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Incredibly Strange Landscapes Created By Humans

No, this isn’t Photoshopped – it’s a real image, taken from a helicopter among the apartment buildings of mainland Hong Kong. Photographer Jason Hawkes captures bizarre human-made formations from the air – some unrecognizable. This is in England, in a lot where cars and vans are stored before being shipped out to dealers. When Hawkes…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 14 '09

Jason Chen and the Time Banana

This is a real book. There are so many questions I have just from the cover. 1) What the hell is a Time Banana? 2) What am I doing with a Time Banana? 3) What am I doing on a book? 4) Why am I gesturing for people to go INTO a burning village? 5)…

Tech News Jason Chen May 14 '09

Steve Jobs’ Amazon.com Account Hacked?

My friend Leander has a story about a hacker claiming to have access to Steve Jobs’ Amazon account, and his entire shopping history for 5 years—20 thousand items! Seems odd.[Cult of Mac]

Tech News Brian Lam May 14 '09

The Reaper Isn’t Dead Yet

One of the genre shows on the cancellation bubble of late has been Satan’s bounty-hunter show Reaper. But now it’s looking as though the Devil’s work really isn’t ever done. https://gizmodo.com/is-the-reaper-at-deaths-door-5200801 It may not be official, but it doesn’t sound like anyone in Hollywood is holding their breath for the revival of Reaper, a show…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 14 '09

Samsung Jack Completes BlackJack Windows Mobile Trilogy for $99

If you thought the Epix was the BlackJack III, nope. Meet the Jack. It’s a pretty standard Windows Mobile 6.1, 3G and Wi-Fi deal, and it compels copywriters to make lame playing card puns: https://gizmodo.com/samsung-epix-aka-blackjack-iii-first-smartphone-with-5066527 AT&T COMPLETES ITS FULL HOUSE OF SMART DEVICES WITH THE NEW SAMSUNG JACK™ Compact, Elegant Handset is Powered by Windows…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan May 14 '09

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

A new design, a new place to get answers, and tons of new gear – it’s been a busy couple weeks at Uncrate. Here’s what’s new. This week at Uncrate: We celebrate the launch of Uncrate Answers, a new place for men to seek and share information, cook up some breakfast on Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 14 '09

Reports: OS X 10.5.7 Improves Hackintosh Netbook Battery Life

Some folks on the MSI Wind forums are reporting a huge increase in battery life for hacktintosh netbooks after upgrading to 10.5.7. Why would Apple care about power management on Atom-based hardware? Dunno! https://gizmodo.com/mac-os-x-10-5-7-released-5251147 Of course, this could be a symptom of wider software optimizations or just a false alarm altogether. If it’s true though,…

Tech News John Herrman May 14 '09

Robots Try To Take Direction, Ignore Maps. Disaster Ahead

GPS and online maps are a thing of the past, according to German scientists. The future, it seems, is a robot that will stop people and ask them for directions. Everything we know is wrong! The seemingly strange invention, from the Technical University of Munich, has a purpose beyond contrariness; according to the University of…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 14 '09

Memorex TouchMP Is the iPod Touch for Cheapies

CNET got their hands on a Memorex TouchMP, an 8GB, $100 touchscreen PMP. And they really liked it. From the review: The TouchMP isn’t going to be mistaken for an iPhone anytime soon, but Memorex does a surprisingly good job keeping the onscreen interface simple, legible, and intuitive…The Memorex TouchMP is the first MP3 player…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 14 '09

The Pre Costs $542.01 Without Subsidies According to Fine Print

The meticulous folks at gadgetell dug through the contest rules of an upcoming Sprint-sponsored Palm Pre giveaway. And according to the fine print, the Pre is valued at $542.01 without subscription subsidies. Surely this fact was listed only for tax purposes, but it’s interesting to note all the same because Pre buyers who back out…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 14 '09

Sony’s First Full-Year Loss in 14 Years Makes Us Look to the Past

Sony’s posted a full-year loss for the first time in 14 years—98.9 billion yen ($1 billion)—fulfilling doomy prophecies—which was better than expected. Sony thinks next year will be worse. https://gizmodo.com/sony-looks-set-to-lose-1-1-billion-in-fiscal-2008-5130127 What a very unhappy birthday week. Its original charter, with the credo,”we must avoid problems which befall large corporations,” and the drive to “create and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 14 '09

Will A Fright Night Remake Doom All Past Vampires To Death By YARM?

