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Are Smartphones a Weird Holiday Gift?

Naturally, manufacturers are pushing smartphones as big holiday gifts this year. But how many of you are actually giving/receiving one? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-smartphones-on-every-carrier-5411351/ I ask because smartphones have contracts, generally and because of that they seem like a complicated thing to gift. And a personal decision! What do you think about it?

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 22

Swann DVR4-2500 Home Security System Has Four Cameras and iPhone Streaming

Do you enjoy dominating your house like the Trinity killer on Dexter, knowing exactly what each of your family members are doing at all times? Then Swann has the four camera security system for you. The $700 setup has four cameras, a remote, a 500GB hard drive to record continuously for 30 days, a USB…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 22

Retro Infographics Show Victorian Science Without Steampunk

We often romanticize the industrial technologies that came out of the Victorian Era, especially the clockwork and steam power associated with steampunk. But these Victorian infographics illustrate the era’s understanding of natural sciences, including geology, astronomy, and biology. BibliOdyssey has even more of these Victorian infographics, including the Victorian view of the history of the…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 22

Botnet Baddies Setting Up Own ISPs For Unfettered Spamming

Well, this is equal parts frightening and annoying: malware writers and their lot have been buying up data centers and getting approved for large blocks of IP space. What’s that mean? That they can pretty much run rampant. While local registries are supposed to screen IP applications, in some parts of the world *cough* Eastern…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 22

Levitate Your Stereo Like All Real Audiophiles Do With the Zero Gravity Shelf

Why does your home stereo system sound like shit? Because it’s not floating on magnets, of course. With the Zero Gravity shelf, your stereo gains powers of levitation that would be better applied to just about anything else. Minute vibrations are keeping you from enjoying your home audio at its full potential. That lost fidelity…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 22

Welcome To Alien/Predator Hell, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of Weyland-Yutani Inc.

You may have wondered if we really needed another Aliens Vs. Predator game… but this new ultra-bloody, sarcastic “story trailer” may just win you over. After all, the Weyland-Yutani Corp. does have your best interests at heart. [USA Today]

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 22

Monkeys May Be the First Primates Headed to Mars

Monkeys made it into space before humans ever broke the atmosphere, and now they might beat us to Mars. Russia is considering a program to train monkeys to work with robots for the long flight to Mars. The Georgian Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy is in talks with Russia’s Cosmonautics Academy about starting a…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 22

The 40 Best Branded iPhone Music Apps of 2009

Music apps are a huge category of apps, and 2009 was a huge year for music apps. Music Ally sums up the year’s biggest music apps for us here. 2009 was the year of the App Store, as Apple passed the two-billion downloads milestone for its store. The year also saw labels and artists jumping…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 22

5 New District 9 Deleted Scences And Making-Of Clips Take Us Inside MNU

Check out these never-before-seen District 9 deleted scenes and behind the scenes features from the D9 DVD release. Watch the creation of the mysterious aliens via mo-cap suits, the assembly of the mothership, and our protagonist’s painful transformation. The DVD is loaded with even more video including 23 deleted scenes which expand the back story…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 22

Basically Every ISP Is Trying to Scare You Into Paying for Internet You Don’t Need

You thought AT&T was screwing unsuspecting customers into paying obscene bandwidth bills with ridiculous claims of stuff you can’t do? Time Warner says you can’t have 3 people on the internet without at least 15Mbps. Oh, it gets worse. https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-warped-view-of-the-internet-5431381 According to Time Warner, unless you have at least 7Mbps internet, you can’t download music,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 22

It’s Time To Reclaim “Geek”

A professor recently declared “nerd” and “geek” derogatory words, to “be avoided.” I agree it should be avoided—but for different reasons. It was pretty surprising to read Dr. David Anderegg’s comments in the New York Times yesterday. Dr. Anderegg, who’s a professor of psychology at Bennington College, is claiming that the words “nerd” and “geek”…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 22

Will Hawkman Fly Into Theaters? And Who Will Love Green Lantern?

