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Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi Are Doing It for the Kids

Scifi authors Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi both have books coming out (Little Brothers and Zoe’s War respectively) that are aimed at young adults. It’s great to see two smartypants writers aiming their often-subversive messages at the next generation. Now they’ve just done a great mutual interview about their new books, plus a little digression…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Inkjet Ink Test: Manufacturer Brand vs. Cheapo Store Ink

Trusted Reviews has a big investigation on inkjet printers and inkjet ink, and their year-long study comparing fading between more expensive manufacturer brand vs. the cheaper crappy brand shows that you get what you pay for. Over three months, the differences between the two were negligible, with pages only fading slightly (but noticeably) in quality.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Lightning Review: Canon 40D DSLR

The Gadget: Canon’s 40D DSLR is their lower end prosumer DSLR, a step above the Rebel series cams. It has, most notably a 10.1 megapixel rating and 3-inch LCD screen, Canon’s latest DIGIC III processor and live view. I used the 30D and more recently the 40D for all Gizmodo’s major liveblogging, so you’ve been…

Tech News Brian Lam

How An Electronic Lock Helped a Crazy Austrian Man Keep His Daughter as a Sex Slave For 24 Years

To be honest, I wish that I never learned of the Josef Fritzl story in the first place—but it was hard to avoid given the severity of the crimes committed. However, the fact that a man could imprison his daughter in a basement for 24 years and father her seven children is too horrifying and…

Tech News Sean Fallon

AT&T’s 3G iPhone Is $199 This Summer

According to Fortune, AT&T’s going to further subsidize the iPhone down as much as $200, making the final retail price a scant $199 with two-year-contract. The rumor is that the $200 bonus will only be available in AT&T stores, not in Apple stores, so people buying and exporting or using it with T-Mobile will be…

Tech News Jason Chen

20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Should Read

Click to viewYou can’t have great science fiction writing without great books about science. Ever since the nineteenth century, when Charles Darwin’s classics On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man took the reading public by storm, popular science writing has been inspiring fictional thought experiments, as well as possibly less-inspiring political debates.…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Japanese Nose Mask Pit Saves You From Allergies, Talking Normally

Are your allergies so severe that a Claritin has no effect? The Japanese have a solution, and it involves shoving round pieces of plastic up your nose to block out allergens. It may seem unorthodox, but as the lady at the clinic keeps telling me, prevention is much more effective than cures. We’ll stick to…

Tech News Jason Chen

How to Save The World…One Cellphone at a Time

Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek put together a logical plan of action for bringing cellphone recycling to the U.S. over on his blog. However, it requires the collective effort of all of you to make this happen. The idea is this—if we lobby enough executives in companies responsible for cellphone manufacturing and distribution,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

T-Mobile 3G Rollout in NYC Could Come as Early as May 1st

Sources for Boy Genius are confirming an earlier rumor stating that T-Mobile’s 3G network will get a May rollout in NYC. The sources also update the rumor pointing to May 1st as the actual drop date. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/t-mobiles-3g-network-rolling-out-may-in-nyc-coincides-381547

Tech News Sean Fallon

Red-Eyed Killer Diva Turns Out To Be LG Shill

That bizarre trailer for a new series about a supermodel-spy-superhero-cyborg-actress named Scarlet, that we featured a while back, turned out to be a marketing hoax just as everybody had suspected. It’s a stealth marketing campaign for a new TV set from Korea’s LG Electronics, with a red back panel. I’m actually kind of sad, since…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Windows XP SP3 Officially Delayed

It’s April 29, and Microsoft has to make the unfortunate decision of delaying Windows XP SP3 due to compatibility issues between it and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, something none of you should be familiar with unless you work in retail. If you don’t, the service pack has been unofficially available for a couple days…

Tech News Jason Chen

Alienware “Fastest Ever” 17-Inch Area-51 m17x Gaming Notebook On Sale Right Now

Alienware’s latest community effort is AlienNetwork, a “digital channel” which debuted today. To kick off the show with a bang, they revealed that their “fastest ever” 17-inch Area-51 m17x gaming notebook shown back in November is launching today at 5PM (right now, give or take). Versus the m15x, it’s got a higher res 1920×1200 screen,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Hacked MacBook Air With Built-In 3G Wireless

