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Nevada Police Tase, Arrest Naked ‘Terminator’

A man found naked wandering along the Nevada border has been tased and arrested despite his claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future. We’re a little upset that police would harm anybody this hilarious. The 19-year-old, a Nevada native named Sean Stanley (we publish his name in hopes of honoring, not embarrassing, this…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Everything About Crazy Eddie Was Completely Insane

If you lived in the New England area during the ’70s and ’80s, chances are you recall those ridiculous commercials for Crazy Eddie electronics stores. Even if you don’t, they are pretty damn amusing to watch. Yeah, that’s pretty insane all right—and they did this shit twice a year: Notice that Crazy Eddie spokesman Jerry…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Floating Alaskan Bio-Goo Video

A quick update on the weird, miles-long bio-goo floating down the northern coast of Alaska. The Alaskan North Slope Borough Planning Department has released this video of the stuff, shot from a plane. via Story Balloon

io9 Annalee Newitz

Corsair’s New Extreme SSD Line Is Blazingly Fast

Corsair just announced their new Extreme Line of SSDs, coming in 32/64/128GB capacities. So they’re not going to win a storage space award, but these little guys are fast—Corsair’s claiming read speeds of 240MB/s and 170MB/s write speeds. They’re not the absolute fastest 2.5-inch laptop SSDs we’ve ever seen, but are definitely right up there…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Someone beats the hell out of a cellphone company…Google wants to put ads in your calls…Coldplay…RIM just lost $267 million dollars… Google’s patenting a way to pay for all those Google Voice calls: by shoving ads in the space between you making the call and someone picking up. Does this matter to you right now?…

Tech News Jason Chen

Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision (Laserdisc) Player Reviewed

The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first consumer player of the format you know as Laserdisc. This 1981 spot for the Maganvision 8000 was one Leonard Nimoy’s better roles, if you ask me.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This EVGA InterView 1770 Twisting Dual Monitor Is Damn Weird

The EVGA InterView 1770 is a bit weird. Each of its 17-inch LCD panels can be rotated 180 degrees—so one display faces the user and other faces another—and then fold like a clam. I was wondering why anyone would like to see all my porn mirrored at the other side of my desk, but according…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New Xbox Live Update: Full Game Downloads, Expanded Netflix Features and More

The newest Xbox live update is in the process of filtering out to the masses, and it brings with it some pretty sweet features. It’ll offer downloadable Games on Demand (full games!), new Netflix options and a bunch more. Games on Demand looks pretty great; you’ll be able to download full games, including manuals, and…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Tony Hawk Ride’s Skateboard Is Getting Whitewashed

I see how it is. Tony Hawk Ride developer Josh Tsui says that the black skateboard we almost killed ourselves on at E3 is out: “We’re going with a white board which is more consumer friendly.” Mmmmhmmmm. [GamesIndustry.biz via Joystiq] https://gizmodo.com/tony-hawk-ride-feet-on-i-almost-killed-myself-5277953

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Inside Secrets Of The Harry Potter Musical

A Very Potter Musical was originally posted for friends and family to view, but since has become an internet meme in an of itself among Potter fans. We talked to the musical’s creators about PG-13 humor and wizard sex. It’s no surprise that A Very Potter Musical became such a huge internet sensation — the…

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True Blood’s Christian Conservative Vampire-Hater Speaks Out

We interviewed True Blood‘s vigilant vampire hater, played by Michael McMillian, and learned a little more about the Fellowship Of The Sun‘s televangelist golden boy, who says he’s a cross between George Bush and Bruce Wayne. We got the chance to chat via email with actor Michael McMillain, and learn a lot more vampire-loathing character,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Panasonic Lumix LX3 vs. Leica D-Lux 4, Or How to Charge $300 More for the Same Camera

I’d been thinking about snagging a Panasonic Lumix LX3 until this WSJ trend piece spiked the already pricey, um, price over $500. But it’s still way cheaper than Leica D-Lux 4, which is basically the same camera for $800. Why? That little red dot with the word Leica etched inside. Everything else, Ken Musgrave says,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Torchwood Will Air Uncut On BBC America

