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Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today

Droid owners can expect their promised Android 2.0.1 OTA update to be pushed to their phones within the next 48 hours, if not already. Reported improvements include a fixed autofocus, improved battery life and audio quality, and a new unlock screen. Sounds like a nice holdover until Android 2.1’s arrival early next year. [Android Forums…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Geeky Gifts Whose Proceeds Go To Charity

Since you are already looking for gadget gifts, why not buy ones that benefit education, a public service or the less fortunate? You would be surprised at how many great toys are affiliated with charitable organizations. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the you hate Japan-only gadgets, click here. https://gizmodo.com/geeky-gifts-whose-proceeds-go-to-charity-5419292/ Without…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

CGI Rendering Gives Us a Glimpse of the Stockholm Library of the Future

Entered into the International Competition of Architecture, this CGI rendering of Stockholm library shows the kind of future we can look forward to: one where technology and books can co-exist peacefully. [CGSociety via Sub-Studio]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Lily Cole Talks The Bi-Curious Adventures of A Teen Vamp

The adaptation of Rachel Klein’s The Moth Diaries should begin filming this year, and we got an update from the movies head vampire actress, Lily Cole, on her role and the mystery that surrounds this new character. The book is told through the diary of a young teen girl in a private school who is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Charting the Possible Evolution of Same-Sex Liaisons

Same-sex sexual behavior has evolved multiple times in various animals, including mammals, birds, fish, and even insects. Researchers are increasingly finding that the reasons such behaviors evolved are as varied as the animals themselves. The always excellent New Scientist has an article synthesizing much of the research into same-sex sexual behavior in animals and the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Haier’s $100, 8GB Touchscreen PMP May Be the Cheapest Around

Behold the Haier Theatre, a full touchscreen media player that might be pretty unremarkable were it not for its surprisingly low price tag: a 4GB version for $90 and 8GB for a measly $100. The Theatre comes with a 3-inch capacitive touch screen, a built-in FM tuner and accelerometer, plays all your standard digital files…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Your Favorite Movies Were Made By Computers

Like robots doing complicated surgeries, the computers that generate CGI effects are more than just tools. They’re storytellers. This week on io9, we explore a world where humans watch the world through computer eyes just by going to the movies. Since the earliest days of cinema, special effects have been crucial to movie storytelling. One…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth’s Eight-Screened Flight Simulator

Google’s 20% time policy, source of untold obscure Linux drivers, single-use utilities and ridiculous Gmail features, occasionally spawns something truly amazing—like the eight-screened Liquid Galaxy, which lets you step inside of Google Earth. It’s Google Earth: The Ride. https://gizmodo.com/official-gmail-goggles-add-on-prevents-shameful-drunken-5059922 Liquid Galaxy is an outgrowth of an older project called Street View Holodeck, which grabbed Street…

Tech News John Herrman

Head-Bobbing Musician Robot Looks Just Like Your Stoned Friend Listening to Phish

This marimba-playing robot just learned how to bob its head to the beat, looking around and interacting with its fellow musicians just like a real person. If only this video showed it, you know, playing marimbas. [Shimon via BotJunkie]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Google Goggles: Google’s Scary Good Visual Search App

I’m surprised this hasn’t come out sooner: Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones that scans products, books, movies, business cards, bar codes, artworks—a ton of stuff. It’s like Google robot eyes in your phone. While it’s not pixel perfect in its judgment, what’s impressive is its depth—unlike apps like ShopSavvy or…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Neill Blomkamp Wanted District 9’s Aliens To Be As Disgusting As Possible

Just like E.T., the aliens in District 9 wanted to phone home… but maybe they weren’t quite as cute. Weta’s David Meng tells us he aimed to make the creatures disgusting, and they weren’t originally going to be CG. As we can see from that early concept art, some of the alien designs were way…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today’s Dealzmodo is packed with deals that built up over the weekend; check out the savings on HP laptops, TVs, and games for all consoles. Most importantly, you can download Lady Gaga’s “Christmas Tree” for free. And that is priceless. Top Deals: • 15.6″ HP dv6t Quad Laptop for $979.99 plus free shipping (normally $1,199.99…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

