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Short Circuit Remake Gets A Screenwriter

Rumors of a remake of the eighties robot comedy Short Circuit have been circulating for over a year, but yesterday the project just got a lot more serious with the announcement of an experienced comedy screenwriter. https://gizmodo.com/johnny-5-apparently-still-alive-22-years-later-375977 Screenwriter Dan Milano comes to the project with the kind of comedy background that gives me some hope…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Apple Cafes Destroy Starbucks, Take Over the World

Back in 1997, Apple launched cybercafes all around the world, serving healthy food, digital movies, music videos, and videoconferencing with other patrons. Everything using computers. It was a revolutionary concept and they destroyed Starbucks in the process. That happened in an alternative Earth, anyway. An alternative Earth in which the New Kids On The Block…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Duncan Jones’ Next Science Fiction Film Has “Unique” Villains

While chatting with Duncan Jones, director of indie darling Moon, we pried for more information about his highly anticipated Blade Runner-inspired film Mute. He cleared up rumors about this Berlin-set future world, and gave us a status update. Upon mentioning that original director Ridley Scott had screened Duncan’s current flick staring Sam Rockwell and “seemed…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Apple’s Biggest PMP Competitor: “You Can’t Out-iPod the iPod”

Eli Harari, CEO of Sandisk (the world’s number 2 PMP maker) recently admitted what’s been obvious for years: Apple dominates the PMP market in the US so thoroughly that all other products are relegated to niche status. Harari is in a unique position, in that while his company does compete with the iPod line, they’re…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Miyamoto Checks the PSP Go

“Hmmmm… not too shabby.” [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-checks-out-the-competition-psp-go-5278162

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sarah Connor Chronicles Producer’s Blog Will Make You Die Laughing, Mourn The Show All Over Again

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles producer Josh Friedman just updated his blog for the first time since February 2008. His inside look at what it’s like to have a show canceled is hilarious and depressing and brilliant and… God, why?

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Apple Patent Describes Mid-Call Music, Video, Picture Sharing for iPhone

Apple Insider has scrounged up an Apple patent, filed in late 2007, that just, you know, immediately clicks. It’s for instant media sharing during iPhone calls, and it makes plain old video calling look downright boring. The application explains it thusly: An individual may call his friend to discuss music, but in order for the…

Tech News John Herrman

Dance For Your Life, Jorge Garcia!

The cure for your Lost withdrawal: new ads featuring a dancing Jorge Garcia. I think the point is that Jorge is genuinely sexy, not that we’re making fun the idea that he could be sexy. At least, I hope. What do you think? Is Jorge Garcia’s sex-object status in these videos ironic or straightforward? And…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Rejected Man Hides Engagement Ring for Twitter Treasure Hunt

This diamond engagement ring is now hidden, patiently waiting for treasure hunters as its owner—29-year-old rejected man Anthony Gardiner—gets ready to tell clues about its location via Twitter. I met this girl I thought was pretty cool, bought a ring, turns out she wasn’t as keen. Oh my. Single tear. The ring is valued at…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Iron Man 2, Spider-Man 4 And Transformers Posters, Plus Deadpool Villains And Harry Potter Videos

Ryan Reynolds talks Deadpool villains, Darlton talks Lost season six, and Shia talks Transformers. Plus Spider-Man, Iron Man, Land Of The Lost, Harry Potter, Planet 51, New Moon, Fringe, Smallville, Stargate Universe, Flash Forward, True Blood and Vampire Diaries. Spoilers! Spider-Man 4/Iron Man 2: Here are a couple of promo banners for upcoming Marvel superheroes’…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Wii Getting Natal-Style Camera Motion Gaming, But Not From Nintendo

The Wii will soon get camera-based, Project Natal-like motion sensing—at least for one fitness game—courtesy of Ubisoft. It’s just too bad the “Your Shape” promo video had to come out today. In many ways, Ubisoft’s new solution is like a Project Natal Lite: it’s a game accessory, not a system accessory; it tracks some motion,…

Tech News John Herrman

Best Buy’s Entire Palm Pre Stock List Leaked: Check Your Store Here

Yesterday’s leak was just a taste—today, you can peruse the opening day Palm Pre stock for virtually every Best Buy store in the country. In short, there aren’t going to be many, anywhere. Full list here. [EverythingPre—Thanks, John!] https://gizmodo.com/looking-for-a-palm-pre-heres-where-you-can-get-them-at-5275749

Tech News John Herrman

Report: HTC Announcing Hero, Lancaster Android Phones on June 24th

HTC’s hipsteriffic invitations for a June 24th event in London contained precious few clues (DUDE’S WEARING A ROSE), but the Economic Daily News is now reporting something totally reasonable: it’s for the Hero and Lancaster, HTC’s presumed next Android phones. https://gizmodo.com/remainders-things-we-didnt-post-5276418 Curiously, the paper refers to the two phones as one device, in two versions…

Tech News John Herrman

Computex Spawns Hellish “MID Phone” Phenomenon

New device categories almost invariably fall between preexisting ones. Sometimes they find a useful niche, like netbooks. Other times, they seem like obsessive compulsive attempts to fill a tiny, intentional gap in the spectrum of consumer electronics. Like MID phones! These confusing little monsters have been popping up all over Computex. They’re essentially mobile internet…

Tech News John Herrman

Will Hulu Become a Pay Service?

