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Watch Jim Henson’s pre-Muppet Show pilot for the Wizard of Id

In 1969, Jim Henson created a test pilot for the medieval-themed comic strip The Wizard of Id. Check out a clip of this Muppet show that never was. Henson was a fan of the comic strip and actively sought to collaborate with the cartoon’s creator. Says The Henson Blog: In the summer of 1968, Jim…

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American Express Fashions New Android and iOS App Payment System

An American Express Serve app for both Android and iOS has been created for online purchases, paying bills and even person-to-person payments. The master account holder can create sub-accounts with spending limits—good for children, for example. There’ll also be an actual debit card issued for the main user too, so it’s not all done digitally.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Launch the Alert Vipers: An exact replica of Starbuck’s Viper, signed by Katee Sackhoff!

You can’t own a real-life Viper from Battlestar Galactica — but this replica may be the next best thing. With hand-crafted details including a working DRADIS and pulsating engines. And they’re endorsed (and signed) by two of the show’s stars. Check out our exclusive first look at this gorgeous bird from Quantum Mechanix, the same…

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Chinese Blogger Arrested amid Online Revolutionary Suppression

In a country with iron-fisted speech policies like China, when bloggers start calling for a full-blown popular uprising, it’s a pretty dangerous time to be a blogger. That’s exactly what writer Ran Yunfei has found, arrested for his anti-government views. After Middle East revolts sparked some Hey, why not here, too commentary between China’s digital…

Tech News Sam Biddle

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Might Go Work at Facebook

Get ready for some truly horrible jokes from our nation’s least funny people, political pundits: Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may be joining Facebook in “a senior role in helping to manage the company’s communications.” http://gawker.com/5786235/robert-gibbs-might-go-work-at-facebook According to The New York Times, Gibbs, who left the White House last month, is being pressured…

Social Media Max Read

Accidental Inventor of Super Glue Dead at 94

Most people don’t live to be 94. Most people don’t receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Most people also don’t invent, by accident, an extremely useful and widespread super-substance. Harry Coover, who died Saturday, did all these things. In what must have been a very messy moment of discovery in 1942, Dr. Harry…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Six clips from Hanna will suck you into the bloody assassin fairy tale

Teen-assassin movie Hanna from Atonement’s Joe Wright has the goods: a Chemical Brothers score, gorgeous locations (perfect for Wright’s long shot), immense talent, fairy-tale undertones, and action. And we’ve got a collection of clips that showcases each of these assets. Some of the clips are a bit spoilery, consider yourself warned. Hanna is about a…

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Amazon Preparing Cloud-Based Back-Up Service to Match Apple’s Rumored Service?

How’s this for a double-whammy: Apple, and now Amazon, are both said to be working on “digital locker” services, which would store users’ downloads music and movies in the cloud. This would back-up their purchases in case of loss, but also allow them to re-download them to other devices. https://gizmodo.com/mobileme-cost-to-decrease-to-just-20-5786266 As Amazon sells all sorts…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

This Website Lets People Address Rumors About Themselves for $1000

There are always those rumors that get passed around so much—Tommy Hilfiger hates black people! Ciara is a dude!—that they’re passed off as fact. But what happens when they’re not true? I guess you can go to iCorrect.com. iCorrect, a recently launched website, wants to become the platform where famous people go to tell their…

Tech News Casey Chan

Cobie Smulders talks playing Maria Hill in The Avengers. Plus could Viggo Mortensen be joining the Superman reboot after all?

Cobie Smulders confirms her role in The Avengers, as well as the catsuit she’ll be wearing.The Dark Knight Rises has found its street smart Gotham girl. Plus a rundown of the young actors in the mix for The Hunger Games! Spoilers from this point forward! Top image from Doctor Who. The Dark Knight Rises Juno…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

iPhone 5 Most Probable Intro Day: June 6, WWDC2011

If you are waiting for iPhone 5, now you have a solid target day: Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will start on June 6. The iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4 were all launched at previous WWDCs. In the words of Phil Schiller: At this year’s conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

High-End Google Nexus Tablet to Launch This Summer?

