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WSJ Says High-Res iPad 3 Will Appear “Early 2012”

Just in case you really weren’t sure that Apple was readying a new iPad, the WSJ’s sources have tipped them off about an early 2012 launch for the high-res 9.7-inch iPad 3, which will allegedly have a 2048×1536 display. As the WSJ says, this is a marked difference from the iPad 2’s 1024×768 resolution. If…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 19

Electric Two-Seater MonoTracer Now Available For That Tron Experience

Looking more like a Tron Lightcycle than any motorbike you’ve ever seen before, the Swiss MonoTracer has been electrified for the new MonoTracer-E model, which still fits two people for a comfortable, eco-friendly ride. Manufacturer Peraves has added lithium-ion batteries for that jolt of electricity, with a full charge reportedly being enough for 300km if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 19

Does the World Need a BlackBerry Music-Streaming Service?

Look, we get it RIM—your BBM service is great. But a music-streaming service that runs in BBM? WTF? Cnet heard from sources that they’ve signed papers with one of the four big music labels already. According to Cnet’s men, RIM’s about ready to sign up another two music labels, a feat which took Spotify years…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 19

Sony’s 3D Binoculars Cost Too Much For the Average Bird-Watcher and Petty Crim

Well, maybe crims can afford to whack $1,400 – $2,000 down on a pair of digital binoculars, if they know the pay-offs going to be good. The Dev-3 and Dev-5 models shoot 7.1MP photos and 3D video. Both models also shoot full HD video if 3D wrens aren’t your cup of tea, and have image…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 19

There Are One Billion Cars Roaming The Streets

A report from Ward’s claims there are over one billion cars on the road worldwide. Not surprisingly, most of the automobiles are found in the US. The United States has 240 million cars or roughly 1 car for every 1.3 people. This number dwarfs any other country, but it has stayed the same over the…

Tech News Kelly Aug 19

Google+ Bar Now Floats On Your Screen

Most people are familiar with the black Google+ bar that appears at the top of the browser window. Starting today, this black bar and the grey navigation bar underneath it now float on your screen. When you are scrolling down a page, the bar is easily accessible as it’s always at the top of your…

Tech News Kelly Aug 19

Ten Ways HP Can Get Rid of Unsold TouchPad Tablets

HP killed its webOS hardware division and its TouchPad tablet is dead in the water. It’s possible HP may refund retailers like Best Buy for unsold inventory and amass a stockpile of tablets in the process. https://gizmodo.com/hp-killing-webos-devices-5832291 Here are ten things HP can do if it finds itself with warehouses full of webOS hardware: 10.…

Tech News Kelly Aug 19

China Clones the iPhone, Apple Stores and Steve Jobs

Earlier this week, Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun, held a press conference to announce the company’s new smartphone. What’s most striking about the presentation is not the phone, but the mannerisms and dress of the Chinese CEO. He looks and acts like a young Steve Jobs. The Xiaomi CEO reportedly loves Apple and, in the past,…

Tech News Kelly Aug 18

Why Some People Prefer The Round Toggle Buttons of iOS 5

One thing I like about iOS 5 is the rounded toggle button that appears within the settings. I cringe when I look at the rectangular buttons of iOS 4. This seems crazy, but there’s a scientific reason for this preference. Rounded corners are easy on the eyes and easy for the brain to process. That’s…

Tech News Kelly Aug 18

Bike’s Round Booty Makes for a Smooth Ride

Even without the occasional shot to the squishy bits from potholes, the vibration from rough roads alone will be enough to ruin a ride. The Tortola RoundTail aims to negate road quality with a frame design that reduces vibration 50x. The Tortola RoundTail frame features a prominent circular rear end instead of the traditional twin…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 18

Hangout With Your Friends on Google+ And Watch YouTube Together

YouTube added a new feature that lets you start a hangout and watch a video together with your friends on Google+. When you are watching a video on YouTube, click “Share” and to the right of the embed information is a link to launch a Google Hangout. Select that link, launch a hangout and wait…

