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Question of the Day: Do You Want an HTC Evo 4G?

That HTC Evo 4G looks to be one monster of a phone. It’s got essentially everything us serious nerds are always clamoring for, and it’s the first WiMax phone to boot. So, do you want one or what? Do you want an HTC Evo 4G?online surveys

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 3 '10

You Won’t Be Able To Tether An iPad To An iPhone [Update: Not AT&T’s Fault?]

What’s going on here? First we get iPhone tethering option, but to use them we have to give up unlimited data plans. Now we’re told that we can’t tether our iPads to our iPhones even if we do that? According to TechFlash, this is what’s going on: [A]n AT&T spokeswoman told us via email today…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jun 3 '10

The Asylum’s Alien Vs. Hunter: Still better than Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem.

The Asylum’s zero-budget knockoffs of Hollywood science fiction epics may have reached their pinnacle with AVH: Alien Vs. Hunter. Just check out this scene where the dildo-headed Hunter, and then the Alien, both attack the Greatest American Hero, William Katt. You kind of have to love that level of monster-movie cheesiness, and the dedication to…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 3 '10

System Bug: Divide By Gross

Kafka, at work. [Thanks David!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3 '10

Watch a Harrier Pilot Almost Land His Jet

Poor bastard RAF pilot couldn’t quite pull off this landing at Kandahar, Afghanistan, although to his credit he stayed with it for as along as he could before popping the top.

Tech News Joel Johnson Jun 3 '10

The Space Shuttle’s 12 Nightmare Scenarios

Created by amateur special effects artist The Faking Hoaxer, this video shows the Space Shuttle in 12 different horrifying situations, be it breached or exploding at launch. It’s real enough to be stomach-churning. [YouTube]

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Jun 3 '10

The Badass R/C Car That’s Controlled by an Xbox 360 Controller

A video game programmer in Chicago decided he wanted to work on a fun project. So he made a custom R/C car with a wireless video camera on board, all controlled by an Xbox controller. Awesome. [CreeperBot, Thanks, Dan Howery]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 3 '10

Five ancient technologies that were ahead of their times

Sometimes archaeologists find artifacts so mind-blowing they seem like evidence of lost civilizations or alien visitors. Which ones are misinterpretations or hoaxes, and which are the real thing? Reliable evidence of startlingly advanced ancient technology is few and far between. The Antikythera Mechanism, which we’ve discussed previously, is the crown jewel of astonishing artifacts. Beyond…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Jun 3 '10

Dear Sprint, Will You Change Your Data Plans Like AT&T? No? Really?

After AT&T pulled a data plan switcheroo on their customers, a concerned Sprint customer wondered if the same thing would happen to him. So he emailed Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and asked. The reply? One can never say ‘never,’ but [Sprint] has no current plans to change our pricing.” Good on them. [Engadget]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jun 3 '10

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Game

Deep-voiced Movie Trailer Guy: They said the classic nineteenth-century tale that you were forced to read in high school couldn’t be adapted to a zombie novel. They were wrong. Then they said it couldn’t be a side-scrolling game. Wrong again. Regular Jason Guy: If you wanted to not just see, but control a woman in…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 3 '10

Everything Wrong With The Steve Ballmer Era On Display At D8

Today at the All Things D conference we saw a snapshot of what’s wrong with Microsoft under Steve Ballmer’s tenure. Walt Mossberg asked Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, what they thought of Google, Android, and Chrome. Ballmer yammered away about how Google’s strategy of having two operating systems doesn’t make any…

Tech News Business Insider Jun 3 '10

Yes, Our Comment System Has Gone C-C-C-C-Craaaazy

Our tech team is aware that our comments system has gone a bit nuts today. They’re working on fixing things, so please don’t panic if you see comments appear, disappear, and reappear in the wrong places. Things will be back to normal soon.

