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Judge Rules It’s Legal To Taser Someone For DNA Sample, As Long As It’s Not Done “Maliciously”

As long as it is not done “maliciously, or to an excessive extent, or with resulting injury,” Niagara County, NY Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza ruled that using a Taser to obtain a DNA sample is legally valid. In the case of one Ryan S. Smith, accused of shooting and a gas station robbery: Smith was…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Can Anything Stop The Voices Tormenting Sookie? True Blood Gets Louder

HBO released a ton of new short character-based TV spots for season two of True Blood, including this ethereal Anna Paquin one. (The rest are below.) And producer Alan Ball talked season two’s themes and direction with reporters. Spoiler bite! Show creator Alan Ball did a conference call with reporters, and had some grand pronouncements…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Wolfram Alpha Is Actually a Frustrated Stand-Up Comedian

Yesterday we got some funny answers from Wolfram Alpha, the search engine that promised to enlighten us. Today, this catalog of silly answers uncovers its true nature as a failed stand-up comedian and pop culture expert. https://gizmodo.com/ask-wolfram-alpha-are-you-skynet-5277457 It has a little thing for everyone: Skynet, HAL, African vs European swallows, the meaning of life, Bob…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Belkin’s TuneCast GPS-Assisted FM Transmitter Is Like Putting a DVR Into a VHS Player

Much like putting a DVR into a VHS player, Belkin’s TuneCast Auto Live utilizes really good technology to support something that isn’t all that great. More specifically, it uses GPS coordinates and the iPhone (3.0) to identify the best FM frequencies. Combining the TuneCast Auto Live transmitter and the ClearScan app for the iPhone users…

Tech News Sean Fallon

NBC Just Can’t Stop Running Shows About Pretty People With Mental Powers

It seems like telepathy dramas are what funky swingle sitcoms were in the 90s. NBC’s latest pretty psychics with powers show, Canada’s The Listener, focuses on a lowly paramedic and his brain powers. My kingdom for something different on TV. The Listener already aired in Canada according to Wikipedia, and NBC bought the U.S. rights…

Television Meredith Woerner

Self-Cleaning Toilet Becomes a Urinal With the Push Of a Button

I’ve always wanted a urinal in my bathroom, but a lack of space (and money) has always been an issue. This Ultimate Clean Toilet could solve all of these problems and more. On one side you have a toilet and on the other, a urinal. The toilet rotates between the two at the press of…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Could Metal-Excreting Bacteria Avert The Next World War?

Scientists at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany want to prevent the next generation of international conflict over scarce natural resources. So they’re trying to reverse-engineer metal-extracting bacteria. Professor Werner Müller, a molecular biologist with a background in sea research, and his team of mostly Chinese scientists…

io9 Megan Carpentier

What Is This?

This panorama is so out of focus that at first I thought this was some kind of giant alien mothership descending upon a massive mountain. The truth is that this photo comes from another planet. It comes from Mars. What you are looking at here is the belly of Spirit, taken on Sol 1925—June 2,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies

Land of the Lost is the latest cinematic attempt to combine science fiction and comedy. What are the classic films Land of the Lost must defeat to take its place among the greatest science fiction comedies? Here’s our list. 10. Spaceballs The Particulars: Mel Brooks’s Star Wars parody is from his later, weaker period, and…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games

So what will happen to all of your old UMD games if you buy a PSP Go? You’ll be able to procure digital copies of those discs, maybe even for free. I asked Sony’s John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing for Sony, what the company planned to do for their most loyal fanbase—those who’d amassed…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Rec 2’s Operatic Zombie-Killing Spree Brings Tear To Your Eye

There are few things more beautiful then a properly executed slaughter over a beautiful solo. We didn’t even know we wanted another Rec installment until we saw this footage. Bravo! Spanish horror film Rec, which inspired the American adaptation Quarantine, is back with a sequel. Delivering quality scares and good horror for the masses. The…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Bomo Baby Carriage is an Infant-Toting Robot

The Bomo Baby Carriage is essentially a Roomba with a seat for a baby on its back. There’s no way this’ll ever go wrong! It’ll follow you around with the kid in tow, avoiding obstacles as it goes. It can also be set to rock the baby to sleep. But the real brilliance is in…

Tech News Adam Frucci

WSJ Confirms New iPhone Hardware?

