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Hong Kong moviemakers filming 3D porno, bringing us one step closer to VR whoopee

A Hong Kong production crew is currently filming 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, a $3.2 million 3D film based on the Chinese erotic tale The Carnal Prayer Mat. Could this be what saves the ailing XXX movie theater industry? According to AFP, “the film chronicles the story of a young man who, after being…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Aug 8

Is Kuwait the Next In Line to Ban BlackBerry Services in the Middle East?

Unlike Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Kuwait does not yet have a ban or looming ban in place for BlackBerry smartphones and associated services. But it could, as Kuwaiti officials have today expressed “moral and security” concerns about the devices. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-service-restored-in-saudi-arabia-5607030 This again? Yes, this again, although slightly different in Kuwait’s case. This time it’s…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 8

13-foot-long giant squid washes up on New Zealand beach

A dead four-meter-long giant squid washed up on a beach today in Wellington, New Zealand. The creature eventually drifted back out to sea, but not before locals had the opportunity to snap photos of the beached beast. From Sarah Harvey at the Sunday Star Times: [Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa] communications manager Jane…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 8

Infamous San Fran IT Admin Gets Four Years for Hijacking City’s FiberWAN Network

Terry Childs, the systems administrator made infamous back in July 2008 when he installed secret backdoor access to San Francisco’s FiberWAN network and refused to give up the passwords, has finally been sentenced to serve four years in prison. https://gizmodo.com/san-francisco-hunting-for-mystery-device-on-city-netw-5048947 Childs was convicted by a judge in April for violating California hacking laws and received…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 8

The Marvel Universe’s noir New York by Francesco Francavilla

Dardevil’s heroic credentials were tarnished in the recent Shadowland miniseries, so Marvel’s released teaser images by io9 favorite Francesco Francavilla auditioning a new Man Without Fear. My money’s on Kraven or Falcon as the scion to Hell’s Kitchen. https://gizmodo.com/tintin-will-make-you-cry-5571870 https://gizmodo.com/join-the-dalek-war-effort-5529246 Above: Black Panther Nova Gambit Falcon Kraven the Hunter

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Aug 8

Sources: Ex-HP CEO Hurd Settles with Accuser, Additional Relationship Details Emerge

Recently resigned HP CEO Mark Hurd has purportedly settled with his accuser out of court, sources told Reuters this weekend. The settlement will end legal proceedings, as the woman, a former HP contractor, has agreed to drop all complaints. There are also new details about the extent of Hurd’s relationship with his accuser, who was…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 8

The Oddly Mesmerizing Inflation and Deflation of 108 Computer-Controlled Trash Bags

I’ve been impressed by Nils Voelker’s work before, but frankly I wasn’t sure how his new piece, a wall of 108 plastic trash bags inflated by computer cooling fans, could be that good. Then I watched the video. [NilsVoelker] https://gizmodo.com/this-creative-robot-paints-what-cars-sound-like-5556354

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

Watch the Sun’s Epic Cosmic Belch in HD

That 12-hour geomagnetic storm the other night that made the sky look all funky for some Northerners? Here it is in breathtaking HD. And NASA says that this just marks the start of a long, crazy solar storm season. http://gizmodo.com/5603184/want-to-see-the-sun-burp Man, the sun really does look pretty hot, doesn’t it? And it certainly looks feisty…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

Leaked Shots of Verizon and HTC’s 1.2 GHz Android World Phone?

AndroidGuys has photos of a 4″ HTC slider set to land on Verizon sometime in 2011. That’s a ways away, but if the speculated 1.2GHz processor and CDMA and GSM compatability are for real, it’s worth getting excited about. The prototype, they say, was sporting a Vodafone SIM card, suggesting it could be an elusive…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

Developing Useless Superpowers 101: How to detect polarized light

There is a subtle indicator that tells you whether or not you’re seeing polarized light, and which direction the light is polarized on. Find out about Haidinger’s Brush. Polarization of light has come in handy over the last few years. Light travels in waves, like the kind you would see traveling along a suspended piece…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 7

The shiniest stories on io9 this week

What happened in scifidom in the last seven days? The Lost DVD footage popped up, we talked to Seth Green about Star Wars, paleontologists debunked our favorite dinosaur, electrons were viewed in real-time, and more! Seth Green on his new Star Wars series: “We won’t f—- it up.” Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are hard…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 7

iPhone Hardware Boss Departs Apple

After months of debate surrounding the iPhone 4’s antenna issues, the New York Times is reporting that Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive responsible for overseeing the iPhone’s hardware, has left the company. It’s unclear whether Papermaster, who came from IBM and was central to a non compete case between Apple and his former employer, was…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

