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BBC iPlayer Coming U.S. for Under $10 a Month

For those who can’t get enough of British TV, like Top Gear and Eastenders, you’ll be happy to know that BBC will soon content on it’s iPlayer app for iPad available to international audiences for under $10/month. [Guardian via Engadget]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Olivia Wilde’s Evil Queen dares you to bite her poisoned apple

We’re pretty sure that the magic mirror would tell Olivia Wilde that yes, she’s the fairest one of all. Check out this new portrait of Tron Legacy’s siren as the Evil Queen from Snow White. The Olivia Wilde/Snow White image is just one of a group of portraits of famous stars reenacting classic Disney animation…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie and the Apple Factory

Click to viewWhere does that Apple magic come from? Why, a magical factory, of course, a world of pure imagination. And this hilarious video gives us the golden ticket to tour inside. Fanboys, get those hackles up! [College Humor]

Tech News Brian Barrett

iOS 4.3 Gold Master Is Up For Developers

The Gold Master—final version before the release—of iOS 4.3 is now available for developers. We’re going to check it out and see if there are any new features Apple snuck in at the last minute. Just 8 more days before the actual release for regular folks. [Apple]

Tech News Jason Chen

The hagfish eats in the most disgusting way possible

The hagfish is an evolutionary throwback that definitely lives up to its name. When the eel-like creature finds a carcass on the seafloor, it burrows inside the dead meat and starts eating…not just with its mouth, but with its skin. The trick of absorbing nutrients not only through the mouth but through the skin and…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Keyport Slide Key Vault Gets LED Light Inserts

Hey, Keyport Slide owners: that’s not just an $80 key holder you have in your pocket; it’s an $80 key holder and flashlight! Well, $89.99 key holder and flashlight, anyway—LED inserts for the swanky key vault ship March 18 for ten bucks. [Keyport Slide]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Popularity of Every Smartphone OS, Visualized

It’s easy to throw numbers around about the relatively popularity here in the US of Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and so on. But it’s not until you see the comparison laid bare in bold, blocky colors like this that you get a real feel for the playing field. This visualization from Nielsen shows just how bottlenecked…

Tech News Brian Barrett

First Tron: Uprising trailer starts to fill in the backstory of the Game Grid

In between the original Tron and Disney’s recent Tron: Legacy is the animated series TRON: Uprising, which explains what happened under the dark reign of Clu. Watch the new trailer now… and find out who could be the next Tron. Uprising is about Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), a program who leads the revolution and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Flip’s Action Tripod Clamps to All of Your Gear

Taking your camera out on your outdoor adventures lets you share your feats with friends and look x-treme on the internet, but be sure your hardware’s strapped in snug!—Flip’s Video Action Tripod claims to do just that. The tripod works like a normal tripod. But that’s boring. Using built-in straps, you can stick the thing…

Tech News Sam Biddle

100+ Amazing Slime Monsters!

They’re goopy and nasty, and many of them can ooze under doorways and through tiny holes. Slime monsters are your worst nightmare. And they’re everywhere! We’ve catalogued 104 of the scariest, most horrendous slime monsters of all time. Warning: Many of these creatures are both viscous and vicious! Top image: Slime Monster by 14-bis on…

Television Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders

Calling All Left-Brainers and Bagel Enthusiasts: Work For Us

Gawker Media’s advertising team seeks a web-savvy, resourceful, and organized college grad for its Ad Ops Assistant position. The Ad Ops team works very closely with the Sales, Marketing, and Creative teams, which together are the overall Advertising group that is responsible for brand advertising and monetization on the Gawker Media properties. In a nutshell,…

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Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Why we have to act right now to stop Earth’s next mass extinction

Earth has had five mass extinction events in the last 540 million years, in which more than three-quarters of animal species went extinct. We’re on the verge of the sixth mass extinction, but it’s not too late to stop it. Paleobiologists at UC Berkeley have examined today’s extinction trends in relation to those at the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Motorola Xoom Review: The Future of Tablets (Whether You Like It or Not)

