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Land Gets Lost At Box Office

2009’s summer movie season has its first outright flop, as Land Of The Lost‘s first day suggests a weekend debut tally around $10 million lower than what the studio claimed it “needed” to succeed. Sorry, Will Ferrell. Lost made just $7.2 million in its first day, leading many to predict an opening weekend somewhere around…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Google Street View Car Sees the Light

God has been found, and in the most unlikely of places: Southern California. Well, either it’s God, or the Street View cameras take a second to adjust to bright light, coming out of a tunnel. Probably God, though. [Thanks, Jordan!]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

5 Directors We’d Love To See Take Over The Barbarella Remake

With Legally Blonde’s Robert Luketic now attached to direct the Barbarella remake, it feels like Hollywood is selling our beloved astronautrix short. Here are five directors who’d I’d much rather see re-imagine and revisit the planet SoGo. 1. Michel Gondry Imaginative and whimsical, Gondry’s style would suit our girl perfectly. Gondry was Drew Barrymore’s first…

io9 Sarah Hope Williams

Wii Nunchuck-Controlled Beanbag Chair Makes Nacho Retrieval Easier

The Beancat is a battery-powered skid-steer beanbag chair piloted by a Wii nunchuck controller, created for this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire. It looks like a pretty great way to make a fridge run without having to, well, run. [Make]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

6 More Heroes Who Might Still Be Trapped In Virtual Reality

Yesterday, we looked at six characters who seemingly managed to escape virtual prisons. Now, we’ll make it an even dozen as we examine another sextet of science fiction heroes that may or may not still be stuck inside their own minds. Spoilers! 1. John Anderton, Minority Report The Setup: In the year 2054, John Anderton…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

New Stargate Universe Clips: “It’s Sexier!”

Additional footage from the Syfy Channel’s latest gate series Stargate Universe is out and, from the looks of things, it’s still going for that Stargate “painted black” look… with sex. Count me in. The sadly David Blue-free look was heavy on Ming-Na and Lou Diamond Phillips (looks like LDP get’s rough end of a rifle…

Television Meredith Woerner

iPhone OS 3.0 Roundup

In addition to our rumor roundup, here’s a round-up on all our posts on iPhone OS 3.0. Don’t forget to tune in to our WWDC’09 liveblog next monday to learn all about it. https://gizmodo.com/last-minute-rumor-updates-on-apple-wwdc-09-5266037 • The Complete Guide to iPhone 3.0 https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-5171796 Unconfirmed • No More Free App Re-Downloading • Direct iTunes TV and Movie…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Happy 25th Birthday, Tetris

Tetris, our favorite non-vodka Russian export, turns 25 today. Unquestionably one of the greatest games of all time, Tetris is a bona fide cultural institution, responsible for wasting innumerable hours of time worldwide. Happy birthday, King of Puzzles! In honor of the only game to be branded with “FROM RUSSIA WITH FUN!”, let’s all take…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Get Away From It All By Traveling The Multiverse

As summer brings thoughts of vacation, why not consider stopping off on one of the many Parallel Earths of science fiction? There’s an infinite number of possibilities available to you – and here are some of our favorites. Even before most people had heard of Erwin Schrödinger, we knew that there were plenty other Earths…

Movies Graeme McMillan

How To: Install Windows Mobile 6.5 Right Now

The bad news: Windows Mobile 6.5 won’t be coming out for a while, and you’ll be expected to buy a whole new phone to get it. The good: You can actually install it today, on your HTC phone. Here’s how. https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-announced-leaks-confirmed-5154116 Why should you upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5? Disregarding the mixed coverage the OS…

Tech News John Herrman

Palm Pre Disassembled, Cost Estimated at $170

You know the deal—as fast as companies can churn out gorgeous, functional gadgetry, nerds worldwide are waiting in the shadows to tear them apart. The Palm Pre barely survived the night before being torn up. https://gizmodo.com/ten-things-you-should-know-about-the-palm-pre-5280848 It looks like a reasonably painless disassemble job, at least at first, though they don’t recommend removing the heat…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Look Up In The Sky For New Cloud Life

