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Alec Baldwin is joining the Men in Black, plus Jon Hamm might (sort of) get to play Superman after all!

Jack Donaghy, a Bond Girl, a South African alien, a Pussycat Doll, and the reigning queen of internet memes all join the new Men in Black movie. Plus why Oz is the most Robert Downey, Jr. character ever. Spoiler alert! Spider-Man Reboot: Sony is offering no comment on whether the reports about Rhys Ifans playing…

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Disney is Selling Official Tron Hooker Shoes for $795

It’s not just hooker shoes, either. Disney’s also flogging a delightful $2,600 sterling-silver Tron necklace and $150 belt-buckle, just in time to get dressed for the movie’s December release. [Disney via Technabob via Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/daft-punks-tron-soundtrack-out-on-november-22nd-5648663

Movies Kat Hannaford

The Tech Support Call of Our Dreams

There’s a chick two phones over with a stuffed penguin doll and a poster of some bearded dude with swords. Tech support? Heck, I’d want to be transferred over to her for any call. What’s sad is I was genuinely excited for a stick figure in a comic. That’s how deep my longing for telephonic…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

No-One Will Dare Steal Your Personalized Bike (Unless Their Name’s “Andrea” Too)

Even the most successful bike-thief will hesitate for a moment before slicing through the D-lock on your prized personalized ride…which is why you should make it even more difficult for them by riding a two-man first and lastname bike: Sure, there may be a few integral components missing from this concept (gears, chains, pedals…) but…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Charles Babbage’s Failed Computer from 1837 Will Be Built

Not even IMDB seems to know whether Zooey Deschanel has been cast as Ada Lovelace in Enchantress of Numbers, but Lovelace and Babbage’s Analytical Engine computer shall be finally built—if programmer/blogger John Graham-Cunning can raise enough money. https://gizmodo.com/zooey-deschanel-to-hopefully-play-computer-programmer-5520528 He needs about $640,000 to work on the project, using Babbage’s original blueprints. If he ever succeeds,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Learn How to be an 8-Bit Game Developer Superstar…by Playing an iPhone Game

Don’t waste time playing as farmers or retail tycoons. It’s so unrealistic! Hone your skills on something you actually have a chance of becoming one day—a bearded coffee swillin’ game developer! Game Dev Story may cost $4, but it’s a lot cheaper than enrolling in a computer programming course. While you can’t design apps within…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

700 Used Coffee Capsules Turned into Batteries Keep Clocks Ticking

Coffee makes the world go ’round for millions every day, but in Vienna over 700 dirty, used Nespresso capsules were combined with copper and salt water to make battery-powered clocks, that linked together to keep a radio playing away happily. Supposedly the average coffee-drinker can get through 700 Nespresso capsules a year, which are discarded…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Palm Hires Ex-Nokia MeeGo Man for webOS Team

Mere days ago we told you that Ari Jaaksi, VP of MeeGo devices at Nokia, had resigned. Turns out he’s headed Palm’s way, where he’ll be the Senior VP of webOS from this November. Palm’s also scooped up Victoria Coleman, who worked at Samsung’s R&D center, for working on webOS. https://gizmodo.com/vp-of-meego-nokias-upcoming-os-is-next-to-leave-5655882 With new webOS 2.0…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

The Real New York Times for iPad Is Here (and It’s Free)

The oh-so-limited NYT Editors’ Choice iPad app has been replaced by the full-content NYTimes for iPad. Modeled on the Times Reader app, not only is it now the best way to read the Times, it’s free until 2011. [iTunes]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Sneakily Snap Pictures with the Camera Camouflage iPhone App

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you need to take a covert photograph (or ten)? Camera Camouflage is a super sneaky iPhone app that is voice activated and masquerades as a phone call. To further enhance the “I’m just taking a phone call” facade, you can set the app to activate your…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

The Trainyard iPhone App Turns Avoiding Train Crashes Into An Addiction

Trainyard may be a simple iPhone game, but it’s one of my latest addictions. Folks who are nuts about logic and puzzle games—as well as those who adore Flight Control or ColorBind—are very likely to love it, too. The game’s currently on sale for a buck, but normally priced at $1.99. If you’re not absolutely…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Three Heroes In the Swimming Pool

