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Wolverine’s Samurai Movie Starts Filming Next Year

Wolverine’s claws will be tempered with bushido, the Samurai code, in the forthcoming sequel. Based on the Frank Miller/Chris Claremont comic saga, Wolverine 2 already has a script and is gearing up to shoot early next year. The Usual Suspects’ scribe has turned in the completed Wolverine 2 screenplay, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Japanese Ringtone Promises to Clear Your Sinuses

A company called Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory has created the “Hana Sukkiri Melody” ringtone, which claims to be able to clear out your sinuses whenever anybody calls you. Ah-whaaaa? The company claims that “the ringtone will make a nose has resonant frequency with pollens adherent inside your nasal cavity, so eventually pollens fall down.” Oh,…

Tech News Adam Frucci

If I Had a Landline, I Would Use This Android Phone

Once upon a time, there were these cables that got into your home and into these things that went ring-ring, with numbers and redial buttons and call waiting. The DSP Multimedia Handset is the same, with Android and a touchscreen. It’s also looks like the last twist to landline-based DECT handsets. In addition to Wi-Fi,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Google’s Going Real Time

Real time is the next step for Google: They’re working on a standard for website publishers to hit Google with new content for indexing in seconds, a huge leap from the way Google currently crawls the web. One way it might work is through a setup like PubSubHubbub, where a site tells a Hub there’s…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Meet Blackie The Mutant Penguin

This rare all-black mutant penguin was spotted and photographed by Andrew Evans, who is traveling in Antarctica. What gave this suave little guy his goth look? No, the answer is not Photoshop. National Geographic’s Janelle Nanos asked Allan Baker, an ornithologist, about the images. Here’s what transpired: “Well that is astonishing,” he said. “I’ve never…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Adidas miCoach Pacer Review: Like Nike+, Only Better

Adidas miCoach is a fitness activity tracking system similar to Nike+, except it gives you more data—including heart rate information—and has a sexy voice to guide you through workouts. Yes, it costs more, but it also does more. https://gizmodo.com/the-adidas-micoach-fitness-tracker-might-actually-talk-5436617 The Price $140 may sound like quite a bit to spend on a fitness activity tracking…

Reviews Rosa Golijan

Magic: The Gathering Movie Backs Away From Pure Fantasy

Hasbro has been prepping movie debuts, from Candyland to Clue, but it sounds like they have an offbeat plan for their fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering: forcing it into contemporary times. Will fans accept a modern-day Magic? In an interview with MTV CEO Brian Goldner explained that they were going with the Planeswalker mage…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Leaked Documents: Microsoft’s Secret Phones Coming to Verizon

After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft’s other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink’s coming, and Verizon’s the carrier. UPDATE: First live shots. https://gizmodo.com/first-shots-and-specs-of-microsofts-secret-project-pink-5485796 A tipster passed us a load of 3rd-party marketing materials, in which a promotional…

Tech News John Herrman

Fake (But Legal) Marijuana Is Freaking The Kids Out

What’s worse than America’s youth getting stoned out of their gourds on illicit reefer? Kids hallucinating on legal but psychotropic fake weed. And you thought watching hours of Adult Swim and eating an entire box of Ho Hos was dangerous. It’s perfectly legal to buy fauxijuana “incense” blends (heck, you can do so over the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Desktop’s Dead, Baby, Desktop’s Dead

John Herlihy, Google Europe’s big chief, says that desktops will be irrelevant in three years. Which is precisely why Apple and Google are trying to kill each other, fiercely fighting for the domination of the mobile device world. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-and-googles-romance-turned-to-hate-5483662 Both companies know that mobile computing is where the action is now and where it will…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Mobile Patent Mexican Standoff

Apple’s patent theft accusations against HTC got a lot of press this week, as they should! But it’s just the most recent case in a gun-slinging mobile landscape riddled with patent lawsuits. This’ll end about as well as Reservoir Dogs. https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 The NY Times breaks it down today with this handy chart of who’s suing…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Updates On Ridley Scott’s Monopoly, Duncan Jones’ Source Code, And Doctor Who Filming

New details have leaked out about Ridley Scott’s Monopoly, and Harry Potter’s epilogue. Duncan Jones’ next movie gets comic relief. There are revealing Doctor Who/Lost pics and Toy Story 3 concept art. Plus Nightmare, Twilight, Caprica, FlashForward, Chuck and Supernatural. Monopoly: Ridley Scott’s still on track to direct this movie, which he’d said will have…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Made-to-Order Headphones Show Your Favorite Music in 3D

Brian Garret Schuur is a clever guy, and that’s why rapid manufacturer Freedom of Creation has taken his design for the Street Headphones. These made-to-order headphones feature the names of your favorite bands and singers all around them, in 3D. https://gizmodo.com/single-button-remote-has-257-less-buttons-than-what-you-5060536 They don’t seem very comfortable, but I would be glad if people used this…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

LG’s First Windows Phone 7 Handset Will Be Called Panther?

