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160-Minute European Cut of Babylon A.D. “Never Existed” Say Filmmakers

Much hue and cry has been raised over the rumor that Vin Diesel future-world flick Babylon A.D. would have a 160-minute European version, but only a 90-minute U.S. version. Now the producers have taken the time to quash this rumor in the most believable way possible, by posting on MySpace. Here’s what they said: “Babylon…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 11 '08

Neo Geo Arcade Controller For Wii Gives Retro Authenticity

Playing a Neo Geo fighter on the Wii just isn’t the same unless you’ve got one of those four-button gamepads you used to find in the arcades. That’s why we must insist that you buy one of these Neo Geo Stick 2 from Play Asia for $59, connect it to your Wii, and beat the…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 11 '08

Tivo Defeats Echostar for Stealing DVR Patent in Epic Court Battle Once and For All

Two years after initially smacking down Echostar (now just Dish Network) in court for stepping on its patent for a “multimedia time warping system” (aka a DVR) Tivo has clinched final and lasting victory against the satellite provider. Dish Network subscribers won’t have to worry about losing their DVRs or seeing anything different though, since…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 11 '08

Will Humans And Cylons Ever Really Be Friends?

If a race of quasi-immortal cyborgs came and wiped out 99 percent of the human race, would you ever really forgive them? Let alone learn to live in harmony with them? Battlestar Galactica starts with an unthinkably enormous act of genocide, and ever since then the last survivors of humanity have been showing signs of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 11 '08

Android Beta Running on AT&T Tilt

The Windows Mobile hackers over at XDA forums seem to have gotten Android working on an AT&T Tilt (HTC TyTN II), meaning that eventually you might be able to get an Android phone working without actually buying a particularly "Android" phone. The stability is pretty nonexistent, but you can see that it actually works insofar…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 11 '08

Power-Hungry Robot Takes What It Craves

A robot that can plug itself in would be totally unstoppable — as long as the power was turned on. It’s like a cat who knows how to work a can-opener. German artist Andre Kutscherauer’s 3-D CGI images show manic bots that look like Pixar’s mutant offspring. My favorite image is the one below, showing…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 11 '08

Rumor: Next-Gen Nintendo DS Unveiled at E3 2008

Hirokazu Hamamura, the head of gigantic Japanese gaming mag Famitsu’s parent company, made a prediction that Nintendo will unveil the next-generation DS at E3 2008 this summer. Normally we wouldn’t think anything of some businessman making predictions, but if anyone knows what’s going on with Nintendo, it’s Famitsu (the gaming industry and gaming press are…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 11 '08

Paper E-Mail Revolutionizes Meatspace Communication

Do you want to prove to your office mates that you’ve got an acerbic wit and great sense of irony? This Paper E-Mail isn’t the way to do it. Sure, it’s clever to write notes to Bob that look like emails (cc: your mom!), but is it really clever? Is it $3.99 clever? Perhaps. Is…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 11 '08

The Color That Scares Spider-Man

Are you an obsessive compulsive Spider-Man fan who’s read every Spider-comic ten times — even the gothy MacFarlane issues? Rest assured that Victor Cook, producer of the Spectacular Spider-Man Saturday morning cartoon, has still obsessed about Spider-Man more than you have. In a new interview, he shows off a detail-oriented focus on the art and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 11 '08

Microsoft: We Designed Vista User Account Control to Piss You Off

The truth is out! Windows Vista’s User Account Control makes you want to put your computer through a wall because that’s what Microsoft wanted. David Cross, a product manager who designed UAC (sadly, not that one), told attendees at the RSA 2008 conference, “The reason we put UAC into the platform was to annoy users.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 11 '08

Sponsors Thanks

This week we learned that loving doesn’t have to be between two living things, it can be between a man and a machine. Or a woman and a machine. Or a man and a woman and a woman and a machine. Or a man and a man and a man and a woman and a…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 11 '08

Harvest Your Baby’s Stem Cells — Or Buy Them Online!

