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News Corp’s Two Newspaper Tablet Projects are Back on Track

After stories that Rupert Murdoch had binned his adventurous newspaper app project, his son James has said Project Alesia is going ahead, whether other newspapers want their content aggregated or not. https://gizmodo.com/murdoch-scraps-digital-newspaper-tablet-project-5670600 He told the assorted crowd at Morgan Stanley’s TMT conference yesterday in Barcelona that “it’s more about bundling digital journalism subscriptions,” and that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, robo-cop deer and other animal-like robots, crazy/brilliant transforming furniture, a kiss-powered Christmas tree, and is your laptop cooking your testicles? Carry Your House on Your Back With The Wearable Tent Ever since Archigram presented the Suitaloon in 1968, (shown below fold), ideas have been put forward for minimalist shelters that one…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 18

Steve Wozniak: Android’s “More Features” Will Beat iPhone Eventually

The iPhone may still be Wozniak’s favorite phone, but that doesn’t mean he thinks it’ll “win” the smartphone wars. Speaking to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, he said that Android phones, with their “more features,” will do better. Updated https://gizmodo.com/hold-it-the-iphone-is-still-steve-wozs-favorite-5449580 He’s of course referring to Android as a platform, in comparison to the iPhone running one…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

You Can Buy the Palm Pre 2 for $450 From Today

Running webOS 2.0 and sporting a 1GHz processor, the GSM version of the Pre 2 is now on sale unlocked for $450 over at HP’s site. [HP via BGR] https://gizmodo.com/webos-2-0-now-official-arriving-on-palm-pre-2-in-the-5667626

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

Man Who Paid $335,000 for Virtual Real Estate Explains Why

Just a week ago, a man sold a nightclub in online sci-fi game Entropia Universe for a mahooosive $335,000. Forbes tracked down the foolish buyer to find out what the heck he was thinking. This is his story: https://kotaku.com/someone-spent-335-000-on-virtual-real-estate-5686216 Yan Panasjuk paid $335,000 for Jon Jacobs’ Club Neverdie in the sci-fi game Entropia Universe. With…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

Microsoft’s Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm Are Back On Sale, at Verizon

We warned you they would be back—and look who just swaggered into town today, as if they never even got killed off by Microsoft. Should’ve picked better aliases, though—Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm is just plain weird. https://gizmodo.com/the-microsoft-kin-is-coming-back-to-life-on-verizon-5687979 The Kin ONEm is selling for $120 and the Kin TWOm almost double that, at $220. That’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

The Computer That Found Pluto

Shame may’ve been cast on Pluto for masquerading as a planet, but that doesn’t mean the “mechanical calculating device” that helped find it in our wide, wide sky is any less important. Particularly when it’s called “The Millionaire.” The Swiss machine was used between 1914 and the early ’30s, when it was used to discover…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford Nov 18

Pew: Shoot Down TIE Fighters in Star Wars’ $5 Augmented Reality iPhone App

Blast TIE Fighters out of your very own backgarden—and this time, you don’t even have to imagine it! The Falcon Runner iPhone app had us nerding out on it earlier this month, but it’s finally available today. https://gizmodo.com/tie-fighters-invade-your-city-5679566 The first Star Wars game to ever use augmented reality is only compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

$200 Buys You the Cutest Bluetooth Speaker From Jawbone, Available Now

For $200 you can pick up one of the cutest little Bluetooth speakers around. Jawbone’s Jambox has gone on sale at Apple and BestBuy in a range of cute-as-a-button colors. [Apple via SlashGear] https://gizmodo.com/jawbone-jambox-dont-stick-this-in-your-ear-5681256

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 18

Embrace The Light

I never thought that a lamp which costs over $500 and has to be inflated before it can be used would be appealing, but then I was informed that it’s huggable. Now I just want to snuggle up with one. The lamp is called SUPERNOVA and it is created by a firm called Scale 1:1.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 18

OnLive MicroConsole Streams Cloud-Rendered Games to Your TV

OnLive, the streaming game service, has matured really fast in just five months. I liked the original public release, when it was on just computers, but now it’s come to a console that plugs into your TV. I like it. https://gizmodo.com/onlive-streaming-game-service-tested-at-home-finally-5567770 To quickly recap, OnLive has a bunch of servers that do all the game…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 18

A Constant Barrage of Agonizing Digital Noise: Is Your Life Like This?

What better occasion than National UnFriend Day to reflect on the dump truck of digital noise poured on us daily? It’s worse than phony friends. Updates! Likes! Retweets! Do you feel frazzled? This well-executed video sums it up disconcertingly well. https://gizmodo.com/today-is-national-unfriend-day-time-to-pull-the-trigge-5692389 I’d be lying if I said I haven’t been kept up by the gnawing…

Social Media Sam Biddle Nov 17

Look! A Na’vi Made of 4,000 Avatar Blu-Ray Discs!

