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Exclusive: TSA Says Body Scanners Saving Images ‘Impossible’

Can the body scanners used by the TSA save images? It seems unreasonable to geeks that a computer cannot save any images at all—ever. But according to a statement made to Gizmodo by the TSA, that’s the case. After the shock last week over images that were saved by a millimeter wave scanning machine operated…

Tech News Joel Johnson Nov 22 '10

Supercharge Your iPad and iPhone Right Now with iOS 4.2

Oh boy, here we go. iOS 4.2 is out right now. iPad users finally get sweet, sweet multitasking, while everybody gets AirPlay awesomeness and Find My iPhone for free. https://gizmodo.com/ios-4-2-on-ipad-theres-no-going-back-5639074 What You Get We’ve covered the goodness of iOS 4.2 before. It makes a huge difference with the iPad—it’s way more powerful and easier to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 22 '10

The Best Free Phone on Every Major Carrier

Amazon will gladly sell you awesome phones for a penny. But what if you need that penny? Here’s the best free phones on every carrier. https://gizmodo.com/droid-incredible-just-a-penny-at-amazon-5694403 AT&T Palm Pre Plus (Refurb) Palm’s webOS—and upcoming webOS 2.0—are still incredibly elegant and easy-to-use, with a decent-sized selection of apps. Better still if HP manages to really revive…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 22 '10

Is this the first image of Green Lantern’s alien villain Parallax?

Take a look at the alleged space parasite and “living embodiment of fear” rumored to be Hal Jordan’s big nemesis in the first Green Lantern movie. Spoilery pictures and speculation ahead. The Daily Blam has a great image of the live-action version of the alien parasite rumored to be Hal’s big extraterrestrial problem. Here’s a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 22 '10

Toshiba Employs T-Pain for New Laptop Ad (Which is Thankfully Auto Tune-Free)

You may’ve seen a Toshiba ad on the gogglebox, starring T-Pain? This is the extended version, which just made me crack up with laughter. Expect to hear “megagigabyte, son!” become the new catchphrase (amongst nerdlingers, anyway). [YouTube via @Sonicbooom]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 22 '10

Jason Stackhouse’s pulls on the pleather for his superhero film Griff

Jason Stackhouse is a pivotal part of the True Blood team, thanks to Ryan Kwanten’s two greatest assets: his abs and his acting. But can he pull off the role of social outcast/superhero in his latest flick Griff the Invisible? Here’s a collection of stills from Leon Ford’s Australian superhero rom-com. Griff is based off…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 22 '10

The Best Android Shopping Apps

Black Friday, Schmack Schmriday: here are the best Android apps for shopping all year round. GOLD MEDAL: Shopper If Google Goggles and a barcode scanner hooked up, we’d get Shopper: a barcode scanning, voice and image searching, product finding, makes-you-a-smarter-shopper shopping assistant. It’s a damn good one, and ties nicely with Google because well, it’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 22 '10

The Best iPhone Shopping Apps

Black Friday, Schmack Schmriday: here are the best iPhone apps for shopping all year round. GOLD MEDAL: Amazon Mobile An app that answers a single, all-important shopping question, even if the answer is almost always the same: Should I buy this in the store, or just wait a couple days for an online order. It’s…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 22 '10

Jewel Staite meets an angel. Plus Colin Ferguson’s dinosaurs and Young Justice’s origin!

How can you get through television’s Thanksgiving lull? We’re here to help. There are half-kaiju, half-teenager rebels, walking dinosaur skeletons, a team of superhero sidekicks, and Jewel Staite romancing Flash Gordon. Plus Chuck, Walking Dead and Sanctuary. It’ll be okay. Note: We’ve decided to stop listing movies on TV, unless they’re appearing for the first…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Nov 22 '10

Google Cloud Connect Syncs Microsoft Office With Google Docs

Love the awesomeness of Google Docs, with real-time collaboration and never worrying about your hard drive exploding, taking down all of your documents, but stuck using Microsoft Office? They just got together with Google Cloud Connect. A simple plug-in from Google launching today effectively turns Microsoft Office into a front-end for Google Docs (aptly named…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 22 '10

The Best Shopping Apps

Black Friday, Schmack Schmriday: here are the best smartphone apps for shopping all year round. For iPhone Including Amazon Mobile, Shopper, and Grocery IQ. For Android Including Shopper, King Key Rewards Card and ShopSavvy. We do our best, but these lists aren’t totally exhaustive—please leave your own favorites in the comments.

