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Amazon Wants 70% of Newspaper Revenue for Kindle Distribution?

Yesterday, on my Twitter account, I made the snide remark that the Kindle DX was saving newspapers through a $500 donation to Amazon. Apparently, my cynicism wasn’t that far off the mark. UPDATE https://gizmodo.com/kindle-dx-offers-9-7-inches-of-e-ink-for-489-5242310 According to James Moroney, President and CEO of the Dallas Morning News, Amazon demands a ludicrous cut of newspaper sales for…

Commerce Mark Wilson May 7 '09

What’s The Difference Between Space Opera and Military SF?

Stories of valiant spacefarers are making a comeback in science-fiction publishing, while space-war novels still have a healthy niche. Both space opera and military science fiction share similar icons, so why are they considered separate? Space opera is best described as a genre of science fiction that is about adventure, often pitting the protagonists against…

io9 AndrewLiptak May 7 '09

The New Blockbuster: Godawful Wolverine Downloaded Over 4 Million Times

I saw Wolverine in theaters. I paid $8 for my ticket and $5 for popcorn, heavy on the heart attack sauce. But I still don’t know why 4 million people downloaded that piece of poo. The movie industry would like to tell you that those 4 million downloads are totally equivalent to 4 million lost…

Movies Matt Buchanan May 7 '09

How Would You Like A Giant Poison Stinger Buried Deep Inside Your Brain?

Here you can see an ant shooting a dose of venom straight into a centipede’s head. The centipede is translucent, so you can actually see the stinger in its brain. And there’s more. Alex Wild, who took these photographs, is a scientist who researches ants. He also happens to be an extremely talented photographer who…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 7 '09

PSP 3000 Homebrew is Here Now

Although the Datel Blue Tool boots your PSP 300 into service mode, it’s not a real service mode that let’s you install and run homebrew. This latest TIFF Exploit, however, is one step closer. https://gizmodo.com/datel-lite-blue-tool-hacks-the-psp-3000-with-a-battery-5092898 The video above shows (turn the sound off if you’re at work) shows developers “Davee” and “Bubbletune” using a TIFF…

Tech News Jason Chen May 7 '09

Way More Boobs About to Make Disneyland Rollercoasters Exciting Again

On many Disneyland coasters, there’s a camera set up to automatically take your picture as you go down the biggest drop. They then try to sell you said picture at the end of the ride. Of course, this is a great opportunity to flash your boobs and have a bunch of kids see it, so…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 7 '09

Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer’s Compact Point and Shoot

Where most other camera companies are going for 720p video in their nicer point-and-shoots, Ricoh added more photo-centric features to the CX1: in-camera HDR, high-speed sequential shooting and razor-sharp macro. We’ve tested, and we like. https://gizmodo.com/ricoh-cx1-point-and-shoot-does-in-camera-high-dynamic-r-5156462 Granted, we also like shooting HD video with every possible thing we own, but it’s nice to see some…

Reviews John Mahoney May 7 '09

I’m Excited About These New “Not Like Your” Intel Ads

Intel’s lifestyle ads have been around forever, in fact, inspiring Apple’s own marketing direction in the 80s. But everyone does this now, and so, they’re changing things up after all these years. The campaign has two major slogans: "our rock stars are not like your rock stars", or variations on the "not like your" theme…

Tech News Brian Lam May 7 '09

Emma Caulfield Is Saving Her Futuristic Tantric Sex Session For Her Programmed Soulmate

A clip from Emma Caulfield‘s TiMER proves that not all futuristic beings are slaves to their soulmates. In TIMER, you have a wrist-readout, counting down the seconds until you meet your true love. TiMER follows Oona (Emma Caulfield) on a search for love. Like almost everyone else, Oona’s been implanted with a device that counts…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 7 '09

Transparent Mac SE/20 vs iMac Graphite

This is what may have happened if Jonathan Ive from Summer 2001—who designed the iMac graphite on the right—had a time machine to travel back and design the Mac SE/20 in 1987. The machine was a limited run of ten models, done before the final run to see how everything fitted inside. Charlie Springer—the owner…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 7 '09

John Connor Never Flinches — Even When His Head Is About To Be Popped Like A Grape

The new Russian poster for Terminator Salvation shows how hardcore — and how weather-beaten — John Connor is. Those robo-claws look more intense every time I see them. Click through for the whole thing. Terminator Salvation, of course, comes out on May 21. [Sarah Connor Society]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 7 '09

Puppy Speakers Look Cute, But They’re a Mess Waiting to Happen

Who’s a wittle good dog speaker? You are! And you’re only $40! (Click through for full speaker puppy inversion.) Does the wittle doggie want its bewwy scwatched? I bet he does! I bet he does! Ohhhh, I bet the wittle doggie wuvs his bewwy scwatched. Wittle puppppyyyyy…wait…a second…is this piss on my keyboard? What the…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 7 '09

