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How the Apple Tablet Is Already Making People Rich

It’s understandable that Apple stock is doing well—they’ve had a very, very good year. But after a huge rally this morning, their stock it at its highest price ever. See, yesterday, something magical happened. A few minutes before the NYSE’s 4:00 EST closing, at 8:18 PM GMT (3:18 EST), the Financial Times published a rumor:…

Tech News John Herrman Dec 24

Star Wars Miniatures Preview — Boushh, Ubese Hunter

Boushh’s reputation as brutal, calculating bounty hunter with a psychotic streak wasn’t the least bit diminished by the fact that he was successfully impersonated by a princess. Honest. The Imperial Entanglements expansion for Star Wars Miniatures gave us Leia, Bounty Hunter – the damsel-creating-distress (for Jabba, that is) was wearing Boushh’s old armor, but not…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Dec 24

V-Screen Faux-3D PSP Kit: Yes, It Actually Works

A lot of people wrote about the V-Screen 3D kit for the PSP when it was announced. Jokes may have been made! But now Ars has actually tried one, and their results are surprising: It’s not perfect, but it works. https://gizmodo.com/v-screen-adds-faux-3d-to-the-psp-5319718 According to Ars, the V-Screen uses an old trick, popular with flight sim devotees,…

Tech News John Herrman Dec 24

The Larger-Than-Life Sex Lives Of Giant Women [NSFW]

If you’ve ever fantasized about Ginormica or the 50-foot woman, you’re not alone. “Giantess” porn is huge on the Internet. Witness massive (and half-naked) women stomping cities into rubble, and tiny men who adore them. And yes, it’s very NSFW. People have been dreaming about loving giant women (or becoming giant women, for that matter)…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 24

Gifts You Can Still Buy at the Very Last Minute Online

You waited. Then you waited some more. And now it’s Christmas Eve. You should be finishing shopping right now, but you’re sitting lazily at your computer. Luckily, with our last minute gift guide, such limited exertion is not a problem. Netflix/Gamefly Subscription: Anyone who wouldn’t appreciate a year’s worth of unlimited game or movie rentals…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 24

Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the fact that our solar system is crossing a cloud of interstellar hell. One that shouldn’t be there at all. Intergalactic plot to keep us isolated or cosmic event? Voyager got the answer. Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a strong magnetic field just outside the solar…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Dec 24

The Concept Art that Sold Sherlock Holmes to Warner Bros.

When Lionel Wigram decided to make a movie about Sherlock Holmes, he wanted to make sure the studios understood his pulpy vision. So he partnered with comics artist John Watkiss to create comic book-flavored concept art. Possible spoilers inside. Wigram had Watkiss, who has provided artwork for Deadman, Sandman, and Conan, to bring his action…

Movies Lauren Davis Dec 24

JVC’s Updated $800 Audiophile Wooden Earphones

JVC has updated their original wooden headphones by slashing their price as well as their size. The company claims the wood construction gives the earphones superior sound quality, in addition to superior style. https://gizmodo.com/jvcs-new-headphones-have-wooden-housings-cost-730-5138043 While the original cans went for nearly $800, the JVC HA-FX700 will come with a $330 price tag. Though the price…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 24

The Ultimate Movie Cliche: The Wall Of Newspaper Clippings

Whether it’s homage or insanity, the best way to skate over tons of movie backstory is with newspaper clippings, on a wall. We’ve collected the best and the worst of this cliché, so you can decide: worthless, or worth it? Mr. Incredible’s trip down memory lane. Verdict: Worth it. The art on the Incredible magazine…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 24

Siemens Awes Autobahn Drivers With Spinning LED Christmas Star

With 9,000 LEDs, a little superglue and some holiday magic, Siemens and artist Michael Pendry teamed up to turn a wind turbine outside Munich into “the world’s biggest revolving Christmas star.” It uses as much energy as a hairdryer. The Siemens SuperStar, which will stay spinning outside Munich through January 6th, was conceived as a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 24

The Icy Spaceship Wreck Looked Like A Dinosaur Skeleton

Examining the frozen remains wouldn’t be possible in enemy territory, but the crew of the rescue ship hovered close to the oxygen-encrusted hulk for a few seconds. They were afraid they knew what had happened to her. This is a selection of art created by concept designer Koshime, who works with Opus Artz and has…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 24