First Video of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

Here you have Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in shiny shiny video action, from every single angle. As a bonus: Enjoy Sir Richard Branson with his blonde wig—come on, nobody can have such perfect hair, and be so dashing—and the legendary Burt Rutan and his even-more-legendary muttonchops. These guys, my friends, are making history right now. And…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Forty Percent Of You Clowns Use a Case On Your Phones

Slate cites a survey back in July that showed 40% of cellphone users use a case for your phones. 40%! Here’s a brief history of cellphone cases. In the mid ’90s, cases were bringing in a 45% profit margin for manufacturers, and were made of leather and worn either on a belt or hanging from…

Tech News Jason Chen

How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter

Wondering how long it’d take for the events of September 11th to go from real life tragedy to thoughtless plot McGuffin? Marvel’s new mega-event Siege demonstrates that the answer is “eight years, and we can kill even more people.” Marvel Comics‘ reaction to 9/11 was both heartfelt and far-reaching, understandable for a company not only…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Get ‘Em While They’re Young

The iPod touch is growing faster than the iPhone now—making up 40 percent of 58 million iPhone OS devices—and what that means, says Flurry analytics, is that it’s building the “next generation” of iPhone users. Oh boy. [AppleInsider]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

First Commercial Spacecraft is Ready for Its Closeup

Tonight marks a historic event: Virgin Galactic will unveil SpaceShipTwo, the first crewed commercial spaceship set to fly the extraterrestrial skies, at the Mojave Air and Spaceport. Get a sneak peek at the ship before its debut. [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/first-images-of-spaceshiptwo-first-commercial-passenge-5420768

io9 Lauren Davis

Brutally Honest Ads: A More Honest Luke Wilson Shills for AT&T

The original Luke Wilson AT&T ads always struck me as a bit sketchy, like they weren’t really telling the whole truth. So I fixed that. Here’s the original for reference if you’re lucky enough to be unfamiliar. https://gizmodo.com/headless-luke-wilson-continues-the-great-at-t-verizon-a-5420022

Tech News Adam Frucci

NYC io9ers: Talk Vampires And Fangbangers With Meredith Tomorrow

Join yours truly tomorrow at NYC’s Borders, on Park and 57th at 7 PM, for a signing of my book Vampire Taxonomy. We’ll talk all things vampire, from the next wave of lesbian vamps to the Renfields among us. [Borders]

Books & Comics Meredith Woerner

Google’s Real-Time Search Adds Streaming, Twitter to Results

At an event today in San Fransisco, Google announced a new service that will offer streaming results for searches, incorporating real-time updates from web pages and social networking partners. It will be rolled out over the next couple of days. The new search mode comes with partnerships Google announced today with Facebook and MySpace. Feeds…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today

Geeky Gifts Whose Proceeds Go To Charity

CGI Rendering Gives Us a Glimpse of the Stockholm Library of the Future

Lily Cole Talks The Bi-Curious Adventures of A Teen Vamp

Charting the Possible Evolution of Same-Sex Liaisons

Haier’s $100, 8GB Touchscreen PMP May Be the Cheapest Around

Your Favorite Movies Were Made By Computers

Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth’s Eight-Screened Flight Simulator

Head-Bobbing Musician Robot Looks Just Like Your Stoned Friend Listening to Phish

Google Goggles: Google’s Scary Good Visual Search App

Neill Blomkamp Wanted District 9’s Aliens To Be As Disgusting As Possible

Gadget Deals of the Day

First Video of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

Forty Percent Of You Clowns Use a Case On Your Phones

How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter

Get ‘Em While They’re Young

First Commercial Spacecraft is Ready for Its Closeup

Brutally Honest Ads: A More Honest Luke Wilson Shills for AT&T

NYC io9ers: Talk Vampires And Fangbangers With Meredith Tomorrow

Google’s Real-Time Search Adds Streaming, Twitter to Results

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