How did 20th Century Fox celebrate the new Blu-ray edition of Avatar, an epic tale of love, greed, and survival set in the wondrous jungles of Pandora? They gave a housewife a buncha Blu-ray discs and said, “make a mosaic.” https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-look-at-how-avatars-human-actors-transformed-5688751 But not just any housewife! This is Laura Hadland of “Extreme Housewifery,” probably best…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 17

The Perfect Turkey Timer

I love stupid single-purpose kitchen gadgets. Inserted into a turkey or chicken, this timer’s legs pop up like a boner when the inside reaches 165 degrees—not 180, like most—for perfectly roasted bird. It’s $13. [NYT, Image: Tony Cenicola/NYT]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 17

Woman Suing Federal Government After TSA Screeners Exposed Her Breasts to Entire Airport (And Asked for Video)

Listen, we know the TSA’s been unpopular lately. But are they really so bad? What about this time a TSA screener pulled down a woman’s blouse while frisking her? And then laughed about it? Yes. Yes, they are that bad. https://gizmodo.com/one-hundred-naked-citizens-one-hundred-leaked-body-sca-5690749 The incident occurred during the spring of 2008 at Corpus Christi airport, and has…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle Nov 17

An Interview With The Ballsy Teen Who Sold Authentic White iPhone Parts

17-year-old Fei “Phil” Lam, the ballsy teen who sold authentic white iPhone 4 conversion kits, recently took a moment to speak to Fast Company about his business, Apple, Foxconn, and legal woes. Here’s his story. https://gizmodo.com/ballsy-teen-who-sold-his-own-authentic-white-iphones-ea-5691512 On Tuesday, The New York Observer reported that 17-year-old Fei “Phil” Lam has made a killing selling white iPhone…

Tech News Austin Carr - FastCompany Nov 17

Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It To Her Leg For 3 Months

In July, nine-year-old Ming Li lost her hand in a tractor accident. Her arm was too damaged to reattach it, so they grafted it to her leg instead. Three months later, her hand’s back on her arm and regaining function. I’m having trouble finding much in the way of detail on the story, which admittedly…

Health Kyle VanHemert Nov 17

The absolute greatest future dystopia where liberals have won

In the dystopian future Community, Christianity is outlawed, promiscuity and homosexuality are pretty much required by law, and almost everyone has a mind-controlling implant. Only the Comedian himself, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, can stand against the ultimate triumph of secular values. (Want more future dystopias where the liberals have won? See here.) https://gizmodo.com/best-future-dystopias-where-the-liberals-have-won-5044657 There have been…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 17

These Are the Hands of the Apollo Astronauts

There are Neil’s. And there are Buzz’s. And Pete Conrad’s. And Alan Shepard’s. These are the hands of the Apollo astronauts, the plaster casts created to make their custom gloves in Houston, Texas, 1968. High five! Each of the space suits was custom made for each astronaut, fitted to perfection. That includes the gloves, which…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 17

Stargate Universe “Lion Kings” a character

This week Stargate Universe tried to heal our wounded hearts from last weeks crazy episode — by trampling a key character. Everyone was pissed this episode. Rush was mad because Angry Lucian murdered his new sweetheart, whom he’d only just let into his heart. Eli was pissed because his brand new girl is probably also…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 17

News Corp’s Two Newspaper Tablet Projects are Back on Track

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Steve Wozniak: Android’s “More Features” Will Beat iPhone Eventually

You Can Buy the Palm Pre 2 for $450 From Today

Man Who Paid $335,000 for Virtual Real Estate Explains Why

Microsoft’s Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm Are Back On Sale, at Verizon

The Computer That Found Pluto

Pew: Shoot Down TIE Fighters in Star Wars’ $5 Augmented Reality iPhone App

$200 Buys You the Cutest Bluetooth Speaker From Jawbone, Available Now

Embrace The Light

OnLive MicroConsole Streams Cloud-Rendered Games to Your TV

A Constant Barrage of Agonizing Digital Noise: Is Your Life Like This?

Look! A Na’vi Made of 4,000 Avatar Blu-Ray Discs!

The Perfect Turkey Timer

Woman Suing Federal Government After TSA Screeners Exposed Her Breasts to Entire Airport (And Asked for Video)

An Interview With The Ballsy Teen Who Sold Authentic White iPhone Parts

Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It To Her Leg For 3 Months

The absolute greatest future dystopia where liberals have won

These Are the Hands of the Apollo Astronauts

Stargate Universe “Lion Kings” a character

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