Does this sky look odd to you? Cloud Appreciation Society head Gavin Pretor-Pinney thinks so; he thinks these are a whole new type of clouds – “Asperatus Clouds” – and he’s trying to get them internationally classified as such. Pretor-Pinny is working with the British Royal Meteorological Society to have these clouds officially classified as…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Repo Man Takes Lear Jets and Jumbos, Even from Armed Neo-Nazis

Nick Popovich was in a South Carolina airfield, about to repossess a Lear Jet from a heavily armed white supremacist gang. One of the guards told him “You move another inch and I’ll blow your fucking head off.” “You move another inch and I’ll blow your fucking head off,” the gravel-and-nicotine voice told Popovich. “Well,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

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!

Tech News Chrissie Lamond

Science To Test Fantastic Four Theory

Would cosmic rays turn a man into a fantastically stretchable being, human torch or just plain (orange) rocky thing? That’s a question that NASA may be about to answer, as they test the body’s endurance to space radiation. If you’re wondering how NASA scientists plan to test the limits of radiation tolerance, you may be…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Obama Administration Adds Renowned Hacker to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Jeff Moss, who you may know as the founder of the hacking conference DefCon, was sworn in yesterday as one of the new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. And we think it’s a shrewd and thoughtful move. Moss, also known as Dark Tangent, founded both the DefCon and Black Hat hacker conferences in…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Ten Things You Should Know About the Palm Pre

You’ve seen our Palm Pre review, but if you only had to get ten things out of it, which ten things would they be? It would be these ten things. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-review-5277499 1) Palm’s webOS is tremendously usable. The new concepts they introduce—gestures under the screen, cards to represent running apps, searching for contacts and apps…

Tech News Jason Chen

Could Doctor Who Be Splitting Series Five In Two?

Another day, another rumor about a change to Doctor Who‘s format for the first year of the Steven Moffat and Matt Smith era. The latest news suggests you may have to wait until late 2010 for the second half of series five. Apparently, there are rumblings that spring 2010 will only see the transmission of…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Conan O’Brien Reacts to His Super Mario Bros-Themed Backdrop

On last night’s The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (god, that feels great to type), Conan responded to those who noticed his backdrop’s uncanny resemblance to a certain mushroom kingdom. https://gizmodo.com/conans-new-backdrop-sure-looks-familiar-5278719 Looks like Conan agrees with Nintendo that intentional or not, it’s pretty great. [Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-on-conans-new-mario-style-backdrop-thats-gre-5279789

Television Dan Nosowitz

Where Will Lost’s Charlie End Up Next?

So, the rumors are – apparently – wrong, and Dominic Monaghan‘s Charlie will not be returning to Lost for its final season (Unlike Emile De Ravin’s Claire), because he’ll be busy elsewhere on ABC’s drama schedule. But where? https://gizmodo.com/iron-man-2-spider-man-4-and-transformers-posters-plus-5278284 Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello was told by ABC that Monaghan’s appearance in a recent trailer for…

Television Graeme McMillan

Land Gets Lost At Box Office

Google Street View Car Sees the Light

5 Directors We’d Love To See Take Over The Barbarella Remake

Wii Nunchuck-Controlled Beanbag Chair Makes Nacho Retrieval Easier

6 More Heroes Who Might Still Be Trapped In Virtual Reality

New Stargate Universe Clips: “It’s Sexier!”

iPhone OS 3.0 Roundup

Happy 25th Birthday, Tetris

Get Away From It All By Traveling The Multiverse

How To: Install Windows Mobile 6.5 Right Now

Palm Pre Disassembled, Cost Estimated at $170

Look Up In The Sky For New Cloud Life

Repo Man Takes Lear Jets and Jumbos, Even from Armed Neo-Nazis

Cheez-It® Crackers Presents: Trek Yourself

Science To Test Fantastic Four Theory

Obama Administration Adds Renowned Hacker to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Ten Things You Should Know About the Palm Pre

Could Doctor Who Be Splitting Series Five In Two?

Conan O’Brien Reacts to His Super Mario Bros-Themed Backdrop

Where Will Lost’s Charlie End Up Next?

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