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Portal 2 Confirmed for Mac

If Matt had to change his pants over the Valve Apple teasers the other day, what will today’s wardrobe malfunction be? I only ask because the latest GameInformer confirms Portal 2 is coming to Mac. Update: Steam’s officially coming to Mac in April, with free cross-platform syncing! https://gizmodo.com/valves-mac-teasers-just-made-me-change-my-pants-5484987 Scheduled for a fall release, Portal 2…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Chinese Writer Seeks $146 Million From James Cameron For Plagiarism Suit

Add one more Avatar-esque story to the pile James Cameron allegedly cribbed for inspiration. Beijing-based scifi writer Zhou Shaomou believes that Cameron ripped off his online novel Tale of the Blue Crows. What’s Shaomou want? A cool 1 billion yuan. https://gizmodo.com/the-complete-list-of-sources-avatars-accused-of-ripping-5460954 According to Shaomou, much of Cameron’s Oscar-nominated film was yanked from the Chinese author’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Road Train Autopilot Saves Money, Would Mercifully Restore Driving-While-Texting

It was only a matter of time before some compulsive texter found a way to get text messaging and driving together again. Called the Road Train, it’s mean to save fuel, but we know it’s true purpose, don’t we? [BBC] The Road Train is based on drafting, that age-old technique that NASCAR drivers use to…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Professor X Chair Dispenses Vodka, Announces Presence with Arduino Sounds and Smoke

This fully-functional wheelchair comes complete with, well, everything I could possibly think of that’s necessary for something to be called a Steampunk Professor X chair. Vodka cranberry dispenser? Yes. Booming Arduino/Adafruit sound effects? Sure! Working smokestack? Why, yes! Better still, there’s video of the creator tooling around a model railroad museum, confusing and fascinating bystanders…

Tech News Jack Loftus

A Is For Alphabet Of Awesome

Illustrator Neill Cameron knows what’s awesome… and has created an alphabet to prove it. Cameron’s A-Z of Awesomeness includes shout outs to David Tennant, MODOK and Joss Whedon. Click through for our favorites. [Via]

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

VU Meter Hack Turns PSP Into Something Functional

This mod turns the PSP into a pretty cool looking little VU Meter (that’s volume meter, to you non-audiophiles). So dust off that PSP kiddo, it’s time to breathe life into that fledgling portable once again! The hack is the work of “foo foo” and it works as advertised. Spin up an audio track, and…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Android-Powered Motorola Backflip Now Available at AT&T

Normally a phone like the Motorola Backflip wouldn’t get much fanfare when it appears on a retail web site, but this is AT&T’s first Android phone (of many), so let’s give it, say, 40 words or so, shall we? [AT&T] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-backflip-review-not-for-us-but-maybe-for-the-5483788

Tech News Jack Loftus

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds Cameras Get Handled

We saw some renders and stock photography shots of the new Panasonic DMC-G2 and G10 earlier this morning, and right on the heels of that coverage are these real-deal hands-on shots. Ogle at your convenience, courtesy the Photography Blog: https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-and-g10-micro-four-thirds-camera-5487406 [Photography Blog – Thanks, Mark]

Tech News Jack Loftus

NASA’s Next Space Station May Need A Puncture Repair Kit

According to NASA’s recent budget proposal, the agency is considering inflatable space station modules as a way to cut costs on future missions. Admittedly, I’m not a scientist, but even I can see one potential flaw: It might burst. Based on an idea initially thought up in the 1960s – Goodyear were even hired to…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Oh Hey Look, Another Unconfirmed iPhone Video Conferencing Rumor

Will the next iPhone have video conferencing or won’t it? Does anyone really care? If you do, then feast on this, the latest rumor: European mobile provide O2 lists “video calls” as a “key feature” in the “iPhone 4G.” Why all the quotation marks? Because, to coin a UK term, it’s more than likely “bollocks.”…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Thunder 30 Amplifier is Still Orange, Gets Louder

Most amplifiers are black. Inconspicuous. But not Orange. The designers saw legions of muted amplifiers on the market in 1968 and went, well, really orange. As for this new Thunder 30, it may be just as loud as the color. Musically inclined folks will appreciate the amp’s four EL84 class A 30 watt-pumpin’ power valves.…

Tech News Jack Loftus

10 Would-be Avengers (Who’d Actually Have Something To Avenge)

With Marvel rejiggering its Avengers lines after Siege, readers have been introduced to a number of same ol’, same ol’ new recruits. If we had our druthers, how would we arrange the Avengers roster? Marvel is launching four new Avengers titles in the wake of Norman Osborn’s Dark Reign: Secret Avengers, New Avengers, Avengers Academy,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Lindelof and Cuse Respond To Lost Critics

