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This Is What Cars Might Look Like On Your Next Kindle

Exactly what Amazon has in store for the next generation of Kindle is unclear. But if they stick with E-Ink, this clip of a color, video-playing E-Ink display from Kindle screen-manufacturer PVI could be sneak peek. We’ve known for a while that Amazon has a color, multitouch mega-Kindle in the works, and their recent iPad…

Commerce Kyle VanHemert

Nothing Makes A Statement Like A Nude Upside-Down Man In A Party Hat

FlashForward is about people trying to divine meaning from a bunch of random images. Similarly, FlashForward’s a show in which audiences attempt to divine plot from a bunch of random images. Just what the heck did we watch last Thursday? First off, I enjoy FlashForward. I dig its premise, think John Cho and Gabrielle Union…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

The Gear That Keeps London’s Pirate Radio Hidden

Untraceable infrared links. Backpacks full of back-up transmitters. Cloak and dagger secrecy. Hundreds of pirate radio stations broadcast in London every day, but this 20 minute documentary shows that only the tech-savviest stay a step ahead of the police. Homemade antennas, hidden in plain sight on the tops of apartment complexes and abandoned buildings, broadcast…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

DC Comics Superstar Dick Giordano Is Dead At 77

Venerable creator Dick Giordano has passed away at 77. A longtime inker, editor, and illustrator for DC Comics, Giordano worked on such projects as Neal Adams’ Batman and helmed DC editorial initiatives such as Watchmen and Crisis on Infinite Earths. Giordano began working for DC in the 1960s and became the Executive Editor of DC…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Bubble Bath Oceans Could Beat Global Warming

A physicist at Harvard has an idea for fighting climate change that’s radical in every sense of the word. He wants to pump massive amounts of microbubbles into the world’s oceans, increasing their reflectivity and cooling their waters. Professor Russell Seitz proposed his idea at a recent geoengineering conference. The tiny bubbles essentially act as…

Climate Change Kyle VanHemert

Check the Hype — There’s No Such Thing As ‘Cyber’

How can you tell the difference between a real report about online vulnerabilities and someone who’s trying to scare you about the security of the internet because they have an agenda, such as landing lucrative, secret contracts from the government? Here’s a simple test: Count the number of times they use the adjective “cyber.” Nobody…

io9 Ryan Singel - Threat Level

Mixr Shows the Delicious Promise of Multitouch Music iPad Apps

So, sure, the iPad may just be an overgrown iPhone. But this teaser shot of Mixr, a fully-featured, multitouch DJ app, should give you a sense of just how awesome apps designed for an oversized iPhone can be. The iPhone itself has a whole host of music-making apps, though they’re mostly just novelties. But when…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Are iBooks Already Getting Pricier?

So this is curious: Just a few days after screens showing iBooks Store ebook prices leaked, revealing a ton of $9.99 bestsellers, a fresh leak shows a bunch are back up to $12.99. Say what? https://gizmodo.com/what-the-supposedly-leaked-apple-ibooks-pricing-says-ab-5501197 Well, this could mean a few things: • Most definitely, if both of these leaks are real, it means…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Needs More Dazzler: Welcome To Weekend Comic Reviews!

Welcome to the first installment of io9’s weekend comic book review column Needs More Dazzler, a column founded on the ethos that most comics would be improved by a dose of the most divinely flamboyant X-lady, Dazzler. First off, what’s with the column’s name? Am I serious that most comics – the good, the bad,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Watch The First Moments Of Doctor Who Season Five, Plus More Clips

The TARDIS hurtles towards Earth on a collision course after the Doctor’s regeneration, and the console explodes into firebursts. But where’s the Doctor? Find out in a new clip from Doctor Who’s season opener. Plus another new clip and trailer. Here are the first 43 seconds of Doctor Who season five, featuring the Doctor in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Palm’s CEO Will Email You, Too

With new Steve Jobs emails surfacing everyday, someone thought to send Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein a personal note. His chipper response is not necessarily what you’d expect from somebody who’s been watching his company fall apart before his eyes. https://gizmodo.com/youd-be-crazy-to-buy-a-palm-now-5497530 Zatznotfunny reader MethodicJon, a “trusted source,” sent Rubinstein an email pointing him to this recent…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

