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AT&T to Introduce Pro-Rated Termination Fees in May

Being a soldier of fortune, the words “early termination” mean sumthin’ different to me. Like death, maybe. Now then, if my buddies and me were still fixin’ problems with bad jivin’ people, mobile carriers such as at&t might be high up on our list. But now those money-grabbin’ overlords at what you’ve been callin’ the…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Mr. T’s Favorite Gadget

We hope Mr. T sees a Mr. Check from this thing. [yque]

Gadgets Mark Wilson

NBC Will Stop The Internet For Battlestar

Apparently, the Cylons aren’t the only ones with a plan. Sci Fi Channel parent company NBC/Universal is pulling out all the stops to promote this Friday’s return of Battlestar Galactica, including switching off the internet and telling you to watch television, instead. According to advertising bible Brand Week, NBC/Universal has made sure that you’re not…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Famous Vietnam War Photographs, with Stormtrooper Legos

During the Vietnam War, world-famous photographers like Marc Riboud and Eddie Adams captured iconic (and traumatic) moments on film. In 2008, most war photographs are created by embedded journalists whose images are tightly controlled. So British photographer Mike Stimpson decided to make his contribution to the repository of war photography by staging mock Vietnam-era moments…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA

Flower Filament Lamp, Lights With a Bloom. Not a Boom, Fool

Hey ladies— I wanna show you my lamp. No, no, really: it’s just a lamp. It looks like a light bulb, and only lights up when you put a flower inside. See, I can be tremulous and tender too. Say what? There’s a bug on the flower? I’ll squash that bug, man! Squash it good!…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Van-Tastic: VZ Navigator Gets Traffic Avoidance, Gas Finder, 3D View

Verizon’s latest VZ Navigator update adds popular features already found in other mobile navi software like Telenav. The big one is traffic avoidance: in 75 cities, routes will be plotted using reliable historical traffic data along with realtime reports from Navteq Traffic. VZW doesn’t say how frequently the realtime reports are updated. Also coming to…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Let’s Tow the Wilkins Ice Shelf to California

An enormous chunk of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica started collapsing a few weeks ago. The slab, roughly the size of Connecticut, is “hanging by a thread.” What will happen when over 5,000 square miles of ice break free? It could be a part of the coming ecological apocalypse. But if we just use…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Knight Rider To Become Show, But Not Necessarily A Good Or Intelligent One

It’s the news that I didn’t mention for a day because I wanted to believe that it was all just an April Fools’ hoax: NBC has picked up the recent reboot of Knight Rider as a regular series for its 2008-2009 season. The network, which will now be known as the “No, we didn’t learn…

io9 Graeme McMillan

China Had Better Turn Off Its Firewall During the Olympics, Or Else

With the Olympics coming up, the pressure is mounting on China to turn off its countrywide firewall so journalists can cover the games uninhibited. While it’s a part of the “host city contract” that Beijing agreed to when accepting its role as host of the games, whether or not China will actually follow through has…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Digging for the Secret Origins of Stonehenge

The mystery of Stonehenge used to be a “how” thing. Visitors and scientists wondered how people 4500 years ago dragged extremely heavy rocks over 200 miles from their Welsh quarry to the legendary pagan holy place. But now it’s been established that there were many ways that locals might have gotten the rocks into place…

io9 Annalee Newitz

I Ain’t Gettin’ In No Rubber Tub, Fool. Oh, Alright, If You Insist

Just what the hell fool came up with this idea? Let me just put my T-focals on and read you what the blurb says. “A soft tub for the body. For children and adults. For play and healing. In the garden or the stylish bathroom.” Healing? HEALING? What kinda fool tub gives you healing??? It…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Corporate Takeovers Swallow A Whole Country In War, Inc.

War, Inc. is best known as “the movie where Hilary Duff puts a live scorpion down her pants,” but it’s also one of the wildest stabs at future dystopian satire in ages. The John Cusack vehicle, coming out in May after two years on ice, will probably be a brave failure rather than a sleeper…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

T Pities Fool Who Bids on Hacked Fujitsu U810 With Live Virus “Still Present”

Shane Macaulay, the hacker who beat a Vista-powered Fujitsu in last week’s CanSec West PWN 2 OWN contest has listed the UMPC—with virus “still likely present”—on eBay. Some say this might be Macaulay’s idea of a joke, but T doesn’t think it’s funny when hackers joke around with exploits, especially an Adobe Flash exploit that…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Guess Who’s Back On Heroes Next Year!

