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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…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 28 '11

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 Mar 27 '11

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,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 27 '11

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 Mar 27 '11

Guitar strings? Where we’re going we don’t need strings.

Enter the cool yet incredibly untested HyperTouch Guitar. What’s its speciality? Lacks strings. The guitarist plays it using an intricate touchpad. The pad is wildly customizable, but something tells me it’s not going to replace string guitars just yet. Oh, it’s also just a crazy design over at Yanko, so there’s that dubious fact to…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 27 '11

Future firefighters could fight fire with blasts of flame-bending electricity

In some respects, firefighting technology has come a long way over the past several decades—we now have flame suppressing foams and powders for instance, as well as new ways of delivering them to the fire. But fundamentally, we’re still fighting fires the old fashioned way: point hose/bucket/pressurized container and drench. But a team of Harvard…

io9 Clay Dillow - Popular Science Mar 27 '11

DIY 3D Photography: Two Disposables, Duct Tape, Steady Hand

Disposable cameras may be on their way toward sharing a fate with the dodo bird, but until that day in the not-so-distant future you should be able to find two of them and make this hacked-together 3D camera. It’s crude, yes, and is spaced apart slightly farther than human eyes, sure, but the effect is…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 27 '11

Why hydrogen reveals the temperature of dark matter

Hydrogen is the simplest of all atoms, and it’s easily the most abundant, accounting for 90% of all atoms in the universe. And this fundamental building block may have something to tell us about one of the universe’s great mysteries. That’s what theoretical astrophysicist Ethan Siegel argues over at his ScienceBlogs site Starts with a…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 27 '11

Cyborg taxidermy transforms beetles into airplanes and buses

Scott Bain isn’t too happy how the rest of humanity is treating our insect friends, and he’s conveyed this frustration with Micromachina, a series of miniatures depicting preserved beetles as clockwork automatons. Here’s Bain’s description of his biomechanical miniatures: MICROMACHINA examines what makes the insect world tick, and considers our attempts to control nature and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 27 '11

Spoof Angry Birds: The Movie Trailer Could Very Well Become Real Some Day

You’ve seen this Rooster Teeth Angry Birds movie trailer by now, right? Equal parts funny, cheesy and, hrm, hammy—just like the game! Sadly for society, I feel Rovio will actually make this happen someday. [The Next Web]

Movies Jack Loftus Mar 27 '11

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)

Guitar strings? Where we’re going we don’t need strings.

Future firefighters could fight fire with blasts of flame-bending electricity

DIY 3D Photography: Two Disposables, Duct Tape, Steady Hand

Why hydrogen reveals the temperature of dark matter

Cyborg taxidermy transforms beetles into airplanes and buses

Spoof Angry Birds: The Movie Trailer Could Very Well Become Real Some Day

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