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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Multi-Edition

In today’s Remainders: the many. A new multitouch test app shows that multiple fingers confuse the Nexus One; Windows 7 has sold multiple copies (roughly 90 million); Chrome and its numerous extensions are catching up to Firefox, and more MultiSlouch Nexus One users have been reporting some multitouch wonkery for a while now, and to…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

5 Reasons Lost’s Parallel Universe Is A Waste Of Time

Dissatisfied with the final season of Lost so far? Finding yourself wondering “who is the baseball,” and not “what are the numbers” any more? We understand your pain — and we blame it all on the parallel universe. Spoilers ahead… If you’ve been unhappily struggling through Lost’s final season of parallel-universe craziness, apparently you’re not…

Television Meredith Woerner

Israeli Raid Cancelled After Very Stupid Facebook Post

If you’re in the military, here’s a tip: don’t put upcoming missions in your Facebook status. You wouldn’t think someone would need to tell you that, but here we are. A raid on suspected militants in the West Bank was cancelled yesterday after an Israeli soldier updated his Facebook status to read “On Wednesday we…

Social Media Adam Frucci

How To Make An Oscar Winning Scifi Film (The io9 Way)

How easy is it to write a Best Picture-worthy scifi flick? As easy as slapping tried and true tropes together to create a shambling drunken Frankenstein of a movie! Gird your loins for the most critically acclaimed scifi movie EVER! Thanks to Avatar and District 9, there’s been a lot of hubbub that the 82nd…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Phantom Camera. 1000 Frames Per Second. Scary People. Dogs.

Seriously, nothing shows better the power of the 1000fps Phantom camera than a scary masked man cracking a watermelon open with a baseball bat. But it freaks me out. Now I need some dogs catching treats. These Phantoms are amazing. What would you film if you had one of them? [Barzart]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Joos Orange Solar Charger Has 6 to 20 Times More Sun-to-Power Conversion

There’s no way to verify this except to test it, but Solar Components claims their Joos Orange charger has somewhere between six to twenty times as much “3G cell phone talk time per hours of sun” than their competitors. This is where we’re confused though. Their chart shows that they have 120 minutes of talk…

Tech News Jason Chen

Apple Patents Using USB Ports as Air Vents For Cooling

AppleInsider found four cooling-related patents by Apple that might be used in future MacBooks in order to better keep temperatures from getting absurd as performance increases. The most interesting is the one that uses USB/Firewire ports as vents. These ports would theoretically (while they’re not being used, of course) help increase airflow to vital hot…

Tech News Jason Chen

Best Buy Missing 20 Laptops, Police on Lookout For Tom Cruise Wannabes

A three-foot hole in the roof, footprints on a pipe leading up the side of the building, no alarm ringing, no one on any security footage and missing 20 laptops. Mission Impossible follow up or Best Buy burglary? The incident is being dubbed the Mission Impossible burglary because the thieves apparently never touched the floor…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Corsair’s Force Series SSDs Are the Fastest in Its Class With 280MB/s Reads

These Force Series SSDs from Corsair have up to 280MB/s reads and 260MB/s writes, which are supposedly “class-leading”. Even if it’s not the fastest solid state drives on the market period, it’s the fastest Corsair’s ever made. The drives will be available in 100 and 200GB sizes in about two weeks, and will support SATA…

Tech News Jason Chen

TomTom’s iPhone Navigation Apps Drop Again to $50/$70

TomTom’s discounting their US and US+Canada navigation apps slightly, down to $50 and $70, respectively. They’ve done this before, on both apps, so it’s not unprecedented, but it is a good deal if you’re looking for iPhone Navigation. [App Store] https://gizmodo.com/tomtom-releases-50-us-only-iphone-app-5424617

Tech News Jason Chen

Explore Google Search Suggestions Word-By-Word

You can learn a lot about the psyches of internet users through Google’s search suggestions, as we’ve seen. But What Do You Suggest? lets you explore these suggestions in a much more in-depth way. https://gizmodo.com/google-proves-humanity-is-sick-and-sad-yet-absolutely-5152141 The site allows you to start with any word you want, opening up visual trees showing what words people usually…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Tim Burton’s Secret Formula

Go behind the scenes at a Tim Burton brainstorming session. Stripes, white make-up, Danny Elfman’s music, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter — these are a few of his rehashed, reused, favorite things. Watch how Burton dreams up his features. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. [via College Humor]

