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Samsung’s 9 Series Laptop Takes the MacBook Air Head-On

It looks like the 13-inch MacBook Air finally has some serious competition: the 13-inch Samsung 9 Series is a shade lighter, a touch thinner, and looks like the Air’s evil twin. The differences in size and weight may amount to not much more than a rounding error—2.89 pounds to the Air’s 2.9, and profiles of…

Gadgets Brian Barrett

B&W’s Zeppelin iPod Dock Stays Buoyant with AirPlay

Come March the original high-end iPod dock won’t require docking. Equipped with new drive units and some subtle design tweaks, B&W’s Zeppelin Air also adds streaming AirPlay to the mix. Unfortunately, at $600 it’s still crazy expensive. [Bowers & Wilkins] https://gizmodo.com/b-w-zeppelin-ipod-dock-blasts-the-real-zeppelin-285056

Tech News Bryan Gardiner

Nintendo 3DS Probably Won’t Harm Kids’ Eyes

After Nintendo warned the world that it’s upcoming 3DS portable might ruin the eyes of kids under 6, eye specialists are skeptical that such a device will have any physical effect whatsoever on children. Is Nintendo just covering their ass, legally speaking? https://gizmodo.com/the-nintendo-3ds-will-destroy-childrens-eyeballs-no-r-5720422 Speaking to multiple Opthamologists around the country, they nearly all agreed that…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Rent out Gaius Baltar’s Vancouver apartment

Even though his sex drive basically doomed the entire human race on Battlestar Galactica, you have to admit Gaius Baltar had one gorgeous bachelor pad. And for a mere 4,300 a month, you can rent it out too! Baltar’s BSG apartment is available for renting, according to this Craigslist post. It’s a gorgeous piece of…

Television Meredith Woerner

What Is Nvidia’s Tegra 2?

It’s everywhere. CES, which hasn’t even officially started yet, has already given birth to more Tegra 2 phones and tablets than I care to count. So, again, what’s so special about this thing? https://gizmodo.com/tegra-2-coming-in-january-nvidia-promises-netbooks-sm-5428016 It’s a system on a chip… A system on a chip combines a CPU, GPU (graphics processor) and various interconnecting bits…

Tech News John Herrman

MSI’s Fastest Gaming Notebook Is an Overclocking Beast

Intel’s next-generation core processors are just out of the oven, and you can already overclock the bejeezus out of ’em. The G Series notebooks from MSI? They let you overclock 10-15% beyond what Sandy Bridge intended. https://gizmodo.com/intels-2nd-gen-core-processors-mega-media-machines-5722983 The 17.3-inch GT780 and 15.6-inch GT680 both pack the latest Core i7 quad core processors, along with MSI’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett

AT&T Mentions an LTE Apple Device For 2012 (Updated: Or Not)

So we know AT&T’s calling its HSPA+ “4G,” along with its LTE service (launching this summer). But did you know it’ll launch 20 4G devices this year—and one LTE device from Apple next year? Those 20 devices include phones, hotspots and modems, but we do know there’ll be the Motorola ATRIX 4G, the HTC Inspire…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why are thousands of dead birds suddenly falling from the sky?

This week, 5,000 blackbirds fell from the skies over Arkansas, followed by 500 more in Louisiana. And now it’s happening in Sweden too. You’ve got to wonder what the hell is going on. We’ll explain. Let’s quickly review the facts. Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 red-winged blackbirds and…

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Man “Butt-Dials” Wife, Who Frets He’s Been Kidnapped So Calls in the SWAT Team

Oh, Illinois: this is too stupid to believe. A woman received a call from her husband, who unbeknownst to her had accidentally dialed her from his pocket. Believing he’s been kidnapped due to the “gangster-like” music playing, she calls 911. The man was driving along in his car, listening to rap music, probably blissfully gazing…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I Wish All Airlines Were as Awesome as This One

Now, here’s a story that makes me happy. European airline Spanair decided to surprise 190 passengers flying on December 24 from Barcelona to Las Palmas—in the Canary Islands—with Christmas Presents. And not just stupid little gifts. Real presents. When the passengers went to pick up their suitcases in Las Palmas, they watched in amazement as…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Scientists may have found a new state of matter

After seven years of work, scientists have created an “equilibrium gel.” Soon, it could be in everything from nanotech to medicinal drugs. It doesn’t matter if we’re born into high society or into humble circumstances. It doesn’t matter if we’re good or evil. It doesn’t matter what we do, or where we go. At some…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Pilot Spilt Coffee Over Cockpit, Which Set Off the Hijack Alarm

They say there’s no use crying over spilt milk…but in this case, I think the pilot would be allowed to shed tears over his spilt coffee—the terrified passengers of the United 777, too. [AD via Airliners via Engadget]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

According to mathematics, Batman will exist once every 25 million years

Over at Ryan North’s Dinosaur Comics, the perpetually-frozen-in-one-comic-strip Tyrannosaurus calculates the “Expected Real-life Batman Generation Rate.” Needless to say, the odds aren’t good. North mentions that he “took the .0001 parent murder from a statistic [he] found for humans in the Americas.” He also notes that the dinosaur murder rate was undoubtedly much higher than…

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Motorola’s Atrix Android Phone: Twin CPU Cores And a Laptop Dock!

