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Windows Phone 7, You Were Supposed to be Great. So What Happened?

“Windows Phone 7 is the most aggressively different, fresh approach to a phone interface since the iPhone.” We published those words half a year ago, hoping WP7 would be a radical firebrand in phone land. But it’s stalled. We’re disappointed. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-review-ladies-and-gentlemen-we-have-o-5668738 Our reasons for cheering WP7 were (and still are) manifold. No really. It’s pretty…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Samuel Delany’s massive new novel finally has a publisher and release date!

We’ve been dying to read Samuel R. Delany’s Through The Valley of the Nest of Spiders since we talked to him about it a couple years ago. So we were disappointed when his publisher ran aground. https://gizmodo.com/samuel-delany-answers-your-science-fiction-questions-5295779 https://gizmodo.com/samuel-delanys-long-awaited-next-novel-in-limbo-5723749 The good news is, Nest of Spiders has a new publisher, Magnus Books, and a release date:…

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T-Mobile Is Very Confused About Their New Pricing Plans Plan

A bit of news made the rounds yesterday, announcing two new unlimited plans from T-Mobile: The Even More Unlimited plan for $80/month (contract) and the Even More Plus Unlimited plan for $60/month (no contract). Then the official press release came out today making no mention of the Even More Plus plan. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobiles-unlimited-plans-are-actually-capped-at-2gb-5791559 Now, Tmo News…

Tech News Adrian Covert

First 2 clips from the new season of Doctor Who

Watch the first ever clips from the new season of Doctor Who. Two clips for each of the Doctor’s mood swings. Watch Matt Smith twist from playful to deadly serious in mere seconds! What did you think? Has River Song grown on you yet? Hope so, because she’s not going anywhere anytime soon. The second…

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Spoiler-Free Preview: Game of Thrones really is an astonishing achievement

You’ve never seen anything like HBO’s Game of Thrones before. Lavish, bloody, dark, weird and sometimes amazingly sweet, the cable channel’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s bestselling book series delivers the goods. We’ve seen the first six episodes, and here’s our spoiler-free preview of them. In a nutshell: the series features a host of astonishingly…

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Can swimming evoke synesthesia? Apparently yes

According to researchers at Frankfurt’s Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, the sight of certain swimming strokes can evoke colors in synesthetic swimmers. Here’s an excerpt of their findings, which were published recently in the journal Cortex: We report here the cases of two synesthetes, experienced swimmers, for whom each swimming style evokes another synesthetic color.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The World’s Creepiest Opera Is Still Under Construction

An Austrian production of French Revolutionary opera ‘Andre Chenier’ is set to start in July, on the banks of beautiful Lake Constance. Not quite so beautiful is the eery, incomplete, massive human torso (with 49-foot head) that provides the stage. I can’t tell whether adding eyeballs would make it more creepy, or if the empty…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Win This Portable Grill, Cook Delicious Meat Products Anywhere

Spring is the perfect season to break out the lawn chairs, unfurl the Slip ‘N Slide, and fire up the ol’ barbie. Uh, except that you live in a walk-up studio with bars on all of the windows. Well, if you take this short survey then email the last question to [email protected] with “Portable Grill…

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Pet Horse of the Future (1905)

The dawn of the Automobile Age made a lot of people wonder what would come of the horse. In the year 1900 author John Elfreth Watkins even predicted the complete eradication of all animals, aside from the few that we might keep in zoos. Some thought a new era of machines would quickly make animal…

Tech News Matt Novak

Windows Phone Previews Multitasking and Deeper OS Integration for Developers

Windows Phone 7! Such a beautiful start that’s, well, taking a bit of time to get better. Microsoft previewed some things that developers will get to dibble dab with in the next Windows Phone at MIX 11 and it includes: • Application multitasking for background processing, audio and file transfer, and fast application switching •…

Tech News Casey Chan

NBC’s Wonder Woman will rock Lynda Carter’s hot pants after all (whether you like it or not)

NBC’s Wonder Woman just got a lot more Lynda Carter. We’ve already seen two versions of Adrianne Palicki’s super suit (one with blue boots and later with jegglings). Turns out there’s one more version, with 70s-style hot pants! https://gizmodo.com/first-wonder-woman-costume-photo-will-make-your-eyes-bl-5783478 https://gizmodo.com/see-the-new-and-improved-wonder-woman-costume-in-action-5787224 In an interview with TV Line the president of NBC Robert Greenblatt defended David E.…

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April books bring post-apocalyptic futures, growing up superheroic, and more young-adult dystopia!

