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Lost Vs. Baywatch Mash-up Turns Mystery Into Beach Blanket Bingo

What if Lost was a cheesy syndicated lifeguard drama? This video mash-up reimagines being marooned on a creepy island as a chance for some fun in the sun. Also, look out for clips from Josh Holloway’s cologne ad! Moments of this mash-up from the videographer Sophie are pretty genius, particularly with regards to the crowd…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

TESTED: The Best New Netbooks

If you’re in the market for a netbook—the gimpy kittens of the laptop jungle—know this first: on the inside, they’re all basically the same. Making the little differences all the more important! And yes, they do add up. For our Battlemodo, we decided to look only at netbooks powered by Intel’s Pine Trail (Atom N450)…

Reviews Brian Barrett

iPhone 4.0 Firmware to Bring Multitasking This Summer?

According to AppleInsider sources, iPhone firmware 4.0 will bring multitasking to the platform this summer. And it may look a lot like Exposé. The “full-on solution” to multitasking will support “several” third party apps running at once in a “multi-tasking manager that leverages interface technology already bundled with its Mac OS X operating system.” To…

Tech News Mark Wilson

So Does Street Fighter IV Actually Work on the iPhone?

Fighting games have always been awkward—and a little sad—as portable experiences, like Rottweilers stuffed in sweaters. Touchscreen controls, you’d think, would be adding a bowtie. But Street Fighter IV iPhone is a poodle in a cardigan. It fits. It’s a gorgeous port of Street Fighter IV, from flaming dragon punches—when you can pull them off—to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nolan Explains What To Expect From Batman 3, Inception And The New Superman

Is the third Batman film Christopher Nolan’s last? He makes it sound that way. Plus the director spills a few details about Inception, Hollywood’s first “metaphysical heist film,” and why his Superman may be the loneliest hero on the planet. The LA Times interviewed Nolan, and he revealed a few details that will help us…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Tron Billboard Works Perfectly as Tron Wallpaper

This latest Tron Legacy billboard, while not technically wallpaper-formatted, crops and stretches beautifully, even on a 24-inch screen. Download the full version here: [/film via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/2010-the-year-of-tron-legacy-billboards-5490713

Movies Mark Wilson

Foldable Keyboard for Tablets Doubles as Phone Handset

This may be a concept, but I want someone to actually make it for any present or future tablet out there: An optional foldable keyboard that acts as phone handset. This is how the it works: The keyboard is physically independent from the tablet itself, just a peripheral device that you can carry around folded…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

An Actor’s Enigmatic Hints That He’s Christopher Nolan’s Riddler. And A Possible New Lost-Star Wars Connection!

We heard from an actor who hints he’s Batman 3’s Riddler. Jesse “The Body” Ventura describes the Wachowskis’ mystery war movie, and a producer explains the Let The Right One In remake. Plus Doctor Who, V, Lost, Fringe and Supernatural. Batman 3: Eagle-eyed fans noticed the other day that Benjamin Ciaramello, who played Santiago in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Why Windows XP Users Upgrading Their Hard Drives Should Be Wary

Considering the fact that Windows XP is still the most-used OS worldwide, anyone considering swapping out their old hard drives for a new one should heed this advice: be careful. You may want to even consider not doing it. Why am I getting all cautious on you? Because of warnings by both the BBC and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

These Ads For MSN and MTV Should Be Expanded Into Full-Blown Movies

This Australian production/advertising agency, Umeric, has created two of the best commercials I’ve seen. The first, for MTVNHD (MTV Nickelodeon High Definition) is my favorite—anyone else reminded of War of the Worlds when watching it? The second advert I like is actually for MSN.ca, taking the fusty four-colored butterfly and transforming it into a high-tech…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: Hexacore i7 Mac Pro Coming Next Tuesday

ZDNet is receiving tips claiming Apple will upgrade its Mac Pro line with an Intel Core i7-980x chipset, which certainly isn’t the first time we’ve heard Core i7-shaped gossip. Supposedly it’ll all be unraveled next Tuesday, the 16th of March. [ZDNet via BGR] https://gizmodo.com/macbook-pro-core-i5-and-core-i7-processors-rumored-to-a-5416500

Tech News Kat Hannaford

First Verizon Wireless 4G Phone Could Appear Mid-2011

Nokia was rumored to be building it, but according to the WSJ Verizon Wireless‘ first 4G handset will debut mid-2011, running on the LTE network that’s launching end of this year after Boston and Seattle guinea pigged the service. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-and-nokia-are-secretly-planning-a-4g-phone-5165071 According to the WSJ, Verizon Wireless’ first LTE phones will use dual chipsets so they’ll…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Motorola Replacing Google Search With Bing On Chinese Android Phones