The Worst Product I’ve Ever Reviewed, The Wazabee 3DeeShell

The gadget: Wazabee 3DeeShell, a screen filter that turns your iPhone screen into a 3D photo viewer. The price: $50 The price, again: $50 (seriously?) The verdict: My eyes are now all screwed up. Seriously. The Wazabee 3DeeShell is essentially an iPhone case built around one key feature: a 3D screen filter. Obviously it can’t…

Reviews Mark Wilson May 7 '09

The Face And Translated Words From District 9’s Alien Interrogation

The faces of Neill Blomkamp’s illegal aliens have been revealed — and their speech translated. Get a better look a the aliens from District 9 in a new, unblurred trailer. Here are a few screengrabs from the new trailer. I’m pretty shocked by how much emotion is being expressed on that bug-like alien face. It’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 7 '09

Post-Apocalyptic Cannibal Hobbits For Your Next Game

A new post-apocalyptic creature catalog has arrived to mutate your Alpha Omega games. Called The Encountered, the book features everything from super-zombies to cannibal hobbits. And it’s packed with gorgeous, monstery goodness. io9 pal Ed Grabianowski gushes about the book, and the dystopian scenario it supports: It’s a few hundred years in the future, humankind…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 7 '09

First Look at the DJ Hero Turntable Controller

Activision is working on a game called DJ Hero (think of it as Guitar Hero for house music). Here’s the first shot of the game’s new turntable controller. It’s notable that all controls seem to be placed on the record, meaning that, just as Guitar Hero can’t teach you guitar, DJ Hero won’t teach you…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 7 '09

All 172 Star Trek Voyager Episodes Played Back at Once

Computer! Yes captain? Place all 172 Star Trek Voyager episodes onscreen. Voyager? Yes. Not TNG? No, not TNG. You’re sure not TNG? I said Voyager, dammit. And play them back at 14x speed! …OK Being TNG fans here at Giz, we’re not exactly sure what prompted one video editor to assemble 172 full-length Voyager episodes…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson May 7 '09

Gwyneth Paltrow Getting Kinky For Iron Man 2?

A flood of Iron Man 2 gossip includes the rumor that Gwyneth Paltrow will be a bullwhip-cracking dominatrix. There’s a Terminator Salvation video, Lost finale hints, and Nimoy talks Fringe. Plus Dollhouse and Flash Forward. Iron Man 2: Rumor has it Gwyneth Paltrow has an extremely risque scene in the new movie where she’s dressed…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 7 '09

NES and Rubik’s Cube Mice Now Exist

We all know, if someone invented either a Rubik’s Cube mouse or an NES controller mouse, we’d post about it. But what if someone invented both at once? (Obviously we’d still post about it.) In a wave of intellectual heat generated by a combination of her brain and our story on this NES mouse, Jeri…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 7 '09

The Charms of Soyuz: Blasting Off In a Crazy Russian Rocket

Our astronaut guest blogger Leroy Chiao is one of the few spacemen to have flown in both a US Space Shuttle and Russia’s five-decade-old spacecraft, the Soyuz—any guess which one he prefers? Yesterday, I wrote about what launching aboard a Space Shuttle is like. This time, let’s consider the Russian Soyuz rocket and spacecraft. Why?…

Space & Spaceflight Wilson Rothman May 7 '09

Amazon Wants 70% of Newspaper Revenue for Kindle Distribution?

What’s The Difference Between Space Opera and Military SF?

The New Blockbuster: Godawful Wolverine Downloaded Over 4 Million Times

How Would You Like A Giant Poison Stinger Buried Deep Inside Your Brain?

PSP 3000 Homebrew is Here Now

Way More Boobs About to Make Disneyland Rollercoasters Exciting Again

Ricoh CX1 Review: A Photographer’s Compact Point and Shoot

I’m Excited About These New “Not Like Your” Intel Ads

Emma Caulfield Is Saving Her Futuristic Tantric Sex Session For Her Programmed Soulmate

Transparent Mac SE/20 vs iMac Graphite

John Connor Never Flinches — Even When His Head Is About To Be Popped Like A Grape

Puppy Speakers Look Cute, But They’re a Mess Waiting to Happen

The Worst Product I’ve Ever Reviewed, The Wazabee 3DeeShell

The Face And Translated Words From District 9’s Alien Interrogation

Post-Apocalyptic Cannibal Hobbits For Your Next Game

First Look at the DJ Hero Turntable Controller

All 172 Star Trek Voyager Episodes Played Back at Once

Gwyneth Paltrow Getting Kinky For Iron Man 2?

NES and Rubik’s Cube Mice Now Exist

The Charms of Soyuz: Blasting Off In a Crazy Russian Rocket

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