It runs Android 2.2, with HTML5 support, and is AT&T’s first dual-core processor in an Android phone. And it docks into a laptop. They’re calling it the world’s most powerful smartphone. ORLY? It also has 1GB RAM, a 1900mAh (that’s ginormous) battery, and 2x faster than competing web browsers. You can “view HD video”. Also!…

Tech News Jason Chen

LG TVs in 2011: Smart Software for Film Fans, Apps Ahoy, and New 3D

LG’s new “Smart TV” software adds a simple way to browse movies, websites, and—of course—apps, from their own new storefront. Paid flicks, along with beloved Netflix streaming, will be available, making it easier to watch what you want. Aside from adding a big new library to browse from the couch, and web browsing, the Smart…

Movies Sam Biddle

Samsung’s Infuse 4G: A Spectacular Google Android Phone

“Holy shit.” It’s not what usually comes to mind when I touch a new phone. But Samsung’s Infuse 4G is spectacular. Ridiculously good 4.5-inch screen. 1.2GHz processor. 4G on AT&T. Why, exactly, wasn’t this the new Nexus phone? I pick it up. Whoa. This is quality. The first Samsung phone in ages that doesn’t feel…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The prison-industrial complex is coming to get you, in Sapphique

By now, there’s a certain comfy formula to dystopian young-adult literature. The world is wrong, the past’s a ruin, and only attractive teenagers can see the truth. Catherine Fischer’s Incarceron fit this pattern neatly, but her sequel delivers something new. Spoilers ahead… Reading the sequel, Sapphique, made me raise my opinion of Incarceron a lot,…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

AT&T’s 4G is HSPA+ (Like T-Mobile’s)

AT&T is going call their HSPA+ (normally considered fast 3G), 4G, like T-Mobile. They’re also going to start deploying their LTE network (Verizon’s type of 4G) starting this summer. For an explanation between the two, see here. https://gizmodo.com/the-dirty-secret-of-todays-4g-its-not-4g-5680755 Unlike T-Mobile, who only have HSPA+, or Verizon, who only are going to call LTE “4G”, AT&T…

Tech News Jason Chen

Real-life Seattle superhero Phoenix Jones thwarts carjacker

Phoenix Jones, the masked defender of downtown Seattle and member of the Rain City Superhero squad, deterred a carjacker in Lynnwood, Washington last Sunday. Check out Jones’ thug-fighting bodysuit and his secret lair in a comic book shop. Updated. UPDATE BUMMER: The Lynnwood Police Department is disputing if this actually happened. [Spotted on Bleeding Cool.…

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Samsung’s 9 Series Laptop Takes the MacBook Air Head-On

B&W’s Zeppelin iPod Dock Stays Buoyant with AirPlay

Nintendo 3DS Probably Won’t Harm Kids’ Eyes

Rent out Gaius Baltar’s Vancouver apartment

What Is Nvidia’s Tegra 2?

MSI’s Fastest Gaming Notebook Is an Overclocking Beast

AT&T Mentions an LTE Apple Device For 2012 (Updated: Or Not)

Why are thousands of dead birds suddenly falling from the sky?

Vertigo Images

Man “Butt-Dials” Wife, Who Frets He’s Been Kidnapped So Calls in the SWAT Team

I Wish All Airlines Were as Awesome as This One

Scientists may have found a new state of matter

Pilot Spilt Coffee Over Cockpit, Which Set Off the Hijack Alarm

According to mathematics, Batman will exist once every 25 million years

Motorola’s Atrix Android Phone: Twin CPU Cores And a Laptop Dock!

LG TVs in 2011: Smart Software for Film Fans, Apps Ahoy, and New 3D

Samsung’s Infuse 4G: A Spectacular Google Android Phone

The prison-industrial complex is coming to get you, in Sapphique

AT&T’s 4G is HSPA+ (Like T-Mobile’s)

Real-life Seattle superhero Phoenix Jones thwarts carjacker

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