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If your enjoyment of Battlestar Galactica has been marred by a lack of cell-phone-based interactivity, then you may find the second half of the final season of television’s most depressing SF show to be much more to your liking. It’s all thanks to a new initiative announced by SciFi Channel’s parent company, Universal Media, at…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 9 '08

Indiana Jones Trades His Whip For A Test Tube In New Movie

Harrison Ford’s science will save two small children suffering from Pompe disease in CBS’s new movie Crowley, based on the true story of a real life family’s struggle from the book, The Cure. Ford is cast as the plays-by-his-own-rules scientist hell bent on finding the cure for the genetic disease Pompe, which gradually degenerates the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 9 '08

More Heroes Than You’d Expect In The Hulk

As if you needed another reason to go and see The Incredible Hulk outside of the possibility of another gamma-irradiated box office bomb and a cameo from Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark, director Louis Letterier let slip a pretty big, previously-unknown, potential guest shot this weekend. One that ties in with both Iron Man and…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 9 '08

Confirmed: Mac OS 10.6 Is Snow Leopard

Click to viewOS 10.6 is called Snow Leopard, straight from Steve’s mouth. Developers will get their first peek “after lunch.” What about poor bloggers? [WWDC08 @ Giz] https://gizmodo.com/os-x-10-6-to-be-called-snow-leopard-5013188

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 9 '08

India’s Walled Cities Resemble Neo-Victorian Enclaves of “The Diamond Age”

It’s as if we’re witnessing the rise of the walled cities in Neal Stephenson’s novel The Diamond Age, where neo-Victorians live in isolated, nanotech splendor while other people live in cardboard boxes. This image shows the stark contrast between the slums and the mini-city called Hamilton Court in Gurgaon, India. Today the New York Times…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 9 '08

Organ Ambulances in New York Wait for Dead Bodies to Dismember

If you ever need to call an ambulance in New York City, you might get more than you bargained for. Two ambulances to be precise; one to help keep you alive, and one to harvest your organs, in case you don’t make it. Given the organ shortage out there in America — apparently 18 people…

io9 Michael Reilly Jun 9 '08

Apple WWDC Liveblog Coverage

Click to viewWe’re at Moscone Center now, and the place is buzzing. If you want this in another language, click on one of Gizmodo’s international affiliates above-you know, those little letters in top right corner of the homepage. They’re simultaneously liveblogging this in their native languages. Our liveblog is here. Click and enjoy. Jason Chen:…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 9 '08

New Clip From Wall-E Movie Hits Intertubes

It’s been a while since we showed you a new clip of Wall-E, so it’ll please you to know that over at Slashfilm they’ve got one, apparently shown during ABC’s screening of Finding Nemo. We won’t spoil it by telling you much, but there’s some Eve in there too and a great demo of some…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 9 '08

Giant Robots Go To Robo-Boot Camp… And You Are There!

The two biggest events on TV this week are the build-up to the release of The Incredible Hulk — like two giant green fists, pounding out their primal tattoo of movie hype — and the last Battlestar Galactica episode until 2009. But there are other highlights, including some surprisingly great cartoons, a documentary chock full…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 9 '08

What You Missed Last Weekend

iPhone. iPhone, iPhone, iPhone. iPhone! iPhone? iPhone. Oh, hello there. You missed Gizmodo’s weekend coverage because you’re allergic to iPhone? That’s OK, I’m sure there’s no iPhone news to be found here today. Read this: • iPhone 2 pics were leaked at the Eleventh Hour. The phone now comes in a new color: fake. •…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 9 '08

Transformers 2 Robot Roll Call, With First Pics Of Jetfire

New Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen set pictures showcase a new transforming robot: the shiny and ultra bad-ass Jetfire. John Turturro (Sector 7 Agent Simmons), Megan Fox, and Shia Lebeouf were all filming at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Click through to see a gallery from the film set and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 9 '08

