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Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Vampire refreshment, stylish camera bags, and 1800’s-style root beer – take a break from the heat with the week’s best from Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: We take to the court in the Nike Air Max LeBron VII, give our suds a glass worthy of their taste with Spiegelau Beer Glasses, and keep our fanged…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Other Suns and Planets May Provide Better Conditions for Life than Our Own

While our sun and Earth have allowed for the development of a relative bounty of life, many astronomers are starting to believe that the conditions they provide aren’t unique, or even ideal, suggesting we may not be alone after all. At this year’s meeting of the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, at a…

io9 Lauren Davis

Swim With a Sea Turtle Thanks to the Canon 5D Mark II

While snorkeling in the Virgin Islands, I trailed a sea turtle for about 5 minutes I’ll never forget. If only I had a Canon 5D Mark II and scuba gear, used here, I could share that memory with you. In the words of our own Brian Lam, “Put the video in HD and get ready…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Manhattan’s Population By Day vs Manhattan’s Population By Night

I love NYC to bits. But when I see the millions of people shifting in and out Manhattan in a pretty pretty graphic like this, I feel vertigo. And then, when I see the subway statistics, I feel panic: From 8:00AM to 8:59 AM on an average Fall day in 2007 the NYC Subway carried…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q700 Wants To Be Your Lounge Room’s Black Box

The Q700 looks like a nettop, but has a little more balls thanks to a 2.5GHz Pentium Dual-Core E5200. Top specs include a TV tuner, HDMI, 4GB RAM, 1TB hard disk, and Intel GMA X4500 graphics. Prices start from $499. About the size of a DVD player, the compact HTPC sits either horizontally or vertically…

Tech News Danny Allen

Samsung’s TL220, TL225 Touchscreen Shooters See Double: Front-Facing LCD Helps You Frame Self-Portraits

Hey, it may not be a projector, but the 1.5-inch secondary LCD on these 12.2Mp point-and-shoots is pretty unique. Tap it and frame self-portraits, or play animations to capture kid’s attention (and terrorize those with a fear of clowns). https://gizmodo.com/official-specs-and-prices-for-new-nikon-coolpix-line-i-5329376 The cameras have a 4.6x optical zoom, 720p-quality video recording, SDHC support, and have “Smart…

Gadgets Danny Allen

How Can Bryan Singer’s BSG Movie Compensate For Leaving Out Six?

Coasting on the excitement from the Star Trek reboot and Ronald D. Moore’s series, the rumored Battlestar Galactica movie may get greenlit by Universal… with Bryan Singer directing. But is it possible to have two well-made reboots so close together? Hitfix is reporting that the rumored BSG movie is getting the go-ahead — and Singer,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

20 Visions of the Future of Suburbia

Inhabitat’s ReBurbia Competition asks designers to envision the future of suburbia. The results include unusual forms of transportation, changing where and how we live, and repurposing highway medians and big-box stores. Check out the finalists looking to reinvent suburban living. Noting that 90 percent of metropolitan growth in the last ten years has taken place…

io9 Lauren Davis

Wolverine 2 Sexiness, Gamer Hot-Wiring, And Maybe A Peek At The Tenth Doctor’s Final Words

Hugh Jackman talks Wolverine’s lovers (plural!) and there’s a scorching new Gamer clip. ScarJo talks Iron Man 2, and Chris Pine talks Trek 2. Plus some awesome Dollhouse and Doctor Who hints. Also: Stargate, Heroes, Warehouse and True Blood spoilers! Wolverine 2: Another snippet of Hugh Jackman, apparently from the same interview as yesterday’s report.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The First Reasonable Use of PlayStation Home

OK, now we get it, Sony. The free Batcave included with Batman: Arkham Asylum will make the digital dryhumping fest infinitely more tolerable…unless Val Kilmer and George Clooney show up. [joystiq]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Clickfree Turns iPod Into Auto Backup Solution, Music Piracy Machine

Clickfree is a company making some interesting and simple USB-based backup products, and their latest Transformer for iPod/iPhone may be the most clever yet. https://gizmodo.com/clickfree-traveler-external-ssd-is-credit-card-sized-fo-5244646 Their theory is that you have a lot of unused space on your iProduct. You can just connect your iPod to your PC or Mac through their $50 cord, and…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Zune HD Docks Get Priced: Swagger onto Amazon, Microsoft Store

Earlier this morning we confirmed that the Zune HD will launch September 15 for $220 (16GB) and $290 (32GB). Now we know that the Zune HD AV Dock costs $90, and the Zune HD AV Power Pack is $50. https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-available-for-pre-order-today-5336329 Zune HD AV Dock • $89.99 This all-in-one package enables your Zune HD player to…

Tech News Danny Allen

Holy Crap, They’re Making a Lego Movie!

