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Even The Emptiest Parts Of The Universe Are Packed With Galaxies

This is actually a portrait of emptiness, even though it glitters with galaxies. The bright elliptical galaxy in the top center, ESO 306-17, has absorbed every galaxy around it and grown to monstrous proportions. Over at Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait explains: ESO 306-17 sits about a billion light years from Earth. In this picture it…

io9 Annalee Newitz

RGB Lamp

Theoretically, this RGB lamp concept could mix 16 million color variations, but really, we’d be happy enough with seven in this shot. [macmeier and dailytonic via mocoloco]

Tech News Mark Wilson

A Flood Of 80s Comedy Remakes, From Big To Bill And Ted

Now this truly is a bogus journey. Three iconic 1980s films are being dug out of the graveyard of Hollywood ideas, and dusted off for another go. One of these has got to be a joke, but which? To the mooted remake of Weird Science, add these new contenders: Honey I Shrunk The Kids A…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Come to io9’s Time Bending SXSW Party

Want to hang out with stormtroopers from the 501st, sword fighters from the medieval and Renaissance eras, MC Frontalot, and innocent bystanders attending the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas? Then come to our party! SEE the clashing of swords! HEAR the nerdcore stylings of MC Frontalot! DRINK free booze! Time Bender starts at…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Q&A: OK Go’s Lead Singer Tells Us Secrets of the Band’s Geeky Videos

With over six million views in six days, OK Go’s video for “This Too Shall Pass” is the latest in their unprecedented string of runaway YouTube hits. Lead singer Damian Kulash shared OK Go’s video philosophy—and history—with Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/ok-gos-embeddable-music-video-for-this-too-shall-pas-5483526 Q: At this point, OK Go may have the best track record of anyone at creating…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Steam Comes to Mac, Offers Cross-Platform Gaming Free of Charge

It’s official, Valve’s digital distribution service Steam is coming to Mac, and bringing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series (along with Source) with it this April. But there’s more. Apparently, through Steam Play, gamers will be able to play supported titles (anything built on Source, it seems) on…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Gizmodo Poland!

Gizmodo Poland launched today. The guy in charge is Rafal Tomanski, who was a finalist on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Poland, and walked away with the 500k prize after not wanting to risk it all on a single question. He speaks 8 languages and has degrees in Japanese cinema and international relations and…

Tech News Brian Lam

Comcast’s Latest iPhone App Manages Your DVR From Anywhere

Comcast is fairly evil, to be sure. But if they’re doing one thing right, it’s the latest version of their free iPhone app, Comcast Mobile App 2.0. In this walkthrough, you’ll see that not only can you set recordings from your iPhone, but you can do so over the multiple DVRs that you may have…

Tech News Mark Wilson

8-Bit NYC Map Turns New York Into Hyrule

This draggable, zoomable map of NYC is made from old 8-bit NES elements. It is as awesome as it sounds. [8-Bit NYC via WAXY via Kottke]

Tech News Adam Frucci

James Cameron’s First Science Fiction Movie Script Was Also His Preachiest

You may have thought Avatar was a tad heavy-handed with its environmentalist messages, but apparently that’s nothing compared to Paradise, the short screenplay Cameron wrote in high school. In Paradise, the U.S. government legalizes drugs at some point in the early 1970s, leading to a decade of heavy drug use. And then a new injected…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

HTC Legend Review: Frankly, It Feels Expensive

With HTC’s upcoming crop of Androids, you’ll be able to separate people into two distinct groups: those who spring for the brainier, better-specced Desire, and those who get bowled over by the beautiful, yet lesser-specced Legend. https://gizmodo.com/htc-desire-a-premium-nexus-one-without-the-google-5472642 The Desire (or Nexus One) is the final word in the Androidsphere—it’s a mark of someone who knows…

Reviews Kat Hannaford

This Week, Dinoshark Will Gobble Your Saturday

The Oscars have wrapped, but there’s still plenty of science fiction goodness waiting for you on the small screen this week. Brace yourself for new Lost, Chuck , Caprica — and next year’s surefire Best Picture winner, Roger Corman’s insatiable Dinoshark! Monday 3/8/10 At 8 PM, a new Chuck debuts on NBC – “Chuck Vs…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Win a Chance to Shop with Free Money

Just take the survey below, email the last question to [email protected], and you could be the big winner of a $150 Best Buy gift card. Your incomplete Criterion Collection Kurosawa collection (say that 3 times fast) is begging you to. [Rules.]

