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Logan Lerman Talks Spider-Man: Is He Your Peter Parker?

News broke yesterday that Logan Lerman was one of the actors being considered for Peter Parker in Sony’s Spidey reboot. We caught up with Lerman at the Lightning Thief premiere and tried tapping into his Spidey senses. When we asked him about the news, he was extremely cautious about revealing anything at all, which is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Full Details on the New Nook 1.2 Firmware Going Out Now

A B&N employee (who’d just updated their store’s Nooks) sent us all the details of the new Nook firmware 1.2 update that, according to the date on this memo, should hit later today. UPDATE https://gizmodo.com/internal-memo-shows-nook-firmware-update-1-2-will-hit-5464878 • Enhanced in-store seamless connectivity to enjoy free Wi-Fi, with More In Store content promotions exclusively for Nook owners •…

Tech News Mark Wilson

HP G62t Core i3 Notebook Pairs Envy 15 Looks With a $600 Price Tag

Sony just announced a few colorful Core i3/i5 notebooks, and now HP is following suit with its new G62t. Its design closely resembles HP’s $1300 Envy, but you’ll pay less than half of that for the G62t’s base configuration. https://gizmodo.com/sony-launches-vaio-e-series-today-core-i5-notebooks-i-5462253 That $600 base model has respectable specs, too: a 2.13GHz Core i3 processor, a 160GB…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Astronaut Tweets Stunning Images of Earth From Orbit

The astronauts on the ISS sent their first tweet from space just a short time ago. Now they’ve upped their game, using Twitpic to send us breathtaking shots of significant locations all around the world. https://gizmodo.com/iss-astronauts-get-ultimate-wireless-network-send-firs-5454656 That picture up top? Mount Fuji, in Japan. These pictures here? See if you can guess: The astronauts are…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett

We Told You Not To Go Through That Door

The slightly ill-fated brothers Byzantine and Slivovitz Stone had, once again, stumbled into more trouble than they were prepared for on a Friday morning after second breakfast. Cory Trego-Erdner is a concept artist who says he’s heavily influenced by Dungeons & Dragons, as well as Star Wars art books. He manages to take his creatures…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Favreau Clears Up Iron Man Continuity, John Carter And Captain America Plan Filming, And Lexa Doig Joins V

How does Iron Man 2 mesh with Incredible Hulk? Jon Favreau explains. Also, there are John Carter/Captain America filming locations. Lost actors expostulate “flash-sideways.” Awesome V/True Blood casting! Plus Dune, Doctor Who, Kick-Ass, Wolfman, Percy Jackson, Caprica, FlashForward and Smallville! Iron Man 2: Jon Favreau twittered that this movie takes place before that scene at…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Japan’s Obesity Epidemic: Hori Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX

Don’t place the Hori Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX on your lap. You may never walk again. Available in Japan this March for the equivalent of $330, the Hori Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX is the biggest fightstick yet (and probably ever) for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Modeled after the actual Taito Street Fighter…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Inevitable Future of iPad Apps

After launch, It took the iPhone 3G a few weeks to attract its first batch of silly, completely superfluous apps. So how long will it take the iPad? Oh, about -54 days.

Tech News John Herrman

Apple Takes the Word Android Out of iTunes App Description

Oh yes, here is a new chapter in the Apple vs Google war. iPhone app developer Flash of Genius claims to have received this mail from Apple demanding to take down any mention about Android in their app description: https://gizmodo.com/the-money-behind-the-new-computing-war-5464144 Dear Flash of Genius, LLC, Thank you for submitting Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab 2.2…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Original Xbox Loses Live

On April 15th, Microsoft will pull the plug on the Xbox Live service for all original Xbox games—which affects both Xbox 1 games played on both the original Xbox and the Xbox 360. So say you downloaded an Xbox Originals game onto your Xbox 360. That game will still play just fine, but don’t expect…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Frank Miller GelaSkins iPhone Cases and Laptop Skins Make Me Want To Watch Sin City Again

Frank Miller, the comic god behind Sin City and 300, has licensed his wares to GelaSkins for some awesome-looking iPhone cases and laptop skins. I want them all—and I don’t even like cases! Or have an iPhone. The prices are set at $14.95 for an iPod Touch or iPhone case, or $29.95 for a laptop…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Still Pining For An “iTablet”? UK Company X2 Has Named Their Windows 7 Tablet Just That

