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Apple Patent Shows A 3D Virtual World For Buying Their Goods In

There was a time, before Avatar, when 3D meant crummy virtual gaming. A recent patent granted to Apple shows they are (or were) considering a 3D virtual Apple Store—a more welcoming way to shop for Apple products. It doesn’t sound very “Apple,” when they normally favor start minimalism over cheesy big-headed virtual characters, but as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Soderbergh Infects A-List Actors Damon And Winslet In New Outbreak Film

Steven Soderbergh must be awfully excited about his infectious new film Contagion. The director has pushed this flick to the top of his to-do list and snagged some of Hollywood’s most prominent actors for his “Traffic meets Outbreak” feature. The Playlist is reporting that Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard have all…

Movies Meredith Woerner

WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip

Texas Instruments says that their WiLink 7.0 is the first chip with four wireless radios in one: FM transmission and reception, GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. What does this mean for you, gadget lovers? In theory, a wholalot goodness. Texas Instruments claims that mobile gadgets using this chip would be able to do all those…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Home Theater Under the Stairs Makes Perfect Sense

There’s nothing fancy about this idea for a home theater, but it’s a very clever way to save space in a small house, using the dead space under the stairs to store a ton of tech gear. The setup was built by Jason Sewell, who thought that this was the best way to place his…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Google Finally Provides Limited Nexus One Phone Support

Google has finally stepped up to the plate to offer a support phone line for Nexus One owners. It’s a necessary move, given the volume of customer complaints, but it’s also turned out to be a lackluster one. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-ones-lousy-customer-support-shows-googles-weaknes-5446912 Nexus One owners can call (888) 48NEXUS between 4am and 7pm PST to speak with a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Marvel Makes Avengers Announcement Secret

Continuing the slow drip of announcements about Marvel Comics’ new Avengers status quo after the current Siege storyline, the publisher yesterday unveiled the creators and title of a new series… and purposefully didn’t unveil one of the series’ stars. The first “I Am A Secret Avenger” teaser follows the pattern set by last week’s “I…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Panasonic’s First 3DTV (Viera TH-P54VT) Priced at $5,900

At CES, we determined that if you insist on buying a 3DTV this year, Panasonic should be on the short list. Now, the company has priced a 3DTV for the first time—$5,900 when converted from yen. UPDATE https://gizmodo.com/im-sold-on-3d-tvs-and-i-kind-of-hate-myself-for-it-5443165 Though Panasonic announced that they’d be selling 3D plasmas in the US starting this year, they’d never…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Terminator Rights Are Sold… But Not To A Movie Studio

The Terminator movie rights were finally sold at auction today, and both Lionsgate and Sony were outbid by a hedgefund. Halycon sold Arnold and friends for $29.5 million, to their debtholders Pacificor — the same company Halycon sued for extortion. https://gizmodo.com/terminator-litigation-did-terminator-5-just-get-a-lot-5339616 Deadline Hollywood is reporting that when the auction ended last night a furious Sony…

Movies Meredith Woerner

When Gadgets and Dating Don’t Mix

Gadget lust can get in the way of romance—like when your dinner date checks her email over dessert or live-tweets the entire encounter. We’ve got our share of these stories, but we really want to hear yours. Maybe your spouse’s reaction to your 18 TB video collection of bendy redheads wasn’t all that positive. Maybe…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Atlona AT-HDVieW Scaler Transforms VGA With Audio to Handy HDMI

Say you’ve got an aging laptop that would be perfect for playing WoW or Star Trek Online on your television…if only it had HDMI out—that’s where the Atlona AT-HDVieW comes into play. Running off mere USB power, the Atlona AT-HDVieW takes VGA and 3.5mm audio, combines the signal and outputs it all at 1080P through…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Welcome To The Bestiary, Where Wifi-Enabled Creatures Get Psychotherapy

Two weeks ago, I trudged up a steep San Francisco hill through pouring rain, then went through a strange door into another world. A world full of brightly-colored creatures who live in Neon Monster, a toy store and therapeutic bestiary. I had come to witness the birth of plush toy Mitch, a one-eyed creature who…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Have You Ever Seen a Lunar Rainbow?

This is not a rainbow. It’s a moonbow, an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon caused by the near-full moon that it’s extremely hard to catch. So hard, in fact, that you can only see its colors thanks to long-exposure photography. It was captured by Wally Pacholka last January 20, at the Haleakala Crater on the Island…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Major Villain Hints For Ghostbusters 3 And Transformers 3!

