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The Desktop Isn’t Dead, Say People Who Really Hope the Desktop Isn’t Dead

If you trust abstract concepts like “trends” and “evidence,” it’s clear that the desktop is heading for extinction. But wait! There may be an upward spike in the PC’s downward trajectory, according to dutifully optimistic desktop chipmakers! They’re probably right. https://gizmodo.com/so-long-desktop-pc-you-suck-5301401 The arguments fall into two categories, which I’ll call “the American Renaissance” and “Asia…

Tech News John Herrman

Reporter Easily Breaks ‘Unbreakable’ Phone

This BBC clip isn’t just funny because a reporter breaks an unbreakable phone, it’s that the company’s CEO just starts laughing like, “You got us!” Meanwhile, the phone will probably be relabeled, “unbreakable by anything but edges of fish tanks.” Click to view[BBC]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Diablo Cody Talks Up Her Zombie Rom-Com

The disappointing performance of Jennifer’s Body isn’t going to keep Diablo Cody away from the horror-comedy genre. She is producing the adaptation of Breathers: A Zombie Lament, S.G. Browne’s zany satire about one zombie’s quest for equality… and romance. We reviewed the novel back in March, and we found it to be equal parts off-kilter…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

I’m Sold On 3D TVs…And I Kind of Hate Myself For It

I’m a skeptic who’s seen every consumer-grade 3D TV in existence from manufacturers like Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony. I’ve seen OLED 3D, plasma 3D, LCD 3D and LED LCD 3D. And I’ve finally made up my mind on the matter. Even though every technology coming to market this year requires glasses, even though 90% of…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

A Journey To Scotland Reveals The True Inspiration For Avatar’s Pandora

Behold the lush blue sky and moss-covered rocks that defy gravity in the Scottish Hebrides. In a series of photos by National Geographic’s Jim Richardson, you’ll discover the moon Pandora on Earth. There is even a cliff full of dragons. OK, they’re not dragons – they’re just the world’s largest colony of gannets. via National…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Cute Cube: A Socket For Squares

As chargers and power adapters—and the number of gadgets we carry—become ever more unwieldy, a solution like the Cute Cube is going to be less a luxury than a necessity. A necessity that is just adorable! It’s just a concept for now, but it’s a Red Dot Design Award-winning concept, which will hopefully help give…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Doctor Who Tries On Multiple Generations In Exclusive Preview

David Tennant may have regenerated before our very eyes last week, but the Tenth Doctor lives on in comic form in this month’s Doctor Who #7. Click through for an exclusive preview (and fashion show, of sorts). The seventh issue of IDW’s monthly Who series begins a new adventure for the Tenth Doctor, as well…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Orange Chief Confirms Apple Tablet With Built-In Webcam [Updated]

“Oui.” That’s what Stéphane Richard—Orange’s Chief Executive Officer Delegate—answered to French journalist Jean Pierre Elkabbach on radio Europe 1, when asked about the imminent launch of the Apple tablet. He also mentions the webcam we heard about.[Updated] https://gizmodo.com/an-insider-on-the-apple-tablet-5335942 Jean Pierre Elkabbach: According to Le Point, your partner Apple will launch a Tablet… Stéphane Richard: Yes.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Xbox Live Games Coming to (Possibly Only Windows) Mobile Phones

How do you take a great idea like Xbox Live games coming to cellphones and ruin it? By only bringing those games to Windows Mobile phones, which may be what Microsoft has planned. As you can see by the image above, taken from some internal Microsoft marketing material from last month, Xbox Live is spread…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Nexus One’s 3G Problem, Pt. II: The Damning Data

Google’s Nexus One support forums have been flooded with anecdotes about the phone’s poor 3G connectivity, so one user decided to follow up with some reasonably scientific tests. The conclusion? The Nexus One is kind of terrible at basic cellphonery! https://gizmodo.com/does-the-nexus-one-have-3g-problems-5443123 The test was simple and limited, consisting of one dude, user WV, wandering in…

Tech News John Herrman

Apple Approves Porn App in Under 12 Hours

Proving once again that Apple’s iTunes approval process is absurd and futile, an app developer got his porn browser approved in under 12 hours, even with all the latest rules in place. The funny thing: Apple doesn’t know about it. Until now, that is. Here’s what the developer told us: I developed an app that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Avatar May Sink the Titanic