This Guy Is Letting the Internet Tell Him What To Do For a Whole Year

Dan Brown’s life is out of control, and he’s nervous. Dan 3.0, his new Web TV show, will put his day-to-day life in the hands of his fans. But that’s all part of the plan, and it’s very under control. The notion behind Dan 3.0 is that “groups make better decisions,” he says. (About what?…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

Eureka sees your crossover and raises you the destruction of the space-time continuum

Last night’s awesome Eureka didn’t just provide a suitably epic (and romantic!) conclusion to the Warehouse 13 crossover – it gave James Callis his meatiest role yet, forced Henry to deal with his unexpected marriage, and almost unraveled time itself. In last week’s recap, I mentioned two things that I wanted to see: James Callis…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Aug 7

See How Well Google Knows Your Circle of Friends

Google knows a lot of stuff, but sometimes the most fascinating is what it knows about you. This page reveals just how it identifies social search results based on its understanding of your friends (and their friends.) [Google via BoingBoing]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

The new Torchwood reboot gets a title (and a plot synopsis from Russell T. Davies)

After yesterday’s news about Torchwood’s new writing team, we’ve now learned that Starz’s ten-episode Torchwood reboot will be titled Torchwood: The New World. Also, Russell T. Davies himself dropped some hints about the series’ plot. UPDATE 8/7/10: More details below. https://gizmodo.com/torchwood-season-fours-writers-a-television-dream-team-5606834 Torchwood: The New World focuses on Rex and Ester, a CIA agent and analyst…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Aug 7

The Alderaan Trail: the best Star Wars edutainment game that never existed

Matt Marchini has created screengrabs of The Alderaan Trail, a spin-off of The Oregon Trail in a galaxy far, far away. It’s not real, so sadly you can’t stock up on death sticks at the expense of blue milk. [Retroist]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 7

Bill Gates Thinks the Web Will Soon Offer the Best College Education

Toilets weren’t the only thing on Bill Gates’ mind at yesterday’s Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe—the former Microsoft CEO also offered his vision of the future of education. The next great educational institution, he thinks, is the Internet. https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-finds-toilets-oddly-fascinating-and-super-5606885 Of course, the internet already has a wealth of information for self-starters. But as universities continue…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

Read the UK’s recently released UFO archives, including Churchill’s UFO cover-up

The United Kingdom’s National Archives has unveiled a new slew of UFO-related documents, including papers describing Winston Churchill’s cover-up of a UFO sighting during World War II. The Prime Minister massively soft-pedaled the encounter to avoid public hysteria. Among the declassified documents is a letter from 1999 in which the grandson of one of Churchill’s…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 7

Topographical Carpet Must Be Mine, My Toes Decree It

Imagine a vast kingdom of rolling hills and rippling tides, cast in soothing shades of green, blue, and yellow. A kingdom that is soft and squishy. A kingdom in which the only doctrine is the Divine Right of Toes. It took the help of 30 friends for Laurens van Wieringen to construct this magical place—a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 7

Hong Kong moviemakers filming 3D porno, bringing us one step closer to VR whoopee

Is Kuwait the Next In Line to Ban BlackBerry Services in the Middle East?

13-foot-long giant squid washes up on New Zealand beach

Infamous San Fran IT Admin Gets Four Years for Hijacking City’s FiberWAN Network

The Marvel Universe’s noir New York by Francesco Francavilla

Sources: Ex-HP CEO Hurd Settles with Accuser, Additional Relationship Details Emerge

The Oddly Mesmerizing Inflation and Deflation of 108 Computer-Controlled Trash Bags

Watch the Sun’s Epic Cosmic Belch in HD

Leaked Shots of Verizon and HTC’s 1.2 GHz Android World Phone?

Developing Useless Superpowers 101: How to detect polarized light

The shiniest stories on io9 this week

iPhone Hardware Boss Departs Apple

This Guy Is Letting the Internet Tell Him What To Do For a Whole Year

Eureka sees your crossover and raises you the destruction of the space-time continuum

See How Well Google Knows Your Circle of Friends

The new Torchwood reboot gets a title (and a plot synopsis from Russell T. Davies)

The Alderaan Trail: the best Star Wars edutainment game that never existed

Bill Gates Thinks the Web Will Soon Offer the Best College Education

Read the UK’s recently released UFO archives, including Churchill’s UFO cover-up

Topographical Carpet Must Be Mine, My Toes Decree It

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