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Thor’s Opening Sequence Revealed, Plus Your First Look At His Giant Adversary!

How will the mighty Thor’s big movie adventure launch, and what horrible foe will he have to face? Find out with the first details of Marvel’s Thor script, and the first picture of the Destroyer. Update: The script ain’t real. Latino Review has the first look ever at the Destroyer, which is a giant suit…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Best and Worst Hotel Wi-Fi

I’m not going to pretend HotelChatter’s chart works, so I’ll just point to their list of best hotel Wi-Fi (Holiday Inn for mega-chains) and worst (avoid mid-high-enders like DoubleTree). My hotel criteria? Waffle House proximity. [Hotel Chatter via Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/the-best-and-worst-hotels-for-wi-fi-2010-edition-5527086

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Oh Hey, Steve Jobs Officially Thinks Flash Sucks

If Apple’s position on Flash wasn’t perfectly clear, Steve Jobs has taken the time to write a 1500-word open letter regurgitating the party lines at length. In a word (or three), Apple’s position is “Flash sucks unwashed balls.” Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Use Your Microwave to Measure the Speed of Light

Can your microwave oven really measure the speed of light? Yes, it can be done. And since many of the suggested experiments also involve chocolate, it will be done. Oh yes, it will be done. First, a brief summary of the facts: Fact One: Microwaves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum includes…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Ice Discovered on Asteroid, Suggests Earth’s Oceans Came From Space

Water ice and organic molecules have been discovered on an asteroid’s surface for the first time. Researchers glimpsed the ice on 24 Themis, a frosty rock that could be the key to understanding how Earth became the blue planet. “What we’ve found suggests that an asteroid like this one may have hit Earth and brought…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

Olivia Munn’s Iron Man 2 Role! Copley Talks District 10! New Inception Poster! Plus Tons Of Clips!

Find out Olivia Munn’s Iron Man 2 role, which Smurf Paul Rubens plays, and when the District 9 sequel might happen. Plus Inception, Ghostbusters 3, Avengers, Spider-Man, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Twilight, Fringe, Lost, Heroes, Star Wars, Heroes and True Blood. Iron Man 2: Remember all that speculation about whom Olivia Munn was playing in Iron…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Kindle 2.5 Update Details: Kindle Gets Facebook After Your Grandparents Did

Hey, kids… heard of this Facebook thing that’s been hitting the internet? Amazon did! And they’re integrating it, along with some newfangled Twitter whatnot, in their Kindle 2.5 software update—along with some other, less-belated goodies. The full list of enhancements also includes password protection, the ability to pan and zoom PDF files, larger font sizes,…

Commerce Brian Barrett

AT&T Selling Micro SIM with Full SIM Adapter? (Update: Don’t Think So)

The iPad 3G may require a micro SIM—a lilliputian SIM card incompatible with anything else you own—but AT&T will be selling each bundled with a full SIM card adapter—meaning you could potentially use your data plan elsewhere. UPDATE: UPDATE: Actually, a better look from BGR shows us that this seems to be a punch out…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Author Disguises Experiment As Ridiculously Addictive Game

Albert-László Barabási believes that “despite the seeming randomness of human behavior, humans actually act in very predictable patterns.” He’s so convinced of this theory that he posted an incredibly addictive game-like version of his book Bursts online as an experiment. The idea behind Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do is that people are…

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

Beer Cooler Sous Vide: The Not Exactly Right Way to Do It Yourself

I applaud Serious Eats for attempting sous vide in a beer cooler, but the adventurous article didn’t convince me that the mass sous vide revolution would come via Coleman or Igloo. Remember, sous vide cooking consists of holding water at a specific temperature, and immersing vacuum-sealed food into that water, cooking it right up to…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Flash On Mac Just Got More Tolerable

Adobe may have stopped bothering with iPhones, but they certainly didn’t hesitate to finally give us a tolerable Flash video experience on Macs by incorporating Apple’s new video acceleration API in a Flash Player preview release dubbed “Gala.” https://gizmodo.com/adobe-dropping-iphone-app-development-technology-after-5520938 The preview release “introduces support for H.264 video hardware decoding on Mac OS X 10.6.3.” This…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Buzzinator Will Tear Woody Apart