What do April’s books have in store for you? Naomi Novik’s superhero high school, Frederik Pohl’s volcanic terrorism plot, and two disturbing looks at a near-future post-apocalyptic world. Plus superpowered parents and the African Harry Potter! Here are all the books you’ll be buzzing about in April. After the Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn (Tor) Between…

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Hide Valuable Memory Cards in the USB Stick Docking Station of Dreams

Currently, I have microSDs spread all around my house—I’m sure I could find a couple if I searched hard enough, but the bulk-majority are probably lost in the dusty corners for good. A USB stick that houses all your cards makes so much sense I’m surprised that this is just a concept. [Yanko]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Best Deal of the Day

I think prices of products should be more creative. Instead of everyone using the silly mind trick of pricing things at $0.99 to make things seem cheaper, I think companies should artistically price products to specific numbers. Like soap that promises all day freshness should be $2.47 and canned food that lasts a year should…

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The Form 4: JimmyJane’s Newest Awesome Vibrator

When JimmyJane released the Form 2 vibrator, they changed how we thought of them as a company. When they released the Form 3, they changed how we thought of sex toys, period. Now they’ve released the Form 4-the last installment in their Pleasure to the People collaboration with Yves Behar-and though it is, in some…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Air Traffic Controller Sleeps as Medical Plane Tries To Land

For the third time in almost as many weeks, reports have surfaced of an air traffic controller falling asleep at his post. This time, in Reno, a medical plane carrying a sick passenger had to land without tower assistance in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Something’s seriously wrong here. First came word that an…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Control Your Logitech Security Cameras from Your iPad

With Logitech’s new iPad app for its Alert Security Cameras, you can use your tablet to keep an eye on untrustworthy babysitters, look in on sick children, or just stare at your front door for hours on end. The app gives you control over Logitech’s Alert Security Camera, which was released last year and streams…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

You probably shouldn’t advertise The Walking Dead on the side of your funeral home

The Co-operative Funeralcare funeral home in Consett, County Durham, England has been the subject of unwanted public scrutiny after a billboard company affixed an advertisement for The Walking Dead to side of their building. From The Daily Mail: A spokesman for the Co-operative Funeralcare said its premises in Consett were leased. He said: ‘It is…

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Watch the World’s Best Pitcher Throw a Baseball at 1000 FPS

Tim Lincecum, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, is as unique and unorthodox as hurlers come. Though he’s considered short for a dominant pitcher, Lincecum can somehow drum up the power to smoke his fastball past batters. Against all odds, he’s very probably, super likely the best pitcher in baseball. How does this short stuff…

Tech News Casey Chan

Is the periodic table the law or just a good suggestion?

This week on “Ask a Physicist” we have a doomsday twist. Is it possible to make strange new elements that could ultimately destroy the world or are you destined to be Mendeleev’s bitch? In this week’s column, we find out. Today’s question comes to us from our own Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders who…

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Windows Phone 7, You Were Supposed to be Great. So What Happened?

Samuel Delany’s massive new novel finally has a publisher and release date!

T-Mobile Is Very Confused About Their New Pricing Plans Plan

First 2 clips from the new season of Doctor Who

Spoiler-Free Preview: Game of Thrones really is an astonishing achievement

Can swimming evoke synesthesia? Apparently yes

The World’s Creepiest Opera Is Still Under Construction

Win This Portable Grill, Cook Delicious Meat Products Anywhere

Pet Horse of the Future (1905)

Windows Phone Previews Multitasking and Deeper OS Integration for Developers

NBC’s Wonder Woman will rock Lynda Carter’s hot pants after all (whether you like it or not)

April books bring post-apocalyptic futures, growing up superheroic, and more young-adult dystopia!

Hide Valuable Memory Cards in the USB Stick Docking Station of Dreams

The Best Deal of the Day

The Form 4: JimmyJane’s Newest Awesome Vibrator

Air Traffic Controller Sleeps as Medical Plane Tries To Land

Control Your Logitech Security Cameras from Your iPad

You probably shouldn’t advertise The Walking Dead on the side of your funeral home

Watch the World’s Best Pitcher Throw a Baseball at 1000 FPS

Is the periodic table the law or just a good suggestion?

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