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Apple Making Minor Changes To the Genius Bar

According to MacRumors, Apple is looking to make some minor changes to their Genius Bar. The focus will be on an active queue management, employee multitasking, and performing more overnight repairs. Basically, non-Genius Bar staff will now help walk-in Genius Bar customers, Genius folks will now juggle multiple people who need help and there will…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 14

She rose from the waters, gun in hand, to bring justice to the West

I just love this interpretation of the Lady of the Lake, by San Francisco artist Winona Nelson. [Spotted on Gorilla Artfare]

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 14

Why I Stalk a Sexy Black Woman on Twitter (And Why You Should, Too)

It all started one day when Anil Dash pointed out how many black people use Twitter. I realized most of my Twitter friends are like me: white dorks. So I picked out my new friend and started to pay attention. She’s a Christian, but isn’t afraid of sex. She seems to have some problems trusting…

Tech News Joel Johnson Jul 14

Breathtaking SLR photos show life aboard the ISS

Yes, that’s an apple floating in zero gravity. This is just one of a bunch of arresting images that just went online. Nikon sent a high-res SLR camera aboard the International Space Station with NASA’s astronauts. More pics below. I love all of the photos from the ISS — Soichi Noguchi’s Twitter stream is must-follow…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 14

Think your job sucks? In Revolver, the hero is half office drone, half apocalypse survivor

In Matt Kindt’s new graphic novel Revolver, the book’s protagonist crosses over into an apocalyptic reality whenever he falls asleep in the “real” world. io9 talked to Kindt about job dissatisfaction and interdimensional angst. Whenever Sam (the protagonist in Revolver) passes out in his boring, day job reality, he wakes up in a hellish alternate…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 14

Getting old has its sexual privileges – at least for males

If you’re a rooster, it doesn’t matter if you’re incredibly old – you can still make it with all the hens you want. Even if you’re shooting blanks. But how is this good for the future of chickenkind? The simple answer is that it isn’t. A group of scientists studied feral chickens and found that…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 14

Revenge Kills? There Are Apps For That

Click to viewHow is it possible that Emma Stone is even more adorable when she’s looking for creative ways to kill and… uh… dismember you? That’s a special kind of talent, I guess. Sometimes I’m happy Apple’s got such strict app approval guidelines. Anything that keeps Bobbit further from becoming a reality. [Funny or Die…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 14

The Saddest Part Of The Whole iPhone 4 Antenna Fiasco Is How Proud Steve Jobs Was When He Introduced It

Apple’s iPhone 4 Antennagate rolls on, with the question now, What is Apple going to do about this? Is it going to let it blow over? Is it going to slash prices on its “bumper” cases to appease the affected “death grip”-phone holders? Or give them away for free? Is it going to give everyone…

Tech News Business Insider Jul 14

Apple Just Bought Their Own Google Earth

Apple’s gone out an bought itself another mapping company. This time it’s Canadian firm Poly9, which makes interactive 3D software designed for use in a browser. It could be an important step towards Apple making their very own Google Earth. The acquisition was made “recently,” though it’s not clear exactly when. It comes on the…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 14

Brian K Vaughan’s Runaways to start filming next January

Wondrous news, the long-rumored comic book movie The Runaways is finally headed towards production. It’s the Marvel project that’s more Whedonesque than the Joss Whedon-directed Avengers. Production Weekly twitter reported that the Runaways will start production next year: We’ve heard rumors that Marvel wants Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist director Peter Sollett to adapt Runaways…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 14

Toshiba Tries to Weasel Out of Free-TV-If-Spain-Wins World Cup Promotion

Since I was a kid, every World Cup would bring the same ads: If Spain wins, your TV is FREE! For decades, nobody ever won…until this victory. Now Toshiba is trying to weasel their way out of their get-your-money-back promotion. “Si la Roja gana, tú ganas” said the ad in big honking letters in magazines,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 14

The lil’ vampire of “Let Me In” is getting a comic book prequel

As part of their Comic-Con roll out, Dark Horse Comics has given us the heads up that they’ll be publishing Let Me In: Crossroads, a four-issue prequel to the upcoming child vampire flick from Cloverfield director Matt Reeves. https://gizmodo.com/side-by-side-comparison-let-the-right-one-in-vs-the-5577842 Here’s the series’ description from Dark Horse Comics: Being forced to spend eternity as a vampire-trapped…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 14

Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications

After researching what pandas do all day, I was struck by how panda-like we are when we use the Internet. Roaming a massive world wide web of forests, most of our time is spent searching for delicious bamboo and consuming it. 40 times a day we’ll poop something out — an email, a text message,…

Tech News Adam Rifkin Jul 14

4 Commuters and the devil get stuck in an elevator: a movie by M. Night Shyamalan

Check out the first trailer from the M. Night Shyamalan-inspired Devil. Five people get stuck in an elevator, but one of them is the devil. Horror ensues. The film Devil is inspired by a story by Shyamalan, and directed by Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle. The film hits theaters September 17th, 2010.

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 14

In a First, Full-Sized Robo-Copter Flies With No Human Help

In mid-June, a single-turbine helicopter took off from a test field in Mesa, Arizona, avoided obstacles in-flight, scoped out a landing site and landed safely. It’s like the kind of flight choppers have made tens of thousands of times before. Except this time, the helicopter did it entirely on its own – with no humans…

Tech News Wired.com Jul 14

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 Jul 14

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 Jul 14

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 Jul 14

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 Jul 14

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 Jul 14

Apple Making Minor Changes To the Genius Bar

She rose from the waters, gun in hand, to bring justice to the West

Why I Stalk a Sexy Black Woman on Twitter (And Why You Should, Too)

Breathtaking SLR photos show life aboard the ISS

Think your job sucks? In Revolver, the hero is half office drone, half apocalypse survivor

Getting old has its sexual privileges – at least for males

Revenge Kills? There Are Apps For That

The Saddest Part Of The Whole iPhone 4 Antenna Fiasco Is How Proud Steve Jobs Was When He Introduced It

Apple Just Bought Their Own Google Earth

Brian K Vaughan’s Runaways to start filming next January

Toshiba Tries to Weasel Out of Free-TV-If-Spain-Wins World Cup Promotion

The lil’ vampire of “Let Me In” is getting a comic book prequel

Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications

4 Commuters and the devil get stuck in an elevator: a movie by M. Night Shyamalan

In a First, Full-Sized Robo-Copter Flies With No Human Help

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

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