Cynics will likely say China’s forcing Motorola to include Bing search instead of Google in Chinese Android phones, due to the ongoing war o’ censorship with Google. Me? Well, Bing is the better search engine. Kidding! https://gizmodo.com/google-cancels-chinese-nexus-one-developer-event-to-pr-5478905 All Motorola phones in China, starting this month, will be pre-loaded with a Bing bookmark and search widget.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Opera Mini 5 Browser Beta Out Now For Android

The latest beta version of Opera Mini for Androids is now out as of today, with a new interface and multi-tabs support thrown in. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Opera Mobile 10 on Symbian and WinMo, though. It’s also available for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile, but if you want it on your Android, load up…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Captain America Casting: John Krasinski’s Out, Chris Evans And The Tron Kid Are In

The latest Captain America casting saga continues. Turns out yesterday’s sure thing, John Krasinski, is out, and has been replaced with the Human Torch himself, Chris Evans. Deadline is reporting that Marvel has canned the John Krasinski Cap idea. Thank goodness for small miracles, but still Marvel can’t make up its mind on casting this…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Pioneer’s DJM-2000 Shows Why Every Digital Mixer Should Come With Multitouch

Pioneer is known to make digital mixers that leave us drooling and wishing for some DJ skills. First they gave us the CDJ-2000 with its beautiful LCD screen, and now they’ve given us the DJM-2000, a multitouch screen-having per-frequency-mixing beauty. https://gizmodo.com/pioneer-cdj-2000-lets-you-mix-with-the-help-of-a-big-b-5361368 Sure, there have been multitouch DJ rigs before, but the DJM-2000 is not only…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

When Heavy Machines Crash They Make a Terrible Noise

Click to viewIt doesn’t matter if the machine you are using is a massive crane or a tiny smartphone: You will always curse in the same way when it crashes. The deafening noise, however, won’t be the same.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Fashion as Futurism

It’s hard for a lot of us to relate to what goes on in fashion, but Alexander McQueen, recently deceased, strode across some familiar territory in his final works. Shots like this are as sci-fi as they are high-fashion. [BoingBoing]

Tech News John Herrman

Girl Recognizes Lego Star Wars Minifigs by Sucking on Them

You really have to suck a whole lot of Lego Star Wars minifigs to do what this girl is doing: Identify the characters by putting them inside your mouth. Somehow, I find all this strangely arousing. [Youtube via Boing Boing] https://gizmodo.com/35-310-lego-star-wars-clone-trooper-army-invades-earth-5020703

Tech News Jesus Diaz

IBM Develops Infinitely Recyclable Plant-Based Plastic

Earlier this week, IBM researchers announced a discovery that could lead to plastics made from plants instead of petroleum. The new plastics will be more energy efficient, more versatile, and infinitely recyclable (until we move to our space colony). The discovery was made at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in Northern California in cooperation with scientists…

Climate Change Kyle VanHemert

Lost Vs. Baywatch Mash-up Turns Mystery Into Beach Blanket Bingo

TESTED: The Best New Netbooks

iPhone 4.0 Firmware to Bring Multitasking This Summer?

So Does Street Fighter IV Actually Work on the iPhone?

Nolan Explains What To Expect From Batman 3, Inception And The New Superman

Tron Billboard Works Perfectly as Tron Wallpaper

Foldable Keyboard for Tablets Doubles as Phone Handset

An Actor’s Enigmatic Hints That He’s Christopher Nolan’s Riddler. And A Possible New Lost-Star Wars Connection!

Why Windows XP Users Upgrading Their Hard Drives Should Be Wary

These Ads For MSN and MTV Should Be Expanded Into Full-Blown Movies

Rumor: Hexacore i7 Mac Pro Coming Next Tuesday

First Verizon Wireless 4G Phone Could Appear Mid-2011

Motorola Replacing Google Search With Bing On Chinese Android Phones

Opera Mini 5 Browser Beta Out Now For Android

Captain America Casting: John Krasinski’s Out, Chris Evans And The Tron Kid Are In

Pioneer’s DJM-2000 Shows Why Every Digital Mixer Should Come With Multitouch

When Heavy Machines Crash They Make a Terrible Noise

Fashion as Futurism

Girl Recognizes Lego Star Wars Minifigs by Sucking on Them

IBM Develops Infinitely Recyclable Plant-Based Plastic

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