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Gunsmithing 101, or, How to Pretend You’re Clooney

In the new film The American (in theaters today), George Clooney is an undercover assassin who needs to construct a gun. Clooney always makes things look easy, but that’s why he’s Clooney and everyone else is, well, everyone else. Let’s explore gunsmithing to see what he’s so effortlessly pulling off. The process of building a…

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Syfy readies a 4-hour Peter Pan origins tale, Neverland

Syfy is bringing you the backstory to Peter Pan in a four-hour miniseries called Neverland. We’re not so sure how to feel about this one. We like who’s involved, but the last few Syfy miniseries have been Riverworld-level bad. The series is directed and written by Nick Willing, who is known for his work on…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Corsair’s HS1 USB Gaming Headset Is Comfortable

Corsair might only be known for their PC components—memory, SSDs, thumb drives and power supplies—but they’re branching into USB audio gaming headsets as well. It’s a natural progression, since their customers are gamers that want to optimize their setups. The price of the HS1 USB headset is quite reasonable: $99. Other competitive headsets, like the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Android Apps September 3rd

Angry Birds Beta: The ridiculously popular game that’s become a phenomenon on the iPhone is finally available on Android (albeit in beta form). There’s just 15 levels right now, but that’s enough to build an itch that you’ll scratch forever. Check out the game’s trailer above to see what the hype is all about. Bing:…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is How the Star Trek Warp Jump Evolved

From Star Trek: The Motion Picture to Star Trek 2009; from the first Enterprise and Birds of Prey to the NCC-1701-E and back to the Enterprise: This video shows all the warp jump effect types in all the movies. Engage! I have to admit that the rainbow effect has a retro charm that is still…

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Gadget Deals of the Day

Relax this Labor Day Weekend in style with a 60″ Sharp LCD HDTV, a Roku HD Netflix Player, and a free “Man Day” T-Shirt. Don’t you just love long weekends? Top Deals: • 60″ Sharp AQUOS LC60E88UN 240Hz, 1080p LCD HDTV for $1,499 with free shipping (normally $1,785) • Roku HD Netflix Player for $69.99…

Tech News Adam Harris

Rumor: Galaxy Tab Might Also Be On Sprint As 4G and 3G Device

Boy Genius hears that the Galaxy Tab, Samsung’s Android tablet already rumored to be on Verizon is heading to Sprint too. And, it’ll have both 4G WiMax and 3G. Nice! [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-galaxy-tab-runs-froyo-has-flash-and-measures-5627498

Tech News Jason Chen

Steve Jobs on iTunes 10 Icon Lambasting: “We Disagree”

That’s what he said to designer Joshua Kopac when he told him that the iTunes 10 logo “really” sucks. No, not “prepare to die”. I mean “We disagree.” Kopac: Steve, Enjoyed the presentation today. But…this new iTunes logo really sucks. You’re taking 10+ years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let’s…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iPhone Apps September 3

Shazam: Shazam, probably the best known app for figuring out the names of tunes you’re listening to, just got a shiny update to 3.0.0, bringing all sorts of good stuff with it: iOS4 optimization, tag on startup, 30 second iTunes previews of the songs you tag, and more. There’s regular old Shazam, which is free…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

New evidence that we could build water farms in space

Several years ago, astronomers discovered that a distant sun was surrounded by a halo of water vapor. Now they know how it was created. If we can make water in space, we’ve surmounted one barrier to space colonization. According to CNN: The water vapor sits in a dusty cloud surrounding IRC+10216. Scientists deduced that ultraviolet…

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The Seeds of Apple’s Cloud

Apple has always sucked at the internet. With Ping and the new Apple TV, Apple sucks a little bit less at it. But Apple could be good at it. https://gizmodo.com/why-arent-i-the-center-of-the-apple-universe-5552953 Apple’s finally starting to reward people for buying into the Apple ecosystem, but everything they’re doing is only a half-step toward what it could be,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Futurama offers up the most disgusting equality parable ever as its 100th episode

Futurama’s season finale was a nonstop cavalcade of horrific freaks, sewage, and wall-to-wall vomiting, all in the name of equal rights for subterranean mutants. Hilarious, sweet, inventive, and celebratory, this episode ended Futurama’s new season on a high note. Futurama has never shied away from gross-out material when it comes to exploring New New York’s…

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Apple’s New Patent Barrage

The US Patent & Trademark Office has awarded a truckload of patents, some of them seemingly trivial, from continuous scrolling acceleration on the iPhone to the burn disc icon user interface in iTunes, which was imagined by Steve Jobs himself. • That patent, by Jobs and Tim Wasko, refers to an icon with three states…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

First images of Arkham City’s villains?

