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ISS Astronaut Chases a Spaceship Getting Destroyed Into the Atmosphere

I’ve seen some good re-entries filmed from orbit, but I like this one because it feels like a chase. In fact, it is a chase, as the ISS was following the same direction of the Russian Progress Resupply that was destroyed. The Progress spaceship undocked from the ISS on October 29th. This image sequence, taken…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Nov 4 '11

Massive new sunspot is three times as wide as the Earth

It might not look like much relative to the rest of the sun’s surface, but the sunspot pictured up top (dubbed AR1339 by the folks at NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory) is positively massive — the biggest astronomers have observed in years. According to SpaceWeather.com, AR1339 is about 50,000 miles long and 25,000 miles wide. As…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 4 '11

The Ketchup Fountain Is Greater Than a Cure for Cancer

What is technology, really? An amusement? A shield from nature’s labors? Industry? None of these—technology is meant to transcend the human. And when we behold this font of tomato, dipping fries into a ketchup continuum, we become gods. Greater than gods, actually. Could God himself envision a ketchup fountain so vast, he would run out…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 4 '11

The Weird History of Synthetic Cannabis

Depending on where you live, scoring actual marijuana can be difficult and risky. But you can get synthetic cannabinoids at your local gas station. You see them packed into small foil pouches, touting a legal reproduction of a natural high. Local and federal municipalities have taken lengths to remove many from sale, but more continue…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 4 '11

21 Free Apps to Keep Your PC Healthy

An ounce of prevention is worth, what, a working version of your operating system? A few hours of a Windows reinstallation? All of your system’s data? When it comes to dealing with issues with your PC, apps that help you prevent problems before they occur are worth their file size in gold. A clean, efficient,…

Tech News David Murphy - MaximumPC Nov 4 '11

PHEW! That Fake Mars Mission Finally Returned to Earth After 520 Days on Earth

The very real six-man crew from the very real European Space Agency finally ended their very fake mission to Mars this afternoon. They’ve spent the past 18 months—520 days!—locked inside a fake space shuttle outside of Moscow as a simulation. https://gizmodo.com/pretend-mars-mission-nearing-its-thrilling-fake-martia-5741065 Do you know how long 18 months ago was? Do you know how different…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan Nov 4 '11

Should we be tracking down crystal skulls in order to save the world?

Yes, crystal skulls are real. Some extremely detailed crystal skulls were excavated from land previously held by Mayan and Aztec civilizations, and they’re among the great ancient mysteries. The skulls have been used as a plot device on Stargate SG-1 and in the third best Indiana Jones movie (I am looking at you, Temple of…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 4 '11

TigerDirect Is Selling the Last TouchPads Today (In a Slightly Less Stupid Bundle)

I hate bundles. Don’t make me buy things I don’t want. Especially that dumb stupid Best Buy bundle that shackled a TouchPad to an HP computer. Ugh. Now TigerDirect is liquidating their TouchPads under slightly less annoying bundle terms. Ugh. https://gizmodo.com/best-buys-finally-got-more-firesale-touchpads-if-you-5854409 The fire sale, so fancy it has its own countdown timer on TigerDirect, will…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 4 '11

Canon EOS Concept SLR Will Shoot Killer 4K Video

A Canon EOS 4K SLR is on the way. We just learned about the $20,000 Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera due out in January. Canon has also released some details about a video-oriented SLR, and we’re drooling. https://gizmodo.com/canon-c300-a-digital-killer-cam-for-the-hollywood-set-5856240 The Canon EOS 4K SLR is just a concept now, but it’s pretty exciting. We do…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar Nov 4 '11

X-Men: First Class is getting a sequel!

Ready for more teen mutant angst with a period setting? X-Men: First Class is prepping a sequel, although your guess is as good as ours as to when it might take place — we’ve got our paws crossed for the 80s. According to SuperHeroHype, the box office for X-Men: First Class wound up being enough…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 4 '11

Here’s What Apple’s New Glass Cube Apple Store Looks Like (OMG SOO DIFFERENT)

Here’s what the newly renovated Glass Cube Apple Store on Fifth Ave in New York City looks like now. It uses only 15 panes of glass to create the cube (compared to 90 panes previously) and is held “seamlessly” together without any visible hardware. CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE. https://gizmodo.com/the-amazingly-seamless-new-apple-cube-5829710 Of course you can! Well,…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 4 '11

America: China Is Constantly Hacking Us—China: No We’re Not

The US has found itself in an Oh shit no you didn’t internet espionage moment, blaming China and Russia for billions of dollars in online theft, the Washington Post reports. Their response? Wasn’t us! It’s like a geopolitical high school prom scandal. The setup is simple: a new government report on international hacking—Foreign Spies Stealing…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 4 '11

CBS Rejected an Apple TV Streaming Service

CBS has all but confirmed that Apple tried to launch a subscription streaming video service, but couldn’t get enough content partners to sign on. Very interesting in light of the rumored Apple HDTV that’s supposed to be on the way. CBS CEO LES Moonves spilled the beans about the Apple TV service—or lack thereof—on the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 4 '11

What to expect from Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2, Clash of the Titans 3, and Tintin 3!

