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Here’s How You Get Rid of That Ping Drop-Down In iTunes

iTunes 10.0.1 brought with it a Ping drop-down menu. Which some people liked! But if Ping’s not your thing, here’s how you get rid of that drop-down menu altogether. https://gizmodo.com/apple-opens-up-subtle-itunes-10-0-1-update-makes-ping-5648146 From the Mac Observer: 1. Quit iTunes. 2. Launch the Terminal app in /Applications/Utilities 3. Enter this command, then press return: defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 30

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today, we finish out September with some of the best deals we’ve ever seen across the board. Don’t miss the great bargains on Computers, TVs, Games, and Apps in this legendary Dealzmodo. Top Deals: • 15.6″ Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 Core i5 Laptop for $649 with free shipping (normally $899 – use coupon code USPZ53E930) •…

Tech News Adam Harris Sep 30

The Smartest Advancements in Technology Series: The MRI

What five technologies have made our lives easier, better, and more efficient? Hard to choose, right? Well, inspired by the next tech advancement, Intel smart TV, we’ve done it for you. Last week we brought you the telescope. Today: the life-saving MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging—better known as the MRI—has advanced what we know about the…

Tech News Gawkercreative Sep 30

Bombshell Betty’s Sci-Fi Burlesque at the Elbo Room, San Francisco

Bombshell Betty and Fromagique‘s Sci-Fi Burlesque at the Elbo Room, San Francisco. Photos by Alex Akamine for SFStation. More pics here. Bombshell Betty and Fromagique‘s Sci-Fi Burlesque at the Elbo Room, San Francisco. Photos by Alex Akamine for SFStation. More pics here. Bombshell Betty and Fromagique‘s Sci-Fi Burlesque at the Elbo Room, San Francisco. Photos…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 30

Ladies Of SciFi Burlesque, Los Angeles

Daisy Meadows as Pris from Blade Runner from the Ladies of Sci-Fi Burlesque in L.A. Photo by Erin Broadley for L.A. Weekly. Way more pics at the link. Daisy Meadows as Pris from Blade Runner from the Ladies of Sci-Fi Burlesque in L.A. Photo by Erin Broadley for L.A. Weekly. Way more pics at the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 30

iPhone 4 Scalpers Force Beijing Apple Store to Close

Yesterday, one of Apple’s Beijing locations lifted the two-per-customer iPhone 4 limit. The result: chaos, confusion, and the temporary shutdown of the store. Sounds like the scalpers did pretty well for themselves, though. The trouble started not long after the doors opened at 7am, according to MIC Gadget. Customers who had been waiting in line…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 30

Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s Doctor Who show

Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s Doctor Who show. Photos by Jeff Simmermon on Flickr. Nasty Canasta as the Tenth Doctor, from Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s Doctor Who show. Photos by Jeff Simmermon on Flickr. Misty, Brad and Cyndi from Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s Doctor Who show. Photos by Jeff Simmermon on Flickr.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 30

36 million-year-old penguin was five feet tall and had reddish-brown feathers

A newly discovered penguin fossil reveals a bird twice as big as an Emperor penguin and with colors radically different from the familiar black and white features all modern penguins share…but this Water King was already the perfect swimming bird. The fossil was discovered in Peru and has been classified as Inkayacu paracasensis, but its…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 30

Is Bill Gates’ Mug Shot The Generic User Icon In Outlook 2010?

The generic user icon in Outlook 2010, the stand in picture users see when a contact doesn’t have a photo, seems to bear a striking resemblance to Bill Gates’ infamous 1977 mug shot. Oh you slick Microsoft developer, you. Whoever dun’it, thank you and I love you. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 30

Epic Win Burlesque

Miss Mary Cyn strips down as Data during Epic Win Burlesque’s Star Debate. Photo by Ben Trivett for Asylum.com. More at his Flickr stream. Miss Mary Cyn strips down as Data during Epic Win Burlesque’s Star Debate. Photo by Ben Trivett for Asylum.com. More at his Flickr stream. Miss Mary Cyn strips down as Data…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 30

What a colony might look like on Zarmina, the newly-discovered “second Earth”

Yesterday scientists announced the discovery of the first Earthlike planet in another solar system. Find out why colonies on planet Zarmina would have a view like this, of a huge sun always in the process of setting. https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-have-discovered-a-habitable-planet-20-light-5651589 Painting by Don Dixon. Officially known as Gliese 581g, we’ve dubbed the first colony on this newly-discovered…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 30

Life size replica of the Sharkodile: Half shark, half crocodile!

