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Cord Rangers To The Rescue!

The Japanese are great at coming up with things you had no idea you had a need for, like these AC Adapter Rangers. Keep the cords on your desk organized and untangled with these little… Firemen? Astronauts? Hazmat guys? No idea how well they actually do the job, but a set of two AC Adapter…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Ping Pong Paddle Shows a Ping When You Pong

Ping! Pong! These ping pong paddles have integrated LEDs that display PING or PONG in mid-air when a player hits the ball. It’s like a futuristic version of those unforgettable Adam West Batman fight scenes. Kapow! Though these paddles (designed by Troika) are all sorts of awesome, I’m pretty sure that the black strip of…

Tech News Casey Chan

Apple Has A New Senior Vice President of Operations Dedicated to Product Quality

Apparently a Mr. Jeff Williams has earned a new position at Apple. He is now the Senior Vice President of Operations and dedicated to making sure that Apple’s products meet “the highest standards of quality.” Apple Insider speculates that the reason he is being promoted to this position is because he is being groomed for…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Dieselpunk short “Reign of Death” is noir with flying cars

If you want a visual feast, you must watch UK short “Reign Of Death” – it’s dystopian futurism, complete with film noir robots and a high tech gumshoe. Plus it stars Doctor Who’s Noel Clarke (Mickey!) and is directed by concept designer Matt Savage, who worked on Doctor Who, Kick-Ass, and the upcoming X-Men: First…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Text’n Drive iPhone App Keeps You From Rear-Ending Another Driver

While its name suggests that it helps you send SMS while driving, the Text’n Drive iPhone app actually reads your email out loud and allows you to send out voice messages without touching your iPhone very much. Clever, but peculiar. You see, the app is peculiar because there’s a lot of potential for something to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

A Great Way To Commemorate An Old Friend

When you can’t keep your computer functioning anymore, this is one way to deal with it: taking it apart and turning it into a piece of furniture. Much more sentimental (and creative) than tossing it in a landfill. The end product is actually composed of two tables: an inner table that the boards are screwed…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Motorola Suing Rival For Stealing Trade Secrets

Motorola is accusing rival Huawei Technologies of conspiring with former employees to steal trade secrets, and it sounds like they’ve got a pretty good case. Motorola claims that a staff engineer shared data regarding a new transceiver (among other Motorola tech) with the founder of Huawei. Documents detailing Motorola product specs and labeled as “confidential”…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Our millennial cathedrals: The greatest works of architecture since 1980

Check out the sensual curves and dazzling sheen of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, designed by architect Frank Gehry. It’s the most significant work of architecture in the past 30 years, according to experts. Check out some others below. Vanity Fair surveyed 52 architectural experts, including 11 Pritzker Prize winners, to find out the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Your Emails Will Get Attention If They Sound Like Tweets

Want everyone’s attention? Then listen to Lifehacker and take advantage of the fact that most email clients preview about 50-75 characters of a message in the inbox view by making your opening line sound like a tweet. https://lifehacker.com/write-your-first-email-line-like-a-tweet-to-grab-intere-5592612 Now while it’s a rather clever approach, Lifehacker tip isn’t all you need to do: You need…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Thor gets down and dirty in new picture

What do you think Thor is doing in this new image? Fighting some kind of mud-related assault, or retrieving Mjolnir from its resting place? Whatever it is, it’s making him sweat. Check out another Thor image below. What do you think? Is Chris Hemsworth your Thunder God?

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Eraser Can Save Your Memories

It looks and acts like an ordinary eraser until you open it and discover it is also a USB memory stick (and part of a campaign for Alzheimer’s awareness). [Ads of the World via Likecool]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Were PC Gamers Too Good For Microsoft’s Cross-Platform Gaming Project?

