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New Xbox 360 Arcade Coming in August?

Last we heard, the $199 Arcade version of the updated Xbox 360 would be coming in “fall.” Now, Amazon Germany has posted a page with a few more details—namely, that it will come with 4GB of storage (possibly on a USB stick) on August 20th. Foreign Amazon pages and international ship dates can both be…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The 12th Russian Spy Worked at Microsoft

He may not have the femme fatale appeal of Anna Chapman, but recently deported Russian spy Alexey Karetnikov had something eve more intriguing: gainful employment at Microsoft. Which might explain a lot about Vista, amIright? https://gizmodo.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-russian-spy-undercover-in-the-u-s-5575588 The twentysomething Karetnikov actually worked at Microsoft for a nine month period as a software tester, meaning he wasn’t…

Tech News Brian Barrett

We WILL see Breaking Dawn’s birth scene. Plus crazy Superman rumors, Green Hornet action and Fringe set pics!

Buckle in for spoilers! Find out what we won’t see in Breaking Dawn’s birth scene. See gorgeous Tron/Red posters. Marvel at crazy Superman rumors. Witness thrilling Fringe/Transformers set pics. Plus Green Hornet, Scott Pilgrim, Mission Impossible, Supernatural, Chuck and Smallville! Tron Legacy: Here’s another new poster! [IGN] The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: So you remember…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

15 Million People Want iTunes in the Cloud

New research by the NPD group confirms a suspicion. Much of the world wants to see iTunes streaming their music from the cloud. And many will pay to make it happen. https://gizmodo.com/why-arent-i-the-center-of-the-apple-universe-5552953 According to NPD’s polling of 3,862 iTunes users over the age of 13, roughly 25% of iTunes users would be interested in a…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Bridge On a Boat

“Kent Waddell started his day Tuesday by heading to the Hudson River with his bloodworms and fishing rod. But he saw something on the river that made him race home…” This is what he saw. [NYT, photo by Librado Romero]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Pay More Attention to the Back of Your Monitor

Don’t rest your monitor on magazines, books and bricks—it’s an accident waiting to happen. Turn your 17″ Dell into a design feature with the Humanscale M2 Monitor Arm, which has triumphed at the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards. Beating over 1800 design entrants from 29 countries the M2’s spring-loaded, 99% recyclable poised frame won a…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Now Video Cameras Require a Bag Full of Lenses

This is Sony’s NEX-VG10E Handycam—the first consumer-aimed HD camcorder with interchangeable lenses. And that silver thing is no mere microphone, it’s an omnidirectional Quad Capsule Spatial Array Stereo Microphone. The mic sits atop a body containing a 14.2 megapixel APS HD CMOS sensor capable of capturing full HD 1080p footage in AVCHDTM format, with the…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Be Nice to the Mobile Networks—Use Opera Mini 5.1

The updated 5.1 version of Opera Mini launched on the Android Market overnight, promising to focus on speed and usability—bringing more of a “PC-like” browsing experience to Android. If that’s what you really want. Once again focusing on its server-side compression of web pages before delivery to your phone, Opera claims its latest mobile browser…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Electronic Home Library (1959)

Remember 1959? You were just 9 years old, with not a care in the world (except maybe nuclear winter). You spread the Sunday paper out across the living room floor of your suburban Chicago home, and excitedly flipped to the funny pages. Closer Than We Think! Your favorite! What fantastical promise from the future did…

Tech News Matt Novak

One Day a Tiny Flapping-Wing UAV May Spy on You

Robot aircraft—UAVs—are going to be big news in the future of warfighting, as the reveal of the U.K.’s new one proves. But have you thought about tiny UAVs for spying? Check out this robot insect to see the future of surveillance. It’s called the DelFlyII from the Technical University of Delft, and it just got…

Tech News Kit Eaton - Fast Company

NASA Robot Solves 19-Year-Old Murder Mystery

Dawn Sanchez was last seen alive when she stepped into Bernado Bass’ car in 1991. Her disappearance and death remained unsolved until recently when—thanks to a little NASA robot—her murderer was sentenced to six years in prison. Bass was Sanchez’s boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and there were witness reports claiming that he…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Bat(man) On Fire

