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HTC Inspire 4G Pops Up on Amazon For $99

Hot on the heels of Amazon slipping a $149 price out for Motorola’s Atrix 4G, and they’ve gone and blabbed that HTC’s Inspire 4G for AT&T will cost a shade under 100 notes. [Amazon via Phandroid] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-atrix-4g-materializes-on-amazon-for-150-5745423

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 28 '11

When Lightning Strikes Erupting Volcanoes

Japan’s Mount Kirishima is experiencing its biggest eruption in 50 years, sending smoke and ash 5,000 feet up into the air. And for the hell of it, a lightning bolt decided to strike the volcano at the same time. Mount Kirishima is located on Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost island. Luckily, meteorological experts don’t believe the volcano…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 28 '11

How Much Will Sony’s NGP Cost? Not $599, Apparently

Let’s face it—we know the NGP is going to cost more than Nintendo’s 3DS, but just how much are we talking about? Sony’s President Shu Yoshida told Game Informer that “it’s not going to be $599.” Just for interest’s sakes, when the first PSP was released in 2005, it cost $249. https://gizmodo.com/the-ngp-is-sonys-super-powered-playstation-portable-5744521 Meanwhile, there’ll be…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 28 '11

Tons of Computers Still Infected With Conficker Worm, Apparently

Remember the great Conficker scare of 2008? Well although the botnet malware hasn’t done anything since beginning its infection rampage, the worm is still active on millions of computers, and could be ordered into action at any point. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-how-a-brainy-worm-might-jack-the-worlds-p-5183751 According to the International Business Times, Conficker still tries connecting to a series of IP addresses…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert Jan 28 '11

Try and Solve This 17x17x17 Rubiks Cube if You Dare

Unofficially, this is the world’s largest cube puzzle. I get a headache just thinking about how one would go about solving this functioning 17x17x17 behemoth. If I actually tried solving this thing, I’d probably have a nervous breakdown. Comprised of 1539 pieces and roughly 5.5-inches-long in each direction, creator Oskar van Deventer fabricated each individual…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 28 '11

Skeptical That Egypt’s Internet Is Dead? Check It Out for Yourself

If you haven’t heard, Egypt’s government is trying to quell an internal resistance movement by shutting down all communication avenues in the country, including radio, television and internet. If you think these claims are dubious, you can see for yourself. https://gizmodo.com/is-internet-access-a-human-right-5745478 Just-Ping will let you enter in any domain/URL, and it will check ping times…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 28 '11

Rise of the eBooks: Kindle Books Now Outsell Paperbacks

Here’s an interesting factoid dropped by Amazon during their quarterly call: since the beginning of the year, Amazon has sold 115 Kindle eBooks for every 100 paperback books purchases on its site. Are we finally witnessing a momentum shift here? Last summer it was reported that Kindle eBooks were already outselling hardcovers on Amazon (143…

Commerce Adrian Covert Jan 28 '11

Bored? Go To #Whitenoise Right Now!

It’s a long night and you’re bored? Head over to #whitenoise and enjoy a few laughs with the folks there. Go on. I promise that it’ll be fun and that the #whitenoisers won’t bite—unless they realize that you haven’t read our commenting guide. https://gizmodo.com/a-guide-to-gizmodo-5605851

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 28 '11

Is Internet Access a Human Right?

Tonight I had a few beers, a nice dinner, and watched a documentary about people in other countries. And then I learned that the Egyptian government has decided to turn off the internet. I despise “internet culture”. It’s so pointless, so self-fulfilling, so completely insular and without context. I’m the pessimist who looks at stories…

Tech News Joel Johnson Jan 28 '11

Motorola Atrix 4G Materializes on Amazon for $150

Moto’s well-specced netbook-docking phone, the Atrix 4G, popped up on Amazon for a list price of $150. Obviously, this seems a bit low for both the phone and laptop dock, so if this listing is accurate, the assumption here is that you’ll be able to buy each component separately. Engadget also says that the listing…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27 '11

Hearing This Voicemail—and Knowing That It Went to the Wrong Person—Will Make You Cry

Click to viewStop whatever you’re doing right now and go tell your dear ones that you love them. You’ll be glad you did once you listen to this voicemail recording. The 90-second message was left on a phone belonging to a Diane Potts—not the mysterious Samantha whom the speaker addresses. The message allows us to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 27 '11

