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Make Every Day A Sick Day Wiith Skiver

Skive is a British word. It means to knowingly and willingly evade work. To call in sick. To hide when someone wants you to do something. To skive off. New Android app Skiver lets you automate the difficult skiving process. Coming with a variety of pre-loaded scenarios and the ability to automatically generate an email…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 7

Can Xperia Neo Continue Sony Ericsson’s Android Comeback?

Last night we got official confirmation of the Xperia Play, today another new Sony Ericsson Android phone has been taken apart on the internet—the Android 2.3 powered Xperia Neo. A woman with very nice fingernails models the Xperia Neo on the suspiciously (and specifically?) recently created blog My Android Life, with other pictures showing the…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 7

Canon Rebel T3i: The DSLR Revolution Will Still Be Video

Inch by inch, model by model, Canon is slowly dragging the DSLR toward its destiny: a full-fledged photo-video hybrid camera. We’re not there yet, but the $800 T3i brings shooters a bit closer with a video-centric swivel out screen. First thing’s first: If you have a T2i, don’t freak out. You’ve still got a killer…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 7

Canon’s New Elphs: The Touchscreen’d, Night Shootin’ 500 HS and Zoomy, GPS-Equipped 230 HS

You’ve got pockets, Canon’s got cameras for ’em. The PowerShot ELPH 500 HS is the touchscreen-sporting successor to the affordable low-light champ SD4000 IS, and the SX230 HS has 14x optical zoom and GPS to keep you all orientated. The 12.1MP PowerShot Elph 500 HS picks up on the promise of the SD4000 IS: respectable…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 7

AOL Just Ate the Huffington Post and Oh God What’s Going to Be Left

Media mergers and acquisitions are usually not our bag. (Booooorrring.) But AOL just swallowed the Huffington Post for $315 million. I just wanted to warn you guys. You could be next! [HuffPo, NYT]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 7

The First Good Android Tablet Has Locked Down Wi-Fi and Costs $800, Ughhhh

The Motorola Xoom sure has a lot of whizbang stuff inside: Crazy dual-core processors! Nvidia graphics! HD camcorder! 1GB RAM! Front camera! 3G that’s somehow magically upgradeable to 4G! But, uh, it’s eight hundred dollars. And it gets worse. The worse being fine print in the leaked Best Buy ad that says: To activate WiFi…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 6

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Lifts Off February 13

That strangely off-putting Android ad with the human thumbs was trying to tell us something after all, people. Mainly, that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone is arriving soon. Soon, as in February 13th. OK, so maybe it’s actually the company’s Facebook page that told me this. But the ad ran again this evening during…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 6

Best Buy Placard Hints White Off Contract iPhone Coming Soon

First it was there and then it was gone: The mysterious white iPhone 4, seemingly as rare as a completed Green Bay Packers 2nd half pass, was spotted in placard form at a Houston Best Buy. The link has long since been taken down, but the images remain, courtesy a tipster over at Engadget. Price?…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 6

This Is the Most Beautiful and Terrifying Portrait of Earth I’ve Seen

Over the course of 15 years, award-winning photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand crafted the most beautiful view of the Earth I’ve ever seen on the silver screen: Home is an exquisite vision of our world, full of pure bliss—and terrifying scenes. Produced by Luc Besson, the movie’s one hour and 33 minutes will give you goose bumps,…

Movies Jesus Diaz Feb 6

iPad Haters Should Probably Steer Clear of The Plaza Hotel

Allergic to iPad? Do not stay at The Plaza Hotel in New York City! Every room has one, you see, and the entire 5-star stay would most likely be ruined by your sour mood! For those of you with plenty of dough and an insatiable lust for these 10-inch tablets, however, here’s some additional info…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 6

No Rodents Were Harmed In the Making of This Elaborate Hamster Wheel

I don’t know if I should pity Princess the Hamster or celebrate the fact that designer Crabfu has crafted an ingenious, slightly mesmerizing way for her to antagonize the family cat on an entirely new, mobile level. You’ll see: On the one hand she’s still trapped in a plastic prison, and her frantic steps take…

Biology Jack Loftus Feb 6

First footage from J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 brings back alien wonder

The first ever movie footage from J.J. Abrams mystery alien flick Super 8 certainly takes inspiration from its producer Steven Spielberg. The colorful skies, moving score, embracing families surrounded by extraterrestrial activity — it feels like a Spielberg film from the days of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Watch!

