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Dell May Sell Unlocked Mini 3

At a Dell roundtable today, they’ve revealed they “can” and they “may” sell an unlocked Mini 3 free from AT&T, and that unlocked phones was something they’d “definitely experiment with” into the future. https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-first-android-phones-five-from-motorola-dell-an-5441632

Tech News Mark Wilson

Attention ROACH: 2010 Is The “Year Of The Real-Life Superhero”

Apparently, it’s time for ROACH, the secret society of evildoers dedicated to thwarting real-world superheroes, to mobilize. Because 2010 is the year of the citizen superhero, says one expert. https://gizmodo.com/meet-real-life-supervillain-society-roach-5256698 Insiders in the movement are seeing 2010 as a “make it or break it” year, blogs Tea Krulos, who’s working on a book called Heroes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Ancient Black Holes Steered The Formation Of The Early Universe

Black holes aren’t just cosmic destroyers or grim reminders of the final fate that awaits massive stars. They may have once had a more constructive purpose. New models suggest they were essential in the formation of the early universe. The 2003 discovery that black holes not only existed 13 billion years ago but were in…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Space Egg That Turns Into A Modular House

This white blob isn’t Barbarella’s alternate landing capsule – it’s actually a tiny living space, complete with bathroom, kitchen, and bed. You know you want to crawl inside and see what it looks like. Within the egg, the walls are lined with shelves, one of which is inexplicably supposed to serve as a bed. I’m…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Tiny Gateway EC Series Ultraportables Find Room For An Optical Drive

Ultraportables and netbooks with an optical drive are a rare breed. But Gateway did manage to cram a DVD drive into their 11.6-inch EC14D while keeping the overall weight at about 3.5 pounds. https://gizmodo.com/asus-eee-getting-an-optical-drive-5186947 Beside the optical drive, the EC14D features a 1.3GHz Intel Ultra Low Voltage processor, 320GB HDD, up to 8GB of RAM,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

iType Keyboard from ION for your iPhone is Full-Sized, Half-Baked?

I’m not just sure how practical this is, but ION has just announced details of its iType keyboard, a full-sized, battery-operated keyboard. Available in the second quarter of 2010, there’s no price as yet. Or whether it’s wireless or not. [Slashgear]

Tech News AddyDugdale

The Mystery Of The Fruit Fly Penis Solved With Lasers

To anyone who doubts modern science still pursues essential lines of inquiry into the most pressing questions of our time, we present this resounding rebuttal. Two fearless truth seekers used lasers to figure out why fruit fly penises look weird. “Look weird” is, of course, not a technical term. More specifically, the penises of Drosophilia…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Earthquake Spotting Comes to Twitter, Courtesy of USGS

San Andreas fault fans, there’s a new TED in town. The United States Geological Survey has developed the Twitter Earthquake Detection project, in an attempt to improve its handling of those natural disasters when they hit across the U.S. The USGSted project relies firstly on an application programming interface that collates tweets with earthquake-related keywords.…

Tech News AddyDugdale

CESpool: Haier Asks “Share Your Ideas,” Wall-Writers Display (Lack of) Intelligence

On Haier’s stand at CES they’re displaying some innovative wireless TVs. Helping breed innovation amongst the stand-goers, they’ve also got a wall asking people to “share your ideas.” Let’s hope the following ideas came from contained Vegas locals, at least. https://gizmodo.com/haiers-completely-wireless-tv-hands-on-no-cables-for-v-5443037 What, you mean like 3D TV? Did you even PAY ATTENTION when you walked…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Fox Kills “Caesar,” Its Smart Reboot Of The “Planet Of The Apes” Franchise

We were excited last year when Minority Report scribe Scott Frank started work on Caesar, a gritty, realistic reboot of classic flick Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. Now Fox has stalled the project, calling it “too dark.” https://gizmodo.com/planet-of-the-apes-gets-serious-and-goes-hard-science-5100598 Over at CHUD, Devin Faraci has the story: It turns out that Frank has left…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Digital Art Frame from Casio Redraws Your Photos into Something Akin to Genius

Digital photo frames? Errrrrrrrm, MEH. Casio’s Digital Art Frame, however, I could almost write a QVC script for. It takes your own digital photos and transforms them into paintings – well, it turns them into digital images with special effects. There are, apparently, eight art form effects, including oils, pastels and watercolors, and the frame…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Opening in Theaters 2019 (1986)

