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ZzzPhone Is Second Google Android Cellphone Ever

According to CrunchGear’s John Biggs, the second-ever Android cellphone doesn’t come from Motorola, Nokia or Sony Ericsson. The Zzzphone is a full-QWERTY keyboard Chinese slider which apparently runs the Android operating system, and has a web site designed in 1994. It not only runs Android, but it also seems to have mutant powers. This thing…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 24 '08

True Blood Brings Us Strangest Naked Dog Man/Burned Vampire Action Scene Ever

Screw you sparkle vampires — this week’s season finale of True Blood showed us all how a real blood sucker deals with the sunlight. This week, our vampire friends from Louisiana pulled out all the crazy-pants stops, delivering one if the most ridiculous action scenes I’ve ever seen. Crusty vampires fight murderous lunatics, with help…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '08

Umbuster Brass Knuckle Umbrella Now For Sale

The internet design concept phenomenon known as the Umbuster has finally jumped out of that nightmare you have about an old man beating you to a pulp in the street into cold, hard reality. That’s right—you can start using this knuckle-dusting umbrella to bust up rainclouds and jawbones right now for the equivalent of $287…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 24 '08

16 Tricked Out Gadget Suitcases

The folks at OObject have put together a list of 16 gadget suitcases that can handle any situation a super spy may find himself in. Spy transmitter suitcase? Check. Spy kitchen suitcase? You bet. Spy kayak suitcase? Definitely (that one always comes in handy). Spy suitcase nuke? Well…sort of. Hit the link to check out…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Nov 24 '08

Alien Gods Make Wonder Woman Nervous

While Wonder Woman may have been magically made from clay, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t any science fiction in her world. Check out the exclusive preview of the opening of this week’s issue to see a nervous Amazon full of foreboding as her gods return home from a trip into outer space. Wednesday’s issue,…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Nov 24 '08

Mini Mario Kart R/C Racing Set Takes the Game Into the Real World

The giant Mario Kart R/C racer was cool, but Mario on Mario races don’t do a great job of bringing the game out of the Wii and into the real world (even the slot racer set doesn’t quite do the trick). However, these new mini R/C toys from Brando are a different story. Each rechargeable,…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 24 '08

Harbingers of the Cute-o-pocalypse

When you see these tiny metal “Apocalypt-Ephunts” you’ll know the truth about the end of the world. It will be signaled by the arrival of cute, miniature elephants bearing cannons. These intriguing and bizarre creatures made by Los Angeles artist Amanda Visell go on sale today, and you can get them in a variety of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 24 '08

Cellphone Gun Delivers Hot, Sneaky Death, Can’t Send Text Messages

Italian police officers recently seized a tiny gun that’s disguised as a cellphone. It can hold four bullets and is powerful enough to kill somebody. It looks pretty good, phone-wise, if pretty outdated. It’s stuff like this that makes me having to pour my water out at airport security seem even more idiotic. If I…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 24 '08

3D Power Is Highly Varied Across iPhone/iPod Touch Iterations

We already knew that the latest iPod touch featured the fastest processing of its siblings (a 532MHz-clocked processor vs 412MHz on the original iPhone, the original iPod touch and even the new iPhone 3G). But we were surprised to hear from software developers that the latest iPod touch can render character models with nearly double…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 24 '08

Swiss Making First Solar Submarine, Defeating the Purpose of an Underwater Vessel

A Swiss company called BKW has launched ‘Project Goldfish’, with the goal of developing a solar-powered submarine for civilian use by 2012. The vessel would generate continuous power via the monstrous floating island / solar array pictured above. The sub itself would be tethered to the array, allowing it to stay underwater indefinitely. Sound pointless?…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 24 '08

Jeff Bridges’ Iron Man Set Pics Are Ghostly, Shiny

Jeff Bridges wasn’t too busy almost stealing the show in Iron Man — he also found time to take a ton of gorgeous black-and-white pics of the filming of the armored-avenger movie. Including a peek inside Stan Winston studios, and Bridges having his head shaved to play Obadiah Stane. Click through for a few of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 24 '08

Tibetan Glaciers Melting Faster Than Expected

Glaciers high in the Himalayan mountain range are melting faster than their counterparts at ground level. Geologists taking samples from the remote glaciers discovered that they had melted all the way down to ice that hadn’t been exposed to air in over half a century. Over at Discovery News, io9 pal Michael Reilly has a…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 24 '08