With all the controversy about stem cells, it’s about time you get to try them for yourself. That’s why SmartCells is selling kits for sucking the blood out of your baby’s umbilical cord and storing up all the nice stem cells inside it for a rainy day when you need to regrow an organ or…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 11 '08

Rush Dealzmodo: Guitar Hero 3 For Wii $25 Off

This is only going to last about 3 hours or until supplies are out, but you can get a Guitar Hero III for Wii at the low price of $64.99 on Amazon if you act fast. We don’t know if it’ll be the old version with the mono sound, but if it is, you can…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 11 '08

Scientists Use Superconductors to Get Spacecrafts Hovering

Cornell researchers are working on a way to make hovering vehicles a reality. By pairing superconductors with permanent magnets, they’ve figured out a way to get objects to hover with complete stability without any power necessary. The only catch? The superconductor needs to be at a temperature below -300 degrees Fahrenheit. That means that this…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Apr 11 '08

Now You Too Can Draw Someone You Can Pretend Is From Star Wars

Looking to make mass generalizations about a foreign medium while indulging your relatively minor creative side this weekend? Then the official Star Wars website should be your first and only stop, thanks to their new feature, “Drawing Manga-Style Padme Amidala”. The kid-friendly feature, which updates the old “How to draw Mickey Mouse”-style tutorials with a…

io9 Graeme McMillan Apr 11 '08

Dealzmodo: Trade In Old Crusty Headphones, Get $$$ for New Sennheisers

Are your headphones “broken, crusty or damaged” or just plain suck? Swap ’em for a pair of new Sennheisers. They’ll take your old set in pretty much any condition, and will give you $5 toward earbuds, $10 for classic, $15 for in-ear and 25 bucks for noise-canceling headphones in exchange. You’ve just gotta mail in…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 11 '08

Hosepipe and Electrical Cord Furniture is No Wind-Up

I imagine Dutch designer Sander Bokkinga stumbling around his garage when he had the artistic idea to make his Bok range of furniture. Everyone has strings of cable and old hosepipe lying around, but it takes some lateral thinking to stiffen it and tie it up to turn it into chairs, stools and lamps. They’re…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 11 '08

Expelled Conspiracy Revealed!

We knew there was something going on, and at last night’s press screening of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, we found out just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Yes folks, the rumors are true — the stars, producers and even the film’s financial backers are pushing a pro-neo-subliminal-Darwinist agenda in a bid to bring down…

io9 Michael Reilly Apr 11 '08

New Pictures of XOS Exoskeleton Send Sci-Fi Shivers Down Our Spines

Here are new pictures and diagrams of the awesome Sarcos-Raytheon’s XOS Exoskeleton, the full-body motion-assisting suit for “super soldier.” For the time being it may look as fat and ugly as Iron Monger, but remember Iron Man’s clunky beginnings. This may get to the point of being like the hot rod red and gold armor…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 11 '08

Hard Boiled Eggs in a Bag … If You Dare

Don’t have 12 minutes and/or the ability to boil water? Someone has gone and done the impossible work of hard-boiling eggs—and sticking them in a bag—for you. Sure, they cost 400% more than regular eggs, come in a recession dozen (9 or 10 to a bag), and were given a glowing review of tasting “stale,…

Tech News Benny Goldman Apr 11 '08

160-Minute European Cut of Babylon A.D. “Never Existed” Say Filmmakers

Neo Geo Arcade Controller For Wii Gives Retro Authenticity

Tivo Defeats Echostar for Stealing DVR Patent in Epic Court Battle Once and For All

Will Humans And Cylons Ever Really Be Friends?

Android Beta Running on AT&T Tilt

Power-Hungry Robot Takes What It Craves

Rumor: Next-Gen Nintendo DS Unveiled at E3 2008

Paper E-Mail Revolutionizes Meatspace Communication

The Color That Scares Spider-Man

Microsoft: We Designed Vista User Account Control to Piss You Off

Sponsors Thanks

Harvest Your Baby’s Stem Cells — Or Buy Them Online!

Rush Dealzmodo: Guitar Hero 3 For Wii $25 Off

Scientists Use Superconductors to Get Spacecrafts Hovering

Now You Too Can Draw Someone You Can Pretend Is From Star Wars

Dealzmodo: Trade In Old Crusty Headphones, Get $$$ for New Sennheisers

Hosepipe and Electrical Cord Furniture is No Wind-Up

Expelled Conspiracy Revealed!

New Pictures of XOS Exoskeleton Send Sci-Fi Shivers Down Our Spines

Hard Boiled Eggs in a Bag … If You Dare

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