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Asus Qube Google TV Box Hands On: Maybe Not As Simple As We Wanted

When we first heard about the Qube, we were hoping it would be the Google TV box that finally succeeded in making the serve simple and easy to use. Well, we still haven’t seen it in actual action—Asus’s demo model isn’t functional—but the remote is enough to give us a second of pause. The Qube’s…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7 '13

Fitbit Flex Hands On: The King’s Reign Might Be Over

We just got a few minutes with Fitbit’s new Flex activity tracker. From the look of it, they’ve basically just reengineered the One, made it smaller, taken out the altimeter and shoved it into a wristband. Double tap the band and a stream of five tiny LEDs notify you of how many goals you’ve reached…

Tech News Peter ha Jan 7 '13

Cobra Atom Radar Detector: Speeding Ticket Protection Made Even Better (And Tinier)

Cobra’s iRadar has been one of the cooler things you can do with an iPhone for a while. It detects radar gun use from up to several miles away, and syncs the data with the data from other users. Now it’s tinier and twice as effective. The Atom is $200, compared to the $129 of…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7 '13

Sony’s New “Affordable” 4K TVs Are Great—Just Like Every Other 4K TV on the Planet

Sony has two new Ultra HD TVs with the same technology as its monster 84-inch 4K LED model. At 65 and 55 inches, Sony CEO’s Kaz Hirai said these are going to be the company’s “affordable” 4K TVs. How much “affordable” is affordable, we don’t know yet. No price has been announced. The only thing…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 7 '13

Meet the New Crazy-Fast Snapdragon 800 and 600 Processors

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro processor has been blowing us away with its speed in phones like the Nexus 4 and HTC’s Droid DNA, and that’s why we can’t wait to meet its big brothers. The Snapdragon 800 boasts a quad-core Krait 400 CPU, that can go up to 2.3GHz per core. https://gizmodo.com/google-nexus-4-review-yes-you-want-this-phone-5956305 To put that…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 7 '13

The Kilogram Is Putting on Weight

There’s long been debate over the accuracy of the standardized kilogram. Now, though, scientists have shown once and for all that the lump of metal defining the unit of mass has been putting on some weight. https://gizmodo.com/frances-kilogram-standard-is-no-good-for-americans-5676347 The original kilogram—the International Prototype Kilogram, or IPK, made of platinum and iridium alloy—is the standard against which…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Jan 7 '13

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Tech News Michael Hession Jan 7 '13

The Only Thing Bigger than Westinghouse’s 110-Inch 4K Television Is its Price Tag

Home theater aficionados with both an excess of wall space and disposable income, rejoice! Westinghouse has just unveiled a super-premium, outsized 4K television. 110 Inches. $300,000. Great googly moogly. That’s right, a flat panel television with a display that rivals most HT projectors in size, capable of up-scaling standard HD signal into a gorgeous full…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 7 '13

Nikon Makes Cheaper Mirrorless Cameras to Lure Beginners Who Might Actually Like Them

The New Nikon 1 J3 and Nikon 1 S1 are steps one and three of the newly established price ladder for Nikon’s series of mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras. At $500 with a slim 11-27.5mm kit zoom lens, the 10.1 megapixel Nikon 1 S1 is a particularly well-priced option that might entice the photographers who should actually…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7 '13

Nikon’s Mid-Range D5200 DSLR Finally Comes to America

After bouncing around overseas for a couple of months, Nikon’s update to the D5100 DSLR is finally coming to the United States. As with its predecessor, the D5200 is a step-up from Nikon’s ultra-beginner model, which these days is the pretty lackluster D3200. Basically, the D5200 has a number of features that the D3200 is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7 '13

Sony 56-Inch 4K OLED TV Hands-On: So Bright, So Beautiful, So Far From Existing (Updated)

Sony is showing off an organic light-emitting wet dream in 8 million pixels. Why can’t a 4K OLED TV exist today? Now that I’ve seen the future as a 56-inch prototype, I’m sad I have to wait until tomorrow to see it again. All televisions should be this incredible. The display in Sony’s CES booth…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7 '13