Is DC Comics‘ high-flying superhero Hawkman headed for the big screen next? And who will be Green Lantern‘s main squeeze? Ahead of next month’s big DC Entertainment announcements, rumors about their movies have started appearing all over the place. Collider has picked up on a rumor that Hawkman will be the next DC superhero to…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 22

Don’t Get Screwed: A Guide to Deals on Cables and Extras For Your Gadget Gifts

Unwrapping a nice lustworthy gadget only to learn that some crucial part is sold separately can be a major drag. But exercise patience: It’s dumb to run to the first open store for HDMI cables and extra game controllers. Beware of the Upsell It’s something worth repeating every holiday season: When retailers take a hit…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 22

Taylor Swift Is Not The Next Supergirl

Rumors are running wild that Taylor Swift is in line to play the blond superhero in a short red cape and shorter skirt, Supergirl. But don’t hold you breath — we hear otherwise. Hollyscoop is reporting that producers of the remake of Supergirl: The Love Story, a movie we haven’t heard a thing about, are…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 22

OLPC XO-3: An Impossible $75 Fantasy Tablet I Want to Believe In

The dual-touchscreen XO-2 was a fantastical concept. But it’s nothing on OLPC’s XO-3, a hot, messy wet dream of a tablet: All semi-flexible plastic, multitouch, backlit and reflective ereading modes, thinner than an iPhone and $75. https://gizmodo.com/olpc-xo-laptop-2-0-has-dual-touchscreens-looks-amazing-392060 In other words, it’s everything people have been fantasizing about in a tablet—durable, thin, multitouch, multiple screen modes…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 22

Microsoft Office and Word 2007 Banned From Sale Starting on January 11th

Microsoft’s attempt to appeal an earlier decision regarding infringements against developer i4i’s patents on custom XML tagging has fallen through. Microsoft will be forced to pull Word 2007 and Office 2007 off shelves by January 11th. https://gizmodo.com/judge-orders-permanent-stop-of-microsoft-word-sales-wit-5335715 The good news is that Microsoft prepared for this possibility ahead of time, and is prepared to remove…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 22

The Galactic Empire Takes Control of Wall Street

It looks like Wall Street is getting a little boost from the Dark Side of the Force. Darth Vader and a team of Clone Troopers arrived at the New York Stock Exchange this morning to ring the opening bell. [via The Hollywood Reporter]

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 22

Gadget Deals of the Day

Do you hear those sleigh bells jing-a-ling, ring-ting-ting-a-ling too? Is your guilt over gift-buying procrastination growing like a snowball rolling down a mountainside? Check out today’s Dealz to find stuff for all the geeks and gamers in your life. Top Deals: • 14″ Lenovo G450 Dual Core Laptop with 3GB RAM for $404.10 plus free…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 22

Luke Wilson Helps Clear Up 3G Confusion

AT&T offers what Verizon doesn’t: The most popular smartphones, the ability to talk and surf the Web at the same time, and access to over 100,000 apps* – all on the nation’s fastest 3G network.** When you compare, there really is no comparison. AT&T offers a better 3G experience. To help clear up some confusion,…

Tech News Chrissie Lamond Dec 22

Mom Calls Cops For Help With Son’s Gaming Addiction

A 14-year-old boy’s mother had enough with her son’s gaming over the weekend. After turning off the console hoping he would stop gaming, she called police to ask for their help in solving her son’s “addiction.” According to the story first reported in the Boston Herald, Angela Mejia had enough with her son’s gaming when…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 22

Are Smartphones a Weird Holiday Gift?

Swann DVR4-2500 Home Security System Has Four Cameras and iPhone Streaming

Retro Infographics Show Victorian Science Without Steampunk

Botnet Baddies Setting Up Own ISPs For Unfettered Spamming

Levitate Your Stereo Like All Real Audiophiles Do With the Zero Gravity Shelf

Welcome To Alien/Predator Hell, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of Weyland-Yutani Inc.

Monkeys May Be the First Primates Headed to Mars

The 40 Best Branded iPhone Music Apps of 2009

5 New District 9 Deleted Scences And Making-Of Clips Take Us Inside MNU

Basically Every ISP Is Trying to Scare You Into Paying for Internet You Don’t Need

It’s Time To Reclaim “Geek”

Will Hawkman Fly Into Theaters? And Who Will Love Green Lantern?

Don’t Get Screwed: A Guide to Deals on Cables and Extras For Your Gadget Gifts

Taylor Swift Is Not The Next Supergirl

OLPC XO-3: An Impossible $75 Fantasy Tablet I Want to Believe In

Microsoft Office and Word 2007 Banned From Sale Starting on January 11th

The Galactic Empire Takes Control of Wall Street

Gadget Deals of the Day

Luke Wilson Helps Clear Up 3G Confusion

Mom Calls Cops For Help With Son’s Gaming Addiction

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