Another key Dark Knight Rises cast member is spotted in New York. George R.R. Martin’s other famous series gets a movie adaptation. Joshua Jackson promises the epic return of an old Fringe villain will be the best episode ever! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from The Amazing Spider-Man. The Dark Knight Rises…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 4 '11

Google Planning Kansas City Cable TV Utopia?

Everyone knows cable sucks, and Google knows they stand to make some coin off it. The WSJ claims Google is up to something pretty wild: it’s plotting its own cable network, based atop its own broadband ISP. This is ambitious. The program, according to “people briefed on [Google’s] plans,” say the Google Cable service would…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 4 '11

Samsung Focus Flash Lightning Review: The Beginning of Something Really Good

Running Windows Phone 7.5 on the first generation of WP handsets was like watching a child violin prodigy sawing away on a community center junker: The promise is palpable, but the gear leaves you wondering what if. The Samsung Focus Flash is on the economy end of this next generation of WP phones, but in…

Reviews Kyle Wagner Nov 4 '11

Samsung Focus S First Impressions: Big, Tasty Windows Phone

Did you see the Samsung Galaxy S II and think, “Man, that looks nice. If only it ran Windows Phone instead of Android…” Well guess whose dreams are about to come true on November 6th? (Hint: Yours) We first caught wind of the Focus S and friends a couple weeks ago and it certainly looked…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 4 '11

Europe and US Carry Out Joint Cyber Attack “Stress Test”

A bunch of cyber security experts from the EU and the US have been messing about with some pretend cyber attack scenarios, making plans for what would happen in the event of a proper, damaging electronic attack. The roleplay manoeuvres are based around two scenarios — private info being stolen from some of the EU’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 4 '11

Arch Enemy : We Will Rise

I swear, nothing takes the edge off a long day at the grindstone better than a little Swedish Death-Metal. That’s especially true when you’ve got some Arch Enemy on tap with stone-cold fox Angela Gossow growling out vocals. Oh, did I mention I’m a sucker for female leads? Arch Enemy has been around for, well,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 4 '11

Frankly Red Scarlet, I Don’t Give a Damn (About Any Other Camera)

Sure you could blow sixty grand on an Arri Alexa or $16 thousand for a Canon C300. Then again, you could just as easily get the same 4K video quality for less than $10k with Red’s newest iteration of the Scarlet Cinema Camera rig. https://gizmodo.com/arri-alexa-camera-digital-cinematic-bliss-5511054 The pocket-sized Scarlet has advanced quite a bit since its…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 4 '11

ISS Astronaut Chases a Spaceship Getting Destroyed Into the Atmosphere

Massive new sunspot is three times as wide as the Earth

The Ketchup Fountain Is Greater Than a Cure for Cancer

The Weird History of Synthetic Cannabis

21 Free Apps to Keep Your PC Healthy

PHEW! That Fake Mars Mission Finally Returned to Earth After 520 Days on Earth

Should we be tracking down crystal skulls in order to save the world?

TigerDirect Is Selling the Last TouchPads Today (In a Slightly Less Stupid Bundle)

Canon EOS Concept SLR Will Shoot Killer 4K Video

X-Men: First Class is getting a sequel!

Here’s What Apple’s New Glass Cube Apple Store Looks Like (OMG SOO DIFFERENT)

America: China Is Constantly Hacking Us—China: No We’re Not

CBS Rejected an Apple TV Streaming Service

What to expect from Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2, Clash of the Titans 3, and Tintin 3!

Google Planning Kansas City Cable TV Utopia?

Samsung Focus Flash Lightning Review: The Beginning of Something Really Good

Samsung Focus S First Impressions: Big, Tasty Windows Phone

Europe and US Carry Out Joint Cyber Attack “Stress Test”

Arch Enemy : We Will Rise

Frankly Red Scarlet, I Don’t Give a Damn (About Any Other Camera)

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