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Why Netflix Isn’t On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It)

Netflix says: “The hurdle has been the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android.” They can’t get Netflix on Android because they can’t get a secure DRM system across Android devices. According to Greg Peters, from Netflix product development, the difficulty in securing a common DRM system…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 13 '10

How to measure the distance from the Earth to the Moon

The ancient Greeks did it, and you can too. Find out how some easily observable facts allow you to measure the approximate distance from the Earth to the Moon. One of the hardest parts of calculating distances in space is the difficulty finding reference points. The size or distance of objects on Earth can be…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 13 '10

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch Thick

The ultraportable Lenovo IdeaPad U260 is set to release November 15th (this Monday) for $895. It’s under an inch thin and Lenovo is calling it the first laptop to have a 12.5-inch display with an HD 16:9 screen. Lenovo is using a single piece design made of magnesium-aluminum alloy for the first time, and the…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 13 '10

On Supernatural, some people are better as dogs

Last night’s Supernatural episode, “All Dogs Go To Heaven,” was a great example of how this season’s monsters are more sympathetic than they’ve been before. And it also had a peculiarly True Blood feel. Spoilers! Now that Crowley’s hold over the brothers is out in the open, we can have a Charlie’s Angels style opening…

Television Annalee Newitz Nov 13 '10

Futuristic Harry Potter art transforms boy wizard into space jockey

Kathryn Hudson has recast the characters of J.K. Rowling’s books as participants in a highfalutin space opera. Harold J. Potter, captain of the ISS Griffin, battles against the Slytherin Empire and alien Lord Voldemort. There’s no Hagrid-Wookie hybrid, sadly. [Kathryn Hudson’s Deviantart via Super Punch]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 13 '10

V for Vendetta hacker strikes at Washington State University

An anonymous hacker wearing a Guy Fawkes mask took over classroom projection screens at Washington State University on the fifth of November, to broadcast a prerecorded message adapted from V For Vendetta. In a prank that evidently alarmed administrators and amused students, the nearly four minute video, which was also posted on YouTube, and has…

Books & Comics Kevin Poulsen - Threat Level Nov 13 '10

The Universal Pillow Remote Of My Lazy Dreams

After waiting years for it to become reality, there is now an honest to god universal pillow remote. Screw a Harmony, I’ll take the most comfortable and most impossible to lose remote there is. It’s only 30 bucks at Brookstone too. https://gizmodo.com/cushion-control-channel-changing-via-rump-254335 Just look how awesome using it will be. Resting your head and changing…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 13 '10

Watch a 7-hour train ride through Norway set entirely to electronic music

The Norwegian documentary Bergensbanen details the gorgeous 300-mile, 7.5-hour-long train ride from Bergen to Oslo. An intrepid group of DJs have scored the entire journey, which traverses the frozen region of Finse (a.k.a. Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back). Bergensbanen aired last year on Norway’s NRK2. The documentary’s creators encouraged artists to remix this footage…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 13 '10

This Guy Went To Jail Because He Posted Naked Pictures Of His Ex-Girlfriend On Facebook

This guy, Joshua Ashby, is in prison right now. Why? Because in what the judge called an “irresponsible drunken rage”, Joshy posted naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook after they broke up. After Ashby, a 20-year-old New Zealand painter, and his girlfriend of five months broke up, he reacted like any psycho ex-boyfriend would:…

Social Media Casey Chan Nov 13 '10

Earth’s last great hope is your college Science Fiction Club

T Campbell’s long-running webcomic Fans! is a love letter to fans and fandom of all stripes. When his plucky band of fans aren’t gaming or playacting or reading scifi, they’re taking down government conspiracies, militant time travelers, and body-swapping scientists. In the webcomics family tree, Fans! isn’t nearly the granddaddy, but something of venerable, slightly…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Nov 13 '10

Gizmodo University: Flippin’ Switches

It’s Saturday, it’s noon; that can mean only one thing: It’s time for Gizmodo University! We’ve got an action-packed lesson today as our intrepid Sparkle Labs host (and proud new papa) Ariel takes a look at switches, sensors, and detectors! We hope you enjoyed the guest lecture last week and now have a stronger grasp…

Tech News Gizmodo University Nov 13 '10

Insane Jack Kirby comic begins with a trip to the fourth dimension, ends in a wedding