Rahul Sood, Voodoo PC founder and current CTO of gaming at HP, spins an interesting yarn about an aborted Microsoft project that would’ve let PC and Xbox gamers face-off. The only problem? During testing, the PC gamers cleaned Xboxers’ clocks. https://gizmodo.com/is-hp-shutting-down-voodoopc-5053392 In the middle of a rumination on the lukewarm state of PC gaming, Sood…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Libertarian Futurist Society bestows its annual Prometheus Awards

This year at the World Science Fiction Convention, two works will be honored with Prometheus Awards for best works of libertarian futurism. And the winners are . . . The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced: The winner of the Best Novel award is “The Unincorporated Man”, by Dani and Eytan Kollin (TOR Books). The Hall…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Sweden Will Soon Have The World’s First Pirate ISP

Piratpartiet, Sweden’s copyright-fighting political party, apparently plans to launch and fund an anonymized pirate-friendly ISP. And their sneaky ploy is actually quite clever: The ISP leverages the power of existing Net anonymizer service Via Europa, so that customers will remain anonymous. The idea is presumably that if Pirate ISP clients do partake in file sharing…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Every Microsoft Employee Is Getting a Free Windows Phone 7, Uh, Phone

Microsoft is at least excited enough about Windows Phone 7 to promise a free phone to every Microsoft employee. Apple and Google did the same with their major phones—which, interestingly, leaves Palm as the only major who didn’t give every employee free phones. If nothing else, life at Microsoft with iPhone probably just got a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Netflix Prepping Disc-Free PS3 Streaming

While discussing their Q2 results, Netflix revealed that they’ll be releasing a software-only version of their Playstation 3 streaming service. Netflix’s CEO called the update “major,” saying it will sport a new UI and debut by October.[All Things D]

Movies Sam Biddle

The Compass iPad Stand

The Joule stand was my favorite iPad stand until I saw Twelvesouth’s Compass. Now my heart is divided. I really like the angular design and its portability. But what I really like is its price: Just $40. https://gizmodo.com/even-steve-jobs-would-want-the-joule-ipad-stand-5511636 At $129, the Joule is way too expensive to the majority of people. At $40, the Compass…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

When humans punch aliens: the io9 video mix

It’s time for another io9 flashback, with this awesome video remix of every scene we could find where a human punches an alien. Set to L.L. Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out,” for maximum impact! Sure, we come in peace and all that. But sometimes, when we encounter alien life forms, the only way…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Are Some Droid X Devices Suffering From A Wi-Fi Bug?

Yesterday Verizon acknowledged that a small number of Droid X devices are affected by screen issues, but today we’re reading a lot of user reports about units suffering from Wi-Fi connectivity issues. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-acknowledges-screen-issues-affecting-small-num-5592249 According to BGR this is what the troubles boil down to: Affected DROID X owners report that their handsets have difficulty connecting…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Netflix: 61% of Customers Streaming Movies

Netflix’s revenue missed expectations last quarter, possibly because many of us haven’t laid hands upon a DVD or Blu-ray in quite some time. The number of customers streaming movies has jumped drastically from a year ago. Netflix reported that 61% of its users are now streaming, compared with 51% the quarter before, and only 37%…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Cord Rangers To The Rescue!

Ping Pong Paddle Shows a Ping When You Pong

Apple Has A New Senior Vice President of Operations Dedicated to Product Quality

Dieselpunk short “Reign of Death” is noir with flying cars

Text’n Drive iPhone App Keeps You From Rear-Ending Another Driver

A Great Way To Commemorate An Old Friend

Motorola Suing Rival For Stealing Trade Secrets

Our millennial cathedrals: The greatest works of architecture since 1980

Your Emails Will Get Attention If They Sound Like Tweets

Thor gets down and dirty in new picture

This Eraser Can Save Your Memories

Were PC Gamers Too Good For Microsoft’s Cross-Platform Gaming Project?

Libertarian Futurist Society bestows its annual Prometheus Awards

Sweden Will Soon Have The World’s First Pirate ISP

Every Microsoft Employee Is Getting a Free Windows Phone 7, Uh, Phone

Netflix Prepping Disc-Free PS3 Streaming

The Compass iPad Stand

When humans punch aliens: the io9 video mix

Are Some Droid X Devices Suffering From A Wi-Fi Bug?

Netflix: 61% of Customers Streaming Movies

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