Since the Nexus One phone, we’ve seen a spate of other Nexus-named devices, which Google is said to have a direct hand in helping build. These are reference devices that showcase the latest Android software, and usually have high-end specs to match. Therefore it makes a lot of sense for Google to want a Nexus…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: Google to Use MasterCard and Citigroup Tech for NFC Android Phones

According to the WSJ, Google is to collaborate with MasterCard and Citigroup to embed NFC tech into Android phones. This would see anyone with a MasterCard or Citigroup debit/credit card able to pay with a wave of their Androidphone on a VeriFone cashpoint reader. Google won’t take any money from the customer, but will give…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Knock on Wood When You Say You’ll Find an iPad 2 Before Christmas

This is one for the superstitious Giz readers who flounder when lacking a dense bit of wood to knock on. Made from real wood, this three-pack of stickers cost $8 and can be stuck to pretty much anything. Your forehead, maybe? [SuckUK via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

MobileMe Cost to Decrease to Just $20?

Would Apple see more sign-ups to MobileMe if it were free? Undoubtedly, but lowering it from $99/year to $20 will still be advantageous for them. That’s if these latest rumors are correct. The cloud-based “back-up” service we last heard about has been mentioned again, and is beginning to sound very likely. https://gizmodo.com/apple-considering-unlimited-downloads-of-itunes-purchas-5776395 Instead of streaming…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Apple May’ve Won the Legal Battle Against Nokia, But is Yet to Win the War

The legal fight between Nokia and Apple that began at the end of 2009 has almost been wrapped up, with the judge ruling on Apple’s side. That means Apple most likely didn’t violate five of Nokia’s patents with the iPhone; iPods; iMac; Mac Mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, as Nokia suggested.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Five More Warner Bros. Movies Can Now be Streamed on Facebook

Uh-oh, it’s catching—Warner Bros has seen fit to offer up two Harry Potter films; Life as We Know It; Yogi Bear and Inception to the Facebook audience. Cue status updates on a whole new level from those finally catching up with Inception. Like with The Dark Knight, they can be digitally rented using $3 worth…

Social Media Kat Hannaford

Musicians’ Own Heartbeats Drive This Orchestra’s Visual Performance

Take a peak at the screen behind this small “Heart Chamber Orchestra.” Those visuals are generated by a series of electrocardiograms and wires attached to the musicians. Their heartbeats create the visuals, which become increasingly powerful as the piece unfolds. The performance was a collaboration between music collective PURE and artist Erich Berger. There are…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The weirdest (and most disturbing) giant rabbits in speculative fiction

Fossils of giant Mediterranean rabbits were recently discovered by paleontologists. In honor of the extinct Nuralagus rex, we present to you a round-up of some of the strangest, most frightening cottontails to thankfully never grace our reality. https://gizmodo.com/giant-bunnies-reigned-over-the-mediterranean-island-of-5784212 Tetsuo’s Hallucination from Akira In this anime classic, psychic test subject Tetsuo is attacked by the Espers,…

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Ebert’s Art Film Revolution (1987)

OMNI magazine interviewed Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert about the future of movies for their June, 1987 issue. Ebert makes some bold and accurate predictions about how a revolution in the delivery and distribution of movies will open up the “art film” market, allowing people greater access to movies that may not make financial sense…

Tech News Matt Novak

Watch Jim Henson’s pre-Muppet Show pilot for the Wizard of Id

American Express Fashions New Android and iOS App Payment System

Launch the Alert Vipers: An exact replica of Starbuck’s Viper, signed by Katee Sackhoff!

Chinese Blogger Arrested amid Online Revolutionary Suppression

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Might Go Work at Facebook

Accidental Inventor of Super Glue Dead at 94

Six clips from Hanna will suck you into the bloody assassin fairy tale

Amazon Preparing Cloud-Based Back-Up Service to Match Apple’s Rumored Service?

This Website Lets People Address Rumors About Themselves for $1000

Cobie Smulders talks playing Maria Hill in The Avengers. Plus could Viggo Mortensen be joining the Superman reboot after all?

iPhone 5 Most Probable Intro Day: June 6, WWDC2011

High-End Google Nexus Tablet to Launch This Summer?

Rumor: Google to Use MasterCard and Citigroup Tech for NFC Android Phones

Knock on Wood When You Say You’ll Find an iPad 2 Before Christmas

MobileMe Cost to Decrease to Just $20?

Apple May’ve Won the Legal Battle Against Nokia, But is Yet to Win the War

Five More Warner Bros. Movies Can Now be Streamed on Facebook

Musicians’ Own Heartbeats Drive This Orchestra’s Visual Performance

The weirdest (and most disturbing) giant rabbits in speculative fiction

Ebert’s Art Film Revolution (1987)

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