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Revenge on Boss: Sell Her iPod touch on eBay

However unbearable your work environment is, it could be worse. For instance, this network/systems administrator in a district courthouse somewhere in Louisiana hates his boss so much that he’s apparently stolen her iPod touch right out from under her and now he’s selling it on eBay. “You might think I didn’t really take her iPod…

Tech News Charlie White

Space Jet Tested in Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

Yes, you are about to have your hypersonic space jet capable of going Mach 6 (that’s six times the speed of sound). But first you’ll want to check out this kickass hypersonic wind tunnel at Purdue University where the space jets of tomorrow are being tested. It’s actually hard to find a hypersonic wind tunnel…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Nintendo Wireless Wavebird Controllers Discontinued, World Weeps

Although the GameCube didn’t really advance the gaming world in any giant steps on the software side, it did introduce to us the fact that a wireless controller can not suck. The wireless Wavebird controller, which eliminated wires in living rooms everywhere (not really everywhere, since we know how well the GC sold) has now…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Become a Uranographer and Map the Heavens

Uranography is map-making for the cosmos. If you’ve always wanted to know where you stand in outer space, now’s your chance: O’Reilly has a new book called Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders that is one of the most detailed and thrilling how-to books we’ve read in a while. Just a few days after reading it,…

io9 Annalee Newitz

First Ultraportable Macbook Photochop: Why It Is Fake

It’s thin but its fake. Do I have proof? Not really any more proof than those who thought this was real, but I ask you this: Would Apple put a trackpad and button right where your sweaty manhooks are resting as you type? We’d have passed on this story, but since others were commenting, I…

Tech News Brian Lam

Nominate Giz for 2008 Bloggies!

Remember the 2007 Weblog Awards last January, you know, the real awards where you can only vote once? Gizmodo walked away with two big awards: Best Computers or Technology Weblog, and Best-Designed Weblog. Now it’s time for nominations for the 2008 version of this genuine award, and we invite you to please nominate your friends…

Tech News Charlie White

Batman + Guns / Karate = Gun Kata

Christian Bale is a master of gun-fu in 2002’s Equilibrium. He practices the obscure art of Gun Kata — something apparently invented for this movie — which is sort of like karate crossed with a gunfight from an early Clint Eastwood flick. In this clip, Bale takes down a whole squad of cops who are…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Apple Keynote Index Fund Lays Out Your Jobsnote Money-Making Chances

The unspoken conventional wisdom around MacWorld every year is that you can make a good deal of money buying up Apple stock before the keynote and dumping it afterwards, cashing in on hyped up traders high on Jobs’ ass fumes (a.k.a. his bullshit cloud or RDF). The Keynote Index Fund, however, lays out exactly how…

Tech News Jason Chen

Six Awesomest Scifi Gadgets That Fit in Your Pocket

A spaceship or a gigantic death ray is cool, but wouldn’t you rather have an awesome scifi gadget you could slip into your pocket or clip to your belt for easy access? When you’re on the interstellar warpath, you want the very best, so we’ve put together a list of some science fiction mobile devices…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Wear a Zeppelin on Your Head

The folks at BoingBoing have spotted the best new fashion of the season: a top hat with a Zeppelin! The main body of the hat is painted to look like sky, and a plush Zeppelin attached to the hat appears to be sailing around it. If only it weren’t too late for Hanukkah, I’d be…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Giz Explains: What’s So Solid About Solid State Drives?

The best way to explain why SSD is a buzz acronym for the solid state drives we want in our notebooks is to show the problems with practically stone-age spinning hard drives inside most computers (and iPod classics). Since they have platters w/ magnetized surfaces that spin fast as they read or write data—think record…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Milo Wuvs Hayden, We Saw It Coming

At the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival last month during the Heroes event, we noticed that Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere were canoodling with each other the whole time, whispering back and forth like giddy schoolkids. But, we chalked it up to nerves and confusion about what was going on during the Q&A. For instance,…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Make Your Own Mac Tablet in 15 Minutes

Did you fall in love with the Wacom tablet that Jesus showed off? Are you also not rich enough to afford a $4,000 tablet? I feel your pain. But hey, why drop all that coin on a new one when you can turn your Mac laptop into a tablet in a mere 15 minutes for…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Horrifying Beauty of Mutants

Toxins in the water did this. Image via Getty.

io9 Annalee Newitz

Crucial Announces Line of SSDs…Again

Crucial issued a press release today announcing their forthcoming line of Solid State Drives, but it appears to be the same news we covered in November. [Crucial] https://gizmodo.com/micron-unveils-realssd-solid-state-drives-in-32gb-64gb-327554

Tech News Adrian Covert

Rumor Smashed: Sprint Still Selling LG Rumors, Just Can’t Keep Them in Stock

There was an rumor over the weekend about Sprint stopping sales of the LG Rumor due to a firmware erasure problem, so we got in contact with Sprint and got some information to set the record straight. No, Sprint hasn’t stopped sales of the Rumor—the reason why you can’t find it in stores is because…

Tech News Jason Chen

Nintendo DS 2: the 3D Mock-Up Makes Us Drool Alien-Style

Click to viewGizmodo reader Phil Nolan, a profesional 3D modeler and animator, got inspired by our Nintendo DS 2 mock-up and wish list and sent us his cool version of this dreamed-up third iteration of the Nintendo DS. It looks so yummy inside that I want to get it out for a date: https://gizmodo.com/next-generation-nintendo-ds-mock-up-332353 As…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

io9 Talks To The Man With The Horn-Rimmed Glasses

Jack Coleman has the enviable position of breathing life into television’s best and worst father each week on NBC’s Heroes. During the day he’ll be bringing home teddy bears to his indestructible daughter Claire, while that night he’ll gun someone down and work with genetically mutated viruses. He’s gone through more character twists than a…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

If you really must have a way to watch those four seasons of Futurama DVDs anywhere you go, this Microvision SHOW handheld projector is the way to go. Not only is it about the size of a first or second-gen iPod, it can shoot out a 848×480 image (DVD quality) that’s anywhere from 12-inches to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Doctor Who: Revolutionary Or Tool Of The Man?

Why didn’t the Doctor do anything to fix the oppressive alien society he met in the Doctor Who Christmas special? Because most of the time, the Doctor only tries to preserve the status quo. But occasionally he visits a dystopia where he launches a revolution and smashes the system. Click through for our chart showing…

io9 Charliejane

Revenge on Boss: Sell Her iPod touch on eBay

Space Jet Tested in Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

Nintendo Wireless Wavebird Controllers Discontinued, World Weeps

Become a Uranographer and Map the Heavens

First Ultraportable Macbook Photochop: Why It Is Fake

Nominate Giz for 2008 Bloggies!

Batman + Guns / Karate = Gun Kata

Apple Keynote Index Fund Lays Out Your Jobsnote Money-Making Chances

Six Awesomest Scifi Gadgets That Fit in Your Pocket

Wear a Zeppelin on Your Head

Giz Explains: What’s So Solid About Solid State Drives?

Milo Wuvs Hayden, We Saw It Coming

Make Your Own Mac Tablet in 15 Minutes

The Horrifying Beauty of Mutants

Crucial Announces Line of SSDs…Again

Rumor Smashed: Sprint Still Selling LG Rumors, Just Can’t Keep Them in Stock

Nintendo DS 2: the 3D Mock-Up Makes Us Drool Alien-Style

io9 Talks To The Man With The Horn-Rimmed Glasses

Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

Doctor Who: Revolutionary Or Tool Of The Man?

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