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Shooting Challenge: Bugs Gallery (Part 6)

Canon 5D Mark II Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro I was just watching TV and saw this ant walk across the screen. I grabbed my camera and started shooting and flipping channels while I did. I kind of like how it takes the idea of bugs and combines it with technology (befitting of Gizmodo). The macro…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Sprint CEO Sees “Logic” In a T-Mobile Merger

While Sprint has been ahead of the game on 4G—despite some product constraints—with their WiMax network, CEO Dan Hesse has seemed surprisingly receptive to jumping to LTE instead. Now we may know why: it’d allow a T-Mobile tie-up. https://gizmodo.com/htc-evo-shortages-frustrate-you-and-sprint-equally-5584761 A possible merger between the two carriers has been rumored for some time, but Hesse’s recent…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Microsoft to Allow Windows XP Downgrades Until 2020

Windows XP is dead, Windows XP will live forever! Windows 7 Professional buyers will continue to have an option to downgrade two gens to Windows XP for the next 10 years, according to Microsoft. Windows 7 Ultimate users will continue to have the option for 5 more years, until 2015. Why such a long window?…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Brian Cox is a monkey-torturing bastard in Rise of the Apes

X-Men’s William Stryker is about to get even more evil. Brian Cox has joined Rise of the Apes as “villainous owner of a primate sanctuary” who doesn’t take great care of his primates. Fox’s Twitter has confirmed the deal. [TheWrap]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lawn Mower Tricycle Doesn’t Makes Lawn Mowing Any More Fun

The concept may not be new, but the lawn mower tricycle brings biking and lawn mowing to a whole new level. The things-can’t-get-any-more-stupid-than-this level. But at least, it’s a good excuse for child labor this summer. https://gizmodo.com/bike-lawnmower-hybrids-make-lawn-upkeep-more-fun-306107

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A summer comic smorgasbord of mutants, Predators, and Dana Scully

What’s in comic shops Wednesday? A lot of new X-titles, the Predators comic book sequel, and the X-Files meets 30 Days Of Night. Comic-Con may be next week, but there’s plenty of four-panel action on the racks. The X-books are having a particularly big week. The Second Coming crossover wraps up in X-Men: Second Coming…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The greatest rant you’ll see this week: World War II is full of plot holes, and the writers should all be fired

If you think your favorite science fiction TV show is full of nonsensical plot twists and lazy writing, you should check out the World War II documentaries, suggests Squid314 on Livejournal, in the funniest blog post you’re likely to read this week. Who on Earth would believe that the Allies could actually win the Battle…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Wal-Mart Offering $199 Kinect Bundle, Selling Kinect Games for $60

We’ve seen enough pricing leaks to pretty much confirm that Microsoft’s Kinect will be priced at $150. But did you know those games are gonna sell for $60, and none will come bundled with the hardware? Hoo boy. https://gizmodo.com/kinect-priced-at-150-on-microsofts-online-store-5569483 Yes, this new Wal-Mart preorder bundle deal for the Kinect hardware, one game of your choice…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Watch Video Game Baddies Descend On a Skate Park

It may not be as glamorous a target as NYC, but the evil 8-bit forces have again gathered to wreak havoc. Except this time, with more shredding. https://gizmodo.com/evil-8-bit-forces-destroy-new-york-5512177 “Gnarcade,” from Knifeshow Inc, features Scott Stevens, Micah Hollinger, Chris Beresford, Tim Eddy, Ben Bogart, and Casey Wrightsman skating and skiing away from a bevy of classic…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Lloyd’s Of London warns businesses to prepare for peak oil

Venerable financial institutions Lloyds of London and Chatham House issued a dire warning to UK businesses. Energy shortages and peak oil are going to be major issues for insurance markets in coming years. The groups issued a joint report, Sustainable Energy Security: Strategic Risks and Opportunities for Business, which explained, “Companies which are able to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Delete Your Ex From The Internet

Breaking up is hard to do, especially in the age of the internet. How can you really avoid her when there’s Facebook, Twitter and all the rest of it? With the new Ex-Blocker plugin, that’s how. The Ex-Blocker is a plugin for Firefox and Chrome that literally filters your ex out of the internet for…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Shrine shoves medieval weaponry into your eyes, turns you evil