The Ultimate Guide to 2013’s Science Fiction and Fantasy TV

This year marks a year of epic undertakings for the major TV networks, after a couple years of playing it safe. Syfy cranks out their long awaited MMO-meets-TV series Defiance, and ABC launches its crazy conspiracy drama Zero Hour. Also in store for 2013: a whole lot of new superhero shows, and Doctor Who’s 50th…

io9 Meredith Woerner and Charlie Jane Anders Jan 7 '13

Sony Xperia Z and ZL Hands On: Two Phones Worth Getting Excited About

Last year Sony kept finding itself behind the curve with Android phones. The new Xperia Z and ZL are the company’s attempt to break that trend. These two phones basically check off every box a spec-hungry geek could want and then some. It’s hard to say which of these phones is the flagship since their…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 7 '13

Unlike Its Namesake, Blue’s Nessie Microphone Is Real

You know how you can set a point-and-shoot camera to Auto Mode and it’ll do a lot of the tweaking for you to get the best shot possible? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could do that for audio? Well, the new Nessie is Blue’s first shot at a mic with Auto Mode. Nessie, which…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 7 '13

Walt Whitman’s “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” in Comic Form

Walt Whitman’s powerful verses on science, understanding and the raw aesthetic sense of nature’s beauty, taken from the poet’s iconic collection Leaves of Grass and reimagined in paneled form by Zen Pencils’ Gavin Aung Than. Whitman’s is an interesting take on the enduring debate over science, and its ability to either elevate or diminish our…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 7 '13

Please speak up so the Dark Lord of the Sith can hear you

They say in space no one can hear you scream. But in Darth Vader’s E-3778Q-1 life support armor, it can be pretty difficult to hear much of anything. You’d think as elaborate as his suit is, it’d have some kind of hearing aid – or at least a volume control – but I guess not.…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 7 '13

The Top 15 CES 2013 Celebrity Shills

At CES, the gadgets are supposed to be the star of the the show, but companies looking for an edge often turn to real-world stars to attract the maximum amount of attention to their products. This year in Las Vegas, everyone from Tim Tebow and Snooki to Carrot Top and Kelly LeBrock (yes, of Weird…

Tech News Sherri L. Smith - Laptop Mag Jan 7 '13

Ford’s Letting Anyone Write Apps for Cars with Its New Developer Program

Starting today, Ford will be rolling out the Ford Developer Program which will let developers anywhere specialize their apps for use with Ford’s Sync functionality using Ford AppLink. And it’s all license and royalty free. All prospective developers have to do is visit Ford’s site where they can find examples of code as well as…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 7 '13

Science fiction novels rule a China where development leaves people feeling “surreal and confused”

There’s a great rundown of the current state of Chinese science fiction books over at Global Times. Among other things, this is the third boom in SF book publishing in China — the first two being the late 19th century, with translations of Jules Verne, and the second being the years right after the death…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 7 '13

You Haven’t Heard of Hisense But They Have UHD TVs Now Too

Hisense is a Chinese company you may or may not have heard of. But they’ve jumped in on what seems to be the prevailing trend of CES with six UHD 3D TVs. There are two series. The XT880 3D and Wi-Fi-enabled models come in 50-, 58- and 65-inch versions. Then there are the higher-end, bigger…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 7 '13

Asus Qube Google TV Box Hands On: Maybe Not As Simple As We Wanted

Fitbit Flex Hands On: The King’s Reign Might Be Over

Cobra Atom Radar Detector: Speeding Ticket Protection Made Even Better (And Tinier)

Sony’s New “Affordable” 4K TVs Are Great—Just Like Every Other 4K TV on the Planet

Meet the New Crazy-Fast Snapdragon 800 and 600 Processors

The Kilogram Is Putting on Weight

Gallery: Sony Booth

The Only Thing Bigger than Westinghouse’s 110-Inch 4K Television Is its Price Tag

Nikon Makes Cheaper Mirrorless Cameras to Lure Beginners Who Might Actually Like Them

Nikon’s Mid-Range D5200 DSLR Finally Comes to America

Sony 56-Inch 4K OLED TV Hands-On: So Bright, So Beautiful, So Far From Existing (Updated)

The Ultimate Guide to 2013’s Science Fiction and Fantasy TV

Sony Xperia Z and ZL Hands On: Two Phones Worth Getting Excited About

Unlike Its Namesake, Blue’s Nessie Microphone Is Real

Walt Whitman’s “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” in Comic Form

Please speak up so the Dark Lord of the Sith can hear you

The Top 15 CES 2013 Celebrity Shills

Ford’s Letting Anyone Write Apps for Cars with Its New Developer Program

Science fiction novels rule a China where development leaves people feeling “surreal and confused”

You Haven’t Heard of Hisense But They Have UHD TVs Now Too

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