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Leonard Nimoy is here to tell you about NASA’s Ion-Thrusting Dawn Mission

With all the excitement over NASA’s recent success (and plans for future missions) on Mars, people sometimes overlook the Agency’s other deep space missions. And there are many. One of our favorites of these lesser-known (but still remarkable) missions is Dawn. https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2012-5971542 https://gizmodo.com/nasa-s-2020-plan-for-mars-makes-the-old-new-again-5965972 The Dawn mission revolves around the exploration of Vesta and Ceres, the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 7 '13

A U.S. Nuclear Lab Removed Chinese Tech Due to a National Security Risk

After recently discovering that its computer systems contained several Chinese-made network switches, a major U.S. nuclear weapons lab has replaced at least two components because of national security concerns. According to a document acquired by Reuters: A letter from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, dated November 5, 2012, states that the research…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jan 7 '13

Huawei’s 5-Inch Ascend D2 Takes the Scene With a Killer Screen

Huawei isn’t the biggest player in the phone game, at least here in the States, but it’s making moves to step up. Huawei’s taking another stab at high-end relevance with its new Ascend D2, which looks like it could be a nice device if it isn’t plagued by delays. The D2 rocks a 5-inch 1080p…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 7 '13

Intel’s New Chips: Everything You Need to Know

Intel’s talking about its new stuff today at CES. Some of it’s new, some of it we’ve heard before. But we’ll let you know everything important that goes down today. Here’s the quick version of everything Intel will be talking about today: Touch, Live Pay TV, Atom phones, all-day battery life for Intel Core computers.…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7 '13

Eat It, Galaxy Note. Huawei’s New Phone Has the World’s Largest Screen (Updated: Hands On)

Oh man, here we go. Phablets are no longer no longer constrained to limits of being under half a foot. Huawei’s new Ascend Mate is an unprecedented 6.1-inches. It’s been around before, but now it’s official, and has the largest screen of any smartphone in the world. To date anyway. Cower in fear beneath its…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 7 '13

Dinosaurs probably shook their tail feathers and “struck a pose” to attract mates

After studying a curious feature in the tail section of oviraptor fossils, a paleontologist from the University of Alberta has concluded that these small dinosaurs must have used their tail plumage to attract mates, a strong indication that these creatures were more sophisticated, elegant — and daintier than previously thought. The theory also adds further…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 7 '13

Fujifilm’s New Superzoom Cameras Reach New Absurd Levels of Magnification

Fujifilm’s newly refreshed line of S series “bridge” cameras have some of the highest magnification zoom lenses out there. These cameras are for people who want big hulking DSLR cameras without all those complicated DSLR buttons for controlling things. But at least you can control the zoom SO MUCH. Back in August, Olympus brought out…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7 '13

Endliss iPhone Case Adds an LED Disco Floor For Impossible To Miss Notifications

We’re all so use to having our smartphones close at hand that we can occasionally tune out and miss a call or notification that’s right in front of our faces. So what’s the solution? Obviously an iPhone 5 case with a blinding 8×16 LED grid on the back that mirrors and emphasizes on-screen notifications. So…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 7 '13

You Can Buy a HAL 9000 Replica Made from the Original Movie Blueprints

Good morning, Reader. This is a HAL 9000 replica computer. It became operational at the ThinkGeek Plant today, and is built with the same illustrations and blueprints as the one used in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s got a replica Nikkor fish-eye lens like the one used in the movie, and speaks when spoken to.…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7 '13

Netgear’s New NeoTV Enlists in the Growing Google TV Army

Add Netgear to the long list of tech companies joining up with Google TV—it just jumped onboard the train with its NeoTV PRIME streaming box. It’s pretty much what we’ve come to expect from set-top boxes—shortcuts for Netflix, Pandora, HBO GO, access to Google Play, and a search feature for live TV. But you won’t…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 7 '13

AT&T’s $50 Android Smartphone Has a 12.6-megapixel Camera, Doesn’t Seem That Terrible

When I think of Pantech, I don’t have too many fond memories. But the Android 4.0-based Discover might change that. Available starting January 11 from AT&T for $50, the Discover is an 4G LTE smartphone with a 4.8-inch HD display (1280×720) and a crazy 12.6-megapixel camera that shoots full HD video at 30fps. It also…

Tech News Peter ha Jan 7 '13

Netgear’s New Wireless Range Extender Works With Airplay

Netgear has been boosting wireless signals for a while, but its newest range extender works with AirPlay speakers for the first time. The Wall-plug Edition (WN3500RP) will amplify your Wi-Fi signal and frequency and it’ll work with your speakers from your iPhone, iPod, or through DLNA.

