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Does This Secret Apple Store Employee Meeting Mean iPad 2 Is Looming?

According to Apple Insider, Apple’s scheduled a meeting later this week with all of its retail employees, asking each of them to sign non-disclosure agreements in advance. That’s standard operating procedure when there’s a major product announcement ahead. So what’s on the horizon? There’s been a ton of heat lately around a MacBook Pro refresh,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 22

Ray Kurzweil uses math to prove that we have no energy crisis

Futurist and singularitarian Ray Kurzweil recently told PBS’ Lauren Feeney that we don’t need to worry about peak oil or carbon emissions. That’s a relief. He’s applied his “law of accelerating returns,” developed to describe the way consumer electronics improve exponentially, to the field of solar power. Kurzweil tells Feeney: One of my primary theses…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 22

Hey Fanboys, Here’s Your Apple Tuesday’s New Product

I wanted fresh MacBook Pros this morning. Sadly, they never materialized. But fear not, fanboys! Here’s a new Apple thingie to quench your Apple New Product Tuesday thirst, with “twice as many hydrogen atoms as there are oxygen atoms.” Click image to enlarge. [Scoopertino]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 22

Watch a declassified Air Force movie about the end of the world

Yesterday we featured the equal parts horrific and boring US government job application for “nuclear war survivor.” Today we’re taking a look at the United States Air Force film “The Power of Decision,” perhaps the only American military training movie to depict global nuclear annihilation. Cheerful stuff! https://gizmodo.com/a-job-application-for-restarting-the-human-race-after-t-5766500 In the film, none of the military…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 22

Motorola Xoom Tablet Costs $600 With Contract; $800 Without

Boy, tablets cost a fair whack, don’t they? $600 on a two-year contract at Verizon, or $800 without—either way, the Motorola Xoom tablet is a few hundred too many for me. Pick one up from Verizon Wireless from this Thursday, along with 1GB of data for $20 monthly. [PRNewswire]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

The Nomad Paintbrush Stylus for the iPad is Now Available

No more finger painting! No more friction-filled rubber stylus strokes! The Nomad Brush, a capacitive paintbrush-style stylus for the iPad, is now available. It’s 7.5 inches long, weighs 5.7 grams, and it’s got a mix of both conductive and natural fibers at the end of its walnut and carbon shaft. Nomad recommends using it with…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 22

Why some people fill their tires with nitrogen

One of the many special products offered to car owners to allow them to get more bang for their buck is nitrogen gas to fill their tires. But tires are tires. As long as they’re not filled with gravel or anything that can explode, what difference could the gas inside them make? Supposedly, a lot.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 22

Google Person Finder Website Locates Those Affected by New Zealand Earthquake

Google’s never been known for its design, but in this website’s case, I don’t think it’s an issue. They set up the site within hours of New Zealand’s 6.3-measuring earthquake, to help family and friends locate one another. Over 65 people are believed to have been killed by the Christchurch quake, and thousands more have…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

5 clips from Nic Cage’s Drive Angry have convinced us to see this film. Drunk.

Still debating on whether or not you can stomach another Nic Cage movie? Well if Drive Angry’s gun sex/fight scene didn’t convince you, take a gander at the latest collection of Cage clips. http://io9.com/5738863/watch-nic-cage-have-gunfight-sex-in-this-insane-drive-angry-clip-[nsfw] They’re all stuffed with crazy topped with a sprinkling of uncomfortable Cage line-delivery. Warning: The last clip is NSFW. Drive Angry…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 22

What Is Amazon Instant Video?

Amazon’s long-rumored video streaming service has finally arrived. But what is it, exactly? https://gizmodo.com/amazon-wants-to-fight-netflix-with-unlimited-streaming-5626823 It’s a streaming video service… You know the drill by now, right? You see something you want to watch, you click on it, it streams directly to your PC or set-top box or TV. Amazon’s got over 5,000 (commercial-free) movies and…

Commerce Brian Barrett Feb 22

Visualization: How Netflix Beat Blockbuster

With news today that a group of investors has bid $290 million to buy Blockbuster out of bankruptcy, it seems like a prudent time to take a look at how its competitor, Netflix, left it in a cloud of digital dust. [SlashFilm]

Movies Kyle VanHemert Feb 22

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, nuclear-powered cars, portable blow-up bubble houses, apple solar-powered chargers, transformer trench coats, plush polar bears doubling as energy detectives, and more. Color-Changing Polar Bear Doubles as Power Monitor The plush toy would communicate with the home’s electricity meter, and glow various colors based on the energy use. The pinker it gets,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 22

Tom Hardy talks about Bane’s wrestler mask. And is Kevin Costner joining Superman?

