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What’s Worth Watching on the Web this Week?

TV is rapidly moving online. But you already knew that. What you don’t know—because it’s nearly impossible to tell—is exactly what shows are available online right now, where they’re located, and what’s worth watching. We recruited Internet TV guide Clicker.com to bring you this new column every Friday, highlighting the best of “what’s on online”…

Television Clicker.com Sep 17 '10

What Happens to John Mayer’s Twitter Account Now?

John Mayer just quit Twitter. Check for yourself. And right after he recently came back to it! So…uh…what happens to his Twitter account? When asked for clarification, a Twitter spokesperson just pointed us to this page. It’s more for people who want to know how to delete their accounts, less about Mayer and his 3.7…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 17 '10

The Undiscovered Particles on the Edge of Known Physics

Yesterday, we presented a comprehensive guide to the world of subatomic particles, exploring all the known elementary and composite particles. But now it’s time to put certainty to one side and explore the wild, mind-bending world of undiscovered particles. https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-field-guide-to-subatomic-particles-5639192 There are three basic types of hypothetical particles. In the first group, we find the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 17 '10

Addictive Flight Doodle iPhone Game Is Free For Today Only

Flight Doodle is a whimsical and addictive iPhone game and it’s free all day long. So head over to the App Store now and take advantage of the deal before the clock chimes midnight. [iTunes via Intomobile]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 17 '10

Whoa! Your Mac Can Make the “Droid” Sound

Oh this is fun! You know that noise that Motorola’s Droids make? “Drooooid” in that cute droid-y voice? Your Mac can make that exact same sound! It feels a little wrong but damn if it isn’t satisfying. Here’s how: Just open up terminal.app and type say -v “Cellos” “droid” Boom! DROID! Now type a bunch…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 17 '10

Secrets of Clone Wars season three: Just how grown up will Ahsoka get?

Star Wars: The Clone Wars comes back tonight, with more awesome droid-on-clone battles and lightsaber-wrangling. To celebrate, here’s an exclusive image of the evil Asajj Ventress. We talked to star Ashley Eckstein and director Dave Filoni about what to expect. We were excited to catch up with Eckstein, who voices the young Jedi Padawan Ahsoka…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 17 '10

The Deepwater plumes are a feast for bacteria who eat natural gas

Along with tons of oil, the Deepwater leak also released massive amounts of hydrocarbon gasses like propane and ethane, which are slowly dissipating under the water. Far from “killing the oceans,” these gasses are feeding huge bacterial colonies. There are many kinds of bacteria that love to slurp up natural gasses, and the Deepwater spill…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 17 '10

Android Apps September 17

Fruit Ninja: Fruit Ninja, another popular iPhone port, comes over to Android and brings the simple, addicting fun of chopping up fruits on your phone. The premise of the game is simple: fruits fly on screen and you slice them by swiping your finger. Slice as many fruits as you can while avoiding bombs. It…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 17 '10

An Entire Facebook Photo Album Captured in a Single Long Exposure Photograph

Flipping through massive Facebook photo albums with prodigious speed is definitely a 21st century skill, but what would it look like if you photographed that process? Hauntingly beautiful, it turns out. The photographs, long exposure shots of a computer screen snapped as Facebook albums were rapidly flipped through, were taken by Phillip Maisel as part…

Social Media Kyle VanHemert Sep 17 '10

Arab Center’s Wall Is Alive With 30,000 Mechanical Eyes

The Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute, for you non-Francophones) is a 19 nation cultural consortium with incredible architectural bragging rights. Merging traditional Arab patterns with clever engineering, its south-facing wall dilates thousands of apertures to control sunlight exposure. The automated wall of the Institute, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, broadens and narrows…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 17 '10

Are you ready for “Milton’s Paradise Lost” – the 3D war movie?