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jun 3 '10

A mathematical function to describe the beauty in a pile of sand

Nikki Graziano is a mathematician and photographer who likes to combine her two interests into math art. In this series, called Found Functions, she shows the mathematical principles at work in the natural world. via Nikki Graziano (spotted on FFFFOUND)

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 3 '10

How two shapeshifting girls from Venus became the Beatles’ most trusted advisors

Author Pat Cadigan tells NPR how she and her friend concocted a fantasy life in the 1960s, in which they were twins from Venus, in charge of the entire solar system. But they still found time to advise the Beatles. You never know how people are going to react after watching The Day The Earth…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jun 3 '10

Behind the Music: Tongues (Synopsis: They Are Gross)

I’m sure USC’s Speech Articulation group gained all manner of important phonological insight from these videos of an opera singer and a beatboxer doing their respective things in an MRI machine. Here’s the insight I gained: tongues are gross. Think animations-of-tongues-talking gross and multiply it by five. [USC—Thanks Dan!]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jun 3 '10

BP Successful In Cutting Oil Pipe, Containment Dome Redux Comes Next

It’s a small victory, but BP reports that it successfully sawed through the ruptured oil pipe in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico today, the first critical step to their new containment dome strategy. Initial attempts to cut the pipe with a diamond-tipped blade failed, and the company had to settle for severing the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jun 3 '10

Sob Stories Wanted in Exchange for Powermat Wireless Charging System for iPhone

Send us your “forgot to charge my iPhone” story—the crushing chargelessness and the hideous aftermath (missed dates, squandered Foursquare mayorship opportunities, etc.)—and you could win a Powermat 1XA Mat/Receiver Case for iPhone 3G/3GS! Email your tale of woe to us by 6pm EST on Friday, June 11 at [email protected] with “Powermat Wireless Charging System for…

Tech News Gawkercreative Jun 3 '10

10 of the Best Android Apps

O’Reilly makes some of the best tech books around, so we were super excited to hear about their new title Best Android Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders. Here are ten of those best Android apps for ten different activities. We scoured the Android Market to find the best apps that will make your phone…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jun 3 '10

Are Cameras the New Guns? The LAPD Investigates!

Wendy McElroy asked the question yesterday: Should it be illegal to film police officers while they’re working? The LAPD is launching a probe into that time that one of their officers answered that question himself, aggressively.

Privacy & Security John Herrman Jun 3 '10

Watch how AMC will decompose The Walking Dead

You’ve seen the behind the scenes undead stills and teaser trailer for AMC’s Walking Dead series, based on Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic. Now watch how Frank Darabont’s TV series plans to decompose the living dead. In October, AMC will premiere its live-action adaptation of the Walking Dead comic book. Here’s a tiny taste…

Television Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '10

Question of the Day: Do You Want an HTC Evo 4G?

You Won’t Be Able To Tether An iPad To An iPhone [Update: Not AT&T’s Fault?]

The Asylum’s Alien Vs. Hunter: Still better than Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem.

System Bug: Divide By Gross

Watch a Harrier Pilot Almost Land His Jet

The Space Shuttle’s 12 Nightmare Scenarios

The Badass R/C Car That’s Controlled by an Xbox 360 Controller

Five ancient technologies that were ahead of their times

Dear Sprint, Will You Change Your Data Plans Like AT&T? No? Really?

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Game

Everything Wrong With The Steve Ballmer Era On Display At D8

Yes, Our Comment System Has Gone C-C-C-C-Craaaazy

A mathematical function to describe the beauty in a pile of sand

How two shapeshifting girls from Venus became the Beatles’ most trusted advisors

Behind the Music: Tongues (Synopsis: They Are Gross)

BP Successful In Cutting Oil Pipe, Containment Dome Redux Comes Next

Sob Stories Wanted in Exchange for Powermat Wireless Charging System for iPhone

10 of the Best Android Apps

Are Cameras the New Guns? The LAPD Investigates!

Watch how AMC will decompose The Walking Dead

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