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Dell Mini 9 Is Down to $200 For One Day Only

Bettering their previous deals by $50, I’d say it’s high time to pick up a Mini 9 for Hackintoshing, wouldn’t you? https://gizmodo.com/dealzmodo-dell-inspiron-mini-9n-now-250-5149058 It’s the low-end spec’d Ubuntu-only Mini, so you probably want to bump the RAM up to 1GB or 2GB and the SSD up to 16GB if you’re planning on installing OS X which…

Tech News John Mahoney Feb 27

Captain Kirk And Batman Confront Their Arch-Enemies

Today’s spoilers include a picture of a major Star Trek moment, and new Wolverine posters. And we’ve got sneak peeks from Knowing, BSG, Sarah Connor, and Brave And The Bold. Spoilers: your window into futureland. Star Trek: A new image from TotalFilm shows Kirk and Spock coming face to face with the movie’s Romulan villain,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 27

A Larger, Touchscreen Kindle 3 Coming This Year?

While we first saw the Kindle 2 months ago in a leak, there’s been another nagging rumor, one of a Kindle with a full 8.5″x11″ display. And according to DigiTimes, that Kindle still exists. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-first-hands-on-5149634 Sneakily tacked on a post about Amazon’s e-ink display manufacturer Prime View International, the publication states: Amazon plans to launch…

Commerce Mark Wilson Feb 27

Sony Not Denying Plans for a PSP 2 Without UMD

In an MTV interview with John Koller, head of PSP marketing in the US, Sony should have set the record straight on those nasty PSP 2 rumors. But they didn’t. https://gizmodo.com/psp-2-coming-in-time-for-holiday-09-5160444 MTV Multiplayer: Ok. Just so we can have this as clear as we can get it: the rumor out there is that there’s going…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 27

Sir Howard Stringer Named Supreme Leader of All Things Sony

Howard Stringer, up until now Sony’s CEO and most public face, has been named President as well. An interesting move, as he’s always been surpisingly frank about Sony’s unwieldy size and structure. https://gizmodo.com/howard-stringer-says-sonys-so-big-it-makes-same-gadget-5061425 Sir Howard—who Wilson presciently anointed as one of the next Gadget Gods last month—has lived near the top of the company for…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 27

Samsung Jumpstarts The VIA Nano Bandwagon With Its 12″ NC20 Netbook

Samsung has (finally) become the first major netbook manufacturer to adopt VIA’s hot, hot Nano platform, announcing today the 12″, fat-batteried NC20. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-samsung-nc20-is-another-pricey-12-inch-netbook-5116086 Catered to a niche well above its 10″, Atom-powered NC10 stablemate, the NC20 is has decidedly un-netbooklike specs. Aside from the 1.3GHz VIA Nano ULV U2250 processor and the choice of XP…

Gadgets John Herrman Feb 27

Apple Purging App Store Of Every Last Emoticon Enabler

Developers who’ve either made a dedicated emoji-enabler or included the functionality as a feature in their apps have received notification that they need to stop with this Japanese smiley stuff, like, now. https://gizmodo.com/simple-hack-enables-roughly-one-gazillion-japanese-emot-5097380 Here it is, summarized by one of the guys who makes TypingGenius: https://gizmodo.com/how-to-text-with-adorable-japanese-emoji-on-your-iphone-5146201 As of today, Apple has informed us that they…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 27

LG Might Be Ready To Give Up on Plasma TVs Altogether

According to Korean outlet 47News, an LG VP has indicated that the company, barring any drastic change in sales or costs, might just stop producing plasma TVs. UPDATE: They wouldn’t be the first by any stretch—Pioneer and Vizio have both recently clenched the sphincter on plasma production, citing low profitability. If razor-thin profit margins are…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 27

Why I Now Hate Epson Printers

A few months back, I reviewed Epson’s Artisan 800 printer, and I loved it. Tonight, I hate its shiny plastic guts. In fact, I may never touch another Epson product again because of this… https://gizmodo.com/epson-artisan-800-all-in-one-lightning-review-5062889 I have a crucial fax I need to send early tomorrow morning. Crucial. I need to print 15 pages of…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Feb 27

Australian Censorship Scheme Gets Blocked By Opposition Leaders

Thankfully many of the people down under have their heads the right way around – Australia’s proposed censorship regime has been toppled by mass political opposition, which blocked any legislation required to start the scheme. https://gizmodo.com/australia-to-build-great-firewall-down-under-5064310 The Australian Communications and Media Authority‘s blacklist already contains 1370 sites, only 674 of which actually relate to child…

Tech News Elaine Chow Feb 27

Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup Because, Out in Space, Nobody Can Hear You Burn Your Tongue

Though I’ve never tried it, I guess coffee just doesn’t taste as good coming out of an aluminum bag. That’s the only reason I can think of for inventing this astronaut coffee cup. The On-Orbit Coffee Cup uses surface tension to hold liquid in zero-g. It was invented by astronaut Donald Pettit after what we…