With each episode of Torchwood’s shattering miniseries “Children Of Earth” lasting a full hour, many of us worried that BBC America would be cutting the episodes down to make room for commercials when the episodes air next week. But fear not — a source tells us the episodes will air in full, from 9 PM…

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1979: The Year We Wussed Out on Nuclear Power

The China Syndrome was a movie about how dangerous nuclear power plants are that, fortunately for the producers, came out 12 days before the Three Mile Island disaster. You can thank it for why we’re still reliant on coal power. The name of the movie refers to a downright-preposterous idea that if a nuclear power…

Movies Adam Frucci

Harry Potter and the Half-Hearted Ending

Did you feel cheated walking out of the latest Harry Potter? Yeah, me too. In an effort to cut this film down, director David Yates effectively neutered the most important scenes in the book. Spoilers ahead! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was notable only for David Yates’ decision that the two most epically important…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz

“Camera Fabric” Cloth That Takes Color Pictures

The soldier of the future might be able to see in all directions at the same time. Researchers at MIT have developed a fabric made of fibers that can “take pictures” of its surroundings. The individual fibers are composed of two rolled-up semiconducting glass layers, coated in an insulator. When light interacts with the semiconductor,…

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This Man Is Extremely Dedicated to Live Network Television

This intriguing dude is watching a black-and-white TV, with a DTV converter box, in a Starbucks. Hey, it’s not his fault Hulu doesn’t carry Jeopardy!, right? [Kansas City Blog via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Television Dan Nosowitz

Neanderthals Far Lonelier Than Previously Believed

For thousands of years, two intelligent hominid species shared the European continent: early humans and Neanderthals. About 30,000 years ago, Neanderthals went extinct. Now one study suggests a possible reason: The Neanderthal population was very small, and very interrelated. In the new study published today in Science, a group of European researchers sequenced five mitochondrial…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review

The Gadgets: Creative’s new SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes dongle, that shares music to little receivers around the house, and also to the GigaWorks T20W wireless-receiver speakers. The Price: $150 for starter kit with SB Wireless and one receiver; $130 for the GigaWorks T20W wireless speakers The Verdict: I like wireless streaming, but I hate headaches…

Reviews Wilson Rothman

Amazon Will Replace Cracked Kindle 2 Screens for Free

Oh, the power of a good multi-million dollar lawsuit. Amazon is vindicating litigious types by agreeing to replace Kindle 2s with cracked screens for free, instead of charging $200 for repairs. I wonder if they’ll fix mine. [News Factor] https://gizmodo.com/angry-kindlers-sue-amazon-over-case-defect-demand-5m-5315281

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Nevada Police Tase, Arrest Naked ‘Terminator’

Everything About Crazy Eddie Was Completely Insane

Floating Alaskan Bio-Goo Video

Corsair’s New Extreme SSD Line Is Blazingly Fast

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision (Laserdisc) Player Reviewed

This EVGA InterView 1770 Twisting Dual Monitor Is Damn Weird

New Xbox Live Update: Full Game Downloads, Expanded Netflix Features and More

Tony Hawk Ride’s Skateboard Is Getting Whitewashed

Inside Secrets Of The Harry Potter Musical

True Blood’s Christian Conservative Vampire-Hater Speaks Out

Panasonic Lumix LX3 vs. Leica D-Lux 4, Or How to Charge $300 More for the Same Camera

Torchwood Will Air Uncut On BBC America

1979: The Year We Wussed Out on Nuclear Power

Harry Potter and the Half-Hearted Ending

“Camera Fabric” Cloth That Takes Color Pictures

This Man Is Extremely Dedicated to Live Network Television

Neanderthals Far Lonelier Than Previously Believed

Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review

Amazon Will Replace Cracked Kindle 2 Screens for Free

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