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Surrogates Trailer = John McClane + Robots

Comic Con attendees got a peek at Disney’s Surrogates, and if the trailer is anything to go by, it’ll be chock-full of trademark Bruce Willis explodey-ness and Matrix-style jump-fighting, if not anything thematically groundbreaking. In the movie, Willis plays a cop (surprise!) living in a near-future utopia that is actually more of a dystopia (surprise!),…

Movies Josh Wimmer

Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers

In North Dakota, oddly enough, hackers have hit on a new way to infect innocent computers: fake parking tickets that direct car owners to a site where they are instructed to download malicious software. The software itself is disguised as a “toolbar” that car owners would need to download in order to see their crime…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Doctor Who Gets No Rest In Comics

If you enjoyed IDW’s recent Doctor Who: The Forgotten mini-series, you’ll be happy to hear that its writer, Tony Lee, will be taking on the character on an ongoing basis soon for a monthly series. Announced at yesterday’s IDW panel, Lee said that he’d presented the BBC with “a massive six thousand word pitch” about…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Mac Vs. PC: Who’s the More Considerate BitTorrent Software Thief?

TorrentFreak checked some seed and leech numbers of Mac, Windows, and Linux software to see who’s got the nicer ratio. The results aren’t without issues, but do suggest that Windows users/thieves are more polite. First, the caveat, and it’s definitely a biggie. These numbers don’t necessarily point to specifically Mac, Windows, or Linux users: Windows…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

X-Files Director Promises 7-Foot-Tall Penis in New Film

There was plenty of excitement to go around at the Alien Trespass panel, as producers talked tentacles, defended goo, and even got Robert Patrick and Eric McCormack to access their silly sides. What’s the best part of classic black-and-white sci-fi movies from the ’50s? According to R.K. Goodwin, who served as an executive producer for…

Movies Nivair H. Gabriel

The Green Comet That’s Headed Straight for Earth

Comet Lulin won’t be smashing into Earth, but it’s going to swing by so closely in late February that you’ll be able to see it with binoculars – and maybe even your naked eyes. This gorgeous photo of Lulin, discovered a little over a year ago, was taken last week at New Mexico’s Caldera Rim…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Broadband Cut Entirely From Stimulus Bill: Republicans Hate the Internets

Those jokers down in Washington finally compromised on the economic stimulus bill, with the Republican minority succeeding in cutting out huge swathes of spending. Among the casualties is the $2 billion for universal broadband. The entire list of what has been cut can be found here, simplified for easy understanding, but these are the ones…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Halo Returns to Marvel, Ultimates Get a Requiem, and Ultimate Spidey Gets a Makeover

Once the Ultimatum Wave has finished its tear, the Ultimate Universe as we know it will cease to exist. Marvel’s Joe Quesada explains what’s next for Ultimates and announces a new pair of Halo series. The major announcements at the Cup o’ Joe panel, when Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada answers fan questions, deal with Marvel’s…

io9 Lauren Davis

Yatterman Is Live-Action Anime Done Brashly And Brilliantly

The new movie from maverick director Takashi Miike is a candy-colored confection with wickedly funny twists, non-stop action and tongue planted firmly in cheek. Did I mention the tit-shaped cannons? I’d been relatively unexposed to the original Yatterman, a late-’70s anime about two teenagers who use technology and ingenuity to fight bumbling evil-doers, with help…

Movies Kaila Hale-Stern

Alex Trebek Explains Jeopardy!’s Tech: “I Look Better in High-Def”

Trebek, he of the condescending interviews and phantom mustache, recently talked to Wired about the surprisingly myriad changes his program has made over the years to adapt to new technology. Spoiler: the internet is important. Jeopardy! is far and away the best game show of all time, but I can’t imagine why anyone would’ve gone…

Television Dan Nosowitz

Futurama Wanders Yonder With Classic DVD Finale

Last night, we had a sweet tryst with the Planet Express gang. NYCC screened the fourth direct-to-DVD movie Into The Wild Green Yonder for hundreds of Futurama fanatics. Watching “Into the Wild Green Yonder,” the fourth and final installment in Futurama’s mostly excellent series of direct-to-DVD releases, I was reminded of a Simpsons commentary (or…

