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Why Is A Y The Last Man Movie So Hard?

It’s almost been a year since Y The Last Man finished, and much longer since plans for a movie version were announced. So where’s our Shia-starring multiplex-filler? What’s taking so long? As Y director DJ Caruso told ComingSoon.net, the problem may all be a matter of script: Yeah, it’s been a while. I think it’s…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Toyota Developing Solar-Powered Car?

According to The Nikkei, Toyota is working on more than just a Prius with a solar panel to run the A/C. They are designing a completely solar-powered car…though they intend to cheat a bit. https://gizmodo.com/solar-panel-powered-prius-in-2009-confirmed-5022382 Nikkei explains that following their first operating loss in 70 years, Toyota wants to make an aggressive move in the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Battlestar Galactica Ends With Ultimate Mind-Frak?

So far, all you’ve heard about Battlestar Galactica’s final episode has been bloodshed and despair – but after all that, there may be an even weirder coda. Mega-spoilers! The other day, we cast doubt on SyFy Portal’s report that the planet the Galactica crew found in the mid-season finale was “Earth,” but the survivors of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape

So much for biometrics and immigration security: A South Korean woman managed to fool a million-dollar fingerprint reading machine in Japanese border controls using a simple piece of tape stuck to her fingers. It happened at Tokyo airport. The woman has repeatedly entered Japan using the same trick without anybody noticing. Japanese officials say that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iPhone 3G Software Unlock Updated, Seems to Work Now

The iPhone Dev Team has updated yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G software unlock program, to version 0.9.4. It’s still a beta, but it has worked for me after some fiddling. Using Vodafone now. [Gizmodo coverage] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-unlock-now-available-5121902

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Back To The Future, Bollywood Style

Bollywood is ready to remake the classic Back To The Future, and has cast two incredibly popular stars for the adaptation. But will there be a “Hello McFly” dance sequence? Filling out Michael J. Fox’s puffy vest is actor Akshay Kumar, according to rumors. The lovely Aishwarya Rai may also be taking on the role…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Kobe Bryant Can’t Live Without DVR

It’s no surprise that Kobe Bryant is a huge game film addict, but the LA Times’s look at the tech Kobe uses to feed himself massive amounts of video daily is a great read. Aside from the awesome dash-mounted screen in his Range Rover here, Kobe’s primary window into getting into his opponents heads is…

Tech News John Mahoney

Happy First Birthday, io9

io9 was born a year ago today. No, it’s not the Temporal Cold War – really, it’s only been one year since we launched by posting a cheesy Hulk video and pictures of exploding nanowires. https://gizmodo.com/hulk-smash-bad-phone-service-337851 http://io9.com/337132/when-nano+wires-explode We may have unleashed io9 on the unsuspecting masses on Jan. 2, 2008, but several of us had…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Mr. Game & Watch Saunters His Way Over to the iPhone

And we have come full circle: Nintendo puts games into watches, the march of technology replaces watches with cellphones, developer sneaks classic Game & Watch apps onto the iPhone. Rejoice, but make it fast. The folks of Mobile 1UP have brought five G&W games to the store as separate apps for $2 each: Chef, Fire,…

Tech News John Mahoney

New Chinese Fashion Is All About Laptops

In Nanjing this week, a bevvy of aspiring fashion models strutted their stuff in a fashion show filled with laptops, skintight circuitboard body stockings, and throbbing digital backdrops. I’m not sure if the woman in the first image is deliberately falling, or is trying to portray a failing video card. Either way, the fact that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Weenie Wing Commander Fires Meat Torpedoes

While I’ve always preferred encapsulating my hot dogs in a black crust of carcinogens prior to ingestion, there are others of you who prefer a slow roasted wiener…preferably involving a spaceship in some way. From the same brilliant creators of the Roast My Weenie, the Weenie Wing Commander exploits the classic X-wing schematic to support…

Tech News Mark Wilson

A Disney Artist Draws Way Better Than Us…On His iPhone

In case your self-esteem has gotten too high, you should check out a small collection of work by Disney artist Stef Kardos—all of it made on the iPhone’s touchscreen. Kardos created this and other pieces in the Brushes iPhone app and has since posted them to his Flickr account. But not to be outdone, there’s…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them

Google has figured out that it can save money by getting product ideas from users rather than engineers. After all, you can’t pay engineers in “shout outs” on their blogs like they’re offering for users. Yes, the tanking economy is hitting the mighty Google just as hard as every other company out there, and they’re…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Is 2009 The Year Of Sci-Fi Wolverine?

