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SF Parking Meters to Adjust Their Prices Based on Demand

In order to help control the parking situation in San Francisco, the city is set to install smart parking meters that will lower or raise their prices depending on demand. It’s a two-year experiment called SFpark, and the prices are going to range from the reasonable 25-cents to the I-should-have-just-taken-a-cab $6. Fortunately, you won’t come…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Download Civilization Revolution For the iPhone For Free

Civilization Revolution, a cartoony but thorough iPhone port of the empire-building classic, is currently free in the App Store. Play as one of 16 civilizations as you discover the wheel, the written word, nuclear weapons, and pinch-to-zoom. [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Skype’s $100 Million IPO Filing Gives a Peek Under the Hood

Skype wants to raise $100 million in an IPO. That’s all well and good, but the fun part is what Skype had to reveal about itself in order to ask for all that money. Fun Skype facts ahoy! So, what have we learned from the filing? Well, Skype’s 560 million registered users have spent 95…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Double Rainbow dreams: 20 of the most deranged Inception mash-up videos

Clearly you guys really liked the Toy Story Inception mash-up videos, because the hits keep coming. Feast your eyes on Dora The Explora, ET, Peter Pan, The Nanny / Inception mash-up trailers. Some videos we love, others we fear. https://gizmodo.com/toy-story-inception-the-trailer-mashup-of-your-drea-5538986 Dora The Explorer / Inception Mash-Up OMG cat’s dream is collapsing: OMG cat Inception Mash-Up…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Verizon’s Supposed 2011 Roadmap Leaks Droid Pro, Motorola’s Android 3.0 Tablet, and More

Woo boy. BGR’s supposedly got hold of Verizon’s 2010/2011 roadmap, outlining all sorts of exciting stuff coming down the VZW pipeline: a 1.3GHz, 4″ Motorola Droid Pro, LTE Mi-Fi units, and a Motorola tablet with Android 3.0. The roadmap covers the rest of 2010 through early 2012, with the earlier products presumably being more concrete…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Everyone Should Do the Jelly Mouse and Keyboard Prank

Somewhere in Finland, Tom’s office colleagues decided to welcome him with the most delicious office prank this side of stuffing your monitor in a giant doughnut: A mouse and keyboard keys stuffed in jelly. The note says “Welcome back, Tom!” After seeing it, I wish they sold Jell-O in bucket sizes, so I can stick…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Monday Commentary Twack: Pick us a winner

We’re at it again, taking it to the internets and tweeting our way through a Netflix-albe genre flick of your choosing. So, choose wisely, and we’ll see you tonight at 9:30 pm EST. I’ve selected five likely subjects — all of which are available on Netflix Watch Instantly — and whichever gets the most votes…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android Phone Finally Ready For August 15th Launch

Anyone who had that Sony countdown clock signaling the Xperia X10, you’re today’s big winner! That’s right—Sony Ericsson’s finally taking their formerly half-baked Android phone out of the oven. https://gizmodo.com/sony-style-countdown-site-is-probably-xperia-x10-androi-5607614 The Xperia X10 will launch on AT&T August 15th US for $130 on-contract at Sony Style. According to the press release, AT&T’s charging a $150…

Tech News Brian Barrett

BP Declares Static Kill Cement Plug a Success

BP says they were successful in placing a cement plug on the leaking Gulf oil well, the final step of their static kill procedure. Their next effort will be the construction of a relief well. https://gizmodo.com/watch-bps-latest-attempt-to-plug-the-oil-spill-5603667 The cement plug has held up to two days of pressure testing. The next step will be creating a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Real Life Donkey Kong Playing With His Nintendo DS

Donkey Kong plays Donkey Kong while Donkey Kong Jr. watches. OK, maybe he’s not playing DK, but it’s just as good. The story involves a kid, a couple of real gorillas at the San Francisco Zoo and a happy ending. On August 6, amateur photographer Chris Spicuzza was spending her day at the San Francisco…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sharpie’s Liquid Pencil is Erasable for 24 Hours and Then Permanent Forevermore

If there’s a name I trust when it comes to writing implements, it’s Sharpie. Their newest creation is the Liquid Pencil, a smooth-writer that gives you a few days to erase your work before it becomes set in stone. Think of it as the yin to the erasable pen’s yang. Sharpie claims that their new…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The new Doctor Who era gets a Simpsons twist

Check out the latest Simpsonized characters: the new Doctor Who cast! They even got the Weeping Angels. It’s available as wallpaper. [Springfield Punx via The Daily Wh.at]

