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iPhone Navigation Apps Embrace iOS4 Multitasking: TomTom, CoPilot and Navigon

Now that iOS4 is out of the door, most apps need a quick update to support multitasking. TomTom’s first with a multitasking navigation app, but CoPilot and Navigon have both shown off what to expect from theirs too. CoPilot told us they’re hoping their app will be on the App Store in under two weeks’…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sweeping stadium designs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

The World Cup has never been held in a Middle Eastern nation, but Qatar wants to change that — and to do so, they’ve retained a German architecture firm to design five stunning stadiums that’ll sweeten their host-nation bid. Of the five stadiums that German firm Albert Speer & Partner designed for Qatar’s bid for…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Dreamworks to turn those nightmare troll dolls into a movie

Remember those awful toys your obnoxious coworkers would litter all over their desks? Dreamworks is keen on turning the hideous troll doll toy line into an animated feature, with a complex mythos. Sounds timely. [THR]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Intel’s Chief Wizard Conjures the Cloud, Apple and a Phone That Keep Secrets

If anybody knows the future of computing, it might be Intel CTO and Labs chief Justin Rattner. So we had to ask him, “What’s next?” Well, for one, Intel Inside your phone. Gizmodo: So what’s next? When we interviewed [former Intel CEO] Craig Barrett, he said Intel hires more software engineers than hardware engineers at…

Tech News matt buchanan & Brian Barrett

Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 Has Gone Mobile

Adobe Flash 10.1 is here—the Open Screen Project’s first public software release—and now you can publish and watch HD video on a range of devices, including the smaller netbooks. Download the release, grab your smartphone, netbook, or smartbook, and check it out. While you wait, preview it in action below! Flash Player 10.1 enables uncompromised…

Tech News Gawkercreative

Monster Vision Max 3D Glasses: Universal and Proprietary

3D is a bit of a mess in itself, but to make matters more complicated, a pair of shutter glasses that work with your Samsung TV won’t work with your Panasonic TV…well…not very well. Monster is changing that, almost. Their Vision Max 3D glasses promise universal compatibility on all 3D TVs—which is fantastic—but you’ll need…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Lady Terminator speaks at last!

We’ve marveled at the awesomeness of Lady Terminator, the Indonesian Terminator knock-off with the tagline, “First she mates. Then she Terminates.” But check out the hilarious first-ever interview with star Barbara Anne Constable. And join the Lady Terminator Appreciation Society!

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

SD Cards Get High-Performance Indicators

Shopping for SD cards has gotten a little bit easier, assuming you keep up-to-date on the latest SDXC/SDHC product iconography. Henceforth, products with bus-interface speeds up to 104MBps will carry a UHS-I symbol, while products that allow real-time video recording will have UHS Speed Class 1 symbols. Here’s how they look: Helpful, sure, but if…

Tech News Brian Barrett

81% of Downloaded iOS Apps Are Free

According to some research by Gene Munster/Piper Jaffray, of the 4 billion app downloads on iPhones, iPods and iPads, 81% are free downloads, and the other 19% average a cost of $1.49. Doing more math, such numbers imply that Apple has pocketed $428 million from apps since the launch of their App Store—about 29-cents per…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Xbox 360 Won’t Play Zune in the Background

Good news: Zune now streams music on the Xbox 360, making a Zune Pass that much handier. Bad news I confirmed last night at a Microsoft event in NY: Like Last.FM, you won’t be able to play Zune music in the background while you’re playing games, killing our fantasy of a 6-million song soundtrack for…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Superman will pull a Forrest Gump and walk across America

Superman can fly around the world so fast he can reverse time. But in Superman comics this year, Kal-El will be hoofing it from sea to shining sea to reconnect with Americans. And he might stop by your hometown! DC Comics’ Source blog revealed today that in J. Michael Straczynski upcoming “Grounded” story arc, Superman…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The iPhone Now Fixes Erectile Dysfunction Too

The iPhone App Store scam continues. Following wart removing, hair growing, fat burning, and anti-smoking apps that use the iPhone to perform their miracles, now it’s time for your penis: A new Apple-approved app fixes erection dysfunction through sound waves! No more Viagra and Cialis pill popping! No more visits to the sex therapist! The…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How to Enable 802.11n On the HTC Evo