With criticism about the show’s final season, and their admission that it won’t answer all lingering questions, starting to be heard, Lost’s executive producers have discovered the true purpose of Twitter: Vague rebuttals. And fan contests. Ever since it appeared, Lost fansites have been puzzling over Damon Lindelof’s Thursday tweet: This is me blithely informing…

Television Graeme McMillan

DIY Pixel Qi Kits Arrive Q2, Bring Transflective Displays to Old Laptops

Were you as impressed with the Pixel Qi display as we were? Good news: There’s a DIY kit coming late this year that will allow you to swap out 10-in. laptop screens with a transforming Pixel Qi transflective combo screen. https://gizmodo.com/e-ink-is-dead-pixel-qis-amazing-transflective-lcd-just-5443895 Better news: The folks at Pixel Qi contend that switching out the old display…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Matt Smith Explains His Doctor

Wondering what kind of Doctor Matt Smith will be, with his first season of Doctor Who still a month away? The answer, according to the man himself, is “very doof” and “a bit mad.” But let’s let him explain… Talking to the British Guardian newspaper, Smith described his Doctor: He’s a little reckless. He’ll walk…

Television Graeme McMillan

Tumbleweed Rover Ball Could Be Key to Exploring More of Mars

Martian rovers with wheels are so 2009, man. And they get stuck in the sand way too easily. What we need is an army of tumbleweed beach ball robots surveying hundreds of miles of Martian surface. NASA’s on the case. The concept is mind-numbingly simple: It’s a big, bouncing ball that’s light enough to be…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds Cameras: G2 Gets Touchscreen Control, Both Get HD Video

Panasonic has pulled the sheets off two new Lumix Micro Four Thirds cameras: the touchscreen DMC-G2 and the super light G10. Both shoot 720p video, but the G2’s bendy, touch control screen makes it a Micro Four Thirds stand out. The DMC-G2 is the direct descendant of the Lumix G1, the first ever Micro Four…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Two Most Disturbing Characters On Caprica

Last night’s episode of Caprica, “Know Thy Enemy,” introduced us to two new characters, both of whom are pretty damn creepy. But neither could out-creep Zoe the cylon, whose character took a bizarre left turn that could mean almost anything. Meet the New Guys Earlier this season, Daniel Graystone made what promises to be the…

Television Annalee Newitz

Coffee-Powered “Carpuccino” Infuriates Car Lovers, Coffee Lovers, Pun Lovers

Point: As my fellow Jalopnik readers would agree, the thought of an au-to-MO-bile running on some coffee beans is equally laughable and insulting. Counterpoint: As my fellow coffee drinkers would agree, this is an utter disgrace to our holy bean. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-how-to-actually-make-coffee-5345785 Countercounterpoint: Carpuccino? Really? A while ago we read that coffee-based biofuels were feasible. Knowing…

Climate Change Kyle VanHemert

Nvidia GTX 480 Takes On ATI HD 5870 In Benchmark Gauntlet

Nvidia posted a preview video of the GTX 480, their eyeball-popping, face-melting Fermi graphics card that is set for release “very, very soon.” It bests ATI’s HD 5870 in a benchmark, though maybe not by as much as you’d hope. https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-fermi-next-gen-graphics-architecture-has-512-cor-5371436 As Tom Petersen, Nvidia’s director of technical management, explains in the video, the GTX…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Portal 2 Confirmed for Mac

Chinese Writer Seeks $146 Million From James Cameron For Plagiarism Suit

Road Train Autopilot Saves Money, Would Mercifully Restore Driving-While-Texting

Professor X Chair Dispenses Vodka, Announces Presence with Arduino Sounds and Smoke

A Is For Alphabet Of Awesome

VU Meter Hack Turns PSP Into Something Functional

Android-Powered Motorola Backflip Now Available at AT&T

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds Cameras Get Handled

NASA’s Next Space Station May Need A Puncture Repair Kit

Oh Hey Look, Another Unconfirmed iPhone Video Conferencing Rumor

Thunder 30 Amplifier is Still Orange, Gets Louder

10 Would-be Avengers (Who’d Actually Have Something To Avenge)

Lindelof and Cuse Respond To Lost Critics

DIY Pixel Qi Kits Arrive Q2, Bring Transflective Displays to Old Laptops

Matt Smith Explains His Doctor

Tumbleweed Rover Ball Could Be Key to Exploring More of Mars

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds Cameras: G2 Gets Touchscreen Control, Both Get HD Video

The Two Most Disturbing Characters On Caprica

Coffee-Powered “Carpuccino” Infuriates Car Lovers, Coffee Lovers, Pun Lovers

Nvidia GTX 480 Takes On ATI HD 5870 In Benchmark Gauntlet

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