Sources may have uncovered the main villain of Ghostbusters 3. Meanwhile, a Transformers villain may be coming back. Lost’s Evangeline Lilly reveals the “main man” in Kate’s life. Christopher Lloyd comes to Chuck! Plus The Wolfman and Fringe spoilers! Ghostbusters 3: So now it’s been confirmed (sort of) that Venkman will be a ghost in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

We’ve seen a ton of Core i5 notebooks recently, all loaded with Intel’s impotent integrated graphics, which are part of the chip. Now, Nvidia’s Optimus enables PCs to switch automatically between Intel’s crappy integrated graphics and Nvidia’s beefier graphics cards. Optimus is a new technology that allows Intel’s integrated GPU to coexist with a discrete…

Tech News Brian Barrett

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, new sea toys for the super rich; is the liquid terminator becoming reality?; printers that don’t use ink or paper; pictures of Earth get Tweeted from space, and more! New “Underwater Plane” Plane From Virgin Offers Deep Sea Rides for the Super Rich Virgin Limited Edition has come up with a…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

Apple Aperture 3 Brings a Little Bit of iPhoto to Pro Photos With Faces and Places

It’s been a long time coming, but Apple’s latest pro photo software, Aperture 3, is here. Apple’s claiming over 200 new features, pulling in iPhoto stalwarts like Faces and Places, and new slideshows with HD video. Faces and Places work just like iPhoto, using face detection and tagging, so you can organize photos by people…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Seagate Savvio 10K.4 Drive Puts 600GB Into 2.5-Inch Form

The Seagate Savvio 10K.4 is an enterprise storage HDD, which means you’re likely not going to just go out and buy one. But it’s notable for just how much information it can fit into one tiny disk drive. Its 600GB capacity is twice what’s currently available on the market, and Seagate’s asserting that it’s 25%…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999

No longer do you need to fantasize about buying a Tesla, now that Trexa has released pricing details of its “scalable lithium-drive platform,” (aka the base for building your own electric car). $15,999 is a fair price to pay for the starting block of your new car, when other electric cars can set you back…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Apple Store Down—Time For Twitter To Crash With Speculation

Gasp! Whatever could it be? I’m hoping for new MacBook Pros, what about you? [Apple – Thanks assorted tipsters!]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Samsung Monte S5620 Phone Gets Early Reveal Prior To MWC

A few leaks here and there, and voila—Samsung’s Monte S5620 is revealed ahead of MWC. Running the TouchWiz 2.0 Plus OS, it has full HTML browsing and the usual array of social networking tricks. A 3.0-inch capacitive WQVGA TFT touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, and Google Maps 3.0 seems to be the crux…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Apple Patent Shows A 3D Virtual World For Buying Their Goods In

Soderbergh Infects A-List Actors Damon And Winslet In New Outbreak Film

WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip

Home Theater Under the Stairs Makes Perfect Sense

Google Finally Provides Limited Nexus One Phone Support

Marvel Makes Avengers Announcement Secret

Panasonic’s First 3DTV (Viera TH-P54VT) Priced at $5,900

Terminator Rights Are Sold… But Not To A Movie Studio

When Gadgets and Dating Don’t Mix

Atlona AT-HDVieW Scaler Transforms VGA With Audio to Handy HDMI

Welcome To The Bestiary, Where Wifi-Enabled Creatures Get Psychotherapy

Have You Ever Seen a Lunar Rainbow?

Major Villain Hints For Ghostbusters 3 And Transformers 3!

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Apple Aperture 3 Brings a Little Bit of iPhoto to Pro Photos With Faces and Places

Seagate Savvio 10K.4 Drive Puts 600GB Into 2.5-Inch Form

Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999

Apple Store Down—Time For Twitter To Crash With Speculation

Samsung Monte S5620 Phone Gets Early Reveal Prior To MWC

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Apple Patent Shows A 3D Virtual World For Buying Their Goods In

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WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip

Home Theater Under the Stairs Makes Perfect Sense

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Terminator Rights Are Sold… But Not To A Movie Studio

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Atlona AT-HDVieW Scaler Transforms VGA With Audio to Handy HDMI

Welcome To The Bestiary, Where Wifi-Enabled Creatures Get Psychotherapy

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Major Villain Hints For Ghostbusters 3 And Transformers 3!

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

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Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999

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