Potentially Dangerous $12,000 Laser Cannon Mysteriously Disappears

Click to viewA two-foot long laser cannon—complete with its bright yellow protective case—disappeared from a truck in Denton, Texas recently. It’s not weaponized, but its owners, the local authorities, the FBI, and the FAA are definitely concerned about it. The device is described as being “used as a measuring device in the train business” and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 27 '11

Dual-Headed MRI Machine Allows for Cuddling During Scans

Right now, getting an MRI scan means you have be still—and alone—in a gigantic machine. Thanks to some clever researchers though, future fMRI scanners might be double-headed—meaning that you can bring a buddy for simultaneous, cuddle-filled brain scans. Two heads are better than one—particularly if you’re studying the brain activity underlying social interaction. The problem…

Health Ferris Jabr - NewScientist Jan 27 '11

One Really Big Window (Or a Lot of Really Little Shelves)

It’s nice to have windows. In a more utilitarian sense, it’s nice to have shelves. The architects of this house in the Swedish countryside figured out how to have both on the same wall to great effect. Spröjs House, an extension of a Swedish home designed by Visiondivision, has space for a master bedroom, a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 27 '11

What happens when advertisers try to control your mind

Yesterday Facebook rolled out a new ad system where people’s updates get converted into “sponsored story” ads fed to their friends. But this is hardly the first time advertisers have tried to feed us ads stealth-style. Let’s get subliminal Before we tackle this latest Facebook social media apocalypse, let’s consider the history of stealthy high-tech…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 27 '11

Watch a Japanese volcano explode into its biggest eruption since 1959

This is the most fiery moment the Kirishima volcano group has experienced since 1959 — the eruption, starting yesterday, sent a plume of ash 1,500 feet into the air. More insane volcano footage below. If you’ve ever watched an old science fiction TV show or movie with stock footage of a volcanic eruption, you’ll wish…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 27 '11

100,000-year-old human settlement in U.A.E. overturns what we know of our evolution

Human artifacts recently discovered in the United Arab Emirates date back at least 100,000 years, which means our ancestors might have left Africa up to 125,000 years ago…twice as long ago as previously thought. What’s going on here? The tools discovered during an excavation in the U.A.E., located in the southeastern part of the Arabian…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 27 '11

Airport Security Decides 3-Inch Toy Gun Is a Weapon

This itty bitty plastic rifle was recently declared a “firearm” by airport security officials at Gatwick Airport. Which I guess makes the toy soldier it had been attached to an enemy combatant? Ken Lloyd and his wife were transporting the figurine across country lines after having purchased it at the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett Jan 27 '11

What we’re dying to see from ABC’s Edgar Allan Poe crime procedural TV series

ABC has greenlit a historical cop show starring Edgar Allan Poe, world-famous poet and pioneer of science fiction and horror, as the world’s first detective. It will be set during the 1840s in Boston. Here’s what the show must include. According to TV Guide the series, which is titled Poe, will explain how Poe’s famous…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 27 '11

Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage?

A few days ago, China Central Television showed footage of what they claimed was an air force training exercise conducted on January 23. From the looks of things, they were actually just playing clips from Top Gun. The clips in question were reportedly aired during the News Broadcast program on China Central Television, the major…

Movies Kyle VanHemert Jan 27 '11

HTC Inspire 4G Pops Up on Amazon For $99

When Lightning Strikes Erupting Volcanoes

How Much Will Sony’s NGP Cost? Not $599, Apparently

Tons of Computers Still Infected With Conficker Worm, Apparently

Try and Solve This 17x17x17 Rubiks Cube if You Dare

Skeptical That Egypt’s Internet Is Dead? Check It Out for Yourself

Rise of the eBooks: Kindle Books Now Outsell Paperbacks

Bored? Go To #Whitenoise Right Now!

Is Internet Access a Human Right?

Motorola Atrix 4G Materializes on Amazon for $150

Hearing This Voicemail—and Knowing That It Went to the Wrong Person—Will Make You Cry

Potentially Dangerous $12,000 Laser Cannon Mysteriously Disappears

Dual-Headed MRI Machine Allows for Cuddling During Scans

One Really Big Window (Or a Lot of Really Little Shelves)

What happens when advertisers try to control your mind

Watch a Japanese volcano explode into its biggest eruption since 1959

100,000-year-old human settlement in U.A.E. overturns what we know of our evolution

Airport Security Decides 3-Inch Toy Gun Is a Weapon

What we’re dying to see from ABC’s Edgar Allan Poe crime procedural TV series

Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage?

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