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Bombs, Cities Drop On Marvel Universe In New Siege Trailer

Have all Marvel’s comics for the last five years been leading up to one massive event? If so, is said event an Avengers reunion, or dropping a mythical city on a real-life American one? A new trailer teases both outcomes. Marvel’s latest teaser for their December-launching Siege storyline (Officially, the series launches in January, but…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

BlueBeat’s Innovative Defense That Will Never Hold Up in Court

Hank Risan was ordered to pull The Beatles’ catalog from the BlueBeat website this week, but those weren’t the actual recordings. The tracks were “psycho-acoustic simulations” of the songs. Too bad that defense will never hold up in court. Hank calls the technique equivalent to a virtual cover band playing The Beatles’ songs. He bought…

Tech News Chris Jacob

West and Schaffer Are In The Doghouse

Earlier this year, Dogwitch creator Dan Schaffer and Razorblade Smile director Jake West teamed up for Brit horror flick Doghouse. We talked to them to find out more about the indie movie that satirizes British lad culture. io9 caught up with West and Schaffer at the Groucho Club in London’s Soho, to chat out about…

Movies Joel Meadows

Watch Jonathan Ive’s Segment in Objectified

Objectified, Gary Hustwit’s look at the world of industrial design, featured a lengthy section on Apple Chief Designer Jon Ive—and now that clip is online for impatient Apple fans to see. [Brainstorm Tech] https://gizmodo.com/objectified-review-5221987 The clip is pretty interesting, even if you’re not normally enamored with Apple. Ive is the most prominent tech designer of…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Robot Cow Rectum: For Educational, not Recreational, Purposes

The ‘Haptic Cow’ recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It’s for learning. Don’t get any ideas. https://gizmodo.com/i-had-sex-with-furniture-the-shameful-nsfw-fleshligh-5375323 Miss Baillie’s invention solves one of the biggest problems in veterinary medicine. That is, once your hand is up an cow’s butt you can’t really see anything you’re…

Tech News Chris Jacob

5 Comics You’re Not Reading (But Should Be)

You’re not new to comics, but you’ve read all the big names and you’re not sure where to go next. Luckily, we’re here with five suggestions to make your November bookshelf that little bit heavier. Magical Realism Air What It’s About: At its heart, Air is a love story between Blythe – a flight attendant…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The White House On V: What Aliens?

Even though V’s very own Morena Baccarin is denying it, there are still those who think that ABC’s new alien drama is little more than a thinly veiled attack on President Obama. But what, exactly, is the White House reaction? https://gizmodo.com/morena-baccarin-i-am-not-obama-5398912 Surprisingly, the issue was raised with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs earlier this…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Microsoft COFEE, Some of the Most Illegal Software You Can Pirate

Apparently Microsoft’s COFEE software that helps law enforcement grab data from password protected or encrypted sources is leaking all over the internet. So not only can you steal the software, but break the law by using it too. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-cofee-wont-perk-you-up-but-it-will-instamagi-385476 Yep, it’s all out there on the internet, but if you use it to grab private…

Tech News Chris Jacob

Meet The New HD Space Invaders

Wondering what Space Invaders would look like in the real world? This Threadless t-shirt by Jean Salamin reveals all. We’re surprised that they’re spaceships and not just weirdly shaped aliens, but we kind of like it. They’re Real [Threadless] (Via)

io9 Graeme McMillan

Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives

A while ago I was considering putting low-powered 5400 RPM drives into a NAS. I was worried about performance, but Tom’s Hardware shows us that drive speed isn’t the bottleneck, and how slower drives can even beat faster ones. The main bottleneck in any NAS is the RAID engine. Since many NAS units don’t include…

Gadgets Chris Jacob

Did Meteors Cause Life On Earth?

Are asteroids responsible for the creation of life on Earth? Recent experiments back up a theory that the basic ingredients for life came from beyond the stars… which makes us all aliens. Battlestar Galactica was right! Scientists have long thought that the Earth wasn’t formed with a lot of organic matter, due to the planet’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The iPhone Nano Rumor Strikes Again: Coming to Verizon in 2010?

