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Psystar Sells T-Shirts Now, Seriously, T-Shirts

Remember Psystar, the hackintosh company that stood up to Apple (and lost)? While they can’t sell you a PC running OS X anymore, they will sell you this $15 t-shirt. Oh how the mighty have fallen. [Psystar Thanks MacJedi!]

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

Gigantor Lives Again, Thanks To Ghost In The Shell Director

Innovative director Mamoru Oshii is taking on one of anime’s best-loved robots from the Tetsujin 28-gō series, or as Americans know it Gigantor. The Iron Giant can suck it — this is our boy-robot love story of choice. Anime News is announcing that the kick-ass director of Sky Crawlers, Ghost in the Shell and the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 28

Has Technology Made Things Better or Worse?

According to 1,504 American adults surveyed over a 5-day period, cellphones have made the world a better place. Tattoos, on the other hand, haven’t done a damn thing! Everything else falls indolently in between. [PewCenter via ReadWriteWeb via IntoMobile]

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

Join Twitter’s Master Race

Feeling left out after the conclusion of Doctor Who‘s “End Of Time, Part One”? Now you can fix that by changing your Twitter avatar to the Master. Somewhere, John Simm must be cringing in horror.

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 28

Battlestar Rhapsody Turns Space Opera to Rock Opera

What happens when you cross Battlestar Galactica with Queen? In Battlestar Rhapsody, we get an inspired piece of filk that lets you relive the entire series to the tune of Freddie Mercury’s operatic opus. Song parody writer the great Luke Ski is the musical brains behind Battlestar Rhapsody, which is set to appropriate clips here…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 28

Robot Gymnast Needs Robot Bela Karolyi

Okay, robot athletes. You’ve bested our professional wrestlers. But until you learn how to stick your landings, humans will remain masters of the gymnasium. Not a lot of details are available on the little guy’s performance, other than that it seems to be number four in a series and that it got a surprising 9.6…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 28

Green Lantern’s Oscar-Winning Ring-Bearers

While the cast of Green Lantern, besides Ryan Reynolds, is being kept under lock and key, a few startling crew announcements have raised our hopes exceptionally high for this film. These new additions could make GL your new favorite superhero. Superhero Hype has the latest news about Martin Campbell’s, from Casino Royale, Green Lantern. The…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 28

You Will Want the Unitek SATA to USB 3.0 Adapter One Day

This is so cool: Unitek’s new adapter will connect any spare SATA hard drive to a PC using the 5 Gbps USB 3.0 standard. And it only costs $48. There’s only one little itty bitty problem: Who has a PC or a Mac with USB 3.0? Anyone? Anyone? Features Supporting USB3.0 specification The maximum transmission…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 28

Microsoft’s Mobicast Stitches Together Multiple Cell Phone Videos in Real Time

If TMZ.com has taught us anything, it’s that there’s a lot of cell phone footage out there. Researchers at Microsoft’s Labs in Egypt are doing something cool with all that content, combining feeds from multiple phones into multi-angle, live broadcasts. Dubbed Mobicast, the system requires two sets of software, one for the phone and one…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 28

Avatar Rules An Especially Big Christmas Box Office

The competition (including singing chipmunks and the world’s greatest detective) was tough, but Avatar still came out on top of this weekend’s box office. All the more impressive, considering it was the biggest weekend haul in US cinema history. Despite early concerns that Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel would topple James Cameron’s crown this…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 28

Geometry Wars Demoed on Project Natal

This clip may or may not be real, but even the prospect of conducting Geometry Wars gives me hope that I could beat the puny-armed, strong-thumbed Jason Chen at long last. [Destructoid via Kotaku] (Seriously, his high scores are nuts.) https://kotaku.com/geometry-wars-meets-project-natal-5435204

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

60,000 Nooks Will Ship in 2010

According to TechCrunch’s sources in manufacturing, Barnes & Noble will ship about 60,000 Nooks within 2009, though we have no clue how many orders sit unfulfilled. Amazon sold only 400,000 original Kindles in total, so B&N isn’t looking too shabby at all. [TechCrunch]

