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AT&T Owes T-Mobile $3 Billion Plus Spectrum if Deal Falls Through

According to AllThingsD, if regulators were to shut down the proposed AT&T-Mobile merger, AT&T will have to pay T-Mobile $3 Billion dollars, plus give them desired spectrum frequencies and sign a roaming agreement favorable to both parties. [AT&T via AllThingsD]

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 21 '11

You’ve never seen the far side of the Moon like this before

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided us with some absolutely incredible images of the Moon — and its crowning achievement might just be this image, which is the most complete view of the far side of the Moon ever assembled. The LRO has offered some amazing shots lately – including the Moon’s recent experiment with…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 21 '11

The Six Best Unofficial Twitter Apps for iPhone

The official Twitter app for iPhone is fantastic! Or, well, was was fantastic until Twitter shoved all those promoted tweets into the top of your timeline. If you’ve been so annoyed with the dickbar that you want to ditch the official Twitter app, here are six of the best non-Twitter Twitter apps available for the…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 21 '11

Spring Cleaning for Tech Nerds

Today is the first day of Spring, which sends most into a frenzy of scrubbing and organization. But you know what needs love too? Your tech gear. Unplggd has a pretty good idea of how to go about that. [Unpluggd]

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 21 '11

Get Around NYT’s 20 Article Paywall with One Click

We’ve shown you several ways to keep reading the New York Times for free, but here’s an option that’s arguably the simplest of all: NYTClean, a bookmarklet that takes down the Times’ paywall with one click. [NYTClean via Nieman Lab] https://lifehacker.com/how-to-keep-reading-the-ny-times-for-free-updated-5783043

Tech News Davey Alba Mar 21 '11

Meet General Electric’s Walking Truck, a real-life Imperial walker

In the 1960s, General Electric and Ralph Mosher built a 3000-pound, quadruped robot dubbed “the Walking Truck.” Although the Walking Truck never caught on, you can still check out fantastic footage of this four-legged supply vehicle in motion. Decades before robots like Big Dog and Quattroped were on the scene, roboticists were researching the practical…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 21 '11

We can reverse the aging process in bees’ brains. Could humans be next?

Bees can become mentally young again with just a few simple alterations to their otherwise fixed routines. Because the brains of bees are surprisingly like our own, this trick could help fight dementia and keep human minds young and flexible. Norwegian researcher Gro Amdam had groups of older bees take part in learning and memory…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 21 '11

2 Attack The Block clips unleash the teens-vs.-aliens carnage

We’ve been raving about Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block since its SXSW premiere. You’ve seen the trailer and met the director. Now watch two clips of the South London teens delivering a beating on a pack of alien invaders. https://gizmodo.com/attack-the-block-the-alien-invasion-movie-youve-been-w-5782783 https://gizmodo.com/first-trailer-for-nick-frosts-uk-alien-invasion-flick-a-5775632 https://gizmodo.com/will-attack-the-blocks-british-accents-get-subtitles-in-5783414 Clips originally aired on the BBC. If you’re looking for more Attack The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 21 '11

Apple Doesn’t Like Amazon Using the Phrase ‘Appstore,’ so They’re Suing…Naturally

On the eve of Amazon’s Android Appstore launch, Apple has filed a lawsuit against the company for trademark infringement, seeking to keep the phrase all to themselves. Will Amazon’s one word approach keep them safe? [Bloomberg via 9to5mac]

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 21 '11

Experiments suggest that infections could spread more rapidly in space

In 1970, astronaut Fred Haise got very sick on the Apollo 13 mission. Now, a group of scientists at NASA teamed up with biologists at Arizona State to study what happens to bacteria in space. One of the microbes they’re studying is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is what made Haise ill. Now, the researchers have discovered…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 21 '11

A Peek Into the Celebrity Nude Pic Hacking Ring

An enterprising hacking ring has reportedly stolen nude pics and videos from more than 50 female celebrities, including Vanessa Hudgens, Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman, and the FBI is on the case. They’ve also been targeting sports stars and politicians. (Oh, boy.) But who’s the mysterious “ringleader?” We’ve dug up some possible clues. A Peek…

Tech News Gawker.com Mar 21 '11

How Does the Military Cook up Operation Names? Gibberish.