Tech News Kelly Aug 18

Garbage Can Be Transformed Into A Beautiful Beach

California’s Glass Beach is a striking example of how garbage can be transformed into something beautiful. In the 1950’s, residents of nearby Fort Bragg would throw their garbage over the cliffs and onto what is now known as Glass Beach. Back then, it was known as “The Dumps” and this growing garbage pile was occasionally…

Tech News Kelly Aug 18

Parasites trick their rat hosts into being eaten by cats

The single-celled parasite Toxoplasma gondii lives infects rats, but it needs to be inside a cat’s digestive system in order to reproduce. The parasite actually alters the brain of its rat host so that it won’t be afraid of cats. Specifically, Stanford researchers discovered that Toxoplasma affects the rat’s brain so that the fear centers…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 18

Boar Hunts, iPhone 5s, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Inside the iPhone 5 Factory, or Not Could this really be a picture of a Wintek factory…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 18

Foursquare Now Lets You Check-In To An Event

Soon you can use Foursquare to check-in to an event as well as a location. The social network is now grabbing event information from ESPN, MovieTickets.com and Songkick. This new feature will let you check into a specific ball game, movie or concert. The next time you go to Madison Square Garden make sure you…

Tech News Kelly Aug 18

“Living fossil” eel found in underwater cave

The term “living fossil” gets bandied about a lot, but this eel found in an underwater cave in the Pacific Ocean is unlike any living relative, and has features that are only found in the fossilized remains of its ancient brethren. Found in a cave 35 meters underwater in the Republic of Palau, Protoanguilla palau…

io9 Tim Barribeau Aug 18

Genetically Engineered Weed: There’s an App for That

A small Amsterdam startup called Medicinal Genomics, has analyzed the marijuana plant down to its strands of DNA, and the company’s CEO says some analysis of the data will be available as an iPad app next fall. For now, they’ve released the estimated 400 million base pairs that make up the Cannabis sativa genome on…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Aug 18

Cures for new diseases may come from old medicines

Could a bottle of pills in your medicine cabinet aid in the fight against tomorrow’s health problems? Scientists think they could. Using publicly accessible databases, researchers have developed a method of predicting the unexpected benefits of existing drugs, and how they might be repurposed for treating seemingly unrelated diseases. Just this year, a team of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 18

Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Marti Noxon gives us a tutorial on how to do horror-comedy right

Fright Night, opening tomorrow, is a bit of a revelation. You expect a schlocky low-budget remake of a 1980s cult horror comedy, and instead you get a fun, thrilling, character-driven summer movie. And much of the credit goes to scriptwriter Marti Noxon, former showrunner on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We were lucky to interview Noxon…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 18

How to Shut Up the Celebrities You Hate on TV

Michele Bachmann. Sarah Palin. Justin Bieber. Donal Trump. Twilight. Two and a Half Men. What do all these things have in common? They annoy the soul out of me, yet they’re always on TV. Thankfully, we can shut them up. You use a DIY device called Enough Already and it’s brilliant. Matt Richardson, the creator…

Television Casey Chan Aug 18

WSJ Says High-Res iPad 3 Will Appear “Early 2012”

Electric Two-Seater MonoTracer Now Available For That Tron Experience

Does the World Need a BlackBerry Music-Streaming Service?

Sony’s 3D Binoculars Cost Too Much For the Average Bird-Watcher and Petty Crim

There Are One Billion Cars Roaming The Streets

Google+ Bar Now Floats On Your Screen

Ten Ways HP Can Get Rid of Unsold TouchPad Tablets

China Clones the iPhone, Apple Stores and Steve Jobs

Why Some People Prefer The Round Toggle Buttons of iOS 5

Bike’s Round Booty Makes for a Smooth Ride

Hangout With Your Friends on Google+ And Watch YouTube Together

Garbage Can Be Transformed Into A Beautiful Beach

Parasites trick their rat hosts into being eaten by cats

Boar Hunts, iPhone 5s, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Foursquare Now Lets You Check-In To An Event

“Living fossil” eel found in underwater cave

Genetically Engineered Weed: There’s an App for That

Cures for new diseases may come from old medicines

Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Marti Noxon gives us a tutorial on how to do horror-comedy right

How to Shut Up the Celebrities You Hate on TV

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