Tom Hardy describes his preparation to play Bane and whether he’ll be donning the rather…unique costume from the comics. And Kevin Costner might be up for a role in the new Superman reboot. Plus Kenneth Branagh explains the appeal of Thor, some familiar aliens are returning in Prometheus, Matt Smith teases Doctor Who’s new monsters,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 22

FCC Scolds Verizon Over 10,000 Dropped 911 Calls During Blizzard

A dropped call to 911 during emergency conditions? Bad. Ten thousand of them? Very bad. Verizon did just this during a recent Blizzard in Maryland, and the FCC is ticked—asking for an internal investigation. [Bloomberg via Engadget]

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 22

Amazon Streaming Movie Service Now Available for Prime Subscribers

How much would you pay annually for “free” streaming of over 5,000 movies and TV shows? $79? If that sounds like a fair price to you for all-you-can-eat viewing, Amazon Prime’s streaming service can be used from today. https://gizmodo.com/another-clue-suggests-amazon-primes-movie-streaming-ser-5749653 Alternatively, you can buy or rent titles if you don’t want to fork out for an…

Commerce Kat Hannaford Feb 22

A Small Victory: Panasonic’s Just Pleased 3DTVs Have Now Beaten LaserDisc

That’s in the US, anyway, where around 2 million LaserDisc players were sold from the late ’70s. 3DTV sellers still have some catching-up to do globally though, where 16.8 million LaserDisc players were bought by format-hungry customers before its death. Speaking to TechRadar, Panasonic’s Chief Technology Officer Eisuke Tsiyuzaki made the bold claim about 3D…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

Griffin’s Military-Grade iPhone Cases Can Withstand Anything…Even the Pink One

In the video below you can see the kind of antics Griffin got up to when proving how tough their Survivor Extreme-Duty Case is, including a wild tobogganing slide which would make even the Cool Runnings guys wince in pain. One day, I’d like to see a case manufacturer test their wares with a bazooka…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

$200 $150 Could Buy You a Motorola Atrix 4G Today

People may still be running around with their hands in the air, screaming about the rumored price of Motorola’s Xoom, but at least we know the Atrix 4G is reasonably-priced. It’s on sale at AT&T now for $200 with a two year contract. [AT&T via Slashgear] https://gizmodo.com/adobe-a-few-weeks-until-honeycomb-tablets-can-run-fl-5766894 UPDATE: Thanks to reader Nicholas, who told us…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

Adobe: “A Few Weeks” Until Honeycomb Tablets Can Run Flash

The first of the Honeycomb tablets, the Motorola Xoom, may not have Flash out of the box—but Adobe has taken to its blog to confirm that the 10.2 OTA download will only be “a few weeks” later. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-xoom-tablet-wont-have-flash-at-launch-5766073 Other tablets will obviously get a look-in too, with Adobe commenting that “we are aware of over…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

Rumor: HP TouchPad Could Come as Early as April

The word on the Taiwan street is that HP’s webOS 3.0 tablet, the TouchPad, will go on sale alongside another famous tablet, in April. The price? Last we heard, it was going to be $700. Ugh. [Digitimes] https://gizmodo.com/report-hp-touchpad-lands-in-june-for-700-5758239

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 22

Does This Secret Apple Store Employee Meeting Mean iPad 2 Is Looming?

Ray Kurzweil uses math to prove that we have no energy crisis

Hey Fanboys, Here’s Your Apple Tuesday’s New Product

Watch a declassified Air Force movie about the end of the world

Motorola Xoom Tablet Costs $600 With Contract; $800 Without

The Nomad Paintbrush Stylus for the iPad is Now Available

Why some people fill their tires with nitrogen

Google Person Finder Website Locates Those Affected by New Zealand Earthquake

5 clips from Nic Cage’s Drive Angry have convinced us to see this film. Drunk.

What Is Amazon Instant Video?

Visualization: How Netflix Beat Blockbuster

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Tom Hardy talks about Bane’s wrestler mask. And is Kevin Costner joining Superman?

FCC Scolds Verizon Over 10,000 Dropped 911 Calls During Blizzard

Amazon Streaming Movie Service Now Available for Prime Subscribers

A Small Victory: Panasonic’s Just Pleased 3DTVs Have Now Beaten LaserDisc

Griffin’s Military-Grade iPhone Cases Can Withstand Anything…Even the Pink One

$200 $150 Could Buy You a Motorola Atrix 4G Today

Adobe: “A Few Weeks” Until Honeycomb Tablets Can Run Flash

Rumor: HP TouchPad Could Come as Early as April

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