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Stargate Universe Writer Asks For Your Help With The New Season

Stargate writer and consulting producer for SGU Joseph Mallozzi took to his blog asking the Gaters for input while he’s scribbling away on the new season. Here’s your chance to tell them to throw the stones out the airlock. Mallozzi’s blog asked his readers 5 questions about the NEW SGU series. Remember we still haven’t…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 28 '10

Company-Wide Apple Town Hall Today to Chat About the iPad

Ars hears there’s a company-wide internal meeting today at Apple to talk about the iPad, just like Apple had shortly after the launch of the iPhone. While you’re possibly more interested in the serious chance everybody who’s been at Apple for a while will walk out with their own iPad—like with the iPhone—the likely employee…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 28 '10

State of the iPad Address

Finally! Someone took those “Slate of the Union” jokes seriously and made a ridiculous yet kinda hilarious mash-up of President Obama’s State of the Union address and the iPad presentation. [Barely Political via Get Whirled]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 28 '10

Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its “Fastest-Selling Operating System in History”

Microsoft made a record revenue numbers last quarter, but only its Windows division did substantially better than last year. In fact, practically every other aspect of Microsoft’s business did worse. Don’t get me wrong, revenue of $19 billion is extremely impressive. But other than the Server business—which was basically flat—all of the growth came from…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28 '10

The Apple iPad Is For Old People

The guys at Ultimi Barbarorum came up with an idea—an idea we were tossing around after the event yesterday, and even talked about a little last night—and put it into words. The iPad is for old people. https://gizmodo.com/the-ipad-is-the-gadget-we-never-knew-we-needed-5458531 Those that are dubious of the iPad’s impending success (and I suspect that you are one of…

Tech News Ultimi Barbarorum Jan 28 '10

Amazon Kindle Sales Are Officially Not Embarrassing

Amazon’s announced its quarterly results for Q4 2009, and they’re pretty good! Lots of dollars, in this here document. But tucked somewhere between the currency symbols and financial jargon was a choice quote from Jeff Bezos, about a little secret he’s been keeping: Millions of people now own Kindles, and Kindle owners read, a lot.…

Commerce John Herrman Jan 28 '10

Samsung’s 3D Blu-Ray Player Available for Preorder

As soon as I saw Samsung’s BD-C6900 3D Blu-Ray player, I desperately wanted to preorder one—awkward product name aside. $400 just seems like a small price to pay for 3D-induced headaches in my very own living room. There are plenty of other Samsung products popping up for preorder on Amazon today, such as the BD-C6500…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 28 '10

The Mystery Of The Glowing Jellyfish In The Sky

Was this giant glowing aerial presence just a satellite — or a sign of intelligent life in the universe? That’s what scientists are asking when a strange, eerily familiar shape showed up in a photo of Norway’s Northern Lights. The aurora borealis — oddball illumination caused by iodized atoms in extreme northern latitudes — are…

io9 Scott Timberg Jan 28 '10

Are Today’s SF Magazines Too Wide-Ranging And Eclectic For Most Readers?

“I think almost all of the big respectable science fiction and fantasy magazines have the same exact problem which is that they’re eclectic. And, eclectic products have a much harder time finding an audience who will follow them. I’m astounded at the fantasy and science fiction readership, for example, who is willing to read both…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 28 '10

The Next Touchscreens Will Be Very Sensitive About How Hard You Poke Them

We’ve made the leap from resistive to capacitive touchscreens that are more accurate—and multitouchy—so what’s next? Screens that feel how hard you tickle them. One of several approaches to making that happen uses a quantum tunneling composite—quantum tunneling happens when you bring two conductors close together, but with an insulating layer still between them, and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 28 '10

Hard Drive Clock Is An Arduino-Fueled, LED Trip

Hard drive clocks are a dime a dozen on sites like Etsy, but Hacked Gadgets reader NatureTM went the extra mile and employed an Arduino to control the time and LED light show on the reflective platters. This is only phase one of NatureTM’s project, a chronodot (for time accuracy) and a case will eventually…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 28 '10

Motorola Confirms They Are Working On a Google Phone

A few weeks ago we heard rumors that the Motorola Shadow could earn the distinction of Nexus Two. Today Motorola confirmed that they are working with Google on a new phone to be sold directly to consumers. https://gizmodo.com/the-motorola-shadow-a-droid-for-the-light-side-5449892 There’s no telling if the Droidesque Shadow is the device in question, or if Motorola’s will even…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 28 '10

