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How To Photograph Football

Ok yeah, so you’re probably never going to get to shoot from the sidelines of an NFL game. But that doesn’t mean you can’t spice up the coverage of your kid’s PeeWee league game with these tips from Photoshelter and Rod Mar.. Football is easily my favorite sport to photograph. Combining peak action, great emotion…

Tech News Rod Mar

Cybercrime Blogger Resurfaces After Mysterious Disappearance

Bulgarian cybercrime blogger Dancho Danchev mysteriously vanished a few weeks ago, worrying his colleagues and the Internet. He’s back! But what happened to him? According to one report, he was confined to a psychiatric hospital. http://gawker.com/5733961/cybercrime-blogger-vanishes-after-finding-tracking-device-in-his-bathroom “Catching up in progress… inbox looks pretty messy” Danchev tweeted today—his first tweet since October. So, that’s a relief.…

Tech News Adrian Chen

Even More Evidence That Google Stole Code For Android From Oracle Appears (Updated)

Google endorses open-source activity around Android, but looks like their developers “borrowed” a little too much from Sun’s Java code. Oracle, Sun’s owner, is already suing Google for seven infringed patents, but this adds further weight to their claim. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/oracle-files-lawsuit-against-google-for-patent-and-copy-5611746 Florian Mueller from FOSSpatents made the discovery when digging around in Android’s code that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Your brain will never turn into software on a supercomputer

Getting ready to upload your consciousness into a brain-emulating computer in a decade or two? You’ll be waiting a lot longer than that. Princeton computer science researcher Timothy B. Lee doesn’t think we’ll ever upload our brains. Here’s why. Image via marema/Shutterstock. Lee says we won’t ever be uploading our minds into computers that “simulate”…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Logitech’s M515 Mouse That Finally Works On Couches

I’ve been using Logitech’s previous Anywhere mice in the living room to control a HTPC, but it’s only been adequate, not great. This $50 Couch Mouse might be very much better, because it’ll work on a couch, bed or carpet. The design looks about the same as their previous mice, but has hand detection, so…

Tech News Jason Chen

Rare fossil allows scientists to understand pterodactyl sex

A fossilized pterodactyl, found in China, has provided the first direct confirmation of the differences between male and female pterodactyls. The new fossil, a female, has been nicknamed Mrs. T. Pterodactyls were flying reptiles which lived from 220 to 65 million years ago. Although they lived alongside dinosaurs, and some call them pterosaurs, they are…

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Roger Ebert’s New Chin

A battle with cancer left film megacritic Roger Ebert without much of the lower half of his face. But he will appear on his new TV show looking quite like his old self. How? A meticulously sculpted prosthetic chin. https://gizmodo.com/how-roger-ebert-will-get-his-voice-back-5474950 In a post on his blog, Ebert outlines the two year process that gave him…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Scarecrow monster movie Husk wants to wear your flesh as a skin suit

In Husk, a pack of teens wind up in some sort of supernatural scarecrow hunting-ground. It’s a pretty standard horror film — until the characters start ramming nails and sewing needles into their skin. Also scarecrows are clown-level terrifying. Husk comes from the After Dark Horrorfest folks, who are now producing their own films —…

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Why Did Eric Schmidt Really Step Down as Google CEO?

Ken Auletta wrote the book on Google. Literally. And according to his sources, a few things led to Eric Schmidt’s departure as CEO. Like the decision to pull out of China. https://gizmodo.com/what-does-googles-new-boss-mean-for-you-5739125 The Google C.E.O. was upset a year ago when co-founder Larry Page sided with his founding partner, Sergey Brin, to withdraw censored searches…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

She could convert the bike to a jetpack in 15 seconds flat

Game art designer Thomas “HOON” Hong brings us a glimpse of tomorrow’s motorcycle otaku. But she’s just one of his many studies in cyborg life. Check out this gallery of human/machine hybrids. HOON has illustrated for companies like Atari and White Wolf, and has worked on comics for Slave Labor Graphics and Darkhorse. Here’s the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Man Told His All-Terrain Wheelchair Can’t Be Used as It Resembles a Tank

Jim Starr’s wheelchair may be able to transport him across snow, sand and surf (and probably even the surface of the moon), but he won’t be wheelin’ it on British roads any longer because it’s been classed as a tank. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency told the 36-year-old, who uses wheelchairs because of arthritis,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How do you update science fiction stories that were written in the 1990s?