What glimmered on io9 this week? The new Scott Pilgrim trailer, dystopian healthcare nightmares, the J.J. Abrams lens flare iPhone app, massive whirlpools, and the dead, salty surface of the Salton Sea. 5 Dystopias Healthcare Reform Could Prevent (And One It Could Cause) We’ve heard a lot of hype, on both sides, about the healthcare…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

“Lights Off” Video Shows a Different Story When You Watch It In the Dark

Earth Hour 2010 commences tonight, charging citizens and corporations alike to turn off their lights for an hour to raise climate change awareness. The real benefit, though, is that it lets you watch the cooler version of this light-sensing video. Obviously the World Wildlife Federation, the group that put the Earth Hour campaign together, doesn’t…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

First Run of iPads Sold Out, Ship Date For New Orders Pushed To April 12

Ooh, looks like somebody’s popular. If you tried to order a Wi-Fi iPad this morning, you might have noticed that the expected ship date has been bumped a week to April 12 and in-store pick-up has been nixed as an option. Seems like the first pack o’ Pads have all been spoken for. Just how…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

A Landlubber’s Guide To Earth’s Tides

Did you know that the entire Earth is being ripped out from under us? Or that the Earth’s tides are like a massive, cosmic game of juggling? Find out more after the jump! The way tides work isn’t particularly hard to understand, but it does take mental juggling. In this case, the mental juggling is…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Printable Nanotube RFID Tags Could Make Wireless Checkout Aisles a Reality

Wireless checkout is many a grocer’s dream. It’s like Amazon’s one-click shopping in the real world, maximizing efficiency for the customer and cutting costs for the supermarket. A new printable RFID tag could make it a reality. RFID checkout is far from being a new idea—it’s already seen small scale implementation in various pockets around…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Watch Spike Jonze’s Robot Love Fable “I’m Here” Online

In Spike Jonze’s 30-minute short movie “I’m Here,” two adorable robots fall for each other…and fall apart for each other. You can now watch the entire flick online. Just don’t be surprised if your optical circuits begin leaking tear formula. We previously noted that I’m Here had made its debut at Sundance. Since then, this…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Verizon’s FiOS Rollout Drawing To a Close

Fiber optics. It sounds fast (it is). But it also sounds expensive (it is). So expensive, it turns out, that Verizon has announced that it’s winding down expansion of its FiOS network. It will keep plugging away in markets that it has already announced—Philly, New York City, and D.C., chiefly—but it won’t be looking at…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Deodorant Cannons Wage War Against Landfill Stench

“Alright men. Listen here and listen good. This landfill is one mean sumovabitch. And boy does it stink. Stinks bad. So we’re rolling out the heavy artillery: One-hundred stink-killin’, air-freshenin’ cannons. I love the smell of deodorant in the morning.” Alternatively: Look at your stick of deodorant, now back to this deodorant cannon, now back…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Oh Bother, It’s Alien Versus Winnie The Pooh

In Giant Hamburger’s twisted parody of A.A. Milne’s children’s classic, a parasite facehugger – not a honey pot – gets stuck on Winnie’s head. No worries, Hundred Acre Wood gang – Tigger is ready with his power loader! With its scritch-scratch imitation of Milnes’ illustrations and wholesale destruction of cherished children’s characters, Giant Hamburger’s Alien…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

This Is What Cars Might Look Like On Your Next Kindle

Nothing Makes A Statement Like A Nude Upside-Down Man In A Party Hat

The Gear That Keeps London’s Pirate Radio Hidden

DC Comics Superstar Dick Giordano Is Dead At 77

Bubble Bath Oceans Could Beat Global Warming

Check the Hype — There’s No Such Thing As ‘Cyber’

Mixr Shows the Delicious Promise of Multitouch Music iPad Apps

Are iBooks Already Getting Pricier?

Needs More Dazzler: Welcome To Weekend Comic Reviews!

Watch The First Moments Of Doctor Who Season Five, Plus More Clips

Palm’s CEO Will Email You, Too

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

“Lights Off” Video Shows a Different Story When You Watch It In the Dark

First Run of iPads Sold Out, Ship Date For New Orders Pushed To April 12

A Landlubber’s Guide To Earth’s Tides

Printable Nanotube RFID Tags Could Make Wireless Checkout Aisles a Reality

Watch Spike Jonze’s Robot Love Fable “I’m Here” Online

Verizon’s FiOS Rollout Drawing To a Close

Deodorant Cannons Wage War Against Landfill Stench

Oh Bother, It’s Alien Versus Winnie The Pooh

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