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Netflix Ships Some DVDs, Still Not Back To Normal

Netflix’s bonered shipping system hasn’t magically fixed itself yet, but Reuters reports that they’re resuming shipments to the affected customers. The company, which shipped nothing early Thursday morning, wants to get back to normal sometime on Friday, which may or may not be the case. The good news is that they’ve fixed most of the…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 15 '08

The Game Postponed, But Not Game Over

You’ll have to wait to watch kids play with Gerard Butler as if he were a video game avatar until the Summer of 2009. Producer Gary Lucchesi explained that the survival-game epic was pushed back to work on the many visual effects. But do expect trailer footage out over the holidays this Christmas, possibly including…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 15 '08

Rogers BlackBerry Bold Price Does Not Bode Well

Our Canuck neighbors might be getting the BlackBerry Bold before we do, but they’ll be paying through the nose for it-$399.99 on a three-year contract according to a leaked flyer. While Rogers does tend to run higher than the US on smartphones (though they are offering the iPhone 3G for $199), this does seem to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 15 '08

Bad Ass Golf Carts will Help You Overcompensate on the Golf Course

So, golf isn’t manly enough for you? The stupid pants and old man gladhanding don’t bring enough excitement to the table? Well, the Bad Ass Golf Cart aims to change that with a little help from some gigantic tires. There are a wide number of Bad Ass Golf Carts available, from the off-roading type to…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Aug 15 '08

Coming Soon from China: Dystopic Futures, the Next Steve Jobs, and a World Full of Drumming Androids

Click to viewWelcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. I’m a total sports nut. Olympic season makes my bones shiver with excitement. But this year, I took my mind off record-breaking swim relays and super-twisty gymnastics routines for a minute to consider the host country’s techno-socio-political future.…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA Aug 15 '08

Palm Treo Pro Live Shots

Yesterday’s leaked Treo Pro was definitely not a rendering. We’ve now got a whole gallery of it in the flesh, confirming its good looks, and maybe more importantly, its size. While a little taller and wider than the Centro, it’s mercifully thinner than its pocket-bulging predecessor. The keyboard spacing looks like it’s slightly more generous…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 15 '08

Transformers: Robots In Disguise As Modern Art

It’s not just toy stores, comic books and movie theaters that are being conquered by the ongoing battle between the Autobots and Decepticons. Now art galleries are falling to the might of the Transformers as well. Tokyo’s Art Center Ongoing gallery is currently hosting a show called TransformArt that lets artists transform their childhood toys…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 15 '08

Nikon D90’s DSLR Video Capture Mode Confirmed In Pictures

Nikon Rumors’ D90-toting tipster sent them this juicy shot, which appears to confirm the rumored video recording mode on the D90. By the looks of the display there might even be full exposure control plus ISO settings for video, which is awesome if true, and audio recording too. No word on resolution yet, but let’s…

Movies John Mahoney Aug 15 '08

Riff Raff Curses MTV’s Rocky Horror Remake

The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s original writer, composer, singer and beloved Riff Raff is casting a monstrous scowl on the new remake from MTV. “I have no view on whether it should be remade, but it doesn’t have my blessing,” Richard O’Brien told the BBC News. I’m shocked they didn’t even consider asking him. I…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 15 '08

Three Ways To Keep Astronauts from Going Crazy In Space

It’s hard to imagine anything more unpleasant than being stuck in a metal can millions of miles from home with a crazy person. Space missions to Mars and beyond will need a way to deal with the boredom, isolation and close quarters of long-term space travel, or some unlucky astronauts could find out just how…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 15 '08

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Review (Or, The First Star Wars Movie You Will Truly Hate)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a lot of firsts. It’s the first new Star Wars film since Emperor George Lucas wrapped up the canonical series three years ago. It’s the opening salvo of a wave of Expanded Universe TV series—the film launches The Clone Wars animated series, and meanwhile a live-action one set between…

Reviews Matt Buchanan Aug 15 '08

Cross “Hot-Wire My Car” Off the Bucket List With a Handy How-To

Hot-wiring a car isn’t really on the list of things every boy should get handed down from their pappies, but when you find yourself in the Sahara and your Land Cruiser keys just got eaten by a lioness, you’ll be happy you checked out this informative step-by-step guide. Yes, it’s super illegal, so don’t be…

Tech News John Mahoney Aug 15 '08

When Scifi Writers Drop Acid Online

A new online “motion-book” is an airlock-throwing, parallel-universe-jumping, alien-chasing end-of-the-world mindfuck all wrapped into one series. The “hyperserialized” collection tells the story of Hasso Wuerslin’s scifi Deadbooks one chapter at a time, with loads of creepy characters and space horror tales. Click through for a taste. The Deadbooks seem to follow a mining scout ship…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 15 '08

Red Sprint HTC Diamond Spotted?