Asked if Hulu would ever charge for content, Jonathan Miller recently said, “in my opinion the answer could be yes.” Who, exactly, is Jonathan Miller? The Chief Digital Officer of News Corp, which owns 27% of Hulu. Ha ha, shit. As CDO, Miller is in charge of figuring out how News Corp properties like Fox…

Tech News John Herrman

Why the Original Wiimote Didn’t Have MotionPlus

In the warm afterglow of E3’s various motion–control debuts, Nintendo’s MotionPlus Wiimote add-on—priced high and no longer ahead of the curve—isn’t as enticing as it once was, leaving the company in defense mode. For example: https://gizmodo.com/ps3-motion-controller-may-be-the-best-game-motion-captu-5276068 From Wii.com, an interview with Nintendo R&D’s Junji Takamoto: Iwata: I suppose the obvious question is: if it offers…

Tech News John Herrman

Court Grants Stay On EchoStar Injunction (Translation: Dish Network DVRs Are Safe, For Now)

Yesterday EchoStar, makers of Dish Network DVRs, was ordered to pay over $100m to TiVo for lifting parts of the company’s DVR software. Again. Worse still, the companies were told to strip the offending capabilities from customers’ DVRs. Or not! https://gizmodo.com/tivo-gets-another-huge-court-ordered-gift-from-a-echos-5277060 The court has since issued a stay on the order, pending EchoStar and Dish’s…

Tech News John Herrman

Chinese Cops Block Cameras With Umbrellas On Tiananmen Square 20th Anniversary

Our friend Elaine in China sent us a report that Chinese police use umbrellas to thwart camera crews from shooting video at Tiananmen Square. Here’s a whole CNN report of the protest’s 20th anniversary, replete with government-endorsed in-yer-face umbrella madness: Embedded video from CNN Video [Shanghaiist]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Black Nintendo Wii Coming to Japan This Summer

Kotaku just got word that Nintendo plans to release a black Wii console (plus controllers and accessories) in Japan—the first color other than white to be offered. https://kotaku.com/nintendo-selling-black-wii-in-japan-this-summer-5278279 Classic Controllers, Nunchucks, Wiimotes and even the Wiimote gloves will all be available in the new color, which was one of 4 alternative colors proposed when Nintendo…

Tech News Adrian Covert

New Palm Pre Ad Is Chock Full of Elaborately Choreographed Prison Inmates

Oh, wait…nevermind! Palm is just fetishizing vague notions of Asian spirituality for capital gain! Jason insists they’re slaves. Regardless, there’s a lot of fancy movement going on. The orange-clad gurus are all arranged in concentric circles, referencing the Pre’s ripple effect whenever you touch the screen. All of this is capped off by plenty of…

Television Adrian Covert

Short Circuit Remake Gets A Screenwriter

Apple Cafes Destroy Starbucks, Take Over the World

Duncan Jones’ Next Science Fiction Film Has “Unique” Villains

Apple’s Biggest PMP Competitor: “You Can’t Out-iPod the iPod”

Miyamoto Checks the PSP Go

Sarah Connor Chronicles Producer’s Blog Will Make You Die Laughing, Mourn The Show All Over Again

Apple Patent Describes Mid-Call Music, Video, Picture Sharing for iPhone

Dance For Your Life, Jorge Garcia!

Rejected Man Hides Engagement Ring for Twitter Treasure Hunt

Iron Man 2, Spider-Man 4 And Transformers Posters, Plus Deadpool Villains And Harry Potter Videos

Wii Getting Natal-Style Camera Motion Gaming, But Not From Nintendo

Best Buy’s Entire Palm Pre Stock List Leaked: Check Your Store Here

Report: HTC Announcing Hero, Lancaster Android Phones on June 24th

Computex Spawns Hellish “MID Phone” Phenomenon

Will Hulu Become a Pay Service?

Why the Original Wiimote Didn’t Have MotionPlus

Court Grants Stay On EchoStar Injunction (Translation: Dish Network DVRs Are Safe, For Now)

Chinese Cops Block Cameras With Umbrellas On Tiananmen Square 20th Anniversary

Black Nintendo Wii Coming to Japan This Summer

New Palm Pre Ad Is Chock Full of Elaborately Choreographed Prison Inmates

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