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Lightning Review: Datto Network Storage With Offsite Backup

The Gadget: Datto’s Backup NAS, a 100/500GB network storage device that automatically uploads whatever is on it to Datto’s servers, giving you an off-site copy of your important information in case of a catastrophic loss. https://gizmodo.com/datto-backup-nas-automatically-mirrors-data-onto-remote-375865 The Price: $599 for 500GB, $399 for 100GB. Monthly service is $24.95, $249 for 1 year, $499 for 2…

Reviews Jason Chen May 8 '08

Canada To Save Humans From Extinction

Well, it’s about time. Asteroids hitting Earth has been a big problem for life this planet since forever, and at last governments around the world have been united in their inability to give a shit. And they did it without Gort the giant robot forcing them! Next year, the Canadian Space Agency will launch the…

io9 Michael Reilly May 8 '08

Breville ikon Combines Tea and Toast (into Teast)

I doubt that it’s all that more space efficient to combine kitchen gadgets, but it can certainly save you a few precious counter plugs. The ikon by Breville combines your toaster with a kettle, the perfect breakfast machine for when your visiting friends from overseas ask for something other than your trademark Egg McMuffin on…

Gadgets Mark Wilson May 8 '08

Computers Will Put Us All Out of Work! 1957

Whether automation helps or hurts workers is on an ongoing question. Here, at the beginning of the information age, a blinking, whirring, wall-sized EMERAC computer (a play on the real-life ENIAC) puts a group of reference librarians to shame in a scene from Desk Set (1957). Yep, there are pink slips in those pay envelopes.…

io9 Lynn Peril May 8 '08

Nine Reasons Why I Hate E.T.

With Speed Racer coming out this evening, it’s a time to remember cool kid-friendly scifi of the past — like The Incredibles and the Power Puff Girls. But it’s also time to excoriate hideous kids’ scifi of the past, just to remind ourselves what to avoid when we go looking for flicks to share with…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 8 '08

John Mayer Pioneers the DoubleDouche (Two Bluetooth Headsets at Once)

Click to viewHi guys. John Mayer here. When I’m not busy submitting Apple Problem Reports and banging two supermodels at once, I write songs. I know, you probably haven’t heard them lately except at Apple events, but don’t you know how I get those gigs? That’s right, I call people. I call people two at…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 8 '08

Igor Strikes Out On His Own As A Mad Scientist

Every mad scientist’s favorite whipping boy is taking a stand. It’s the 51st annual science fair, in a land where the population is made up of both evil and mad scientists. But the people that do all the work with no reward are the “Igors.” The main character Igor (voiced by John Cusack) thinks it’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 8 '08

Helio and Virgin Mobile to Merge?

mocoNews reports talks are going on between Helio and Virgin Mobile USA about a possible merger between the two wireless phone carriers. Helio has had some finanical issues over the past year, and its owner, SK Telecom, has been looking to make a splash in US markets. Current talks include SK Telecom buying out Virgin…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 8 '08

The Bollywood Version Of Spider-Man Is Better, Because He Can Fly

The Bollywood version of Spider-Man, starring Shah Rukh Khan (Om Shanthi Om), now has a director — Anubhav Sinha, director of action-movie classics like Dus and Cash. Apparently the film will involve a Spider-Man-style superhero — except that he also soars through the air at supersonic speeds, like Superman. SRK is looking for his costar,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 8 '08

Dealzmodo: “Our Lady of the Trunk” 100dB Back-Up Alarm For $8

If you are a fan of weird, cheap gadgetry, look no further than the “Our Lady of the Trunk” backup alarm. Attach it to your brake lights, mount it on your trunk and laugh as an assertive 100dB feminine voice informs others that you are backing up. [sciplus]

Tech News Sean Fallon May 8 '08

Cake Royale USB Drives Are Delicious, But Deadly For Children

Not since the USB Food Hub from Solid Alliance have we seen a peripheral that made us actually want to put it in our mouths and swallow. These Cake Royale series drives range from chocolate, to some yellow looking one, to a white one with strawberries on top, and finally a fruity one. Can you…