A Fright Night remake bring back the can’t-miss combo of fearsome vampires and 80s horror comedy. Are there even enough of the hambone-type of actors still around to make this YARM interesting? The trades are reporting that DreamWorks has its sights on the Fright Night vampires from the 80s. Honestly, I’m very confused by this…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 14 '09

Fujitsu ‘Venus’ Claims World’s Fastest Processor Title, But It’s Not For You

Fujitsu opened this year’s Fujitsu Forum conference by kicking Intel squarely in the groin, debuting a new processor that’s 2.5 times faster than anything the CPU giant has on offer, and one third as power-hungry. Called the SPARC64 VIIIfx (sexy codename: “Venus”), this eight-cored slab of processor can crunch a staggering 128 gigaflops. This is…

Tech News John Herrman May 14 '09

Amazon Opens Kindle to All Bloggers

If you are a blogger and want to sell a subscription to your blog, now you can sign up for the Kindle Publishing for Blogs beta program. Amazon will convert your full RSS in a Kindle-friendly stream and put it up for sale in their store. Right now, blog monthly subscriptions are $2. Of that…

Commerce Jesus Diaz May 14 '09

Any Excuse Is Good to Post the ZX Spectrum

It wasn’t popular in the US, but in Europe it was huge during the 80s. Black, sleek, slippery when wet, rainbowy. I loved its rubber keyboard. Just like the new Boing Boing Gadgets‘ redesign. [BBG]

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 14 '09

New He-Man Movie To Prove Faith Is Better Than Science?

We weren’t looking forward to the new Masters Of The Universe movie to begin with, but now that we know that the movie will show why magic is better than science? Now we’re dreading it. The revelation came in yesterday’s Hollywood Reporter story about the movie getting a new writer, as the paper explained the…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 14 '09

Don’t Take Your Effing Cellphone to the White House, OK?

Oh, those White House press corps kids and their baggie pants and rap music and ringing cellphones. You can tell that—behind that smile—principal Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is pissed off. [Thanks OMGPonies]

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 14 '09

Asus’s Super Skinny Eee PC 1008HA Seashell Is $429, Still Gorgeous

Yes boys and girls, this tapered sliver of a machine really is an Eee PC. And it’s really a netbook. It’s $429. Here are the specs: https://gizmodo.com/this-gorgeous-laptop-is-actually-an-asus-eee-5164085 It feels like it’s from a third generation of netbook—at first you had the crappy 7-inchers, then larger, better models like from HP and Dell, and now you…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 14 '09

Spoiler Freakout For Iron Man 2, V, Flash Forward And Smallville!

Today’s spoilers include stars explaining what to expect in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan and Caprica. Plus hints from Terminator Salvation, Iron Man 2 and Transformers 2. And deadly spoilers for Flash Forward, V and Smallville. Terminator Salvation: Sam Worthington (Marcus Wright) says he wanted to show a cyborg who felt pain, not just physically but…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 14 '09

Steam-Powered Dragon Poised to Invade, Revolutionize Transport

Most of us haven’t grown up to possess our own dragon, settling for the mundanity of riding a mid-class Ford, Hyundai or Toyota to work. What if I said that can all change for you? (What if I just exaggerated a bit for effect?) The German-crafted Steam-Powered Dragon is powered by a nickel-plated brass boiler…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 14 '09

Incredibly Strange Landscapes Created By Humans

Jason Chen and the Time Banana

Steve Jobs’ Amazon.com Account Hacked?

The Reaper Isn’t Dead Yet

Samsung Jack Completes BlackJack Windows Mobile Trilogy for $99

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Reports: OS X 10.5.7 Improves Hackintosh Netbook Battery Life

Robots Try To Take Direction, Ignore Maps. Disaster Ahead

Memorex TouchMP Is the iPod Touch for Cheapies

The Pre Costs $542.01 Without Subsidies According to Fine Print

Sony’s First Full-Year Loss in 14 Years Makes Us Look to the Past

Will A Fright Night Remake Doom All Past Vampires To Death By YARM?

Fujitsu ‘Venus’ Claims World’s Fastest Processor Title, But It’s Not For You

Amazon Opens Kindle to All Bloggers

Any Excuse Is Good to Post the ZX Spectrum

New He-Man Movie To Prove Faith Is Better Than Science?

Don’t Take Your Effing Cellphone to the White House, OK?

Asus’s Super Skinny Eee PC 1008HA Seashell Is $429, Still Gorgeous

Spoiler Freakout For Iron Man 2, V, Flash Forward And Smallville!

Steam-Powered Dragon Poised to Invade, Revolutionize Transport

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