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Xbox 360’s Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM and Zune Video Come November 17

All those features we went over in our Xbox 360 update impressions post are finally rolling out to everyone on November 17. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-twitter-zune-and-last-fm-on-xbox-live-hands-5384920 To recap, here’s what’s new: •Facebook – Update your status to share what movie, game or entertainment you’re enjoying, connect with friends and view their Facebook stream, status updates and photos on…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 12 '09

The Gattaca Police Procedural Show: Bringing Valids And Invalids Together

The new Gattaca TV series sounds like a blending of all our favorite themes: It’s a police procedural, dealing with the futuristic genetic civil liberty crimes, sprinkled with an odd-couple element based on making a Valid and Invalid partners. MTV spoke with NCIS producer Gil Grant on his plans for the new Gattaca TV series,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 12 '09

Eating 1.5 Pounds of Nails and Scrap Metal Isn’t The Best Way To Turn Yourself Into a Cyborg

A Peruvian man named Requelme Abanto has a new identity—the “hardware store”. That’s because he recently had surgery to remove 1.5 pounds worth of 5-inch nails, rusted copper wire, scrap metal and coins from his stomach. The 26-year-old construction worker ate the metal for months, and told Peru’s Channel 9 television that he may now…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 12 '09

Police Robot Negotiator Ends Standoff With Armed Man

Sensorial telepresence is a fancy name for sending robots with sensors to remote places, generally to perform dangerous tasks. Last Saturday, one was used to negotiate with an armed 61-yo man holding a hostage, barricaded into a home. There are no details about what were the motives of the standoff. The whole thing started after…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 12 '09

Walmart Hacks the Palm Pixi’s Price Down to Size: $30 at Launch

It looks like retailers are going to have to do what Palm won’t: Make the Palm Pixi genuinely cheap, or at least cheaper than the Pre. For example! Walmart’s already cut the Pixi’s price from $100 to $30—pre-launch. The $30 Pixis (Pixies?) are backordered already, probably because this is far and away the best deal…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 12 '09

What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?

Christopher Bird imagines an alternate reality where the Beatles stage an impromptu concert on SNL in 1976 and continue to make beautiful music. How might the face of music, television, and politics have changed if the Beatles had stuck around? Bird’s “Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer” starts…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 12 '09

Rotating Outlet Solves the International Outlet Smorgasbord

We know that every country has its own plug, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon. But this spinning outlet is a pretty elegant solution to that problem. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-every-country-has-a-different-f-ing-5391271 There’s no real info on this thing, but it appears to offer most major plug types by spinning the three segments around. It’d be the…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 12 '09

AT&T Adds New Verizon Ads to Its Map Lawsuit

Remember AT&T whining that Verizon’s maps don’t look right? Well, more Verizon ads featuring the same accurate-from-where-we’re-sitting maps have been added to the original suit. [AllThingsD] https://gizmodo.com/verizon-wireless-launches-three-more-anti-at-t-3g-netwo-5399850

Tech News Wilson Rothman Nov 12 '09

Tiny Terrarium People Want To Steal Your Sunshine

We’re being invaded by plant people. Check out these tiny little Terrariums aliens from Matteo Cibic. They are each hand blown and cost a whopping $139 each, but you will have your own tiny Triffid. [via Apartment Therapy]

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 12 '09

Inside Apple’s Newest Temple

While every Apple Store is in some sense a place of reverence, the new Upper West Side store unabashedly evokes that feeling, more than any other. It used to be a Victoria’s Secret. Update: For everybody asking for full-sized pics, you can grab ’em here, off my Flickr page. I call it a temple because…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 12 '09

Six Hours Of William Gibson’s Neuromancer… Starring Sasha Grey As Molly

The Neuromancer movie may never get off the ground, but a performance/video installation version is coming to New York next week. When Sasha Grey accepted her Fleshbot award via video last night, she mentioned she’s co-starring in a Neuromancer performance. How exactly does Case manage to last six hours? The program says it goes from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 12 '09

Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now

At TEDMED, I witnessed video clips showing science I never knew was so advanced. Dr. Anthony Atala has been growing human tissue and organs, in a lab, for nearly two decades. He’s even printed kidneys from a cell-stuffed inkjet printer. The footage below is from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, one of the…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 12 '09

