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Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima Comes to the iPhone

Looking to have your noggin tested by Dr. Kawashima? Well, now you can hop on board with the Brain Training sensation, if a bit late, on the iPhone and iPod touch. This version of Brain Training has a bunch of new activities, built-in Soduko and the ability to challenge up to three friends on the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

This Week’s Comics: Runaways, Dead Batmen And Khaaaaaaaaan!

Evil wins, superheroes go bad, sidekicks go solo, time gets reset and Buck Rogers makes his comeback. Oh, and there’s a Wrath of Khan comic. Is there nothing that this week’s comics won’t do to try and make you happy? Dipping our collective toes into the cross-media area of the pool for awhile, Doctor Who:…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Pokémon Motivates Lazy Kids with Poké Walker

Children who want to level up their monsters in two new Pokémon remakes will still need to wander around aimlessly for hours on end, but this time that wandering will be in real life. Pokémon “Heart” Gold and Poké “Soul” Silver will be bundled with the new Poké Walker peripheral, a pedometer that can hold…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Snow Leopard (WWDC 2009 Version) Leaks Online

At WWDC, Apple handed devs a beautiful two-disc set of Snow Leopard build 10a380 (one disc Xcode, one disc Server). We were unable to acquire a copy of our own, but now that the latest build of Snow Leopard has leaked online, we could probably download it through less-than-legal means. (Though if any devs in…

Tech News Mark Wilson

“Air Doll” Trailer: Sex Toy Comes to Life, Dumps Owner

Move over, Weird Science and Lars and the Real Girl. Here’s the trailer for Japanese art-film director Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s Air Doll, a lyrical Pygmalion tale that played Cannes last month and is due stateside later this year. In the film, a man’s blow-up sex doll comes to life one day (as Bae Doo-na, the Korean…

io9 Gary Susman

Sleep In a 747 Cockpit For $420

I loved the Swedish 747 Jumbo Hostel, not because it was Swedish, but because it’s funky to have a hotel in an airplane. Here is how it looks inside, including its $420 cockpit suite—which, incidentally, it’s awesome: https://gizmodo.com/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-o-5043984 But as much as I like it, it is just way too expensive for what it is.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The House Where Nightmares Are Born

A peek into Guillermo del Toro‘s Los Angeles home shows a hallway stuffed with night terrors, masks, and dreamlike Hellboy props. Wired Magazine has a lovely interview with the producer, director and writer, including this picture of his home. Can you imagine being one of his children and growing up there? I’m completely jealous. Also…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Cheez-It® Crackers Presents: Trek Yourself

The Trek Yourself widget allows Trekkies to literally turn into their favorite characters simply by uploading a photo. Transform into a Vulcan, Captain, Romulan or Starfleet Officer and then share it with your friends. Click through to Trek Yourself and see one of our own get Trekked!

io9 Chrissie Lamond

Apple’s iDisk iPhone App Lets MobileMe Users View and Send Documents, Videos, and More

Amidst the brouhaha yesterday, we sometimes miss a few little tidbits that could end up being super useful, like Apple’s free iDisk app for iPhone. It’ll let MobileMe users view and send stored data like documents and videos. Documents you have backed up on MobileMe, like PDFs, Word files, or whatever else, can now be…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Wireless Keyboard Combines Multitouch Trackpad with Number Pad

This wireless keyboard cleverly combines a multitouch trackpad with a ten-key number pad, saving space while adding functionality. It’s available now for $69. [Brando via CrunchGear]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Many Old Friends Fall Through The Looking Glass In New Alice

Wonder what happened to Gaeta after his failed mutiny on the Galactica? Apparently, he fell through the looking glass and landed with familiar faces from Primeval, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Max Headroom in SyFy’s Alice in Wonderland remake. The new four-hour series, made by the same people behind last year’s surprise hit Tin…

Television Graeme McMillan

In iPhone 3GS, the “S” Stands for Sex

I was going to write another article about how the iPhone 3GS’ features make it an almost-perfect sex toy, but Debby—who is prettier than me too—was first. She got me at “don’t insert it in your anus.” [MySexProfessor] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-complete-feature-guide-5283099

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl’s Wrist-Cutting Rally Is Deeply Disturbing

Giving the mangled women of Tokyo Gore Police a run for their buckets of blood, Vampire Girl and Frankenstein Girl battle, with blades and kicks — but first, the rally. The faint of heart: proceed no further. It’s probably NSFW. https://gizmodo.com/a-mutant-roll-call-for-tokyo-gore-police-nsfw-5039526 Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl is from Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yoshihiro Nishimura (who are…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Baseball Players Would Never Use the Performance-Enhancing Reebok Vector O Bat