Variety reports that Warner Brothers is developing a Lego movie that will be “a family comedy that will mix live action and animation.” An “action adventure set in a Lego world.” Let’s hope it doesn’t put a buzz kill on my childhood memories the way GI Joe and Transformers have. Dan Lin, who is shepherding…

Movies Danny Allen

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Tech News Danny Allen

Digital BBQ Tongs: For When Geeks Gas Up The Grill

These trusty tongs have a built-in sensor that let you monitor your meat’s internal temperature on its backlit LCD display. The neat part: they also alarm when your steak is ready, and double as an LED flashlight. Versalicious! The $39.98 stainless steel tongs have presets for seven types of meat (along with one custom setting),…

Tech News Danny Allen

Is This the PS3 Slim in a Kmart Flyer? (Update: Nope, Just Fake Lameness)

A tipster sent in some shakey shots of what looked to be a 120GB PS3 Slim listed for $299.99 in a Kmart flyer. It felt like Shenanigans and Update: Kmart owner, Sears, says so, too. Seems to have all been the work of a Neogaf user, which is where I had always suggested the PS3…

Tech News Danny Allen

Zune HD Available for Pre-Order Today

After months of leaks, rumors, and heavy anticipation, Microsoft is officially unveiling the last pieces of the Zune HD puzzle…which were already leaked. Release date is September 15th, but the 16/32GB Zune HD can be pre-ordered today. https://gizmodo.com/zune-hds-packaging-release-date-leaked-september-15th-5335353 So, just like we knew already, the Zune HD will be released September 15th in 16/32GB flavors,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Could This Really Be the Apple Tablet OS?

Some don’t believe the first video of this Apple Tablet OS UI vid is real but here’s a clearer and with strange hardware. All I know is that this is a cool concept. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-video-is-99-9-well-done-illogical-fake-5336079 Note the strange desktop like environment running iPhone apps floating in independent windows, the safari window that fades in, the neat…

Tech News Brian Lam

Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures

A 29 year old from Kasai City, Japan, who doused himself with kerosene, torched his house—yet escaped without injuries—told police he wanted to kill himself because his mother tossed “his valuable Gundam plastic models.” The resulting fire eventually burned down the two-story house, which was about 250 square meters (about 2,700 square feet) and made…

Tech News Danny Allen

iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game

This whole Apple rumor game has reached a new low point: In addition to the usual morons doing it for kicks, an iPhone software developer has "leaked" a video of Apple’s new tablet running their probably craptabulous game: Apple’s rumored multi-touch tablet device demos Towers of War, a new Tower Defense game by Conniption Entertainment.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Other Suns and Planets May Provide Better Conditions for Life than Our Own

Swim With a Sea Turtle Thanks to the Canon 5D Mark II

Manhattan’s Population By Day vs Manhattan’s Population By Night

Lenovo IdeaCentre Q700 Wants To Be Your Lounge Room’s Black Box

Samsung’s TL220, TL225 Touchscreen Shooters See Double: Front-Facing LCD Helps You Frame Self-Portraits

How Can Bryan Singer’s BSG Movie Compensate For Leaving Out Six?

20 Visions of the Future of Suburbia

Wolverine 2 Sexiness, Gamer Hot-Wiring, And Maybe A Peek At The Tenth Doctor’s Final Words

The First Reasonable Use of PlayStation Home

Clickfree Turns iPod Into Auto Backup Solution, Music Piracy Machine

Zune HD Docks Get Priced: Swagger onto Amazon, Microsoft Store

Holy Crap, They’re Making a Lego Movie!

Kmart PS3 Slim Gallery

Digital BBQ Tongs: For When Geeks Gas Up The Grill

Is This the PS3 Slim in a Kmart Flyer? (Update: Nope, Just Fake Lameness)

Zune HD Available for Pre-Order Today

Could This Really Be the Apple Tablet OS?

Man Goes Ape Shit After Mom Throws Out Gundam Action Figures

iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game

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