What if a shark and a crocodile had babies? We suppose their spawn might look a little something like this art on display at the National Art Gallery in Roppongi. Next stop: Sharkodile, an original Syfy movie! [Tokyobling via Superpunch]

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 30

Imitation black hole created on Earth using lasers and pure glass

Yes, we’ve managed to create a black hole…or at least the optical equivalent of a black hole’s extreme, light-trapping properties thanks to an ingenious combination of lasers and glass. Best of all, it offers proof of Stephen Hawking’s famous radiation. Thankfully, there’s no danger this particular black hole will get out of control and swallow…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 30

The Verizon Samsung Continuum Is a Samsung Galaxy S Android Phone With Two OLED Displays

The breakneck pace of awesome Android phones continues: this is a leaked picture of the Verizon Samsung Continuum, an Android phone with two OLED displays. One screen acts as the main display while the second screen acts as the “Ticker”. The “Ticker”, as its called now, will show notifications, RSS updates, weather forecasts, and presumably…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 30

Keep Enemies Close: Microsoft Needs iPhone Apps

The most thrilling Microsoft product in years was killed before it ever officially existed. One of its most awesome services elicits more snickers than nods. Microsoft isn’t even in the mobile space right now. Redmond, we have a problem. Courier, simultaneously acknowledged and aborted in a bloody mess. Zune, a laughingstock that is in fact…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 30

Doctor injected MS and ALS patients with bovine stem cells as part of fraudulent “cure,” medical panel says

Former runway-model Laura Brown and her husband Stephen van Rooyen are still fighting extradition from South Africa, for an alleged scam to provide a stem cell “cure” for neurological diseases. But one doctor who worked with them wasn’t so lucky. British doctor Robert Trossel was struck from the medical registry yesterday, and thus banned from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 30

Astronauts Can’t Enjoy Beer, But There’s a Solution Coming

I always wanted to be an astronaut. Then I learned that astronauts can’t really enjoy beer in space, so I became a journalist. But fear not, wannabe space explorers, because now there’s an astrostout that could solve this grave problem. The fact is that astronauts’ taste buds get numb in space, which is why some…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 30

Why old cannonballs brought up from the sea can still explode

A warning to salvagers. Underwater conditions ‘arm’ iron cannonballs and cookware. Bringing them to the surface can cause them to explode. When poking through underwater wrecks, the traditional threats to salvage crews and historians have been entrapment in the wreckage, kraken, and vengeful ghosts. It turns out that those who make it out alive are…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 30

Watch the World’s Fastest Lawnmower Hit a 96 MPH Clip

All Bobby Cleveland wanted was to drive the fastest lawnmower in the world. And last weekend, he took his easy rider all the way to 96 mph. Here’s the bastard child of John Deere and Speed Racer in action. Cleveland’s previous personal best of 80.833 mph had been the record mark until the U.K.’s Don…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 30

Robert Zemeckis wants his old time-travel movie making job back… or maybe the Superman gig

Robert Zemeckis hasn’t quite found much success with his super-elaborate motion-capture and CG movies of late. So he’s getting back to what he does best: live-action time travel movies, with Timeless… while casually courting the Superman director’s chair. [Deadline]

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 30

Here’s How You Get Rid of That Ping Drop-Down In iTunes

Gadget Deals of the Day

The Smartest Advancements in Technology Series: The MRI

Bombshell Betty’s Sci-Fi Burlesque at the Elbo Room, San Francisco

Ladies Of SciFi Burlesque, Los Angeles

iPhone 4 Scalpers Force Beijing Apple Store to Close

Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s Doctor Who show

36 million-year-old penguin was five feet tall and had reddish-brown feathers

Is Bill Gates’ Mug Shot The Generic User Icon In Outlook 2010?

Epic Win Burlesque

What a colony might look like on Zarmina, the newly-discovered “second Earth”

Life size replica of the Sharkodile: Half shark, half crocodile!

Imitation black hole created on Earth using lasers and pure glass

The Verizon Samsung Continuum Is a Samsung Galaxy S Android Phone With Two OLED Displays

Keep Enemies Close: Microsoft Needs iPhone Apps

Doctor injected MS and ALS patients with bovine stem cells as part of fraudulent “cure,” medical panel says

Astronauts Can’t Enjoy Beer, But There’s a Solution Coming

Why old cannonballs brought up from the sea can still explode

Watch the World’s Fastest Lawnmower Hit a 96 MPH Clip

Robert Zemeckis wants his old time-travel movie making job back… or maybe the Superman gig

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