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ALK CoPilot GPS Navigation App Gets iPhone Keyboard, Text-To-Speech, Other Improvements

ALK’s CoPilot Live North America navi app just got a big update: Text-to-speech for reading road names, monthly MapSure user-corrected map updates, an improved “walking” mode, improved GPS performance and Contacts integration and above all, a new iPhone keyboard, to replace the sorry-ass homemade keyboard that was in the app before. Normally I wouldn’t post…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Sep 29 '09

A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain

A new retrospective study found that patients admitted to hospitals with traumatic head injuries had a higher rate of survival if they’d been drinking. Further study is warranted, though, before handing out Jell-O shots at the ER. [via Ars Technica]

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 29 '09

VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Shoots Superwide 1080p Video, With Lasers

VholdR missed being FIRST! with a mainstream 1080p helmet cam by a few months, but they’ve got a different take on the concept anyway. For example, does your GoPro have dual sighting lasers? Hmm? https://gizmodo.com/gopro-hero-wide-helmet-cam-gets-upgraded-with-1080p-72-5321155 Ok, so the laser targeting deal isn’t all that new for VholdR—it’s been in some of their helmet cams since…

Tech News John Herrman Sep 29 '09

At 36-inch High, Little Horn Speakers Are Not That Little

These are the Little Horn Speakers. Like all audiophile products, they are supposed to emit amazing, shook-your-underpants sound. Made of Baltic birch plywood and fiberglass, they are 36 inches high. So why are they “Little”? Check the humongous ones: Witness the giganormity of the XL Hors, a pair of speakers that belong to the Nautilus.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 29 '09

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io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 29 '09

New Sony Ad: Play PlayStation 3, Save a Nazi’s Life

Apparently, if you play the PlayStation 3, you’ll give a blood transfusion to a Nazi, or a heart transplant to Joan of Arc. What in holy hell do these mean, Sony? Updated We’ve seen a large number of creepy as hell Sony ads, and these seem to be just about at the same level as…

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 29 '09

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io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 29 '09

New Spider-Clones And Promethea Want You To Take Them Home

Here’s hoping that you’ve been saving up that hard-earned cash, because this week it’s all about the collections… Well, apart from a couple of interesting new takes on old favorites (and one happily-returning new favorite), that is. For those scared off by the idea of dropping many clams on collected editions, I’d like to steer…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Sep 29 '09

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, a weird solar phone that’ll get you to stop upgrading, green robots that will be our overlords, cool augmented reality for cyclists, digital ants that swarm your computer, and more! Biomimicry has been in the news a lot this week, but one of the top stories is security experts creating digital…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch Sep 29 '09

iMac and Mac Mini Won’t Be Restocked Short Term, Says Apple

Apple is telling their direct-sales channels (Apple stores) that they won’t be honoring orders for iMacs and Mac Minis in the short term, meaning that an update is pretty much guaranteed soon. Unless someone’s playing an awesome joke. These might be those thinner, Blu-ray powered iMacs we heard about last week. The other part of…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 29 '09

Courier Tablet Runs Windows 7, Hardware Made By Microsoft

More details on Courier, courtesy of Mary Jo Foley: Most interestingly, her sources say it runs Windows 7 underneath, the same way the Surface runs on top of Vista, and that Microsoft will actually make the tablet hardware. There’ve been questions as to whether Courier is a software platform—meaning another manufacturer would make the actual…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 29 '09

Physics Proves the Mall is the Best Zombie Hideout After All

So, you’re in the midst of a zombie outbreak. Do you head for the hills, or take refuge in a mall? A new physics paper says that hunkering down in a sprawling shopping center will increase your odds of survival. A new paper from Davide Cassi at the Università di Parma, published this month in…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 29 '09

Google Wave Rolls Out to 100,000 Users Tomorrow

The NYT just discovered that Google Wave will be rolling out invites to 100,000 users starting today tomorrow. Google Wave, in case you forgot, is a mix between Google Docs and emailing, and is meant for collaboration. [NYT]

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 29 '09

Japan’s Love of Gigantic Robots Continues with Kobe’s Tetsujin

First, it was a life-sized Gundam in Tokyo. Now, Kobe has just completed its life-sized Tetsujin, or Gigantor, robot. Haven’t you seen your own disaster movies, Japan? This isn’t going to end well. https://gizmodo.com/japan-building-another-gigantic-robot-tetsujin-5303735 [Japan Probe]

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 29 '09

What If Hitler Didn’t Die In The Bunker?