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

Chrome OS Netbook Specs Leaked: Multi-touch, SSD, and More

Google’s Chrome OS netbook’s rumored specs are out, and they’re looking pretttty, pretttty, prettttty good. According to IBTimes, the Google netbook will house an Nvidia Tegra platform with an ARM CPU. If the rumors hold up, it will also have a 10.1″ multi-touch screen that supports HD, come with a 64GB SSD, 2GB of RAM,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 28

Discover Lost’s Secret Baddie And Donna’s Final Fate On Doctor Who

Discover Lost’s new archvillain, who may be someone you already know. Also, this weekend’s Doctor Who may not end the way you’re expecting. James Cameron talks Avatar 2. Plus Wolfman, Imaginarium, Fringe, Chuck and Day Of The Triffids spoilers! Avatar 2: The planet that Pandora orbits is called Polyphemus, and it’s the primary for a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 28

The Star Wars and A-Team Mashup (At Last!)

You know we love these Star Wars and old TV series intro mash-ups. You already saw Macgyver and Magnum P.I., but the trilogy wouldn’t be complete without our all-time favorite: The A-Team! Watch it and compare it to the original. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-macgyver-mashup-just-makes-sense-5213584 Geeeeeenius. [Star Wars Blog]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 28

I Guess Someone Got an iPod Touch for Christmas…

That crazy spike? That’s tracking the deluge of apps downloaded by (new) iPod touch owners on Christmas day. The ensuing drop? That’s when (new) iPod touch owners realized that eight farting apps was the threshold of the human spirit. [TechCrunch]

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

In These Solar Eye Circuits, Light is the Power and Signal

Researchers have been tinkering with contact and implanted eye sensors and electronics for some while, but here’s a way around the problem of powering that gear: use the same light entering the eye to power it. https://gizmodo.com/reality-augmenting-terminator-vision-contact-lenses-nea-5350458 Stanford scientists have figured out that near infrared light works to send not only data to circuits embedded…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 28

Nvidia Fermi Now Delayed by 4 Months, ATI Licks Its Chops

According to a report on DigiTimes, Nvidia’s new 40nm DirectX 11-friendly Fermi chipset, after encountering development delays, has been pushed back again. Originally slated for November 09, now we’re looking at March 2010 for the release. Meanwhile, ATI will release its comparable 40nm chips in January or February. [DigiTimes]

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

Peek Sort of Getting Facebook

The Peek will get Facebook updates via email soon. That makes it somewhat more useful, I think, than twitterpeek. But how about a peek that does the full web so you can check out twitter and facebook and email and all the links there? Oh wait, that’s a smartphone. [Peek via Engadget]

Social Media Brian Lam Dec 28

Nexus One Dock Doubles Down on the Bluetooth

Most docks are little more than a plug with some extra plastic, but the Nexus One dock, recently leaked by the FCC, has a bit more. https://gizmodo.com/google-nexus-one-hands-on-5432678 Bluetooth, in particular, is a notable addition in the dock (since Bluetooth is already in the phone). In other words, you’re docking a Bluetooth device into another Bluetooth…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 28

Psystar Sells T-Shirts Now, Seriously, T-Shirts

Gigantor Lives Again, Thanks To Ghost In The Shell Director

Has Technology Made Things Better or Worse?

Join Twitter’s Master Race

Battlestar Rhapsody Turns Space Opera to Rock Opera

Robot Gymnast Needs Robot Bela Karolyi

Green Lantern’s Oscar-Winning Ring-Bearers

You Will Want the Unitek SATA to USB 3.0 Adapter One Day

Microsoft’s Mobicast Stitches Together Multiple Cell Phone Videos in Real Time

Avatar Rules An Especially Big Christmas Box Office

Geometry Wars Demoed on Project Natal

60,000 Nooks Will Ship in 2010

Chrome OS Netbook Specs Leaked: Multi-touch, SSD, and More

Discover Lost’s Secret Baddie And Donna’s Final Fate On Doctor Who

The Star Wars and A-Team Mashup (At Last!)

I Guess Someone Got an iPod Touch for Christmas…

In These Solar Eye Circuits, Light is the Power and Signal

Nvidia Fermi Now Delayed by 4 Months, ATI Licks Its Chops

Peek Sort of Getting Facebook

Nexus One Dock Doubles Down on the Bluetooth

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