Alex Proyas, director of The Crow and Knowing, has just signed on to adapt John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, which tells the tragic story of how Lucifer fell and got to be the lovable character we know today. Variety reports: The project tells the story of the epic war in heaven between archangels Michael…

Movies Annalee Newitz Sep 17 '10

How the Nielsen TV ratings work — and what could replace them

The Fall television season is beginning. Both networks and fans will anxiously scan Nielsen ratings to see which shows will survive. But how do these ratings work? And could we develop a system that measures how we really watch TV? We decided to find out the answers to these questions. We talked to Nielsen execs,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 17 '10

Jersey Shore App Battle: The Situation Vs. Spread Snooki

In this corner: The Situation – Official App. In the opposite corner: MTV’s Spread Snooki. Which of these competing Jersey Shore apps deserves a fistpump, and which is a grenade? Official Description Highlight The Situation: GRENADE DODGER Dodge grenades just like Mike – the game! Spread Snooki: Come on, spread some Snooki. You know you…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 17 '10

iPhone Apps September 17

Beyond Ynth: Let me explain. https://gizmodo.com/beyond-ynth-for-iphone-cute-bug-faces-tough-puzzles-5640823 In Beyond Ynth (and Beyond Ynth HD, for the iPad), you play as Kribl, a chipper little insect who solves puzzles in four brightly animated worlds. But don’t let the cutesy look fool you-these puzzles are tough. Maybe it’s just because I’m used to playing iPhone games that only…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 17 '10

How to Protect All Your Precious Stuff

From your latest gadgets to your expensive big TV and even your car, here’s a complete guide about how to protect all your precious material things from thieves: That’s all good. But what about protecting my brain and soul against people like these? That’s what I want to know. [Lunchbreath via Core77]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 17 '10

The X chromosome is all that stands in the way of our clone army

A new study published in Science Express shows that by de-activating a gene found in the X chromosome they see a 9-fold increase in cloning efficiency of the adorable mice you see above. The gene is XIST, which normally shuts down one of the two X chromosomes for females, which prevents females from having twice…

io9 Tim Barribeau Sep 17 '10

EA to Support Android Gaming

According to EA’s Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown, EA has decided to push the Android platform in addition to the iPhone. Citing his own market projections, Brown said that they expect the “a lot to happen” in Android’s future. Talking to investors at the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference, he mentioned that EA expects Android…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 17 '10

This Chip Might Bring Perfect Reception to Your Home, Without Resentment

So it’s a quandary. Your house is in a service dead zone, and you don’t want to shell out $150 more for something you’re paying for already. What’s worth more, principle or a functioning phone? That decision might be over. https://gizmodo.com/3g-microcells-carriers-want-you-to-pay-extra-to-fix-th-5364161 The people at picoChip might have something to change the femtocell’s most galling flaw:…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 17 '10

A vast magma ocean is bubbling beneath the Earth’s mantle

1800 miles underground lies a mysterious zone between the Earth’s mantle and core. Nobody is quite sure what’s down there, but new evidence suggests the area reaches temperatures of 7000 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning it could be a vast magma ocean. Geophysicists have a pretty good handle on the Earth’s overall internal composition. At the center,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 17 '10

Scientist and Wife Busted Trying to Sell Nuke Secrets to Venezuela

Want a ticket for the express line to federal prison? Try selling nuclear tech to another country. A husband and wife duo—former contractors at the nuke-specializing Los Alamos National Lab—are indicted on charges of exporting secrets to Venezuela. MSNBC reports the couple—Pedro and Marjorie Mascheroni—formed a relationship with an undercover American agent posing as a…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 17 '10

What’s Worth Watching on the Web this Week?

What Happens to John Mayer’s Twitter Account Now?

The Undiscovered Particles on the Edge of Known Physics

Addictive Flight Doodle iPhone Game Is Free For Today Only

Whoa! Your Mac Can Make the “Droid” Sound

Secrets of Clone Wars season three: Just how grown up will Ahsoka get?

The Deepwater plumes are a feast for bacteria who eat natural gas

Android Apps September 17

An Entire Facebook Photo Album Captured in a Single Long Exposure Photograph

Arab Center’s Wall Is Alive With 30,000 Mechanical Eyes

Are you ready for “Milton’s Paradise Lost” – the 3D war movie?

How the Nielsen TV ratings work — and what could replace them

Jersey Shore App Battle: The Situation Vs. Spread Snooki

iPhone Apps September 17

How to Protect All Your Precious Stuff

The X chromosome is all that stands in the way of our clone army

EA to Support Android Gaming

This Chip Might Bring Perfect Reception to Your Home, Without Resentment

A vast magma ocean is bubbling beneath the Earth’s mantle

Scientist and Wife Busted Trying to Sell Nuke Secrets to Venezuela

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