These three people in funny white suits, floating in those yellow rafts are—from left to right—Apollo 1’s Command Pilot Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Pilot Roger B. Chaffee, and Senior Pilot Edward H. White. They look so happy. I would have been happy too if I knew I were going to be part of the first crew…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Dexter Video Kills Me

I’ve to admit that I stopped watching Dexter after the second season with that insufferable English pathological liar, but I really like this music video by Pogo. It’s entirely made with sound samples from the series. [Showtime via LikeCool]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Haunting Reef Is Made Out of (Fake) People

It might look a bit creepy, but British artist Jason de Caires Taylor’s Mexican installation and reef conservation project is for a fine cause. Taylor has 350 statues in place—all cast from real people—that will eventually sprout coral. Taylor hopes that when his statues eventually bloom with coral—and they should, thanks to their carefully-neutralized pH…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Why the Singularity isn’t going to happen

I don’t believe in the Singularity for the same reason I don’t believe in Heaven. Once I met a Singularity zealot who claimed that eating potato chips after the Singularity would induce sublime ecstasy. Our senses would be so heightened that we could completely focus our whole attention on the ultimate chippiness of the chip.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Test Drive a Driverless Mitsubishi From Your Computer

Click to viewSure, there’s a lot more to test driving the car than the view from the driver’s seat. But it’s still pretty amazing that Mitsubishi will let you control a 2011 Outlander Sport, on a closed course, from your home. You’ll be able to steer the car—and, presumably, crash it, although I’m sure you’d…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Doctor Who’s youngest companion looks more like Harry Potter than ever

Harry, Hermione and Ron Luke, Rani and Clyde face the Nightmare Man, with super-dramatic speechifying. Remaking one of Voyager’s silliest episodes was a weird move for Doctor Who’s kid-friendly spin-off, but I defy you to watch that scene without squeeing. The Star Trek: Voyager episode, of course, was “The Thaw,” in which a campy clown…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Steve Jobs’ Biggest Mistake—Or His Best Decision

Was hiring John Sculley, the man who sold fizzy drinks and corn snacks at Pepsico, the biggest mistake Steve Jobs ever made? Sculley now seems to think that’s the case, but I disagree: Looking back, it was a big mistake that I was ever hired as CEO. I was not the first choice that Steve…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Watch the first 5 minutes of Megamind

Say goodbye to Will Ferrell’s blue-headed parents as they jettison him off their dying planet and onto Earth, to live in a prison full of evil geniuses. Check out the first five minutes of the CG-animated supervillain epic Megamind. MEGAMIND SNEAK PEEK Watch all your favorite shows on Nick MEGAMIND EpisodesMEGAMINDGames Megamind is in theaters…

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What It’s Like to Parachute Into The Big House

Ever wondered what it’d be like to parachute into one of the largest college football stadiums in the world, with 113,000 cheering on your landing? Well, exactly like this. The jump was made this past Saturday by Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division; he was delivering the game ball for the Michigan-MSU game.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Alec Baldwin is joining the Men in Black, plus Jon Hamm might (sort of) get to play Superman after all!

Disney is Selling Official Tron Hooker Shoes for $795

The Tech Support Call of Our Dreams

No-One Will Dare Steal Your Personalized Bike (Unless Their Name’s “Andrea” Too)

Charles Babbage’s Failed Computer from 1837 Will Be Built

Learn How to be an 8-Bit Game Developer Superstar…by Playing an iPhone Game

700 Used Coffee Capsules Turned into Batteries Keep Clocks Ticking

Palm Hires Ex-Nokia MeeGo Man for webOS Team

The Real New York Times for iPad Is Here (and It’s Free)

Sneakily Snap Pictures with the Camera Camouflage iPhone App

The Trainyard iPhone App Turns Avoiding Train Crashes Into An Addiction

Three Heroes In the Swimming Pool

This Dexter Video Kills Me

This Haunting Reef Is Made Out of (Fake) People

Why the Singularity isn’t going to happen

Test Drive a Driverless Mitsubishi From Your Computer

Doctor Who’s youngest companion looks more like Harry Potter than ever

Steve Jobs’ Biggest Mistake—Or His Best Decision

Watch the first 5 minutes of Megamind

What It’s Like to Parachute Into The Big House

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