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Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Dexter’s Bloody Remain(der)s…Now You See Snow Leopard, Now You Don’t…Downloading Music Is Greener Than Buying CDs, In Case You Ever Wondered…Can Twitter Trademark the “Tweet”? Blam’s #1 favorite TV serial killer has his own branded coasters, with a gimmick: They’re smeared with blood. Cuz he’s a serial killer. You get it? Like, he killed someone,…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Aug 19 '09

Unlucky PowerBook Pegged By Foul Ball

Here’s something you never want to happen to your laptop: a foul ball squarely pegging it during a major league ball game. It happened during a Pirates-Brewers game in the 8th inning to a hapless photographer who didn’t even try to make a grab. Instead, he just watched as the ball pegged the computer, sending…

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 19 '09

How to Find Free Wi-Fi, Wherever You Are (Just About)

Sadly, 4G isn’t here yet and 3G ain’t fast enough, so we still rely pretty hard on free Wi-Fi to get our internets out in the world. But what if you’re not in range of a Starbucks? (It happens, occasionally.) Gina at Lifehacker has you covered with their definitive guide to finding free Wi-Fi. Besides…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 19 '09

What Is This?

What in the name of every single goddamn fruitbat is this? Did someone create a cybernetic Dune sandworm and equip it with anti-gravity engines? I wish. In reality, it’s the Sanswire-TAO STS-111, a new kind of airship. The Sanswire-TAO STS-111 is a 111-foot long, 11-foot tall multi-segmented, non-rigid airship. The design of this ultralight UAV—Unmanned…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 19 '09

Archos Android Tablet With 720p Playback and Mobile Internet to Launch September 15th

Archos may have underdelivered with internet tablets in the past, but since that was mostly due to half-baked UI, we’ll allow ourselves to get excited about an Android-based Archos tablet—especially one with specs like these. https://gizmodo.com/archos-5-lightning-review-5060305 This little invite suggests the Android tablet will be announced on September 15th, although we’ve seen rumors of this…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Aug 19 '09

US Government Planning to Use Boeing 747 Supertanker to Clean Cities After Nuclear, Biological Attacks

I don’t know about you, but this makes me nervous: US government agencies are now looking at the possibility of using the impressive Boeing 747-100 Supertanker for dirty radioactive and biological bombing clean-up. In fact, it’s already being tested: We’re doing some testing on cloud knockdown, sort of a Chernobyl-type [1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant’s reactor…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 19 '09

Oh God, Please Tell Me This Isn’t Microsoft’s Plan For Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile 6.5: Due October, pretty much as is. Windows Mobile 7: Coming at the end of next year. Both: On sale at the same time, marketed in a bizarre two-tiered way. If this rumor isn’t false, it should be. From Digitimes: Microsoft is expected to officially launch Windows Mobile 6.5 on October 1, 2009…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 19 '09

The First DisplayPort KVM Switch, Hurray

She’s not much to look at, but this is the first DisplayPort KVM switch, so you can hook up two DisplayPort-compatible computers to a single monitor (and keyboard and mouse, obvs) without converters. Why do you want direct DisplayPort hookups? Because the KVM offers a native 2560×1600 resolution at 60Hz (or 3840×2400 at a lower…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 19 '09

First Macintosh Shirt Is Stylish in its Simplicity

Print Liberation has a new “Great Moments of the 20th Century” series of shirts, and the latest is of a gigantic Macintosh. Perfect for displaying your roots and less likely to get you fired than some other options. [Print Liberation]

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 19 '09

Avatar’s Motion Capture Actor Talks Pretending To Be Eaten Alive

Avatar’s tight-suited motion capture actor, Reuben Langdon, explained his on-set task of pretending to be eaten alive by one of the many beasts of Pandora while crew members made grr noises and waved foam noodles. We snagged Langdon in his clever new Avatar sweatshirt outside of the Wrath of Con party at Comic-Con, and quickly…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 19 '09

10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim

Sony’s slimmed-down PS3 is a cute little ugly duckling, and not without its concessions. From fewer USB ports to an over-priced vertical stand, and its removed “Install Other OS” feature, here’s what you should know before picking one up. https://gizmodo.com/the-ps3-slim-up-close-and-hands-on-5340239 First off, it’s not actually called the PS3 Slim, that’s just it’s nickname. It’s officially…

