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Is Samsung Making an 11-Inch Notebook 9 Series to Rival the Tiny MacBook Air?

Coming in lighter and thinner than the 13-inch MacBook Air, Samsung’s Notebook 9 Series looks like a veritable contender for your lap. But wait, what’s this—a sniff of an 11-inch model? https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-9-series-laptop-takes-the-macbook-air-head-on-5725699 The Notebook 9 Series was formally introduced in South Korea today, which is where Samsung claimed they would be launching an 11-inch model…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Feb 24

Yeah, Posting Photos of Your Burglary on Your Victim’s Facebook Profile Wasn’t Very Smart

Here’s another one for the “dumb crims” section of Gizmodo: Rodney Knight, who took a photo posing with his stolen loot whilst at his victim’s house. He then posted it on the homeowner’s son’s Facebook profile. Really. He was quickly nabbed by the police and the homeowner—who happened to be a Washington Post journalist—and has…

Social Media Kat Hannaford Feb 24

It’s a Good Thing the World’s Thinnest Phone Has a Gorilla Glass Screen

Matching Monday’s leaked pics perfectly, the NEC Medias actually looks really nice. When was the last time you could say that about an NEC product? https://gizmodo.com/the-latest-worlds-thinnest-phone-will-soon-eat-up-jap-5766009 It’ll run on Android 2.2 when it goes on sale mid-March with the NTT Docomo carrier, and will no doubt be a hit with Japanese girls (and slender businessmen…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 24

Race to the Stars!

In honor of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s final launch, here are some of io9’s most mind-blowing space stories. You may have noticed that each of these categories are also commonly-used tags on io9, like space porn or space opera. If you ever want to see a tag page on a topic we cover, you can…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24

A Q&A Session With the Team Who Built IBM’s Watson

Got a few minutes? Head over to the Reddit blog and check out the Q&A session that the folks there conducted with the IBM Watson research team. You’ll find answers to questions about Watson’s Daily Double wagering process, potentially unfair advantages when it comes to the Jeopardy buzzer, and some detailed descriptions of how Watson…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 24

The One Movie I Want to See This Year: The Chronicles of Rick Roll

The guy behind the trailer above—one for a movie called The Chronicles of Rick Roll—is assuring the world that he really is serious about making the movie. He claims to have been working on the peculiar idea for over six months. The movie is one of the strangest gatherings of Internet celebrities I’ve seen in…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 24

Apollo 18 Is The Space Voyage We Never Knew About

Apollo 18 is the latest Hollywood movie to capture an outer space excursion to the moon. But unlike a film such as Apollo 13, which retells a true story in melodramatic fashion, Apollo 18 goes the fictional route and attempts to unravel the mystery behind a alien conspiracy. As far as likeminded films go, Underwire…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert Feb 24

You Don’t Even Have to Blow Your iPhone to Make Sweet Music With the iTrump App

You can play the fiddle, the piano, and plenty of other instruments on your iPhone, so why not the trumpet too? With the iTrump app, all you have to do is spend three bucks and you’ll be able to play a tune by either touching or blowing your iPhone. I recommend taking the touching route,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 24

You’ll Have To Send Your Xoom Away For A Week To Upgrade To LTE

The Xoom’s 4G LTE upgrade will come 90 days after launch and take about 6 days to complete, according to an apparent leaked Verizon document procured by Droid-Life. Xoom users will have to ship their tablets to Motorola to receive the upgrade, but they won’t have to change their plan to take advantage of 4G.…

Tech News Husain Sumra Feb 23

TSA Harasses 9-yo Boy and Other Train Passengers After Their Trip

After going down in a spiral of paranoid stupidity—called out for saving body scan images, ridiculed for patting down an almost-naked woman or nailed for harrassing a kid at airport security—the TSA has reached a new low. It’s surreal. https://gizmodo.com/one-hundred-naked-citizens-one-hundred-leaked-body-sca-5690749 Here’s what a traveler recorded on February 13, after his train trip to Savannah: The…

Privacy & Security Jesus Diaz Feb 23

Stick Some Real Deal Gaming Buttons on Your iPhone

Click to viewThis Kickstarter project from Joystickers, a Chicago-based mobile accessories startup, features two nice looking styluses, but they’re not what I’m excited about. No, the real I’m-gonna-kick-a-few-bucks-their-way appeal comes with the Classic, a set of simple, stick-on videogame buttons for iPhones, iPads, and other touchscreen devices. Non-damaging micro-suction cup materials sticks the buttons to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 23

Fotopedia National Parks for iOS Lets You Bask In Nature’s Beauty, Minus The Bugs