Is Zac Efron This Generation’s Marty McFly? Warner Brothers Thinks So

Zac Efron has two new movies in the works, one that sets him up as the next time-traveling teen heartthrob. The other: A flick where everyone is out to kill him, we can get behind one of these premises. Deadline Hollywood is spilling the details on two interesting films coming out from that mop-headed kid…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 28 '10

Withings Wi-Fi Scale Gets Creepier With Google Health Integration

The Withings scale is great. It keeps track of your weight, BMI, and more to graph everything for an at-a-glance review of how fat you’re getting. Now it’s got Google Health integration for better—and slightly creepier—health records. https://gizmodo.com/withings-wi-fi-scale-review-a-scale-for-the-year-2010-5418300 The Google Health service has been around for a while and allows you to maintain an online…

Health Rosa Golijan Jan 28 '10

Apple Plans Video Camera For iPod Touch

Usually reading the patent tea leaves is an inaccurate science at best, without knowing how exactly a proposed technology will fit into a company’s product plans. Other times, there’s an actual drawing of an iPod Touch with a video camera. The patent was filed in the summer of 2009, but only just published today by…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28 '10

Discoveries That Explain How Bats And Dolphins Navigate – And Communicate

Bats and dolphins have something in common: They both use “echolocation,” or sonar, to navigate the air and water. Now two scientific breakthroughs help explain how these animals’ extraordinary abilities evolved, and how they work. Research published in this week’s issue of Nature creates a better understanding of the manner by which bats use echolocation.…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jan 28 '10

Wall-Mounted Wood Stove: Cool Enough to Make Wood Stoves Viable Again

Who cares that wood stoves are environmentally-unfriendly and are heavily regulated in some areas? This one hangs on the wall, people! [Caminetti Montegrappa via Appliancist]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 28 '10

McGraw-Hill Still In Deep Denial Over iPad Leak

Remember when McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw confirmed the iPad—and its OS—a day early on national television? And then Apple pointedly left them out of the presentation? Well, McGraw-Hill doesn’t! No sir, never happened at all. https://gizmodo.com/mcgraw-hill-ceo-confirms-apple-tablet-with-iphone-style-5457588 In a statement given to All Things D, McGraw-Hill spokesperson Steven Weiss backtracks laudably in an attempt to convince…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28 '10

A New Spin On Future Dystopian Noir: Sex-Doll Liberation

The flood of noir in science fiction and fantasy continues with Pleasure Model by Christopher Rowley. The first book under Tor’s new Heavy Metal Pulp imprint, it’s just as sleazy and prurient as you’d expect, but surprisingly thought-provoking as well. And yes, there are spoilers below. So with a series of books tying in with…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 28 '10

Gadget Deals of the Day

Land a Dell Mini 10 and throw an OCZ Agility SSD in it for killer performance. Celebrate your acquisition and ingenuity by stopping off at DQ for a Blizzard, unless you’re currently stuck in an actual blizzard. https://gizmodo.com/dell-mini-10-with-720p-screen-now-available-5191142 Top Deals: • 10.1″ Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook for $279 plus free shipping (normally $329). •…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Jan 28 '10

Stargate Universe Writer Asks For Your Help With The New Season

Company-Wide Apple Town Hall Today to Chat About the iPad

State of the iPad Address

Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its “Fastest-Selling Operating System in History”

The Apple iPad Is For Old People

Amazon Kindle Sales Are Officially Not Embarrassing

Samsung’s 3D Blu-Ray Player Available for Preorder

The Mystery Of The Glowing Jellyfish In The Sky

Are Today’s SF Magazines Too Wide-Ranging And Eclectic For Most Readers?

The Next Touchscreens Will Be Very Sensitive About How Hard You Poke Them

Hard Drive Clock Is An Arduino-Fueled, LED Trip

Motorola Confirms They Are Working On a Google Phone

Is Zac Efron This Generation’s Marty McFly? Warner Brothers Thinks So

Withings Wi-Fi Scale Gets Creepier With Google Health Integration

Apple Plans Video Camera For iPod Touch

Discoveries That Explain How Bats And Dolphins Navigate – And Communicate

Wall-Mounted Wood Stove: Cool Enough to Make Wood Stoves Viable Again

McGraw-Hill Still In Deep Denial Over iPad Leak

A New Spin On Future Dystopian Noir: Sex-Doll Liberation

Gadget Deals of the Day

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