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Optima Prime T-Shirt, Font Transformed

Fact: Optimus Prime would be a badass no matter what he transformed from or to. It’s the soul of a Transformer that makes him great. Optimus Prime could save the world if he assembled from macaroni, puff paints, stringed popcorn or used baby diapers into a giant dinner, tacky sweater, festive Christmas tree thing or…

Our Economy Needs A Miracle… Like In Science Fiction

Click to view Don’t panic! Sure, our economy is crappier than a crap-monster attacking a crap factory. But that’s the time when you should look to the future. Our economy could be transformed at any moment, by developments like new technology – or first contact with an alien species. And you can prepare for this…

Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition Is $150 in February

Traditionally, the name “Madcatz” implies generic, a peripheral that’s cheaper than those manufactured by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. But the Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition is an ultrapremium controller that will go for an ultrapremium price when it’s released on February 20th. $150. But it might be worth every penny.You see, the FightStick…

The Cylons’ Origins May Remain A Mystery

Remember Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel that Ron Moore was working on? Moore and co. shot a pilot months ago, and we were supposed to hear by September whether it would become a series. Sci Fi had planned to air the pilot as a TV movie in December, but scrapped the idea. Now the pilot…

16 Examples of Turkey Fryer-Fueled Mayhem

Frying up a turkey poses two health hazards—one from clogged arteries and another from the fryer itself. The folks at OObject have put together a list of 16 videos involving everything from proper use of a turkey fryer, to elaborate turkey fryer contraptions to deep fryin’ hillbillies holdin’ guns. And oh yes, there are several…

Gadget Deals of the Day

With just two days until Black Friday, we just wanted to take a moment to remind you that on the web, every day makes a great day to drop too much cash on crap that cannot stop you from hating your life. Today we have our standard array of deals along with some a-bit-too-late-for-Thanksgiving-sucker specials…

Baz Luhrmann Wants To Give The Future A Makeover

Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann is tinkering with the idea of filming a classic futuristic tale, he told io9. We caught up with Baz at his Australia premiere, and he admitted he’d thought about switching from movies set in the past to creating stories set in the future. Baz thinks the future has gotten a…

Question of the Day: How Long are You Willing to Wait in Line For Black Friday Deals?

Based on an earlier poll, we already know that plenty of you will be heading out to shop on Black Friday. Major polls listed in our Black Friday survival guide indicate that the number of people heading out overall could be higher than in previous years. That having been said, I’m curious to know about…

Apollo Doesn’t Want Brit TV’s Top Job

It was only yesterday that I wondered whether the stars of Battlestar Galactica were cursed to a post-BSG life of bad roles in minor shows, or whether it was their choice to slum it for awhile and recuperate. And now I may have my answer, courtesy of Galactica’s Jamie Bamber, explaining why he wouldn’t want…

Samsung BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-Ray Players Getting Netflix HD

We’re liking the trend. Not only did the Xbox 360 debut Netflix HD streaming, other Netflix supporters like Roku are slated to receive same update. Now Samsung has announced that their $400 BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 will both receive firmware upgrades in early December to support Netflix HD streams as well. That’s good news, as Netflix…

CompUSA’s Black Friday Deals Include $5,999 Sony Vaio TT for $999, Tons of Giveaways

Not only are CompUSA and TigerDirect doing discounted deals for Black Friday-they call it Pink Friday because they are supporting the fight against breast cancer-but they are also giving away free desktop computers in store. You’ll also get some insane discounts online on limited-quantity goodies. Two crazy examples: A $5,999 Sony Vaio TT with a…

My new favorite web page is “Stories I’m Glad I Never Wrote,” by some guy named Geoff. It ranges from the story about a psychic cat he came up with in sixth grade, to his weird apocalyptic story that he thought up over a beer recently. Along the way, it takes in the story of…

Micron Demos Super-Fast Solid-State Drives Running At 1GB Per Second

Micron touted its super-fast RealSSD drives with 250MBps speed a few months back, but now its demonstrated a tech that’ll blow them out of the water: 1GBps transfer rates. It’s a bit cheaty since it uses two SSDs for a total of 16 data channels to access the flash memory, but that does give it…

Contest Reminder: Win a Toshiba X305 Gaming Laptop

Just in case you missed it, this is a reminder to all of the design enthusiasts out there to get cracking on their vision of the ultimate gaming laptop. If you come up with the most interesting design by December 31st, a shiny new Toshiba X305 could be in it for you. Check out the…

7 Crappy Black Friday “Deals” That Aren’t Really

We’ve been telling you all of the deals you shouldn’t miss for Black Friday, plus how to survive while getting exactly what you want. Well, Electronic House goes in the other direction, pointing out seven Black Friday “deals” you should avoid because you can get the same (or better) deal right now somewhere else. Topping…

Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life

Astronomers have made a sweet discovery in their search for life on other planets. A team at University College London has detected a sugar molecule that has long been associated with the origin of life in a potentially-habitable region of the galaxy. This could increase our chances of finding distant planets with life.The molecule is…

At Gizmodo Gallery: Draganflyer X6 UAV

Do you know what we are going to do while we are not playing with the Lego Death Star, waiting for the laser-etching machiine to tattoo one your gadgets for free and listening to our original Sony Walkman? I mean, apart from unsuccessfully calling for pizza in the Apple phone prototype while watching Frucci doing…

How To Safely Microwave a Turkey

Don’t look at me that way. You know that you’ve at least considered it. This Thanksgiving, why slave away all day over a hot oven baking a turkey when you have space age microwave technology right in your own kitchen? According to the USDA, “Turkeys can be successfully cooked in a microwave oven—whole or in…

Batman – Is He RIP Or What?

The final chapter of Batman RIP hits stores today, bringing with it an end to the plot to destroy Batman by undermining Bruce Wayne’s sanity – But while we now know who isn’t behind the nefarious Black Glove, the final chapter “Hearts In Darkness” leaves behind at least as many mysteries as it solves. Chief…

Yes, They’re Still Making Butterfly Effect 3

Reason be damned, they are still going forward with the third Butterfly Effect movie (Yes, there was a second). Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations follows a young boy that seize-nosebleeds back in time to uncover the mystery surrounding his girlfriend’s murder. So it’s exactly like the first, but without Thumper, Amy Smart or sassy-pants camera-hawking whats-his-face.…