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Man Sent to Jail For Six Months For Pirating, Uh, The Love Guru

This is embarassing. Jack Yates has been sentenced to six months in jail for pirating the horrible Mike Meyers movie The Love Guru. It might have been worth it for Star Trek, but come on, The Love Guru? Yates was working at the Burbank distribution company hired to cut promo reels for talk shows when…

Movies Adam Frucci

Definitive Evidence Of An Ancient Lake On Mars

Water on ancient Mars may actually have been abundant: Scientists have speculated about ancient rivers and lakes for years. But a team at University of Colorado at Boulder announced this week the first “definitive” evidence of a lake on Mars. This research is based on images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera…

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Pedometer Makes You a Character in a Samurai Storyline

Bandai is taking a new approach in the herculean task that is enticing nerds to exercise. This pedometer/calorie counter casts you as a 16th century Samurai hell-bent on controlling Japan. You can choose between three daimyo characters from the Sengoku, or Warring States. The more you walk, the closer you and your foot soldiers will…

Health Sean Fallon

Yet Another Freaky And Uncomfortable Pandorum Poster For Your Weekend Space Terrors

I’m not even sure what to think about the new space horror Pandorum, starting Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid. But the film’s posters of pipe-face sodomy have troubled my dreams for some time now. [IMP Awards] https://gizmodo.com/get-into-pandorums-hypersleep-chamber-of-fear-with-ben-5283727 https://gizmodo.com/pandorum-trailer-raises-the-space-madness-bar-5164050

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Week In iPhone Apps: Here Come the OS 3.0 Apps

iPhone 3.0 has landed, and the first apps with the new features are squirming their way through the App Store’s clenching gates of approval. How are they? Well, for starters, they all look awfully familiar. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-os-3-0-software-review-what-to-expect-5292789 Given that the firmware update has only been live for two days now, the vast majority of 3.0-utilizing downloads…

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The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery

The Romulan mining vessel Narada undulates as it prepares to claim another defenseless planet. Spaceship design has come a long way since the 1960s. Here’s a gallery of five different eras in starships, battlecruisers and planet-destroyers, with 150+ images. 1950s and 1960s: Space vessel design in the actual Space Age tends to involve either sleek…

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What Do You Think Of Your iPhone 3GS?

So you braved the lines (or sat patiently for the mailman) today and received the iPhone 3GS as your reward. Fantastic. But what do you think of it now that you have had some time to kick the tires? https://gizmodo.com/why-in-hell-are-people-camping-out-for-the-iphone-3gs-5296776 Does The 3GS Seem Faster than the 3G?(surveys) How is the Camera Performance?(survey software) How…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Pixar Grants Girl’s Last Wish to See Up

Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old girl suffering from terminal vascular cancer, told her mom that she wanted to live to see Pixar’s Up. But before she could visit the theater, her condition became too unstable for her to be moved. Colby’s family called Pixar, guessed a name of an employee to break through the automated operator…

Movies Mark Wilson

Palm Pre webOS 1.0.3 Update Improves Syncing, Power Performance

The 1.0.3 update to your Palm Pre doesn’t add any new apps, but it does fix a few things in Gmail, Contacts and Calendar syncing. Here’s the changelog: Feature changes to existing applications Calendar * Events created in your Google calendar-either in Calendar on your phone or in Google online-that contain a symbol or accented…

Tech News Jason Chen

Finnish Chair Has One Priority: Your Balls

See this chair? It is designed with the comfort of your genitals in mind. Don’t believe me? Just listen to a no-nonsense Finn describe its advantages over close ups of comfy, comfy balls. Click to view [Today’s Big Thing]

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An Anti-Anxiety Drug That Could Create Super-Soldiers

Soon you may be able to buy a drug that can make you calm by mimicking the body’s natural self-soothing process. But you wouldn’t feel drugged. What would happen to people who suddenly became fearless without side-effects? A group of European researchers discovered a ligand, or a chemical that binds with molecules, can soothe even…

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Is the Meizu M8 iPhone Clone Getting… Android?