Movies Meredith Woerner

m/ Gaming with Metal m/

I’m not talking about gold and platinum pieces, or even bronze dragons. I’m saying throw those devil signs in the air and bang your head to these ten metal songs that are perfect for a night around the gaming table. Lots of gaming groups use background music to add atmosphere when they game. Film scores…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Silicon Nanophotonics to Make Your Gadgets Run Faster and Consume Less

IBM is replacing copper wiring with an avalanche of photons and electrons. They are now transmitting data streams between circuits at the nanophotonic level. Speed: 40Gbps. Power supply: Just 1.5 volts. This video explain how it works. The system is so fast and consumes so little because of electron avalanches: The receptor—called nanophotonic avalanche photodetector—catches…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Richard Powers’ Book Covers Look Like The Inside Of Salvador Dali’s Brain

The alien aesthetic of 1950s scifi artist Richard Powers evokes melting clocks, Bruegel-like landscapes, and the surrealism of Paul Klee. One look at Powers’ surrealist planets and you know you’re not on Tatooine any more. Powers illustrated science fiction book covers for several publishers throughout his career, but perhaps his most famous work was his…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The Idea That Jews Don’t Write Fantasy Is A Fantasy

A new essay claiming that Jewish authors don’t write fantasy literature has caused a firestorm of criticism online, including an impressive list of Jewish fantasy authors. Is Christianity really embedded in the DNA of the fantasy epic? Noting that neither C.S. Lewis nor J.R.R. Tolkien was Jewish, Michael Weingrad writes in the Jewish Review Of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Google Wants to Eat Everything and Everyone

This Google Monster was created by Asaf Hanuka for an article about groups protesting Google’s plan to scan every book. I think it’s the way many thinks about its insatiable hunger, including myself. Well, actually, I see it like this: https://gizmodo.com/google-and-the-deadly-power-of-data-5391966 [Tropical Toxic via TheDW]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Gadget Deals of the Day

Some great deals coming down the bargain channel today. Dell’s offered up a full desktop plus an external HDD, Mass Effect 2 and a gift card sweeten the Xbox bundle, and there’s Match.com’s trial for anyone tired of being lonesome. Top Deals: • Dell Vostro 220s Desktop + 21.5″ LCD + 1 TB Western Digital…

Tech News Kevin Lee

Ballmer Explains the Cloud, In 5 Easy Steps

In his first time speaking at University of Washington—the giant Microsoft-endowed school in the company’s backyard—Steve Ballmer explained “the cloud.” First, there was a goofy video showing how stoned most UW students are, conducted by a gal with shockingly platinum hair and bronze skin. Then Ballmer says it’s something he’s betting his company on, and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Avengers (And Tron) Assemble On Disney TV Channels

Two new cartoon confirmations from the Kingdom of the Mouse: there will be a Tron animated series debuting in 2011, and a new Avengers series will air on Disney XD this fall. As we previously announced, Disney was considering a Tron TV series – this news got a little meatier yesterday, as Disney announced that…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Multi-Edition

5 Reasons Lost’s Parallel Universe Is A Waste Of Time

Israeli Raid Cancelled After Very Stupid Facebook Post

How To Make An Oscar Winning Scifi Film (The io9 Way)

Phantom Camera. 1000 Frames Per Second. Scary People. Dogs.

Joos Orange Solar Charger Has 6 to 20 Times More Sun-to-Power Conversion

Apple Patents Using USB Ports as Air Vents For Cooling

Best Buy Missing 20 Laptops, Police on Lookout For Tom Cruise Wannabes

Corsair’s Force Series SSDs Are the Fastest in Its Class With 280MB/s Reads

TomTom’s iPhone Navigation Apps Drop Again to $50/$70

Explore Google Search Suggestions Word-By-Word

Tim Burton’s Secret Formula

m/ Gaming with Metal m/

Silicon Nanophotonics to Make Your Gadgets Run Faster and Consume Less

Richard Powers’ Book Covers Look Like The Inside Of Salvador Dali’s Brain

The Idea That Jews Don’t Write Fantasy Is A Fantasy

Google Wants to Eat Everything and Everyone

Gadget Deals of the Day

Ballmer Explains the Cloud, In 5 Easy Steps

Avengers (And Tron) Assemble On Disney TV Channels

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