As usual, we’ve done the hard stuff for you ahead of time in Morning Spoilers. This time around, that includes sifting out the “April Fools” stuff that people started posting a day early. We’ve included some of it for Lost and X-Files 2, but it’s clearly labeled. And there are genuine spoilers for Wanted, Doctor…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Prox Dynamics Black Hornet: World’s Smallest UAV, Too Small for Mr. T

I’m no sissy, but I don’t like airplanes. And man, don’t be shouting “eclipse” or I’ll get angry! But I like this helicopter: it’s so small, much better than that big Boeing thing. They say it’s the “worlds smallest and most capable Unmanned Aircraft System”. The Black Hornet is designed to aid soldiers in the…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Inflatable Pub Is No Place For Kids, Fools

This is Mr T, on the case Tellin’ you inflatable pubs aren’t the place To hang with friends af-ter school Because it just makes you a fool Break Down Break Down So when you’re lonely, when you’re all alone Just call Mr T on the tel-e-phone Dial 2 1 7 5 3 0 9 And…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

BenQ Takes T’s Name in Vain with New T60 Mobile

Don’t know who BenQ is, but sucka’s been taking my name in vain. Look at his new cellphone—T60 he calls it—is like me, but then it’s not like me. So, let’s look at it in detail, shall we? It’s black. That’s like me. It’s slim. That’s not like me. One thing it does have a…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

ReWalk Exoskeleton Leaves T So Speechless He Can’t Finish the Headline

Now, if you’re a superhuman hero gold chain on legs like me, you don’t need this ReWalk exo-skeleton. But there’s plenty of people out there who do, such as paraplegics who need to be taught to walk again. Here’s the jibber-jabber: Israeli company Taga designed it for Argo Technologies and it uses SolidWorks’ 3D CAD…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

LG Vu for AT&T Finally Gets All Official

LG’s touchscreen Vu hasn’t exactly been a well-kept secret by any means. But now it officially exists for AT&T, in two flavors: one with mobile TV support, one without. It’s got HSDPA 3G goodness and a full HTML web browser, which is hopefully snappier than the last time we saw it. As is popular these…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

SIM2, Dolby’s High Dynamic Range TV: For Quality A-Team Viewing

Hey kids! Mr. T here, tellin’ you that watching too much TV is bad for you. But if you’re stuck inside, maybe you’re sick with a cold or something, then this new TV by Dolby and SIM2 Multimedia might be good. It’s got some cool local-dimming LED technology —1,838 of the suckas— that dynamically adjust…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

AT&T to Introduce Pro-Rated Termination Fees in May

Mr. T’s Favorite Gadget

NBC Will Stop The Internet For Battlestar

Famous Vietnam War Photographs, with Stormtrooper Legos

Flower Filament Lamp, Lights With a Bloom. Not a Boom, Fool

Van-Tastic: VZ Navigator Gets Traffic Avoidance, Gas Finder, 3D View

Let’s Tow the Wilkins Ice Shelf to California

Knight Rider To Become Show, But Not Necessarily A Good Or Intelligent One

China Had Better Turn Off Its Firewall During the Olympics, Or Else

Digging for the Secret Origins of Stonehenge

I Ain’t Gettin’ In No Rubber Tub, Fool. Oh, Alright, If You Insist

Corporate Takeovers Swallow A Whole Country In War, Inc.

T Pities Fool Who Bids on Hacked Fujitsu U810 With Live Virus “Still Present”

Guess Who’s Back On Heroes Next Year!

Prox Dynamics Black Hornet: World’s Smallest UAV, Too Small for Mr. T

Inflatable Pub Is No Place For Kids, Fools

BenQ Takes T’s Name in Vain with New T60 Mobile

ReWalk Exoskeleton Leaves T So Speechless He Can’t Finish the Headline

LG Vu for AT&T Finally Gets All Official

SIM2, Dolby’s High Dynamic Range TV: For Quality A-Team Viewing

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