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Rumored Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Spy Shots Surface

The followup to Sony Ericsson‘s slightly-pricey Xperia X1 may or may not be the phone seen in these spyshots obtained by Engadget. Thought to be the X2, the phone seems to share similar traits as its predecessor, including Windows Mobile. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-review-5088071 Lurking in the shadows under the codename Vulcan, the smartphone’s keyboard looks redesigned, and…

Tech News Adrian Covert

LG GD910 Watchphone Hitting European Stores in July (Spy Powers Sold Separately)

Puerile Europeans rejoice! The days of pretending your watch is a phone while playing spies are over. Because starting in July, Akihabara News claims LG will start selling their GD910 watchphone in Europe, with global distribution to follow after. https://gizmodo.com/lgs-gd910-james-bond-approved-watch-phone-to-start-prod-5125361 What global means exactly is uncertain, as there’s no mention of the US anywhere. But…

Tech News Adrian Covert

God Destroys The United Nations, While Kyle Reese Watches

Satan has instituted world government through the United Nations, and he’s just succeeded in destroying the last opposition led by U.S. President David Alexander (Terminator’s Michael Biehn) when suddenly God smites everyone wearing a red beret. John Bolton is smiling. Poor Michael Biehn. He was in line to play Peter Parker in James Cameron’s abandoned…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Exclusive Star Trek Blu-ray Movie Collection Clip

In this exclusive clip we have the man inside the Rock Man suit in the Star Trek films talking about how they made him look so damn rocky. Flame thrower from the mouth! But it was cut. [Amazon]

Movies Jason Chen

Palm Pre Review

It’s here. One last effort. A slow, but firm, shove of the chips. All in. Palm’s only hope to save a company once synonymous with smart handheld devices: the Pre. Their eyebrow raised, daring you to call. They flip. Full house. Respectable. Decent. Impressive even. But not the highest hand. That’s not to say that…

Reviews Jason Chen

Our Favorite Kotaku Posts of the Day

Today on Kotaku, lots of Final Fantasy XIII news! Super Mario! Castlevania! Batman! Metal Gear! • Booth babes • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow screenshots • Super Mario Bros. won’t have online play https://kotaku.com/red-hair-short-shorts-dead-eyes-e3-booth-babes-retur-5277889 • Batman Arkham Asylum preview! • Sony says Metal Gear Solid Rising will be on the PS3 at launch • Alan Wake…

Tech News Jason Chen

Testing Project Natal: We Touched the Intangible

One hands-on with Project Natal would make for a nice story, but it wouldn’t be complete. So we’re giving you two full sets of impressions on Microsoft’s motion-capturing E3 bombshell. Matt Buchanan tested Project Natal today, as did I. Here is his personal take on the technology right alongside mine. We did not share our…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Best Free Thing I Got at E3

Who needs swag?

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Kikkerland Solar/Hand-Cranked Radio Is Green Inside Out

If you’re dreading that annual family camping trip because you need to know the score—or if you just want to have a disco party where there are no electrical outlets—the Kikkerland AM/FM radio is for you. Although the green radio is solar powered, it comes with a built-in hand-crank for cloudy days and nighttime boogying.…

Tech News Andi Wang

New Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Looks Just Like the Old One

It looks the same, but it’s not! On the inside, anyway. The touch strip on the neck used to be analog but now it’s completely digital, so Activision says it’s now “100 percent accurate.” The strum bar has also been redesigned internally, so it’s way more durable. I didn’t actually get to hit it to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

12 Million Year Old Hominid With Human Features Discovered In Spain

Get ready to rewrite the fossil record one more time. Researchers have unveiled a 12 million year old hominid fossil from Spain, with startlingly modern facial features, and it may indicate our evolutionary origins are more complicated than is commonly accepted. The team responsible for studying the specimen is led by Salvador Moyà-Solà, director of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Updated Macbooks Outperform Their Unibody Counterparts

Although the upgrades that Apple’s last-gen $999 Macbooks received last week seemed unimpressive, when benchmarked and pitted against the $1299 unibody Macbook, last-gen’s model proved to be 5% faster than its unibody counterpart at nearly every test. [PCWorld] https://gizmodo.com/white-macbooks-upgraded-with-faster-processors-more-sp-5271175