After modding the toy Millennium Falcon, Peter Clute decided to combine Buzz Lightyear with the Terminator, resulting in a zombie nightmare for kids and yours truly. I wish Toy Stoy 3 included this character. https://gizmodo.com/modded-millennium-falcon-can-pass-for-real-movie-prop-5033783 [Peter Clute—Thanks Peter]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Louis Vuitton iPad Case Costs Nearly as Much as an iPad

Do you have $366 left in your iPad fund? Want to buy a case for it covered in the iconic LV logo in order to show that you spent $366 on an iPad case? Here you go. [GQ via BornRich]

Tech News Adam Frucci

What It’s Like To Stand Inside an Imploding Stadium [Updated]

When the Dallas Cowboys blew up Texas Stadium this week—punting accident—they had the good sense to put in a 3D camera rig inside. Click and drag to move the camera around. And turn up the sound. Boom!

Tech News Joel Johnson

China Miéville Becomes The First Three-Time Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner

China Miéville’s foray into crime fiction, The City And The City, has already paid off handsomely. It’s garnered the British Science Fiction Association’s “best novel” prize, a Nebula nomination… and now, his third Arthur C. Clarke Award. According to the Guardian: Miéville pronounced himself “absolutely gobsmacked” and “incredibly honoured” to win the Arthur C Clarke,…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Hey Jon, Pass the Magic Mushrooms

Jon, Jon… a merger? A merger? Maybe you should read our analysis on HP buying your company. [WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/why-hp-buying-palm-is-good-for-you-5526620

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Boris Vallejo Is The Most Manly Illustrator In History (NSFW)

Boobs! Dragons! Dragons and boobs! Men in thongs! Women in thongs! Swords! Snakes! Barbarians! Cakes! Perms! Rassling! Thighs! Butts! It’s Boris Vallejo time! You’ve been warned! When I woke up this morning, I thought, “Gee, io9 hasn’t had enough Boris Vallejo lately.” Sure, we’ll post snippets now and again, but we haven’t had an onslaught…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Quantum Encryption Messages You Can Only Read In One Location

The problem with messages is that you can’t be sure who might pick them up at the other end. But a new scheme for a quantum communications ensures only a recipient in exactly the right location can read their message. If banks were to use the new scheme they could send messages that could not…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

What Happens When The Human/Animal Baby You Created Wants To Mate With You?

Vincenzo Natali’s latest trailer for the film Splice is starting to drop lots of disturbing clues. Like that fact that maybe the genetically engineered monstrosity is… horny? Check out the new trailer below. Splice in HD Click to view Trailer Park Movies | MySpace Video I guess the question is, which scientist is she after?…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Protect Your Kids from Porny Folder Art

This ad for Latinworks’ Parental Control Bar urges parents to protect their kids from the seedier sides of the internet. But if you’re going to organize your folders like that, what the hell do you expect? [ScaryIdeas via Copyranter] https://gizmodo.com/desktop-clutter-art-a-go-go-383942

Tech News Adam Frucci

Thor’s Opening Sequence Revealed, Plus Your First Look At His Giant Adversary!

The Best and Worst Hotel Wi-Fi

Oh Hey, Steve Jobs Officially Thinks Flash Sucks

Use Your Microwave to Measure the Speed of Light

Ice Discovered on Asteroid, Suggests Earth’s Oceans Came From Space

Olivia Munn’s Iron Man 2 Role! Copley Talks District 10! New Inception Poster! Plus Tons Of Clips!

Kindle 2.5 Update Details: Kindle Gets Facebook After Your Grandparents Did

AT&T Selling Micro SIM with Full SIM Adapter? (Update: Don’t Think So)

Author Disguises Experiment As Ridiculously Addictive Game

Beer Cooler Sous Vide: The Not Exactly Right Way to Do It Yourself

Flash On Mac Just Got More Tolerable

The Buzzinator Will Tear Woody Apart

Louis Vuitton iPad Case Costs Nearly as Much as an iPad

What It’s Like To Stand Inside an Imploding Stadium [Updated]

China Miéville Becomes The First Three-Time Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner

Hey Jon, Pass the Magic Mushrooms

Boris Vallejo Is The Most Manly Illustrator In History (NSFW)

Quantum Encryption Messages You Can Only Read In One Location

What Happens When The Human/Animal Baby You Created Wants To Mate With You?

Protect Your Kids from Porny Folder Art

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