Play Angry Birds Online, Right Now, for Free
Google isn’t above killing a little productivity to prove the power of its web browser. The search engine king has released a special free browser-based version of Rovio’s avian-flinging sensation Angry Birds on the Chrome Web Store, just to prove… [Kotaku]
William S. Burroughs’ Wild Ride with Scientology
In 1959, the same year Olympia Press published his most famous novel Naked Lunch, the writer William S. Burroughs visited the restaurant of his friend and collaborator, Brion Gysin, in Tangiers. There, Burroughs met John and Mary Cooke, a wealthy American hippie couple who were interested in mysticism. Burroughs recalled, “There was something portentous about…
The Gawker Media Census Numbers Prove that You’re Ahead of the Curve. Take It and Win an iPad 2!
So far, over 4,000 Gizmodo readers have shared their feedback with us via the 2011 Gawker Media Census. And we’ve learned that a lot of you are ahead of the data storage curve. 31% of you use the cloud as the primary method of keeping your stuff secure. What, filing cabinets aren’t good enough for…
The Gawker Media Census Numbers Prove It—the Pen is Mightier than the Spectacle. Take It and Win an iPad 2!
So far, over 3,000 io9 readers have shared their feedback with us via the 2011 Gawker Media Census. And we’ve learned that 46% think that the best way to experience Sci-Fi is by reading it. (The director of that new giant robotic squid trilogy is going to be so disappointed.) But have no fear, movie…