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iTunes LP is a Bust. Time to Go Free?

Nobody cares about iTunes LP, reports Paul Bonanos. Six months into the format—one that Apple believed enough in to have a separate event—and nobody is buying. But what if it were free? https://gizmodo.com/apple-its-only-rock-and-roll-ipod-event-september-9-5349460 We’ve been discussing it in our top-secret internet chat place. Mark is certain that the LP format can be redeemed—or at least…

Tech News Joel Johnson

Seriously, Does Anybody Need Battlestar Galactica Online?

Even if Battlestar Galactica hadn’t suffered an epic-letdown ending, we’d be dubious about the potential of a browser-based multiplayer game, set among the bedraggled last few survivors of a nearly-extinct humanity. But now? Does anybody want BSG Online? [L.A. Times]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to turn today’s user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It’s probably for the best that these don’t actually exist. First Place—Bobo the Teddy Second Place—Paul Vasco Third Place—Goodie to You Dot Com

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Warped Little Red Riding Hood Art We Hope Amanda Seyfried’s Film Channels

American McGee’s Alice PC game is best known for it’s warped take on the fairy tale, by making Alice suicidal orphan. His next fairy tale victim is Little Red Riding Hood, and here’s a glimpse at the gory concept art. We seriously hope Catherine Harwicke pulls inspiration from this art for her Red Riding Hood…

Movies Meredith Woerner

So Why Can’t Skyscrapers Be Made Underwater?

Water-scraper is a concept piece entered into the eVoIo Skyscraper Competition which shows a future where people live and work underwater. Harnessing wave, wind and solar power to generate electricity, it’s a future world I’d be thrilled to live in. We’d also be able to grow food using aquaculture and hydroponic ways—though if it just…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Patton Oswalt + Joss Whedon’s Firefly = Comic Book Gold?

Not content with roles in both Caprica and Dollhouse, comedian Patton Oswalt is further solidifying his geek credibility with the news that he’ll be writing a special oneshot comic sequel to Joss Whedon’s Serenity. The comic, Serenity: Float Out, follows on from the – spoiler! – death of Wash in the movie, by focusing on…

Movies Graeme McMillan

MacHeist: Get 8 Mac Apps Worth $280 For $20

MacHeist’s nanoBundle 2 offer is almost over, which means the really good apps are on the verge of being unlocked. Already available? Tales of Monkey Island, in both Mac and PC versions. By the time you read this post, RapidWeaver should already be unlocked, and it should be very, very close to unlocking Tweetie at…

Tech News Jason Chen

Does This Transformers 3 Game Concept Art Hint At The Movie’s Alien Worlds?

An artist who’s reportedly working on the Transformers 3 tie-in game has posted a ton of concept art on his blog, including a couple of strange planets where some action takes place. Does this reflect the movie’s storyline at all? Artist Frankell Baramdyka posted two giant collections of Transformers concept art on his blog recently.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Palm webOS PDK Public Beta Is Available Now

Palm’s complement to their SDK, the webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), is available in beta form now. Download it here. Palm webOS PDK Public Beta Now Available Palm Demonstrates New Games at Game Developers Conference SAN FRANCISCO, Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 9, 2010 – Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced that a public beta…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Hannibal, Stripper Choruses And Superheroes Invade This Week’s Comics

Those who worry that no-one’s around to save the world have nothing to fear with this week’s superhero-heavy new comic releases. But for the superpower-phobic, there’s still a lot to choose from… including something to make Glen Larson proud. If superheroes are your reading bread and butter, then you’re in for a sandwich feast this…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

MythBusters’ Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect Blade Runner Gun

Giz friend Adam Savage, in our estimation, can make just about anything. Here he explains the path he took to turn a toy gun into an astoundingly sharp Blade Runner pistol replica. I made my first Blade Runner pistol when I was 18, while living in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. I stared at the VHS version…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The FCC Wants to Turn Part of the Wireless Spectrum Into Free Internet Service

Call me a cynic, but I’m not sure this is ever going to happen: the FCC wants to dedicate a chunk of the wireless spectrum to providing free internet service. The FCC plans to make its recommendation under the National Broadband Plan set for release next week, which has the goal of making broadband more…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Real Scifi Book Covers Of Gentlemen Broncos

In the opening credits of Gentlemen Broncos, the cast and crew’s names are superimposed onto real science fiction book covers. Eagle-eyed io9 reader Lorcan McGrane has found several of these awesome vintage covers. Compare and contrast after the jump! In Gentlemen Broncos, Jemaine Clement plays Ronald Chevalier, a science fiction novelist who steals a book…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Apple Warned the Industry Before Suing HTC?