The Boxee Set-Top Box: It’s Coming

Boxee’s fantastic connected media center software has always been just that: fantastic connected media center software. Today, the company says its going to announce hardware—a Boxee Box, even. Boxee’s post on the box has nothing in the way of details yet, so I’m just going to have to take a WILD guess at what this…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 12 '09

Vegan Rebels of the Bio-apocalypse in “Year of the Flood”

What happens when you get the apocalypse you wished for? That’s what a band of eco-subversives called the Gardeners find out in Margaret Atwood‘s Year of the Flood, a story of humanity destroyed for meddling too much with the environment. Set in the near future, Year of the Flood is a retelling of Margaret Atwood’s…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Nov 12 '09

Amazon’s Blu-ray Sale as Good an Excuse as Any to Own Robocop

Amazon is currently having a pretty great Blu-ray sale, with titles such as Robocop and Terminator available for a mere $9.99. Come on, don’t fight it. [Amazon]

Commerce Adam Frucci Nov 12 '09

The Space Age Designs That Inspired Star Trek — and Corporate America

Architect Eero Saarinen futurist designs highlight industrial innovation and evoke a sense of sleek confidence. It’s the reason his buildings housed captains of American industry, and why his designs found their way aboard the original Enterprise. We mentioned a while back that Scott Chambliss, who designed the set for the most recent Star Trek movie,…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 12 '09

Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars

In case you were wondering if Intel’s business practices were as shady as the European Commission and the NY Attorney General think they are, look no further than this: Intel is paying $1.25 billion—plus frills—to avoid fighting. https://gizmodo.com/intel-smacked-with-staggering-1-45-billion-fine-in-eur-5252046 Here’s how Intel describes the settlement: Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices today announced a comprehensive agreement…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 12 '09

The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It’s About Zombies, Of Course!

Click to viewBoy have zombies made a comeback lately, right along with teenage vampires. Regardless, indie zombie flick Dead Season is the self-proclaimed first film shooting on the $1700 Canon 7D. (Warning, gore ahead.) https://gizmodo.com/canon-7d-review-5400595 The camera quality is sort of a mixed bag for the bloody independent film. High resolution coupled with gorgeous depth…

Movies Mark Wilson Nov 12 '09

Apple Responds to Microsoft’s New Retail Stores

Ron Johnson, Apple VP of retail, had this to say in response to Microsoft’s move into the world of retail stores during Apple’s Manhattan store opening today. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-first-retail-store-opens-like-apple-store-w-5387880

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 12 '09

Fujitsu’s Crazy Little Modular Pico-Projector Phone

The F-04B isn’t your average touchscreen QWERTY slider. If you want to slim things down, the 3.4-inch screen and slide-out keyboard can be separated, and you can also attach an 854 x 480 pico-projector in place of the keyboard. When separated, the keyboard communicates with the screen via Bluetooth, and can act as a keyboard…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 12 '09

Xbox 360’s Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM and Zune Video Come November 17

The Gattaca Police Procedural Show: Bringing Valids And Invalids Together

Eating 1.5 Pounds of Nails and Scrap Metal Isn’t The Best Way To Turn Yourself Into a Cyborg

Police Robot Negotiator Ends Standoff With Armed Man

Walmart Hacks the Palm Pixi’s Price Down to Size: $30 at Launch

What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?

Rotating Outlet Solves the International Outlet Smorgasbord

AT&T Adds New Verizon Ads to Its Map Lawsuit

Tiny Terrarium People Want To Steal Your Sunshine

Inside Apple’s Newest Temple

Six Hours Of William Gibson’s Neuromancer… Starring Sasha Grey As Molly

Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now

The Boxee Set-Top Box: It’s Coming

Vegan Rebels of the Bio-apocalypse in “Year of the Flood”

Amazon’s Blu-ray Sale as Good an Excuse as Any to Own Robocop

The Space Age Designs That Inspired Star Trek — and Corporate America

Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars

The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It’s About Zombies, Of Course!

Apple Responds to Microsoft’s New Retail Stores

Fujitsu’s Crazy Little Modular Pico-Projector Phone

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