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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Isn’t Coming ’til Next Month

Business Insider got word from Samsung that the Galaxy Nexus won’t be hitting US store shelves until December, but offered little explanation as to why, or when the phone might come out. Price is till unknown as well. [Business Insider via ZDnet]

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 23 '11

New Star Wars art show is classy, retro-stylish, and generally brilliant

We’ve all seen so much Star Wars art that it’s easy to get jaded and think we’ve seen it all. But a group of creative, off-kilter artists can still find some new imagery in those far-away battles. Case in point: A group of artists is having a terrific new Star Wars art show called “These…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 23 '11

First images from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus play with the Alien mythology

Ridley Scott’s latest addition to the Alien series, Prometheus, had been shrouded in mystery, until now. A heap of movie images have appeared online — showing off new space costumes, giant set pieces and Michael Fassbender’s beautiful bleach blonde mane. The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a large feature on Ridley Scott’s new movie…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '11

How to Make an Elevator Go Into Free Fall

Oh, this is great fun if you want to vomit your stomach out. If this trick is true, you can make an elevator go into free fall for five feet. It’s not a lot, but it’s a good kick. According to this woman, you can do it thanks to a mechanical glitch in units made…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 23 '11

Past Perfect at Gizmodo Gallery

Even though the very newest gadgets and gizmos are our lifeblood, we’re also in love with products that achieved perfection ages ago. We’re dedicating a section of Gizmodo Gallery to iconic product designs so excellent that history won’t forget them. It’s our job to cover technology’s persistant advances, sure, but there’s something gorgeous about the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 23 '11

How long would you survive in an airlock?

Many suspense and science fiction novels have characters locked in small, sealed rooms, waiting for rescue or looking for a way out. Find out how long a person would realistically have in a situation like this, and why oxygen deprivation is only half the problem. So you’ve got your character stuffed in an airlock. This…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 23 '11

All the Black Friday Deals

It’s the biggest shopping day of the year. There are tons of deals—and not-really-deals—out there. So we combed through every one we could find, and ranked them all. Here’s your Ultimate Black Friday guide: happy hunting. Deals are grouped by category, just like our daily Dealzmodo lists. So you’ll find ebook readers like the Kindle…

Tech News Chris Beidelman Nov 23 '11

Samsung’s Anti-iPhone Ad Is a Fanboy Nuke

Samsung wants you to buy its Galaxy S II instead of an iPhone 4S, duh. So how are they going to do it? How about mocking the extreme popularity of the latter, a device they help build? Worth a shot! The ad, entitled “Next Big Thing”—an obvious Apple dig—paints those waiting in line for hours…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 23 '11

Behold: the first image from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite

You’re looking at a section of the first image to be compiled from measurements made by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NPP — NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite. (In case you were wondering, “NPP” is the drastically shortened acronym for the agency’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project). The image featured…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 23 '11

William Shatner Is Here to Comfort You through Facebook Unfriending

Facebook and William Shatner—perhaps the two greatest national treasures our society has ever produced, together in one video. Kirk’s here to help you through an experience of universal anguish: the moment you realize you’ve been Facebook unfriended. The realization is one of the worst you can go through—modern man’s version of watching your village razed…

Social Media Sam Biddle Nov 23 '11

Holiday Decorating With a Helicopter Can Be Very Dangerous

You might worry about falling off a ladder while decorating your home with lights, but that pales in comparison to what happened to this helicopter in Auckland while installing a Christmas tree. Thankfully, the pilot walked away from the crash. The incident happened while the helicopter was being used to install a seven story tall…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 23 '11

Aaron “Social Network” Sorkin Might Write the Steve Jobs Biopic

Aaron Sorkin might be (totally is) the best screenwriter we have, and according to E! Online Sony Pictures has offered the Social Network Oscar-winner the job of writing the script for the Steve Jobs movie. Sorkin told E! Online that he’s “strongly considering” taking the project, and that his research right now consists of reading…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 23 '11

Gary Oldman explains why Bane is the perfect villain for The Dark Knight Rises. Plus a new Hunger Games photo!