According to Oppenheimer’s Yair Reiner, Apple’s lawsuit against HTC didn’t come out of left field as most of us thought. Really, Apple had warned handset manufacturers that they were going to be stricter about enforcing their patents. https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 “Starting in January, Apple launched a series of C-Level discussions with tier-1 handset makers to underscore its…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Samsung’s Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook

I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I’m glad Samsung’s finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $300 for this thing? Really? UPDATED https://gizmodo.com/remainders-the-things-we-didnt-post-caught-on-video-5477540 A six-inch-screened device with a sliding keypad, the Samsung E6’s biggest draw is probably…

Tech News John Herrman

Fear The Mole Man Trailer — And Robert Englund’s Cameo!

We’re suckers for a good horror-comedy, and the The Moleman of Belmont Avenue has the talent and the comedy pedigree to be our possible new favorite. Plus, don’t we all have a Mole Man, of some sort, in our basements? Twitch Film spotted the new trailer for the feature Mole Men, brought to us by…

Movies Meredith Woerner

LEGO Star Wars Watches

If you’ve got $22 and know a deserving kid, these LEGO Star Wars watches are about as adorable as gifts get. If you’ve got $30 and consider yourself deserving, there are slightly less cute adult versions, too. [StarWarsShop via Geekologie]

Tech News Mark Wilson

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

How a Kindle will make you put off buying an iPad, Google opens another door for developers, some cool iPhone apps, and could 3G smart phones fry your brain less than older cell phones? 3G Capable Smart Phones May Reduce Cumulative Exposure To Electromagnetic Radiation TreeHugger writer John Laumer did a little experimenting to find…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

A UFO On Fire Over Eureka, California

Usually when you hear about UFO sightings, the witnesses recall sleek, swift-moving vessels. They’re perfectly curved, or perfectly triangular. But a sighting in Northern California last week involved a rare jalopy UFO. The person who sighted the UFO wrote this report, and submitted it to the MUFON database: I was driving down California St in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Record Live HD TV On Your Mac or Windows 7 PC With The Updated Elgato EyeTV Hybrid

The EyeTV Hybrid TV recording stick is now both Mac and Windows 7 compatible, with the EyeTV software bundled for Mac users, whereas Windows users can watch TV through Windows Media Center. It’s apparently the world’s smallest hybrid TV tuner. It’s available now in the US and Canada for $150. [Elgato]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iTunes LP is a Bust. Time to Go Free?

Seriously, Does Anybody Need Battlestar Galactica Online?

17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR

The Warped Little Red Riding Hood Art We Hope Amanda Seyfried’s Film Channels

So Why Can’t Skyscrapers Be Made Underwater?

Patton Oswalt + Joss Whedon’s Firefly = Comic Book Gold?

MacHeist: Get 8 Mac Apps Worth $280 For $20

Does This Transformers 3 Game Concept Art Hint At The Movie’s Alien Worlds?

Palm webOS PDK Public Beta Is Available Now

Hannibal, Stripper Choruses And Superheroes Invade This Week’s Comics

MythBusters’ Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect Blade Runner Gun

The FCC Wants to Turn Part of the Wireless Spectrum Into Free Internet Service

The Real Scifi Book Covers Of Gentlemen Broncos

Apple Warned the Industry Before Suing HTC?

Samsung’s Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook

Fear The Mole Man Trailer — And Robert Englund’s Cameo!

LEGO Star Wars Watches

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

A UFO On Fire Over Eureka, California

Record Live HD TV On Your Mac or Windows 7 PC With The Updated Elgato EyeTV Hybrid

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