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The Kindle 2 New Features Video

Want a rundown on the Kindle 2, but you’re too illiterate to read about it? Paradoxical, yes, but here’s a handy Kindle 2 promotional video that runs through all the latest features, just in case. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-359-thinner-more-storage-and-it-reads-to-y-5149552

Commerce Mark Wilson

Coraline Rules, Push Survives… And Fanboys Flops

The stop-motion animated Coraline scored big at the box office, raking in $16.3 million. But other genre entries, Push and Fanboys, lost out to Paul Blart, Mall Cop and He’s Just Not That Into You. It was pretty much all good news for Coraline, which raked in an impressive average of $7,105 per screen. Henry…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Sizemodo: The Kindle 2 vs Its Predecessor

How does the new Amazon Kindle stack up size-wise when compared to the original version? Well, the first Kindle measured 7.5″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″ while Kindle 2 clocks in at 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″. Right off the bat, the second-gen Kindle is significantly thinner than the original. At only .36-inches, it is nearly…

Commerce Sean Fallon

Wolverine’s Son Is Darker, More Ramones Than His Daddy

The best part of Marvel’s entire Dark Reign event? That might end up being Dark Wolverine, where Wolvie’s son pisses everyone off by stealing daddy’s identity. We spoke to writer Daniel Way about the series. Way — who created Daken, Wolverine’s son, for his Wolverine: Origins series in 2007 — may not have been the…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Kindle 2: $359, Thinner, More Storage and It Reads to You

The leaked information had it right. Here are the full details on Amazon’s new Kindle 2: https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-official-images-and-price-leak-359-on-februa-5148568 New Functions • “Whispersync” to sync Kindle, Kindle 2 and other devices wirelessly • Text to speech (yes, it will read to you) Price • $359 on February 24 Form • 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″. • “25…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Woz to Dance With The Stars and Denise Richards

Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, Segway star, famed Tony Manero impersonator, and President of the Patrick Swayze Fan Club, will be one of the 13 competitors of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, including Denise Richards: Apart from the former Bond girl, el Wozerino will also join Jewel, Belinda Carlisle, and Lil’ Kim in an all-star ensemble…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Scariest Lost Character Reappears In The Castaways’ Lives

The most frightening character from ABC’s Lost is coming back. Creepier than the smoke monster, this evil face haunted our nightmares for days and after it showed up on screen, now it’s here again. That’s right people Lance Reddick is back as “crazy eyed” Matthew Abaddon to give you night terrors. The alleged Oceanic attorney…

Television Meredith Woerner

Want a Kindle 2? Order a Kindle 1 NOW

This idea is so crazy that it just might work. UPDATE: The idea was sound, but you can no longer order a Kindle 1. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-kindle-coming-to-cellphones-and-how-to-get-a-5149696 The theory: Stephen Windwalker, who has written books for the Kindle, has said that those who are still waiting for their first gen Kindle will receive and offer to upgrade…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Smallville Showrunners Ditch Clark For Soapier Climes

It’s official; Smallville’s showrunners, Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin, have left the series to head up the CW’s revival of Melrose Place. So what lies ahead for Clark Kent’s television career? According to the LA Times, fans shouldn’t be worried about the departure of Swimmer and Slaykin: While the show has yet to be renewed…

Television Graeme McMillan

Bandai Neon Green Netbook Powerful Enough For Adults, Made For Toddlers

With toddlers being more tech savvy than many adults these days, it only makes sense that manufacturers use netbooks to target this demographic. Case in point, Bandai’s Gachapin and Mukku-themed lineup. Gachapin and Mukku may be cute characters for kids on Japanese television, but the hardware under the hood of this neon green netbook is…

Tech News Sean Fallon

The Final Cylon’s Motto, And Dragonball’s Hand Signals

Lots of TV spoilers today – including Anders’ fate on Battlestar, Dollhouse details, a Lost forecast and sexy pics from Smallville and Reaper. And a wacky new Dragonball poster. Plus Stargate, Heroes and Fringe. Dragonball Evolution: Someone took a photo of a new poster, which looks sorta spiffy. I like the way Chow Yun-Fat is…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Rock Band Is Better with Cake and a Partner

One lucky fellow was surprised with this truly excellent Rock Band drums cake. Unfortunately, he had to get married first. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/have-your-rock-band-cake-and-gh-wt-bundle-for-60-too-5148999

