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Is Flipboard Legal?

Social news app Flipboard was yesterday’s hot new app, despite—or perhaps because of—technical problems that prevented some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn’t have the rights to? Flipboard, the new iPad app that renders links from your Twitter feed and favorite sites in a beautiful,…

Tech News Joel Johnson Jul 22

Emergency Power Adapter

As someone who once had to resort to a wire hanger to power up a notebook, I admire the beauty of this solution. I don’t understand how they got there, but I admire it anyway. [ThereIFixedIt]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 22

Guillermo del Toro’s secret next project: Disney’s Haunted Mansion

Guillermo del Toro rocked our worlds with Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, so we’ve been dying to know what top-secret project he signed onto after ditching The Hobbit. Now it’s revealed: He’s directing Disney’s Haunted Mansion 3-D. Uh, what? Disney put out a press release announcing the news this afternoon, including this quote from GDT himself:…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22

It’s official: Joss Whedon is directing the Avengers movie!

At the Visionaries panel at Comic Con Joss Whedon announced that he is officially directing The Avengers, “Because Marvel can’t afford the press release.” As for how he’s thinking of approaching the movie, Joss had this to say: I’m still writing the outline. I am at the stage where I am reworking and reworking. What…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 22

Fart-Operated TV Remote: This Will End Badly

An intrepid modder by the name of Schmidtn decided to build himself a remote control that, when it detected the foul odor of flatulence, would change the TV to a random channel. How fiendishly brilliant. Here’s his explanation: My Pops really enjoys two things; 1) channel surfing and 2) farting. So one day I was…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jul 22

Battle Los Angeles gave us our first look at the aliens who trash L.A.!

Aaron Eckhart’s new movie Battle: Los Angeles tries combine the realistic urban warfare of Black Hawk Down with the classic alien invasion film. We got our first glimpse at crazy battle footage – including a glimpse of those aliens. Spoilers… The stars of Battle: L.A., Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez, came to Comic Con along…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 22

WebOS 2.0 Coming Later This Year, HP’s Windows 7 Slate To Be An Enterprise Product

Some interesting news from Fortune’s Brainstorm conference: HP VP Todd Bradley says that the company’s Windows 7-running tablet, the one Steve Ballmer showed off at CES, will not be a consumer-focused product. But webOS 2.0 is arriving later this year. https://gizmodo.com/hps-windows-7-slate-device-revealed-by-steve-ballmer-5442200 That second bit comes right form the mouth of former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jul 22

Watch out for giant marmots

Apparently cuteness is one of the dangerous outcomes of climate change. The Telegraph is reporting that warmer summers mean giant-sized marmots are becoming plentiful in America’s Rocky Mountains. Paging Syfy Original Movies! Giant marmot invasion! [via Telegraph]

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 22

The Origin of the Fastest Hypervelocity Star Ever Detected

Hubble has detected the fastest moving hypervelocity star, even faster than the blue stellar torpedoes caught in 2009. This one moves at 1,600,000mph (2.5 million km/h). This is NASA’s theory about its origin: https://gizmodo.com/hubble-discovers-star-torpedoes-ripping-through-space-5126209 A hundred million years ago, a triple-star system was traveling through the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy when it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 22

The SDCC “God Hates Fags” counterprotest had the best, nerdiest signs ever

The Westboro Baptist Church — you know, the God Hates Fags people — came to Comic Con. And met with people waving signs saying “All Glory To The Hypnotoad” and “God Hates Sentries.” Rock on. 7/22: We’ve updated it with some pictures of our own (the last four). Top four photos by Mike Dougherty via…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22

Onkyo Rolls Out the First 3D-Ready and THX-Certified Home Theater In a Box

If you want a packaged home theater that’ll soak your eyeballs in three-dee and fill your ears with THX-certified boom, Onkyo’s HT-S9300THX will oblige. It has seven theater loudspeakers, a 12″ sub, and works with all the latest 3D gear. The HT-S9300THX receiver has four 3D-Ready HDMI 1.4a inputs and will upscale video to 1080p.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jul 22

We stepped inside Tron Legacy’s virtual world, and survived!

