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WWDC 2011 Liveblog Coming This Monday

Atten-shun, fanboys, trolls, and all you beautiful normal people you: We will covering the WWDC 2011 keynote this Monday, June 6 at 10:00am. I feel a surprise in the air! Or it may be the cookies in the oven. We will give you real time commentary on all the announcements—including Mac OS X Lion, iOS…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 3 '11

What would Philip Seymour Hoffman look like as Hector Hammond?

We’ve uncovered some old concept art that shows the villainous Hector Hammond in a much more distinguished light — if he was being played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Plus new featurettes take you on an date on Oa. These images come from the artist Jerad S. Marantz who was hired to work on early concepts…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '11

Wolverine’s smelly son brings some emo to the X-Men universe

Recently, Marvel introduced a new little cub to the Wolverine family. Daken is a sexually predatory assassin with super-pheromone powers and massive daddy issues. And he’s written by Marjorie Liu, a famous paranormal romance author. It’s the perfect fit. Here’s why you need more Daken in your life. Daken, the long-lost son of Wolverine, has…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell Jun 3 '11

NASA Wants Snowboarding Display Tech in Space Helmets

Most NASA innovations come from within their own labs, which are used in space, then sometimes produced for the masses. In the case of potential heads-up displays in space helmets, NASA is looking at Recon Instruments’ HUD tech for ideas. Recon Instruments has been working on heads-up displays in snowboard goggles for awhile now, and…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert Jun 3 '11

In which our critic gets some Pazuzu in his woowoo while watching Exorcist II

Would that we could listen in on the pitch meeting for Exorcist II: The Heretic. “It’ll be like the first Exorcist for people who thought that was too nuanced and subtle.” “Well, it sounds pretty bad, but what if we shot huge chunks of it from a demon locust’s perspective?” “Perfect. And then maybe some…

Movies Louis Peitzman Jun 3 '11

Green Lantern The Guardians Concept Art

View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. Name: Baris View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. Name: Ganthet View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. Name: Herupa View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. Name: Nguanzo View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. Name: Pazu View more over at Jerad…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '11

Green Lantern Concept Art

View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website. View more over at Jerad S. Marantz’s website.

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '11

How I spent part of my life chasing Jack Kevorkian

It was the call those of us working night shifts at the Associated Press bureau in Detroit in the mid-1990s dreaded. A body in a seedy motel or dropped at a hospital’s ER meant one thing: Dr. Death at work. I started my reporting career as many Detroit journalists did by following Jack Kevorkian around…

Tech News Justin Hyde Jun 3 '11

The New Star Trek Game Boldly Goes Where No Star Trek Game Has Gone Before

Just as J.J. Abrams brought us a fresh new look at the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the 2009 theatrical revamp, Paramount Digital Entertainment’s 2012 Star Trek takes the series’ games in an exciting new direction, casting players in the role of Kirk and Spock in an epic co-op action adventure. Over the years…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 3 '11

E. chromi: Designer Bacteria for Color-Coded Disease Detection

The future of personalized medicine will be the result of a cross-pollination between design and engineering. Last year, I had the pleasure of profiling the extraordinary artist Daisy Ginsberg for Wired UK. (We also shared a crazy New York adventure that involved a Russian homeless man with Cheetos in his beard and anterograde amnesia.) I…

io9 Maria Popova - Brain Pickings Jun 3 '11

SRS iWOW 3D iOS Audio Enhancer: Games and Movies Come to Life on iOS

SRS Labs’ iWow 3D is a dongle (dongle? dongle!) that plugs into the 30-pin connector of your iPhone, iPad or iPod to make it sound more awesome. Does it? Well, gamers, listen up. Plusses:EQ adjustments in iOS only affect songs played in the iPod app, so the iWow proves its mettle when it comes to…

Reviews Adrian Covert Jun 3 '11

Please Don’t Ever Wear These Sandals

Now that summer is here, some of you will get fussy about shoes, instead opting for sandals. And unless you hate yourself (or think Crocs are great), don’t opt for these ones, which pack a storage compartment in each sole. Aside from looking like something that cooky relative in your family would wear, there are…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 3 '11

