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How To Play Killzone 3 At Work

It’s as simple as attaching a fake set of arms to your back and wearing a double-sided necktie. Just make sure you conceal your PlayStation®Move Sharp Shooter if the boss walks in. If he catches you in hands-on combat action again, you’ll be in big trouble, buddy. But that’s ok. You’ll be immersed in Killzone…

io9 Sponsored post Mar 8

Hellbeast: AMD Radeon HD 6990 Performance Preview

AMD’s dual GPU cards have come a long way in the past several years. The original Radeon HD 3870 was noisy, ran hot and didn’t always perform up to snuff. Since then, AMD’s Catalyst Driver suite has substantially improved the performance and breadth of CrossFire-supported games. On the hardware side, AMD is pulling out all…

Tech News Loyd Case - MaximumPC Mar 8

Charles Stross’ Next 3 Novels: Lovecraftian Horror, Space Opera and Utopian Politics

If you’ve been hoping Charles Stross would return to the diverse territories of his Laundry series, Saturn’s Children or Halting State, then you’ll be excited by his next few novels. The award-winning author just signed a deal with Orbit UK to put out his next three novels, which cover the territory of Lovecraftian horror, space-opera…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8

There’s a scientific reason why a pinch of salt makes things sweeter

Ever wonder why salted chocolate and caramel taste even better than unsalted? Or why adding a pinch of salt to cookies makes them sweeter? A group of researchers has found evidence that it’s because you have intestinal cells in your taste buds. That’s right – your intestines are full of sugar sensors, and some of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 8

The iPad Stand That Attracted Over $100k Funding From Fans on Kickstarter

We had so many people sending us tips about the PadPivot stand today that I was beginning to suspect the designer had signed up for a multitude of alternative email addresses. Until I looked at Kickstarter, and saw that the $10,000 goal had been exceeded—by $106,426, with five days still to go. At the time…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Frustrated Berliners build oversized kaleidoscopes to block subway ads

Subway advertising is a risky proposition for the advertiser because you’ll never know if someone will remix your ad into, say, Darth Vader chugging a beer. In Berlin’s Friedrichstraße U-Bahn station, advertisers have eschewed print completely and have taken to projecting commercials on the subway’s walls. The city’s street artists have adapted accordingly: A couple…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 8

Student Charged With Hacking School’s Grade System

This is Tyler Coyner, a student at the University of Nevada in Reno and a technology entrepreneur. His business? Allegedly, hacking into his former high school’s computer grading system and changing students’ grades for money. Coyner has been arrested and charged with “conspiracy, theft and computer intrusion,” along with 13 other students who were apparently…

Tech News Max Read Mar 8

We’re one step closer to cheap, abundant biofuel

Biofuels are made from carbohydrates and fats in corn and other feedstock. This is a wasteful process because it leaves behind all the protein, a far more abundant substance. As a result, one of the big questions for alternative energy researchers is how we can pull biofuel from protein. Especially because proteins are also present…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 8

Angry Birds Game for Facebook Launching in May

That’s about all you need to know this week about Angry Birds, with Rovio’s CEO confirming the news to The Next Web. No word on how much the game will cost, if there’s a price at all. [TNW]

Social Media Kat Hannaford Mar 8

How does fire behave in zero gravity?

We all know about how fire behaves in outer space: It doesn’t. All those action movies were wrong. Fire needs oxygen and oxygen isn’t abundant outside of Earth’s atmosphere. Fires can happen inside a contained, oxygenated environment in space, but they don’t behave the way they do on Earth. The Earth’s gravity imposes a lot…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 8

Eric strips down in the first footage from True Blood season 4

Hooray — it’s almost time for more of the vampire humpy-hump show, True Blood! Watch the first clip from season four, in which Vampire Eric wanders around lost and naked. Spoilers below… It’s no huge secret that this new season of True Blood will be playing with the magical plot from Charlaine Harris’ book series,…

Television Meredith Woerner Mar 8

Adobe’s Wallaby Flash-to-HTML5 Converter Can be Downloaded Now

Who knows why Adobe named its Adobe Air tool “Wallaby” (it hops along?), but this “experimental technology” promises to let you reuse .FLA files by converting it to HTML5 for devices that don’t support it. Like iPads. There will obviously be some features missing (such as video, sound and 3D transforms), but it’s compatible with…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

3D-Printed Airbike is as Strong as Your Aluminium Bike

We’ve seen all sorts of objects printed from 3D printers, but the European Areospace and Defence group (EADS) has shown off the first bike made from nylon—which they’re saying could replace traditional steel and aluminium bikes due to the affordable method it’s created. Drip by drop, each part of the bike is made from powder…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Gary Oldman says this might be the best Batman movie yet. Plus why Iron Man 3 might be like a Tom Clancy story!