Iron Man Children’s Costume Modded to Be Deadly-Cute

One very loving father spent two months tricking out a standard child’s Iron Man costume with real tech for his 5-year-old son—not just a CO2 air compressor to fire missiles or repulsor waves, but a complete BeagleBoard computer running a makeshift JARVUS along with an Arduino board to handle all of the advanced suit functions.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 24 '08

T-Mobile Samsung Behold Lightning Review

The Gadget: Samsung’s Behold, T-Mobile’s slice of touchscreen feature phone pie with a Korea-style five-megapixel camera and Sammy’s “innovative” TouchWiz UI. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-behold-with-5mp-camera-widgety-touchwiz-ui-fir-5082154 The Price: $150 after the standard rebate and two-year contract The Verdict: The Behold fills the hole in T-Mobile’s lineup for a not-quite-smart feature phone: It does a lot of the stuff a…

Reviews Matt Buchanan Nov 24 '08

Take Survey, Stop Stealing Music

It’s been awhile since the RIAA has subpoenaed anyone for downloading music illegally, but that doesn’t mean you should go and do it, right? So instead, you should take this short survey, and we’ll give one winner a $200 iTunes Gift Card. You can get that new Guns n’ Roses album like 20 times over.…

Tech News Chrissie Lamond Nov 24 '08

Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power

The phrase “I’ll rest when I’m dead” doesn’t apply to those living in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a small town outside of Barcelona. You see, open land is scarce in the area so the local government has put the dead to work, so to speak, by installing solar panels on the top of their mausoleums.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 24 '08

Dark Knight Batarangs: To Match Those Hockey Pads

As we learned in the opening scene of The Dark Knight, Christian Bale wouldn’t like you buying these solid stainless steel batarangs. But you know what? Christian Bale is just an actor, some guy who gets paid millions of bucks when he’s on vacation between colonic cleansings. You, on the other hand, despise carrot juice…

Movies Mark Wilson Nov 24 '08

Benjamin Button’s Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart

David Fincher’s new backwards-aging movie is at heart a love story, and the new international trailer for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button reveals the perils of falling in love with someone who ages in reverse. Good deal for you — but bad for them when you get old and wrinkled and they still look…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '08

At Gizmodo Gallery: The Lego Death Star

Being a Giz front page in real life, the Gizmodo Gallery had to have Lego (and Star Wars). We are not going to have as many Lego sets as their secret vault, but we are going to feature the biggest and most entertaining one there is: the 3,800-piece Lego Death Star diorama. Of course, you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 24 '08

Can Seth Green Save Heroes? Can Apes Save Thanksgiving?

This week is the first half of a major two-parter for Heroes. The show is throwing out even more curveballs than usual, starting with Sylar getting all personal with Veronica Mars, and ending with a kick-ass cameo by Seth Green and Breckin Meyer. Also snuggle up with aliens and take in some ape movies, while…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '08

ZzzPhone Is Second Google Android Cellphone Ever

True Blood Brings Us Strangest Naked Dog Man/Burned Vampire Action Scene Ever

Umbuster Brass Knuckle Umbrella Now For Sale

16 Tricked Out Gadget Suitcases

Alien Gods Make Wonder Woman Nervous

Mini Mario Kart R/C Racing Set Takes the Game Into the Real World

Harbingers of the Cute-o-pocalypse

Cellphone Gun Delivers Hot, Sneaky Death, Can’t Send Text Messages

3D Power Is Highly Varied Across iPhone/iPod Touch Iterations

Swiss Making First Solar Submarine, Defeating the Purpose of an Underwater Vessel

Jeff Bridges’ Iron Man Set Pics Are Ghostly, Shiny

Tibetan Glaciers Melting Faster Than Expected

Iron Man Children’s Costume Modded to Be Deadly-Cute

T-Mobile Samsung Behold Lightning Review

Take Survey, Stop Stealing Music

Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power

Dark Knight Batarangs: To Match Those Hockey Pads

Benjamin Button’s Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart

At Gizmodo Gallery: The Lego Death Star

Can Seth Green Save Heroes? Can Apes Save Thanksgiving?

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