Walt Mossberg of the WSJ is known for getting iPhone hardware weeks ahead of time, so did he unintentionally confirm twice, in his Palm Pre review, that Apple will launch new hardware at WWDC? Unfortunately for Palm, Apple has both a new iPhone operating system and new iPhone hardware coming, likely available within a month,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Doctor Who Specials Add A Comedian

David Tennant‘s two-part Doctor Who swansong just added another cast member, as comedian Lawry Lewin has signed on to play a role. As with most things to do with these specials, very little is known for sure, but the initial rumors suggest he’s landed far more than a bit part. British comedy site Chortle broke…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Verizon Finally Gets BlackBerry Pearl Flip, Adds Inflated Pricetag

After literally years, Verizon announced today that it will finally be carrying the BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone. It’s the same phone we know and tolerate, except with a really dumb caveat: it’s priced at $129 after rebate. What? https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-storm-2-screen-wont-be-clicky-verizon-to-un-5256389 Given the model number 8230 for Verizon’s network and available on June 19th, the Pearl Flip…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Linux-Based Customizable LCD Gauge Cluster Marries 50’s Chrome With 00’s UI

Jalopnik found this concept gauge cluster that’s incredible both in the amount of information displayed at once, and because of the simultaneous retro-futuristic look creator Yazaki created. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/yazaki-lcd-gauge-cluster-concept-reconfigurable-linux-5277794

Tech News Jason Chen

Robert Rodriguez Wants Arnold Schwarzenegger For Predators

Terminator might not be the only iconic film series Arnold Schwarzenegger revisits, as reports are coming in that Predators producer Robert Rodriguez has asked the governor to reprise his role as Dutch for the upcoming sequel. Upon hearing the rumors that Rodriguez wanted Schwarzenegger to appear in the new movie, Moviehole did some snooping and…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Man Stuff – the Best of Uncrate

Early ’80s 007 tech, video of the world’s most powerful laser, and an inflatable seafaring ball – see all that and more in the week’s best from Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: We plot world domination with the Spyder II GX Laser, move the party outdoors in Galvanized Steel Serving Pieces, and keep our locks…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Rip Ride Rockit Coaster to Feature Individual Music Players, Multiple Cameras

The new Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster, currently being constructed at Universal Studios in Orlando, is gunning to be the most tech-heavy coaster in existence. Every seat on the coaster has a "guest interface panel," which is a touchpad that allows them to choose what music they want to listen to during the ride. Their…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Control Gerard Butler’s Killing Spree From Your Futon

An exclusive shot from Gerard Butler‘s new action movie Gamer reveals how the berzerker’s stay-at-home puppet master controls his every function. Time to step it up, Gerard and skinny user boy — zero kills is just pathetic. https://gizmodo.com/new-trailer-shows-that-gamer-crank-death-race-5248642 In Gamer, Kable (Butler) is the poor death-row inmate sold into slavery in evil Michael C. Hall’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Judge Rules It’s Legal To Taser Someone For DNA Sample, As Long As It’s Not Done “Maliciously”

Can Anything Stop The Voices Tormenting Sookie? True Blood Gets Louder

Wolfram Alpha Is Actually a Frustrated Stand-Up Comedian

Belkin’s TuneCast GPS-Assisted FM Transmitter Is Like Putting a DVR Into a VHS Player

NBC Just Can’t Stop Running Shows About Pretty People With Mental Powers

Self-Cleaning Toilet Becomes a Urinal With the Push Of a Button

Could Metal-Excreting Bacteria Avert The Next World War?

What Is This?

The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies

Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games

Rec 2’s Operatic Zombie-Killing Spree Brings Tear To Your Eye

Bomo Baby Carriage is an Infant-Toting Robot

WSJ Confirms New iPhone Hardware?

Doctor Who Specials Add A Comedian

Verizon Finally Gets BlackBerry Pearl Flip, Adds Inflated Pricetag

Linux-Based Customizable LCD Gauge Cluster Marries 50’s Chrome With 00’s UI

Robert Rodriguez Wants Arnold Schwarzenegger For Predators

Man Stuff – the Best of Uncrate

Rip Ride Rockit Coaster to Feature Individual Music Players, Multiple Cameras

Control Gerard Butler’s Killing Spree From Your Futon

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