It turns out that Inglorious Basterds‘ alternate death of Hitler may not be entirely impossible after all: Scientists have discovered that the real owner of the famed Fuhrer’s skull is actually female, making everyone ask: What really happened to Hitler? DNA analysis on the skull fragment presumed to belong to Adolf Hitler performed at the…

io9 Graeme McMillan Sep 29 '09

Toshiba Satellite T100 Series: $450 Buys Bigger And Better Than A Netbook

Toshiba’s Satellite T100 notebooks aren’t netbooks, but they have the prices and battery life to match the small laptops. The $450 11.6-inch T115 and $600 13.3-inch T135 are thin, oh so light, and pack a decent amount of power. Both systems weigh less than 4 pounds and are under an inch thin. They are surrounded…

Tech News Joanna Stern Sep 29 '09

Pixel Bulb Iconizes Your Light Source

Here’s a great design-art piece by Marcus Tremonto. Called Pixel Bulb, the iconized lightbulb is made of “2D electroluminescent paper.” I guess they mean OLED. It’s so pretty I want to triple-click it. [Unplggd]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 29 '09

New Crazies Poster: Less Crazy, More Back-Woods Target Practice

The remake of George Romero‘s Crazies has released its first teaser poster. While we’re still excited for the mass virus-inspired murder session, the sign doesn’t really convey “desperate infected town,” but rather: “Bored kid with a BB gun.” https://gizmodo.com/crazies-reboot-footage-and-a-tokyo-gore-night-announced-5248164

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 29 '09

Palm App Catalog Just As Crappy for Developers As the App Store

I know Palm is fond of emulating Apple in certain respects, but why they’re also copying the App Store’s developer-hostility is beyond me. Jamie Zawinski’s epic quest to get his free, open source applications into the App Catalog is maddening. https://gizmodo.com/apples-chickenshit-approval-process-has-gone-too-far-5325539 • It’s a corporate policy all apps use a version number of less than…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 29 '09

GPU-Accelerated Flash Player Provides Smooth HD Video, Arrives Next Month

At last, here’s a GPU-accelerated Flash player. That means two things: One, my laptop won’t melt every time I run freaking Hulu. Two, since almost every Nvidia GPU is supported, even smartphones will be able to play HD Flash video. Nvidia has been demonstrating builds of the GPU-accelerated Flash player around, and it’s making an…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 29 '09

ALK CoPilot GPS Navigation App Gets iPhone Keyboard, Text-To-Speech, Other Improvements

A Shot of Liquor Could Save Your Brain

VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Shoots Superwide 1080p Video, With Lasers

At 36-inch High, Little Horn Speakers Are Not That Little

Cloudy Gallery

New Sony Ad: Play PlayStation 3, Save a Nazi’s Life

Cloudy Destruction Gallery

New Spider-Clones And Promethea Want You To Take Them Home

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

iMac and Mac Mini Won’t Be Restocked Short Term, Says Apple

Courier Tablet Runs Windows 7, Hardware Made By Microsoft

Physics Proves the Mall is the Best Zombie Hideout After All

Google Wave Rolls Out to 100,000 Users Tomorrow

Japan’s Love of Gigantic Robots Continues with Kobe’s Tetsujin

What If Hitler Didn’t Die In The Bunker?

Toshiba Satellite T100 Series: $450 Buys Bigger And Better Than A Netbook

Pixel Bulb Iconizes Your Light Source

New Crazies Poster: Less Crazy, More Back-Woods Target Practice

Palm App Catalog Just As Crappy for Developers As the App Store

GPU-Accelerated Flash Player Provides Smooth HD Video, Arrives Next Month

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