With $1.36 billion in worldwide receipts after last weekend, Avatar topped LOTR: Return of the King and is now the second highest grossing film of all time. Next up? Titanic. Its record is just $500 million away. [BusinessWeek]

Movies Mark Wilson

It’s Time To End The Forbidden Microbes List, Say Scientists

Since the 2001 anthrax scare in the US, the government here has maintained a list of 80 microbes and toxins that are essentially forbidden to researchers. Now scientists say the list is undermining security rather than strengthening it. The list is called the Select Agents and Toxins List (SATL), and the microbes on the list…

io9 Annalee Newitz

White Noise Generator Screams Right Back at You

As if streets didn’t have enough pandemonium, Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has created a White Noise Machine. He put it in a street in Delhi, India, and this is what happened. The White Noise Generator analyzes the sound coming into it, and spits it back at you as gibberish. Sometimes I believe that Times Square…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Spider-Man 4 Villain Confirmed! Your Lost Shipper Forecast! Thor’s New Best Friend! Buffy’s Big Bad!

An actor confirms he’s the main villain in Spider-Man 4 (and whom he’s playing.) Lost sources predict Skate/Jate’s chances. Thor casting news! First Book Of Eli reviews! Plus Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Buffy, Supernatural, Wolfman, Torchwood, V and True Blood spoilers! Spider-Man 4: Assuming this film actually gets made, John Malkovich confirms he’s definitely on board…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

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Tech News Chrissie Lamond

Literal Infoporn Reveals TMI on T&A

The darker transgressions of our digital lives are sometimes left better unmeasured. [9Gag via TheNextWeb]

Tech News Mark Wilson

A Simple, Translucent Laptop

For those who can’t afford clear OLED laptops, this acrylic concept by designers at PEGA may be the next best thing…if you enjoy squinting at those sitting across from you through a tiny port between your keyboard and screen. https://gizmodo.com/the-invisible-oled-laptop-to-end-all-laptops-5442217 It’s pretty, but as soon as this machine leaves its studio photography session, it’ll be…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Gory Piranha 3D Trailer Is Blood Splattered In All The Right Places

Sink your tiny fish teeth into the leaked Piranha 3-Dtrailer. See Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames — and even Richard Dreyfuss — paddle for their lives from a pack of prehistoric piranha. Plus the flu cure creates zombies. Of course. Elisabeth Shue joins Sliders’ Jerry O’Connell, Eli Roth, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr and tons of other…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Blu-ray MovieIQ Sync Lets You Play Along with Michael Jackson’s This Is It

This bit of Blu-Ray news was left suspiciously out of Sony’s CES keynotes and big reveals, which doesn’t bode well…but anyway. Now it’s out: The BD Live feature MovieIQ Sync debuted with Michael Jackson‘s This Is It. Woo? Now, what does this feature do, exactly? Well here’s a refresher…it lets you view supplementary materials on…

Movies Jack Loftus

The Desktop Isn’t Dead, Say People Who Really Hope the Desktop Isn’t Dead

Reporter Easily Breaks ‘Unbreakable’ Phone

Diablo Cody Talks Up Her Zombie Rom-Com

I’m Sold On 3D TVs…And I Kind of Hate Myself For It

A Journey To Scotland Reveals The True Inspiration For Avatar’s Pandora

Cute Cube: A Socket For Squares

Doctor Who Tries On Multiple Generations In Exclusive Preview

Orange Chief Confirms Apple Tablet With Built-In Webcam [Updated]

Xbox Live Games Coming to (Possibly Only Windows) Mobile Phones

The Nexus One’s 3G Problem, Pt. II: The Damning Data

Apple Approves Porn App in Under 12 Hours

Avatar May Sink the Titanic

It’s Time To End The Forbidden Microbes List, Say Scientists

White Noise Generator Screams Right Back at You

Spider-Man 4 Villain Confirmed! Your Lost Shipper Forecast! Thor’s New Best Friend! Buffy’s Big Bad!

What Would Google Do? Download a FREE Audiobook Today at Audible.com

Literal Infoporn Reveals TMI on T&A

A Simple, Translucent Laptop

Gory Piranha 3D Trailer Is Blood Splattered In All The Right Places

Blu-ray MovieIQ Sync Lets You Play Along with Michael Jackson’s This Is It

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