Tech News Danny Allen Aug 19 '09

San Francisco Sets An Example, Opens City Data For Anyone To Use

SF Mayor Gavin “Handsome” Newsom just announced via Techcrunch that the city will start placing crime, health and other city data online for people to use. What’s it for? Think iPhone apps that show restaurants’ health code ratings, for one. There are even more possibilities. You can imagine apps taking crime rate statistics and mapping…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 19 '09

Artie’s Dark Past is Revealed at the Point of an Invisible Samurai Sword

Last night’s Warehouse 13 featured better gadgets, delved into the dirty details of one character’s past, and introduced us to the series antagonist. Could we finally be seeing the show breaking out of its weekly artifact hunt? In this week’s episode, “Implosion,” we finally see Warehouse 13 break out of its artifact-of-the-week plot, even as…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 19 '09

MRI Video of Two People Having Sex Is, Uh, Really Something (NSFW)

Back in 1999, Pek Van Andel and three of his colleagues did a research study to take MRI images of a couple having sex. Now, the video is on the internet. Oh my. It’s sure not the sexiest piece of footage I’ve ever seen, but it’s interesting. I guess? What’s great is that the researchers…

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 19 '09

Blow Virtual Kisses with Happy Dangy Diggy

I like this new iPhone app. First, because it has a purty design that reminds me of Rolando. Second, because I like the idea of blowing kisses on the palm of my hand to reach the people I love.* https://gizmodo.com/rolando-a-new-better-kind-of-iphone-clone-5021383 It’s a pretty neat idea: You select the kind of smooches you want. Then blow…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 19 '09

Britain Uses Imported Bugs To Combat Invasive Plant Species For The First Time

A team at University of Leicester is using nature against itself for the first time in Europe. They are calling it “biocontrol”; the team is bringing in sap-sucking insects from Japan to control an invasive plant species called Knotweed. The Knotweed is also originally from Japan, and it was first introduced in Britain in the…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Aug 19 '09

Now Available

The gadgets coming out today are sure to make any kid happy, now even toddlers can get in on the netbook action with Asus’ Disney Netpal. • The Samsung Gravity 2 has been released for T-Mobile; the “messaging slider” is squarely aimed at tweens with support for AIM, Windows Messenger and Yahoo Messenger as well…

Tech News Don Nguyen Aug 19 '09

5 Things You Didn’t Know About District 9

There’s a lot more to District 9 than just exploding Tesla guns. Did you know one actor played all the aliens, plus some major scenes were improvised? We list the top things you should know about the new alien epic. https://gizmodo.com/the-science-behind-district-9s-blood-splattering-alien-5340140 After the District 9 roundtable and a one-on-one with director Neill Blomkamp, we found…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 19 '09

Sanctuary DVD Will Take You Behind the Monster-Hunting Green Screen

Missed the first season of Syfy’s series starring monster hunters and protectors, Bigfoot, and a vampire Nikola Tesla? The upcoming Sanctuary DVD set features all 13 episodes from the show’s first season, as well as the eight original webisodes used to sell the series to Syfy. Plus, one of three “making of” featurettes explains the…

Television Lauren Davis Aug 19 '09

I Want To Kill Clockman

I don’t know what the hell this alarm clock is saying, but I have the urge to beat the crap out of it. Apparently, Clockman never shuts up—and you’re supposed to choose a version based on your blood type. That’s right, there are AB, B, O and A Clockmen for some reason only the Japanese…

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 19 '09

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Unlucky PowerBook Pegged By Foul Ball

How to Find Free Wi-Fi, Wherever You Are (Just About)

What Is This?

Archos Android Tablet With 720p Playback and Mobile Internet to Launch September 15th

US Government Planning to Use Boeing 747 Supertanker to Clean Cities After Nuclear, Biological Attacks

Oh God, Please Tell Me This Isn’t Microsoft’s Plan For Windows Mobile

The First DisplayPort KVM Switch, Hurray

First Macintosh Shirt Is Stylish in its Simplicity

Avatar’s Motion Capture Actor Talks Pretending To Be Eaten Alive

10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim

San Francisco Sets An Example, Opens City Data For Anyone To Use

Artie’s Dark Past is Revealed at the Point of an Invisible Samurai Sword

MRI Video of Two People Having Sex Is, Uh, Really Something (NSFW)

Blow Virtual Kisses with Happy Dangy Diggy

Britain Uses Imported Bugs To Combat Invasive Plant Species For The First Time

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About District 9

Sanctuary DVD Will Take You Behind the Monster-Hunting Green Screen

I Want To Kill Clockman

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