The Evo has an 802.11n-capable chip inside, but it’s gimped to run slower 802.11g. If you’ve rooted your Evo (a serious task in itself), modders can help you remedy this limitation by changing just two lines of code. Using a hex editor, you follow the instructions seen here—pretty much just copying and pasting some new…

Tech News Mark Wilson

On the frontier, with just a cowboy and his trusty tyrannosaur

This is so blindingly awesome that it almost needs no explanation. But I’ll tell you what it is – a new kids’ book called Rex Riders, about the American frontier. With dinosaurs! Creator J.P. Carlson writes to tell us about it: The cover is by Italian paleo-artist Fabio Pastori, and the interior illustrations are by…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Fanboys author ascends to fan nirvana: A book and movie deal

Ernie Cline, writer of Fanboys, in which four geeks journey to Skywalker Ranch, has reportedly closed a book and movie deal for his debut YA novel, Ready Player One. Which is being called Avatar meets Matrix, with a little Wonka. Heat Vision broke the news that Warner Brothers won the massive bidding war for Cline’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

279 Polaroid Photos Sell For $7m at Auction

A collection of Polaroid photos auctioned by Polaroid themselves (to pay debtors), made $7m in the process, with more photos expected to top $12m. Some photos, like this Andy Warhol self-portrait, fetched $254,500. One photo, three times that. The priciest photo auctioned off was Ansel Adams’ Clearing Winter Storm, shot at Yosemite. One lucky bidder…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Scott Pilgrim avatar creator

Yes, it’s a tool to help market an epic of epic epicness. Yes, everyone’s already doing it. And, no, you cannot resist. Because it is, actually, pretty cool. [Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator]

io9 Marc Bernardin

David Cronenberg to direct black hole love story As She Climbed Across the Table

What happens when the one you love is in love with a black hole? Body horror legend David Cronenberg’s is about to find out, as he’s adapting Jonathan Lethem’s love story As She Climbed Across the Table. Pajiba is reporting that Cronenberg’s next picture will be about the unrequited love between one scientist and his…

Movies Meredith Woerner

This Hulk toilet paper comic is the apex of bathroom reading

In 1979, Oh Dawn! Inc. released “The Amazing Spider-Man & the Incredible Hulk” in “The Gamma Gambit,” a short comic printed entirely on toilet tissue. Frankly, I think the Incredible Hulk is a terrible choice for this comic, as he’s likely the only mainstream superhero who’s not toilet-trained. The comic was penned by Jim Salicrup…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Hack iOS4 iPhones With PwnageTool 4.01

After the developers’ release of iOS4 was cracked earlier this month, the same team has pulled their finger out and released PwnageTool 4.01 for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and the second-gen iPod Touch. You’ll need to have jailbroken your 3GS previously to make PwnageTool 4.01 work, but if you know what you’re doing then definitely…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iPhone Navigation Apps Embrace iOS4 Multitasking: TomTom, CoPilot and Navigon

Sweeping stadium designs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Dreamworks to turn those nightmare troll dolls into a movie

Intel’s Chief Wizard Conjures the Cloud, Apple and a Phone That Keep Secrets

Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 Has Gone Mobile

Monster Vision Max 3D Glasses: Universal and Proprietary

Lady Terminator speaks at last!

SD Cards Get High-Performance Indicators

81% of Downloaded iOS Apps Are Free

The Xbox 360 Won’t Play Zune in the Background

Superman will pull a Forrest Gump and walk across America

The iPhone Now Fixes Erectile Dysfunction Too

How to Enable 802.11n On the HTC Evo

On the frontier, with just a cowboy and his trusty tyrannosaur

Fanboys author ascends to fan nirvana: A book and movie deal

279 Polaroid Photos Sell For $7m at Auction

The Scott Pilgrim avatar creator

David Cronenberg to direct black hole love story As She Climbed Across the Table

This Hulk toilet paper comic is the apex of bathroom reading

Hack iOS4 iPhones With PwnageTool 4.01

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