Director Shane Black is bringing Iron Man 3 into a realer world. Noomi Rapace explains why her character in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus isn’t just a Ripley clone. Plus a super spoiler-y look at Doctor Who’s possible big bad! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Conan. The Dark Knight Rises Commissioner Gordon portrayer Gary…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Mar 8

Philips Takes Pity and Does a Passive 21:9 Gold Series 3DTV for Cheaper 3D Glasses

You may be sold on active 3DTVs being better than passive, but there’s no denying the latter’s glasses are much much cheaper than active shutter frames. Adding to last year’s active 21:9 3DTV launch, Philips’ 50-inch Gold Series TV converts 2D to 3D. There’s also a nifty gaming feature, where dual-player games are split on…

Television Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Paying for Postage Over SMS Launching Soon in Denmark

How often do you weigh parcels at home and then print out the postage, so you can pop it in a post-box and avoid a lengthy queue at the post-office? Now there’s an even easier way to pay for postage—in Sweden and Denmark at least, where customers will be able to pay via SMS. Once…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Details of Microsoft and Nokia’s Cash-Laden Handshake Surface

Full details of the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft still haven’t been disclosed fully, but Bloomberg has spoken to people “with knowledge,” who claim Microsoft is paying Nokia more than $1 billion to promote and develop Windows Phone 7 handsets, for the 5+ years of the agreement. Microsoft is also paying for Nokia’s patents, such…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

The Dark Knight Becomes First Movie to be Digitally Rented on Facebook

After releasing The Dark Knight and Inception as iPhone apps, Warner Bros. is breaking even more new ground by releasing The Dark Knight on Facebook. It costs 30 Facebook Credits ($3) to rent the movie for 48 hours from the official Facebook page. It can be watched full-screen, but also lets viewers use Facebook at…

Social Media Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Many NES Cartridges Were Harmed in the Making of This Flash Drive

This USB Flash Drive, made from an old NES system and a Tetris game cartridge, is utterly pointless. Then again, so is this thing. And this thing too. I’ll let it pass. [Unplggd]

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 8

Want More Creepy Strangers to Approach You? Use This App

If you’re sitting around and thinking “Gee, I wish strangers would approach me in public and perform weird actions on me,” then boy, have I got an iPhone app for you! The app’s called Situationist and it basically encourages you to upload a photo of yourself along with a list of appropriate things you want…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 8

How To Play Killzone 3 At Work

Hellbeast: AMD Radeon HD 6990 Performance Preview

Charles Stross’ Next 3 Novels: Lovecraftian Horror, Space Opera and Utopian Politics

There’s a scientific reason why a pinch of salt makes things sweeter

The iPad Stand That Attracted Over $100k Funding From Fans on Kickstarter

Frustrated Berliners build oversized kaleidoscopes to block subway ads

Student Charged With Hacking School’s Grade System

We’re one step closer to cheap, abundant biofuel

Angry Birds Game for Facebook Launching in May

How does fire behave in zero gravity?

Eric strips down in the first footage from True Blood season 4

Adobe’s Wallaby Flash-to-HTML5 Converter Can be Downloaded Now

3D-Printed Airbike is as Strong as Your Aluminium Bike

Gary Oldman says this might be the best Batman movie yet. Plus why Iron Man 3 might be like a Tom Clancy story!

Philips Takes Pity and Does a Passive 21:9 Gold Series 3DTV for Cheaper 3D Glasses

Paying for Postage Over SMS Launching Soon in Denmark

Details of Microsoft and Nokia’s Cash-Laden Handshake Surface

The Dark Knight Becomes First Movie to be Digitally Rented on Facebook

Many NES Cartridges Were Harmed in the Making of This Flash Drive

Want More Creepy Strangers to Approach You? Use This App

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