Latest

Power Over Time Makes You A Hip-Hop God

If you had the power to stop time for everyone except yourself, what would you do? If you answered, “Help my dorky friend win a turntablism contest at a really lame rave,” then you and Jonathan “Riker” Frakes are two great minds who think alike. This scene from the Frakes-directed Clockstoppers is possibly the creepiest…

PMA 2008: We’re Here and…Hey, Are Those Sony Alpha DSLRs Leaked On the Front Door?

We’re I’m at here PMA 2008. Not quite the megashow of CES (the tradeshow, in which the relative deadness is comforting. Hey, are those new yet-unannounced Sony DSLRs? A closer look at the A300 and A350 teasers below.

Mr. Burns Webcam is Nice, But It’s No Futurama

Staring into Mr. Burns’ desk when you’re making Skype calls with your friends is nice and all (and for a price of $49 it’s hard to argue with it), but it’s no Futurama. What we’d really like is a Bender webcam, or a Fry webcam, or a Professor webcam, or a Robot Devil webcam, or…

Was Gene Roddenberry an Anti-Robot Bigot?

With all the chatter about JJ Abrams’ Star Trek remake around, it’s hard for people to remember what is really important about the real Star Trek. Namely, that the show had an irrational fear and hatred for robots This post from a fan at coolscifi.com explains: We have sentient computers, sentient holograms, FTL, teleportation technology,…

Jawbone Short Features Bikinis, Bros and Maybe a Headset or Something

Aliph is pushing its fancy-schmancy Jawbone Bluetooth headset with a series of web shorts centered around the product, including the above one, entitled “Boo Boo.” It involves a sexy lady in a bikini, three really annoying dudes and a surprise ending that’s pretty satisfying. I’m not going to be running out and buying any gadgets…

LG BH200 Dual Blu-ray/HD DVD Player Reviewed (Verdict: Good Video Quality, But Slightly Too Late)

LG’s BH200 Super Blu player, which is an upgrade to their original HD DVD/Blu-ray player, sounded like a great idea on paper. However, with the state of HD DVD being what it is (dying), it’s probably not a great decision to pay a premium on a player that does one good format and one useless…

What’s The Game In Ender’s Game?

Chair Entertainment Group announced that they’ll be developing a series of games based on Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game. However, it’s not clear if they’re developing the games from the novel, or if they’ll try to tell the story of the novel in video game fashion. We know for sure the first game will…

Neil Gaiman: The People in Torchwood Are All Too Stupid to Live

Neil Gaiman, author of lovely, dark comic books and fantasy novels like American Gods and Sandman, admits that even when he wants to be writing his new book he’s distracted by the awfulness of last season’s Torchwood: Yesterday I composed an entire thing in my head I didn’t write down about Why The People in…

Turkey Leg Phone: A Haiku

This turkey phone is gross, but I’d eat it instead of a canburger. [Product Page via 7 Gadgets] https://gizmodo.com/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-350091/

A Two-Mile High Eco-Tower to House One Million People, 12 Lakes, and a Vertical Train

Eugene Tsui’s design for a two-mile high, one-mile wide eco-topian tower that houses one million people and contains its own ecosystems seems like something out of a Robert Silverberg novel. But Tsui is dead serious — and he’s got the architectural chops to make it happen. Anyone who has visited the Berkeley area in California…

iPatch Blocks iSights on MacBook, MacBook Pros For Your Prurient Needs

You already know why you need this iPatch to cover up your iMac’s iSight—because you do dirty, dirty things in front of your computer—but now the small, molded piece of plastic is form-fitted for your MacBook and MacBook Pro. It works exactly the same as the old version. Just slide it over your iSight when…

Stephen Chow Admits CJ7 Is An ET Clone

We’ve been saying for ages that Stephen Chow’s CJ7 is a quasi-remake of ET, and now Chow is sort of admitting it. Says Chow: “I watched [ET] many times… I was amazed that science fiction could be filmed like that. I knew then I wanted to make a movie like that. Spielberg’s work inspired me…

Stephen Chao — who was fired from a top position at the News Corporation after, in separate incidents, hiring a male stripper to disrobe at a company meeting and nearly drowning Rupert Murdoch’s dog at a party — plans to announce on Wednesday the formation of a Web video company that he hopes to build…

Dell Closing its Retail Store Kiosks

Those friendly Dell kiosks you’ve been seeing in the mall are all going away as Dell shutters all 140 stores in favor of going back to their online sales and bigger name retail outlets (like Best Buy). All their inventory-less stores will be closed, meaning that you will have to order online from the comfort…

Y Not Just One Movie?

If you’ve been wondering how the sprawling Y: The Last Man comic book saga could fit into one movie, you’re not alone. Screenwriter D.J. Caruso originally wanted to fit all 60 issues of man-killing plague action into one film, but now he says it should probably be a trilogy instead. The first film would adapt…

Official: AirBook Shipping Now, Apple TV Update Delayed

Click to viewAccording to Apple, the Air is officially shipping and the Apple TV update due two weeks from Macworld’s Keynote (yesterday) has a week or two left in the oven. Release after the jump. MacBook Air Now Shipping Apple TV Update Coming Soon CUPERTINO, California—January 30, 2008—Apple® today announced that MacBook Air™, the world’s…

How The Justice League Movie Could Still Be Saved

We all felt relieved when the Justice League movie was put on ice, maybe for good. After all, everything we’d heard about the movie’s storyline sounded hokey and convoluted, with way too many random plots from the comics. (Not to mention the kiddie cast.) But putting together a JLA that doesn’t feel scattershot would be…

Super Green Ecobutton Puts PCs into Extra Deep Sleep

Give the USB plug-in Ecobutton a thump when you pop off to lunch or a meeting, and it puts your computer into an electricity-saving deep sleep. While snoozing in “ecomode,” the Windows PC will draw less power than if you just left it in sleep or screensaver, which can be nothing but good for your…

New Jedi Wannabe Has The Worst Possible Teacher

Here’s the first look at a new character from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon series. She’s a young Jedi Padawan named Ahsoka Tano, and it sounds as though she plays a crucial role in the events of the clone wars between episodes two and three of the prequel trilogy. Click through for more…

RIAA Wants to Increase Filesharing Damages to $1.5 Million an Album, Just for Laughs

The amount that the RIAA gets in statutory damages in filesharing lawsuits is already completely bananas, but they still aren’t happy. The problem? Compilation CDs. A rascally pirate could rip 10 tracks from 10 CDs, say they came from a compilation and then only be culpable for one album. That’s not right! The RIAA would…