This new horror film, The Shrine, looks creepily intriguing. Mostly because it doesn’t give away the entire premise in the first trailer. And the boil faced, glassy-eyed evil being you can just glimpse has us pretty scared. Check it out. Shock Till You Drop has the first trailer for Jon Knautz’s horror film, starring Ice…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Sure Beats the Weather Channel

We all check the weather in habitual, niche ways. Some watch the news, others glance at their phones. And others still? They require nothing short of 6,000 windows illuminated by 72,000 RGB LEDs that abstractly report the weather. For a 2008 project by Belgian design studio lab[au], the Dexia Tower in Brussels was transformed into…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Cosmic cauldron is a working lesson in astrophysics

These swirling hydrogen clouds are given their stunning colors by the intense ultraviolet radiation emanating from the newborn stars within. And that massive star right in the middle is so radiant that it’s changing the shape of this nebula. This is the nebula NGC 2467, located some 13,000 light-years from Earth. First discovered in the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

In Defense of Audiophilia

It rarely occurs to me to defend my interest in recreating the sound of live music. I do it because I love to listen to beautiful sound. Is wanting great audio crazy? A series of events—and evangelists—led me from a casual like of the pop songs I heard on my tiny transistor radio to an…

Tech News Bill Leebens

Amanda Seyfried steals time in Andrew Niccol’s new I’m.mortal film

In the Andrew Niccol’s newest future vision, the rich stop aging at age 25, while the poor are forced to face mortality head-on. Amanda Seyfried has been cast as a gorgeous hostage, who’s worth her weight in minutes. TheWrap is reporting that Seyfriend has just been cast in a lead role in Niccol’s new film…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Battle of the Cheetos Continues

Weeks into the fray, The Battle of the Cheetos carries on, with Gawker a full-fledged combat zone up for the taking. So choose your alliance—Puffs or Crunchy—, create your army and fight for domination of the entire World Wide Web. The future of the internet depends upon it.

Tech News Gawkercreative

Oregon woman receives prosthetic face after shotgun trauma

In 1999, an accidental shotgun blast severely damage the face of 16-year-old Chrissy Steltz. 11 years later, Steltz was fitted for a prosthetic face that allows her to go out in public without wearing her usual cloth facial mask. When she was a teenager, Steltz’s then-boyfriend unintentionally shot her in the face at a party.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Lightning Review: Seagate’s 3TB GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive

Seagate’s GoFlex Desk is the world’s first single-drive 3TB external hard disk. It isn’t egregiously expensive, even though you have to add in the extra costs of adapters for higher-speed transfers. https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-first-3tb-external-hard-drive-from-seagate-5575111 The Price $250 for the standard USB 2.0 adapter, $50 for FireWire 800/USB 2.0, $40 for USB 3.0 and $80 for USB 3.0…

Reviews Jason Chen

Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal

Can posting your unpublished novels online for free still lead to a nice book deal, now that the web is saturated with free fiction? It worked for author Marta Acosta, whose young-adult vampire novel will come out from Tor Books. Acosta says she got tired of waiting for her YA novel, The Shadow Girl Of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Shooting Challenge: Bugs Gallery (Part 6)

Sprint CEO Sees “Logic” In a T-Mobile Merger

Microsoft to Allow Windows XP Downgrades Until 2020

Brian Cox is a monkey-torturing bastard in Rise of the Apes

Lawn Mower Tricycle Doesn’t Makes Lawn Mowing Any More Fun

A summer comic smorgasbord of mutants, Predators, and Dana Scully

The greatest rant you’ll see this week: World War II is full of plot holes, and the writers should all be fired

Wal-Mart Offering $199 Kinect Bundle, Selling Kinect Games for $60

Watch Video Game Baddies Descend On a Skate Park

Lloyd’s Of London warns businesses to prepare for peak oil

Delete Your Ex From The Internet

The Shrine shoves medieval weaponry into your eyes, turns you evil

Sure Beats the Weather Channel

Cosmic cauldron is a working lesson in astrophysics

In Defense of Audiophilia

Amanda Seyfried steals time in Andrew Niccol’s new I’m.mortal film

The Battle of the Cheetos Continues

Oregon woman receives prosthetic face after shotgun trauma

Lightning Review: Seagate’s 3TB GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive

Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal

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