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Zune Music Streams Music on Xbox 360

Microsoft just demoed Zune Music on Xbox 360, where you can stream music from the Zune service directly over the internet, without having to plug in a Zune and stream locally. More details to come.

Tech News Jason Chen

121 Flaring Wallpapers

For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you were asked to reignite our interest in lens flare. And, at least for me, you did. Lead Shot Canon T2I, 55-250mm EF-S mount lens, Opteka infrared filter. ISO: 1600, focal length: 55mm, f/4.0, shutter: 1/10 sec. -Gilson Siegel From the Heavens Shot with canon 450D, + sigma 30mm 1.4,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The cutest widdle antiheroes ever

The coolest things you can’t have are these Celsius Marvelous Masterpiece Punisher and Daredevil figures — because they’ve been sold out for weeks. You can still covet, though. We are. [ComicsAlliance]

Books & Comics Marc Bernardin

Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part One

-Jeffrey Levine bubble gum flare. shutter speed 1/60 f/9 focal lenght 48 (18-105mm) iso 800 nikon d90 -Bondari Silviu Nikon D60 with the AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6G ED lens Shutter 1/4000, f/8, ISO 200 -Amy Hinkle This was at a concert of my friends band last night. Burden of a Day is the name of…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part Two

This was a Sony Cybershot H55 , Zion Park in Utah, the hike was angles landing -Thomas Cleveland This is a shot of cattails in front of the sun. I used a Canon Rebel XT with a Canon 28-105mm lens at 105mm, f/4, 1/4000 and ISO 100. -Joe Russo Canon T1i Canon 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 Kit…

Tech News Mark Wilson

South Korea may weaponize girly K-pop for psychological warfare

Relations between North and South Korea have been frosty since the sinking of the ROK Cheonan, and it looks like South Korea may be turning to an old trick for reprisal…blasting the music of girl groups over the demilitarized zone. The Republic of Korea has installed large loudspeakers facing North Koreans, who have threatened to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Is Flash Running On an iPhone

There’s no clear end in sight to the Adobe-Apple conflict. But the guy who gave us the Spirit iPhone and iPad jailbreaks has just produced a real live example of Flash ported to an iPhone. Looks… utopian. The hack is described as “very preliminary,” and the video quality isn’t great. But there’s something kind of…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Artists Who Build Worlds

This week on io9, we celebrate artists and designers who create the worlds that science fiction inhabits. We’ll be looking at concept art from CGI movies to old school comic books and beyond. Concept artists are the people who make fantastical worlds come to life, from designing CG creatures to painting the cities that eventually…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What’s Your Tech Setup to Watch the World Cup?

This week, Michael Surtees showed off his World Cup rig—the gear that he’s watching the matches on. When we saw the picture, it got us thinking. What kind of set-up are you using to get your football fixes? Given that many people around the world will be using their mobile devices to access the games,…

Tech News Addy Dugdale

Watch the Microsoft Xbox 360 Event Live

Want to watch and hear more about Kinect? The new, rumored Xbox 360 slim? Microsoft’s Xbox 360 event is about to start, and you can watch it LIVE. Click to view Above is the live stream on Ustream, which is live now. Here is Microsoft’s own stream: Click to view Your browser does not support…

Tech News Jason Chen

Avatar + Star Wars = oh, sweet jeebus, no

Quite a few artists have contributed to the 501st TK Helmet Project — which raises funds for the Make A Wish foundation — but Denise Vasquez’s Na’vi creation combines two things that maybe didn’t need combining. (Via Twitter)

io9 Marc Bernardin

Where To Buy an iPhone 4

The iPhone 4 is coming and you want one in your hands as soon as humanly possible. Upgrades! Retail outlets! Pre-sales! It’s all a bit overwhelming. Take a deep breath: here’s where you can pre-order your new iPhone. Some things to note: • All of the locations below offer pre-order, starting tomorrow, except for Walmart,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Free Starbucks Wi-Fi, July 1st

We’re very excited to announce that coming July 1st: Free. 1 click. No registration WIFI at all US locations! 🙂less than a minute ago via CoTweet Starbucks Coffee Starbucks Whoa! While Starbucks’ coffee may not be the greatest, they have locations just about everywhere, including some 10,000 in the U.S. alone. According to the company’s…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Infinity Cocktail Table Will Suck Your Soul

The Infinity Cocktail Table uses mirrors and LED lights to create the illusion of an infinite hole going down your home’s floor, all the way down to Earth’s magma core. It’s like a fancy door to Hell’s most exclusive club. It’s also one of the naffest tables in the history of mankind. At $880 a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New 250GB and 500GB PS3 Consoles Planned For This Year?

Add up last week’s FCC outing of the two new PS3 models with today’s “industry source” who confirmed to CVG the existence of 250GB and 500GB consoles this year, and what do we have? Potential for something biiiiiig. Why would you need 500GB of storage? Are they expecting people to suddenly start downloading media from…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Television is officially better than movies. Is this bad news for science fiction?

It’s official, according to Entertainment Weekly’s Mark Harris: television is better than movies now. We’re in the middle of a summer of by-the-numbers movies, while TV is blazing new trails. Too bad science fiction rules the movies instead of TV. Apparently this is the worst summer for movie box office in ages, according to Harris’…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

19th Century Tech Makes A Smarter iPhone

Rarely has 19th-century technology stirred an audience of 21st-century technophiles as it did last week when Apple revealed that the next-generation iPhone will pack a gyroscope. But will this new sensor be, in Jobs’s words, “just perfect for gaming”? The GPS, compass and accelerometer crammed into today’s smartphones pinpoint the phone’s location almost anywhere on…

Tech News New Scientist

The Gizmodo Recycling Program: Get Paid and Help the Gulf Coast

Recycle your old gadgets, get paid, and help out the Gulf Coast oil spill. Sound too good to be true? It’s not; it’s the Gizmodo Recycling Program. We’re teaming up with Gazelle, which recycles old gadgets. By using this form to sign up to recycle your stuff, you get paid, and we get a commission—which…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

io9 Book Club: One week reminder!

Next week, we’ll be meeting here to discuss our book club selection this month, Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker. Don’t forget to read it! Priest is going to stop by to chat with us, too. For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We post here when the meeting…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

“Hackers” Respond To AT&T’s iPad Security Breach Email

Goatse Security, the “hackers” which AT&T blamed for the iPad security breach, have responded to the carrier’s letter sent to the 114,000 customers affected, saying that had they not notified the media (Gawker), Chinese hackers would’ve done far worse. Our sister site Gawker was alerted to the security issue last week by Goatse Security, who…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Zune Music Streams Music on Xbox 360

121 Flaring Wallpapers

The cutest widdle antiheroes ever

Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part One

Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part Two

South Korea may weaponize girly K-pop for psychological warfare

This Is Flash Running On an iPhone

Artists Who Build Worlds

What’s Your Tech Setup to Watch the World Cup?

Watch the Microsoft Xbox 360 Event Live

Avatar + Star Wars = oh, sweet jeebus, no

Where To Buy an iPhone 4

Free Starbucks Wi-Fi, July 1st

The Infinity Cocktail Table Will Suck Your Soul

New 250GB and 500GB PS3 Consoles Planned For This Year?

Television is officially better than movies. Is this bad news for science fiction?

19th Century Tech Makes A Smarter iPhone

The Gizmodo Recycling Program: Get Paid and Help the Gulf Coast

io9 Book Club: One week reminder!

“Hackers” Respond To AT&T’s iPad Security Breach Email

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