Tech News Mark Wilson

Amazon Kindle 2 Event: Liveblog Archive

We’re inside the Morgan Library, where Amazon is unveiling the the Kindle 2 right now. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-preparing-to-drop-kindle-2-on-february-9-5140106 8:32 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: Is this thing on? Hello? 8:57 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: Hii there. We’re one of the first people here, chilling (most literally) outside the Morgan library. 8:58 AM ON FEB…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

The New Kindle Will Feature a Stephen King Exclusive…that Features a Kindle

Whoa, talk about meta. The WSJ is reporting that the new Kindle, to be announced later today, will include an exclusive work from Stephen King that integrates a “Kindle-like device” within the story. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-official-images-and-price-leak-359-on-februa-5148568 Apparently, the exclusive may be a limited time offer before the piece is available to everyone down the line. But how…

Commerce Mark Wilson

What Happens When an Airplane Engine Blade Gets Loose

Here’s a crystal-clear video showing what happens when an airplane engine fan blade gets loose when you fire a chicken at 250 knots into a turbojet using a chicken gun. Result: (Contained) Boom. Update: Corrected. Update: Sacha, a reader expert in the matter, has wrote to me saying this is not a simulation of a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Samsung Lapfit External Display for Laptops for People With OCD

Samsung thinks that you may be annoyed when you connect your laptop to an external display. Their reasoning: The external display is not at the same angle and height of the laptop’s screen. This 18.5-inch Samsung concept display is supposed to fix that. Just connect it to your Samsung laptop and Bob’s your uncle: Almost-perfectly…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Samsung UltraTouch S8300 Comes Loaded, Runs at 7.2Mbps

Samsung is getting ready to try to shook your underpants at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress’09 with the new 0.5-inch-thin UltraTouch S8300 slider, this time with a 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen and 8-megapixel camera. Let’s hope it’s a lot better this time. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-omnia-isnt-going-to-kill-ianything-5043789 Samsung Sets the Style Crowd Alive With UltraTOUCH Discover the beauty of Samsung’s latest…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Two Dudes Perform Dizzying Feat of Strength In Tractor Factory

How wide is the hallway in this heavy machine factory outside of Edmonton, Alberta? Wide as two crazy men, according to this shot, sent by one of the show-offs. Two words, Ryan: Workers’ Comp.

Tech News Wilson Rothman

The Guy Who F’d Up Windows Vista Is Putting Out a Solo Album

Brace yourself for weirdness: Our buddy Todd at TechFlash unearthed a guitar-drenched musical extravaganza by Jim Allchin, the former Windows chief who many think mismanaged Vista into the ground. Though he looks like a young feller on the album cover, Allchin’s pushing 60—having spent 16 years at Microsoft before retiring the day Vista launched. Though…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Is the Cylon Alliance Good for Galactica?

Friday night’s episode of Battlestar Galactica resolved the mutiny on the Galactica – and explored the alliance between the human Fleet and the cylon rebels. Have the humans lost their way again? Spoilers ahead! “Blood on the Scales,” the title of Friday’s episode, referred to the kind of justice we saw meted out in this…

Television Annalee Newitz

The Kindle 2 New Features Video

Coraline Rules, Push Survives… And Fanboys Flops

Sizemodo: The Kindle 2 vs Its Predecessor

Wolverine’s Son Is Darker, More Ramones Than His Daddy

Kindle 2: $359, Thinner, More Storage and It Reads to You

Woz to Dance With The Stars and Denise Richards

Scariest Lost Character Reappears In The Castaways’ Lives

Want a Kindle 2? Order a Kindle 1 NOW

Smallville Showrunners Ditch Clark For Soapier Climes

Bandai Neon Green Netbook Powerful Enough For Adults, Made For Toddlers

The Final Cylon’s Motto, And Dragonball’s Hand Signals

Rock Band Is Better with Cake and a Partner

Amazon Kindle 2 Event: Liveblog Archive

The New Kindle Will Feature a Stephen King Exclusive…that Features a Kindle

What Happens When an Airplane Engine Blade Gets Loose

Samsung Lapfit External Display for Laptops for People With OCD

Samsung UltraTouch S8300 Comes Loaded, Runs at 7.2Mbps

Two Dudes Perform Dizzying Feat of Strength In Tractor Factory

The Guy Who F’d Up Windows Vista Is Putting Out a Solo Album

Is the Cylon Alliance Good for Galactica?

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