How the hell did X2 think they could name their tablet PC the “iTablet,” and get away with it? Sure, Apple may not be using the name, but did X2 think we weren’t paying attention to all those rumors? Nonetheless, the iTablet—which hails from the UK—actually sounds very decent. For a tablet taking on the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

LG’s X20 Netbook Seen On FCC With Pine Trail Chip and HSPA 3G

LG’s only sold two netbooks since entering the market in 2008—that’s two models, not two units, though I wouldn’t be surprised if the sales figures aren’t too far off, considering they were pretty average. Enter the X20. Leaked via an FCC outing, the LG X20 has an Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processor (joining HP’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Internal Memo Shows Nook Firmware Update 1.2 Will Hit “This Week”

Pre-ordered Nooks have only just started arriving on people’s doorsteps, but already Barnes & Noble is planning firmware update 1.2 for new units, with already-bought models having to wait a little while longer. No clues on what 1.2 will hold for the ebook reading-customers, but it’s apparently being released “this week.” Tick, tock. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/unpacking-the-nook-is-a-7-step-process-5462333

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Siri iPhone App Uses Speech-Recognition Technology To Organize Your Social Life

You don’t need that rumored Toshiba phone that “acts like a secretary,” or even Maggie Gyllenhaal (though that would be nice), to have help when organizing your social life. Siri uses “speech recognition with a brain,” according to its CEO. https://gizmodo.com/new-toshiba-phone-acts-like-a-secretary-5462335 To use the iPhone app, you just have to say aloud a command like…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

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io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The $9.99 Ebook Is Dead: Third Major Publisher Hachette Dumps on Amazon

Amazon’s ebook pricing structure has crumbled. Hachette’s the third major publisher to push for the agency model, following MacMillan and HarperCollins: They’ll set the ebook prices (higher, natch) and the bookseller takes a cut. The $9.99 ebook? Poof. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-amazon-ebook-war-begins-amazon-deletes-macmi-5460203 It looks the pricing model reportedly first proposed by Apple to publishers—from $12.99 to $14.99 as…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Someone Should Patent a Fax Rotator So the USPTO Can Read Upside-Down Faxes

Do you know what type of organization that would deny you a fax—by sending you back another fax—to tell you the first fax you sent was upside down? If you guessed the US Patent & Trademark Office, you probably work at the US Patent & Trade Office, or deal with them regularly. The relevant text…

Tech News Jason Chen

Use a Sixaxis Controller to Play Emulated Games on Your Nokia N900

You’ve made a PS3 controller out of a Nokia N900, but all you really want is to use a Sixaxis controller to play emulated games on the device. Thanks to these instructions, now you finally can. [Aberration] https://gizmodo.com/ps3-controller-fashioned-from-nokia-n900-5437014

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Making of the Google Nexus One: Concept & Design

Apparently Google is posting videos to showcase the story of its Nexus One smartphone. This first one discusses the concept and design of the device. [Thanks, Erick Tseng!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Logan Lerman Talks Spider-Man: Is He Your Peter Parker?

Full Details on the New Nook 1.2 Firmware Going Out Now

HP G62t Core i3 Notebook Pairs Envy 15 Looks With a $600 Price Tag

Astronaut Tweets Stunning Images of Earth From Orbit

We Told You Not To Go Through That Door

Favreau Clears Up Iron Man Continuity, John Carter And Captain America Plan Filming, And Lexa Doig Joins V

Japan’s Obesity Epidemic: Hori Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX

The Inevitable Future of iPad Apps

Apple Takes the Word Android Out of iTunes App Description

Original Xbox Loses Live

Frank Miller GelaSkins iPhone Cases and Laptop Skins Make Me Want To Watch Sin City Again

Still Pining For An “iTablet”? UK Company X2 Has Named Their Windows 7 Tablet Just That

LG’s X20 Netbook Seen On FCC With Pine Trail Chip and HSPA 3G

Internal Memo Shows Nook Firmware Update 1.2 Will Hit “This Week”

Siri iPhone App Uses Speech-Recognition Technology To Organize Your Social Life

LOLTrek

The $9.99 Ebook Is Dead: Third Major Publisher Hachette Dumps on Amazon

Someone Should Patent a Fax Rotator So the USPTO Can Read Upside-Down Faxes

Use a Sixaxis Controller to Play Emulated Games on Your Nokia N900

The Making of the Google Nexus One: Concept & Design

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