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Chuck and FlashForward end with a bang, plus complete insanity on Breaking Bad, and alien solar systems

We’re at the tail end of the spring finales this week as Chuck and FlashForward call it quits (for the summer and forever, respectively). Also, new Ashes to Ashes and Next Generation and Doctor Who marathons. MONDAY 5/24/10 It’s the double-sized season finale of Chuck (8 PM, ABC, Chuck Versus the Subway; Chuck Versus the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 24 '10

Twitter Bans Third-Party Ad Platforms

It was only today at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event that Tweetup (the “AdSense for Twitter”) was announced, so Twitter’s blog post spelling the end of third party advertising platforms will be very badly-timed news for a lot of developers. In the verbose post, Twitter’s COO Dick Costolo reasoned that because the company wants “long-term health” and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24 '10

I’ve Got the World On a String

I’ve got the world on a string/ I’m sitting on a rainbow/ Got the string around my finger/ What a world, what a life—I’m in love! Rhea and Epimetheus, with Saturn on the background, taken by good old Cassini. Part of Big Picture’s homage to our favorite ring planet. [Big Picture] https://gizmodo.com/oh-hello-saturn-you-look-so-makey-outy-today-5437053

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 24 '10

The Periodic Table of The Empire Strikes Back

It seems like periodic tables are the genre charts de jour, but this one — breaking down the various and sundry building blocks of Episode V — is pretty neat, especially the “strangled by Vader” subset. [Scifi Wire] https://gizmodo.com/the-periodic-table-of-superpowers-5541530

io9 Marc Bernardin May 24 '10

GPS Signals Will Improve Thanks To Massive $8bn Overhaul

Despite fears last year that the Air Force wouldn’t be able to afford many more GPS satellites, a massive $8bn upgrade is being planned for overhauling the satellites, replacing each of the 24 satellites over the next decade. https://gizmodo.com/gps-may-be-less-accurate-in-2010-5255179 The Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo will be working on the upgrade (said…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24 '10

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

Intel expanded its processor family today with six new chips, each designed to make ultraportable notebooks thinner, lighter, and with 32% better performance. We’re talking laptops less than an inch thick with ULV Core i7 inside. We’re talking MacBook Air. The MacBook Air’s been long overdue for a refresh, especially after its regular-sized cousins so…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 24 '10

3 alternate endings to Lost

Unsatisfied with the real ending of Lost? Then check out these three alternate possibilities brought to you by the cast, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, and Jimmy Kimmel. This was all part of Jimmy Kimmel’s Aloha to Lost special that aired after the finale. Another important moment that happened on this show was when Kimmel was…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 24 '10

Elgato EyeTV HD DVR Leans On Macs (and Plays Nice With iPads)

The Elgato EyeTV HD DVR has one noble aim: making it as easy as possible to watch your HD cable or satellite TV content, including premium channels, on your MacBooks, iMacs, iPhones and iPads. But it’ll cost you a leash. The DVR has component inputs for HD sources—as well as S-Video and composite cables for…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 24 '10

How to Watch Hulu In Android In 3 Easy Steps [UPDATED]

Hulu isn’t supposed to play on cellphones—the service doesn’t have the licensing rights for mobile distribution. But about 5 seconds of settings tweaks in Android 2.2 “Froyo” (only on the Nexus One, for now) will enable Hulu streaming. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-froyo-5543853 The method, as illustrated by Absolutely Android, merely requires you to type “about:debug” into the URL…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 24 '10

Gundam Calling: Best t-shirt of the week

When the inevitable robot apocalypse comes, how will you let our new overlords know that you’re sympathetic to their cause? A t-shirt like this from Chop Shop on your chest (or a similar print on your wall). [ComicsAlliance]

io9 Marc Bernardin May 24 '10

Best Buy’s Anti-Sales Trick People Into Overpaying for Computers

How’s this for scummy? Lately, Best Buy has been raising the price of and advertising one computer per week. People assume its on sale and get suckered into overpaying for items that drop in price the following week. https://gizmodo.com/the-seven-types-of-employees-you-meet-at-best-buy-5311140/ A Consumerist reader noticed the trend and broke it down: In this week’s ad, there is…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 24 '10

DVDs Could Hold 1,000x Capacity of Blu-rays With New Japanese Research

While we’re waiting for the Blu-ray Disc Association to upgrade discs to 128GB capacity, Japanese scientists have found a way to increase DVD capacity by 1,000 times—using just a slick of metal material over each disc. https://gizmodo.com/blu-ray-discs-increasing-in-capacity-to-128gb-5510396 According to Shin-ichy Ohkoshi, the chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo leading the project, painting a variant…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24 '10

