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Samsung Omnia II Review

Samsung, stop doing this. The Omnia II is frustrating from the second you pick it up to the moment you lay it back on your desk, defeated and distraught. There was so much potential here, so much obvious potential. Through a series of bizarre decisions and grating software design, Samsung has managed to squander it.…

Reviews John Herrman

How Tiger Woods Should Have Used Technology To Cheat on His Wife

It’s a story doomed to repeat for all of time: Man cheats on wife, wife catches man, wife eagle-claw-slaps man, man runs away, wife chases after man with a golf club, man crashes car. This could have been prevented. As Tiger’s scandal winds to a middle, we’re hearing more about what actually happened, and all…

Tech News Jason Chen

For the Star Trek Fan

Star Trek Movie DVD Relive JJ Abrams’ reboot of the original Star Trek crew, plus get all those scenes that didn’t make it into the movie. $23.49 for the 2-disc DVD on Amazon Original Motion Picture Collection Shopping for a fan who’s more of a purist? You can grab them this collection of all six…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the GI Joe Fan

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra DVD Watch the world’s premiere high-tech fighting team take down the terrorist forces of Cobra in live action. $22.99 for the 2-disc DVD from Amazon GI Joe A Real American Hero: Complete Collectors Set You can relive all those “Knowing is Half the Battle” PSAs (not to mention each…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Whedon Fan

Dollhouse Season One DVD The first season of Joss Whedon’s high-concept drama may have been uneven, but the DVD offers a few treats beyond what aired on TV. In addition to the aired episodes, there’s “Echo,” the original, unaired pilot, and “Epitaph One,” the apocalyptic episode that extends the show’s mindwipe technology into a chilling…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Vampire Fan

Twilight DVD On the off chance that your fan of sparkly vampires doesn’t have this one yet, the Twilight DVD will allow them to watch the beginnings of the Bella-Edward romance again and again. Also, the featurettes explain all the special effects that went into making Robert Pattinson’s hair. $19.49 for the two-disc DVD from…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Steampunk Fan

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest What do you get when you cross steampunk technology with a zombie crisis in Civil War-era Seattle? Cherie Priest’s rollicking, goggle-filled adventure story. Reviewed here. $10.87 from Amazon https://gizmodo.com/steampunk-zombies-of-the-seattle-apocalypse-5379759 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld In an alternate World War I, monstrous machines battle against weaponized, biologically engineered chimera. Reviewed here. $10.79 from…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Zombie Fan

Zombie Shooting Gallery Practice your headshots with this laser-targeting game. Just try not to shoot the live humans. $34.99 from ThinkGeek Zombie Fluxx Card Game When the zombie apocalypse comes, you’ll have to be fast on your feet. Keep your mental skills sharp with this game of ever-shifting rules. $15.99 from ThinkGeek Left 4 Dead…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Star Wars Fan

LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary This isn’t your parents’ Star Wars dictionary. In this volume, the characters, creatures, and vehicles from the Star Wars universe are illustrated in Lego, with basic overviews of each. $12.86 from Amazon Star Wars Indoor Flying RC Vehicles Live out the Clone Wars in your living room with these…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Transformers Fan

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen DVD A copy of Michael Bay’s deconstructionist masterpiece is just the thing for any fan of mindless explosions and sweaty Megan Fox. $20.99 for the 2-disc DVD https://gizmodo.com/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie-5301898 Transformers: 25the Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition For those who prefer their robots in disguise animated, there’s a band new boxed…

io9 Lauren Davis

For Doctor Who Fans

Tardis 4-Port USB Hub It may not carry you through time and space, but it can increase your USB capacity. The blinking light just means that it’s working — not that it’s taking off on some fresh adventure. $29.99 from ThinkGeek The Next Doctor DVD Warm up for this year’s Christmas special with last year’s…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Terminator Fan

Terminator Salvation DVD We finally got a look at the world after Judgment Day in the fourth Terminator movie. You can grab the DVD version ($9.99 on Amazon) or the Director’s Cut on Blu-Ray ($15.99 on Amazon). Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season Two DVD Skynet’s origin and humanity’s first experiments with artificial intelligence are…

io9 Lauren Davis

Exclusive Peek At Liara T’soni In “Mass Effect: Redemption” Comic

Excited for the release of Mass Effect 2 next year? Here’s something to whet your appetite even more: An exclusive peek at the variant cover for tie-in comic Mass Effect: Redemption. Click through for a preview of the comic itself. Co-written by lead Mass Effect game writer Mac Walters and Star Wars: Knights Of The…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Punto Zero Is Either a Lamp or The Power Source of Some Future Spaceship

I suppose it goes without saying, but Punto makes a fine looking lamp. The Zero is almost entirely made of glass, and it looks like the power center of our sci-fi space future. The Zero is available in several different configurations, ranging from a wall sconce to ceiling lamps to floor and table models. The…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script

Iron Man may have seemed as polished as fresh power-armor, but the movie actually had no screenplay at all, says Jeff Bridges. The chaos freaked him out, until he decided to think of it as a $200 million student film. In an interview with InContention, Bridges explained that the Marvel superhero movie rushed into production…

Movies Meredith Woerner

My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads

Tim Quirk was the singer of punk-pop outfit Too Much Joy, signed by Warner Bros. in 1990. Now he’s an executive at an online music service, giving him insight on digital sales data and just how labels fudge their numbers. I got something in the mail last week I’d been wanting for years: a Too…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Video: What Sports Illustrated Might Feel Like on a Tablet

We heard some impressions earlier today, but look at Time Inc‘s Manhattan Project for yourself: What a live-action Sports Illustrated issue would actually look like—complete with obligatory Swimsuit Issue video clips. Not half bad. [The Wonderfactory on YouTube]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

The Only Team Edward Shirt You’ll Ever Need

Twilight fans can keep their shirts emblazoned with Robert Pattinson’s face. The rest of us know that the only Team Edward worth belonging to is Team Edward James Olmos. And now you can wear your affiliation proudly. Joel Watson drew this strip for HijiNKS Ensue, his thrice weekly webcomic about technology and geek culture: Naturally,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Millennium Predictions That Got Things Right – and Those That Didn’t

A decade ago, the world was braced for the Y2K bug and everyone was prognosticating about the 21st century. Ten years into the new millennium, we look back at those predictions and decide which still seem likely – or not. Science and Technology Right GPS will soon follow us everywhere, and inform people of everything…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Shooting Challenge: Gray Winter

I don’t know what it looks where you live, but in Chicago, it’s cold enough that everything is dead but not snowy enough to hide it. So let’s lament our environment with good old, pretentious, black and white nature photography. The official challenge is “Gray Winter.” For fun, let’s all shoot black and white in-camera…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Samsung Omnia II Review

How Tiger Woods Should Have Used Technology To Cheat on His Wife

For the Star Trek Fan

For the GI Joe Fan

For the Whedon Fan

For the Vampire Fan

For the Steampunk Fan

For the Zombie Fan

For the Star Wars Fan

For the Transformers Fan

For Doctor Who Fans

For the Terminator Fan

Exclusive Peek At Liara T’soni In “Mass Effect: Redemption” Comic

Punto Zero Is Either a Lamp or The Power Source of Some Future Spaceship

Jeff Bridges Admits Iron Man Movie Had No Script

My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads

Video: What Sports Illustrated Might Feel Like on a Tablet

The Only Team Edward Shirt You’ll Ever Need

Millennium Predictions That Got Things Right – and Those That Didn’t

Shooting Challenge: Gray Winter

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