R.I.P. Joel Rosenberg, fantasy author and gun rights advocate

Joel Rosenberg, who died yesterday, was a civil libertarian who wrote about liberty in his fantasy novels. For example, in his first novel The Sleeping Dragon, a group of students travel to a magical world and work to end slavery. As he told the City Pages in 2003: Slavery is the big social issue in…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jun 3 '11

Outcasts, Artists, and Dreamers: They All End Up In Bordertown

Bordertown disappeared thirteen years ago and some people have since stopped believing it was ever there at all. They make up stories and act as if The World and the Elflands have never touched. They pretend that the gritty bohemia of Bordertown, or B-Town, never existed, was only ever rumors and gossip. There were never…

Books & Comics Naamen Tilahun Jun 3 '11

All of These Products Are Good for You*

Who needs facts when you’ve got marketing? Our friends at Oobject.com have nine of the most dubious claims to ever have graced advertising. If radiation, Big Macs and Guiness are good for you, then these vintage ads for cigarettes and computers must be good too, right? Right! *that’s a bald-faced lie

Television Andrew Tarantola Jun 3 '11

Will Time Capsule Pack an A4/A5 Processor and Run iOS?

It’s been rumored that an updated Time Capsule model will cache and distribute downloads from the app store. Now sources tell Ars Technica that Time Capsule will have an A4 or A5 processor and run iOS, like AppleTV. [Ars Technica] WWDC 2011 Predictions | Here comes iCloud, but what else? https://gizmodo.com/wwdc-2011-predictions-here-comes-icloud-but-what-else-5808251 Watch our liveblog here!…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 3 '11

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Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 3 '11

Model Shots That Look Beautiful Enough to be Paintings

We’re used to marveling at the painted concept art that comes out alongside a big space epic. The incredible spaceship images, the gorgeous planetscapes. But back in the day, practical model builders created some views that were just as lovely. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-of-io9s-concept-art-week-5570195 You can see the results on screen: Star Trek II’s battle scene in the…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders Jun 3 '11

The Best Deal of the Day

I’m not a fan of Charlton Heston (mostly because I think he’s the worst), but I’ll be first to admit that I liked Planet of the Apes. But if you looove Planet of the Apes, then you’ve gotta get in on this one. Because you get a 14-disc box set of DVDs for $54. Did…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 3 '11

What’s New and Better in Music + Videos for Windows Phone Mango

The bits of Mango Microsoft showed off last week were just a small slice, so they’re slowly trickling out other new features—and this is what’s new in Music + Video, which sounds mucho improved. https://lifehacker.com/all-the-amazing-new-features-in-windows-phone-mango-5804975 You can browse and download podcasts over the air, Marketplace search is fixed (or more fixed, anyway) with auto suggestions…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 3 '11

WWDC 2011 Liveblog Coming This Monday

What would Philip Seymour Hoffman look like as Hector Hammond?

Wolverine’s smelly son brings some emo to the X-Men universe

NASA Wants Snowboarding Display Tech in Space Helmets

In which our critic gets some Pazuzu in his woowoo while watching Exorcist II

Green Lantern The Guardians Concept Art

Green Lantern Concept Art

How I spent part of my life chasing Jack Kevorkian

The New Star Trek Game Boldly Goes Where No Star Trek Game Has Gone Before

E. chromi: Designer Bacteria for Color-Coded Disease Detection

SRS iWOW 3D iOS Audio Enhancer: Games and Movies Come to Life on iOS

Please Don’t Ever Wear These Sandals

R.I.P. Joel Rosenberg, fantasy author and gun rights advocate

Outcasts, Artists, and Dreamers: They All End Up In Bordertown

All of These Products Are Good for You*

Will Time Capsule Pack an A4/A5 Processor and Run iOS?

Oobject Good For You Ads

Model Shots That Look Beautiful Enough to be Paintings

The Best Deal of the Day

What’s New and Better in Music + Videos for Windows Phone Mango

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