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Doctor Who Clips Regenerate Your Excitement. Plus Hemsworth Talks Thor, And Michael Keaton Is A Ken Doll!

Thor’s Chris Hemsworth explains how the movie mashes up the Odinson’s comics portrayals. There are four new Doctor Who clips. Primeval is back! There are Lost/V clips! Piranha 3-D’s director talks boobs and blood. Plus Toy Story, Fringe and SGU. Thor: Star Chris Hemsworth talks up this movie on the red carpet for his brother…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Browse Through 1350 Leaked iPad Apps

Appadvice has piggybacked on Apple’s servers to unearth 1350 (or so) brand new, fully approved iPad apps arriving for launch. Watch as they flip through 700 apps on video, or just dig through the archive at your leisure: There’s a whole lot to dig through, so definitely share any exciting spots with us all in…

Tech News Mark Wilson

iPad Mega Meta Review: Works Great, No Surprises

At least eight people got iPads from Apple pre-launch, three usual suspects plus some new faces. Their approaches are different, but the take-home remains the same: It’s good. Here’s the easiest way to digest all the iPad reviews at once: https://gizmodo.com/first-ipad-reviews-are-in-5506824 The following is a list of the original pieces from which the above quotes…

Reviews Wilson Rothman

I Know It’s An April Fool, But I Still Want An iPhone-To-iPad Converter Anyway

You know, for my mythical iPhone. At an April Fool’s Day price of only £90 ($135), the converter makes your inserted iPhone magnify to the size of an iPad. A far better investment, if you ask me. [IWantOneOfThose.com]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Acer Lets Slip A Dual-Booting Android and Windows Netbook Is Incoming

It’s not official just yet, so don’t go Google Imaging it until we say so. It’ll be a follow-on from the Aspire One D250, and will dualboot both Android and Windows. Acer’s mobile product manager Martino Mombrini let it slip yesterday to Electricpig, saying that the chassis of the D260 dualbook would be redesigned so…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Android Froyo Update 2.2 Leaked (Update: No)

You’ve got two choices: either wait for Google to push Froyo out officially, or download the leaked ROM from some dude named “Steve” today. What’ll it be, Neo? [Steve via The Gadgets] Update: And we’ve fallen for our first April Fools prank of the day.

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony PS3 Firmware Update 3.21 Now Live and Forcing You To Rid Yourself of Linux

Switch on your PS3 and you’ll see Sony has pushed through the 3.21 firmware update a little early. Remember, this update removes the ability to run other operating systems, such as Linux. Not installing it will mean you can’t play games and Blu-rays demanding a system running 3.21, and you also won’t be able to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Whoa, the Official Netflix Streaming iPad App

If this leak‘s legit, whoa. Netflix Watch Instantly streaming video on the iPad is one of two video apps we’re desperate for, besides Hulu (also supposedly coming). Potentially, a true killer app. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/hulu-app-coming-to-ipad-5506892 Not many details, but it’s fairly self-explanatory, since we’ve seen Netflix Watch Instantly on lots of other devices, and it seems…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Trololo as ASCII Art Is a Thing of Perverse Beauty

Dear internet, please give up on April Fool’s jokes. YouTube’s is untoppable: A “text-only mode” that renders videos as colored ASCII art. Clever, gorgeous, perverse. Just click the TEXTp resolution in the bottom right corner of a supported video, and it’ll be shown as a pulsating, hypnotizing square of stylized digital pointilism. The results can…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Scary Fish-Eating And Alien Sex On “V”

Honestly, I can’t imagine why the ratings slid downward in returning alien invasion series V. After all, we got to see head V Anna doing her erotic eating routine with sashimi – and then, with a lizard man! Spoilers! My excitement for the return of V cooled a little bit while watching this episode. I…

Television Annalee Newitz

A Beer Fit For Google: Gigabit IPA

Google’s bringing fiber to a special city—whichever city can prove its worth. Portland just threw down some heat by creating its own beer, “Gigabit IPA“. It goes up for a tastetest tomorrow. Will it woo the Goog? [Taplister]

Tech News Joel Johnson

The $50 Wolfram Alpha iPhone App Is $2 Because Now They Want People to Actually Buy It

Wolfram Alpha has decided it’d be good if people actually use the supercalculator on their phone, so its famously $50 iPhone (and soon to be iPad) app will be $2. And, they’re legitimately making the mobile site better. https://gizmodo.com/wolframalpha-iphone-app-is-a-50-super-calculator-5384451 Oh, burn, early adopters suckers. Except! They’ll give your money back to anybody “who feels slighted.”…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