It’s not just in his movie that we’ll get to see deadly X-Man Wolverine go scifi, apparently. Jason Aaron, writer of new series Wolverine: Weapon X promises the comic version may go that direction himself. In the new series, launching in April, Aaron promises a Wolverine comic for people who don’t read Wolverine comics: This…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

New Terminator Stills Show John Connor’s Big Robot-Killin’ Guns

The new Terminator has John Connor all suited up, complete with robo-killing gun and ear piece. Entertainment Weekly has a slew of new photos from Terminator, Wolverine, Land Of The Lost, Watchmen and Harry Potter. John Connor definitely has the look. It should be interesting to see how director McG explains how the revolutionary leader…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Android On An Eee PC

Making good on Google’s continued pledge to not limit Android to just phones, two guys at VentureBeat got Android up an running on their Eee PC 1000H. But a question comes to mind: why? Apparently it was a piece of cake to get Android to support everything you’d need for functional computing, including sound, graphics…

Tech News John Mahoney

Rhys Millen Screws Up Truck Backflip Yet Again, Keeps Spine Intact This Time

God is trying to send Rhys Millen a message: quit trying to backflip a truck, you’ll hurt yourself. The question is how many times it will it take for him to receive it. Click to viewIn 2007, he broke his spine while doing practice jumps for a planned New Years Eve jump. This NYE, he…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Are There Transatlantic Phone Lines On Mars?

Is it the beginning of the time-traveling team-up that we’ve always dreamt about? The original bad-ass Life On Mars cop getting a phone call from his American LOM counterpart? Sadly, that’s not exactly what happened. DCI Gene Hunt himself, Philip Glenister, spilled the beans on this previously unknown TransAtlantic collaboration: A friend working on set…

Television Graeme McMillan

Stand Aside N64 Kid, Someone Else Goes Nuts for a Wii

What can drive a man to madness? In this case, a Wii. Click to view Though the kid might have a faint “I’m totally gonna see this on YouTube” glimmer in his eye, it’s still a pretty funny clip. (Warning: Turn down those speakers.) [via Maxconsole]

Tech News Mark Wilson

A New Side Of Sawyer, Doctor Who’s Returning Monsters, And G.I. Joe’s Troopers

Let’s spoil 2009! First up, Josh Holloway and Michael Emerson drop some Lost bombshells. New BSG teasers show our heroes unraveling further. Plus our first glimpse of G.I. Joe’s M.A.R.S. Troopers. Doctor Who rumors! G.I. Joe: Are you ready to pump up the volume? Here’s the first look at the new movie’s M.A.R.S. Troopers. (Apparently…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Why Is A Y The Last Man Movie So Hard?

Toyota Developing Solar-Powered Car?

Battlestar Galactica Ends With Ultimate Mind-Frak?

Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape

iPhone 3G Software Unlock Updated, Seems to Work Now

Back To The Future, Bollywood Style

Kobe Bryant Can’t Live Without DVR

Happy First Birthday, io9

Mr. Game & Watch Saunters His Way Over to the iPhone

New Chinese Fashion Is All About Laptops

Weenie Wing Commander Fires Meat Torpedoes

A Disney Artist Draws Way Better Than Us…On His iPhone

Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them

Is 2009 The Year Of Sci-Fi Wolverine?

New Terminator Stills Show John Connor’s Big Robot-Killin’ Guns

Android On An Eee PC

Rhys Millen Screws Up Truck Backflip Yet Again, Keeps Spine Intact This Time

Are There Transatlantic Phone Lines On Mars?

Stand Aside N64 Kid, Someone Else Goes Nuts for a Wii

A New Side Of Sawyer, Doctor Who’s Returning Monsters, And G.I. Joe’s Troopers

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