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The Hello Kitty Chainsaw Massacre

When the inevitable police report is filled out, expect all the old cliches. “She seemed so harmless,” the neighbors will say. “We never thought so much evil could be hiding under such a cute little bow.” But we knew better. https://gizmodo.com/hello-kitty-expands-upon-arsenal-with-ar-15-rifle-338916 The provenance of this Hello Kitty chainsaw, complete with a splatter pattern of purple…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Bigger Your Weapon, The Smaller Your Balls – If You’re A Beetle

To compete for mates, male beetles often grow fierce mandibles that they use to fight other males. Unfortunately, there’s a tradeoff. Researchers in Japan discovered that beetles with longer mandible weapons have smaller testicles and less ejaculate than their brethren. In a paper published yesterday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, charmingly titled…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What Netflix’s Top Rentals Would Look Like Under New, Gimped Policies

Netflix signed a frightening deal with Warner Bros, delaying new release WB DVDs from going out to customers until 28 days of purgatory pass. Netflix minimized the decision, but what if every studio jumps on board? Here’s an example: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-is-losing-new-release-rentals-5441950 TechCrunch dug through Netflix’s top January rentals, and they yanked any title that’s within 28…

Movies Mark Wilson

Iron Man Casting Call, Lost Clips, And Patrick Stewart’s X-Men Future Past

Thursday is for spoilers! We’ve got an Iron Man 2 casting call, and clips from Lost, The Crazies, Fringe, Wolfman, Chuck and Clone Wars. Patrick Stewart talks X-Men: First Class. Plus Doctor Who, Avatar 2, Supernatural, Smallville and Caprica spoilers. Iron Man 2: Obviously this film is still doing some post-production and overdubs, since they…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G

When the SlingPlayer iPhone app launched last May, it was hamstrung by AT&T’s insistence that it stream video only over Wi-Fi. It was an untenable position, given that MLB.com and others already stream over 3G. Today, finally, the carrier relented. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-review-wi-fi-only-30-5250885 This has been in the works since mid-December, and both companies still need Apple’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Robonaut2: NASA’s Red Shirt Who May One Day Rule the Fleet

Back in the 60s, astronauts had to compete with monkeys to make their way into space. Today, NASA and GM have developed a new trainable, expendable crew member. Its name is Robonaut2. (The original Robonaut, developed a decade ago, never got off the ground.) Ambidextrous and designed to use the same tools as humans, Robonaut2…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

More 3D Films Coming Your Way: Clash Of The Titans, and Harry Potter

When I say “other 3D films,” don’t expect to have heard of them before. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, and Guardians of Ga’Hoole. Anyone? No-one? Anyway, Titans will debut in 3D in April. [Boing Boing]

Movies Kat Hannaford

Leica M7 Hermès Camera Gets Fondled In Lavish Hands-On Unboxing

The limited edition Hermès-designed M7 camera from Leica has been taken out of its silk-lined box by The Purse Blog, and while they don’t go into actual review mode, the unboxing pics are more than enough for me to leer at. https://gizmodo.com/leica-m7-hermes-edition-your-bank-account-cant-handle-5406164 Vlad from The Purse Blog only comments on a few specifics of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Now Hipsters Can Watch 3DTV Without Risking A Vice Magazine “Don’t”

3D glasses were never going to win you any style points (however good these bikini babes may look in them), but at least now hipsters won’t have to compromise their street cred while watching Avatar. [Play.com via FashionablyGeek via Katiesol] https://gizmodo.com/the-fashion-of-3d-glasses-always-out-of-style-5443236

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iTunes Preview Now Lets You Check Out iPhone Apps in a Browser

Very quietly, Apple has expanded iTunes’ web presence: Now you can preview iPhone and iPod touch apps in your browser, without opening iTunes, which we saw last November for music. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-enters-the-web-browser-with-itunes-preview-5403986 It allows you to click on an App Store link and be taken to a website showing the app’s details, so you know what…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Samsung’s First Phone With The Bada OS Will Be Released As Early As March

Samsung’s barely released details about its new operating system Bada (indeed, for a while there we weren’t even sure it was an operating system), but they’re already talking tough. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-bada-details-fleshed-out-3g-multitouch-handset-5421422 We do know now at least that the first Bada phone will be released in late March/early April, with Samsung’s mobile division President, Shin Jong-Kyun…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Symbian Going Open Source From Today