Movies Harry Shuldman

Nationalistic Canadians Sculpt Giant BlackBerry Out of Ice

Who says Canada sucks for gadgets? Oh, wait. Well, Ottawa’s Winterlude festival includes this huge icy BlackBerry (Curve 8900?), showing hometown hero RIM’s contribution to the gadget world. Way to represent, eh? [thanks, Ryan!] https://gizmodo.com/why-canada-sucks-for-gadget-lovers-5020940

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Emissary’s Web Series Shows Us The Best Within Ourselves

Will Emissary be one of the great sci-fi series of next year, or one of the greatest failures? After attending the NYCC panel, we’re still unsure, but hopeful. Smallville’s Phil Morris compared his new web series Emissary to the upcoming movie Black Dynamite (in which he costars), which Michael Jai White sold to studios on…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How On-Field Football Turns Into Seamless Television

The quick composition of today’s football games, with footage coming from multiple cameras focused all around the stadium, has to be compiled and edited with incredible speed and confidence. That’s where Bob Fishman comes in. The Atlantic has a great article about Fishman, known as Fish, who directs live football games on the fly. This…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

We’ve Seen Rorschach’s Face! Plus, Gibbons Talks Watchmen 2

Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons popped by with new exclusive footage. And even though Gibbons joked with the eager crowd that the new footage was “not a squid,” it was possibly just as exciting. Spoilers. First, we were shown the first 18 minutes, which io9 has luckily seen before and wrote about in great detail earlier……

Movies Meredith Woerner

Good Design Can Save The World… Says Designer

Is the only way to save the future to do the wrong thing? Graphic designer John Bielenberg won’t go that far… but he does think that the key may be thinking the wrong thing. Bielenberg is somewhat of an optimist when it comes to the future, and how designers can help shape it: We’re at…

io9 Graeme McMillan

How To: Hack Android For Multitouch Web Browsing on the T-Mobile G1

Android’s new 1.1 update doesn’t include multitouch because Google is scared of Apple. We are not, however, and nor should you be-follow our guide to get iPhone-like multitouch browsing on your G1 right now. As teased yesterday, this update will also give you all the new Android 1.1 firmware features, so if you haven’t received…

Tech News John Mahoney

Absurd Big Man Japan Delights In Weirding You Out

More a ramshackle collection of setpieces and ideas than a fully formed movie, Big Man Japan is alternatively funny, touching, and baffling. Though not an unqualified success, it’s hard to hate something so gleefully bizarre. Made in 2007, Big Man Japan screened yesterday at Comic Con. Ostensibly a TV documentary, the film follows a few…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Panettierre: I’m Not Leaving Heroes

The rumors have been circulating about one of Heroes’ female leads trying to leave the series before her contract is up, but Hayden Panettierre is claiming that, if the rumors are true, it ain’t her. The rumor that either Panettierre or Ali Larter was looking to leave NBC’s superhero series broke last month, but Panettierre…

Television Graeme McMillan

Swimming Pool Isolation Helmet Telephone Concept Is the Worst Idea Since Unsliced Bread

Here’s another for the “solutions to problems that don’t exist” file: how to make phone calls in a swimming pool while looking like a cross between an alien and an idiot. So apparently you strap on this big goofy metal helmet and those other metal baubles keep you floating. The designers call it a “meeting…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Surrogates Trailer = John McClane + Robots

Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers

Doctor Who Gets No Rest In Comics

Mac Vs. PC: Who’s the More Considerate BitTorrent Software Thief?

X-Files Director Promises 7-Foot-Tall Penis in New Film

The Green Comet That’s Headed Straight for Earth

Broadband Cut Entirely From Stimulus Bill: Republicans Hate the Internets

Halo Returns to Marvel, Ultimates Get a Requiem, and Ultimate Spidey Gets a Makeover

Yatterman Is Live-Action Anime Done Brashly And Brilliantly

Alex Trebek Explains Jeopardy!’s Tech: “I Look Better in High-Def”

Futurama Wanders Yonder With Classic DVD Finale

Nationalistic Canadians Sculpt Giant BlackBerry Out of Ice

Emissary’s Web Series Shows Us The Best Within Ourselves

How On-Field Football Turns Into Seamless Television

We’ve Seen Rorschach’s Face! Plus, Gibbons Talks Watchmen 2

Good Design Can Save The World… Says Designer

How To: Hack Android For Multitouch Web Browsing on the T-Mobile G1

Absurd Big Man Japan Delights In Weirding You Out

Panettierre: I’m Not Leaving Heroes

Swimming Pool Isolation Helmet Telephone Concept Is the Worst Idea Since Unsliced Bread

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