HP Slate to Run Palm WebOS, Says HP Taiwan Official

As expected and wished for, HP won’t use Windows 7 in their incoming HP Slate, but their newly acquired Palm WebOS. At least, that’s what Monty Wong—vice-president of personal computing systems at HP Taiwan—said to Digitimes. https://gizmodo.com/why-hp-buying-palm-is-good-for-you-5526620 Wong declared that HP will adopt WebOS for both “smartphones and tablets”, but not for notebooks. He also…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 24 '10

First True Blood clip promotes 6-hour vampire sex sessions

Check out the first ever clip from True Blood season 3, featuring Sookie and Eric’s first fight! Plus one of them is topless – guess which? Also included: a new HBO promo!

io9 Meredith Woerner May 24 '10

Facebook CEO Admits They “Missed the Mark” On Privacy

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has written a carefully crafted near-apology in today’s Washington Post. And while his promises of coming improvements are welcome, the essay’s not so much a grand gesture as calculated damage control. The changes Zuckerberg intimates are ones we’ve heard of before: making it simpler for users to control their information and…

Social Media Brian Barrett May 24 '10

The bootleg Batman art of Asia

When you have a superhero as iconic as Batman, it’s unsurprising that he’ll be bootlegged to kingdom come. Bat Blog has a collection of illicit Bat-art from all over Asia. Check out vintage Vietnamese comics and Batman fighting aliens in Hong Kong. [via Bat Blog] Top image: Hong Kong (comic) Hong Kong (comic) Hong Kong…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 24 '10

Tuxedo Shirt, Complete With TIE

Today, the timelessly tacky tuxedo shirt has been dethroned. I’d make yet another Star Wars reference pun in celebration, but I know that 100 of you will easily outdo my facepalm humor in the comments. [StarWarsShop via Uncrate via OhGizmo!]

Tech News Mark Wilson May 24 '10

Neil Gaiman delivers his Doctor Who episode

The writer-editor-raconteur has long hinted that he’d be writing an episode of Doctor Who. Now, via Twitter, Gaiman proves to us that he’s actually done it. His fingers may carefully obscure the script’s title, but Gaiman — sitting with Blackadder creator Richard Curtis (who wrote the June 5 Who episode, “Vincent and the Doctor”) and…

io9 Marc Bernardin May 24 '10

This Is How You Lift a Sunken Warship Out of the Sea

With huge chains and honking cranes, that’s how. Example: This Republic of Korea Navy’s corvette—half of it, actually—floating over the sea’s surface. And before you cry “PHOTOSHOP!”, check out the scene from a distance. Click to viewIt’s the Cheonan, a South Korean Pohang-class corvette that broke in two on March 26. According to an international…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 24 '10

Three possible new love interests for Shia LeBeouf. Plus a new Inception TV spot!

Forget Megan Fox – who’ll the new Transformers leading lady be? It’s in with the new and out with the old for Scream 4 – and we mean that as violently as possible. Plus Inception, Splice, Fringe, Chuck, and more! Transformers 3: As we enter the first full week of a Transformers franchise without Megan…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 24 '10

Chuck and FlashForward end with a bang, plus complete insanity on Breaking Bad, and alien solar systems

Twitter Bans Third-Party Ad Platforms

I’ve Got the World On a String

The Periodic Table of The Empire Strikes Back

GPS Signals Will Improve Thanks To Massive $8bn Overhaul

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

3 alternate endings to Lost

Elgato EyeTV HD DVR Leans On Macs (and Plays Nice With iPads)

How to Watch Hulu In Android In 3 Easy Steps [UPDATED]

Gundam Calling: Best t-shirt of the week

Best Buy’s Anti-Sales Trick People Into Overpaying for Computers

DVDs Could Hold 1,000x Capacity of Blu-rays With New Japanese Research

HP Slate to Run Palm WebOS, Says HP Taiwan Official

First True Blood clip promotes 6-hour vampire sex sessions

Facebook CEO Admits They “Missed the Mark” On Privacy

The bootleg Batman art of Asia

Tuxedo Shirt, Complete With TIE

Neil Gaiman delivers his Doctor Who episode

This Is How You Lift a Sunken Warship Out of the Sea

Three possible new love interests for Shia LeBeouf. Plus a new Inception TV spot!

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