Possible new images from video game Batman: Arkham City have us ultra excited for the Arkham Asylum follow-up game. Check out all the villains Batman will have to face. A quick warning: We’re not 100% sure these are the REAL deal. What we are 100% sure of is that they look awesome, so we were…

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High on List of Things You Don’t Want to See From Your Airplane Window: Massive Shower of Sparks

Passengers returning to Sydney from San Francisco were treated to a delightful pyrotechnic show as a special treat from Qantas. A mesmerizing cascade of flame and sparks! Coming from their 747’s engine. Which exploded after taking off. Wait a second. One man aboard the plane was able to document the ordeal—which thankfully ended with a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Jane Espenson says Torchwood will allow her to “push the boundaries of what can be done on television.”

Writer extraordinaire Jane Espenson is writing three out of 10 episodes in Torchwood’s upcoming fourth season, she told Blastr. In an unusual move for U.S. television, the whole season will be written before the show starts filming, and Russell T. Davies is keeping it tightly plotted. And she adds that she’ll be going to new…

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Brazilian Teen Shoots Cellphones Into Jail With Bow and Arrow

Considering it less uncomfortable than other methods of sneaking cellphones into prisons, a Brazilian gang hired a local teenager to launch phones over prison walls with a bow and arrow. Their plot was foiled when one hit a guard: Authorities say the boy was caught after one of the arrows he launched struck a police…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

iHome Shows Off the First Speaker With Apple’s AirPlay Built In

Let the grand effort to bring wireless music to every room in your house begin (I’m starting with the bathroom). iHome’s teasing an Airplay-enabled stump that will have rechargeable batteries and be available for the holidays. [iHome via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/future-apple-gadgets-getting-airplay-wireless-music-and-5627606

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Angry Birds Lite Beta Launches on Android

Rovio dropped a few hints earlier in the week that it’d have a public beta test of Android Angry Birds ready by Friday, and it’s followed through—it’s up on the Android Market right now. The level select shows 15 locked spaces for you to power through—and a link to buy the full version. But that…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Terry Pratchett talks about putting darkness and death into fantasy

Novelist Terry Pratchett has lost both of his parents in the past two years, and he’s also dealing with the degeneration of his mental faculties. In a wistful interview with the Guardian, he talks about how that’s affected his fantasy. The headline of the Guardian article contains a quote from Pratchett: “I’m open to joy.…

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Gunsmithing 101, or, How to Pretend You’re Clooney

Syfy readies a 4-hour Peter Pan origins tale, Neverland

Corsair’s HS1 USB Gaming Headset Is Comfortable

Android Apps September 3rd

This Is How the Star Trek Warp Jump Evolved

Gadget Deals of the Day

Rumor: Galaxy Tab Might Also Be On Sprint As 4G and 3G Device

Steve Jobs on iTunes 10 Icon Lambasting: “We Disagree”

iPhone Apps September 3

New evidence that we could build water farms in space

The Seeds of Apple’s Cloud

Futurama offers up the most disgusting equality parable ever as its 100th episode

Apple’s New Patent Barrage

First images of Arkham City’s villains?

High on List of Things You Don’t Want to See From Your Airplane Window: Massive Shower of Sparks

Jane Espenson says Torchwood will allow her to “push the boundaries of what can be done on television.”

Brazilian Teen Shoots Cellphones Into Jail With Bow and Arrow

iHome Shows Off the First Speaker With Apple’s AirPlay Built In

Angry Birds Lite Beta Launches on Android

Terry Pratchett talks about putting darkness and death into fantasy

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