This is what every MacBook Air needs: built-in 3G wireless. In order to get this goodness into the MBA, Jordan Bunnell busted up a Verizon USB727 Air Card and soldered it up with the MBA’s unused USB controllers on the motherboard and used a little bit of voodoo to get power flowing to the card.…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Seawater Crops Could Solve Food, Water Shortages

Imagine going to the beach, looking out across the ocean, and seeing an endless stretch of…tomato plants. Those days may still be years off, but the case for using seawater for farming is getting stronger. Italian researchers reporting in the Journal of the American Chemical Society say that when tomato plants are watered with a…

io9 Michael Reilly

The Awful Wreckage Of Speed Racer Spinoffs

The Wachowskis’ Speed Racer movie isn’t the first reinvention of the rubber-burning cartoon since its 1960s heyday. There’s been a long line of Racer relaunches, sequels and spin-offs, many of them huge disasters. That doesn’t stop people from trying to reinvent the wheel for the franchise, including the new animated series Speed Racer: The Next…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Samsung Glyde (aka U940 née F700) Pops Up in Verizon’s Database

Samsung’s long-linger F700/u940, has been rumored to hit the big V for a while, but Phone Area’s reporting that it’s now locked and cocked in Verizon’s internal InfoManager as the Glyde, though sans date or price. Spec sheet confirms cam’s cut to a paltry 2MP but all the old specs look otherwise intact, but with…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

A Czech Vision of the 21st Century, from 1957

The kitchen of the year 2000 is the subject of this crazy little film from 1957, produced in connection with the “Paris Exhibition of the Future.” Shopping channels and microwave ovens make an appearance, as do pop-up cutlery and dish racks, a glass refrigerator, and an automatic recipe station that runs on IBM cards, all…

io9 Lynn Peril

Question of the Day: How Big is Your Monitor?

We already asked about the size of your TV, so it is only fitting that we do a follow-up focusing on computer monitors. The choices after the break offer a basic range that should accommodate owners of most laptops, LCDs and CRTs. Just pick the number that is closest to the measurement of your viewable…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Controlling Games with Your Brain: Will This Ever Catch On?

Personally, I’m fine with using a controller to play video games. I’ve grown up with them, and they really get the job done. I know the idea of controlling games with your brain is neat and all, but I just can’t get behind it. Even so, the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator is here to try…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

iPhone Data Plan for Deaf Now Available: $40 a Month

The “near future” for the impending iPhone data plan for the deaf was apparently four months. Dubbed the Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone, it comes with unlimited text messaging, browsing and email. It’s now available for new and current iPhone users for $40 a month, though you’ve gotta clear an eligibility application to get it.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi Are Doing It for the Kids

Inkjet Ink Test: Manufacturer Brand vs. Cheapo Store Ink

Lightning Review: Canon 40D DSLR

How An Electronic Lock Helped a Crazy Austrian Man Keep His Daughter as a Sex Slave For 24 Years

AT&T’s 3G iPhone Is $199 This Summer

20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Should Read

Japanese Nose Mask Pit Saves You From Allergies, Talking Normally

How to Save The World…One Cellphone at a Time

T-Mobile 3G Rollout in NYC Could Come as Early as May 1st

Red-Eyed Killer Diva Turns Out To Be LG Shill

Windows XP SP3 Officially Delayed

Alienware “Fastest Ever” 17-Inch Area-51 m17x Gaming Notebook On Sale Right Now

Hacked MacBook Air With Built-In 3G Wireless

Seawater Crops Could Solve Food, Water Shortages

The Awful Wreckage Of Speed Racer Spinoffs

Samsung Glyde (aka U940 née F700) Pops Up in Verizon’s Database

A Czech Vision of the 21st Century, from 1957

Question of the Day: How Big is Your Monitor?

Controlling Games with Your Brain: Will This Ever Catch On?

iPhone Data Plan for Deaf Now Available: $40 a Month

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