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Can you buy land on the Moon?

For now at least, the moon is like the sea: everyone can use it, but no one can own it. In 1967 the U.S. and the Soviet Union negotiated the Outer Space Treaty, which states that no nation can own a piece of the moon or an asteroid. “You have a right to go up…

io9 Rebecca Boyle - Popular Science Sep 2 '11

This Is What Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Looks Like

Behold the new Amazon Kindle! A full color 7-inch tablet that is basically a front to all their books, music, movies and products, just like we imagined. TechCrunch has a nice description, so we made a nice mock-up. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-amazon-kindle-tablet-might-be-like-5785099 This is what it will have, according to TechCrunch: Hardware • Full color 7-inch touchscreen. •…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 2 '11

Google’s Product Bloodbath: The Full Rundown

Google makes dozens of products we use everyday—they’ve killed plenty of disappointments, too. Now Google’s getting trigger-happy on some of its babies. Here’s a list of what they’re knocking off to make way for the bigger and better. Aardvak Google bought the social question and answer service Aardvark in 2010. Don’t be surprised if they…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 2 '11

7 Tools For Surviving a 16-Hour Bus Ride to Yuma

Smokin’ hot driver aside—you ain’t got the scratch for a plane, or even your own ride, so you’re still stuck in this festering aluminum shoe box known as a Greyhound bus for the next 16 God-forsaken hours. And if the stench doesn’t get to you, the other passengers just might. So before you get cornered…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 2 '11

1950s PSA helps demolish the myth of “Z-Rays”

Snake oil salesmen are as old as time itself — but so too are their detractors. Check out this 1950’s public service announcement from the US Food and Drug Administration; Raymond Massey’s message is as relevant today as it was over half a century ago. And remember, people (especially you senior citizens): “There are NO…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 2 '11

WeirdButTrue Turns Your iPhone Into a Fun Fact Book

Did you know you could buy watermelons shaped like pyramids in Japan? Or that cats can communicate with “cat words”? Or that your brain sends messages to nerves at 200 miles per hour? Those are the fun facts that National Geographic’s Weird But True app tells you. $2 [iTunes]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 2 '11

Apple’s Lost iPhone Search Team Flashed Three Badges to Toss Man’s Home (Updated)

In a bizarre reversal of earlier statements, the SFPD has informed the SFWeekly that officers did accompany Apple’s security team to Sergio Calderon’s house. https://gizmodo.com/san-francisco-police-now-admit-participating-in-search-5837072 According to Officer Dangerfield, “three or four” plainclothes officers did in fact take part. But, the officers did not enter Calderon’s home with the Apple security team. First reported by…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Sep 2 '11

Why We Need More Space Adventures

Two depressing facts became apparent the other day: 1) NASA is so desperate to get people excited about space travel, they were willing to consider collaborating on the horror mockumentary Apollo 18. 2) The fall 2011 season is the first time there’s been no TV show, on any network, featuring people on spaceships, since probably…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 2 '11

Apple Claims Android Started With Them

In the early 1990s, Android head honcho Andy Rubin worked as a low-level Apple engineer. And that, according Apple’s latest ITC filing, is grounds enough for them to potentially block Android in the US. It sounds far-fetched; the bulk of Android’s foundational work was completed in the mid-to-late 90s, when Rubin was at General Magic…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 2 '11

Samsung’s Pure Breeze Launcher for Android Is Really Weird

Launchers for Android are pretty wonderful, as they can transform your phone into something totally different. There’s already awesome launchers like Launcher Pro and ADWLauncher but Samsung wants to throw their hat in the game too. I know what you’re thinking. Samsung? With their freaking TouchWiz UI? Luckily, we dodged a bullet there and it’s…

Gadgets Casey Chan Sep 2 '11

Harman Kardon SB16 Sound Bar Lightning Review: How Much Is Good Sound Worth?

