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The Desktop App Lets You Pretend That Your iPad Can Multitask

If for some reason you want to pretend that your iPad is able to multitask and are willing to shell out five bucks while limiting yourself to a handful of functions, then the Desktop app is for you. With this app you’ll be able to use these functions in a fake desktop-style setup: Web Browser…

AIM For iPad Is Free And Looks Decent

Everyone eventually trades up from the AIM app to IM+ or BeeJive or Meebo, but the free AIM app for the iPad actually looks decent. It looks like it has Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Twitter “support”, as in it shows updates from those services in the “Lifestream” view. Having one app that does both IM…

Australian PSA Warns That Texting While Driving Results in Frisky Gingers

Well! A new PSA in Australia claims that “everytime you use your mobile phone while driving, gingers get fresh…with other gingers.” Which explains why Herrman and Buchanan spend so much time together. It’s your fault, car texters! [Buzzfeed via TheAwl] https://gizmodo.com/giz-crew-holiday-gallery-5433919

Close Call With Death Leaves Its Mark On DNA

Some lizards escape predators by “dropping” their tail, but the experience appears to leave its mark. After losing their tail, lizards end up with damaging changes to their DNA. The parts affected are the telomeres – stretches of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes. Telomeres naturally shorten as cells divide, and shortened telomeres are…

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The Giant, Mega-Helpful Guide To Commenting On io9

You’re a registered commenter on io9 and we love you for that. But how to use all those weird icons next to commenter names? And what are io9’s community rules? You know, so you don’t get banned? Find out! First things first. How do you become a commenter on io9? You have to make a…

Our Troops Need Turd-Powered Nuclear Reactors

This is not an April Fool’s post. This is a serious post about DARPA, the military’s experimental research arm, and how they want to explore human waste as a fuel source for portable nuclear reactors on overseas military bases. Seriously. DARPA’s recent Request For Information seeks a method to “enable the development of deployable nuclear…

Watch Nic Cage Kill Absolutely Everyone In New Kick-Ass Clip

Nic Cage is lethal, devastating magic with his shotgun, knife and karate hands. See him murder a whole gang full of mobsters, in this exceedingly violent Kick-Ass clip. This is the real-life superhero violence we crave. Amazing, no? If they ever made a movie about an older Batman — along the lines of The Dark…

Fun tricks with comments

First things first. Yes, you can EDIT your comments. We live in a bold new world. Just click that little gray gear icon to the left of your comment, and a menu will pop up. At the far right, you can see the “edit” option. Click that and you can edit out that unfortunate spelling…

Kaiju Porn Pics — OMG!

Mammosaurus Rex by Digital Rebel on DeviantArt. Kaiju Beach Bash, via Motifake. Dinosaur porn via Rule 34. (Tons more at the link.) Dinosaur porn via Rule 34. (Tons more at the link.) Dinosaur porn via Rule 34. (Tons more at the link.) Dinosaur porn via Rule 34. (Tons more at the link.) Dinosaur porn via…

Becoming an io9 commenter

To get an io9 account, you first have to make one comment. Write your comment in the box at the bottom of the post you want to comment on, then click “share.” Tip: Make your first comment a good one, because our army of comment moderators will decide based on that comment whether to let…

Power Up With Our Wondercon 2010 Preview: Tron, Resident Evil And More!

San Francisco gets its own little taste of Comic Con this weekend. Wondercon brings together comics superstars, film-makers and some legendary actors. This year: a special Tron event, Resident Evil’s Milla Jovovich, Doctor Who, Max Brooks and Wendy and Lisa! Friday: Wendy and Lisa headline a movie/TV composers’ panel, DC Comics unveils its upcoming mega-events,…

In Case You Forgot: The iPad Is Missing Some Key Features

So the first batch of iPad reviews have hit, and there wasn’t much surprising in there. The same complaints people had when it was first announced, people have now. But here’s the real question: do they really matter? [Giz] https://gizmodo.com/ipad-mega-meta-review-works-great-no-surprises-5507037

The dreaded Spinning Beachball of Death doesn’t really exist in Apple’s mobile OS. But shhhh. Download it big here. In our book, the giant iPod touch joke never gets old. And besides, the jumbo icons almost look better than the iPad’s awkward, undersized icon layout. Download it big here. You ask “why is a bloody…

New Doctor, New Companion, New TARDIS… What Else Is New?

A new era of Doctor Who is about to begin, and one of the show’s new producers walked us through what’s different this time around. Find out about the revamped title sequence, new cameras and a whole new approach. Oh, and I really don’t think there are any spoilers in this post. Other than, you…

Watch How Seriously the PR2 Robot Takes Its Laundry-Folding Directive

Even if the PR2 is aware that other robots are out there climbing, drawing, and saving lives while it’s stuck at home folding towels, it doesn’t let it on. It just goes about its business, folding away, slowly but surely. https://gizmodo.com/four-robots-four-different-ways-to-climb-walls-5452071 Like, really slowly. That video shows the PR2, developed by Pieter Abbeel at UC…

Oh, Right…It’s April Fool’s Day: The Best Internet Gags

The internets are chockablock with poor attempts at suck-you-in hilarity today — but here are the best we’ve found The winner is totally Comics Alliance‘s “scoop” that Alan Moore’s next iteration of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen would be set in the ’80s and his supergroup of heroes would include Jack Burton, Angus MacGyver, B.A.…

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It’s The April Guide To Science Fiction! We Ain’t Fooling!

What tomfoolery awaits you this April? Kick-Ass, a new Freddy Krueger, spring TV in full swing, and a plethora of conventions and new books. It’s the April io9 Guide To Science Fiction! No shenanigans! You can download the March calender as a printable PDF by clicking here. And here are this month’s convention links in…

A Different Kind of Foxhole

“Oh, hello.” I bet the fox looked real scary through that lens, like a snarling chimera. But he’s so cute! I want a fox. And now back to your regularly scheduled iPad programming. [English Russia]