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Read Kotaku’s Coverage of Nintendo’s GDC 2011 Keynote

Our blood brothers over at Kotaku are covering Nintendo’s keynote at GDC 2011 right now. They’re expecting some news on the ever-interesting Nintendo 3DS, so go check it out, won’t you? [Kotaku]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 2

A robotic seal playing basketball is the weirdest thing you’ll see all day

Roboticists at Taiwan’s National Chiao-Tung University have built a robotic arm that can shoot hoops by gauging the position of the basket and the angle the basketball needs to be tossed. Here’s video of the robot in action. So far, the arm isn’t going to win any HORSE contests, but it does score points for…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 2

Dreamworks is Making a Movie about Julian Assange and Wikileaks

Steven Spielberg is taking the lead on a Wikileaks movie after acquiring the rights to the book WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange‘s War on Secrecy. Apparently, the movie will fall somewhere between All The Presidents Men and The Social Network. [Guardian]

Movies Adrian Covert Mar 2

Watch Joe Brown Talk iPad2 Release On MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown

Joe Brown talked iPad 2 with Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie during MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown on March 2, 2011.

Tech News Scott Kidder Mar 2

First trailer from Joseph Kahn’s Detention shows off the new Cinderhella monster

The director behind our favorite Lady Gaga and Britney Spears music videos has finally released the trailer to his insane time-traveling, spaceship-flying slasher flick Detention. Watch as the serial killer “Cinderhella” thins out the High School herd. Thanks to MTV we now have a trailer of this bloody little flick. For more images and information…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 2

Shooting Challenge: UPO

If a UFO is an unidentified flying object, then this week’s Shooting Challenge celebrates UPOs, or unidentified photographed objects. Don’t get what I mean? Think of it as a game… The Challenge Photograph something in a way you’ve NEVER seen it photographed before, in a way that makes it difficult to know what we’re looking…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 2

BlackBerry PlayBook Launching April 10?

BGR hears from “multiple sources” that RIM’s tablet will be available at retail locations April 10. No, that’s not grounds to take a half day at work. [BGR]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 2

Here Are the 21 Malicious Apps Google Pulled From the Android Market

Google has removed 21 apps from the Android Market that were confirmed as malware. The apps were designed to get root access to the user’s device, collect data, and download additional code. These are very bad things the apps were doing. And they were downloaded by at least 50,000 users. If you’ve downloaded one of…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 2

California has now become a nebula a thousand light-years from Earth

California has always been a little different from the rest of the US, but this is just ridiculous. Its outline is etched into the cosmic dust in the California Nebula, while Nevada has apparently collapsed into a single bright star. You can get an even better look at the nebula’s similarities to the golden state…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 2

iPad 2 Meta Liveblog Today

The iPad 2 is coming. We told you what’s likely to happen when Tim Cook takes the stage to show off the next-generation iPad. Today, at 1 PM EST, you can see it unveiled live, right here on live.gizmodo.com, as we provide meta liveblog coverage of the ceremonies. [Gizmodo Live] What To Expect at Today’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 2

Apple Store Down: Can You Buy an iPad 2 Today?

The Apple Store is down! Common practice when there’s a major product being launched, but less so for just an announcement. Could this mean you’ll be able to preorder—or even buy—your iPad 2 today? We do know that first-gen iPad inventory is running dangerously low. Guess we’ll find out just how low in a couple…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 2

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown Talk About iPads on The Daily Rundown

Joe Brown, Gizmodo’s Feature Editor, popped by MSNBC to talk about all things iPad 2 with Chuck Todd (who’s a huge Gizmodo fan!) and Savannah Guthrie on The Daily Rundown. Joe echoes much of what we expect to see today so be sure to watch the video.

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 2

New Battle LA clips bring you face to face with the alien enemy

This latest look inside the gritty “war against the aliens” movie shows what happens when the humans decide to fight back! No longer on the streets of LA, this clip appears to transport the viewer onto the aliens’ home turf. So is this a space ship, a planet, or just a redecorated human abode? We’ll…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 2

Discovery Has Spent Almost a Year in Space

If everything goes as programmed and there are no further delays, Discovery will be in space for almost an entire year! In fact, it will be only one day off the 365-day mark. If you put together all its missions, Discovery has been in orbit for an amazing total of 352 days so far. The…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 2

It’s a Cylon reunion on No Ordinary Family

Last night’s No Ordinary Family brought together one of its silliest plots yet with a full-on Battlestar Galactica reunion hour, complete with a pair of former Cylons, lots of cryptic discussions about murky conspiracies, and even a would-be suicide bombing. “No Ordinary Love” was one Grace Park short of a complete set of ridiculously tall…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Mar 2

Mutants at the Disco: New X-Men: First Class photo is full of glam mystery

What is the Hellfire Club up to in this curiously blue image from X-Men: First Class? Is it a nightclub — or the world’s largest tanning booth? This image was one of six new ones posted over at the X-Men: First Class Facebook page, although this seems to be the only really new one among…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 2

What Were a U.S. Soldier’s Odds of Dying in Each War?

Our perceptions of wars are pushed and pulled by myriad forces—their causes, their outcomes, their places in our national narrative, etc. But on the level of the individual, which was the deadliest? Nicholas Hobbes’ Essential Militaria breaks down the stats for eleven historic conflicts: • War of Independence: 2 percent (1 in 50) • War…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 2

How to Get More from Your Home Theater Without Paying a Dime

Unless you had your home theater set up by a professional, chances are you aren’t getting the best possible video and sound out of your existing setup. These simple tweaks will take just a little bit of time but will make a world of difference. You can build a pretty sweet home theater with an…

io9 Whitson Gordon Mar 2

10 deranged scifi TV shows that lasted about as long as The Cape

The Cape, NBC’s latest experiment in the superhero narrative, aired its last adventure on Monday, clocking out at a mere nine televised episodes. In honor of The Cape’s idosyncratic insanity, here are 10 more ridiculous science fiction programs that failed to make it big. When I spoke with Vinnie Jones at Comic-Con last summer, he…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 2

Google Adding Web-Based In-App Transactions This May

Google’s ramping up its efforts to get you to spend your hard-earned cash without leaving the comfy confines of its applications; according to TechCrunch, the company will be introducing web-based in-app payments as early as this May, with in-app payments for Android not far behind[TechCrunch]

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 2

Read Kotaku’s Coverage of Nintendo’s GDC 2011 Keynote

A robotic seal playing basketball is the weirdest thing you’ll see all day

Dreamworks is Making a Movie about Julian Assange and Wikileaks

Watch Joe Brown Talk iPad2 Release On MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown

First trailer from Joseph Kahn’s Detention shows off the new Cinderhella monster

Shooting Challenge: UPO

BlackBerry PlayBook Launching April 10?

Here Are the 21 Malicious Apps Google Pulled From the Android Market

California has now become a nebula a thousand light-years from Earth

iPad 2 Meta Liveblog Today

Apple Store Down: Can You Buy an iPad 2 Today?

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown Talk About iPads on The Daily Rundown

New Battle LA clips bring you face to face with the alien enemy

Discovery Has Spent Almost a Year in Space

It’s a Cylon reunion on No Ordinary Family

Mutants at the Disco: New X-Men: First Class photo is full of glam mystery

What Were a U.S. Soldier’s Odds of Dying in Each War?

How to Get More from Your Home Theater Without Paying a Dime

10 deranged scifi TV shows that lasted about as long as The Cape

Google Adding Web-Based In-App Transactions This May

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