It’s taken almost a year to get here. The first tablet to matter since the original iPad. The Xoom is the first real Android tablet, arriving ahead of the iPad 2 by a hair. Since it’s living in the “year of iPad 2,” as Apple put it, it seemed only fitting to wait to drop…

Reviews Matt Buchanan

This Is What a Leg Consumed by Flesh Eating Bacteria Looks Like (Not Safe for Work or the Faint of Heart)

Necrotising Fasciitis. Flesh-eating Bacteria. It is some serious shit, and sci-fi writer (and Biology PhD) Peter Watts was unfortunate enough to contract it after a skin biopsy at a hospital in Toronto. He’s documenting the ordeal over on his site—there you can see photos of his unobscured wound, with muscle and all exposed to the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Charlie Sheen Sets Guinness Record for Fastest to a Million Followers on Twitter

The Charlie Sheen circus now has an official Guinness World Record under its tent: this morning the agency verified Sheen’s claim to the “Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers” record, a feat he accomplished in 25 hours and 17 minutes. Huh! An actual win! [Mashable]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

iFixit Teardown Reveals How the Nintendo 3DS Works

With three cameras, iFixit reckons “this is the most camera-laden device we’ve ever taken apart,” but what exactly is inside that Japanese 3DS? As we know, it uses two cameras for recording 3D, but also displays 3D footage through a parallax barrier layer. iFixit explains that: “A layer in the top LCD responds to adjustments…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What can we expect from the new Blade Runner movie? We asked the producers

Yesterday we learned that the rights Blade Runner was getting a sequel or a prequel. We spoke with the producers behind this project, and asked them your burning questions. So, will it be Blade Runner 2 or Blade Runner Origins? We spoke with the producers of the new Blade Runner film: Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Bing Gets In On Daily Deals Action

Groupon! LivingSocial! Bing? Well, sure. The search engine today announced that it’s adding daily deals to its desktop and mobile version, partnering with Dealmap to add 200,000 offers in 14,000 cities in the US. The mobile site gets a new “Deals” tab, while on the desktop, deals are presented as part of search results. While…

Tech News Brian Barrett

After Some Brews, Test Your Drunkenness on the Homebrew Breathalyzer NES Game

If Nintendo really wants to step away from its do-gooder family-friendly reputation, it should license this DrunkenNES homebrew game, which houses a breathalyzer inside a cartridge. Coming to a Wii near you soon! The various breathalyzer rankings are a must-see. If that kitten thinks she’s drunk, she obviously hasn’t met this Kat *hic.* I’m tipping…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

BBC iPlayer Coming U.S. for Under $10 a Month

Olivia Wilde’s Evil Queen dares you to bite her poisoned apple

Charlie and the Apple Factory

iOS 4.3 Gold Master Is Up For Developers

The hagfish eats in the most disgusting way possible

Keyport Slide Key Vault Gets LED Light Inserts

The Popularity of Every Smartphone OS, Visualized

First Tron: Uprising trailer starts to fill in the backstory of the Game Grid

Flip’s Action Tripod Clamps to All of Your Gear

100+ Amazing Slime Monsters!

Calling All Left-Brainers and Bagel Enthusiasts: Work For Us

Super Gross

Why we have to act right now to stop Earth’s next mass extinction

Motorola Xoom Review: The Future of Tablets (Whether You Like It or Not)

This Is What a Leg Consumed by Flesh Eating Bacteria Looks Like (Not Safe for Work or the Faint of Heart)

Charlie Sheen Sets Guinness Record for Fastest to a Million Followers on Twitter

iFixit Teardown Reveals How the Nintendo 3DS Works

What can we expect from the new Blade Runner movie? We asked the producers

Bing Gets In On Daily Deals Action

After Some Brews, Test Your Drunkenness on the Homebrew Breathalyzer NES Game

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