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 6

First Look At The Captain America Trailer

Here it is, the first-ever footage from Captain America: The First Avenger, with the first look at Red Skull and Steve Rogers before he was a superhero. Plus, a new Thor trailer! Here’s Cap, emerging from the super serum machine and into action. Here’s Red Skull (click to enlarge) …and here’s the brand new Thor…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 6

Bong-Shaped Faucet Grants Conservation-Friendly, Liter-Sized Bursts

Water conservationists (most of us, right?) will likely love this design out of Yonggu Do, Dohyung Kim & Sewon Oh. The conceptual faucet only gives the user a liter-sized burst before forcing them to wait for the reservoir to refill. Aptly named the One Liter Limited faucet, this conceptual water-dispenser dolls out just enough water…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 6

Transformers: Dark of The Moon trailer unleashes the giant robot smashing

Michael Bay has just released his Transformers: Dark of The Moon trailer at the Super Bowl. How many new transforming aliens can you count?

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 6

Monkey waiters are exponentially creepier when they wear human faces

You may have heard of the famed monkey waiters of The Kayabukiya Tavern north of Tokyo, but have you ever seen the monkeys don lifeless human masks? Writers of the blog Budget Trouble stopped by the restaurant last year and were sufficiently rattled by their masquerading attendant: Tonight only Fukuchan was on duty. And let…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 6

Battle LA’s new trailer lets the mecha alien army blast the beaches

Watch the brand new trailer for Battle LA that just screened at the Super Bowl, and get your first taste of the invading mecha army in action. Also, we’ll be sure to update with more Super Bowl trailer reveals as they go live tonight.

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 6

NASA captures a full image of the Sun in three dimensions

Today, NASA’s twin STEREO probes finally situated themselves on opposite sides of our Sun and are able to beam back an uninterrupted image of our Solar System’s star. Check out a video of the STEREO probes’ combined vantage points. From NASA: Each STEREO probe photographs half of the star and beams the images to Earth.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 6

Watch a 1953 documentary about scientists launching a rocket full of mice and monkeys

We submit for your viewing pleasure Animals In Rocket Flight, a 1953 Department of Defense film about mice and monkeys experiencing a harrowing rocket ride. Fast forward to 9:15 for zero gravity mice. [Public Resource via Airboyd]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 6

A Cacophony of Failing Hard Drives

Lovers of failure, train your ears on this fine list of failing hard drive sounds that Boing Boing discovered this weekend. Hard drive lovers, perhaps you should just move along. [Data Cent via Boing Boing, Image: Flickr]

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 6

Make Every Day A Sick Day Wiith Skiver

Can Xperia Neo Continue Sony Ericsson’s Android Comeback?

Canon Rebel T3i: The DSLR Revolution Will Still Be Video

Canon’s New Elphs: The Touchscreen’d, Night Shootin’ 500 HS and Zoomy, GPS-Equipped 230 HS

AOL Just Ate the Huffington Post and Oh God What’s Going to Be Left

The First Good Android Tablet Has Locked Down Wi-Fi and Costs $800, Ughhhh

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Lifts Off February 13

Best Buy Placard Hints White Off Contract iPhone Coming Soon

This Is the Most Beautiful and Terrifying Portrait of Earth I’ve Seen

iPad Haters Should Probably Steer Clear of The Plaza Hotel

No Rodents Were Harmed In the Making of This Elaborate Hamster Wheel

First footage from J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 brings back alien wonder

First Look At The Captain America Trailer

Bong-Shaped Faucet Grants Conservation-Friendly, Liter-Sized Bursts

Transformers: Dark of The Moon trailer unleashes the giant robot smashing

Monkey waiters are exponentially creepier when they wear human faces

Battle LA’s new trailer lets the mecha alien army blast the beaches

NASA captures a full image of the Sun in three dimensions

Watch a 1953 documentary about scientists launching a rocket full of mice and monkeys

A Cacophony of Failing Hard Drives

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