Television Meredith Woerner

Cillian Murphy a likely to play villainous time cop in Im.Mortal

Cillian “The Mark” Murphy is in final talks to play a “Timekeeper” in Gattaca director Andrew Niccol’s upcoming Im.Mortal. Im.Mortal takes place in a future where the human aging gene has malfunctioned, and only the wealthy can buy off immortality. In Im.Mortal, an immortal population leads to overpopulation, and those who can’t purchase eternal life…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Young Engineer Uses Webcam, Laser to Build Budget 3-D Scanner

Using little more than a webcam and a laser, a young engineer has built a cheap 3D scanner that dovetails perfectly with the Makerbot and other desktop fabricators. It could be used as part of a copying system that would allow hobbyists to duplicate solid objects at home. “The technology exists to do this kind…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

James Cameron talks Avatar sequels. Spidey reboot might cast a Basterd as villain. And Batman heads to the Big Easy?

James Cameron says the Avatar sequels are a ways off, but we’ll get something soon that will hint at what’s ahead. Sony wants Hollywood’s new best villain to be their bad guy. Is Gotham City relocating? Plus a Transformers romance! Avatar 2 and 3: James Cameron had this to say about where he’s at for…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Explore the Social Network Planet

From Facebook to Twitter to Digg to Tumblr to Myspace… this is the map of the fantabolous planet of the social networks, down to the last republic, kingdom and empire. The geographic area indicates the estimated number of users. Now someone needs to make a role playing game map, and track the hordes of trolls.…

Social Media Jesus Diaz

Leaked Video of HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Device

Hot on the heels of the leaked HTC Desire HD video comes this pristine look at the HTC Schubert, an aluminum unibody handset that’s purportedly one of the flagship Windows Phone 7 devices. That’s a good-looking phone, right there. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-htc-desire-hd-video-shows-larger-screen-and-dual-5607979 The HTC Shubert is the second substantive Windows Phone 7 leak in the past few…

Tech News Brian Barrett

BlackBerry Curve 9300 3G Runs OS 6.0, Too

RIM has updated its Curve range of BlackBerrys today, with the Curve 9300 3G rammed with OS 6.0 goodness and 3G connectivity. It was hardly a secret, and in light of last week’s Torch it doesn’t look quite so appealing. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-photos-of-blackberry-curve-9300-surface-5554248 Nonetheless, the Curve range has always been about affordability, and there’s certainly no touchscreen…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: BlackBerry Tablet “BlackPad” to Cost $499

Production of the BlackPad has been handed over to Quanta Computer (makers of Apple, Dell, Sony and Panasonic hardware) in Taiwan according to a Chinese report, with the purported price said to be $499 when orders ship in September. It could all be hogwash, but the Apple Daily report is also claiming two million units…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why Don’t We Have a 2-in-1 iPad Camera Connection Kit Yet?

Remember how the iPad camera connection kit was really hard to get hold of? How they were going for close to $200 on eBay? Chinese iPad users are using this handy $26 2-in-1 USB/SD card dongle. Lucky guys. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipads-myriad-optional-dongles-usb-sd-ac-bbq-5458376 Apparently it changes between USB or SD card functionality with just a press of a button,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

SF Parking Meters to Adjust Their Prices Based on Demand

Download Civilization Revolution For the iPhone For Free

Skype’s $100 Million IPO Filing Gives a Peek Under the Hood

Double Rainbow dreams: 20 of the most deranged Inception mash-up videos

Verizon’s Supposed 2011 Roadmap Leaks Droid Pro, Motorola’s Android 3.0 Tablet, and More

Everyone Should Do the Jelly Mouse and Keyboard Prank

The Monday Commentary Twack: Pick us a winner

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android Phone Finally Ready For August 15th Launch

BP Declares Static Kill Cement Plug a Success

Real Life Donkey Kong Playing With His Nintendo DS

Sharpie’s Liquid Pencil is Erasable for 24 Hours and Then Permanent Forevermore

The new Doctor Who era gets a Simpsons twist

Cillian Murphy a likely to play villainous time cop in Im.Mortal

Young Engineer Uses Webcam, Laser to Build Budget 3-D Scanner

James Cameron talks Avatar sequels. Spidey reboot might cast a Basterd as villain. And Batman heads to the Big Easy?

Explore the Social Network Planet

Leaked Video of HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Device

BlackBerry Curve 9300 3G Runs OS 6.0, Too

Rumor: BlackBerry Tablet “BlackPad” to Cost $499

Why Don’t We Have a 2-in-1 iPad Camera Connection Kit Yet?

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