At $600, Harman Kardon’s SB16 sound bar is intended for someone who isn’t quite impressed with a $200 soundbar, but doesn’t want to drop $1000 on one that will inspire envy. Like With the volume turned up, the SB16 transforms into a sound monster. It roars. I had the SB16 set up in a fairly…

Reviews Adrian Covert Sep 2 '11

Vonage Extensions Lets You Use Your Android Phone As a Vonage Phone

Vonage Extensions is a great little app for Vonage users: It gives you unlimited international calling from your Android phone (if your Vonage plan has unlimited calling, that is). So anywhere you go, you get the same deal as you get for Vonage at home. [Android Market via Phandroid]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 2 '11

There’s a New Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 for Superfans

I’ve never been one for buying consoles painted with a single game, but this year’s Call of Duty Xbox is relatively understated. Pardon the copy-and-paste press release, but really, what else is there to say? Prepare for Domination with the Xbox 360® Limited Edition Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3® Console, Wireless Headset with Bluetooth…

Tech News Joel Johnson Sep 2 '11

BeWeather Is a Super Customizable Weather App

Long been a favorite on BlackBerry, BeWeather is a drop dead gorgeous weather app for Android. It gets its data from Weather Underground and wraps it in a nice package with a ton of options. There’s detailed forecasts, 11 different widgets in 6 different sizes, temperature notification in the status bar, radar and satellite maps…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 2 '11

Eternity Warriors Is a Sick Free 3D Fantasy Action Game for Android

Made by the people behind Gun Bros, you play as a warrior armed with swords to chop up the bad guys. It’s sorta action RPG-ish, loads of fun and you can play with friends too. [Android Market via Androinica]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 2 '11

You Can Watch NFL Games for Free If You’re a Verizon 4G LTE Customer

Sweetening up the deal for their 4G customers, Verizon will let LTE users have free access to NFL Mobile, the app that lets you stream every Monday Night, Sunday Night, Thursday Night games and let you watch the Redzone channel. That’s usually 10 bucks a month. [Verizon via Android Community]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 2 '11

An Idiocy-Capturing GoPro HD Motorsports Is the Deal of the Day

I’m not saying you should risk life, limb, and professional pride doing idiotic things like riding a skateboard being pulled a dirt bike while being chased down the New Jersey Turnpike by a team of East German bikers, but every time someone does do something preposterous and stupid and wonderful like that without thinking to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 2 '11

This is how a picture looks after going through the newly discovered “phase discontinuity”

For centuries the rules of optics were simple; light makes a single bend when it moves from one medium to another. Those rules have now changed, and the result is a flat funhouse mirror of phase discontinuity. Light moves in a straight line, and at a certain speed, through a regular medium. Depending on the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 2 '11

How to crochet your favorite science fiction and fantasy icons

Need a good crafts project for the long weekend? Want to make something cool and awesome for your kids? How about crocheting your own Spock from Star Trek, or Darth Vader? Or this totally amazing Wall-E and Eve from Wall-E? Craftster has an amazing collection of crocheted characters, as well as instructions on how to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 2 '11

Who lives and who dies in the True Blood finale? Bloody new trailer gives our first hints…

With only two more True Blood episodes left, it’s time to start placing your death bets. We’ve been warned that not everyone will survive, and this new promo video only reinforces that fact. Watch the trailer, then guess who’s next in line for True Death!

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '11

Can you buy land on the Moon?

This Is What Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Looks Like

Google’s Product Bloodbath: The Full Rundown

7 Tools For Surviving a 16-Hour Bus Ride to Yuma

1950s PSA helps demolish the myth of “Z-Rays”

WeirdButTrue Turns Your iPhone Into a Fun Fact Book

Apple’s Lost iPhone Search Team Flashed Three Badges to Toss Man’s Home (Updated)

Why We Need More Space Adventures

Apple Claims Android Started With Them

Samsung’s Pure Breeze Launcher for Android Is Really Weird

Harman Kardon SB16 Sound Bar Lightning Review: How Much Is Good Sound Worth?

Vonage Extensions Lets You Use Your Android Phone As a Vonage Phone

There’s a New Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 for Superfans

BeWeather Is a Super Customizable Weather App

Eternity Warriors Is a Sick Free 3D Fantasy Action Game for Android

You Can Watch NFL Games for Free If You’re a Verizon 4G LTE Customer

An Idiocy-Capturing GoPro HD Motorsports Is the Deal of the Day

This is how a picture looks after going through the newly discovered “phase discontinuity”

How to crochet your favorite science fiction and fantasy icons

Who lives and who dies in the True Blood finale? Bloody new trailer gives our first hints…

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