In this obscure Jack Kirby strip from 1957’s Alarming Tales 1, a man chases a burglar into a geometric hellhole, where he falls in love. It’s a priceless, wondrously nonsensical example of Kirby’s pre-Marvel work. [Via Cartoon Snap]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Nov 13 '10

Inevitable Tron XXX parody titled “Pron,” has “glow job” scene

Adult actress Zoe Voss recently posted photos of herself dressed in her costume for Pron, the aptly titled porno parody of Tron. There aren’t any special effect shots, but the outfit looks like nice burlesque wear. Pron stars Anthony Rosano and is directed by Sam Hain and Leeroy Myers — the film also features a…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Nov 13 '10

I’d Wear This G-Shock Watch Made From Paper

Somebody was obviously paying attention during arts and crafts time in school because this paper model G-Shock is pretty impressive. It nails all the sporty detail of G-Shocks with colored paper and if it really worked, I’d totally buy one. Unfortunately, this paper G-Shock is just an art piece by Lobulo Design. But if anyone…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 13 '10

Ain’t no “Thing” – the frozen alien prequel has no release date

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing has gone from an April 29, 2011 release date to no release date at all. Universal claims the film’s not ready. Sorry, alien head-spider fans. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-john-carpenter-easter-eggs-in-the-thing-prequel-5675952 In other news, Universal is also tabling such hotly experimental projects as the Michael Bay-produced “Ouija” (a movie about…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Nov 13 '10

Porcelain figurines for your zombie grandma’s mantel

If brain-eating zombies ever regain their sentience and take to crafting porcelain knick knacks, they’d probably look a whole lot like Jessica Harrison’s gruesome reimaginings of classic English figurines. [Jessica Harrison — Thanks, GildaLily!]

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 13 '10

Blood Camera to Spot Invisible Stains at Crime Scenes

Call it CSI: Abracadabra. A camera that can make invisible substances reappear as if by magic could allow forensics teams to quickly scan a crime scene for blood stains without tampering with valuable evidence. The prototype camera, developed by Stephen Morgan, Michael Myrick and colleagues at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, can detect…

Tech News Helen Knight - New Scientist Nov 13 '10

Pretty Soon, Your Gold Wedding Band Can Be Any Color You Want

Researchers have figured out how to use a specific engraving technique in order to alter the frequency of light a metal—any metal—absorbs or reflects. How? By carving tiny rings, smaller than the wavelengths of light. Gold normally absorbs blue light, which gives it its yellowish hue. Silver metals absorb and emit just about every frequency…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Nov 12 '10

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Joad Versus the Potato

Joad Cressbeckler Fears Genetic Modification Causes ‘Wrath-Minded Taters’There’s crotchety, and then there’s Joad Cressbeckler, possibly the Onion News Network’s funniest recurring character. Here, he tackles the tough question of genetically modified crops—with a knife. Rounding out the rest of the week’s best comedy vids over at Splitsider: a US president who’s never seen Rocky, arcade…

Tech News Splitsider Nov 12 '10

First Green Lantern footage is mind-blowingly cosmic

The Green Lantern trailer won’t skimp on the huge interplanetary vistas, humor, or Ryan Reynolds in his underwear — here’s your first taste, via Entertainment Tonight, which is premiering the whole thing on Tuesday. Update: now higher quality! [via BadassDigest]

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders Nov 12 '10

Why Netflix Isn’t On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It)

How to measure the distance from the Earth to the Moon

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch Thick

On Supernatural, some people are better as dogs

Futuristic Harry Potter art transforms boy wizard into space jockey

V for Vendetta hacker strikes at Washington State University

The Universal Pillow Remote Of My Lazy Dreams

Watch a 7-hour train ride through Norway set entirely to electronic music

This Guy Went To Jail Because He Posted Naked Pictures Of His Ex-Girlfriend On Facebook

Earth’s last great hope is your college Science Fiction Club

Gizmodo University: Flippin’ Switches

Insane Jack Kirby comic begins with a trip to the fourth dimension, ends in a wedding

Inevitable Tron XXX parody titled “Pron,” has “glow job” scene

I’d Wear This G-Shock Watch Made From Paper

Ain’t no “Thing” – the frozen alien prequel has no release date

Porcelain figurines for your zombie grandma’s mantel

Blood Camera to Spot Invisible Stains at Crime Scenes

Pretty Soon, Your Gold Wedding Band Can Be Any Color You Want

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Joad Versus the Potato

First Green Lantern footage is mind-blowingly cosmic

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