Tech News John Herrman Nov 22 '10

Don’t Start Your Holiday Shopping Without Amazon’s Price Check App

I always have the sneaking suspicion, as I’m trudging from store to store doing my holiday shopping, that everything I’m buying is probably a lot cheaper on Amazon. With Price Check, their new iPhone app, my suspicions are confirmed! Price Check, a free app for the iPhone, lets shoppers quickly peep Amazon’s price for products…

Commerce Kyle VanHemert Nov 22 '10

Ultraman takes on a whole space fleet, with the help of some pirates

Here’s the latest trailer for the fantastic new Ultraman movie, in which he faces off against roughly a billion spaceships. The trailer features pirates (in classic 18th-century garb), laser eyes, and a robot hand that crushes an entire planet! We can’t stop re-watching this trailer over and over again — it’s for the next Ultraman…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 22 '10

Why Airplay is a Big Deal

Today, iOS 4.2 arrives on iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. One of its most exciting features is AirPlay, streaming music to speakers and videos and photos to Apple TVs. Here’s what it is and why it’s a big deal. [Giz] https://gizmodo.com/supercharge-your-ipad-and-iphone-right-now-with-ios-4-2-5696097

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 22 '10

G.I. Joe goes manga in the “Future Noir” miniseries

On November 24, IDW is releasing G.I. Joe: Future Noir, a two-part miniseries of manga-inflected Joe tales. Here’s an exclusive preview of the Joe team involved in some dire espionage. Here’s the solicitation information: G.I. Joe: Future Noir Special #1 (of 2) Andy Schmidt (w) • Giacomo Bevilacqua (a & c) And now, for something…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Nov 22 '10

The death of a meme: Donald Glover calls a truce with the new Peter Parker

We’ve followed the Donald Glover 4 Spider-Man campaign since the beginning. The new Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, came across Glover in real life, and they had a meeting of the minds. Community actor and 30 Rock writer Donald Glover was a long time supporter of the Donald Glover 4 Spider-Man grass roots movement, which got its…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 22 '10

Dongle Plugs Into Cars and Sends Vital Information—Even GPS Locations—to Cellphones

This little dongle plugs into any car that has an OBDII port—supposedly, most cars made after 1996 have one. Ideal for obsessive oil level-checkers and those who forget where they parked the car, it’s on sale next year. It’s kind of like the “Lost My Phone” feature for iPhones. GPS locations can be sent to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 22 '10

Why Was This Boy Stripped at Airport Security? [Updated with Official Statement by the TSA]

This is getting way out of hand: The TSA wanted to pat down this little boy, who first went through the metal detector without setting it off. Here’s what happened, as told by the person who filmed this video [Updated] This video was filmed at Salt Lake City International Airport on November 19 around 12:00pm.…

Privacy & Security Jesus Diaz Nov 22 '10

Beautiful, shocking, and awe-inspiring photographs of giant disasters

Some of the world’s most terrifying disasters are also breathtaking to behold. In this gallery are awe-inducing photographs of some of the worst disasters of the last hundred years. A smoke ring shoots out of an eruption in Italy’s Mt. Etna. AP photo of the 1906 San Francisco fire, following an earthquake. AP photo of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 22 '10

Why the TSA Practices Could Result In Public Rebellion or a Terrorist Attack

Deirdre Walker was the Assistant Chief of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Police, spending 24 years as a police officer. Here she explains why the TSA’s inconsistent procedures may end in public rebellion and/or a terrorist attack. “Do I have the right to refuse this search?” This is a question I heard many times…

Privacy & Security Deirdre Walker-Homeland Security Watch Nov 22 '10

Exclusive: TSA Says Body Scanners Saving Images ‘Impossible’

Supercharge Your iPad and iPhone Right Now with iOS 4.2

The Best Free Phone on Every Major Carrier

Is this the first image of Green Lantern’s alien villain Parallax?

Toshiba Employs T-Pain for New Laptop Ad (Which is Thankfully Auto Tune-Free)

Jason Stackhouse’s pulls on the pleather for his superhero film Griff

The Best Android Shopping Apps

The Best iPhone Shopping Apps

Jewel Staite meets an angel. Plus Colin Ferguson’s dinosaurs and Young Justice’s origin!

Google Cloud Connect Syncs Microsoft Office With Google Docs

The Best Shopping Apps

Don’t Start Your Holiday Shopping Without Amazon’s Price Check App

Ultraman takes on a whole space fleet, with the help of some pirates

Why Airplay is a Big Deal

G.I. Joe goes manga in the “Future Noir” miniseries

The death of a meme: Donald Glover calls a truce with the new Peter Parker

Dongle Plugs Into Cars and Sends Vital Information—Even GPS Locations—to Cellphones

Why Was This Boy Stripped at Airport Security? [Updated with Official Statement by the TSA]

Beautiful, shocking, and awe-inspiring photographs of giant disasters

Why the TSA Practices Could Result In Public Rebellion or a Terrorist Attack

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