Maybe it’s real. Maybe it’s a Photoshop. Either way, here’s a red HTC Diamond with a Sprint logo on it. The image goes along with months of rumors about a Sprint-based HTC Diamond—one that will have a more curved case than its GSM counterpart along with a battery boost from 900 mAh to 1340 mAh…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 15 '08

The Sculpture Gardens of BioShock

If somebody created sculpture gardens outside the undersea city of Rapture in the trashed genetic utopia game BioShock, these strange statues would be in it. Jason deCaires Taylor is the curator and artist for what he calls the Underwater Sculpture Gallery in the West Indies. He populates the shallow waters offshore with haunting depictions of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 15 '08

Street Fighter, The iPod

Here’s an idea. Pick up a Street Fighter edition iPod nano. (We recommend Chun Li.) Then have it engraved “From Chun Li, thanks for being there through a difficult time.” Bring it to school (don’t let the teacher see it, of course) and bust it out at the lunch table nonchalantly, “What’s this? Oh, just…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 15 '08

Low-End Korean GPS is Basically High-End 7-Inch Screen PMP, for $190

The normally navigation-focused guys over at Navigadget have spotted something interesting: The “low end” Easycar U7 GPS system heading for Korean drivers at the moment is basically a pretty high-end media player with a 7-inch touchscreen. As well as helping you navigate, the 0.75-inch deep gizmo plays audio and video files, has a text reader,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Aug 15 '08

Meet The Movie’s Missing Watchman

So by now, you’ve watched, re-watched and dissected the Watchmen trailer frame-by-frame. But did you notice that, in all of the promotion that we’ve seen about Zach Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ famous comic, one character in particular seems to be missing?Comic Book Resources’ Timothy Callahan is worried by the lack of…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 15 '08

Dad Nails Xbox to Tree, Cleverly Gets on Master Chief’s Bad Side

I think that, in any tough situation, there’s a kind of normal way a person can react and a completely angry, psycho, absurd way a person can react. The normal way is the best way about 99.99% of the time. Example: A waiter brings you the wrong drink, so you politely ask for another. Result:…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 15 '08

Face-To-Face With The Stars Of Fringe

This morning’s spoilers include a ton of new images from the J.J. Abrams mad-science epic Fringe, including several which reveal a possible theme for the series. We have details about Fly Me To The Moon which will make you feel as though you’ve swallowed a bug. A couple of new Chuck promos include another round…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 15 '08

Netflix Ships Some DVDs, Still Not Back To Normal

The Game Postponed, But Not Game Over

Rogers BlackBerry Bold Price Does Not Bode Well

Bad Ass Golf Carts will Help You Overcompensate on the Golf Course

Coming Soon from China: Dystopic Futures, the Next Steve Jobs, and a World Full of Drumming Androids

Palm Treo Pro Live Shots

Transformers: Robots In Disguise As Modern Art

Nikon D90’s DSLR Video Capture Mode Confirmed In Pictures

Riff Raff Curses MTV’s Rocky Horror Remake

Three Ways To Keep Astronauts from Going Crazy In Space

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Review (Or, The First Star Wars Movie You Will Truly Hate)

Cross “Hot-Wire My Car” Off the Bucket List With a Handy How-To

When Scifi Writers Drop Acid Online

Red Sprint HTC Diamond Spotted?

The Sculpture Gardens of BioShock

Street Fighter, The iPod

Low-End Korean GPS is Basically High-End 7-Inch Screen PMP, for $190

Meet The Movie’s Missing Watchman

Dad Nails Xbox to Tree, Cleverly Gets on Master Chief’s Bad Side

Face-To-Face With The Stars Of Fringe

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