When reprinting visions of the future (or the futuristic present) published in the 1990s, how do you update them? So much has changed, in technology as well as society. Ammonite author Nicola Griffith has some thoughts on this dilemma.

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San Francisco Gets Inter-Bus Stop Multiplayer Gaming

Yahoo recently installed huge poster-size touchscreens at 20 San Francisco bus stops, allowing commuters to play online games against people at other bus stops. Nothing brings out my allegiance to my neighborhood like some crazyass futuristic sports trivia. That’s one of the several games available to people waiting for the bus, along with puzzles and…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Is This Guy Bloody Crazy Nuts or What?

Famous surfer Mark Visser got his board and a couple helicopters to Jaws, the huge wave reef on Maui Island, Hawaii. Then, at night, he tried to kill himself. I mean, he went out surfing 40-foot waves at night. The shots of him riding a 40-foot wave is so perfectly awesome that it looks computer…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Matthew Vaughn responds to the X-Men cast photo, plus Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up finds a home!

Director Matthew Vaughn explains the much-derided X-Men: First Class cast photo and offers new images to make up for it. Robert Downey Jr. is leaving the Wizard of Oz prequel, but an equally big name could take his place. Spoilerbunga! X-Men: First Class Director Matthew Vaughn has responded to the rather dubious-looking cast photo that…

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Who Needs a Lampshade When Your Lightbulbs Are This Cool

Created for The Standard Hotel in New York by Brooklyn-based artist KAWS, these limited edition lightbulbs, available in a set of three colors, should never be obscured by a lampshade. But move quick: they’re only selling 1,000 of them. The Standard is the third hotel owned by André Balazs Properties to get the custom bulbs,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Unconfirmed: New York Times’ Website Paywall Will Cost Up To $20 a Month

The New York Times announced on Wednesday that they were putting in place a paywall from this month—meaning “a visitor to NYTimes.com will be allowed to view a certain number of articles free each month; to read more, the reader must pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the print newspaper, even those…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

An Attractive Case Mod You Can Actually Buy

Case mods provide some giggles, sure, but how many of them that we’ve seen previously would you have actually bought? If I were in the market for one, this Hammerhead HMR98902 would be top of my list. Designer Matthew Kim is selling them for $2,899, and as he makes them himself (by hand), orders understandably…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You’d Never Have to Fumble For the Light Switch Again With These Painted Walls

However dubious you are about the science backing up On/Off’s paint, you can’t argue against its sheer innovation. Suitable for all surfaces, it lets you control the lighting with just a touch, and can even be covered over with wallpaper. That touch can be anywhere on the wall, or if you’d rather keep the light…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Star Wars Blu-rays On Sale September 27th, Says Amazon

According to the pre-order page on Amazon, the hugely-anticipated Star Wars Blu-rays are being released September 27th, with the nine-disc boxset coating $90. Only want the prequels? That’ll cost just $45, sir. [Amazon via /Film]

Commerce Kat Hannaford

How To Photograph Football

Cybercrime Blogger Resurfaces After Mysterious Disappearance

Even More Evidence That Google Stole Code For Android From Oracle Appears (Updated)

Your brain will never turn into software on a supercomputer

Logitech’s M515 Mouse That Finally Works On Couches

Rare fossil allows scientists to understand pterodactyl sex

Roger Ebert’s New Chin

Scarecrow monster movie Husk wants to wear your flesh as a skin suit

Why Did Eric Schmidt Really Step Down as Google CEO?

She could convert the bike to a jetpack in 15 seconds flat

Man Told His All-Terrain Wheelchair Can’t Be Used as It Resembles a Tank

How do you update science fiction stories that were written in the 1990s?

San Francisco Gets Inter-Bus Stop Multiplayer Gaming

Is This Guy Bloody Crazy Nuts or What?

Matthew Vaughn responds to the X-Men cast photo, plus Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up finds a home!

Who Needs a Lampshade When Your Lightbulbs Are This Cool

Unconfirmed: New York Times’ Website Paywall Will Cost Up To $20 a Month

An Attractive Case Mod You Can Actually Buy

You’d Never Have to Fumble For the Light Switch Again With These Painted Walls

Star Wars Blu-rays On Sale September 27th, Says Amazon

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