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Emo the Emoticon Brings Annoying Animated Gifs Into Meatspace

Emoticons are already pretty annoying, but making a physical emoticon that changes expressions based on emoticons in Windows Live Messenger? That’s really, really annoying. Keep this thing the hell away from me. [Megagadgets via Random Good Stuff]

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 23 '09

Palm Getting Pummeled With App Submissions For the Pre

Good news for Pre owners—Palm has literally been overwhelmed with app submissions on the heels of tomorrow’s launch. As Palm Developer Community Manager Chuq Von Rospach notes, the approval process has got off to a rocky start: https://gizmodo.com/palm-paid-apps-coming-on-september-24th-5362666 We got more applications than we could handle well, which is a good problem to have. Unfortunately,…

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 23 '09

Pizza Hut Rewards Laziness by Giving 20% Off to iPhone App Orders

As you may be aware, Pizza Hut has an iPhone app that allows you to skip the whole "human interaction" part of ordering pizza. And now, they’ll give you 20% off if you use it. Jim Breuer approves! [Consumerist]

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 23 '09

Bluetooth Headset Hides Super Ultra Secret microSD Reader

So you never grew up to hide lasers, explosives and gadgets in every known orifice like James Bond. But maybe you’d find a microSDHC reader in your Bluetooth headset to be handy. And that dream is only $40 away. [Brando]

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 23 '09

Thor Gets His Villain And Warrior Woman/Lover

Pulling from two beloved science fiction series, Jessi from Kyle XY, and the Lord Marshal from Chronicles of Riddick have both been cast in Marvel’s new superhero movie Thor. According to the Hollywood Reporter: [Jaime] Alexander is playing Sif, a skilled Asgardian warrior who can hold her own against any man. She also is one…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 23 '09

Mount a Camera on Top of Your Bike Helmet For Great Photos of Handlebars

Since the best pictures are taken when you are unable to aim your camera properly, the Happy Helmet Bike Camera mounts your point-and-shoot on top of your head. The mount is a set of nylon straps that are designed to be fed through the ventilation holes in your helmet, clamping securely on top. It sells…

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 23 '09

The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns

The center of our galaxy shines in greater detail than ever before, in this new composite image from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. (Click to enlarge.) The whole gamut of stellar evolution is here, from bright young stars to black holes. The diffuse X-ray light suffusing the image comes from gas that has been heated by…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 23 '09

Alienware Area-51 ALX Gets Racing Fins, Core i7 Processors To Go Faaast

The updated Area-51 case design includes an eye-catching active-louver cooling system (those fins at the top), internal lighting, and a motorized front door. And Alienware says the top-end ALX version of the liquid-cooled rig is the “most powerful” it’s created. Specs on the full-tower go as high as a factory-overclocked 3.86GHz Core i7 975 processor,…

Tech News Danny Allen Sep 23 '09

Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On

Wired Magazine has a fascinating article on the doomsday system that was built by the Soviets 25 years ago. It was designed to obliterate the US no matter what happened to the USSR—and it still works today. Shiver. The point of the system, he explains, was to guarantee an automatic Soviet response to an American…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 23 '09

There Should Only Be One: Highlander Reboot In The Works

Justin Lin, the director of Fast And Furious 4, is bringing his shiny fast paced style to the hills of Scotland to recapture a franchise we all thought long dead. Apparently, it’s time to reboot the Highlander. Summit Entertainment announced that Lin will re-imagine the franchise, and coming off the impressive box office that Fast…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 23 '09

Alienware’s M15x Now Has the World’s Fastest Mobile Processor

Intel’s Core i7 processor kicks ass, as we already know. Alienware is busting out an update to its M15x laptop today with the new mobile version of i7, which is to be officially unveiled today at Intel’s Developer Conference. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-intels-core-i7-processor-is-a-beautif-5099060 The 15-inch Alienware M15x, which was introduced back in January, is a mobile gamer’s paradise.…

Tech News Joanna Stern Sep 23 '09

Young Adult Science Fiction Is Getting More Pessimistic, Less Scientific

“[In] the Golden Age… there was an emphasis on writing for young people, to essentially hook them and get them excited about the genre, so they would become lifelong science fiction readers. And in those works, juveniles written by people like Heinlein and Asimov and Andre Norton and such, there was this sense that technology…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Sep 23 '09

Electromagnetic Car Drives Us Crazy and Nowhere

If we lived in a world so sweet that anything artists could draft was instantly a functional product, you still couldn’t drive the “Peugeot” ELA. Powered by a diminutive solar panel on the roof, the car glides over air without the hindrance of friction thanks to electromagnetic propulsion, like you might might see in a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 23 '09

Supernatural – The End

The End

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 23 '09

Echo Plays Croquet

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 23 '09

Fringe Momentum

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 23 '09

New Moon Shirtless

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 23 '09

First Glimpse Of New Iron Man 2 Footage, Plus Leonard Nimoy Returns To Fringe

A new Iron Man 2 video gives us Whiplash, Fringe flashbacks give us a second look at Leonard Nimoy, and Doctor Who set photos provide another glimpse of the new Doctor. Plus Toy Story 3, Supernatural, Dollhouse, Lost and Pandorum. Iron Man 2: Entertainment Tonight debuts some new footage from their Iron Man 2 set…

Television Lauren Davis Sep 23 '09

Doctor North Face

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 23 '09

How to Make an iPhone Stand Using a Wire Coat Hanger

This DIY stand idea is as beautifully simple as it is ghetto. As the video explains, you just need to evenly distribute the weight: Personally, I just prop my iPhone up against a pillow to watch something while lying down. But I’d love to see what else you crazy, clever people can come up with.…

Tech News Danny Allen Sep 23 '09

Emo the Emoticon Brings Annoying Animated Gifs Into Meatspace

Palm Getting Pummeled With App Submissions For the Pre

Pizza Hut Rewards Laziness by Giving 20% Off to iPhone App Orders

Bluetooth Headset Hides Super Ultra Secret microSD Reader

Thor Gets His Villain And Warrior Woman/Lover

Mount a Camera on Top of Your Bike Helmet For Great Photos of Handlebars

The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns

Alienware Area-51 ALX Gets Racing Fins, Core i7 Processors To Go Faaast

Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On

There Should Only Be One: Highlander Reboot In The Works

Alienware’s M15x Now Has the World’s Fastest Mobile Processor

Young Adult Science Fiction Is Getting More Pessimistic, Less Scientific

Electromagnetic Car Drives Us Crazy and Nowhere

Supernatural – The End

Echo Plays Croquet

Fringe Momentum

New Moon Shirtless

First Glimpse Of New Iron Man 2 Footage, Plus Leonard Nimoy Returns To Fringe

Doctor North Face

How to Make an iPhone Stand Using a Wire Coat Hanger

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