We were treated to eight new minutes of awesome footage from Tron: Legacy — giving us a clear look at the virtual world, computer programs, and young Jeff Bridges. Plus, audience members got a chance to be in the movie! Spoilers ahead… Patton Oswalt kicked off this year’s Tron panel by asking director Joe Kosinski…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 22

The Dream Life of Every Telecommuting Robinson

Two years ago I told you about Bellavista, the stunning treehouse community in Costa Rica’s forests that looks like the Ewoks’ village in Endor. They just upgraded it with 7.2mbps 3G access, and now they run 100% on solar power. https://gizmodo.com/bellavistas-biodigesting-treehouses-are-endor-on-earth-367835 Gizmodo reader Matthew Garza spent part of his honeymoon there and sent us these…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 22

Why does Michelle Rodriguez always get killed off? We asked her

Michelle Rodriguez kicked ass in Lost and Avatar, but her characters always get killed. Why is that? We managed to corner her at San Diego Comic Con and ask her. We caught up with Rodriguez at the press conference for her new film Battle: Los Angeles and asked her this question during the Q&A. Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22

Microsoft Devours Earnings With Record $16 Billion Revenue

Microsoft just announced a monster quarter and fiscal year, with record revenue thanks largely to everybody gobbling up Windows 7—to the tune of 175 million licenses sold since it launched. The only place where Microsoft managed to lose money this quarter was in the Online Services division (read: Bing). But even that’s not a cause…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 22

Onkyo Digital Picture Frame Has HDMI Port For Secondary Monitor Usage

The Onkyo LPF10M01 could be the best digital picture frame ever. Why? Because thanks to a HDMI port, it’s so much more than just a silly digital picture frame. Think of it as a 10-inch portable display. The 10.1″ Onkyo frame works with anything that hooks into the HDMI port so you could use it…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 22

Nic Cage gives the devil the stink eye in first Drive Angry stills

We may be a little obsessed with Nic Cage’s insane-sounding devil-in-a-car flick Drive Angry. And these brand-new movie stills aren’t helping calm down about screaming out of Hell with Cage, riding shotgun! These images were released today from Cage’s new picture: Here’s the official synopsis: DRIVE ANGRY stars Nicolas Cage as Milton, a hardened felon…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 22

Verizon Says Droid X Using Five Times More Data Than Other Phones

According to Verizon business development executive director Jennifer Byrne, the Droid X is “seeing something like 5x the data usage of any other device.” We guess having that big honking screen encourages people to surf the web, watch high quality Youtube videos, and download apps galore. The early surge in data usage could be credited…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 22

Apple Begins Processing Refunds For iPhone 4 Bumpers

Looks like Apple has begun processing refunds for iPhone 4 bumpers ordered through Apple.com as it said it would do as part of the response to the iPhone 4 antenna problems. [MacRumors] https://gizmodo.com/apple-will-give-free-bumpers-to-iphone-4-owners-5589004

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jul 22

HydroFILL Squeezes Electricity Out of Your Tap Water

Fuel cell outfitter Horizon is now offering a personal hydrogen power plant for use with its MiniPAK and HydroSTIK products. Although it isn’t cheap, the system will (cleanly!) charge all of your small devices using the same water you drink. https://gizmodo.com/horizons-cheap-personal-fuel-cell-now-on-sale-charge-ga-5564746 The HydroFILL allows users to generate their own hydrogen and recharge the company’s proprietary…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 22

Is Flipboard Legal?

Emergency Power Adapter

Guillermo del Toro’s secret next project: Disney’s Haunted Mansion

It’s official: Joss Whedon is directing the Avengers movie!

Fart-Operated TV Remote: This Will End Badly

Battle Los Angeles gave us our first look at the aliens who trash L.A.!

WebOS 2.0 Coming Later This Year, HP’s Windows 7 Slate To Be An Enterprise Product

Watch out for giant marmots

The Origin of the Fastest Hypervelocity Star Ever Detected

The SDCC “God Hates Fags” counterprotest had the best, nerdiest signs ever

Onkyo Rolls Out the First 3D-Ready and THX-Certified Home Theater In a Box

We stepped inside Tron Legacy’s virtual world, and survived!

The Dream Life of Every Telecommuting Robinson

Why does Michelle Rodriguez always get killed off? We asked her

Microsoft Devours Earnings With Record $16 Billion Revenue

Onkyo Digital Picture Frame Has HDMI Port For Secondary Monitor Usage

Nic Cage gives the devil the stink eye in first Drive Angry stills

Verizon Says Droid X Using Five Times More Data Than Other Phones

Apple Begins Processing Refunds For iPhone 4 Bumpers

HydroFILL Squeezes Electricity Out of Your Tap Water

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