How To Defeat a Sliding Chain Lock With Only a Rubber Band

Sure, you can use various high-tech methods to sneak into places where you don’t belong, but the MacGyver approaches are so much more fun. Here’s how someone can defeat a sliding chain lock with just a rubber band. https://gizmodo.com/this-high-tech-criminal-wunderkind-puts-any-bond-villai-5501343 Of course you shouldn’t actually use this sort of trick for illegal or shady activities, but…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan

Please Don’t Stick My Solar-Powered Remote Under the Couch Cushions

My plain, ol’ remotes live underneath the cushions of my couch, but unlike those devices—which seem to like dark, cozy environments—the $15 Powerplus Leopard remote is solar-powered and demands to be in light. [BigGreenSmile via Envirogadget via CrunchGear]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Hulu App Coming to iPad

We’ve heard whispers of it before, but apparently Hulu may be working on an iPad app which will be one of the first places where the popular video service will attempt to integrate a subscription-based approach. https://gizmodo.com/hulu-wants-to-be-on-the-ipad-but-not-for-free-5475523 According to the NYT, “people briefed on Hulu’s plan believe it may test the subscription approach with its…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Tattletale Pills Reveal When You’re Off Your Meds

Maybe you’re forgetful, completely insane, or part of a clinical trial—whatever the reason, someone needs to know if and when you’re taking your medication. The simplest way of keeping track of your swallowing habits? Let the pills tattle. Folks at the University of Florida have devised a capsule which is coated with a “label embossed…

Health Rosa Golijan

First iPad Reviews Are In

The first iPad reviews are in and so far they’re sounding pretty great with very few reservations. Here are the highlights of what the early reviewers are saying: The WSJ’s Walt Mossberg is in love with the iPad’s interface and design: The iPad is an advance in making more-sophisticated computing possible via a simple touch…

Reviews Rosa Golijan

Watch Cells Mutate Into Cancer and Divide Crazily, In These Amazing Videos

Every day, the cells in your body are dividing like crazy – sometimes too much, which is the definition of cancer. Here you can see breast cancer cells in action, multiplying into what could become a tumorous growth. Yes, this film is dramatically speeded up – most of these cells would divide about twice in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Vampire Team Cullen Activates Their Sparkle Powers

The Cullens wield their vampire power of matching outfits. Rallying for a woody melee is no reason to miss an opportunity to fall into the Forks’ Gap. New images from Twilight’s Eclipse mean it’s time to play Caption This! We know you can do better, so caption that Twilight image! The winner gets a winky…

Movies Meredith Woerner

War Through an iPhone Camera Lens

The Marine in the photo above is in the middle of a fire fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. AP photographer David Guttenfelder caught the moment, and many others just as captivating, with his iPhone camera. Guttenfelder brought along all of his professional equipment too, of course. But to capture those moments of…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Doctor Who Clips Regenerate Your Excitement. Plus Hemsworth Talks Thor, And Michael Keaton Is A Ken Doll!

Browse Through 1350 Leaked iPad Apps

iPad Mega Meta Review: Works Great, No Surprises

I Know It’s An April Fool, But I Still Want An iPhone-To-iPad Converter Anyway

Acer Lets Slip A Dual-Booting Android and Windows Netbook Is Incoming

Android Froyo Update 2.2 Leaked (Update: No)

Sony PS3 Firmware Update 3.21 Now Live and Forcing You To Rid Yourself of Linux

Whoa, the Official Netflix Streaming iPad App

Trololo as ASCII Art Is a Thing of Perverse Beauty

Scary Fish-Eating And Alien Sex On “V”

A Beer Fit For Google: Gigabit IPA

The $50 Wolfram Alpha iPhone App Is $2 Because Now They Want People to Actually Buy It

How To Defeat a Sliding Chain Lock With Only a Rubber Band

Please Don’t Stick My Solar-Powered Remote Under the Couch Cushions

Hulu App Coming to iPad

Tattletale Pills Reveal When You’re Off Your Meds

First iPad Reviews Are In

Watch Cells Mutate Into Cancer and Divide Crazily, In These Amazing Videos

Vampire Team Cullen Activates Their Sparkle Powers

War Through an iPhone Camera Lens

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