The latest round of iPhone rumors reads like a roundup of everything we’ve heard before. Now the mythical iPhone nano is back, and supposedly said device will be coming to Verizon in 2010 featuring a new hybrid cellular radio. https://gizmodo.com/apple-in-high-level-iphone-talks-with-verizon-wireless-5228932 Keep in mind this is all coming from an industry analyst report supplied to Apple…

Tech News Chris Jacob

Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly

The permanently troubled Spider-Man musical took a couple of steps in the right direction towards being able to open yesterday; not only did the show get a new lead producer, but an actor was finally announced to play Peter Parker. With a budget estimated to be somewhere in the region of $50 million already, and…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

8-Bit Wedding Invitation Acknowledges the Marital Bickering to Come

I love this 8-bit wedding invitation. Not only for the design, but because it not-so-subtly portrays marriage as a prolonged Street Fighter match. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against marriage. And if you’ve got a wife awesome enough to agree to an invitation like this, it’ll probably be pretty smooth sailing from here…

Tech News Chris Jacob

Zune HD Update 4.3: Speedier Browser, Predictive Text and More

Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it’s substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There’s a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that’s just the beginning. Updated: Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I’m definitely seeing an…

Tech News Chris Jacob

JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?

A month after we ask Hollywood to consider the potential of a movie based on 1970s toyline Micronauts, news comes from an unlikely source that they’ve heard us, and are talking to JJ Abrams to make it happen. http://io9.com/5371123/10-more-toys-for-hollywood-to-co+opt The news broke in The Wall Street Journal, of all places, in a story about toy…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Hello Facebook User, I’m a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance…

Facebook ad scamming is on the rise, unsurprising for a site gaining a huge user base—what is surprising, if the allegation proves true, is Facebook’s complicity in allowing the dodgy ads. Tech Crunch‘s Michael Arrington believes that Facebook is looking the other way because it doesn’t want to lose the revenue. He points out popular…

Social Media Don Nguyen

Gigabyte BIOS Update Fixes iPhone Syncing Issues

Gigabyte’s been listening to all of the iPhone syncing issues from motherboard owners using Intel’s P55 chipset. They’ve put out a beta BIOS that addresses the problem. Unfortunately, that doesn’t help all the Asus and MSI users who are having the same troubles, but hopefully now that Gigabyte has set an example the others will…

Tech News Chris Jacob

Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox 360 at Amazon, More Electronics Deals All Day Long

Remember that Walmart ad featuring a $100 Xbox? Well, Amazon is matching the offer, so you can skip the crowds. There’ll be other electronics deals running all day starting at 9 a.m. EST. Update: https://gizmodo.com/walmart-selling-200-xbox-360-this-weekend-with-free-1-5397060 It looks like the Amazon 9 a.m. deal ran out (not before I managed to grab one, natch), but the…

Tech News Chris Jacob

Sinister Forces Will Torment You With “Gray’s Anatomy” on “Supernatural”

This week, Supernatural took us into the dark heart of darkest evil. The brothers are trapped . . . in an episode of Gray’s Anatomy! And a bad sitcom. And a bad CSI spinoff. And yes, it was awesome. Thursday night’s “Changing Channels” was a tip of the hat to the culty 90s John Ritter…

Television Annalee Newitz

Bombs, Cities Drop On Marvel Universe In New Siege Trailer

BlueBeat’s Innovative Defense That Will Never Hold Up in Court

West and Schaffer Are In The Doghouse

Watch Jonathan Ive’s Segment in Objectified

Robot Cow Rectum: For Educational, not Recreational, Purposes

5 Comics You’re Not Reading (But Should Be)

The White House On V: What Aliens?

Microsoft COFEE, Some of the Most Illegal Software You Can Pirate

Meet The New HD Space Invaders

Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives

Did Meteors Cause Life On Earth?

The iPhone Nano Rumor Strikes Again: Coming to Verizon in 2010?

Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly

8-Bit Wedding Invitation Acknowledges the Marital Bickering to Come

Zune HD Update 4.3: Speedier Browser, Predictive Text and More

JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?

Hello Facebook User, I’m a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance…

Gigabyte BIOS Update Fixes iPhone Syncing Issues

Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox 360 at Amazon, More Electronics Deals All Day Long

Sinister Forces Will Torment You With “Gray’s Anatomy” on “Supernatural”

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