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 7 '13

Fujifilm X100 and X20 Get New Faster Guts To Match Their Slick Design (Update: Hands-On)

If you have been following the saga of the fancy Fujifilm cameras you can rest easy. Here’s the refresh you’ve been hearing about that was accidentally posted and then taken down. Meet the X100S and X20—Officially. And we loved the X100 and the X10. We loved them in many ways, these siblings. They look beautiful…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7 '13

How Do You Baby-Proof Your Electronics?

Over the holidays, my son learned to crawl across the floor. The first thing on his agenda? Motoring across the carpet to get a closer look at the blinking lights of my dad’s stereo receiver. As I plucked him up, wiped the drool off the knobs, and reconfigured the equalizer, my wife reminded me that…

Gadgets Harry Sawyers Jan 7 '13

Netgear’s Tiny VueZone Security Camera Can Work the Night Shift Now

Worried about midnight intruders? Netgear’s VueZone camera—already a popular security solution—just got night vision powers. The camera looks nearly identical to its predecessors; it’s so small it fits in the palm of your hand, so you can move it pretty simply to any place in your house. But it’s been imbued with an AC-powered infrared…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 7 '13

Eric Schmidt Actually Landed in North Korea… Now What?

Despite the U.S. State Department essentially saying that the Google chairman’s North Korean jaunt would be a horrible idea of which they want absolutely no part, this morning, Eric Schmidt landed in North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in tow. Presumably, Schmidt hopes to meet with the leaders of the impoverished, communist…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jan 7 '13

Polaroid iM1836: This Interchangeable-Lens Android Camera Seems Too Good to Be True

Polaroid’s interchangeable-lens camera with Android OS leaked so hard last month that Polaroid went ahead and confirmed its existence, saying it would reveal additional specs about the Polaroid iM1836 at CES. Here’s that information, and wowow this thing looks incredible. So incredible, that we won’t believe this monster does all Polaroid says it can until…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7 '13

These Cheap Klipsch Headphones Are Your Ditch-Those-Stock-Earbuds Deal of the Day

Today is an excellent day to upgrade your earbuds. Sears is running a pretty great sale on the Klipsch Reference S4, which is the big brother to our best value earphone, the Klipsch Image S4. Usually, the reference series is a bit more expensive than the Image line, but today, Sears has the Reference S4…

Tech News Kif Leswing Jan 7 '13

The winning images from Nat Geo’s 2012 Photography Competition will blow you away

The winners of the 2012 National Geographic Photography Competition have been announced, and they are astounding. Below you’ll find a handful of our favorite images from winners in each of the competition’s three entry categories: Nature, People and Places. (Be sure to click the photographer info beneath each image for a hi-res download.) Check out…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 7 '13

TVs Sure Looked Dumb 10 Years Ago

Vizio has a cute, self-deprecating display up at CES. It showed a Vizio TV made 10 years ago compared to one made in 2012. TVs were butt fugly back then—it’s as big a difference as a Palm Pilot and the iPhone 5. Look at all that gray! Look at that stupid V! Look at those…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 7 '13

Leonard Nimoy is here to tell you about NASA’s Ion-Thrusting Dawn Mission

A U.S. Nuclear Lab Removed Chinese Tech Due to a National Security Risk

Huawei’s 5-Inch Ascend D2 Takes the Scene With a Killer Screen

Intel’s New Chips: Everything You Need to Know

Eat It, Galaxy Note. Huawei’s New Phone Has the World’s Largest Screen (Updated: Hands On)

Dinosaurs probably shook their tail feathers and “struck a pose” to attract mates

Fujifilm’s New Superzoom Cameras Reach New Absurd Levels of Magnification

Endliss iPhone Case Adds an LED Disco Floor For Impossible To Miss Notifications

You Can Buy a HAL 9000 Replica Made from the Original Movie Blueprints

Netgear’s New NeoTV Enlists in the Growing Google TV Army

AT&T’s $50 Android Smartphone Has a 12.6-megapixel Camera, Doesn’t Seem That Terrible

Netgear’s New Wireless Range Extender Works With Airplay

Fujifilm X100 and X20 Get New Faster Guts To Match Their Slick Design (Update: Hands-On)

How Do You Baby-Proof Your Electronics?

Netgear’s Tiny VueZone Security Camera Can Work the Night Shift Now

Eric Schmidt Actually Landed in North Korea… Now What?

Polaroid iM1836: This Interchangeable-Lens Android Camera Seems Too Good to Be True

These Cheap Klipsch Headphones Are Your Ditch-Those-Stock-Earbuds Deal of the Day

The winning images from Nat Geo’s 2012 Photography Competition will blow you away

TVs Sure Looked Dumb 10 Years Ago

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