LG’s first Windows Phone 7 handset, which got shown off recently in the sweaty palm of a Microsoft director at the Engadget Show, will be called the LG Panther. Apparently. We know LG likes silly names, but Panther? https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-employee-shows-off-prototype-windows-phone-7-5481938 Of course, there’s a more famous Panther in our world—2003’s OS X 10.3, from Apple. The…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Yes, This Is An iPhone Case. Of Course It Is.

Unveiled as part of Hong Kong retailer JOYCE’s line of fashion designer-created iPhone cases…blah blah blahdy blah. IT’S A ROCK. I hope you enjoy the feeling of a mugger beating you over the head with your “camouflaged” iPhone. [HighSnobiety]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Android 2.1 Update Available For Motorola Droid and Droid Eris Via Leaked ROM

Droid owners have been waiting and waiting for 2.1 to materialize, but fortunately a firmware update has leaked for both handsets. Motorola and Verizon have both promised OTA updates, but it’s anyone’s guess as to when they’ll be out—so this may just be the fastest way to get the latest Android flavor on your pocket-friend.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

RT-N56U Router From The Starship Enterprise Lands…Err, From ASUS, I Mean

I just don’t know what to think about this router. I’ve been staring at it for minutes now, wondering how in 802.11n’s name it was created in ASUS’ laboratory. ASUS hasn’t been too forthcoming with details on the RT-N56U, which was announced at CeBIT this week, and until we hear back from them we’ll just…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

ASUS’ Three 3D Monitors Range In 23 to 27-Inch Options and Will Likely Be Dirt Cheap

ASUS has a habit of pricing its products very fairly, and while 3D technology is still in its infancy, I can’t imagine them charging too much for their three monitors shown off this week at CeBIT. All three of the monitors will use NVIDIA’s GeForce 3D Vision glasses, with the first monitor launching being the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Greatest Swag In The History of Swagginess: The Canon Lens Thermos

Those press covering the Olympics sure do have a plum life. They bundle off to Vancouver for 16 days of watching ice-skaters embarrassing themselves, and ruthless Russian bobsledders showing their dark sides. Oh, and they get lens-shaped thermoses. UPDATE http://tv.gawker.com/5472578/the-olympic-night-of-figure-skating-fail The story goes that a Microsoft employee by the name of Josh Weisberg wandered into…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Microsoft Gives Android the Free Barcode-Reading Tag App

Now that the Apple Vs Google war has eclipsed the Microsoft Vs Google war, Microsoft has felt it safe to quietly slip the Android platform a freebie. Tag is a high capacity color barcode reader also available for iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-and-googles-romance-turned-to-hate-5483662 It’s been around for some time on other platforms (BlackBerry and Symbian as well as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Wolverine’s Samurai Movie Starts Filming Next Year

Japanese Ringtone Promises to Clear Your Sinuses

If I Had a Landline, I Would Use This Android Phone

Google’s Going Real Time

Meet Blackie The Mutant Penguin

Adidas miCoach Pacer Review: Like Nike+, Only Better

Magic: The Gathering Movie Backs Away From Pure Fantasy

Leaked Documents: Microsoft’s Secret Phones Coming to Verizon

Fake (But Legal) Marijuana Is Freaking The Kids Out

Desktop’s Dead, Baby, Desktop’s Dead

The Mobile Patent Mexican Standoff

Updates On Ridley Scott’s Monopoly, Duncan Jones’ Source Code, And Doctor Who Filming

Made-to-Order Headphones Show Your Favorite Music in 3D

LG’s First Windows Phone 7 Handset Will Be Called Panther?

Yes, This Is An iPhone Case. Of Course It Is.

Android 2.1 Update Available For Motorola Droid and Droid Eris Via Leaked ROM

RT-N56U Router From The Starship Enterprise Lands…Err, From ASUS, I Mean

ASUS’ Three 3D Monitors Range In 23 to 27-Inch Options and Will Likely Be Dirt Cheap

Greatest Swag In The History of Swagginess: The Canon Lens Thermos

Microsoft Gives Android the Free Barcode-Reading Tag App

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