Fotopedia National Parks for iOS treats you to 3,000 photographs of all 58 U.S. National Parks. Features include slideshows, maps, and factoids; or shake your device to shuffle through National Parks at random. Usually $4.99, but free temporarily. [iTunes]

Tech News Davey Alba Feb 23

Gmail Android App Update Brings Copy Text To Gingerbread Users

Google has updated its Gmail Android app to enable long press to copy text for Android 2.3 users. If you’re not using Gingerbread, there’s still an update for you: It now syncs custom label colors. [Android Market via Ubergizmo]

Tech News Husain Sumra Feb 23

ZDbox for Android Controls Everything on Your Phone

ZDbox for Android is an “all-in-one” toolbox app that makes it easy to find out what’s going on in your phone and gives you full control of different tasks. Those who geek out to numbers, fret not, ZDbox gives the exact battery percentage and traffic usage (with alerts!). If you want to set a do…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 23

R.I.P. Hervey Stockman, First Pilot to Fly a Spy Plane Over Soviet Territory

Hervey Stockman passed away today, leaving behind a legacy as the first man to pilot a dedicated spy plane in Soviet airspace. Taking the Lockheed U-2 into Communist territory in the middle of the Cold War, Stockman was able to collect data on the USSR while evading MiGs trying to intercept him. Stockman also happened…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 23

Adult Swim’s iPhone and iPad App Lets You Stream Full Episodes

Adult Swim has a free app that lets you stream full episodes of all your favorite shows (and various clips!). There’s also a TV schedule, a dashboard to get all their games (that you have to pay to play) and the iPad version even throws in a music player, a clock, weather and a calculator.…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 23

All-Star Superman: You will believe a man can make you cry

Zack Snyder only dreams he could make a Superman movie as stunning, as fun and as moving as All-Star Superman, the direct-to-DVD movie that hit stores yesterday. This is how you make Superman relevant again: with great storytelling. Spoilers ahead… All-Star Superman is an adaptation of a twelve-issue miniseries of the same name by Grant…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23

Scientists Create Flat Breasts on a Chip for Breast Cancer Research

That’s a breast on a chip. Why? Because though it looks like a slide, it actually accurately mimics the branching mammary duct system of a breast, where most breast cancers begin. That’s key for cancer research since scientists can now test new approaches for treatment, like magnetic nanoparticles. It sounds insane: The ultimate goal of…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 23

Scientists Name New Dinosaur Thunder Thighs

Scientists discovered a new dinosaur with enormous leg muscles and named it Brontomerus, which translates to thunder thighs in Greek. Scientists, trying to turn an insult into a positive, say it could deliver strong kicks to predators. [BBC via Neatorama]

Tech News Husain Sumra Feb 23

The World’s Most Technologically Advanced Surfboard

This surfboard, developed by Pukas and Tecnalia, isn’t just beautifully designed. It’s also jam-packed with gadgetry. By stowing a gyroscope, accelerometer, GPS, compass, and more on board, it lets surfers measure everything from how fast they took the last wave to how vertical they got. Or in my case, just how hard that last wipe-out…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 23

Is Samsung Making an 11-Inch Notebook 9 Series to Rival the Tiny MacBook Air?

Yeah, Posting Photos of Your Burglary on Your Victim’s Facebook Profile Wasn’t Very Smart

It’s a Good Thing the World’s Thinnest Phone Has a Gorilla Glass Screen

Race to the Stars!

A Q&A Session With the Team Who Built IBM’s Watson

The One Movie I Want to See This Year: The Chronicles of Rick Roll

Apollo 18 Is The Space Voyage We Never Knew About

You Don’t Even Have to Blow Your iPhone to Make Sweet Music With the iTrump App

You’ll Have To Send Your Xoom Away For A Week To Upgrade To LTE

TSA Harasses 9-yo Boy and Other Train Passengers After Their Trip

Stick Some Real Deal Gaming Buttons on Your iPhone

Fotopedia National Parks for iOS Lets You Bask In Nature’s Beauty, Minus The Bugs

Gmail Android App Update Brings Copy Text To Gingerbread Users

ZDbox for Android Controls Everything on Your Phone

R.I.P. Hervey Stockman, First Pilot to Fly a Spy Plane Over Soviet Territory

Adult Swim’s iPhone and iPad App Lets You Stream Full Episodes

All-Star Superman: You will believe a man can make you cry

Scientists Create Flat Breasts on a Chip for Breast Cancer Research

Scientists Name New Dinosaur Thunder Thighs

The World’s Most Technologically Advanced Surfboard

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