Don’t shy away at the sound of that “S” word. I’ve got some reassuring news for anyone who’s ever thrown their N95 across the room in horror. Starting today, Symbian^2 will be offered as a free open source download for anyone wanting to tinker with it. The details are a bit thin on the ground…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Amazon’s Latest Hire Suggests a Kindle Onslaught

Mike Nash, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Platform Strategy had a pretty heady resume at Microsoft—he was the first product manager on Windows NT marketing, among other creds over 19 years there—but he’s bailing for Amazon, to join the Kindle team. He specialized in building ecosystems, and taken in conjunction with Amazon’s purchase of multitouch firm…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Turn an Old USB HDD Enclosure Into an External DVD Drive

So you have an old USB HDD enclosure and a plain ol’ DVD drive, but what you really need is a shiny external DVD Drive. Today you’re in luck, because our friends at Lifehacker have instructions for a DIY frankendrive. https://lifehacker.com/gut-an-old-usb-hdd-enclosure-to-make-an-external-dvd-dr-5463413 This is a neat way to use parts that you’ve got sitting around, but…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iPhone Finding App Better Suited As Whistle-Activated Whoopee Cushion

“Where Is My Phone” is a clever little app designed to help you locate your misplaced iPhone simply by whistling. But I think we can agree that there are better uses for whistle-triggered sound effect playback than finding your phone. Turning your iPhone into a remote controlled whoopee cushion is what I had in mind.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

There Is Much Wrong With This Batman iPod Shirt

A list of things wrong with this shirt: 1. Batman has speakers, very excellent ones, built into his cowl. 2. They are wireless. 3. He uses a Zune HD. [Mysoti via Fashionably Geek]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

5 Dumbest Moments From Universal Soldier 2

Jean-Claude Van Damme needs to hack into a supercomputer that’s gone mad… so of course, he sneaks into a strip club, because they’re known for their state-of-the-art computers. (And lesbian lapdances.) Just one of five idiotic Universal Soldier 2 moments. It’s really hard to understate quite how terrible Universal Soldier: The Return is. Even though…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Put Your Wii On a Pedestal and It’ll Pretend to Be Organized

It’s tough to motivate yourself to keep remotes, add-ons, and games organized. But when the organization system simply depends on shoving a console and all that junk onto an acrylic base that actually looks good? Suddenly things are neat. The Wii Pedestal Base will make your room look somewhat more stylish for a mere 25…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Futurist Predicts American Knockoffs Of Chinese Tech

Futurist, techno-philosopher, and musician Jaron Lanier has a new book out, called You Are Not A Gadget. In an interview about it with Metafilter’s Jessamyn West, Lanier predicts the next stage in globalism: Americans pirating Chinese designs. Lanier says: At some point which is essentially now, China is going to be sick of the idea…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

What’s Next For District 9 Creators? Stone Monsters And Gritty Worlds

We checked in Oscar-nominated writer Terri Tatchell, the day after District 9 picked up four Academy nods. She talked about District 9 director Blomkamp’s new project, her next scifi movie, and why this nomination is such a mystery to her. District 9 is currently in the running for the Academy Award for Film Editing, Visual…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Hello Kitty Chainsaw Massacre

The Bigger Your Weapon, The Smaller Your Balls – If You’re A Beetle

What Netflix’s Top Rentals Would Look Like Under New, Gimped Policies

Iron Man Casting Call, Lost Clips, And Patrick Stewart’s X-Men Future Past

SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G

Robonaut2: NASA’s Red Shirt Who May One Day Rule the Fleet

More 3D Films Coming Your Way: Clash Of The Titans, and Harry Potter

Leica M7 Hermès Camera Gets Fondled In Lavish Hands-On Unboxing

Now Hipsters Can Watch 3DTV Without Risking A Vice Magazine “Don’t”

iTunes Preview Now Lets You Check Out iPhone Apps in a Browser

Samsung’s First Phone With The Bada OS Will Be Released As Early As March

Symbian Going Open Source From Today

Amazon’s Latest Hire Suggests a Kindle Onslaught

Turn an Old USB HDD Enclosure Into an External DVD Drive

iPhone Finding App Better Suited As Whistle-Activated Whoopee Cushion

There Is Much Wrong With This Batman iPod Shirt

5 Dumbest Moments From Universal Soldier 2

Put Your Wii On a Pedestal and It’ll Pretend to Be Organized

Futurist Predicts American Knockoffs Of Chinese Tech

What’s Next For District 9 Creators? Stone Monsters And Gritty Worlds

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