Do you want an iPhone but wish it ran Android instead of Apple’s mobile OS? No? Well, too bad, because Meizu might be bringing Android to its M8 iPhone clone. https://gizmodo.com/meizus-m8-iphoneclone-ui-demoed-looks-cloned-indeed-5097376 Meizu has announced that the M8 is getting a UI update with its firmware 1.0 release, due in August. And apparently Meizu has gathered…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Even Helen Thomas Would Behave When A Giant Robot Gives A Press Conference

A massive robot addresses the media, in this awesome new still from Astro Boy, the movie that might actually be too beautiful for its own good. Every still so far has looked desktop-pattern amazing. Update: Another image really is below. Here’s hoping that Astro Boy’s Pinnochio-bot odyssey lives up to the stills we’ve seen so…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

8 Gadgets For Meddling Bastards

That’s right, I’m talking to you. The guy that steals Wi-Fi, the guy that hijacks Taco Bell drive-thrus, even the dude who steals wieners off our plate. These gadgets are for total bastards. SnorgTees” />

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Get 35% Off The iPhone 3GS If You Use Bing

In a deal that is both amusing and awesome, it appears that you can score an iPhone 3GS for 35% off by using Microsoft’s Cashback Program through their Bing search engine. It all hinges on your eligibility for AT&T’s subsidy, but if you qualify for an upgrade, you could get a new iPhone 3GS for…

Tech News Sean Fallon

The Brilliant Ghostbusters III Pitch We Want To Greenlight

The Ghostbusters III script is in production, which could mean epic win or monster fail. But now a new idea for the franchise is circulating online, and it’s got us excited. But it might be too smart to get made. Geoff Manaugh, creator of BLDG BLOG (and occasional contributor to io9), is known for his…

Movies Annalee Newitz

iPhone 3.0 Supports Limitless Apps

With the iPhone 3.0 firmware, Apple upped the max number of app pages on the iPhone from 9 to 11. Theoretically, that increased the number of apps the iPhone could support to 180. Theoretically. iPhone site appadvice has both rationalized and confirmed that even though you can’t see more than 180 apps in the iPhone’s…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Could A Sequel To M. Night Shyalmalan’s Best Movie Still Happen?

M. Night Shyamalan continues trying to scare us with evil vegetation and travesties of animated classics, while storytelling gold – a continuation of his superhero epic Unbreakable – goes untouched. But now Night says an Unbreakable sequel is still possible. https://gizmodo.com/8-superhero-movies-that-broke-the-mold-please-copy-the-5290442 Shyamalan told reporters he’s still very interested in continuing that story of a superhuman…

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Two Asian Vampires Mix School-Girl Uniforms And Troubled Priests

The new vampire movie from Park Chan-Wook (Old Boy) follows the agonizing blood lust of a vampire Priest, and his desires for his best friend’s girl in Thirst. Plus school-girl vamps fight winged nasties, in Blood: The Last Vampire. Thirst You know Park Chan-Wook’s work from Old Boy, but I’m really curious to see this…

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Gadget Deals of the Day

For my last day at Gizmodo, I’ve packed this list with 50 awesome deals. It has been such a pleasure perusing the web for deals for you, and feeding you hobos with free junk. Thank you, readers! 🙂 Computers, Laptops and Monitors: • Dell Vostro 1520 Core 2 Duo 15.4″ Laptop with 3GB RAM and…

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Man Sent to Jail For Six Months For Pirating, Uh, The Love Guru

Definitive Evidence Of An Ancient Lake On Mars

Pedometer Makes You a Character in a Samurai Storyline

Yet Another Freaky And Uncomfortable Pandorum Poster For Your Weekend Space Terrors

The Week In iPhone Apps: Here Come the OS 3.0 Apps

The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery

What Do You Think Of Your iPhone 3GS?

Pixar Grants Girl’s Last Wish to See Up

Palm Pre webOS 1.0.3 Update Improves Syncing, Power Performance

Finnish Chair Has One Priority: Your Balls

An Anti-Anxiety Drug That Could Create Super-Soldiers

Is the Meizu M8 iPhone Clone Getting… Android?

Even Helen Thomas Would Behave When A Giant Robot Gives A Press Conference

8 Gadgets For Meddling Bastards

Get 35% Off The iPhone 3GS If You Use Bing

The Brilliant Ghostbusters III Pitch We Want To Greenlight

iPhone 3.0 Supports Limitless Apps

Could A Sequel To M. Night Shyalmalan’s Best Movie Still Happen?

Two Asian Vampires Mix School-Girl Uniforms And Troubled Priests

Gadget Deals of the Day

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