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Play Those iPhone Apps Like a Real, Live Guitarist

There are heaps of rhythm guitar apps available now (even a Guns ‘N Roses-branded one), but tapping your fingers on an iPhone does get pretty tired. Strumming on your iPhone inside a guitar though—now there’s an idea. https://gizmodo.com/slash-gets-his-own-arcade-rocker-iphone-app-5559863 It’ll come as no surprise that the Fingerist originates from Japan. With an inbuilt speaker (or line-out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A coal-powered airplane from Warsaw

You’ve heard of alternate futures where everybody is flying zeppelins, but what about coal-powered airplane engines? One artist has imagined air travel whose carbon footprint is utterly abominable. And yet it looks awesome. Michal Kwolek, who created this image and many more, is a Warsaw-based concept artist. Check out his amazing gallery on his website.

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Latest iPhone 4 Problem: Some Have Swapped Volume Buttons

Clearly, this is not the best Apple launch in history: After the pre-order debacle, the yellow tinted screens, the pixel constellations, and the antenna problems, now it’s the turn for the swapped volume buttons. Oh, you Foxconn rascals, you! [9-to-5] https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-4-pre-ordering-is-a-total-disaster-5563909

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Zune Store Accepting Cold Hard Cash

OK, maybe it’s not quite cash cash, but the Zune.net store has set aside the mandatory points-based purchase system for real money shopping. Now, if only Xbox Live would follow suit. [ars technica]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Futurama’s return doesn’t play it safe

Futurama returned last night with two new episodes that made the most of the troubled series’ latest resurrection. The episodes, while occasionally uneven, were crammed with absurd jokes, stem cells, cartoon nudity, and a potential new Eve (AKA Leela). The first episode, aptly titled “Rebirth”, charts out the immediate aftermath of the conclusion to the…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Watch a Last Airbender clip, discover who’s not back for Doctor Who’s finale, and recoil at Rock’em Sock’em Robots rumors!

Check out your first clip from The Last Airbender. Is Wolfgang Petersen directing Rock’em Sock’em Robots? There’s a Despicable Me trailer. Plus we debunk Doctor Who rumors, talk Inception improv, hear Dark Crystal prequel hints and discover Being Human casting. Kind of a light day of spoilers today, I’m afraid. But here’s what we’ve got…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

PlayStation Plus Explained

At E3, Sony skimmed over their new $50/year (or $18/three months) premium PS3 service called PlayStation Plus. Now, they’ve finally outlined exactly what’s included in the offer: https://gizmodo.com/the-playstation-network-gets-a-subscription-package-5564330 What PlayStation Plus Includes • Free, rotating monthly PSN games, minis and PS One Classics (at launch, those titles will be “WipEout HD, PSP minis and PS…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Hulu Plus Could Offer Different ABC Shows From the iPad App

If Hulu’s Plus subscription service launches next week as rumored, you might expect to see different ABC shows than what’s available online and on the iPad already, meaning Hulu Plus isn’t going to compete with it. Theoretically. [AllThingsD] https://gizmodo.com/hulu-plus-subscription-service-may-launch-next-week-5572340

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Careful Not to Backstroke Over the Edge of Singapore

55 storeys up, this infinity pool could glide you straight over the edge of Singapore, if not the world. It’s part of the $6 billion Marina Bay Sands Skypark hotel, which just opened this week. Ok, so if you were really to propel yourself over the edge, you’d fall into a catchment-area which sends the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How to Replace Your Broken iPhone 4 Screen

In this iPhone 4 teardown video, DirectFix.com explains how to repair a broken screen—very handy if you didn’t spring for the insurance, and like our very own Ryan, have suffered breakage already. https://gizmodo.com/your-iphone-4-warranty-and-insurance-options-5571866 Along with the usual caveats and warnings about doing this yourself, DirectFix’s video is a clear and comprehensive tutorial on screen replacement,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google Remotely Removes Apps From Android Phones For Security Reasons

Isn’t it funny that when Apple removes apps from the App Store, a major ruckus rears its head—but when Google removes apps from people’s phones, just a few quiet grumblings are heard. https://gizmodo.com/5000-casualties-of-the-app-store-boob-war-5477566 This could be because when Apple removes apps, it’s apps they don’t agree with—apps with a spot of controversy or nudity, even…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: Nikon’s Second Projector Camera Will Be Cheaper and Smaller