Tech News Jason Chen May 8 '08

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

The greatest Doctor Who star of them all, Christopher Eccleston, is playing a villain in the new G.I. Joe movie, and the first image of him without his mask has been released. There are also new pictures of Heavy Duty, played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who will always be revered as Mr. Eko from Lost. Known…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 8 '08

Red Hot Cate Blanchett In New Indiana Jones Pics

A bunch of new publicity photos came out for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull — and Cate Blanchett looks totally smoking hot as an evil Soviet agent. I’d had my doubts about her weird hairdo before, but seeing some of the close-up publicity shots has converted me to Cate’s brand of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 8 '08

100+ iPhone 2 Designs I Guarantee Steve Jobs Won’t Unveil Anytime Soon

I recently challenged you all to come up with the most ridiculous iPhone 2 concept designs possible, and boy oh boy did you ever deliver. What you’re about to see is over 100 of the most impractical, nonsensical and flat-out retarded cellphone designs the world has ever seen. No, you won’t be seeing any of…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 8 '08

Dealzmodo: Woot-Off Now Now Now

If you want to buy cheap goods at a cheap price in some sort of exciting way, there’s a Woot-off going on. Right now we see a $12.99 Franklin electronic dictionary that will probably sell out before we’re done writing this sentence, but hopefully the next few products are better than this. Keep refreshing for…

Tech News Jason Chen May 8 '08

The Food Riots Are Getting Worse

Prices for cornmeal and rice have doubled in Somalia since January, and on Monday food riots wracked the Somalian city of Mogadishu. Thousands of people protested the insane prices for staple foods, and eventually police shot and killed two protesters. Earlier this year, food riots broke out in the African nation of Senegal as well.…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 8 '08

Sony PSP Skype Headset Available Now For $29.99

Remember that PSP Skype headset with the remote control that was announced way back in January? It’s now available. Skype functionality has been added in the 3.90 firmware update (also back in January), but if you haven’t updated yet, you’ll have to do so, and then follow these instructions to make calls. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/psp-firmware-3-90-now-available-skype-included-350441

Tech News Jason Chen May 8 '08

Is Apple Developing a Wiimote-Inspired Controller For Apple TV?

A newly published patent filing has revealed that Apple is considering a 3D remote control system that combines features found in the Wiimote and their own multi-touch technology. According to the filing, the system could detect the position of the remote control and be used to manipulate objects as well as “zoom into and out…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 8 '08

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We take a wet ride on the Yamaha FX Cruiser SHO, tackle all our handyman chores with the Craftsman 1470 pc. Professional Tool Set, and do our best David Blaine impersonation with Split Spade Cards. We also stow our cash away in Redefining Wallets, and get ready for May 22 by…

Tech News Jason Chen May 8 '08

First-Ever Example of a Computer Hack Attacking People’s Brains

Neal Stephenson speculated about computer viruses that could crash human brains in his classic novel Snow Crash, but the technology to do something like that has always seemed (luckily) far in the future. Now, however, computer hackers have created a loophole that lets them do it today. Over a month ago, a group of anonymous…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 8 '08

Lightning Review: Datto Network Storage With Offsite Backup

Canada To Save Humans From Extinction

Breville ikon Combines Tea and Toast (into Teast)

Computers Will Put Us All Out of Work! 1957

Nine Reasons Why I Hate E.T.

John Mayer Pioneers the DoubleDouche (Two Bluetooth Headsets at Once)

Igor Strikes Out On His Own As A Mad Scientist

Helio and Virgin Mobile to Merge?

The Bollywood Version Of Spider-Man Is Better, Because He Can Fly

Dealzmodo: “Our Lady of the Trunk” 100dB Back-Up Alarm For $8

Cake Royale USB Drives Are Delicious, But Deadly For Children

First Look At Christopher Eccleston In G.I. Joe

Red Hot Cate Blanchett In New Indiana Jones Pics

100+ iPhone 2 Designs I Guarantee Steve Jobs Won’t Unveil Anytime Soon

Dealzmodo: Woot-Off Now Now Now

The Food Riots Are Getting Worse

Sony PSP Skype Headset Available Now For $29.99

Is Apple Developing a Wiimote-Inspired Controller For Apple TV?

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

First-Ever Example of a Computer Hack Attacking People’s Brains

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