The would-be star of Ender’s Game says he’s ready to do the movie. Benedict Cumberbatch reveals the secrets of playing Smaug in The Hobbit. An actual Japanese person might be cast in Akira. Plus lots of Walking Dead hints! Nothing but spoilers from here on out! Top image from Doctor Who. The Dark Knight Rises…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Nov 23 '11

Apple’s Black Friday Deals Are Actually Pretty Decent This Year

Apple’s Black Friday deals slipped out a bit early by way of a flyer leaked to 9to5mac by a tipster. Apple never really blows the doors off with its deals, but then, it doesn’t have to either. This year’s batch is about as oh-decent-I-guess as always. All Macs—except the Mini—are $101 off, iPads are $41-$61…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 23 '11

Black Friday Shouldn’t Be Scary

Trying to find a good deal on Black Friday can be insanely difficult. The only way to avoid store swarms, long lines and the occasional catfight is by forming a concise plan of attack—so it’s a good thing we’ve compiled all of our holiday hunting tips in one place. Head to #Black Friday for the…

Tech News Sponsored post Nov 23 '11

Apple Unleashes Game Subscription Model With Big Fish Games

Following the success of subscription services through Newsstand, Apple’s given the go-ahead for a game subscription service from Big Fish Games. For $6.99 a month you’ll have unlimited streaming access to a whole host of iPad games. Unfortunately users will have to be connected to the internet to play the games, as they’ll be “streamed”…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 23 '11

Anybody who loves Stanislaw Lem (or demented science fiction art) should check out Google.co.uk right now

The Google Doodle at Google.com is some kind of Thanksgiving turkey thing — but if you go over to Google.co.uk right now, you’re treated to a totally demented black-and-white animation in honor of the 60th anniversary of Stanislaw Lem’s first publication. It’s based on The Cyberiad illustrations by Daniel Mróz, and it really has to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 23 '11

If Google Axes Six Unpopular Brands and Nobody Is Around to Use Them, Does Their Demise Make a Sound?

History is littered with the corpses of failed products—from Edsels and DeLoreans to Zunes and everything on CBS’s early season lineup. Google is no different. It’s just announced that it’s culling six services most people didn’t know existed…because nobody actually used them. With this round of cancellations, Google is putting the kibosh on Bookmarks Lists…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 23 '11

Did A Swedish Man Spontaneously Combust in Gothenburg Train Station?

We’ve already explained how many of the famous cases of “spontaneous combustion” may actually occur but that doesn’t make this case any less strange. https://gizmodo.com/how-spontaneous-human-combustion-works-5843926 Last weekend, a man standing outside a record store in the city of Gothenburg’s train station suddenly burst into flames. An off-duty tram driver was able to tackle and extinguish…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 23 '11

SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

While not quite as imposing as BMW Oracle’s USA-17, the Vestas Sailrocket Mk.II is no less impressive. It’s aiming to top 65 mph on wind power alone—the water-borne equivalent to going plaid—and break the short-distance world speed sailing record. https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-sail-boat-is-literally-faster-than-the-w-5848153 The VSR2’s unique shape is a result of its being expressly engineered to do one…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 23 '11

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Isn’t Coming ’til Next Month

New Star Wars art show is classy, retro-stylish, and generally brilliant

First images from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus play with the Alien mythology

How to Make an Elevator Go Into Free Fall

Past Perfect at Gizmodo Gallery

How long would you survive in an airlock?

All the Black Friday Deals

Samsung’s Anti-iPhone Ad Is a Fanboy Nuke

Behold: the first image from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite

William Shatner Is Here to Comfort You through Facebook Unfriending

Holiday Decorating With a Helicopter Can Be Very Dangerous

Aaron “Social Network” Sorkin Might Write the Steve Jobs Biopic

Gary Oldman explains why Bane is the perfect villain for The Dark Knight Rises. Plus a new Hunger Games photo!

Apple’s Black Friday Deals Are Actually Pretty Decent This Year

Black Friday Shouldn’t Be Scary

Apple Unleashes Game Subscription Model With Big Fish Games

Anybody who loves Stanislaw Lem (or demented science fiction art) should check out Google.co.uk right now

If Google Axes Six Unpopular Brands and Nobody Is Around to Use Them, Does Their Demise Make a Sound?

Did A Swedish Man Spontaneously Combust in Gothenburg Train Station?

SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

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