Chapter 8 of Arthur C. Clarke‘s 1986 book July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century describes what the year 2019 holds for popular media such as TV, music and movies. Some predictions, like a mass medium that plugs directly into the human brain, may not be a reality by 2019 (Clarke writes about demand…

Tech News Matt Novak

Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time

X-rays and advanced photography have uncovered the true complexity of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, a device so astonishing that its discovery is like finding a functional Buick in medieval Europe. In 1900, some divers found the wreck of a Roman vessel off the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the other treasures remanded to the Greek…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Review: The As-Seen-on-TV Hat, an iPhone-Viewing Visor

At least you can’t see all the people around you, pointing and laughing. Price: $20 Design The As-Seen-on-TV Hat (I swear to God, that’s the actual name of the product) comes in a variety of colors and patterns and in both baseball-cap-style and visor. I went for the camo visor, because I’m a pretty stylish…

Reviews Dan Nosowitz

Xbox Marks the Spot for Razer’s Controller and Headset

Razer, the firm that brings us all those high-end gaming peripherals, has made its first foray into the Xbox market with a couple of add-ons. The Onza controller and Chimaera pro gaming headset will be available later this year. The $50 Onza, with its swanky green trim, has Razer’s Hyperesponse Technology, (blah blah fishcakes) adjustable…

Tech News AddyDugdale

MTV Launches “Dawn of the Dead” Show With Dual-Speed Zombies

MTV has just announced plans to create a TV series based loosely on George Romero’s classic Dawn of the Dead. And they’re dodging the “fast or slow” question by doing both: The zombies will start fast, but decay into slow. No word on when the show is set to launch, but Slashfilm reports that more…

Television Annalee Newitz

Rumor Control On Iron Man 2, Avatar 2 And District 10. Plus Doctor Who Writers Confirmed!

Are you ready to speculate about Avatar 2, Iron Man 3 and District 9’s sequel? Also, what’s the most ridiculous outfit Doctor Who’s new companion wears? G.I. Joe 2 gets surprisingly decent writers. Plus Repo Men, Lost, V and Fringe. Avatar 2: It’s definitely not too early to start talking about the sequel, now that…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

What is This?

Clue: It’s not the world champion Conker player’s special box. There’s a clue in those last two words, though. It is, my friends, a big bunch of Woodvibes – sex toys made of wood. Which is what I thought they provoked. Jonas Lonborg’s creation (ingredients: aluminum, electronic gizzards, er, wood, special box which charges them…

Tech News AddyDugdale

NeoVue HD Video Streaming Platform is Wireless, Dongletastic

Those clever people at Sigma have just announced the arrival of NeoVue, a wireless streaming platform that will let you watch stuff from your small-screened gizmo (laptop, phone) on a bigger-screened gizmo (telly.) Yay! [Wireless Developer’s Journal]

Tech News AddyDugdale

Aneesh Chopra Visits CES, Gets a Slap on the Wrist

Yesterday, Obama’s Chief Technology Officer went to Vegas to hang out with Blam, Chen, Frooch, et al. And what did he get from Consumer Electronics Association head honcho? Not a request for POTUS’s cell number, but a bollocking. A light bollocking, admittedly, but Gary Shapiro called him out on what he sees as the Government’s…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Dell May Sell Unlocked Mini 3

Attention ROACH: 2010 Is The “Year Of The Real-Life Superhero”

Ancient Black Holes Steered The Formation Of The Early Universe

The Space Egg That Turns Into A Modular House

Tiny Gateway EC Series Ultraportables Find Room For An Optical Drive

iType Keyboard from ION for your iPhone is Full-Sized, Half-Baked?

The Mystery Of The Fruit Fly Penis Solved With Lasers

Earthquake Spotting Comes to Twitter, Courtesy of USGS

CESpool: Haier Asks “Share Your Ideas,” Wall-Writers Display (Lack of) Intelligence

Fox Kills “Caesar,” Its Smart Reboot Of The “Planet Of The Apes” Franchise

Digital Art Frame from Casio Redraws Your Photos into Something Akin to Genius

Opening in Theaters 2019 (1986)

Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time

Review: The As-Seen-on-TV Hat, an iPhone-Viewing Visor

Xbox Marks the Spot for Razer’s Controller and Headset

MTV Launches “Dawn of the Dead” Show With Dual-Speed Zombies

Rumor Control On Iron Man 2, Avatar 2 And District 10. Plus Doctor Who Writers Confirmed!

What is This?

NeoVue HD Video Streaming Platform is Wireless, Dongletastic

Aneesh Chopra Visits CES, Gets a Slap on the Wrist

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