Space & Spaceflight Elaine Chow Feb 27

World’s Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million Dollars

$2.5 million. Two. Point. Five. Million. Dollars. That’s what some idiot is going to pay for what could be the most expensive iPhone mod ever, the iPhone 3G “Kings Button”. Why oh why people would like to pay for this horror, this pinnacle of bad taste deep fried in 18-carat yellow gold and 160 diamonds,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 26

World’s Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once

Leave it to the Germans to invade Poland or create Titan, the world’s strongest industrial robot. They can go either way: One day they are in Krakow, and the next their robot lifts a ton. Titan—which has a payload of one ton and can reach 10.5 feet— is made by Kuka Roboter GmbH. What does…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 26

iMafia for iPhone Circumvents the App Store, Sells Other Apps In-Game…and Apple Willingly Approves

The iMafia game for iPhone is not only the first app with an approved, in-game microtransaction system, but that system also doubles as a platform to promote and purchase other iPhone apps. The system, developed by PlayMesh, basically allows you to buy additional premium content for the MMO-esque game, where you point and click your…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 26

Rebirth of the Big Wheel: Matias Conti’s Transformable Spin Vehicle

When I was a kid, my next-door neighbor Tim had Big Wheels, Green Machines and every other plastic pedal vehicle they made, but he didn’t have the three-wheeled super-fluid Transformable Spin Vehicle. Using fairly simple design principles, Matias Conti designed this concept’s components to rotate, transforming from an upright tricycle to a lower-to-the-ground lightcycle-styled cruiser.…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Feb 26

The Secret Voice Behind Kindle 2’s Automagic Book Reading is…

The NYTimes’ David Pogue says the Kindle 2’s reading mysterious voice is Tom Glynn, an emo folk singer dude with beautiful hair. Not Tom Cruise, as some have suspected. [Tom Glynn via Pogue’s twitter via Jalopnik’s Wert] https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-359-thinner-more-storage-and-it-reads-to-y-5149552

Commerce Brian Lam Feb 26

Did The Worst Movie Of All Time Come Out 75 Years Ago?

We talk about scenery-chewing mad scientists, but nobody does it like 1934’s Maniac anymore. Dr. Meirschultz is so excited about raising the dead, he’s bellowing and rolling his eyes like a busload of Brian Blesseds. Too bad Maxwell, the Vaudeville impersonator whom Meirschultz has blackmailed into finding a dead body for him, has failed in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 26

You’re a Better Person For Having Seen This R2-D2 Ghetto Blaster

In a week where we’ve seen both the AT-AT boombox and golden iPod dock, why not round it out with a R2-D2 ghetto blaster? https://gizmodo.com/at-at-walker-boombox-is-so-awesome-i-want-to-cry-5158577 The boombox, posted on the blog for streetwear label Mishka, is the handiwork of artist Bill McMullen. We don’t know much else about the piece, except that it was part…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 26

Google Maps Hack Allows You to Nuke Any City In One Click

It must be the two hundred and twenty-three times I’ve watched War Games, but I love this Google Maps “mapplet” that allows you to nuke cities with different atomic weapons, and even a Chicxulub-class asteroid. https://gizmodo.com/badass-asteroid-destroys-earth-in-high-definition-5118876 Created by CarlosLabs, the Ground Zero Google Maps hack shows you the blast radius of different nuclear weapons, from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 26

Sprinkler Hide-a-Key Conceals Your Keys in Plain Sight

This sprinkler head may look like a typical lawn-watering device, but it really isn’t: It’s actually a key holder that will help you hide your house keys in plain view of all potential trespassers. The $5.99 plastic, water-tight sprinkler head comes with a screw-on top, and although it looks quite realistic, it won’t keep your…

Tech News Andi Wang Feb 26

Dell Mini 9 Is Down to $200 For One Day Only

Captain Kirk And Batman Confront Their Arch-Enemies

A Larger, Touchscreen Kindle 3 Coming This Year?

Sony Not Denying Plans for a PSP 2 Without UMD

Sir Howard Stringer Named Supreme Leader of All Things Sony

Samsung Jumpstarts The VIA Nano Bandwagon With Its 12″ NC20 Netbook

Apple Purging App Store Of Every Last Emoticon Enabler

LG Might Be Ready To Give Up on Plasma TVs Altogether

Why I Now Hate Epson Printers

Australian Censorship Scheme Gets Blocked By Opposition Leaders

Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup Because, Out in Space, Nobody Can Hear You Burn Your Tongue

World’s Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million Dollars

World’s Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once

iMafia for iPhone Circumvents the App Store, Sells Other Apps In-Game…and Apple Willingly Approves

Rebirth of the Big Wheel: Matias Conti’s Transformable Spin Vehicle

The Secret Voice Behind Kindle 2’s Automagic Book Reading is…

Did The Worst Movie Of All Time Come Out 75 Years Ago?

You’re a Better Person For Having Seen This R2-D2 Ghetto Blaster

Google Maps Hack Allows You to Nuke Any City In One Click

Sprinkler Hide-a-Key Conceals Your Keys in Plain Sight

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