Tech News Andi Wang

Nyko Shocks the World, Releases Giant Inflatable Wiimote

Nintendo, the ball is in your court. But unless Wii MotionPlus floats in a pool, it’s back the the drawing board. [E3@Giz]

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Check-Outs Of The FUTURE…Future…future

The team at Fast Company recently visited National Cash Register‘s “Innovation Center” to get a sneek peek at some of the technology that might show up in ATMs, kiosks, and self-service systems in the (hopefully) not too distant future. The technology relies heavily on our cellphone being used to transfer data and payments—a philosophy that…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Newly Discovered Planet Is As Big As Its Star

The latest exoplanet we’ve discovered is an imposing giant, almost the same size as the star it orbits. It’s also the first planet found using a fifty-year-old technique designed to find planets at greater distances from their suns. Steven Pravdo and Stuart Shaklan of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the twelve-year effort responsible for discovering…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Atom Pinhole Camera Is The First Step Towards a Real Star Trek Replicator

Researchers at the Russian Academy of Sciences are developing a technology that could lead to a real-life Star Trek replicator. They have demonstrated that it is possible to manufacture an array of identical atomic nanostructures in controlled shapes and sizes. In their atom pinhole camera, the atoms act like photons in an optical pinhole camera,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Here Is Tracy Morgan Riding a Giant Tricycle Dressed as a Cellphone

Apparently this was taken during the shooting of Kevin Smith movie A Couple of Dicks, but I prefer to think that this is how Tracy Morgan gets around normally. [Splash via Gawker] http://gawker.com/5277577/just-a-wednesday-for-tracy-morgan

Tech News Adam Frucci

Barbarella Being Rebooted By Legally Blonde Director

Now that Robert Rodriguez has stepped down from helming Barbarella, campy rom-com director Robert Luketic is taking his place. Can Luketic’s Legally Blonde chops bring our favorite space minx back? And will he bring new favorite Katherine Heigl with him? Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Robert Luketic is picking up where Robert Rodriguez left in…

Movies Meredith Woerner

New CrunchPad Prototype Photos and Video

Another prototype of the CrunchPad, Michael Arrington’s web tablet, has been revealed. https://gizmodo.com/crunchpad-photos-of-techcrunchs-delicious-web-tablet-5205929 Superfically, not much has changed from the previous prototype, except the updated CrunchPad now has an aluminum case and is 18mm thinner. The software has been updated too—as you can see in the video below—and boots directly into its Linux/Webkit-based browser. As…

Tech News Andi Wang

Virtual Sex: Cheating or Not?

You’ve asked yourself this question 1000 times. When you put on your virtual dolphin suit and do terrible things to that giant squid in your favorite virtual world, does your spouse have the right to be angry? At last, we have the definitive answer. But before we give you the definitive answer, you need to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Rumored Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Spy Shots Surface

LG GD910 Watchphone Hitting European Stores in July (Spy Powers Sold Separately)

God Destroys The United Nations, While Kyle Reese Watches

Exclusive Star Trek Blu-ray Movie Collection Clip

Palm Pre Review

Our Favorite Kotaku Posts of the Day

Testing Project Natal: We Touched the Intangible

The Best Free Thing I Got at E3

Kikkerland Solar/Hand-Cranked Radio Is Green Inside Out

New Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Looks Just Like the Old One

12 Million Year Old Hominid With Human Features Discovered In Spain

Updated Macbooks Outperform Their Unibody Counterparts

Nyko Shocks the World, Releases Giant Inflatable Wiimote

The Check-Outs Of The FUTURE…Future…future

Newly Discovered Planet Is As Big As Its Star

The Atom Pinhole Camera Is The First Step Towards a Real Star Trek Replicator

Here Is Tracy Morgan Riding a Giant Tricycle Dressed as a Cellphone

Barbarella Being Rebooted By Legally Blonde Director

New CrunchPad Prototype Photos and Video

Virtual Sex: Cheating or Not?

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