10 Remarkable Monsters Named in the Last Ten Years

We know that real monsters walk, slither, and crawl among us, and each year we learn more about the amazing creatures from Earth’s past and present. We look at ten of the more monstrous names we added this decade. In the last ten years, researchers have discovered thousands of species, both living and extinct. We…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 24

The Secret Lives of Amazon’s Elves

If Amazon is Santa, 400 folks living in RVs outside the Coffeyville, Kansas fulfillment center this winter are the elves. A few years back Chris Dunphy and Cherie Ve Ard flipped the bird to their desk jobs, packed their belongings in a custom 17-foot solar-powered fiberglass camper, and hit the road to live “at the…

Commerce Joel Johnson Dec 24

The USB Hourglass

An optical sensor checks this mini hourglass eventually triggering the rotating mechanism to flip the thing 180 degrees. It also can send the optical sensor’s values to a PC by USB, providing random numbers. I just think it looks cool. There are some good non-deterministic random sources disclosed on the Internet. They make use of…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 24

Eli Roth Readies Yet Another Alien Invasion Flick

Is Eli Roth turning alien invasion graphic novel El Eternauta into a film? The new description of his next alien film leads us to believe it may be heavily inspired by the Argentinian comic. But if not, we’re still excited. According to ShockTillYouDrop Summit Entertainment has acquired Ben Magid’s spec script Invasion which starts off…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 24

RoboCop Gets the Job Done

Skeptics will tell you that Wytheville, Virginia hostage-taker Warren Taylor climbed out of his chair, laid on the ground and surrendered to police by his own will. But I think it’s obvious what really happened here. [DailyMail, AP]

Tech News John Herrman Dec 24

Who’s Back On Dollhouse, Who’s Dying On Lost, And What’s That Giant Fortress In Inception?

Today’s spoilers include a mysterious tower from Christopher Nolan’s Inception and the (ambiguous) death of a major Lost star. Plus telltale pics from Dollhouse, Repo Men, Battle: Los Angeles and Doctor Who. Also: Swamp Thing, Elm St., Lobo and Chuck. Inception: Here’s a giant concrete building in Alberta that 40 construction workers and carpenters spent…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 24

A Decade of Broadband

In some ways, this chart showing the spread of broadband in the US sums up the decade better than anything else. [GigaOM]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 24

Submarine Enterprise Going Where no Swimming Trunks Have Gone Before

Since an actual flying RC model of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A is still a few anti-gravity discoveries away, this is the next best thing: A submarine Enterprise that you can fly in your swimming pool, by Japanese modeler Starfleet Yokosuka. I only see one problem to this huge retrofitted 1/350 scale model: How the hell…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 24

MotionX Drive Turn-By-Turn App Just $1 For the Holidays

If you’re not sure about this whole iPhone turn-by-turn thing, and you’ve been too afraid to try it because the apps are so expensive, hey, look: Motionx Drive, our favorite budget iPhone nav app, is just a dollar right now. Granted, this should be seen as a trial, because it only includes a month of…

Tech News John Herrman Dec 24

How the Apple Tablet Is Already Making People Rich

Star Wars Miniatures Preview — Boushh, Ubese Hunter

V-Screen Faux-3D PSP Kit: Yes, It Actually Works

The Larger-Than-Life Sex Lives Of Giant Women [NSFW]

Gifts You Can Still Buy at the Very Last Minute Online

Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell

The Concept Art that Sold Sherlock Holmes to Warner Bros.

JVC’s Updated $800 Audiophile Wooden Earphones

The Ultimate Movie Cliche: The Wall Of Newspaper Clippings

Siemens Awes Autobahn Drivers With Spinning LED Christmas Star

The Icy Spaceship Wreck Looked Like A Dinosaur Skeleton

10 Remarkable Monsters Named in the Last Ten Years

The Secret Lives of Amazon’s Elves

The USB Hourglass

Eli Roth Readies Yet Another Alien Invasion Flick

RoboCop Gets the Job Done

Who’s Back On Dollhouse, Who’s Dying On Lost, And What’s That Giant Fortress In Inception?

A Decade of Broadband

Submarine Enterprise Going Where no Swimming Trunks Have Gone Before

MotionX Drive Turn-By-Turn App Just $1 For the Holidays

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