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R2-D2 Water Bottle For Star Wars Sippin’

Can’t you picture some nerd at the gym, probably wearing glasses and a headband, taking a sip of Red Bull or Mt. Dew out of this R2-D2 bottle while he pumps five pound weights? https://gizmodo.com/wii-fit-review-by-a-formerly-fit-geek-391553 I certainly can. And soon you will be able to become that nerd when Japanese company Tanomi releases this water…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Delayed

It looks like Windows Vista SP2 will be squeezed out not too long before Windows 7 itself hits. TechARP, who originally reported to expect it in April, says its release date has slipped to May. The first SP2 beta actually dropped last month. Here’s a complete list of everything that’s in it, including native Blu-ray…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Penicillin Fix For Your iWork ’09 Trojan VD

Here’s a fix for the trojan you may have picked up while dipping unprotected into murky pirate waters for a bootleg copy of Apple’s iWork ’09. https://gizmodo.com/torrented-copies-of-iwork-09-come-laced-with-a-nasty-os-5137161 You can do it all manual-like, with the following Terminal incantations (But be careful! That’s some unprotected deleting going on there): 1) (open Terminal.app) 2) sudo su (enter…

Tech News John Mahoney

Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps

The more concepts I see involving speakers in light bulbs, the more I love it. So far, the latest incarnation from designer Castiglione Morelli is definitely the best of the bunch. https://gizmodo.com/soundbulb-a-light-bulb-and-a-speaker-all-in-one-5136125 Like the previous version, this bulb utilizes Bluetooth to stream content to the built-in speaker. However, it also features a separate plug-in that…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Windows 7 App Store Being Hinted At By Microsoft Survey

App Stores are the Trapper Keepers of 2009: everyone wants one, and the more stuff you have inside the cooler you are. Microsoft’s even considering one for Windows 7, according to a survey. The intro to the survey said that they were going to ask them “various questions regarding a single place for finding and…

Tech News Jason Chen

BBQ Pro: iPhone Meat Management Simulator

While most of us don’t associate the dead of winter with grilling, we’re all for a Cooking Mama knockoff on the iPhone. BBQ Pro challenges you to the ultimate man test, grilling meat. Just like in real life, you need to flip at the proper time lest you char a side. And just like real…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Apple Patent Would Automatically Adjust iPhone, Mac Volume

A newly published Apple patent reveals that the company has worked out a system that would auto-adjust the volume of the iPhone or MacBook speakers based on the levels of ambient noise. The patent indicates that the levels could adjust based on user preferences and the presence of headphones. It might even be able to…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Meet the New Crop of io9ers

At last we have a new batch of humans to experiment on with the latest version of the io9 brain implant. Want to meet the new interns and our first-ever research fellow? Read on! Alasdair Wilkins joins us as an intern, and writes that he is a junior at Harvard studying History & Science and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

AT&T Cuts Unlimited Data and Messaging Down to $30

All of AT&T’s MEdia Net data plans are going away, replaced by the more generic Data moniker. In the process, it’s getting cheaper: Messaging & Data Unlimited will be just $30/month starting Jan. 25. Previously, unlimited messaging and data through MEdia Net was $35/month, so nice job, AT&T. To be clear, that’s not for iPhone…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Lowrance Endura Touchscreen GPS Takes Any Map on Land and Sea

Lowrance isn’t big in the automotive GPS business, but if you’re a boater, you know them. Yesterday they launched the Endura Sierra, Safari and Outback: Sturdy, touchscreen handhelds that take outdoor maps of all kinds. Magellan, Garmin and plenty of other companies have outdoor GPS, but Lowrance’s focus here was building one set of devices…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Google Street View Captures Image of Two-Story Giant

A race of giants roams the streets of LA. Google Street View captured an image of one as it boldly exposed itself in broad daylight, examining the street view truck like a Hot Wheels car. Typically nocturnal, after generations spent away from civilization, it’s unknown if these giants understand normal little people speech, so if…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

