it using…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 4 '12

Amazon’s Silk Browser Might Just Run on More Than the Kindle Fire

When the Kindle Fire arrived, the Amazon Silk web browser received much hype for its ability to use the cloud for processing and rendering power, thus making the web experience smoother on the $200 device. But apparently it can run on more than just Amazon’s tablet. TyHi, a member of the XDA Developer forums, posted…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 4 '12

Unleash Your Inner Grownup

At first it started gradually: a conference call here, an office memo there. Before long you were booking client meetings after the 18th hole, and catching the red-eye back to the East Coast. When did you become so professional? And a better question, why haven’t you gotten a beautifully designed bag to match that snazzy…

Tech News Sponsored post Jan 4 '12

Falling Skies Photo Caption Winner!

You submitted hundreds and hundreds of captions for our exclusive first photo of Falling Skies season two. And then you voted for the best caption from among 10 finalists. Now, at last, the winner of our Falling Skies photo caption contest can be announced. You’ve chosen Thogar, who will henceforth be referred to as Thogar…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 4 '12

Ring Presenter Gives You Unlimited Powers (Over PowerPoint)

You won’t be saving the world with Genius’ new Ring Presenter, a sleeker, upgraded version of their Ring Mouse. But with a built-in laser and added PowerPoint functionality, you just might come to the rescue at your next corporate meeting. Designed to keep your hands (mostly) free while still giving you complete control of a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 4 '12

There’s no tougher fighter than a castrated spider

Spider sex carries a very definite danger for male arachnids: genital loss. Spiders can actually lose their reproductive organs during intercourse, turning them into spider eunuchs. But, unlike humans, this “castration” actually turns the spiders into even more aggressive fighters. It’s all down to the unusual reproductive strategies of the spider species Nephilengys malabarensis. The…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 4 '12

What is it like to dine on a prehistoric beast?

If you’ve ever wanted to eat unicorn, then surely you’ve pondered the possibility of eating a real-life cryptid, the so-called living fossil known as the coelacanth. And you wouldn’t be the first – in fact, there’s a long history of adventurous eaters tasting this paleolithic creature’s flesh. Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about…

io9 Keith Veronese Jan 4 '12

10 Reasons to Root Your Android Device

If you’re a member of the little green army, chances are you’ve either rooted your phone or tablet, have at least thought about it. If you’re one of the latter? It’s time to take the plunge. And here are ten good reasons why you should do it today. When you root your Android device, you…

Tech News Markkus Rovito - MaximumPC Jan 4 '12

Fruit flies become slightly superpowered in zero gravity

Fruit flies were the very first animals we sent into space, way back in 1947 — yet we’re still not done analyzing what happens to them in microgravity. We’ve known for a while that when in “zero-gravity,” flies walk more quickly than they do planetside. The only problem is that we don’t know if this…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jan 4 '12

10 weird times Marvel and DC unofficially crossed over

DC and Marvel have crossed over their superheroes officially on several occasions, but what about those times canny writers and illustrators snuck these titanic team-ups under the table? Here’s a bunch of times Marvel and DC creators stealthily transcended universes. 10.) Teen Titans torches the X-Men’s mansion In 2011, former X-Men writer Scott Lobdell was…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jan 4 '12

How Classic Rock Can Guarantee You a Perfectly Boiled Egg

Boiling an egg to a specific consistency is a more exacting science than finding the Higgs Boson. But drop the PiepEgg in your pot and you’ll be guaranteed perfect results when you hear one of three classic rock tunes. Instead of just counting off a set amount of time, the PiepEgg apparently uses a thermometer…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 4 '12

Asus Relents on Locked Transformer Prime Bootloader

Just days after developers rightfully complained that the Transformer Prime would ship with an encrypted bootloader, Asus has backed down. Gentlemen, start your ROMs. On its Facebook page, Asus says the bootloader had to be locked to provide you with certain content services. And it’s true that if you choose to employ the (release-date-TBD) Transformer…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 4 '12

Roku Is Now a Stick

The tiny Roku box is just about as tiny as it can get—so Roku thinks it’s time to ditch boxes altogether. This year, the next crop of streamers will plug right into your TV like a USB drive. The Roku Streaming stick, despite its size, holds and does just about everything a standard box does—sans…

Gadgets Sam Biddle Jan 4 '12

iPhone Bug Allows People to Peek Into Your Photos Without a Password

What lies outside Michael Biehn’s post-apocalyptic basement in The Divide?

PayPal Smashed Some Lady’s Antique Violin, and Can Smash Yours Too

How turtles sense Earth’s drifting magnetic field

File Sharing Is Now an Official Religion In Sweden

Pioneer’s Audiophile-Grade N50 Player Streams All Your Music Files Over AirPlay and DLNA

How the Army Trains Soldiers For an IED Attack

Can you identify the media used to create this art piece?

Amazon’s Silk Browser Might Just Run on More Than the Kindle Fire

Unleash Your Inner Grownup

Falling Skies Photo Caption Winner!

Ring Presenter Gives You Unlimited Powers (Over PowerPoint)

There’s no tougher fighter than a castrated spider

What is it like to dine on a prehistoric beast?

10 Reasons to Root Your Android Device

Fruit flies become slightly superpowered in zero gravity

10 weird times Marvel and DC unofficially crossed over

How Classic Rock Can Guarantee You a Perfectly Boiled Egg

Asus Relents on Locked Transformer Prime Bootloader

Roku Is Now a Stick

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