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner With The Hulk

The Incredible Hulk just got a whole lot more incredible now that the studio has released a new TV spot showing one of the many rumored cameos. Who is General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross giving a double-take look to? Watch the trailer and find out. Tony Stark, ladies and gentleman. Robert Downey Jr. makes one of…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 9 '08

Transformers 2 Gets a Name: Revenge of the Fallen

Attention Tranformers fans: the sequel you’ll be bitching and moaning about on the internet after waiting in line to see the night it opens has just been named. It’ll be called “Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen.” I bet that means that the Decepticons aren’t really dead after all! And they want revenge! What a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jun 9 '08

Bierstick Requires Busty Girl to Operate

The Bierstick is a syringe for beer. For some reason. It allows to drink 24 ounces in less than two seconds—probably breaking your throat in the process if you are not an expert—and it’s FDA-approved for use in swimming pool and lingerie parties. The Bierstick only costs $20, plus the $500 you would probably need…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Jun 9 '08

Now It Sucks To Time Travel Via Head Injury

The American remake of British time-travel show Life On Mars has only just started airing trailers (with the wacky wa-wa pedal music) and it’s already in trouble. According to Entertainment Weekly, David E. Kelley (Boston Legal) is out as executive producer, and ABC is bringing in a new team. Not only that, but the entire…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 9 '08

Scientists Make Bandaid-Sized Flexible Haptic Display

A team of Korean and US scientists have developed a new type of display that delivers information via your biggest organ: your skin (yes, I know what you were thinking.) Their new tactile “display” is flexible enough to be rolled up around your finger like a bandaid, and may be a useful computerized Braille aid.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 9 '08

All Apple Stores Down, Get Ready to Roll

All the Apple Stores are down now, including the United States. Get ready folks. It all starts here. What do you think is going to be released today? Take our impromptu poll after the jump. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 9 '08

Can AT&T’s Network Handle Millions of Data-Hogging 3G iPhones?

We’re ready for the 3G iPhone, but are AT&T’s 3G networks ready for it? Om Malik raises the scary possibility that AT&T’s complete HSDPA network might be newly strengthened, but still might not be robust enough to handle the onslaught of 3G traffic, rendering 3G barely more nimble than EDGE. After a year of waiting…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 9 '08

Final Date of the Earth: August 18, 1999 (1973)

I don’t know whether Criswell believed his own predictions or not. I only know that he was wrong. A lot. An excerpt from the January 11, 1973 Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA) containing Criswell’s prediction for our last day on Earth appears below. His rubicund countenance aglow with camaraderie, Criswell said the predictions in [his book]…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 9 '08

Writer Confirms Pixar’s ‘John Carter’

We’ve wondered about it before, and now it’s been confirmed by the one person who should know: Pixar is indeed working on a movie version of John Carter of Mars, with a script written by Wall-E’s director Andrew Stanton, who also worked on Finding Nemo. The confirmation came from Stanton himself, talking to fans after…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 9 '08

Frak Toasters With One Flick Of The Thumb

Indiana Jones Trades His Whip For A Test Tube In New Movie

More Heroes Than You’d Expect In The Hulk

Confirmed: Mac OS 10.6 Is Snow Leopard

India’s Walled Cities Resemble Neo-Victorian Enclaves of “The Diamond Age”

Organ Ambulances in New York Wait for Dead Bodies to Dismember

Apple WWDC Liveblog Coverage

New Clip From Wall-E Movie Hits Intertubes

Giant Robots Go To Robo-Boot Camp… And You Are There!

What You Missed Last Weekend

Transformers 2 Robot Roll Call, With First Pics Of Jetfire

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner With The Hulk

Transformers 2 Gets a Name: Revenge of the Fallen

Bierstick Requires Busty Girl to Operate

Now It Sucks To Time Travel Via Head Injury

Scientists Make Bandaid-Sized Flexible Haptic Display

All Apple Stores Down, Get Ready to Roll

Can AT&T’s Network Handle Millions of Data-Hogging 3G iPhones?

Final Date of the Earth: August 18, 1999 (1973)

Writer Confirms Pixar’s ‘John Carter’

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