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Cute Code Cards Communicate Christmas Cheers

The holidays are upon us, so check out these adorable, geek-infused greeting cards. They may possibly be the best and bug-free way to tell your loved ones all your base are belong to them. Designed by Matt Raw, the cards come in your choice of Python, Ruby, PHP and Javascript languages and are available in…

Tech News Natt Garun Nov 21 '11

There’s already beautiful fan art for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus

We’ve barely seen any glimpses yet of Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s long-awaited return to science fiction, but there’s already a glorious piece of fan art online. This is “Prometheus Chamber” by Rado Javor, a Slovakian concept artist, and it’s a nice glimpse of wonder to hold us over until we see more actual Prometheus art and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 21 '11

Enter the Void: A Japanese Drug Odyssey

Tonight’s streaming pick is an HD injection of drugs directly into your brain. If you’re sober you’ll feel… not sober. If you’re not sober, your skull will explode. What’s it about? Enter the Void follows a young listless drug dealer in Tokyo after he’s killed in a police raid. Not a spoiler! It happens very…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 21 '11

Just Let webOS Die Already

HP’s earnings were brutal this past quarter, sure. In response, new CEO Meg Whitman’s clarion call to investors, repeated over and over again? We need to be more clear. We need to let you know what’s going on. https://gizmodo.com/hp-blew-3-3-billion-on-webos-5861611 Just not… right… now. For all of Whitman’s posturing about the need to tell us what’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett Nov 21 '11

Check out our exclusive trailer for the comic adaptation of Guillermo del Toro’s vampire novel The Strain!

Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, here’s an exclusive sneak peek at the trailer for the upcoming comic book version of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s grotesque vampire apocalypse trilogy The Strain! Adapted to the comic book format by scribe David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Young Liars), the first issue of The Strain will hit stands…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar Nov 21 '11

7 Tools to Spy Better Than a CIA Agent

Today was a rough day for the American spy community; spy captures in Lebanon only reinforced the fact that are operators aren’t always all that smooth. In fact, you could probably do better! Here are seven spy tools to get you started. https://gizmodo.com/hezbollah-captured-american-spies-by-tracking-cellphone-5861384 Sony 3D Recording Binoculars You’re a spy. Your job depends on maintaining…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert Nov 21 '11

Gift Ideas For 10 Major Species Of Science Fiction Fan

Knowing what to buy your favorite science fiction or fantasy genre junkie can be a taxing chore. You’re posed with some important questions, like Dalek or Vulcan? Cthulhu or rainbow-vomiting dinosaurs? We empathize. Here are several dozen nifty, covetable gifts that will cater to the genre junkie in your life, no matter what they fancy.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar and Meredith Woerner Nov 21 '11

Does this 150,000 year old skull show the first case of human-on-human violence?

An ancient human skull found in China shows evidence of blunt force trauma, meaning some other human probably hit him on the head. Considering how old the skull is, this might as well be considered the invention of violence. Of course, violence – even of the human-on-human variety – existed long before this human got…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 21 '11

Black FlyDay: Deals for Black Friday and Beyond

It’s not your fault for getting sucked into the Black Friday hoopla. How can you resist all the deals? They’re just so, well, cheap. The Black FlyDay Android app hops on the find-a-deal app bandwagon with a slight difference. The deal finding doesn’t stop on Friday. The app encourages users to keep sharing deals long…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 21 '11

Microsoft Is Trying to Poach Amazon and Google Employees By Giving Out Free Bacon

Microsoft is trying to hire new employees by luring them with god’s greatest creation, the devil’s most delicious treat and man’s greatest love: bacon. They’ve set up a bacon cart (!) outside of Amazon’s offices and will give away free bacon to everyone. EAT BACON, WORK MICROSOFT. This isn’t lame sauce light bacon either, it’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 21 '11

Fox officially pulls the plug on Cronenberg’s sequel to The Fly

Back in early October, we reported that David Cronenberg had written a script for his sequel to The Fly — but whether the movie actually got made was up to Fox, who were taking a look at the script. Now, Cronenberg says Fox has officially passed on the project. He tells an interviewer, “I wrote…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 21 '11

The Real Facebook Phone Is Finally Coming?