A First Kiss That Would Kill A Normal Human

This exclusive clip from Monday’s Kyle XY is a teen sex-comedy gem. It’s not just the smooch that packs a little extra voltage, it’s the screamingly funny dialogue. We explain, with minor spoilers, below. Moments like the above are a major reason I’ve gone from a Kyle skeptic to an actual fan of the show.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Brooklyn Pastry Chef Crafts Perfect, Gigantic Wiimote Cake

Last week, a 9-year-old boy received the birthday cake of his life in the form of a giant Wiimote. At the request of one very loving parent, pastry chef Roshel Michaeli from Schicks Gourmet Bakery got to work meticulously measuring the Wiimote before scaling it to feed a small to medium army of children. The…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Jolicloud’s Beautifully Designed Netbook Linux OS

I agree with designer Tariq Krim that we’ve yet to see an OS interface perfectly implemented to a netbook’s uniquely small hardware. Hence Jolicloud, and judging from this UI shot, he’s on to something. Yes, this is what our netbooks need: clear, big app icons (big enough to be touchable) on scrollable page a la…

Tech News John Mahoney

Verizon Hub Widget Phone Is the Amazing Desktop Phone We Always Wanted

An interesting side effect of the anxiety about the decline of the hardline has been these beautiful widget-y desktop phones that do amazing things you always wanted phones to do, like the Verizon Hub here. https://gizmodo.com/nimble-300-android-desktop-phone-designed-by-iphone-e-5126620 The challenge for it is twofold: Cellphones do all of these amazing things and go with us everywhere, and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Get Some Frakkin’ Schwag

Want a “Frak” mug? A “Greetings From Caprica” T-shirt? A framed Battlestar Galactica “Last Supper” picture? Now you can get these items for less. The Sci Fi Channel has a special offer for io9 readers — a discount code you can use at the Sci Fi store to get 10 percent off all BSG items.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Itzhak and Yo-Yo Go Milli Vanilli With John Williams’s Inaugural Soundtrack

If, like me, you thought there was something a little off with the performance of John Williams’s Oscar-grabbing inauguration theme, you were right. What we heard was a recording made two days prior. Due to January 20′ “wicked cold” (Mr. Ma’s words), the inaugural planners decided to roll tape for “Air and Simple Gifts” with…

Tech News John Mahoney

Some Korean UMPC Has Maybe the Best Box Art Ever

At this point, we could really care less about a Korea-only UMPC, for obvious reasons. Unless the box art looks like this. Take notes, US gadget manufacturers. [Engadget]

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Everyone Fears The Brain-Drilling Wasp Bot

It may sound like the start of a SciFi Channel Original Movie, but scientists have invented a wasp-inspired robot that can drill inside your brain as safely as possible. Your new phobia begins here. The robotic probe was created by researchers at Imperial College, London, and inspired by female wood wasps of the Siricidae family,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More DVDs

Monty Python started a YouTube channel with tons of their sketches streaming for free. The included links to their DVDs at Amazon. The result was a whopping 23,000% increase in sales. For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

R2-D2 Water Bottle For Star Wars Sippin’

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Delayed

The Penicillin Fix For Your iWork ’09 Trojan VD

Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps

Windows 7 App Store Being Hinted At By Microsoft Survey

BBQ Pro: iPhone Meat Management Simulator

Apple Patent Would Automatically Adjust iPhone, Mac Volume

Meet the New Crop of io9ers

AT&T Cuts Unlimited Data and Messaging Down to $30

Lowrance Endura Touchscreen GPS Takes Any Map on Land and Sea

Google Street View Captures Image of Two-Story Giant

A First Kiss That Would Kill A Normal Human

Brooklyn Pastry Chef Crafts Perfect, Gigantic Wiimote Cake

Jolicloud’s Beautifully Designed Netbook Linux OS

Verizon Hub Widget Phone Is the Amazing Desktop Phone We Always Wanted

Get Some Frakkin’ Schwag

Itzhak and Yo-Yo Go Milli Vanilli With John Williams’s Inaugural Soundtrack

Some Korean UMPC Has Maybe the Best Box Art Ever

Everyone Fears The Brain-Drilling Wasp Bot

Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More DVDs

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