Who needs the Bat-Signal? Especially when a Canon EOS 7D, a cheapo fireworks sparkler, and a little long exposure trickeration can give you something much, much cooler. You can check out the full rundown of settings used to create Bat(man) on Fire, by Mina Mikhael and Matthew Barhoma, here. I’m mostly just glad that someone…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Fan-Powered R/C Shopping Cart Sure Is Ridiculous

There are few things more fun than MIT student projects. They’re the results of super-smart nerds working in an environment with tons of resources and no pressure to be profitable. Which results in stuff like this fan-powered R/C shopping cart. Here’s what creator Charles Guan had to say about the genesis of this beast: Huge…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Yes, Someone Really Made A Robot Shirt With A Built-In Bottle Opener

There’s a theory* that geeky shirts, robots, and beer could not be any more awesome than they already are unless somehow combined. Naturally, someone had to test this theory. The result is surprisingly useful. The shirt will run you $20 and is available through ThinkGeek. *This theory probably didn’t actually exist until I claimed that…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

$20,000 Hollandia iCon Bed Is Really Just A Gigantic SNES

Oh, Hollandia. You can say your $20,000 bed is iPad-friendly because of the headboard’s speaker system and docking station, but when you combine purple and grey like that, all I see is a gigantic Super NES. [BornRich] https://gizmodo.com/snes-reigns-supreme-123802

Tech News Casey Chan

Publishing eBooks: Kindle, iPad, Nook, Kobo?

There are many mediums for ebook publishing today. But how does a publisher or author choose which one to use? Or does he or she even have to choose at all? Now that the iPad has captured 22% of the eBook market in it’s first 60 days, authors are clamoring to get their books into…

Tech News Michael Ashley

If the Dharma Initiative had been perverts: the most ludicrious naked brainwashing scene [NSFW]

It’s Lost’s Room 23, only more perverted. A naked woman’s strapped down and shown images of flowers, cats, Buddhas… all in the name of hacking her consciousness. It’s the only scene worth watching from the Ilsa movies. And very NSFW. The Ilsa series, which begins with Ilsa, She Wolf Of The S.S., is a good…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

ColorWare Might Turn Your iPhone 4 Into A Death-Grip-Resistant Beauty

The folks at ColorWare have been making gadgets look prettier for some time, but in the case of the iPhone 4 they might be taking it a step further: They’re trying to confirm it, but their process might include death-grip-proofing. http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band The whole beautification process is simple: You pick out a color scheme, give ColorWare…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The 8-Bitinator Needs to Become a Real Thing

This is Gary. And in this delightful bit of marketing from Toshiba, we get to see him downgraded to an adorable 8-bit version of himself. I’m sorry, did I say downgraded? I meant we should all be so lucky. The short was directed by the Docter Twins, and filmed a former Lockheed Martin aerospace research…

Tech News Brian Barrett

You Must Flee If Your Fiancée Insists On This Wedding Cake Decoration

My darling love rolled his eyes when I showed him this wedding cake topper. I hope he did that because of the glaring mistakes made by the decorator and not because he thinks I’m trying to give him a hint. For those unable to spot the mistakes: No person in his or her right mind…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

New Xbox 360 Arcade Coming in August?

The 12th Russian Spy Worked at Microsoft

We WILL see Breaking Dawn’s birth scene. Plus crazy Superman rumors, Green Hornet action and Fringe set pics!

15 Million People Want iTunes in the Cloud

Bridge On a Boat

Pay More Attention to the Back of Your Monitor

Now Video Cameras Require a Bag Full of Lenses

Be Nice to the Mobile Networks—Use Opera Mini 5.1

Electronic Home Library (1959)

One Day a Tiny Flapping-Wing UAV May Spy on You

NASA Robot Solves 19-Year-Old Murder Mystery

Bat(man) On Fire

Fan-Powered R/C Shopping Cart Sure Is Ridiculous

Yes, Someone Really Made A Robot Shirt With A Built-In Bottle Opener

$20,000 Hollandia iCon Bed Is Really Just A Gigantic SNES

Publishing eBooks: Kindle, iPad, Nook, Kobo?

If the Dharma Initiative had been perverts: the most ludicrious naked brainwashing scene [NSFW]

ColorWare Might Turn Your iPhone 4 Into A Death-Grip-Resistant Beauty

The 8-Bitinator Needs to Become a Real Thing

You Must Flee If Your Fiancée Insists On This Wedding Cake Decoration

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