You might remember the AT&T Status, the “Facebook phone” that didn’t quite live up to its name. Now, AllThingsD claims, the rumors will finally bear fruit: a Facebook Phone made by Facebook. The real deal. And it sounds pointless. https://gizmodo.com/the-facebook-phone-review-lets-just-pretend-this-isnt-5821278 ATD says “the phone is planned to run on a modified version of Android that…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 21 '11

Air Jordans Made Out of a Pizza Box Are Cooler Than Whatever Shoes You’re Wearing

Pizza boxes themselves have a pretty impressive history of design. So when you cross them with something iconic like Jordans? It’s cool enough to make me stop thinking about why in the world anyone would want me to associate pizza with feet. https://gizmodo.com/the-long-and-glorious-history-of-the-pizza-box-5821050 So teeeechnically what they’re selling here is a t-shirt that’s got the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 21 '11

HP Blew $3.3 Billion on WebOS

HP will tell the investors just how rocky its waters are later tonight, but for now, enjoy this gem: the company lost $3.3 billion solely through buying and squandering WebOS. HP describes this staggering money-flushing as “the wind down of HP’s webOS device business, impairment of goodwill and purchased intangible assets, amortization of purchased intangible…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 21 '11

What does the future of space exploration hold?

This past weekend marked the opening of the American Museum of Natural History’s brilliant new exhibition, Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration. As part of our ongoing Hardcore Science Interview series, io9 spoke with the show’s curator, AMNH astrophysicist Michael Shara, about the exhibit. Shara tells us about NASA’s upcoming mission to Mars,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 21 '11

Infrared Film Can Make Even a Warzone Look Beautiful

What you’re looking at isn’t a landscape shot photoshopped to resemble Willy Wonka’s realm—it’s the real world. A battlefield. Photographer Richard Mosse traveled the wartorn Congo with infrared film made for camouflage detection. The results are gorgeous. The now discontinued Kodak Aerochrome film used to be mounted in airplanes for landscape analysis, whether geological or…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 21 '11

Hooray! Facebook Ads Are Heading to Your News Ticker

If there’s one thing that sucks about Facebook, it’s the paucity of advertisements. We need more! And we need them in real time. Luckily, TechCrunch reports, we’re in luck—more live Facebook ads are headed our way today. The ads will appear in the controversial Facebook “ticker,” where you see constant details of who’s tagging whom,…

Social Media Sam Biddle Nov 21 '11

The NYPD’s Panoramic Crime Scene Photos Are Straight Out of CSI

I’ve often rolled my eyes at the ridiculous technology used by CSI agents on TV, but the NY Times has revealed that as of 2009 the NYPD has started capturing 360 degree panoramic photos of crime scenes, for future analysis. While closeup photos are still an important tool for documenting evidence and clues, the use…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 21 '11

Walking Dead Nerds Will Actually Want to Buy This Official Apocalypse Kit

The zombie apocalypse is coming, and you can’t take your katana everywhere. Well, you can, but that’s a pain. Much better is Gerber’s new Apocalypse Kit, which has all the cutty slashy stuff you’ll need to make it through the zombie plague. The kit’s based on the cache of Gerber weapons Rick and company came…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 21 '11

The Perfect Computer for People Who Fear Computers

The holidays are breathing down our necks like a creepy subway pervert, lumbering by with a yuletide erection. iPads will be massive hits. But for the tech-challenged person in your life? Save some dough and buy a Chromebook. Google announced a price drop and feature bump on Chromebooks today. They start at $300 now, which…

Tech News Mat Honan Nov 21 '11

Cute Code Cards Communicate Christmas Cheers

There’s already beautiful fan art for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus

Enter the Void: A Japanese Drug Odyssey

Just Let webOS Die Already

Check out our exclusive trailer for the comic adaptation of Guillermo del Toro’s vampire novel The Strain!

7 Tools to Spy Better Than a CIA Agent

Gift Ideas For 10 Major Species Of Science Fiction Fan

Does this 150,000 year old skull show the first case of human-on-human violence?

Black FlyDay: Deals for Black Friday and Beyond

Microsoft Is Trying to Poach Amazon and Google Employees By Giving Out Free Bacon

Fox officially pulls the plug on Cronenberg’s sequel to The Fly

The Real Facebook Phone Is Finally Coming?

Air Jordans Made Out of a Pizza Box Are Cooler Than Whatever Shoes You’re Wearing

HP Blew $3.3 Billion on WebOS

What does the future of space exploration hold?

Infrared Film Can Make Even a Warzone Look Beautiful

Hooray! Facebook Ads Are Heading to Your News Ticker

The NYPD’s Panoramic Crime Scene Photos Are Straight Out of CSI

Walking Dead Nerds Will Actually Want to Buy This Official Apocalypse Kit

The Perfect Computer for People Who Fear Computers

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