We were enamored by Nikon’s first-gen projector camera, the S1000pj, but for the price ($430) we expected better photographic quality. This second-gen model Nikon’s rumored to be planning is expected before August, with a lower price with any luck. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-s1000pj-projector-camera-review-screw-you-all-i-5402528 Like the first-gen model, this one is reported to be using Himax Technologies’ LCoS pico-projector…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Two BlackBerry Phones On Way Before August, Says RIM

Considering RIM hasn’t even announced a new flagship phone yet, they’ve got a lot of work to do to wrench people away from the claws of the iPhone 4 and Droid X. So, two upcoming phones—one a slider? https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-bold-9800-slider-renamed-as-torch-9800-5564798 The big news from their quarterly financial report was that they’ve shipped 11.2m phones in the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I Accidentally Broke My iPhone 4 On Day One

I woke up this morning overcome with anticipation, just like the 599,999 other people who pre-ordered the iPhone 4. I pre-ordered my phone through Best Buy, and it proved to be a simple and easy process. Obvious “foreshadowing” alert. Unlike Apple, Best Buy didn’t have any lines wrapping around their store, having staggered their iPhone…

Tech News Ryan F. Salerno

Intergalactic Goonies Discover Cave on Mars

A group of precocious California middle schoolers have managed to find a large cave on Mars. Well done, youth of America! When I was in seventh grade, I’m not sure I’d even discovered girls yet. The industrious science class from Cottonwood, CA’s Evergreen Middle School discovered the cave while working on a research project with…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett

Hulu Plus Subscription Service May Launch Next Week

We know Hulu should start offering subscription plans soon, we just don’t know when. But there are plenty of whispers that the video streaming site would begin beta testing of its Hulu Plus subscription service next week. [AllThingsD] https://gizmodo.com/one-billion-video-views-later-hulus-still-considering-5462899

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Cheap, Portable Cell Phone Add-on Allows for Vision Tests Anywhere

Cell phones come with all kinds of applications these days, but researchers at MIT have developed one with the power to change more than just a Facebook status. Using a small plastic lens that clips to a cell phone screen, the software can determine a person’s vision prescription on the spot, making quick, inexpensive diagnoses…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Single Serving Wine Glass Drowns Your Multiple Sorrows

A box of wine is portable, but not classy. Stemware is classy, but not portable. But in a stroke of mad genius, inventor James Nash has combined the two to revolutionize drinking on the go. Cheers! Meet the Tulip. Nash’s company, Wine Innovations, has been selling these babies like hotcakes at about $3.40 a glass.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Huge Millennium Falcon Play Fort for a Kid and His Wookiee

I wish I had this Millennium Falcon—with a solar-powered illuminated interior and exteior—as the top of my backyard fort when I was a kid. But then again, I never had a fort or a backyard back then. The Falcon was built by Geekologie reader Brandon—of Little Mountain Productions—for 9-year old Christian, who asked for it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

“Bright Pill” for Male Birth Control Shows Promise in Early Tests

The quest for a male birth control method has taken some weird turns. The latest contender for the elusive male pill is an Israeli scientist who says he has developed a compound that temporarily inhibits the reproductive capacity of sperm. Haim Breitbart of Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv developed the drug, which he calls the…

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Play Those iPhone Apps Like a Real, Live Guitarist

A coal-powered airplane from Warsaw

The Latest iPhone 4 Problem: Some Have Swapped Volume Buttons

Zune Store Accepting Cold Hard Cash

Futurama’s return doesn’t play it safe

Watch a Last Airbender clip, discover who’s not back for Doctor Who’s finale, and recoil at Rock’em Sock’em Robots rumors!

PlayStation Plus Explained

Hulu Plus Could Offer Different ABC Shows From the iPad App

Careful Not to Backstroke Over the Edge of Singapore

How to Replace Your Broken iPhone 4 Screen

Google Remotely Removes Apps From Android Phones For Security Reasons

Rumor: Nikon’s Second Projector Camera Will Be Cheaper and Smaller

Two BlackBerry Phones On Way Before August, Says RIM

I Accidentally Broke My iPhone 4 On Day One

Intergalactic Goonies Discover Cave on Mars

Hulu Plus Subscription Service May Launch Next Week

Cheap, Portable Cell Phone Add-on Allows for Vision Tests Anywhere

Single Serving Wine Glass Drowns Your Multiple Sorrows

Huge Millennium Falcon Play Fort for a Kid and His Wookiee

“Bright Pill” for Male Birth Control Shows Promise in Early Tests

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