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Avatar Eclipsed By Alice At The Box Office

Apparently, what it takes to beat one IMAX 3D blockbuster from a well-respected director is another IMAX 3D blockbuster from a well-respected director. Tim Burton’s Alice opened surprisingly strongly this weekend, knocking Avatar off the top of the international charts. Cameron’s colorful spectacular has been on top of the worldwide movie charts for the last…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Shooting Challenge pt2

Title: Fair Trade Shot with a Canon 5d Mark II / 85mm 1.2 settings: ISO 100, F2.0, .6 sec It was a very simple shot. I used a tripod and remote trigger since there was only 1 light source the Candle -Brent Schnarr Shot with the light of just one candle with a Canon 5D…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Apple ‘iKey’ Places a Combination Lock on Your Wallet

At its surface, a recently uncovered Apple patent application describes a Motion Based Input Selection. But a closer look reveals that Apple wants the iPhone to become your life’s omnitool. Using near field communication—or RFID, which isn’t in the current crop of iPhones—coupled with a cute, onscreen UI (like a combination lock), Apple’s patent describes…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Vertical Prison Concept Hides Prisoners Up In the Sky

Alcatraz was designed to be impossible to escape from by being out on an island in San Francisco Bay. And this vertical prison concept has the same idea: if you want to escape, it’s a long way down. The design, which was the winner of Evolvo Magazine’s 2010 skyscraper competition, probably won’t be built anytime…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Scientists Detect Single Molecules In Your Cells For The First Time

The behavior of just a few molecules of hydrogen peroxide in your cells could give you cancer. But scientists have difficulty tracking individual molecules emerging from your body. That changed last weekend, and could transform cancer treatments. A group of researchers at MIT have devised a sensor made from carbon nanotubes and collagen, which can…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Time Warner’s Plan to Make AT&T Suck Less (In NY, Anyway)

I never thought I’d forgive Time Warner for abominable service before I switched to FiOS—but I just might, if their plan to lease their pipes to AT&T and Verizon makes using an iPhone in NY actually tolerable. UPDATED. AT&T’s iPhone problems are two-fold. There’s the wireless aspect, which is having enough towers with enough spectrum…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Amanda Seyfried To Get Her Red Hood Symbolically Dirtied Up By A Werewolf

We’re not so sure how we feel about our favorite new actress, Amanda Seyfried, taking on a sex-tinged supernatural thriller with original Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. But if the werewolf Red Riding Hood movie delivers a Gothic twist, we’re interested. At last night’s Oscars, Seyfried announced that she would star in Catherine Hardwicke’s The Girl…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Even The Emptiest Parts Of The Universe Are Packed With Galaxies

RGB Lamp

A Flood Of 80s Comedy Remakes, From Big To Bill And Ted

Come to io9’s Time Bending SXSW Party

Q&A: OK Go’s Lead Singer Tells Us Secrets of the Band’s Geeky Videos

Steam Comes to Mac, Offers Cross-Platform Gaming Free of Charge

Gizmodo Poland!

Comcast’s Latest iPhone App Manages Your DVR From Anywhere

8-Bit NYC Map Turns New York Into Hyrule

James Cameron’s First Science Fiction Movie Script Was Also His Preachiest

HTC Legend Review: Frankly, It Feels Expensive

This Week, Dinoshark Will Gobble Your Saturday

Win a Chance to Shop with Free Money

Avatar Eclipsed By Alice At The Box Office

Shooting Challenge pt2

Apple ‘iKey’ Places a Combination Lock on Your Wallet

Vertical Prison Concept Hides Prisoners Up In the Sky

Scientists Detect Single Molecules In Your Cells For The First Time

Time Warner’s Plan to Make AT&T Suck Less (In NY, Anyway)

Amanda Seyfried To Get Her Red Hood Symbolically Dirtied Up By A Werewolf

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