Odyssey Dawn sure sounds neat-o, doesn’t it? You might think some thought went into crafting a name that makes you want to drop bombs on Gadaffi with such panache, but, no—it’s just a kinda-random Defense Department formula. It’s pretty simple—US Africa Command got a set of words to use for the first word in their…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 21 '11

The ugly origins of Florida’s beautiful, mysterious tree islands

Many have marveled at the strange beauty of the tiny “tree islands” of the Florida everglades. How did they get there? Why do such small piles of land manage to sustain such healthy trees? Today, McGill paleoecologist Gail Chmura answered that question. Her research suggests strongly that the trees were originally trash mounds left by…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 21 '11

Everyday for iPhone

You’ve seen the snazzy videos where people take a picture of themselves everyday for six years and then show off their hard work in a time lapse. My look at how much facial hair I’ve grown! Oh look at my new double chin! Those movies take a lot of time and effort. Everyday for iPhone…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 21 '11

Happy Birthday, Twitter: You’re Incredible and Horrendous

Twitter turns 5 years old today! What an adorable and accomplished and incredibly rich little tot. Twitter’s become internet-ubiquitous in those five years. It’s also become the most singularly idiotic and wonderful thing in internet history. I don’t remember when I first heard about Twitter, much in the same way that I don’t remember when…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 21 '11

The iPad 2 Smart Cover Kinda, Sorta Works With the Original iPad

If you really like the iPad 2’s Smart Cover, but are sticking with the original iPad, you can rig together a solution to make the two semi-compatible. Unfortunately, it involves gluing magnets to the side of your iPad. The fit and the latch mechanism seem to work well enough, it still won’t make your iPad…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 21 '11

The story of the real-life Salt, a supermodel brainwashed into becoming a CIA spy

In the movie Salt, Angelina Jolie plays a double-agent who is mind-controlled by scary remnants of the USSR secret service. And in real life, the 1940s bombshell Candy Jones was apparently brainwashed with drugs and used as a CIA covert operative. At least, according to testimony that Jones gave while under hypnosis, after her husband…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 21 '11

Iran Says They’ve Built a ‘Flying Saucer’

The Fars News Agency—partially funded by the Iranian government—says that Iran has built a flying saucer called Zohal and used this image in the story. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. To say the photo looks suspect is an understatement. But no context was given for the photo. However, the machine is said to be used for aerial imaging and…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 21 '11

How a dark science fiction book became America’s #1 movie: The screenwriter of Limitless talks to the original novel’s author

Leslie Dixon is the screenwriter/producer who made the novel The Dark Fields happen as the film Limitless. In this article from the Mulholland Books blog, Leslie and Dark Fields author Alan Glynn discuss the project’s long road from book to screen. And everything in between. Leslie Dixon: Alan, my attempts to get this movie up…

Movies Mulholland Books Mar 21 '11

Cherie Priest’s Bloodshot Breathes A Little More Life Into Vampires

Even if you’ve been experiencing some vampire fatigue lately, Cherie Priest’s smart-mouth, sticky-fingered protagonist is still worth spending 350 pages with. Instead of trying to reinvent the vampire genre, Priest just gives it new life and potency. Minor spoilers ahead! Raylene Pendle is secretive, and she’s paranoid, and she’s got good reason to be both.…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Mar 21 '11

AT&T Owes T-Mobile $3 Billion Plus Spectrum if Deal Falls Through

You’ve never seen the far side of the Moon like this before

The Six Best Unofficial Twitter Apps for iPhone

Spring Cleaning for Tech Nerds

Get Around NYT’s 20 Article Paywall with One Click

Meet General Electric’s Walking Truck, a real-life Imperial walker

We can reverse the aging process in bees’ brains. Could humans be next?

2 Attack The Block clips unleash the teens-vs.-aliens carnage

Apple Doesn’t Like Amazon Using the Phrase ‘Appstore,’ so They’re Suing…Naturally

Experiments suggest that infections could spread more rapidly in space

A Peek Into the Celebrity Nude Pic Hacking Ring

How Does the Military Cook up Operation Names? Gibberish.

The ugly origins of Florida’s beautiful, mysterious tree islands

Everyday for iPhone

Happy Birthday, Twitter: You’re Incredible and Horrendous

The iPad 2 Smart Cover Kinda, Sorta Works With the Original iPad

The story of the real-life Salt, a supermodel brainwashed into becoming a CIA spy

Iran Says They’ve Built a ‘Flying Saucer’

How a dark science fiction book became America’s #1 movie: The screenwriter of Limitless talks to the original novel’s author

Cherie Priest’s Bloodshot Breathes A Little More Life Into Vampires

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