In America’s pastime, where honor and fair competition reign and unfair advantages are never tolerated, there is no place for the “aerodynamic” Reebok Vector O baseball bat. After all, ballplayers would do anything to avoid besmirching their sport! The Vector O bat features three little air vents just above the handle to decrease both weight…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Averatec D1200: A 25.5-Inch, 1080p All-In-One PC For $1000

Averatec’s AIO efforts have always been budget conscious, and the D1200 is no different: Soon to be sold at Best Buy and Tiger Direct for $1000, the D1200 is a 25.5-inch, 1920 x 1200, TV-tuning exercise in value. https://gizmodo.com/averatec-makes-imac-like-all-in-one-pc-for-1249-5022711 It counts a 2.5GHz Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo, inbuilt analog and digital TV tuner and…

Tech News John Herrman

Spider-Man’s Unexpected Early Stage Debut

Visitors to the rehearsal for the Tony Awards in New York on Sunday saw something more special than ill-prepared dance moves and unfunny punchlines: Namely, a video offering glimpses of the much-anticipated Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Broadway musical. Blogger Michael Avila was one such visitor, and he was excited by what he saw: They…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Inside Avatar’s Alien Odyssey And Deadpool’s Meeting With Captain America

Today’s spoilers include a synopsis of James Cameron’s Avatar, and the first review of Transformers 2. Harold Ramis shares some Ghostbusters 3 dialog, and there’s a new Sorcerer’s Apprentice set video. Plus Moon, Deadpool, Doctor Who and True Blood spoilers. Avatar: Producer Jon Landau narrated the movie for Slashfilm, including a bunch of details we…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Whiners of the World: Shut Up About the iPhone 3GS’ Upgrade Price

So you bought your heavily subsidised iPhone 3G with a two-year contract and now you are upset because AT&T wants to charge you full price for the new iPhone 3GS, right? Well, stop whining. You have no arguments. https://gizmodo.com/real-cost-of-iphone-3gs-about-218-more-than-you-think-5283568 I have the iPhone 3G—by the way, I paid an extra $500 deposit on top of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor Is Nintendo’s Second Heart Rate Monitor

Back in 1998, Nintendo announced a REVOLUTIONARY new accessory for the N64: the Bio Sensor, which was bundled with Tetris 64. What did it do? Why, it monitored your heart rate, in real time! https://gizmodo.com/wii-vitality-sensor-turns-wii-into-definitive-nursing-h-5275846 The accessory, which was sold in Japan for like, two months, differed from Nintendo’s E3 anti-coup, the Vitality Sensor, only…

Tech News John Herrman

Nokia N97 Arrives Today for $700, Unlocked

Nokia’s “quite good” N97 touchscreen handset will show up in Nokia stores (and online) today for $700, contract-free. If you can wait until July, it’s still $600 on Amazon. Wake me up when we’ve got a carrier, please. [Symbian Guru] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-hands-on-video-of-nokias-first-n-series-touch-5154129

Tech News John Herrman

Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima Comes to the iPhone

This Week’s Comics: Runaways, Dead Batmen And Khaaaaaaaaan!

Pokémon Motivates Lazy Kids with Poké Walker

Snow Leopard (WWDC 2009 Version) Leaks Online

“Air Doll” Trailer: Sex Toy Comes to Life, Dumps Owner

Sleep In a 747 Cockpit For $420

The House Where Nightmares Are Born

Cheez-It® Crackers Presents: Trek Yourself

Apple’s iDisk iPhone App Lets MobileMe Users View and Send Documents, Videos, and More

Wireless Keyboard Combines Multitouch Trackpad with Number Pad

Many Old Friends Fall Through The Looking Glass In New Alice

In iPhone 3GS, the “S” Stands for Sex

Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl’s Wrist-Cutting Rally Is Deeply Disturbing

Baseball Players Would Never Use the Performance-Enhancing Reebok Vector O Bat

Averatec D1200: A 25.5-Inch, 1080p All-In-One PC For $1000

Spider-Man’s Unexpected Early Stage Debut

Inside Avatar’s Alien Odyssey And Deadpool’s Meeting With Captain America

Whiners of the World: Shut Up About the iPhone 3GS’ Upgrade Price

Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor Is Nintendo’s Second Heart Rate Monitor

Nokia N97 Arrives Today for $700, Unlocked

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